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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)

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)

Italy ex-PM Berlusconi to do community service - court (BBC: Apr. 15)

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)

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

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

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)

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

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

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

345 migrants rescued off Crete - 47 children (Apr. 10)

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)

Government general secretary resigns over Golden Dawn remarks (Apr. 2)

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Something wrong with our priorities (Irlandos)

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Good! (Irlandos)

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A question of priorities (Irlandos)

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Story: Hague: Europe must not relax on Russia sanctions

isreal (tieyetos)

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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)

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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)

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Milking Consumers (Jim Adams)

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

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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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