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- Greece clears Deutsche Telekom deal on OTE: ministry sources
ATHENS (AFP) - Greece on Wednesday approved the terms of a deal with German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom for joint management of the Hellenic Telecom Organisation (OTE), the country's main operator, the economy ministry said. The transaction has
- 24-hour Strike To Disrupt Flights, Shipping In Greece
ATHENS (AFP)--Greece's two main ports will shut down Thursday and dozens of international and domestic flights will be disrupted by a 24-hour strike called by unions against a government privatization drive. Bank employees, doctors at public hospitals,
- Astronaut Hauck lands in Athens
NASA astronaut Frederick H Hauck is scheduled to speak at a special event organised by the Tufts University Alumni Association of Greece on May 15. Hauck was spacecraft commander of Discovery on STS-26, the first flight to be flown after the Challenger
- Greek asylum in Stockholm
SWEDISH, German, Norwegian and Greek refugee rights advocates will gather in Stockholm on May 13 to discuss how Greece treats asylum-seekers. Speakers include Karl Kopp of the German organisation Pro Asyl and Marianna Tzeferakou, an Athens-based refugee
- Greece announces OTE-Deutsche Telekom deal
ATHENS, Greece: Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis has announced a deal has been reached under which Deutsche Telekom AG and the Greek government will hold 25 percent plus one share in the country's former telephone monopoly, OTE. Alogoskoufis says
- Greece: Australian fugitive to be flown home later Wednesday
ATHENS, Greece-Drug fugitive Tony Mokbel is due to be extradited to Australia later Wednesday. Greek officials say the 41-year-old Australian is being transferred from a jail in central Greece to Athens. They say he'll be put on a chartered plane for
- Greece: Australian fugitive to be flown home
ATHENS, Greece-Australian fugitive Tony Mokbel is due to be extradited later Wednesday, judicial officials said. The 41-year-old Australian was being transferred from a prison in central Greece to Athens, where he will be put on a chartered plane late
- Greece's public debt: 102 percent of GDP
Searching for deficit holes: Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis and the Budget MODERN Greece was founded on loans from English banks. This was probably not as bad as it sounds (even though it arguably set Greece on a perennial course of fiscal
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Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories with Greek-speaking populations. Following the defeat of communist rebels in 1949, Greece joined NATO in 1952. A military dictatorship, which in 1967 had suspended many political liberties and forced the king to flee the country, was itself overthrown seven years later. Democratic elections in 1974 abolished the monarchy and created a parliamentary republic; Greece joined the EU in 1981.
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