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Articles of the author Al Athens
Athens opposed to any changes in Schengen border agreement
Awwal 29, 1432 / May 3, 2011, SPA -- The Schengen border treaty must be "jealously guarded," the Greek minister for citizen protection said Tuesday amid demands by some countries to reintroduce border controls in the European Union's passport (...)

03 - 05 - 2011
Prime Minister of Greece and Russian President discuss Libyan situation on the phone
Awwal 18, 1432 H / April 22, 2011, SPA -- Prime Minister of Greece Jorge Papandreou discussed during a telephone call today with Russian President Dimitri Medvedev a number of issues, including the situation in Libya. A source of the Greek (...)

22 - 04 - 2011
Greece says debt 'absolutely sustainable'
Awwal 16, 1432 H/April 20, 2011, SPA -- Greece's Finance Minister said the crisis-hit country can deal with its mountain of debt and insisted that renewed access to bond markets is still possible in 2012 despite spiraling borrowing costs, AP (...)

20 - 04 - 2011
Greece insists not seeking debt restructuring
Awwal 14, 1432 / April 18, 2011, SPA -- Greek officials denied again on Monday that some form of debt rescheduling was imminent as sources within the German government said Athens was likely to do so before the end of the summer, Reuters (...)

18 - 04 - 2011
Ex-PM says Greece should restructure debt--paper
Awwal 12, 1432 / April 16, 2011, SPA -- Greece should restructure its debt soon to help rebuild its economy, former Socialist Prime Minister Costas Simitis was quoted as saying on Saturday, according to Reuters. There is growing speculation that (...)

16 - 04 - 2011
Greek PM to Present New Measures to Cabinet
Awwal 11, 1432 / April 15, 2011, SPA -- Greece's prime minister is expected to present a midterm package of economic measures worth $33 billion to his ministers Friday, as the debt-ridden country struggles to bring its finances under (...)

15 - 04 - 2011
Euro zone hit by Greek restructuring worry
Awwal 10, 1432 / April 14, 2011, SPA -- Greek borrowing costs surged to new highs on Thursday and pressure rose on other financially weak euro zone countries after Germany suggested for the first time that Athens may need to restructure its massive (...)

14 - 04 - 2011
Technical trouble forces plane into emergency Athens landing
Akhir 30, April 4, 2011, SPA-- A Boeing 757-300 passenger plane with 197 passengers onboard travelling from Stuttgart to Cyprus made an emergency landing in Athens Monday after suffering technical problems, dpa reported. The Condor Airlines (...)

04 - 04 - 2011
NATO aircraft evacuates wounded from Libya
Akhir 28, 1432 H/April 2, 2011, SPA -- A NATO transport aircraft evacuated several wounded Libyans from the area around the harbour city of Brega and bought them to the Greek island of Crete, according to sources in the Greek Defence Ministry, (...)

02 - 04 - 2011
Strong earthquake rattles Mediterranean island of Crete
Akhir 27, 1432 H/April 1, 2011, SPA -- An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale rattled the southern Mediterranean island of Crete on Friday, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported, dpa quoted the Athens Geodynamic Institute (...)

01 - 04 - 2011
Saudi Ambassador delivers lecture
Akhir 27, 1432 / April 1, 2011, SPA -- Saudi Ambassador to Greece and Bulgaria Salih bin Mohammad Alghamdi delivered today a lecture at the Diplomatic Institute of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry. The lecture focused on the foreign policy of the (...)

01 - 04 - 2011
Mail bomb defused at Greek prison
Akhir 26, 1432, March 31, 2011, SPA-- Police in Greece say they have defused a mail bomb sent to a maximum security prison in Athens, AP reported. Police say the parcel was sent to the governor of Korydallos prison in western Athens. Prison (...)

31 - 03 - 2011
Suspect in US officer's slaying expresses regrets
Akhir 22, 1432 H/March 27, 2011, SPA -- A man charged in the slaying of a Georgia police officer and who allegedly held nine hostages at an Athens home days later told a television news crew that he had regrets about what happened, according to (...)

