How the world sees Greece
McCartney Greek Wall a celebration of Greek life Charleston Gazette In November 2012, the McCartney Greek Wall was unveiled at the Erickson Alumni Center at West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.Va. The wall, a celebration of Greek life, was part of a $200,000 donation by Billy and Christie (Mullett) McCartney to ... |
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 Kathimerini | Greek adjustment program is working, insists ESM's Regling Kathimerini BRUSSELS – “The Greek population and the government should know that help will be forthcoming, if Greece also does its part of the deal, continues to implement reform,” says Klaus Regling, the managing director of the European Stability Mechanism ... |
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 NEWS.com.au | List of kidnappings of foreigners in northern Nigeria GlobalPost Gunmen kidnapped seven foreigners in Nigeria's restive north late Saturday in one of the worst such attacks in a region wracked by violence blamed on radical Islamists. Below is a list of kidnappings in the mainly Muslim north of the country, which is Africa's ... Briton, Italian, Greek, 5 Lebanese kidnapped in Nigeria Official: Citizens from Britain, Italy, Greece and Lebanon kidnapped in north ... Gunmen kidnap seven foreigners in north Nigeria |
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NEWS.com.au | British worker 'among those kidnapped in Nigeria' The Independent A British construction worker is believed to be among seven foreigners kidnapped in a raid by suspected Islamic extremists on a compound in northern Nigeria. The Foreign Office is investigating reports from the country that a group of men armed with guns ... List of kidnappings of foreigners in northern Nigeria Briton, Italian, Greek, 5 Lebanese kidnapped in Nigeria Gunmen in Nigeria's Northeast Kidnap Seven Foreign Workers |
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 Sky News Australia | Citizens of Britain, Italy, Greece, Lebanon and Philippines kidnapped in north ... Washington Post BAUCHI, Nigeria — Gunmen attacked a camp for a construction company in rural northern Nigeria, killing a guard and kidnapping seven foreign workers from Britain, Greece, Italy, Lebanon and the Philippines, authorities said Sunday, in the biggest ... Official: Citizens from Britain, Italy, Greece and Lebanon kidnapped in north ... Greece says citizen among group kidnapped in north Nigeria |
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Olympiakos extends Greek league lead to 16 points after winning 2-0 away at ... Victoria Times Colonist ATHENS, Greece - Olympiakos extended its lead in the Greek league to 16 points with eight rounds left after winning 2-0 at Xanthi on Sunday. Paulo Machado opened the scoring in the 29th minute and Rafik Djebbour found the net in the 68th to allow ... |
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 Telegraph.co.uk | Runoff called in Cyprus' presidential election USA TODAY Cyprus is in the midst of a financial meltdown after banks took huge losses when Greece restructured its debt. The crisis has been the primary campaign issue. Cyprus voting. A man votes in the Presidential election in southern port city of Limassol, Cyprus, ... Cyprus election: Anastasiades and Malas go to run-off Cyprus's Conservative leader Wins Presidential Elections -Interior Ministry Crucial Cyprus election goes to runoff |
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 Irish Times | Foreign workers held in Nigeria Irish Times irishtimes.com - Last Updated: Sunday, February 17, 2013, 16:22. Foreign workers held in Nigeria. Gunmen kidnapped seven foreigners and killed a security guard when they stormed a compound in Bauchi state in Nigeria today. Image: Google Maps. Gunmen abduct 7 foreign workers in Nigeria Briton, Italian, Greek, 5 Lebanese kidnapped in Nigeria Gunmen in Nigeria's Northeast Kidnap Seven Foreign Workers |
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Exit polls indicate conservative Nicos Anastasiades has secured enough support to avoid a runoff in closely watched election
Their country's future as a eurozone member hanging in the balance, Cypriots voted on Sunday to elect a new president, with exit polls indicating a victory for the pro-bailout conservative leader, Nicos Anastasiades,.
Anastasiades's rightwing party, DISY, appeared to have secured an outright victory with 51.1% of the vote, enough to avoid a runoff next week.
If the exit polls are correct it would be a massive endorsement of the pro-bailout policies advocated by a man who now faces the arduous task of finalising a €17bn (£14.6bn) rescue package with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund to keep the country's economy afloat.
Last year Cyprus became the fifth eurozone state to ask for a bailout. On Sunday 545,000 citizens filed into polling stations to cast ballots in what was seen as the country's most crucial election in modern times.
"Whoever wins will preside over five very difficult years, first negotiating a rescue programme then possibly having to enforce new austerity measures," said Hubert Faustmann, associate professor of history and political science at the University of Nicosia.
No Cypriot election had been as closely watched by the international community. The divided island's economic difficulties – triggered by losses its banking system suffered when Greece restructured its debt – have spurred concerns of a re-eruption of the eurozone crisis just when many had hoped progress in the bloc's fragile periphery had been achieved.
