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More Golden Dawn MPs imprisoned

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

Three MPs of Greece’s neo-Nazi party “Golden Dawn” were remanded in custody on January 11 2014 pending trial on charges

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Suspect Hellenic Postbank loans probed; arrest warrants issued

January 9, 2014January 9, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Arrest warrants for more than twenty people were issued on the night of January 8 2014 in connection with loans

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Central and Eastern Europe in 2013: Emerging and submerging

January 6, 2014February 11, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Albania, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine

There were record floods, changes of government, protests – lots of those – and the European Union got larger by

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EU presidency a major challenge for troubled Greece

January 3, 2014January 3, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greece took over the rotating six-month presidency of the European Union on Wednesday January 1 2014. The country takes over at

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Major stake in Greek gas company DESFA sold to State Oil Company of Azerbaijan

December 24, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) signed an agreement over the weekend to purchase 66 per cent stock in

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Greece’s coalition government majority takes fresh hit

December 23, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greece’s coalition government survived two crucial votes in parliament on Sunday as it now turns its attention to all-important talks

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Athens cuts off funding to Golden Dawn

December 18, 2013December 18, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek lawmakers inflicted a decisive blow against the Golden Dawn party on December 18 by cutting off state funding. The

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Greece granted billion euro tranche as central bank warns against ‘polarised’ politics

December 18, 2013December 18, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greece’s euro partners agreed on December 17 2013 to release the delayed one billion euro tranche of the country’s rescue

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Signing of Bulgaria-Turkey-Greece border co-operation deal postponed after Turkish interior minister’s son arrested

December 17, 2013February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Syrian refugees, Turkey

A scheduled signing in Sofia of an intergovernmental agreement between Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey to build a joint contact centre

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