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Greece 0 Georgia 1 - 2012 European Championship Group F qualifier halftime:Latest News : Greece stutter to 1-1 draw against Georgia
Greece opened their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with a disappointing 1-1 home draw against Georgia at the Georgios Karaiskakis stadium in Athens on Friday.Latest News : Greece 1 Georgia 1
Greece's Fernando Santos experienced a frustrating competitive debut as coach after his team were held to a 1-1 draw by Georgia in their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign Group F opener at the Georgios Karaiskakis stadium in Athens.Latest News : Greece imposes smoking ban in public spaces
Greece has imposed a nationwide ban on smoking in enclosed public and private workplaces under a new slogan "cut smoking, gain life."Soccer-Greece 1 Georgia 1 - Euro 2012 result
Greece 1 Georgia 1 - 2012 European Championship Group F qualifier result:Greece fail to convince against Georgia
Euro 2004 champions Greece were held to a disappointing draw in Friday's qualifying match against Georgia.Greece beats Ivory Coast at basketball worlds
Greece secured a spot in the second round of the basketball world championship and eliminated Ivory Coast with a 97-60 win on Wednesday, spurred by 15 points from Nick Calathes. A day after a disappointing 76-65 loss to rival Turkey, Greece (3-1) took a commanding lead from the start to hand Ivory Coast its fourth straight loss.Greece bans smoking, again
Greece banned smoking in all indoor public places again on Wednesday in yet another effort to persuade Europe's heaviest smokers to kick the habit.Georgia holds Greece 1-1 in Euro 2012 qualifier
Nikos Spyropoulos scored a late goal for Greece to salvage a 1-1 draw with Georgia on Friday in their opening qualifier for the 2012 European Championship Georgia took the lead in the third minute, when Alexander Iashvili slipped through a gap in the defense to send the ball past goalkeeper Michalis Sifakis.Greece: Weapons linked to Albanian unrest found
THESSALONIKI, Greece - Police in northern Greece say they have discovered a cache of weapons believed to have been looted from army depots in neighbouring Albania during a 1997 uprising in that country.Greece rebounds from loss, handles Ivory Coast
Greece secured a spot in the second round of the basketball world championship and eliminated Ivory Coast with a 97-60 win on Wednesday, led by 15 points from Nick Calathes.Will Greece turn from euros to gyros?
Athens is abuzz with a rumor: Greece might leave the euro zone and adopt a new currency -- a Greek euro, so to speak, something of a cross between a drachma and a euro to be used only internally. Some hungry economists have jokingly given the new money a nickname: the "Gyro."Greece Apollo project leads to office shuffle
As construction wraps up this month at Greece Apollo Middle School, the clerk for the district's Board of Education will work out of a relocated office on the school's ground floor.Greece smoking ban goes into effect
Greece has introduced a smoking ban that outlaws lighting up in all public indoor areas and prohibits most tobacco advertising.Greece beats Ivory Coast 97-60 at hoop champs
Greece's Giorgos Printezis scores against Ivory Coast during a World Basketball Championship preliminary round match in Ankara, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010.Greece 1 Georgia 1 - Euro 2012 result
(adds teams)Greece beats Ivory Coast 97-60 at hoop champs
Greece's Sofoklis Schortsanitis, right, controls the ball as Ivory Coast's Mamadou Lamizana defends on during a World Basketball Championship preliminary round match in Ankara, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010.Greece introduces tough smoking ban
Greece, praised for its budget cutbacks and austerity programme, is going after another vice from today: smoking.Greece bans smoking in public, again
Greece yesterday banned smoking in all indoor public places again in yet another effort to persuade Europe’s heaviest smokers to kick the habit. The new socialist government hopes fines and vigilance will work after a similar attempt in 2009 was largely ignored.EU austerity policies risk civil war in Greece, warns top German economist Dr Sinn
Greece's austerity measures cannot prevent default and could lead to a breakdown of the political order, says top German economist.Bulgaria, Greece Presidents to Open Long-Awaited Border Crossing
The Presidents of Bulgaria and Greece, Georgi Parvanov and Karolos Papoulias, will be opening the fifth crossing point on the joint border on September 9.Japan, Greece Are Closest to Having Unsustainable Debt Levels, IMF Says
Greece, Italy, Japan and Portugal are the advanced economies hovering closest to unsustainable levels of government debt, International Monetary Fund staff said in a research note today.Greece imposes smoking ban in enclosed public spaces
ATHENS, GREECE : Greece imposed on Wednesday a new law banning smoking in enclosed public spaces, after previous attempts to impose partial bans failed.EU austerity polices risk civil war in Greece, warns top German economist Dr Sinn
Greece's austerity measures cannot prevent default and could lead to a break-down of the political order, says top German economist.Greece introduces tough smoking ban
Greece, praised for its budget cutbacks and austerity programme, is going after another vice from today: smoking. Related Stories 300,000 Mazda cars are recalled Apple unveils new TV set-top box Apple's Ping rival to Facebook and Twitter launches with 160m usersSpiropoulos denies Georgia a win in Greece
Greece 1-1 Georgia Aleksandr Iashvili's third-minute effort might have sparked a Group F upset, but Nikos Spiropoulos rescued the home side.Greece imposes tough smoking ban
Greece is set to impose a tough ban that will outlaw smoking in all public indoor areas.Greece introduces tough smoking ban
