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Greece's Far-Right Golden Dawn Party Opens Tolls for All During Easter…
Greek drivers received an unexpected "gift" on Friday when members of the far-right, many say, downright neo-Nazi, Golden Dawn party, occupied [sic] many toll booths around the Mediterranean country's road network allowing motorists to get a free ride for their Orthodox Easter weekend travel. Of course, in reality, there's no such thing as a free ride as the citizens of debt-struck Greece will end up paying the losses in income from the tolls in another form, sooner rather than later…
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Euro Debt Crisis Reaches Vw's Front Door, Cuts 2012 W. European Sales Target By 140,000 Vehicles
It was bound to happen sooner rather than later. The European sovereign debt crisis that started in Greece and spread to other countries including Cyprus, Portugal, Ireland and Spain, is beginning to have a deeper effect on companies like Volkswagen....
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Debt-stricken Greece Wants To Build A Formula 1 Racing Track In The Peloponnese
Greece is the country that’s been hit the hardest by the debt crisis that has brought a lot of unrest in Europe, threatening even the existence of the Eurozone itself. For the past three years, successive governments have imposed heavy taxes and...
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Very Nice: Vw Driver Goes Through A Swimming Lake, Then Wonders Why Bathers Are Pissed Off
Who needs "reality TV" when you have all these golden moments caught on camera? A seemingly tipsy driver of a Volkswagen Touareg thought he would impress the men, woman and children playing around and swimming in a lake by showing off his...
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Valmet's Dawn Spills Onto The Geneva Floors, Company Announces Deal With Marussia To Build The B2
If you're still trying to figure out what you're looking at in this pictures, you're not alone. Many have tried but few have succeeded to decode Valmet Automotive's Dawn concept car, which was presented at the 82nd Geneva International...
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European Car Registrations Drop 8.1% In June Amidst Economic Crisis
The latest figures form ACEA, the Brussels-based European carmakers’ lobby, show that the economic recession in Europe has taken its toll on automobile sales. In June, new passenger car registrations dropped by a significant 8.1% across the EU,...
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