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Greece Looks To Help Homeless

The homeless in Greece are a diverse population, but the growing number of the "new poor" has prompted local government and social organizations to provide for their basic needs. "It is summer and people are talking about vacations only, but...

ERT Over, Samaras' Hybrid Moves On

ATHENS - After a series of talks over the shutdown of national broadcaster ERT and the firing of all 2,656 workers, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ coalition has lost one of its partners, but he said he will finish...

Immigrant Shooting Shakes Greek Blogosphere

A recent shooting of 29 immigrant strawberry farm workers in Manolada led to quick calls on Twitter for a boycott of the product and spread so fast that producers in the area said their season might be ruined. “We’re all...

Greece’s Golden Dawn Embracing Extremist Role

ATHENS -  Although Greece country suffers through a crushing economic crisis, most citizens are not desperate enough to embrace the hate rhetoric and immigrant-bashing of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party. “They have a bad history and violence breeds violence,” Athens...

Greek, American Researchers: Tax Evaders Cost Greece Billions

Leaving their country to struggle through recession and austerity measures, tax cheats have robbed Greece of some 11.2 billion euros, ($13.76 billion) that could be collected, according to Greek and American researchers. Rather than looking at tax records to...