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New Democracy mayor candidate says Athens mosque would attract 'illegal immigration'

Enet: Thursday, April 17, 2014

Proposed mosque would result in 'third-world tents' popping up around the 'sacred rock of the Acropolis', says Aris Spiliotopoulos

'Here comes the mayor!' - Greek far right fires up Athens campaign

Greek leader urges education in mother tongue for Turks

Greece

Former leper colony of Spinalonga, now a UNESCO-listed site, gets improvements (Apr. 17)

Greeks, Turks unite in condemning Islamophobic attack (Apr. 16)

Pair get life for Pakistani worker's murder (Enet: Apr. 16)

Migrant-smuggling suspect killed in Greece following chase at sea (The Republic: Apr. 15)

Greek police clash with retail employees protesting against longer shopping hours (The Republic: Apr. 14)

Police prohibit protests in central Athens for Merkel visit (Enet: Apr. 11)

Politics

Judges warn GD holdups over lifting of immunity could lead to suspects' release (eKathimerini: Apr. 17)

New Democracy mayor candidate says Athens mosque would attract 'illegal immigration' (Enet: Apr. 17)

German study belittles optimism over Greek recovery (EurActiv: Apr. 16)

Government interfered to remove 'austerity' from reports on Merkel's Athens visit, says journalist (Enet: Apr. 16)

Greek public debt to decline in 2014, says report (Apr. 15)

'Here comes the mayor!' - Greek far right fires up Athens campaign (Reuters: Apr. 15)

Diplomats say roadmap reached on easing Ukraine tensions (Apr. 17)

Putin reserves right to use force in Ukraine (Apr. 17)

3 killed in clash at Ukrainian base (Apr. 17)

Kyiv Suffers Setback in East Ukraine (Apr. 16)

EU lays out impact of financial sanctions on Russia (Reuters: Apr. 16)

Pro-Russians take control of Ukrainian troop carriers (Apr. 16)

Hundreds missing after South Korean ferry sinks (Apr. 16)

Australian PM: Search for missing plane will take a long time (Apr. 12)

Ohio geologists link small earthquakes to fracking (Guardian: Apr. 11)

Kenyan police accused of seeking bribes during immigration crackdown (Apr. 10)

Ping detection narrows search for MH370 (Apr. 10)

Windows XP users face end to Microsoft support (BBC: Apr. 8)

Business

Greece's Eurobank gets green light for 2.9 billion euro share issue (Reuters: Apr. 13)

Greek yields rise as market comeback euphoria fades (Reuters: Apr. 11)

Greece returns to international bond markets with a bang (The Daily Star: Apr. 10)

Huge investor demand for Greek five year bond (BBC: Apr. 10)

Greece to end its bond market exile on Thursday - sources (Reuters: Apr. 9)

Greece sells 6-month T-bills at cheapest cost in four years (Reuters: Apr. 8)

Sports

Police arrest Toumba stadium 'fishmonger' (Enet: Apr. 17)

Greek soccer turns fishier than ever (eKathimerini: Apr. 16)

Defense lets Olympiakos down at Madrid (eKathimerini: Apr. 16)

Apollon is relegated, Xanthi to face survival play-off (eKathimerini: Apr. 13)

Spanoulis buzzer beater beats Greens (eKathimerini: Apr. 11)

Kostas Mitroglou's fitness struggle remains a worry for Fulham (Guardian: Apr. 10)

Top Stories - Picks

Greeks, Turks unite in condemning Islamophobic attack (Apr. 16)

Greek soccer turns fishier than ever (eKathimerini: Apr. 16)

German study belittles optimism over Greek recovery (EurActiv: Apr. 16)

Kyiv Suffers Setback in East Ukraine (Apr. 16)

Government interfered to remove 'austerity' from reports on Merkel's Athens visit, says journalist (Enet: Apr. 16)

Pair get life for Pakistani worker's murder (Enet: Apr. 16)

Defense lets Olympiakos down at Madrid (eKathimerini: Apr. 16)

EU lays out impact of financial sanctions on Russia (Reuters: Apr. 16)

Pro-Russians take control of Ukrainian troop carriers (Apr. 16)

Hundreds missing after South Korean ferry sinks (Apr. 16)

Kostas Mitroglou's fitness struggle remains a worry for Fulham (Guardian: Apr. 10)

Opinion poll shows SYRIZA lead over ND in European and national elections (Apr. 11)

Greeks, Turks unite in condemning Islamophobic attack (Apr. 16)

Merkel praises Greek progress, says austerity must continue, after successful bond sale (The Tribune: Apr. 11)

Police prohibit protests in central Athens for Merkel visit (Enet: Apr. 11)

Spanoulis buzzer beater beats Greens (eKathimerini: Apr. 11)

New broom sweeps clean for younger Roma generation (Enet: Apr. 11)

Apollon is relegated, Xanthi to face survival play-off (eKathimerini: Apr. 13)

Australian PM: Search for missing plane will take a long time (Apr. 12)

Greek yields rise as market comeback euphoria fades (Reuters: Apr. 11)

Uninsured patients with contagious diseases are being left untreated, voluntary health clinic warns (Enet: Apr. 10)

Report: Iran summons Greek envoy over rights vote (The Southern: Apr. 7)

Greek prison guards charged with torturing inmate to death (Yahoo!7 News: Apr. 5)

Hague: Europe must not relax on Russia sanctions (Apr. 4)

Story: Uninsured patients with contagious diseases are being left untreated, voluntary health clinic warns

Something wrong with our priorities (Irlandos)

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Good! (Irlandos)

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A question of priorities (Irlandos)

1 week 3 days ago
Story: Hague: Europe must not relax on Russia sanctions

isreal (tieyetos)

1 week 5 days ago
Story: Government general secretary resigns over Golden Dawn remarks

No kidding! (Irlandos)

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Story: Greek leader urges education in mother tongue for Turks

Hear, hear! This is a first, (Pnyx)

2 weeks 4 days ago
Story: Greek leader urges education in mother tongue for Turks

tsipras to turkey (tieyetos)

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Story: Inmate who killed prison officer found dead in cell

Who's to blame? (Irlandos)

2 weeks 6 days ago
Story: No change in five-day shelf life for milk, ministry decides

Milking Consumers (Jim Adams)

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Story: US envoy: Cyprus peace may ease Europe gas fears

So change your tune! (Irlandos)

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On this Day

April 17

1897: The Greek Army, under Brig. Gen. Konstantinos Smolenskis, defeated the Turks at Velestino. This was the only Greek victory in the Greco-Turkish War (1897).
1944: Communist resistance group ELAS attacked and annihilated EKKA, a republican resistance group. EKKA leader, Dimitrios Psaros, was captured and executed.
1994: Andreas Papandreou was re-elected party leader of PASOK.
Births: Evangelos Averoff-Tossizza, politician, writer (1910), Theodoros Angelopoulos, producer (1935)
Deaths: Sotiris Spatharis, master of the "shadow theatre" (Karagiozis) (1974), Takis Miliadis, comic (1985), Yiannis Latsis, shipowner (2003); Anna Kalouta, actress (2010); Nikos Papazoglou, singer-songwriter (2011)

Recent days: April 16 - April 15

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