Greek Public Snatches Free Potatoes
- Costas Kantouris - The Associated Press
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- February 04, 2012
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Farmers protesting the low prices they get for their potatoes handed over 12 tons to an eager public in this northern Greek town.
Farmers from the province of Central Ma...
Greek State Firm's CEO Freed Pending Debt Trial
- The Associated Press
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- February 03, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek state-owned horse racing company's CEO has been released pending trial a day after his arrest over the corporation's €83 million ($109 million) debts to the state.
A...
World Court Upholds German Immunity in Nazi Cases
- The Associated Press
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- February 03, 2012
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The U.N.'s highest court confirmed Friday that Germany has legal immunity from being sued in foreign courts by victims of World War II Nazi atrocities.
The International...
Judge in Greece Gets Six Years for Sexual Abuse
- ANA- MPA
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- February 02, 2012
AMNA--A Five-member Criminal Appeals Court on Wednesday sentenced a Greek judge to serve six years in jail for sexually abusing his five-year-old son. The court reduced the suspended 13-year sentence ...
Greek State Racing Firm CEO Arrested in Debt Case
- Nicholas Paphitis - The Associated Press
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- February 01, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The head of Greece's state-controlled horseracing company was arrested Wednesday on charges that the corporation withheld taxes and owed debts of €83 million ($109 million) to th...
Greece's Power Company Sorry for Cutting Off Homes
- The Associated Press
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- February 01, 2012
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Officials at Greece's state-run power company have apologized for disconnecting homes at a village in subfreezing temperatures as part of its widely resented program to enf...
Greece: Illegal Immigrant Dies of Cold at Border
- The Associated Press
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- January 30, 2012
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Police in northeastern Greece say a Palestinian man has died of hypothermia after he and other illegal immigrants were stranded on an islet in the middle of a river that fo...
Angelopoulos' Death Generates Headlines Around the Globe
- TNH staff
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- January 30, 2012
World-acclaimed film director Theodore (Theo) Angelopoulos died last Tuesday at the age of 76, after being seriously injured in a traffic accident and while filming in Drapetsona, near Pireaus. Winner...
Magnitude 4.9 Earthquake Rattles Crete
- The Associated Press
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- January 28, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say an earthquake with preliminary 4.9-magnitude has shaken the country's southern Aegean islands, including Crete. No injuries or damage were immediately repor...
Greek Village Priest Held over Church Treasure Dig
- The Associated Press
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- January 27, 2012
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Police in northern Greece have arrested a village priest and a church elder for allegedly digging for treasure in the chancel of the church.
A police statement Friday sa...
2nd Quake in 2 Days Rattles Greek Islands
- The Associated Press
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- January 27, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An earthquake with preliminary 5.2-magnitude shook Greece's southern Aegean Sea islands Friday, the second in two days, Greek authorities said.
Civil protection officials said...
Magnitude 5.3 Quake off Greek Islands, No Injuries
- The Associated Press
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- January 26, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say an earthquake with preliminary 5.3-magnitude has shaken the southern Aegean Sea islands, but no injuries or damage have been reported.
The Athens Geodyna...
Greek Filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos Dies in Accident (Video)
- The Associated Press
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- January 24, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Theo Angelopoulos, an award-winning Greek filmmaker known for his slow and dreamlike style as a director, was killed in a road accident Tuesday while working on his latest movie....
Greek Market Fears EU's Iran Oil Embargo to Leave it Dry
- The Associated Press
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- January 24, 2012
AMNA --Skepticism is prevailing in the Greek fuel market over the repercussions of the imposition of an embargo on Iranian oil, as of July 1, since Greece is one of the European Union countries coveri...
Proton Banks Sues Former CEO
- ANA- MPA
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- January 24, 2012
AMNA / Proton Bank, currently under liquidation, on Monday filed a suit against former major shareholder and board chairman Lavrentis Lavrentiadis and 12 other people, accusing them of a series of cri...
Electricity Cable to Link Israel, Cyprus, Greece
- The Associated Press
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- January 23, 2012
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A Cyprus-based company says it's planning to lay a 2,000 megawatt undersea electricity cable linking Israel, Cyprus and Greece.
Quantum Energy official George Killas told The...
$130 Million in Aid from the Niarchos Foundation to Greece
- TNH staff
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- January 23, 2012
ATHENS. In a moving, extraordinary generous decision the Stavros Niarchos Foundation announced a little while ago that it is committing up to $130 million over the next three years “to help ease the a...
Authorities Crack Major Extortion Ring in Northern Greece
- ANA- MPA
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- January 20, 2012
AMNA-- A senior financial crimes squad (SDOE) investigator, senior bank executives, lawyers, police officers, a journalist at a state-run TV channel, a tax bureau employee, a doctor, local businessmen...
Greek Police Break 4 Illegal Money-Lending Gangs
- The Associated Press
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- January 17, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police say they have arrested 47 people, including a senior anti-fraud official, a tax employee and three policemen, in a crackdown on usury, extortion and money laundering...
Strikes Hit Athens as Debt Inspectors Return
- The Associated Press
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- January 17, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Strikes and demonstrations against Greek austerity measures hit the capital Athens on Tuesday, as international debt inspectors returned to decide whether the country's reforms a...
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