Brussels had not hidden its hope that Anastasiades would win. An advocate of neo-liberal policies who believes in breaking the power of trade unions, the 66-year-old lawyer has promised to reach a speedy agreement with would-be creditors at the EU, the IMF and the European Central Bank.
"Above all else, we must unite forces to counter this economic crisis which unfortunately our homeland has never experienced before," he said after casting his ballot.
The outgoing president, Demetris Christofias, a veteran communist, had balked at the idea of meeting the tough terms foreign lenders had attached to a bailout, including calls to privatise state assets.
Amid fears of Nicosia's debt load becoming unsustainable – the rescue terms would likely push Cypriot debt to as much as 145% of its GDP – Cyprus has faced increased pressure to accept aid from Russia. On the eve of the election Moscow's finance minister, Anton Siluanov, signalled that Russia would prolong the repayment period of a €2.5bn loan made to Cyprus in 2011.
The move was welcomed by the EU commissioner Olli Rehn, who emphasised Moscow's "close economic and financial ties with Cyprus". Russians lured by low taxes keep about €20bn in bank deposits in Cyprus. "It would certainly be helpful if Russia is able and willing to provide a financial contribution," Rehn said at the weekend.
The Mediterranean island has enough funds to get by until April after streamlining the economy and announcing pay, pension and benefit cuts worth about €1bn last year.
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Greek Doctors Probed In Bribe Case Greek Reporter According to SDOE, officials of a Greek company based on the Isle of Man bribed state hospital doctors in Athens, Thessaloniki and Patra in order to promote DePuy products. More than 20 million euros in fines ($26.7 million) were imposed on this and ... More arrests in Greek crackdown on corruption: police |
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 Telegraph.co.uk | Briton 'kidnapped in Nigeria attack' Telegraph.co.uk Teams of armed men in four-wheel-drive vehicles stormed the Lebanese construction company Setraco's walled compound, killing a Nigerian security guard and taking the hostages with little resistance. A Briton, a Greek, an Italian and five Lebanese ... Foreign workers kidnapped in Nigeria Nigeria foreign workers abducted in Bauchi state - police Briton, Italian, Greek, 5 Lebanese kidnapped in Nigeria |
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Greek Singers Take Acts to Skopje Greek Reporter mpuzoukia Music has no borders nor language. With Greece struggling with a huge economic crisis, Greek nightclub singers are also trying to cope with those difficult times by giving performances wherever they can find them, and that includes Skopje in ... |
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 Channel 4 News | Briton, Italian, Greek, 5 Lebanese kidnapped in Nigeria Xinhua BAUCHI, Nigeria, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Unknown gunmen kidnapped eight foreign workers from a Lebanese construction company in northeastern Nigeria and killed a guard on duty, local authorities said on Sunday. Chairman of Jama'are Local Government ... Greek among foreign workers kidnapped in Nigeria Briton, Italian, Greek, 5 Lebanese Kidnapped in Nigeria: Official Gunmen kill one security guard, abduct 7 foreigners in N Nigeria |
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Corruption Costs Greece 10% of GDP Greek Reporter corruption_390 The Washington, D.C.-based prestigious think tank the Brookings Institution estimates that corruption is costing Greece some 20 billion euros ($26.7 billion) which, combined with lost revenues from the country's notoriously tangled and ... |
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Hollande in symbolic visit of 'support' to Greece GlobalPost "This visit encourages the pro-European forces in Greece who are struggling against the fierce opposition of certain interest groups representing the dysfunctions of the past and proposing the country's entrenchment and isolation from the European ... |
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 The Guardian | Nigerian police say 7 foreigners kidnapped CBS News BAUCHI, Nigeria Gunmen attacked a camp for a construction company in rural northern Nigeria, killing a guard and kidnapping seven foreign workers from Britain, Greece, Italy and Lebanon, authorities said Sunday, in the biggest kidnapping yet in a region ... Nigeria foreign workers abducted in Bauchi state - police UPDATE 2-Gunmen kidnap seven foreigners in north Nigeria -police 7 foreign citizens kidnapped in Nigeria |
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Tres Linguae Sacrae: Three Sacred Languages--Hebrew, Greek, and Latin Catholic Online The justification for St. Isidore's claim was built upon Pilate's command--surely guided by divine Providence in St. Isidore's view--that the titulus crucis, the placard on the True Cross that identified Jesus' supposed crime, was to be written in ... |
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 BBC News | Arsonists attack Hellas gold mine in northern Greece BBC News Dozens of masked intruders have raided a gold mining operation in northern Greece, officials say. The attackers used gasoline bombs and flammable liquid to set fire to machinery, vehicles and containers, police told the Associated Press. The Hellas Gold ... Hooded protesters firebomb Greek mining site Masked intruders raid Greek gold mining company |
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