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Eurobank to urge debtors to join settlement scheme
Eurobank is prepared to send letters to some 35,000 clients with non-performing loans totaling 2 billion euros urging them to take advantage of the law allowing them to settle their debts on favorable terms and save their homes from foreclosure.
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Police to establish discreet presence in Exarchia
The police intend to continue conducting sweeps in the downtown Athens district of Exarchia and to establish a more permanent presence there in a bid to tackle lawlessness in the area.
"Our aim is to make our presence felt without creating the impression of a neighborhood dominated by police," a Citizens' Protection Ministry official told Kathimerini.
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Bulgarian-Swiss Program Gives 2500 Children a Chance to Go to Kindergarten
The implementation of the Health and Education for All program improved access to social, health and educational services for young Roma families and enabled 2500 children between 3 and 5 years of age to regularly attend kindergartens and preschool groups.
Police conduct fresh drug crackdown in Exarchia
Police conducted an anti-drug operation, the third in as many weeks, in the central Athenian district of Exarchia Thursday morning, seizing a large quantity of drugs.
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Labor Ministry bill not to include tax debt settlement scheme
A draft bill on social security reform that will be presented to lawmakers will not include a new system for settling tax debts to the state, Labor Minister Effie Achtsioglou said on Thursday.
Police detains more than 90 people in Exarchia squat sweep
Police in Athens arrested three people and detained more than 90 in a large operation to evict squatters in two buildings in the central district of Exarchia early Thursday morning.
The raid on Tzavella street followed a similar operation in a house on Solomou street where three people were detained for possession of cannabis.
Under pressure from creditors, Greek gov't restricts borrower protection
Just two days after submitting legislation to Parliament outlining a new framework for the protection of overindebted borrowers from foreclosures, the government on Thursday submitted an amendment watering down that protection after coming under pressure from the country's international creditors.
Drug racket unraveled in Athens
Another drug racket operating in central Athens was unraveled by police Thursday.
Four foreign nationals - three Albanians and a Tunisian - aged between 27 and 63, were arrested in the neighborhood of Aghios Panteleimonas on charges of running a criminal gang and drug dealing.
Police said the gang was also active in the neighborhoods of Amerikis Square and Victoria.
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Government yields ground on foreclosures
Far from sticking to its guns, the government has yielded significant ground on the new foreclosure protection framework, a draft of which was tabled in Parliament late on Tuesday and will be put to a vote on Thursday.
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Greece limits foreclosure protection after financial crisis
Lawmakers in Greece have begun debating tougher regulations to deal with household insolvency after the financial crisis left nearly half of mortgages and commercial loans non-performing or in distress.
The debate started Wednesday at a parliamentary committee despite failure by the government so far to finalize an agreement with bailout creditors on details of the new regulations.