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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Tax evasion costs Greece 5 pct of GDP : EU tax chief


Kathimerini

Tax evasion costs Greece 5 pct of GDP : EU tax chief
Chicago Tribune
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece could generate budget revenues amounting to 5 percent of national output annually if it reforms tax collection and clamps down on tax cheats, the European Union's tax chief told a Greek newspaper. Athens plans reforms next ...
Greek “Wise Men” To Tackle Tax EvasionGreek Reporter

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18 Men Drown Trying to Reach Greece

The immigrants were coming from Turkey, and rescuers were seeking nine other people, though there were no details about their ethnic origins.


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A Dark Christmas Coming For Greece


Greek Reporter

A Dark Christmas Coming For Greece
Greek Reporter
With Greeks limping to the end of a fifth year of recession and readying for another, along with more pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions, many are foregoing Christmas celebrations or planning family gatherings with everyone chipping in for food.

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Greece To See Signs of Recovery In Second Half Of 2013, Says Finance ...


euronews

Greece To See Signs of Recovery In Second Half Of 2013, Says Finance ...
Wall Street Journal
ATHENS--Greece's economy recession is expected to continue for a sixth straight year in 2013, but there may be signs of growth after the second half of the following year, the country's finance minister said Saturday in a Greek newspaper. "After the ...
Greek economy may start to grow in 2014, minister saysChicago Tribune

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Vandals spray-paint hate graffiti on wall of Greek Orthodox church


Vandals spray-paint hate graffiti on wall of Greek Orthodox church
TheNewsTribune.com
Vandals have spray-painted “Death to Christianity” and “Jesus, son of a whore” on a Greek Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem. The overnight attack on the Monastery of the Cross was the latest in a series of vandalism of Christian holy sites. Extremist ...


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Greek Coastguards Recover 18 Migrants' Bodies After Dinghy Sinks


Greek Coastguards Recover 18 Migrants' Bodies After Dinghy Sinks
Businessweek
The dead were part of a group of 28 men, women and children who had left Turkey yesterday for the Greek island of Mytilene, the coastguard said in a statement on its website today, citing an unidentified survivor. Their dinghy sank in high waves within ...


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Greek economy may start to grow in 2014, minister says

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's economy, expected to slump for a sixth straight year in 2013, may begin to recover in 2014, the country's finance minister said on Saturday.







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Cyprus 'more serious than Greece' says Juncker


Famagusta Gazette

Cyprus 'more serious than Greece' says Juncker
Cyprus Mail
THE FISCAL situation in Cyprus is “more serious than Greece,” a danger overlooked by markets, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker said yesterday. “My priority in the short-term for 2013 is Cyprus,” Juncker, who is set ...
Cyprus's Woes 'More Serious Than Greece,' Juncker WarnsBloomberg
Cyprus in a more serious situation than Greece - Eurogroup headFamagusta Gazette
Cyprus Surrenders to EuropetheTrumpet.com

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Greece seeks new tax revenues


Independent Online

Greece seeks new tax revenues
Independent Online
Greece has formally unveiled a bill to boost tax revenues under the terms of its international bailout, part of a two-pronged attack to get its citizens and firms to pay their way. The planned measures are estimated to increase tax revenues by about 2 ...


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18 migrants die after boat sinks off Greece: police


FRANCE 24

18 migrants die after boat sinks off Greece: police
FRANCE 24
AFP - Eighteen migrants have died and nine are missing after their makeshift boat sank off the coast of Greece in the Aegean Sea, police said on Saturday. "Only one person was plucked out of the water and hospitalised," a ports police spokeswoman told ...


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Migrants found dead off Greek coast


Washington Post

Migrants found dead off Greek coast
Aljazeera.com
Migrants found dead off Greek coast. Eighteen people found dead and 11 others still missing after boat capsizes in the Aegean Sea, according to police. Last Modified: 15 Dec 2012 12:59. Email Article. Email. Print Article. Print. Share article. Share ...
Small boat sinks off Greek island, 20 migrants drownReuters
Greek authorities find 18 bodies of migrants; sole survivor says 9 more were ...Washington Post
Boat with Illegal Migrants Sinks near Greek Island, 15 DeadCRIENGLISH.com

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ATHENS, Greece: 18 migrants found dead, 9 reportedly missing


AFP

ATHENS, Greece: 18 migrants found dead, 9 reportedly missing - World Wires ...
MiamiHerald.com (registration)
ATHENS, Greece -- Coast guard officials say they have found the bodies of 18 people who were trying to cross illegally into Greece when their boat capsized early Friday. A 20-year-old man found alive Friday told authorities there were 28 people on the ...
Small boat sinks off Greek island, 20 migrants drownReuters UK

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18 migrants found dead, 9 reportedly missing

Coast guard officials say they have found the bodies of 18 people who were trying to cross illegally into Greece when their boat capsized early Friday.

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Small boat sinks off Greek island, 20 migrants drown

ATHENS (Reuters) - A small boat carrying migrants hoping to get to Greece sank near the eastern island of Lesvos early on Saturday, drowning 20 people, Greek police said.



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Lavrentiadis Heading for Jail on Bank Charges


Greek Reporter

Lavrentiadis Heading for Jail on Bank Charges
Greek Reporter
Lavrentiadis2 Prominent Greek businessman Lavrentis Lavrentiadis, who was taken to a psychiatric hospital following his arrest on charges of money-laundering, fraud and being part of a criminal gang while the major shareholder of Proton Bank, will be ...

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Spanish Bonds Rise After Debt Sale, EU Agreement on Greek Aid


Spanish Bonds Rise After Debt Sale, EU Agreement on Greek Aid
Bloomberg
Spanish bonds advanced for a third week in four as borrowing costs fell at a debt sale and after European leaders signed off on the next aid tranche for Greece, stoking optimism the euro-region debt crisis is being contained. Greece's 10-year debt rose ...

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