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  • Germans to help create savings banks

    German experts are preparing to help in the creation of savings bank networks in ...

  • Dispute over Greek broadcaster illustrates how essential public service broadcasting is

    Protesters demonstrate outside Greek state television ERT headquarters in Athens last week. Prime minister Antonis Samaras was forced to climb down over his decision to close the state broadcaster. Photograph: ...

  • Greek ERT remains off-air

    A banner hangs on the facade of the Greek state television ERT headquarters on June 16, 2013 in Athens. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) asked Greece to re-open public broadcaster ERT after the government's surprise decision to pull it off the air in a bid to cut spending, sparking a nationwide strike. Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on June 14 offered to partially reinstate state ...

  • Greek coalition holds emergency meeting over state broadcaster ERT

    eurozone crisis hung over an emergency meeting of the country's coalition leaders on Wednesday as the prime minister, Antonis Samaras, sought to defuse the turmoil that followed hisdecision to shut down ERT, the nation's state-run broadcaster.After 48 hours of high-stakes brinkmanship by his junior partners, Samaras, whose centre-right New Democracy party narrowly won elections last ...

  • Fira a firm Greek holiday favorite

    By Stathis Kousounis The traditional settlement of Fira on the southern Aegean island of Santorini appears to be the most popular tourism destination among Greeks for the June 22-24 bank holiday weekend, according to travel search engine and hotel rate website trivago.gr.In a list published on Wednesday, the site showed that the resort with the highest occupancy rate is picturesque Fira, at 77 ...


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  • Eurogroup to vote on separate funding for credit sector recap

    By Nikos Chrysoloras Greece and Cyprus are hoping to reap significant benefits from ...

  • Gov’t eyes tranche frontloading

    By Sotiris Nikas Provided that the inspection of its streamlining program comes to a successfully conclusion, Greece can hope that the next bailout tranche will total 8.1 billion euros, as the eurozone is examining the option of disbursing to Athens the installments for the third and the fourth quarter of the year immediately.That way a major part of the funding gap will be covered, allowing ...

  • Greek coalition signals state TV deal near to meet again

    View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Employees stand by the windows inside the Greek state television ERT headquarters at Aghia Paraskevi suburb in Athens June 18, 2013. REUTERS/John ...

  • OKANA Addicts Wait Three Years For Help

    According to estimates of the Greek based drug rehabilitation organization OKANA, no less than 18,000 men and 2,500 women in Greece appear to be addicted to heroin. As Meni Malliori, president of OKANA (meaning Organization against Drugs) pointed out, about 1,200 women addicted to heroin have received OKANA's care to combat their problem and entered the rehabilitation program. The number ...

  • Greek coalition talks drag on to end TV crisis

    A protester stands in front of the Greek state television ERT headquarters in Athens, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. State TV channels in Greece remained off-air Tuesday as the political storm over the future of public broadcaster ERT rages on despite a court ruling that the prime minister's decision to pull the plug was wrong. The banner on the top reads in Greek "ERT is, and will remain ...

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