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The Finance Ministryconfirmed yesterday that April was the first month this year that the targets for both direct and indirect taxes were achieved, as the budget deficit is less than half of what had been forecast. In the first four months of the year… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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The Finance Ministry confirmed on Monday that April was the first month this year that the targets for both direct and indirect taxes were achieved, as the budget deficit is less than half of what had been forecast. In the first four months of the year th… … Full News here – Latest News

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Fitch Ratings upgraded the long-term issuer default ratings (IDRs) of National Bank of Greece, Piraeus Bank, Alpha Bank and Eurobank Ergasias to B- from CCC late on Thursday, following a similar upgrade of the country’s credit rating earlier this week…. Full News here – Kathimerini English

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A Golden Dawn MP, Panayiotis Iliopoulos, yesterday became the first lawmaker to be ejected from Greek Parliament since democracy was restored to Greece when the junta fell in 1974. Iliopoulos was ejected by Deputy Speaker Yiannis Dragasakis after… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Mayor's first youth commission gives ideas on ways to improve Athens from teen … athens teens.jpg Members of Athens Mayor's Youth Commission, from left, Chandler Hancock, Kathryn Flynn and Jarrett McLin, help get snacks ready to serve at the annual Lincoln-Bridgeforth Park Committee Christmas Tree Lighting in December. Full News here – Read more on [...]

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A Golden Dawn MP, Panayiotis Iliopoulos, on Friday became the first lawmaker to be ejected from Greek Parliament since democracy was restored to Greece when the junta fell in 1974. Iliopoulos was ejected by Deputy Speaker Yiannis Dragasakis after launchin… … Full News here – Latest News

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An MP for the ultra-right Golden Dawn party, Panayiotis Iliopoulos, was ejected from a session in Parliament on Friday after the deputy used derogatory language to revile fellow MPs. Yiannis Dragasakis, a prominent SYRIZA MP and economist who was chairing… … Full News here – Latest News

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The new cruise tourism season has started with the best possible signs for a robust year, which are expected to translate into considerable revenues for the economies of the ports of call. An event held on Wednesday to provide information on the Posidonia… … Full News here – Latest News

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to Panepistimio metro station in central Athens after smoke started billowing from a carriage, forcing the driver to return the train to the station. The train was evacuated while firefighters extinguished the blaze, believed to have been caused by an… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Trout from Athens classroom released in Chattahoochee For about seven months, a brood of more than 100 fish lived in Melissa Paul's classroom at Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School in Athens. But on Friday morning, the fish made their way to the wilds. The fish, all rainbow trout about an inch in length … Full News here [...]

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Athens teen wants separate trial from adults accused of home-invasion murder A teen this week requested to be tried separately from two older co-defendants in the shooting death of an elderly man during a burglary of his home in north Athens six months ago. Anthony Jermaine Fuller, who was 16 when 76-year-old Edward Davidson … [...]

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Greece is poised to receive over 86 million euros for curbing illegal immigration, Cecilia Malmstrom, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, said on Wednesday. The Swedish commissioner was responding to an European Parliament question by New Democracy Eu… … Full News here – Latest News

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The endless paperwork that generally hampers transactions in Greece’s public administration will soon be a thing of the past if a draft presidential decree foreseeing the exclusive use of electronic files in the public sector is approved. The decree,… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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The government was accused yesterday of trying to cover up the dire state of Greece’s economy as an International Monetary Fund report praised the country for progress in terms of public finances and competitiveness but stressed the need for more… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras has told a German newspaper that the “worst is behind” Greece as Athens received the delayed March bailout tranche of 2.8 billion euros. Speaking to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Stournaras said Greece still had “a… … Full News here – Latest News

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