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• Greece's NBG lifted by strong Turkish performance

  The National Bank of Greece has reported first-quarter profits of 27 million euros ($35 million) with a strong performance by its Turkish unit, ... 

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  Greeks to see no tax relief until budget improves

  Greece's conservative-led government can't lower taxes before the public deficit falls further, the prime minister said Thursday, but he pledged to ... 

• Greek beach evacuated after artillery discovery

  A surprise shell has caused a big stir at a popular Athens beach. Greek authorities evacuated the seafront Monday after a swimmer found a corroded ... 

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  Greece faces slow, jobless recovery next year

  Greece's deep, six-year recession is likely to end in 2014, but growth will be weak and unemployment will remain above 20 percent for another three ... 

• Greek hotel entertainer charged with stabbing boy

  A young entertainer at a Greek island hotel was charged Thursday with attempted murder and theft for allegedly stabbing a Russian guest's child 20 ... 

• Greek strikes halt air travel

  Flights in Greece were halted for four hours Thursday as the country's two largest labor unions staged work stoppages to protest austerity measures ... 

• Greek police arrest 2 accused of racist abuse

  Police on Thursday arrested two Greek men on suspicion of attacking a Cameroonian national and setting fire to his coffee bar in a central Athens ... 

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  Greece to break up state power company for money

  Greece's conservative-led government on Wednesday announced plans to break up the state-run Public Power Corporation by 2016, as part of a ... 

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  Russian boy stabbed while on vacation in Crete

  A 12-year-old Russian boy was stabbed nearly two dozen times while on vacation on the island of Crete, allegedly by a Dutchman working as an ... 

• Giannis Anastasiou appointed Panathinaikos coach

  Panthainaikos has appointed former Ajax striker Giannis Anastasiou as its new coach following a disappointing season in which the Athens club finished ... 

• Greek club AEK Athens to declare bankruptcy

  Troubled Greek football club AEK Athens is planning to declare bankruptcy and seek voluntary relegation to the country's third division. The club, hit ... 

• Greece uses emergency power on striking teachers

  The Greek government said Monday it will use emergency powers to prevent protesting teachers from disrupting university entrance exams this month. 

• Case of missing convicted US killer ends in Greece

  An American man who fled a day before being convicted in 1991 of killing his 2-year-old stepson has been tried and convicted again in Greece, where ... 

• Yugoslav queen to be reburied in Serbia

  Twenty years after she died and was buried in her homeland of Greece, Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia's remains are being exhumed so she can be buried ... 

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  Greek lawmaker accused of trying to punch mayor

  A lawmaker from Greece's extreme-right Golden Dawn party allegedly tried to punch the mayor of Athens on Thursday, swinging at him but reportedly ... 

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  Around the world, angry workers unite on May Day

  Workers around the world united in anger during May Day rallies Wednesday — from fury in Europe over austerity measures that have cut wages, reduced ... 

• Greek police say 2 arrested on terrorism charges

  Police say they have arrested two men on charges of membership in a domestic terrorist organization and of being accomplices in a bank robbery in ... 

• May Day strike disrupts transport in Greece

  Ferry and train services in Greece have ground to a halt as unions hold a strike for May Day. And hundreds of people are gathering for planned rallies ... 

• Greece's largest bank backs cash infusion plan

  Greece's largest bank has approved a recapitalization plan worth 9.76 billion euros ($12.8 billion), insisting it will raise enough money privately ... 

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  UN: Crisis in Greece weakening human rights action

  Greece is falling behind on its human rights obligations, a senior U.N. investigator warned Friday, and he strongly criticized the "excessively rigid" ... 

• Official: Greeks pull nudes from Qatar art exhibit

  Greece has pulled two ancient statues of nude males from an Olympic exhibition in Doha after Qatari authorities insisted on veiling them. A Culture ... 

• Greece pulls firing provision from austerity bill

  Greece's government has withdrawn a key labor reform from a new austerity bill, following strong objections by experts and a widely reported rift ...