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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Reilich leading GOP candidate for Greece supervisor


Reilich leading GOP candidate for Greece supervisor
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
The Greece Republican Committee is expected to meet Thursday night, hear recommendations from its candidate screening committee and vote on designated candidates for November's elections. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 1 Vince ...


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If Greece collects more tax, austerity eases: IMF


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If Greece collects more tax, austerity eases: IMF
Yahoo!7 News
"If Greece can do a better job of collecting taxes, then the government should be able to avoid further wage and pension cuts," IMF spokesman Bill Murray said at a news conference. Murray was speaking as auditors representing Greece's IMF, EU and ...
Greece and France to sign defence agreement: Le DrianGlobalPost
Greece International Creditors Warn on Tax ReformNASDAQ
French defense minister eyes closer cooperation with GreeceKathimerini
Financial Times -Global Times -Europe Online Magazine
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Greek man arrested for string of racist attacks on Pakistani immigrants in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - A 20-year-old Greek man has been arrested on suspicion of belonging to a racist gang that mounted a string of attacks on Pakistani immigrants in Athens last year.

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Casa students present Greek tragedy


Casa students present Greek tragedy
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
“Doing a Greek tragedy is quite a challenge for high school students,” said Rustan. “It requires entry into a very different world than they are used to inhabiting. Especially challenging is the shift in time and rhythms. Students are used to the pace ...


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Cyprus's departing finance minister warns: we'll run out of money by May

Incoming pro-bailout government signals commitment to onerous reforms in return for international rescue package

Cyprus will run out of money in May, its outgoing finance minister has warned, as EU officials prepare to address the issue of a €17.5bn (£15bn) bailout for the island.

The scale of Cyprus's monetary woes hit home as the new president in Nicosia, Nicos Anastasiades, assumed office on Thursday pledging to finalise negotiations for an international rescue programme "as soon as possible".

"Confronting the huge challenges that we face, we want Europe on our side," said the veteran conservative, whose tenure ends five years of left-wing rule widely blamed for the island's worst economic crisis in decades. "We're not asking for special [treatment] but fair treatment … it's what we deserve. Solidarity from Europe. "

Since being swept to power in a resounding victory on Sunday, Anastasiades has gone out of his way to emphasise his commitment to adopting the onerous reforms that are the price of international aid.

Signalling a clear shift from the policies of the outgoing communist government, he appointed the technocrat and former World Bank economist Michalis Sarris as finance minster.

Widely respected in EU capitals and the US, Sarris oversaw Cyprus's entry to the eurozone during a previous stint as finance minister in 2008.

In another deft move, the London School of Economics professor and nobel laureate Christopher Pissarides has also been drafted to head a group of "wise men" advising the government on the economy.

Anastasiades, whose victory has been met with relief in Brussels after eight months of often fraught negotiations under former president Demetris Christofias, says he hopes a loan agreement can be wrapped up by the end of March.

With bankruptcy looming – and just 12 weeks to go before the island faces a debt repayment of €1.6bn – the new president spoke this week of the "pressing need to recapitalise our banking sector". Greek Cypriot banks saw €4.5bn in deposits – the equivalent of 25% of GDP – wiped out virtually overnight when Greece's monumental debt load was restructured last year.

In his last public statement before leaving office, outgoing finance minister Vassos Shiarly said the island's public coffers would run dry in May, leaving the government unable to pay civil service salaries or pensions. "Based on the data before us, fiscal issues can be managed without a problem until May, because we always work three months ahead," he told reporters after a meeting with the new president.

"Like Greece, we need a correction in our attitudes," his replacement, Sarris, told the Guardian. "But in Greece they have been living beyond their means for 40 years and so to correct that in the space of two years is very painful. In Cyprus we are talking about correcting excesses of a much shorter period, so the correction will be relatively mild."

But with bank recapitalisation estimated at around €10bn and government operation costs projected at another €7bn, the financial assistance programme needed for the island will ultimately amount to its entire annual GDP – pushing the island's debt burden to what many fear will be unsustainable levels.

Highlighting those concerns, Moody's noted on Thursday that while the election of the pro-bailout Anastasiades has boosted the chances of a settlement finally being reached, default could still not be ruled out.

"There is a 50% chance that the sheer size of Cyprus's anticipated debt load will eventually compel authorities to pursue every avenue for debt reduction, including private sector losses on Cypriot debt," Moody's said.

