Athens Informer

Greece’s bank rescue fund will aim to sell Hellenic Postbank and Proton by mid-July with big banks continuing to absorb small lenders as part of plans to revive the battered sector, the country’s foreign lenders said in an inspection review. Greece is rec… … Full News here – Latest News

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Greece achieved one if its best results in the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday when the group Koza Mostra, featuring Agathon Iakovidis, came in sixth with their Balkan pop-tinged number “Alcohol Is Free.” There was also success for two Greeks who were… … Full News here – Latest News

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Any Chinese person investing more than 250,000 euros in real estate in Greece will be given a five-year residence permit without having to fulfill any other criteria, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras told a business conference in Shanghai on Saturday. The G… … Full News here – Latest News

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Greece will be one of the 26 countries competing in the Eurovision Song Contest final in Malmo, Sweden, tonight after the group Koza Mostra, featuring Agathon Iakovidis, stormed through Thursday’s semifinal with their Balkan pop-tinged number “Alcohol… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Greece and China committed on Friday to strengthening their ties as Prime Minister Antonis Samaras continued meeting top officials and business representatives in Beijing on the second day of his visit to the Asian country. The two countries put out a joi… … Full News here – Latest News

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Greece and China committed on Friday to strengthening their ties as Prime Minister Antonis Samaras continued meeting top officials and business representatives in Beijing on the second day of his visit to the Asian country. The two countries put out a joi… … Full News here – Latest News

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Greece and China committed yesterday to strengthening their ties as Prime Minister Antonis Samaras continued meeting top officials and business representatives in Beijing on the second day of his visit to the Asian country. The two countries put out a… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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And like that… poof, the crisis is gone. More bailout loans approved by the Eurogroup, a sovereign rating upgrade from Fitch, economic sentiment at the highest it’s been for the last 40 months, the Athens Stock Exchange becoming the best-performing stoc… … Full News here – Latest News

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The Eurogroup has been informed on the outcome of the second review mission under the second macroeconomic adjustment programme for Greece and welcomes the staff‐level agreement between Greece and the Troika on the updated policy conditionality unde… … Full News here – Latest News

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The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks has expressed concern about the worrying rise of race-hate groups across Europe, including in Greece. “It worries me deeply that the European community and national political leaders app… … Full News here – Latest News

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Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos expressed sympathy and support for Turkey on Sunday, hours after a double car bombing killed 46 people in Reyhanli, a town near the border with Syria. “We express our abhorrence and unequivocal condemnation of … … Full News here – Latest News

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A mood of cautious optimism reportedly prevailed in the ranks of the government yesterday as a top European official told Kathimerini that eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels next Monday are expected to make a “political decision” on two… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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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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Greece is among Europe’s most corrupt countries, according to a survey by Ernst & Young consultants that was released yesterday. Almost two in every five (39 percent) of corporate executives who took part in the survey said bribery is a daily occurrence i… … Full News here – Latest News

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Credit Agricole SA (ACA), France’s third- largest bank, said first-quarter profit climbed 51 percent, helped by the disposal of its unprofitable Greek division. Net income rose to 469 million euros ($ 613 million) from 311 million euros a year earlier, the… … Full News here – Latest News

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