(AP) - ATHENS, Greece - A wave of new tax hikes hit Greece on Monday, raising the cost of consumer goods despite recession and high unemployment, as European Union finance ministers gathered in Brussels to discuss the country's debt crisis. The center-left government has increased the main sales tax from 19 to 21 percent, as part of a ?16 billion ($22 billion) austerity package intended to cut the budget deficit by almost a third this year. The tax hike raised the cost of fuel and most consumer...
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