With the eurozone debt crisis in its third year, Europe appears divided over how to handle a bailout for the island. Germany, which has borne the brunt of bailing out Athens, has increasingly pushed for bank depositors to bear part of the cost – prompting fears among other member states of a run on Cypriot banks.

In his first speech as president, Anastasiades angrily rejected the idea of Cypriot bank shareholders and depositors being made to pay the price of any rescue programme for the country.


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Greece and France to sign defence agreement: Le Drian


Greece and France to sign defence agreement: Le Drian
GlobalPost
French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Thursday that Greece and France will sign a defence collaboration agreement, following reports that Athens would borrow navy frigates from Paris. "This (broader) agreement will further include a more ...


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Greece International Creditors Warn on Tax Reform


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Greece International Creditors Warn on Tax Reform
NASDAQ
ATHENS--Greece's international creditors have issued a new warning over the country's lagging tax reform efforts ahead of a visit next week by a troika of budget inspectors and recent data showing tax collection is falling short of target again. A 72 ...
French defense minister eyes closer cooperation with GreeceKathimerini
Greece misses revenue-raising targetsFinancial Times
EU-IMF draft report blasts Greece on taxGlobal Times
Europe Online Magazine
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Do men need their own yogurt? New brand bets they do

A new Greek yogurt brand, Powerful, is marketing its product specifically to men. “We wanted to give men a healthier option, and knew they could use a little help with some masculine marketing, rather than just buying yogurt for their wife or kids,” the company's spokesperson told TODAY.com. But how will such a product fare?A new Greek yogurt brand, Powerful, is marketing its product specifically to men. “We wanted to give men a healthier option, and knew they could use a little help with some masculine marketing, rather than just buying yogurt for their wife or kids,” the company's spokesperson told TODAY.com. But how will such a product fare?



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French defense minister eyes closer cooperation with Greece


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French defense minister eyes closer cooperation with Greece
Kathimerini
France and Greece have a long shared history in matters of defense. It is a deep relationship based on trust. French industries have been important suppliers to the Greek armed forces and continue to work with them in equipment maintenance. Right now ...


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Marco Cáceres: The Darker Side of Free Trade

So if you can't do away with the U.S. demand, and you can't destroy the current suppliers by legalizing the market, then what? There's a third way. Make it a lot more difficult for the drugs to enter the U.S. No, I'm not talking about U.S. military interdiction efforts.

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New Greek restaurant opens today


Kansas.com (blog)

New Greek restaurant opens today
Kansas.com (blog)
Kosta The Greek is a new Greek restaurant opening today in the spot at 2308 S. Meridian formerly occupied by Habanero. It's owned by Kosta Kiosses, a transplant from Greece. Kiosses and his wife, Maria, have been selling spinach pies and other Greek ...


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Greece Athena, Irondequoit reach Class AA2 final with wins


Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Greece Athena, Irondequoit reach Class AA2 final with wins
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
1 seed Irondequoit turned back Marshall/Freddie Thomas, 47-34, after Greece Athena topped East High, 72-63, at Blue Cross Arena at the Rochester Community War Memorial. The Irondequoit Eagles (18-2), as usual, did not need much offense.
High School Roundup: Irondequoit to meet Greece Athena in boys Class AA2 finalMPNnow.com

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How to use the enduring power of Greek myths in your classroom


The Guardian (blog)

How to use the enduring power of Greek myths in your classroom
The Guardian (blog)
To use an example, the opening sequence of The Odyssey describes the war between the Greeks and the Trojans; this lends itself to a discussion of when is one justified to go to war and when at war, what is one justified to do? The first two stories ...


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Greece accuses pharma of witholding meds, triggering shortages


Greece accuses pharma of witholding meds, triggering shortages
FiercePharma
Greece and the drug industry aren't getting along so well. After several years of stiffing drugmakers on their bills, the Greek government now accuses more than 50 pharma companies of cutting off supplies of key drugs, the Guardian reports. Worried ...


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Greek Politician Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Embezzlement: Is Athens ...


International Business Times

Greek Politician Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Embezzlement: Is Athens ...
International Business Times
A court in Greece has sentenced a prominent politician to a life sentence in prison for embezzlement after a nearly six-month trial, suggesting perhaps that authorities in the beleaguered, cash- strapped nation may finally crack down on government ...

