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Business
Greeces Hopes OPAP Sale Speeds Privatizations
Greece Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the sale of gambling monopoly OPAP shows that Greece is serious about making reforms as a condition of rescue aid. The deal, which will give Czech-Greek consortium Emma Delta a 33 percent stake...
Economy
Austerity Drives Down Greek Deficit
Austerity measures that squeeze Greek pocketbooks are making an impact. Greece cut its deficit by a third last year, to 6.5 percent from 9.4 percent in 2011.
The government expects to cut the deficit to 4.3 percent by the end...
Economy
Fortress Athens: 6,000 Cops to Guard Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel – who many Greeks view as the architect of the austerity measures that have ruined their lives – will likely face angry crowds when she visits Athens on Oct. 9 to meet with Prime Minister...