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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Nazi Debt To Greece Could Ease Crisis


Greek Reporter

Nazi Debt To Greece Could Ease Crisis
Greek Reporter
Die Welt With Greece deciding to press for some 160 billion euros ($208.45 billion) it says it's owed in WWII reparations for damages and forced loans to the Nazis, a commentary in Germany's influential newspaper Die Welt said Germany should consider ...


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Dendias: Greek society is not xenophobic at all


Greek Reporter

Dendias: Greek society is not xenophobic at all
EnetEnglish
Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias “The Greek society is not xenophobic at all, rather the opposite”, Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias told CNN International during an interview on Friday. During a two-day visit to New York, Dendias spoke to CNN ...
Dendias Visits FBI and NYPDGreek Reporter

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Euro zone set to approve 2.8 billion euros for Greece on Monday


Christian Science Monitor

Euro zone set to approve 2.8 billion euros for Greece on Monday
Reuters UK
ATHENS (Reuters) - Senior euro zone officials will meet on Monday to approve payment of another 2.8 billion euros (2.35 billion pounds) in rescue loans for Greece, on condition that the country's lawmakers approve a reform law the day before, the ...
Greece starts firing civil servants for first time in a centuryChristian Science Monitor
Greece is right to expose German loans hypocrisyThe Guardian (blog)
Greece: Civil servants protest ahead of vote on job cutseuronews
Salon -Greek Reporter
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Kim Kardashian bares baby bump, flashes bikini bottoms in Greece


New York Daily News

Kim Kardashian bares baby bump, flashes bikini bottoms in Greece
New York Daily News
The television fixture showed off her swelling belly while out on vacation with the rest of the Kardashian clan on the isle of Mykonos in Greece. PHOTOS: KIM KARDASHIAN'S WILD MATERNITY STYLE. Sporting a flowing swimsuit cover-up with tropical print, ...
Kim Kardashian Reveals Bare Baby Bump on Family Vacation in Greece: PictureUs Magazine
Kim Kardashian Greece: Kim brings baby bump to MykonosExaminer.com
Kim Kardashian and Family Spend Saturday on a Yacht in GreeceGossipCenter.com
Global Grind -Mirror.co.uk -TMZ.com
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Kim Kardashian bares baby bump in Greece

Kim Kardashian is bumpin'. The television fixture showed off her swelling belly while out on vacation with the rest of the Kardashian clan on the isle of Mykonos in Greece.
    



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Annual Greek dinner planned at church


Annual Greek dinner planned at church
The Southern
Chef Martha Beck will prepare a variety of authentic Greek appetizers, entrees and desserts including dolmathes, spanikopita, moussaka, chicken with artichokes and potatoes, baklava, and other dishes. Tickets are $25 each. Childcare will be available ...


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Kim Kardashian -- Greek Goddess


TMZ.com

Kim Kardashian -- Greek Goddess
TMZ.com
This POS wouldn't make a pimple on a Greek Goddess's ass. Get real TMZ. 30 minutes ago. Reply. 4. 1. Clear Vote. 7. No Avatar · Hollywierd_gurl. GODDESS??? Find a dictionary. C'mon TMZ. How can I "un-see" this? STOP THIS INSANITY! 27 minutes ago ...


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Life is sweet for beekeepers in Greece


Life is sweet for beekeepers in Greece
Taipei Times
In the fragrant hills of the Peloponnese in southern Greece, after a few sharp turns along a path, Nikos Reppas' old car arrives at bee heaven: a field full of violet hyacinths, close to the prehistoric ruins of Mycenae. Since antiquity, when according ...


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Greece: public sector workers against austerity


euronews

Greece: public sector workers against austerity
euronews
Public sector workers from Athens Thessaloniki demonstrated in the Greek capital on Friday, as parliament prepares to vote on the latest round of government austerity measures which include the firing of civil servants.


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Greek Student Winner of NASA Art Competition


Greek Reporter

Greek Student Winner of NASA Art Competition
Greek Reporter
Angelica-Maria created a human-robot which would explore different human-friendly planets, with Mars being the final destination. This was the story that the young Greek student drew and won NASA's competition. On the official website of the ...


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Police arrest 5 in anti-counterfeiting sting operation

THESSALONIKI, Greece - Police in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki say they have arrested three men and a woman involved in currency counterfeiting, plus the owner of the printing shop they sublet to work at night.

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Argentine Economy Minister's interview with Greek journalist goes viral


Kathimerini

Argentine Economy Minister's interview with Greek journalist goes viral
Kathimerini
Bothered by a Greek reporter's repeated requests to release Argentinas true inflation rate, Economy Minister Hernan Lorenzino interrupted an interview, saying the issue is too "complex" to explore and telling an aide "I want to leave." A video of the ...


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Pictures of Eldorado Gold's Greek mines and the protesters who resist them


Pictures of Eldorado Gold's Greek mines and the protesters who resist them
Globe and Mail
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Eldorado Gold's big Greek mining problem


Globe and Mail

Eldorado Gold's big Greek mining problem
Globe and Mail
At first, the protests were fairly low key, although there were times when the trigger-happy Greek police flung tear gas canisters at hothead protesters armed with flares, rocks and gasoline bombs. By the autumn of 2012, something akin to civil war had ...

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Economic crisis casts pall over north-south crossings anniversary in divided Cyprus

NICOSIA, Cyprus - When the barriers carving Cyprus in half were finally breached 10 years ago this week, Turkish Cypriot Fethi Akinci forged what some might consider the unlikeliest of friendships with Yiannis Maratheftis — the Greek Cypriot he almost killed in battle with a gunshot to the head.



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Economic crisis sets back peace in divided Cyprus

FOR STORY CYPRUS BREAKING BARRIERS - In this Sunday, April 21, 2013, Greek Cypriot Yiannis Maratheftis, right, forged what some would consider the unlikeliest of friendships with Turkish Cypriot Fethi Akinci, as they stand near the Ledra Street crossing point in Cyprus' divided capital Nicosia. Akinci almost killed Maratheftis in battle with a gunshot to the head, but the two men met after Maratheftis wrote a book and following the opening of border restrictions allowing their reconciliation. April 23, 2013 marks the 10th anniversary of the crossing point openings that was the culmination of a groundswell of anger from Turkish Cypriots at seeing their future drying up amid a collapsing economy. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — When the barriers carving Cyprus in half were finally breached 10 years ago this week, Turkish Cypriot Fethi Akinci forged what some might consider the unlikeliest of friendships with Yiannis Maratheftis — the Greek Cypriot he almost killed in battle with a gunshot to the head.



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Economic crisis sets back peace in divided Cyprus





[...] these flickers of hope for reunification are at risk of being snuffed out as the island confronts what could be its worst economic crisis, making prospects for reconciliation appear dimmer than ever.

With its once-robust banking sector decimated and unemployment soaring amid harsh EU-imposed austerity, Greek Cypriots seem to have little appetite for any radical and potentially expensive change that would add to their overwhelming sense of uncertainty about their future.

The Turkish Cypriots, on the other hand, have had a close-up look at the financial chaos that EU membership can bring, and may be in no hurry to join the club.

"The opening of the gates, had opened a big door for ... the Turkish Cypriots because we were in a sort of enclave" said Turkish Cypriot Hassan Cirakli, sitting with his former Greek Cypriot schoolmate and close friend, Andreas Paralikis, in the shadow of a 12th-century cathedral converted into a mosque in the northern part of Nicosia.

[...] the lack of a deal after so many failed attempts has sapped all optimism that reunification is possible, says Ahmet Sozen, chair of the political science department at Eastern Mediterranean University in the north.


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