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Greek OTE 2012 profit rises in line with forecast


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Greek OTE 2012 profit rises in line with forecast
Kathimerini
Greece's biggest telecoms company OTE reported on Thursday surging profit in 2012, helped by an asset sale, despite the country's recession. Net profit stood at 476.4 million euros ($624.5 million) from 119.7 million euros in the previous year, said ...
28/02/2013Greek telecom OTE reports profit in 2012Expatica Germany

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EU court rules Greece must recover 310 mln euros in aid from Skaramangas ...


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EU court rules Greece must recover 310 mln euros in aid from Skaramangas ...
Kathimerini
An EU court has ruled that Greece's decision to grant aid to the Skaramangas shipyards after 1992 was in breach of the community's guidelines on free market competition. In a judgement delivered on Thursday, the European Court of Justice confirmed a ...
EU Court Rules Greece Must Recover Aid to Skaramangkas Shipyards-StatementFox Business
EU Court Says Greek Shipyard Aid UnlawfulGreek Reporter
Greece to recover shipyards' aidNew Europe

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Enjoy A Taste of Greece this weekend


Enjoy A Taste of Greece this weekend
East Valley Tribune
The festival highlights the traditions, music, and entertainment of Greece with live folk dancing, dance workshops, cooking demonstrations, an “agora” marketplace with Greek imports, icons, imports and jewelry, a kids fun zone, along with lots of food.


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Horsemeat traces found in frozen beef products in Greece

Tests on samples of frozen beef products sold in Greece originating from Romania have shown traces of undeclared horsemeat, Greek authorities said here on Thursday.

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Greece 'facing medicine shortage'

Greece is reportedly facing a severe shortage of medicine, with pharmaceutical companies reluctant to ship drugs to the country due to low profits and unpaid debts.


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French economy more worrying than Greece, says German economist


French economy more worrying than Greece, says German economist
Journal of Turkish Weekly
Germany is more concerned about the situation of the French economy than Greece, a prominent German economist and business journalist, Ursula Weidenfeld, has said in an interview with French weekly news magazine Le Point. Rising unemployment, the ...


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Peter Hardwick obituary

Peter Hardwick, who has died aged 84, was an English teacher of exceptional brilliance and inspiration, despite a complete lack of pedagogical training or qualifications. With one brief interruption, he taught at Stonyhurst college, the Jesuit school in Lancashire, for four decades. For many of his pupils, his was a decisive cultural influence, not just on their education but on their lives.

He was born in Birmingham, the son of a primary school headmaster. After national service, he read history at Jesus College, Oxford, where he was a contemporary and friend of the critic Kenneth Tynan. But his real interest – and gift – was in literature, as he discovered when, in 1955, he became a temporary teacher at Stonyhurst.

A Catholic by birth and (despite a brief period of scepticism early on) by lifelong conviction, Hardwick was a great admirer of Jesuit thought and education, but his own style of teaching was in some ways a departure from the tradition: expansive and discursive, taking in philosophy, music, art history, politics; engaged as much in contemporary British, American and Russian literature as in the classics; though always shot through with the very Jesuit-like conviction that an education in literature could and should be a moral education as well.

In their sophistication and intellectual challenge, his classes – whether on English literature or on general topics – were closer to university seminars than conventional sixth-form teaching. Examinations were regarded as minor irritations. Few who were taught by Hardwick would forget the experience; many continued to see or correspond with him decades later. A significant number went on to have careers in the arts and broadcasting, the director Charles Sturridge and the Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Peters among them. He followed my own adventures at the BBC and Channel 4 with amusement and fierce loyalty.

He married Brigid Bodkin, who would also teach at Stonyhurst, in 1956, and they had four children together. In 1994, after many years as head of the English department, Hardwick retired. He continued to support culture and education at the school.

Walking had always been a great love of his, and over the decades he had walked every yard of the hills and valleys around Stonyhurst, the landscape of Gerard Manley Hopkins, whom he particularly admired. In retirement, he led walking holidays in Greece as well as joining friends for walks in the north of England and beyond. His later years were also spent looking after Brigid, who had been diagnosed in 1990 with Parkinson's. He felt immense pride and pleasure in his children, his 13 grandchildren and, last year, a great-granddaughter, who took his place on the traditional family Christmas expedition up Longridge Fell when, for the first time, he was too ill to go himself.

He is survived by Brigid, their two sons, Christopher and Tom, two daughters, Mary and Lucy, grandchildren and great-granddaughter.


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