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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

U.S. debt problems 'casting global shadow': EU's Barroso

By Luke Baker and Stephen Adler BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Persistent doubts about the ability of the United States to resolve its debt problems are putting U.S. credibility in the world at stake, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has warned. The White House won a brief respite this month when the Republicans backed down after a 16-day government shutdown. Barroso, who heads the European Union executive and has been at the frontline of efforts to resolve Europe's debt crisis over the past three years, said the uncertainty was making investors risk averse, with potentially damaging economic consequences. "I hope that American democracy will work and will deliver what I think is critically important, not only for America but also for the world, because of the size and the impact of the American economy in the world." At the peak of Europe's debt crisis, when it looked like Greece could be forced out of the single currency zone and global markets were on edge, U.S. officials repeatedly sought assurances from the EU that leaders had the situation in hand.


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Fisheries chief says some EU cod stocks facing collapse

The European Union's fisheries chief proposed on Wednesday a cut of up to a third in the amount of cod the bloc's fishermen can catch next year, warning that stocks are at risk of collapse in some areas. Scottish fishermen are likely to be worst affected by such quota limits after the European Commission proposed a continued ban in 2014 on landings of cod off Scotland's Atlantic west coast to try to avert a possible crash in numbers. Cod stocks off other parts of Britain, Ireland and in the Bay of Biscay are also in a dire state, Greek EU fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki said, meaning quotas in these regions should be reduced by up to a third. But fishermen whose incomes have been hard-hit in recent years by too many vessels chasing too few fish will be hoping for a reprieve when EU fisheries ministers gather in Brussels in December to approve the catch quotas.

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Now Is the Time to Buy Greece

In 2009, public sector debt in Greece reached 115% of GDP. Subsequently, the International Monetary Fund revised that calculation to 130% of GDP. Compare that to the World Bank's estimate for the U.S. at that time of just 68%. Greece was in ...

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Russia to help Greece tackle crisis: Lavrov

Athens, Oct 31 (IANS) Russia has said it will support Greece's efforts in overcoming the current economic crisis through further development of bilateral cooperation in several sectors. "We support the Greek government's efforts to overcome the economic ...

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Could entrepreneurship jump-start Greece’s economy?

ATHENS, GREECE — Evgenia Papadopoulou runs a Pilates studio in downtown Athens, and over the past three years she has cut her staff from seven to three. Business is down 40 percent, while her studio’s taxes, insurance and electricity costs have ...

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Greek Probe Finds No Far-Right Cells in Police

Internal probe finds no organized cells of Greek police backing far-right Golden Dawn party        

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Russian Railways eyes 100 mln euro investment in Greek train operator

ATHENS, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Russia's train monopoly RZD is prepared to invest at least 100 million euros ($137.71 million) in Trainose, the Greek rail operator slated for privatisation, RZD chief Vladimir Yakunin said on Wednesday. Yakunin's ...

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Russia to help Greece exit crisis: visiting Russian FM

During his meeting with Greek Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Evangelos Venizelos, Lavrov co-signed a series of agreements such as the agreement to declare 2016 as a bilateral year of cultural cooperation. "The joint statements we signed ...

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Doctors emigrating in increasing numbers

Athens Medical Association estimates that 6,872 Athens doctors have left Greece in the last five ...

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Israeli Cinema Week: “Tales from the Israeli Cities”

The Embassy of Israel in Athens, in cooperation with the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation is organizing a tribute to the Israeli Cinema, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Sports. The tribute “Tales from the Israeli Cities – 2nd Israeli Cinema Week” is going to take place at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, from November 13th […]

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U.S: Reactions after Pangalos’ Statements about Interceptions

The U.S government reacted intensely after the statements of Theodoros Pangalos about the case of interceptions, which has been an extensively reported topic in the U.S media. State Department spokeswoman, Jeniffer Psaki, was asked about the “network of interceptions” that was operating from the terrace of the U.S. Embassy in Athens as well as in […]

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New Democracy Against Stournaras’ Decision on New Taxes

The Greek Finance Minister Ioannis Stournaras created a new taxation about land parcels and plots. On the one hand, citizens are talking about an unconstitutional law and confiscation of their properties. They consider this taxation exhausting especially for large families, the unemployed and for people with disabilities. In fact some do not hesitate to “donate” […]

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Greek Financial Crisis is Contributing to Obesity

The Hellenic Medical Association for Obesity (HMAO) carried out a new study about the obesity in Greece. In the last 10 years the level of obesity in children has increased substantially. According to the data, the obesity has doubled for girls. The new study points at the impact the financial crisis has on healthy eating […]

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Lavrov Talks Privatization, Energy In Athens

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Oct. 30 at the start of a two-day visit to talk about the country’s lagging privatization program and Russian interests in state enterprises, a few months after Gazprom pulled out at the last-minute from bidding on Greece’s state gas company. Lavrov also […]

