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Title: 04/10/16
Post by: Maik on Tuesday, 04 October, 2016 @ 14:13:28

Heard staff at Argostoli hospital will participate in a 24 hour strike this Thursday.

Title: Re: 04/10/16
Post by: Maik on Tuesday, 04 October, 2016 @ 19:45:52

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Germany: send asylum seekers back to Greece
Asylum seekers who enter the European Union through Greece should be sent back there, Germany's interior minister has said.

https://www.thelocal.de/20161003/germany-send-asylum-seekers-back-to-greece

Title: Re: 04/10/16
Post by: Maik on Tuesday, 04 October, 2016 @ 19:52:00

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Greek police use tear gas on pensioners at anti-austerity protest

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37544416

Title: Re: 04/10/16
Post by: Maik on Tuesday, 04 October, 2016 @ 19:53:24

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Greece expects growth, lower debt, unemployment easing in 2017

Greece on Monday presented its 2017 draft budget to parliament, projecting a strong return to growth with an expansion in output of 2.7 percent, and pledging to meet primary surplus targets set out by terms of its international bailout.

The draft projected a decline in public debt to 174.8 percent of gross domestic product, and unemployment easing to 22.4 percent.

http://in.reuters.com/article/eurozone-greece-budget-idINA8N1AJ02F


Hmm, Mr Tsipras doesn't have a great record for delivering on his promises  :hmm:

Title: Re: 04/10/16
Post by: Maik on Tuesday, 04 October, 2016 @ 19:55:36

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Greece-Turkey relations deteriorate over Aegean Sea status quo dispute

Tensions between Greece and Turkey over the status of a series of Greeks isles and islets in the Aegean Sea are rising, following a barrage of statements made by the Turkish political establishment. Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan in a speech raised the issue of a possible revision of the 1923 Treaty of Lausane, which had settled the status quo of a number of islands in the Aegean Sea by designating them as being under Greek control.

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/politics/19041-greece-turkey-relations-deteriorate-over-aegean-sea-status-quo-dispute.html

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Ankara Mayor İbrahim Melih Gökçek was the latest one to add a comment on Greece’s sovereignty of Aegean Sea islands, implying they should belong to Turkey.

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2016/10/03/ankara-mayor-says-aegean-islands-should-not-belong-to-greece/

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Post by: Maik on Tuesday, 04 October, 2016 @ 20:33:43

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World Chess champion a 16-year-old Greek

16-year-old Stavroula Tsolakidou is the world champion in the Young Chess Tournament that was held in Khanty-Mansiysk in Russia.

http://en.protothema.gr/world-chess-champion-a-16-year-old-greek/