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Truck drivers defy order to end their strike

2010-7-31T10:50:24Z

The government yesterday enlisted the help of the army in a bid to tackle the fallout from a five-day strike by truck drivers, dispatching military trucks to help alleviate nationwide fuel shortages. «The armed forces, with their own means, are already gu... ...

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Two killed in army helicopter crash

2010-7-31T10:50:24Z

Military officials blamed mechanical failure for the crash of an Apache attack helicopter in Megara, west of Athens, that killed both pilots on board. The army helicopter had been conducting a training flight after taking off from a base at Megara when th... ...

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Ferry passengers leave Piraeus

2010-7-31T10:50:24Z

Ferry passengers get ready to leave Piraeus in one of 34 sailings from the port yesterday. Statistics made public yesterday by ELSTAT showed that passenger traffic was down 2 percent at Greek ports between April and June this year, compared to 2009. ... ...

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Samos blaze seen as arson

2010-7-31T10:50:24Z

A huge blaze that raged for three days in a row on the northern Aegean island of Samos is believed to be the work of arsonists, firemen said yesterday after finally managing to put it out. The fire, which started late on Wednesday in the area of Kokkari, ... ...

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State employs nearly 1 in 5 workers

2010-7-31T10:50:24Z

Almost one in five Greeks who has a job is a civil servant, according to the results of the first ever census of public sector workers to be carried out in Greece, the results of which were made public yesterday. Just over 768,000 state workers registered... ...

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A snarl of vested interests

2010-7-31T10:50:24Z

For as long as it has existed, the OPAP state gambling agency has been a hub of entangled interests. No government, no decree or law has been able to cut the ties of the organization to certain lobby groups and powerful individuals. Unfortunately, this tr... ...

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Lights, camera, reaction

2010-7-31T10:50:24Z

A young man stands on the roof of an illegally built coastal canteen and threatens to set himself on fire if the law is enforced and the construction is torn down. The prosecutor and police are there but they are powerless in the face of his rage, his des... ...

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A 2,200 km tribute to Marathon legend

2010-7-31T10:50:24Z

BERLIN (Reuters) - Jurgen Mennel's 50-year-old feet have a lot of kilometers in them - the social worker from Heilbronn estimates he has run the equivalent of more than seven times around the world. But Mennel, a spindly man with a receding hairline, does... ...

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Tsakonas finishes 7th in 200 m final in Barcelona

2010-7-31T10:50:24Z

Lykourgos Tsakonas came seventh in the final of the 200 meters last night at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. It was the 20-year-old sprinter from the Peloponnese's first major event and he impressed by reaching the final, where he ... ...

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Europa League victories

2010-7-31T10:50:24Z

Aris and Olympiakos scored 2-1 victories in their first-leg matches for the third qualifying round of soccer's Europa League late on Thursday. Thessaloniki club Aris beat Polish side Jagiellonia Bialystok away thanks to a brace by Toni Calvo in the first ... ...

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Athens likely to pass troika test

2010-7-31T10:50:24Z

Greece seems to be getting good marks from its creditors' representatives, who have completed their first week of inspections and meetings in Athens and are set to issue a positive report that will allow the release of another 9 billion euros in September... ...

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ATHEX July gains come to 17.27 pct

2010-7-31T10:50:24Z

The decline posted in the month's last bourse session yesterday was not enough to wipe out the gains registered in previous days. The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) general index ended at 1,681.98 points, shrinking 1.55 percent from Thursday's close at 1,708.38 ... ...

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New, stricter, stress test

2010-7-31T10:50:24Z

Bank of Greece will reportedly put all local commercial banks to a new and stricter stress test this fall, in association with Greece's international creditors. After five out of six Greek lenders passed the European Central Bank's stress test last week, ... ...

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Shop owners report large drop in sales

2010-7-31T10:50:24Z

Retailers are reporting disappointing revenues two weeks after the start of the summer sales, with the president of the Hellenic Retail Business Association (SELPE), Theodoros Vardas, suggesting an annual decline of 20 percent. Although sales at apparel a... ...

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Gov?t disagrees with sale of PPC plants

2010-7-31T10:50:24Z

The representatives of Greece's creditors confirmed the government's fears when they asked for 40 percent of the Public Power Corporation's lignite and hydroelectric plants to be sold, but Athens voiced its disagreement. The experts from the International... ...

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In Brief

2010-7-31T10:50:24Z

Emporiki Bank posts H1 losses of 535 mln euros Emporiki Bank, owned by French group Credit Agricole, yesterday announced a first-half net loss of 535.2 million euros ($699 million), a 49.1 percent widening in last year's shortfall. The bank, Greece's fift... ...

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