27 - 03 - 2011
Police detonate bomb sent to Greek Finance Ministry
Akhir 18, 1432 H/March 23, 2011, SPA -- Greek police carried out a controlled explosion of a bomb that was sent to the Finance Ministry in Athens, dpa quoted reports as saying Wednesday. An unidentified individual made a call to police saying (...)

23 - 03 - 2011
Greece deports 73 illegal immigrants back to Dominican Republic
Akhir 04, 1432 H/March 09, 2011, SPA -- Greece on Wednesday said it will deport 73 illegal immigrants back to the Dominican Republic on a special chartered flight, officials said according to dpa. The immigrants, among them 54 women and 19 men, (...)

09 - 03 - 2011
Greeks should seek debt extension -Merkel adviser
Awwal 30, 1432 H/March 5, 2011, SPA -- Greece must negotiate with private bondholders to extend the repayment period of its debt, an economic adviser to German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a Greek newspaper on Saturday, according to Reuters. If (...)

05 - 03 - 2011
EU border guard mission to Greece made permanent
Awwal 27, 1432 H/March 2, 2011, SPA -- The European Union on Wednesday said its team of border guards will remain on Greece's northeastern frontier with Turkey on a permanent basis in an effort to stop the stream of migrants coming into the (...)

02 - 03 - 2011
Turkey bus crash kills 4 Greek vacationers
Awwal 22, 1432 H/Feb 25, 2011, SPA -- Greek authorities say a bus transporting vacationers has overturned in western Turkey, killing four Greek citizens and seriously injuring five others, according to AP. Greek consular officials in Turkey said (...)

25 - 02 - 2011
Saudi ambassador to Greece hosts meeting of council of Arab ambassadors to Greece
Awwal 21, 1432 H/Feb 24, 2011, SPA -- The council of Arab ambassadors to Greece held here today a periodic meeting. During the meeting, held at the home of the Saudi ambassador to Greece Salih bin Mohammad Alghamdi, they discussed issues on the (...)

24 - 02 - 2011
Greece slams EU, IMF officials after inspection visit
Awwal 09, 1432, Feb 12, 2011, SPA -- Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou complained to IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Saturday, saying the behaviour of IMF inspectors monitoring a multi-billion euro bailout was "unacceptable.", according to (...)

12 - 02 - 2011
Greece rejects IMF and EU privatization demands
Awwal 09, 1432 H/Feb 12, 2011, SPA -- Greece on Saturday rejected demands made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union to privatize state-run companies and sell state-owned properties as part of reforms to meet the terms (...)

12 - 02 - 2011
Greece slams IMF, EU debt inspectors
Awwal 09, 1432 H/Feb 12, 2011, SPA -- An indignant Greece slammed EU and International Monetary Fund inspectors overseeing its efforts to reform its debt-crippled economy, accusing them Saturday of overstepping their role and interfering in Greece's (...)

12 - 02 - 2011
Pirates in Nigeria free 2 seamen
Awwal 08, 1432, Feb 11, 2011, SPA -- Greek authorities say pirates have freed two merchant navy officers kidnapped from a Greek-managed cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria last month, according to AP. The Merchant Marine Ministry says the two _ the (...)

11 - 02 - 2011
Greek transport workers walk off job
Awwal 08, 1432, Feb 11, 2011, SPA -- Transport workers in Athens walked off the job for several hours Friday to protest against planned public sector reforms, continuing a series of strikes that have plagued the Greek capital recently, according to (...)

11 - 02 - 2011
EU: Greece must make 50 billion euros in privatisations
Awwal 08, 1432, Feb 11, 2011, SPA -- A team of European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF) auditors on Friday said Greece must make 50 billion euros in privatisations by 2015, urging Athens to speed up reforms to meet the targets of a (...)

11 - 02 - 2011
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