Greece, praised for its budget cutbacks and austerity programme, is going after another vice from today: smoking. Related Stories Clegg sees Pakistan flood damage 45 killed in militant hideout raids Sweden reopens WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange rape probe‎ Sweden reopens investigation into rape claims against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Bomb kills Muslim pilgrimages chiefGreece paid pensions to dead people
Greece has discovered that it has been paying pensions to people who have passed away - in one case, more than a decade ago.Greece bans smoking in enclosed public spaces
Tobacco advertising prohibited and anti-smoking board games to be distributed to children to cut country's high smoking rates A ban on lighting up in enclosed public areas comes into force in Greece today as part of an effort to curb the country's high smoking rates. Offenders will be fined up to €10,000 (£8,260), and tobacco advertising will also be prohibited under the measures. Some 42% of ...Greece inaugurates new campaign to ban smoking in enclosed public areas
A new law which strictly prohibits smoking in all indoor public places across Greece comes into effect on Wednesday September 1. It is the fourth such effort in the decade for Greek authorities which face strong reactions by a nation of heavy smokers.Russia beats Greece, advances at basketball worlds
Timofey Mozgov scored 18 points Thursday as Russia defeated Greece 73-69 to advance to the knockout round of the world championship. Russia (4-1) finished second in Group C behind Turkey. China also reached the next round in Istanbul. Andrey Vorontsevich's one-handed dunk with four seconds to go in the third quarter increased Russia's lead to 16 points and his team was never behind.Greece Police Hire Four New Recruits
The Greece Police Department continues to take steps to improve its image--the newest change? Hiring new recruits for the first time in 15 years....Greece bans smoking, again
Agencies Athens, Sept 1: Greece banned smoking in all indoor public places again today in yet another effort to persuade Europe's heaviest smokers to kick the habit.Greece implements third smoking ban
Athens - Greece, home to Europe's largest percentage of smokers, on Wednesday imposed its third and toughest ban on smoking in enclosed public places.Russia beats Greece, advances at basketball worlds
Timofey Mozgov scored 18 points Thursday as Russia defeated Greece 73-69 to advance to the knockout round of the world championship. Russia (4-1) finished second in Group C behind Turkey. China also reached the next round in Istanbul on points differential ahead of Ivory Coast and Puerto Rico. Andrey Vorontsevich's dunk with 4 seconds to go in the third quarter increased Russia's lead to 16...Greece to crack down -- again -- on die-hard smokers
Greece is cracking down on its die-hard smokers for the second time in just over a year in a new bid to stamp out the habit in Europe's most nicotine-addicted nation.Greece aims to extinguish its addiction to smoking
A fresh crackdown on smoking started in Greece yesterday, with the government outlawing cigarettes in enclosed public spaces and placing new limits on tobacco advertising.West Nile virus kills 15 in Greece, health officials say
West Nile Virus has killed 15 people in northern Greece and sickened 158 others, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.Greece's Temple of Athena Nike restoration complete
Builders have completed another stage of restoration of the Acropolis in Athens with the removal of scaffolding from the temple of Athena Nike, the head of renovation efforts said Friday.Summary Box: Greece goes after smoking
NO SMOKING: Greece is imposing tougher smoking restrictions that outlaws lighting up in enclosed public areas and prohibits tobacco advertising. Offenders will be fined up to euro10,000 ($12,750).Greece Police make arrest in car arsons
Greece Police are investigating three suspicious car fires in three consecutive nights. Just this afternoon, police arrested 21-year-old Ryan...Greece introduces smoking ban
ATHENS -- A new law has come into force in Greece banning smoking in enclosed public spaces and tobacco advertising.Summary Box: Greece goes after smoking
NO SMOKING: Greece is imposing tougher smoking restrictions that outlaws lighting up in enclosed public areas and prohibits tobacco advertising. Offenders will be fined up to euro10,000 ($12,750). WHO'S AFFECTED: Forty-two percent of Greeks over age 15 smoke,... Tobacco - Tobacco advertising - Tobacco smoking - Health - Specific SubstancesAnimal rights activists claim release of 50,000 minks in northern Greece
ATHENS, Greece - An international animal rights activist group has claimed responsibility for releasing more than 50,000 minks from two fur farms in northern Greece.Greece: Fur farms raided, 50,000 minks set loose
THESSALONIKI, Greece - Police say break-ins at two fur farms have set more than 50,000 minks on the loose in northern...Research and Markets: Health and Wellness in Greece - Forecasts to 2014 - Oral, Heart and Digestive Health the Main ...
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e1e09f/health_and_wellnes) has announced the addition of the "Health and Wellness in Greece" report to their offering. The recession that started soon after the 2004 Olympic Games, and worsened because of the financial crisis that hit the globe in 2008, which developed in Greece a ...West Nile virus kills 14 in Greece
West Nile Virus has killed 14 people in northern Greece and sickened 142, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.Greece beats Puerto Rico 83-80
Vassilis Spanoulis scored 28 points to lead Greece to an 83-80 victory over Puerto Rico on Sunday in the preliminary round of the basketball world championship. Kostas Tsartsaris added 14 points for Greece (2-0) in the game that saw four lead changes and three ties in the fourth quarter alone. Greece defeated China 89-81 on Saturday in Group C. 1 2 3
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