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Gazprom agrees to sell gas to Greece’s DEPA at reduced price

February 26, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Greek gas company DEPA has reached an agreement with Russia’s Gazprom on a 15 per cent price cut on the

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Europe 

Signs of economic growth returning to Greece

February 20, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greece posted a current account surplus in 2013, the first time since official data collection began in 1948, the country’s

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Europe 

Greece suffers debt relief talks setback

February 18, 2014February 18, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greece’s hopes of being granted debt relief by its EU counterparts were dealt a blow on February 17. Following a

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View overlooking Greek capital city Athens photo Clive Leviev-Sawyer
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Wary Greeks say economy can only improve

February 15, 2014May 10, 2024 Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle Greece

Greek and international companies put their newest products on display at a food and beverage trade fair near the Athens

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Greek shipowners investing big

February 13, 2014February 13, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

On the back of positive sentiment about the future, 2013 saw Greek shipowners placing a record number of orders, estimated

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Europe 

Former Hellenic Postbank CEO released on unprecedented 2 million euro bail

February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Former Hellenic Postbank chief Angelos Filippides was released on bail on February 10 2014 after being ordered to pay two

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria opens new road to border checkpoint with Greece

February 4, 2014February 4, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Bulgaria’s Regional Development Minister Dessislava Terzieva officially unveiled the new road stretch between Kurdjali and Podkova in southeastern Bulgaria on

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Europe 

Greece looking to attach conditions to fresh loan

February 4, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Reports emerged in Greece on February 3 indicating Athens will not sign up for a third Eurozone bailout deal –

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Europe 

Injuries after new 5.7 Richter scale earthquake shakes Greece’s Cephalonia

February 3, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

A new earthquake of 5.7 on the Richter scale, according to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens,

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