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• Greek club AEK Athens loses appeal, relegated

  Greek club AEK Athens has been relegated from the country's top football league after losing an appeal. A panel of officials from the Greek Football ... 

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  Minaret of famed mosque in Syria destroyed

  The 11th-century minaret of a famed mosque that towered over the narrow stone alleyways of Aleppo's old quarter collapsed Wednesday as rebels and ... 

• NGOs: Violent racist attacks increase in Greece

  The number of racially motivated attacks increased in Greece last year, as did the severity of the violence involved, human rights groups said ... 

• Piraeus Bank shareholders approve recapitalization

  Greece's second-largest lender, Piraeus Bank, says shareholders have approved a recapitalization plan that is intended to safeguard the bank's ... 

• Greece's Eurobank heads for state control

  Greece's Eurobank says it will not be able to privately raise money to complete its 5.84 billion euro ($7.61 billion) recapitalization, and will rely ... 

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  Greek former defense minister goes on trial

  A former Greek defense minister strongly denied felony charges of money laundering against him Monday, the first day of a corruption trial against him ... 

• Greek poll compares dictatorship to fiscal crisis

  On the 46th anniversary of a military coup that installed a dictatorship for seven years, 30 percent of Greeks think that things were better during ... 

• Greek champion Olympiakos finishes season with win

  Olympiakos polished off its 40th Greek league title by beating Panionios 2-1 Sunday on the final day of the season. Costas Mitroglou and Avraam ... 

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  Greek farm shootings highlight migrants' plight

  After months of pressing the strawberry plantation over pay, the Bangladeshi migrant laborers gathered in the field hoping that a deal was near. 

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  AEK Athens to be relegated after fan violence

  AEK Athens was condemned to relegation after Greek league officials deducted three points for violence by club fans at a match last weekend. 

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  Greece pledges swift punishment over farm shooting

  Greek officials on Thursday promised "swift and exemplary" punishment for three strawberry plantation foremen who allegedly shot and injured 29 ... 

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  Chinese investors eye Greek airports

  Greece's finance ministry says Chinese investors have "confirmed interest" in Greek airports that are due to be privatized. Finance Minister Yannis ... 

• Greece halts deportation for Syrians

  Greece has suspended the deportation of immigrants from Syria who entered the country illegally, amid growing concern from human rights groups that ... 

• 20 migrant strawberry pickers wounded in Greece

  At least 20 migrant strawberry pickers were shot and wounded in southern Greece on Wednesday, in a pay dispute after a foreman opened fire on them ... 

• Council of Europe: Greece could ban Golden Dawn

  The Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights said Tuesday that Greece has the legal right to ban the far-right Golden Dawn party, the first ... 

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  Greece seals deal with debt inspectors

  Greece cleared an important hurdle in its drive to receive its next batch of bailout loans from its international creditors Monday. But even though ... 

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  AEK fans force Greek league game to be abandoned

  AEK Athens' home game against relegation rival Panthrakikos in the Greek league was abandoned on Sunday after its fans stormed the pitch when the ... 

• Greece charges German with smuggling silver

  A German man has been charged with trying to smuggle hundreds of pounds of silver out of Greece, part of a crackdown on the pawnbroker trade ... 

• Unknown Greek group claims bomb attack

  Police in Greece say an unknown militant group has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack near the ancient Acropolis last month against a prominent ... 

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  Greece, Germany bicker over war reparations issue

  A long-standing debate over whether Germany still owes Greece war reparations stemming from the Nazi occupation erupted anew Thursday in a spat ... 

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  Greece signals faster state reforms

  Socialist coalition partners in Greece's government said Tuesday that overhauling the country's bloated public sector is crucial for the success of ... 

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  Greece: Stalled bank merger tests investors

  Greek banks NBG and Eurobank on Monday said their planned merger has been postponed, causing huge volatility in their share price amid fears they may ... 

• PAOK beats Veria 2-0 in Greek league

  PAOK moved into a second place in the Greek league with a 2-0 victory over Veria on Saturday. PAOK was 14 points behind league champion Olympiakos, ... 

• AEK player gets 5-match ban for Nazi-style salute

  A Greek professional football player has received a five-match ban for giving a Nazi-style salute last month while celebrating a goal for struggling ...