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Adonis Georgiadis: Private Healthcare Systems More Advantageous

This morning, the Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis, was invited to appear on Mega Channel. During his interview he asked to talk about the fact that one of the biggest hospitals in the country, “Evangelismos” is left without a CT scanner. Adonis Georgiadis just answered that “machines break down” and that it will be repaired […]

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Unpaid Taxes Up by 809 mln in September

The amount of taxes that have not been paid by Greeks rose by 809 million euros in September, taking the total of new taxpayers’ debts for this year to 6.1 billion euros. Taxpayers now owe a total of 59.6 billion euros to the state, the Greek Finance Ministry said on Wednesday. Between January and September […]

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Ten Greek police officers linked to Golden Dawn crimes

A probe conducted by Greek police's internal affairs department has connected 10 officers to neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn's criminal activities, authorities said Wednesday. "Overall 15 officers were arrested for various crimes... 10 of them were directly or indirectly linked to criminal activities of Golden Dawn," the head of the internal affairs department Panagiotis Stathis said during a press ...

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Greece, Turkey face rift over mosques, muftis

"As I don't appoint the administration of the patriarchate ... on numerous occasions," Greece Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos said. Any further public discussion on the matter would be "counterproductive," he added. For many Greeks ...

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Andy Enfield Visits USC Greek Row

Andy Enfield Visits USC Greek RowConquest ChroniclesIn order to keep the hype going around the basketball program, Andy his wife Amanda took to the USC Greek Row this past week to fire up one of the most social communities on campus, that was recently named the fourth-best party school according to USA ...

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Lavrov visits Greece, talks bilateral relations, NATO, Syria

Russia's Foreign Minister: the Geneva agreements on the elimination of chemical weapons in Syria were being implemented rather effectively

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Maria case: Bulgarian authorities to take seven of her siblings into care

Sasha Ruseva, who says she gave Maria to another Roma family due to poverty, has nine children aged 2 to 20

Bulgarian authorities said on Wednesday they would take into care seven brothers and sisters of Maria, the four-year-old whose discovery in neighbouring Greece captured global attention.

DNA tests confirmed that Sasha Ruseva, 35, is Maria's biological mother. The child's blue eyes and blonde hair aroused the suspicions of Greek police when they raided a Roma camp this month.

Ruseva and her husband, both Bulgarian Roma, have nine other children aged between 2 and 20 and live in poverty, occupying one room in a crumbling house in the town of Nikolaevo, 280km east of Sofia.

TV footage, which showed the children in shabby clothes sleeping on a mud floor and speaking little Bulgarian, sparked public outrage.

"We decided to accommodate four of the kids with foster families," Diana Kaneva, head of the agency for social assistance in the area, told Reuters on Wednesday.

"Two children will be sent to a state institution and one will be placed with relatives of the family," she said, adding that the measures were temporary and contacts between children and their parents would be encouraged by social workers.

Two of the couple's children are over 18 and not subject to state protection.

Maria, dubbed the blonde angel by Greek media, is now in the care of the Athens-based charity Smile of the Child.

On Tuesday, Bulgarian authorities said they would take steps to bring her back to the Balkan country.

Ruseva, who said she left Maria as a seven-month-old baby with a couple in the Roma community in Greece because she was too poor to care for her, has also said she would like to take her back.

Both parents are unemployed and live on welfare payments. Ruseva is under investigation over whether she was paid for handing over her child – a claim she denies. The couple in Greece have been charged there with abducting a minor and detained.

The case has illustrated the plight of Roma gypsies in Bulgaria, the European Union's poorest member state.

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Objective property tax

Greek authorities have notoriously failed to crack down on individuals who systematically avoid paying taxes and social security contributions. True to form, Greek politicians have instead resorted to their bad old habits: The state mechanism is digging d... ...

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State of decline

Future historians will look back on the current period with utter incredulity and ponder how Greece was allowed to plunge into such an unprecedented decline. Dysfunction has become the rule these days, and the most bizarre things almost fail to strike a c... ...

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Portugal BCP sells 4.6 stake in Greece's Piraeus

The stake, amounting to 4.64 percent of Piraeus capital, was acquired in April for 400 million euros as part of BCP's deal to sell its Greek unit, Millennium Bank-Greece, to Piraeus. BCP said in a statement on Wednesday it sold 235.29 million ...

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Papandreou Tells Pittsburgh: Blame New Democracy

PITTSBURGH - An economy on the brink is as scary as any goblin conjured for Halloween. But that is what former prime minister of Greece George Papandreou faced when he took office in 2009. He resigned in 2011 to make way for a unity government to better deal with debt and austerity programs. Born in the United States, he spent much of his youth here, graduating from Amherst College in Massachusetts. Both his father and grandfather were also prime ministers of Greece. He is married with two children. At 61 he continues to use his voice to bring awareness to global issues and champions Greece's assets. He was in Pittsburgh recently to kick off the Pittsburgh Speakers Series presented by Robert Morris University.

