How the world sees Greece
Spectator.co.uk | Taki: A fascist takeover of Greece? We should be so lucky Spectator.co.uk ERT embodied where Greece went wrong. Lifetime jobs for people who hadn't bothered to show up for years, pensions ditto, and other such outrages handed out by successive governments in return for votes. The two parties now in power were the ones that ... |
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Papapetrou leads Greece to Fifth-Place Finish at U20 European Championship TexasSports.com TALLIN, Estonia - University of Texas sophomore forward Ioannis Papapetrou posted a game-high 21 points and seven rebounds to lead Greece to a 74-60 victory against Turkey on Sunday in the fifth-place contest at the Sportland Under-20 European ... Papapetrou Leads Greece to Fifth at Euros |
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 100 wrestlers from 12 countries came back to the sport's roots in Ancient Olympia as part of a campaign to keep wrestling in the Olympics.
The 2nd Olympia tournament finished Sunday at the birthplace of the ancient games and is being used by wrestling's international federation FILA to push the sport's case for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee in February voted to exclude wrestling after the 2016 Rio Games. Wrestling is now competing against baseball/softball and squash for one opening on the 2020 program, with the IOC to vote in September in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Ancient Olympia, 320 kilometers (200 miles) southwest of Athens, is used for the Olympic flame lighting ceremony and is normally off limits to such competitions.
A ceremony and relay race held Sunday will be part of a video sent by FILA to the IOC to plead its case.
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Greece is the word: Discovering Mykonos and Santorini hellomagazine.com 21 JULY 2013 Since the Kardashians island hopped through Greece in April during their annual family holiday, they have made the Greek islands the hottest destination for this summer. It was in Santorini and Mykonos where pregnant Kim Kardashian ... A peep into old world charm |
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Shadowed by security guards who film his every move, Giannis Verginis gazes out over the slope of Mt Kakavos, listening to the whining of chainsaws in the valley below.
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Kathimerini | Home porting still elusive in Greece Kathimerini Grandiose cruise ships sailing in from aboard have become something of a regular fixture at Piraeus, yet their use of the country's biggest port has yet to translate into revenues for the cash-starved economy, as Greece is not being used to its full ... |
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Conservative-dominated government argues that deregulation of trading hours will help combat recession and cut unemployment
It has been called a sin by the church, a human rights violation by unions and "totally nonsensical" by shop owners themselves.
Now, to show they mean business, this unlikely triumverate has pledged to put thousands of people on to the streets as opposition mounts in Greece to government efforts to further liberalise the market by allowing shops to open on Sundays.
"This is a casus belli for the Orthodox Church of Greece," said Bishop Seraphim of Pireaus. "Any MPs who support this will … have stepped on the law of God."
Under pressure from international creditors propping up the debt-crippled country, prime minister Antonis Samaras's ruling coalition has drafted legislation lifting the ban on Sunday shopping – to date perhaps the clearest sign of one of Europe's most closed economies.
The conservative-dominated administration has argued that deregulation of trading hours will help combat recession and record levels of unemployment – at nearly 27 % the highest in the eurozone.
"It will help boost competition and create 30,000 new jobs," said the development minister, Costis Hatzidakis, unveiling the new law ultimately giving local authorities the ability to decide whether to allow Sunday shopping.
With the exception of big chains, most Greek stores follow a sporadic schedule of working three late shifts a week and a half-day on Saturday. Shops are also permitted to open two Sundays a year in the run-up to Christmas – a timetable that to the bewilderment of many, consumer groups have long supported.
Greece's powerful church has played a major role keeping it that way.
Politicians contemplating extending shop trading hours have been leaned on to abandon their plans in what has become a classic case of resistance to reform.
Small shop owners – until the crisis, the lifeblood of the Greek economy and an important interest group – insist that liberalisation will only favour bigger stores at a time when few can afford to hire extra personnel. More than a third of store staff have not been paid in months, according to the association of private employees, citing the country's sixth straight year of recession and chronic lack of liquidity.
"Keeping shops open 52 Sundays a year makes no sense at all," said Kostas Hanzarides, head of the trade association of Thessaloniki, which has called for mass demonstrations on Tuesday.
In Athens, where protests are also planned, retailers say the law will mean the end of family-run businesses already hard hit by higher utility bills and a barrage of new taxes.
"You want to be done with us," quipped Giorgos Kavvathas who presides over the general association of Greek artisans. "Are 120,000 store closures over the last three years not enough?"
The militant communist-backed union Pame, which is capable of mobilising thousands on to the streets, has denounced the move, saying it will benefit major business groups "who want to increase their profits and the exploitation of workers".
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Press TV | Greece may have to leave eurozone Press TV This is while, in order to receive the approved rescue funds, Greece must stick to the agenda of either transferring or laying off thousands of civil servants, including Athens municipal police, teachers and school security personnel, by the end of ... Fed-up Greeks fight Sunday shopping plans |
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European Broadcasting Union asks Greece to reopen public TV gulfnews.com Athens: The European Broadcasting Union on Friday asked Greece to reopen state broadcaster ERT after the government sparked protests with a surprise decision to pull it off the air in a bid to cut state spending. “We ask the government to reverse this ... Pulling the plug – the public television shutdown in Greece |
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