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2010-09-09, PM forms team to tackle crisis

The new, small team that will form the government's driving force following the Cabinet reshuffle was revealed yesterday, as sources said the shake-up has left some ministers unsure what their duties are. Prime Minister George Papandreou had wanted to app... ...
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2010-09-09, Railway workers to keep up action

Passengers intending to travel by rail today face a second consecutive day of frustration as workers of the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) are planning to continue their protests against the government's plans to privatize the debt-ridden firm even ... ...
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2010-09-09, Tougher Siemens probe on way

The head of the parliamentary committee investigating the Siemens bribery scandal, Sifis Valyrakis, said yesterday that the panel will be recommending to the House that a more thorough, preliminary judicial inquiry be held into the affair. Even though the... ...
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2010-09-09, First official visit...

Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas (left) addresses his Cypriot counterpart Marcos Kyprianou. Droutsas flew to Larnaca yesterday on his first official visit since being promoted from alternate foreign minister. Droutsas revealed that he spent the first fi... ...
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2010-09-09, Crooked prof taught a lesson

Aristotle University's disciplinary board has handed down its first three-month suspension of a professor over blackmail charges, it was revealed yesterday. The board launched an inquiry into the Department of Medicine professor, whose name has not been r... ...
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2010-09-09, PASOK’s traveling circus

George Papandreou, Greece's Socialist prime minister, has finally announced his new Cabinet lineup. The much-heralded reshuffle has introduced a bigger government - with the number of Cabinet members rising to 48 from 36 - which is in itself an interestin... ...
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2010-09-09, Athens a city on the skids

Almost everything about downtown Athens would make one think that it is a city in a developing country, and the situation does not seem to be getting any better. It seems that there is a beggar on every street corner and you see stray dogs milling around ... ...
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2010-09-09, Shops pull down shutters on recovery hopes

There are more employees than clients in Andreas Triandafillidis's clothes shop in central Athens. Austerity has kicked in and the shirts stay on the racks despite a 50 percent discount. «People just walk by, they don't even look at our window,» said Tria... ...
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2010-09-09, Greek women into Euro final

The women's national water polo team made history yesterday by reaching the final of the European Championship with its impressive 10-5 win over Italy in the semifinal in Zagreb, Croatia. This is the first time a Greek team - women or men - has reached th... ...
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2010-09-09, Solid defense earns soccer team a point in Croatia

The Greek national soccer team has made up for its home draw against Georgia last week, thanks to a solid display of defensive play in Croatia which earned it a 0-0 draw for the 2012 European Championship qualifiers on Tuesday evening. Greece opted for a ... ...
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2010-09-09, Pateras is back in the PAO chair

Nikolas Pateras is back at the top of the Panathinaikos soccer club board table as of yesterday, following his meeting with Yiannis Vardinoyiannis and Andreas Vgenopoulos in the afternoon. The Greens' three main shareholders also decided not to proceed wi... ...
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2010-09-09, Stocks drop by close to 2 percent

Greek stocks fell sharply yesterday as losses in index heavyweight National Bank (NBG) dragged the market lower. The Athens bourse's benchmark general index fell 1.96 percent to 1,586.62 points after rebounding from a session low of 1,557 points. The blue... ...
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2010-09-09, Recession deepens further in Q2

Greece's economy contracted in the second quarter of the year more than originally estimated, as the government cut back on spending and raised taxes in a bid to trim its massive budget deficit. Gross domestic product shrank 1.8 percent from the first qua... ...
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2010-09-09, Tourism sector warns against further VAT hike

While the decline in annual tourism revenues is no longer expected to exceed 10 percent, thanks to numerous offers made by the sector's enterprises to offset the drop, tourism professionals are warning of greater losses and more unemployment next year if ... ...
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2010-09-09, NBG denies M&A talk; shares fall

Greece's largest lender National Bank (NBG) is not eyeing any immediate moves to merge with or acquire another bank after announcing a 2.8-billion-euro plan to boost capital, its chief executive said yesterday. «We don't have immediate plans for a merger ... ...
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2010-09-09, Greece’s cigar market...

A worker rolls a cigar, possibly among those to be imported to Greece, in this file photo. Good-quality cigars are also produced in northern Greece, in areas where the climate is damp and warm. Data from research company ICAP showed yesterday that Greece'... ...
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2010-09-09, In Brief

Cypriot tourism projects target high-income visitors A series of projects to boost tourism in Cyprus will begin with a new marina in the southern port city of Limassol, Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias said. Large projects such as the marina, which ... ...
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2010-09-06, TV Guide

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2010-09-06, WHAT'S ON

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2010-08-16, Cinema Guide

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