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Greek Soccer Lures Nigerian Players Again

Greece is not your average favorite football destination for Nigerian footballers, even though Nigeria has had some good representation in the past. Late Nigerian legend Rashidi Yekini and Haruna Babangida were once in the books of Olympiakos Piraeus and former Super Eagles left-back Ifeanyi Udeze enjoyed time at PAOK, where he was a fans favorite in his four-year stay with the Yellow and Black. Others like Babajide Ogunsoto and Benjamin Onwuachi also put Nigeria on the map in the land of the Euro 2006 winners as the physical nature of Nigerians were well appreciated by the Greeks. The cash crunch in certain parts of Europe especially Greece, precipitated a lull in Nigerian players moving to the Greek Super League to play professional football. But there seems to be a change now, as a band of players are representing Nigeria in the Super League and trying to make a name for themselves in Greece in the 2013-2014 season.

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Greece Hopes For Energy Boost From Lavrov

ATHENS, Greece (AP) ? Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Greece's prime minister on Oct. 30 at the start of an official visit expected to focus on energy and Athens' ambitious but slow-moving privatization program. Lavrov also was to meet with President Karolos Papoulias and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos as Greece prepares to take over the rotating presidency of the European Union in January. Greece has backed an energy project, known as the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, which will transport natural gas from Azerbaijan over its territory and neighboring Albania to Italy, in competition with current Russian-dominated networks.

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FOTOGRAFIA: The Foggiest Idea

It only looks like the boat to Hades that Greece seems to be on these years, with six years of recession, record unemployment, crushing poverty, slashed pensions, the young fleeing the country, doctors and professional in exodus and $325 billion in two bailouts doing almost nothing to right the economy. It?s really just the fog marring the view of the White Tower, a 16th Century monument in the northern Greek port of Thessaloniki, a common occurrence this time of the year there. It could just be obscuring hopes for a recovery too though and if someone wants to get on this boat they?d better heed the advice: Don?t Pay the Ferryman.

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Pangalos Spy Claims Gall Greek Government

Continuing his reputation as a loose cannon even in retirement, former Greek Deputy Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos’ claims that Greece listened in on private talks of U.S. Ambassadors in Athens and Ankara have drawn a swift rebuke from the ...

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Side Orders: Get ready for a day of Greek goodies

Side Orders: Get ready for a day of Greek goodiesChattanooga Times Free PressIt's that time of year again … get your tastebuds ready for the annual Greek Bake Sale. It's scheduled to happen on Nov. 7, so you have eight days to make up your mind. Do you want an order of baklava, perhaps the most-popular of all Greek desserts ...Group taking orders for Greek pastry saleShreveport Timesall 2 news articles »

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Greek Central Archaeological Council lists Megara as preservation site

KathimeriniGreek Central Archaeological Council lists Megara as preservation siteKathimeriniThe Greek Central Archaeological Council (KAS) on Wednesday unanimously voted for an area of 4,000 hectares in the western Attica region of Megara to be listed for protection as an archaeological site. Located in the northern section of the Corinth ...

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Braith Anasta leads Greece to victory

Braith Anasta leads Greece to victoryWests TigersWests Tigers' Braith Anasta showed why he is a quality player after he led Greece to a 90-0 whitewash over Hungary at Budapest on Sunday. Anasta piled on 46 points for the Greeks, who included eight players from the Greek Rugby League domestic ...and more »

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Greece shop continues craftsmanship

Greece shop continues craftsmanshipRochester Democrat and ChronicleThe Greece business repairs shoes, heels, handbags, zippers on coats and jackets and luggage. It started in the 1930s when Charles Fatapauzzo opened up a shoe repair shop in Rochester on Thurston Road. Then the next generation took it over; his son, ...

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Outside the Box: Greece needs deeper reforms to finish the job

Greece is making progress in reforming its economy, but much more work needs to be done, says Barry Wood. It’s the wrong time to give up on austerity policies.

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GREEK ORG OF FOOTBALL PROGNOSTICS S.A.

10m ago GREEK ORG OF FOOTBALL PROGNOSTICS S.: Chief Financial Officer's Departure 6d ago GREEK ORG OF FOOTBALL PROGNOSTICS S.: Amendment of Financial Calendar of t.. 10/21 GREEK ORG OF FOOTBALL PROGNOSTICS S.: Additional Announcement of Substanti..

