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Bulgarian president calls for enhanced economic cooperation in the Balkans

ATHENS, Nov. 25 (Xinhua)-- Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov on Wednesday urged Greek business people to make more investments in his country and boost economic cooperation in the Balkans. Accompanied by a delegation of...

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Spanish PM visits Greece for EU presidency warm-up

ATHENS, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodrigez Zapatero made a short stop in Athens on Wednesday afternoon as part of a tour from Europe to Middle East ahead of Madrid's EU Presidency as of January 1st,...

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Athens lauds Russian pipelines

ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline and South Stream gas pipeline would be beneficial to southern Europe, said Greek President Karolos Papoulias. Papoulias spoke during the welcoming of his...

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Greece: Police violence against migrant woman triggers reforms

A migrant woman from Armenia was beaten by police in Athens, Greece this week, leading to renewed promises of police reform from the new socialist government. A minister responds directly to citizen complaints via Twitter for...

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Athens: Agency To Probe Police Offenses

AGENCY TO PROBE POLICE OFFENSES Kathimerini http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100008_24/11/2009_112729 Nov 24 2009 Greece Citizens' Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis yesterday heralded the creation...

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Macedonia, Greece meet over 'name dispute'

The prime ministers of Macedonia and Greece, Nikola Gruevski and George Papandreou, will meet on Friday (27 November) to find ways of averting a Greek veto on the opening of EU accession talks with the former Yugoslav republic,...

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Turkey says Wilders overshadows Dutch parliamentary visit

Worldbulletin.net 25 November 2009 Turkey said that there was not a planned meeting between Davutoglu and Nalbandian during OSCE meeting in Athens. Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that there was not a planned meeting...

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Year of Chopin starts early

Tonight's concert at the Athens Concert Hall comes with an agenda that is twofold. The event, which brings together the City of Athens Musical Ensembles under the baton of Lukas Karytinos and piano soloist Dimitris Sgouros,...

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Fascist bomb in Salonica, racist pogrom in Athens

p1050133.jpg Last Monday the fascist parastate made a double attack in Greece with the bombing of an antiauthoritatian centre in Salonica, and the pogrom against the arab community of Neos Cosmos in southeast Athens The fascist...

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Doug Moe: Restaurateur hopes to make a mark on State Street

Nobody should blame Gus Paraskevoulakos for trying to turn back the clock. Gus - and everyone knows him as just Gus - is 64 now, irrepressible as ever. His memory is good and what he has been remembering lately is the years in...

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