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Greek unions stage general strike over rail deaths
ATHENS, Greece — A general strike in Greece called in response to a rail disaster last month grounded flights and extensively disrupted services, with protests in cities across the country planned for Thursday. The strike also kept ferries to the…
Greece: Snow reaches Acropolis, halts services
ATHENS, Greece — High winds and a cold snap in Greece halted ferry services and highway traffic and dusted the Acropolis and other ancient monuments in Athens with snow on Monday. The inclement weather prompted authorities in greater Athens in…
Greece raises minimum wage to pre-bailout levels
ATHENS, Greece — Greece announced on Friday an increase in the minimum wage that will restore pay to levels existing before sweeping cuts were imposed more than a decade ago during an international bailout. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the…
Gov’t to start looking for bias in small business lending
Going beyond ‘green,’ activism new standard in ski industry
ASPEN, Colorado — Snow falls thick as skiers shed their gear and duck into the Sundeck Restaurant, one of the first certified energy efficient buildings in the U.S. – this one at 11,200 feet (3,413 meters) above sea level atop…
German prosecutors charge four over violating trade act to sell spyware to Turkey
BERLIN — German authorities have filed charges against four suspects from a Bavarian company accused of selling surveillance software to Turkey that could be used to spy on Turkish dissidents, prosecutors said Monday. The Munich prosecutors say the defendants intentionally…
German prosecutors charge four over violating trade act to sell spyware to Turkey
BERLIN — German authorities have filed charges against four suspects from a Bavarian company accused of selling surveillance software to Turkey that could be used to spy on Turkish dissidents, prosecutors said Monday. The Munich prosecutors say the defendants intentionally…
German police conduct raids on climate activists as impatience mounts
BERLIN — Authorities raided 15 properties across Germany on Wednesday and seized assets in an investigation into the financing of protests by the Last Generation climate activist group, prosecutors said — a move that comes as impatience with the organization’s…
German pensions to rise again, but slower than inflation
BERLIN — German retirees’ pensions will rise significantly this summer for the second consecutive year, the government said Monday, though the increase will still fall short of the current inflation rate. The Labor Ministry said pensions will increase by 4.39%…