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European Commission tells Italy Cyprus and Greece Unblock congestion in airspace

The European Commission has requested Italy, Cyprus and Greece to urgently clarify the measures taken to establish Functional Airspace Blocks (FABs), required under the Single European Sky (SES) legislation 2004, in order to reform Europe's out-of-date air traffic control system, a report from Balkans.com has stated. According to Balkans.com, the FABs are intended to replace the current ...

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Greek Ex-Official Says U.S. Ambassadors Were Spied On in 90s

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Greece Eavesdropped on 2 U.S. Envoys in ’90s Ex-Official Says

ATHENS -- In a diplomatic tit for tat, a former foreign minister of Greece revealed Tuesday that his country's intelligence services had eavesdropped on the phone conversations of American ambassadors to Greece and Turkey in the ...

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Greece: government-workers row over Sunday off

Under law 4177, which was passed a few months ago, stores remain open on a number of Sundays every year. The national federation of private employees (Oiye) has called a 24-hour national strike on Sunday, November 3, to protest against the government's ...

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Russian foreign minister in Athens

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Greece for an official visit expected to focus on energy and Athens' ambitious but slow-moving privatization program.

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Greek Boston Community Website is Acquired by Tanya and Nikos Stamoulis

Greek Boston, a community website for the Boston, Massachusetts and New England area Greeks was recently acquired by Tanya and Nikos Stamoulis. (PRWeb October 29, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/greek/boston/prweb11271676.htm

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Greece spied on US ambassadors, says ex-minister

Athens, Oct 30 (IANS) Greece spied on at least two US ambassador, a former Greek foreign affairs minister Theodoros Pangalos revealed Tuesday, amid talks that the American embassy in Athens houses a surveillance centre.

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For Most Greek Women, Sex and Money are Not a Priority

Priorities have changed: Greek women do not care about the money or the sexual performance of their partner, but they are seeking for emotional security and tranquility… Research at the International Andrology Institute (IAI) and the Hellenic Society for the Study of Human Sexuality (EMAS), which was conducted by ALCO, reveals that sex life and […]

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Mitsotakis: The Law for Dismissals will be Applied

The political scenery regarding the dismissals in the public sector seems to be a bit messy. The Minister of Administrative Reform Kyriakos Mitsotakis issued an announcement in order to refute a recent publication according which, the closure of 800 bodies in the public sector will bring 30,000 suspensions. As it was stressed by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, […]

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Greece Proposes “Slavo-Albanian Macedonia” for FYROM?

FYROM’s newspaper Dnevnik writes that the proposal has been submitted to Matthew Nimetz by Ambassador Adamantios Vassilakis. The representative of Greece in New York , Ambassador Adamantios Vassilakis, is reported to have suggested the name “Slavo-Albanian Macedonia”  for FYROM, to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Matthew Nimetz. This is today’s front page of the newspaper Dnevnik […]

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Referendum Is the Essence of Democracy: Vanishing Cyprus

  When citizens in a democracy are deprived of the right to a referendum, a pseudo-democratic system will take root and ultimately erode people’s rights and lead to tyranny. Equally, some others will argue that direct democracy in essence embodies the tyranny of the majority! Both sides of the argument certainly offer valid observations. However, […]

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World Bank Report: Greece Improves In Starting A Business

World Bank’s Doing Business 2014 report finds that between June 2012 and June 2013, Greece has made great improvement in the ease of doing business and best practices in starting a business. Doing Business 2014: Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises ranks 189 economies on the ease of doing business. Greece jumped 110 ranks on the […]

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Joseph Alutto: Going Greek at Ohio State ‘a matter of choice’

At the beginning of the 2016-17 school year, a requirement for OSU students to live on campus for two years is set to go into effect. For those second-years who want to move off-campus after the requirement goes into effect, Greek housing will ...

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Camille Grammer's injuries 'revealed as she's granted restraining order ...

Daily MailCamille Grammer's injuries 'revealed as she's granted restraining order ...Daily MailNow in the latest turn of events, Grammer - the ex-wife of Frasier star Kelsey Grammer - filed a declaration to a judge accusing her Greek boyfriend, Dimitri Charalambopoulos, 36, of pulling out clumps of her hair, leaving her battered and bruised, and ...and more »

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U.S. Supreme Court to hear Greece prayer case next week

13WHAM-TVU.S. Supreme Court to hear Greece prayer case next weekRochester Democrat and ChronicleA court case started in 2008 by local residents concerned by explicitly Christian prayers at Greece Town Board meetings will be heard next week by the U.S. Supreme Court. The outcome will have national implications. "We are encouraged and believe we ...Discussion centers on upcoming US Supreme Court case staring the Town of ...News 10NBCPrayers Before Legislative Meetings Forum TonightRochester YNNLegislative prayers debated a week ahead of SCOTUS arguments13WHAM-TVWXXI Newsall 8 news articles »

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