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How the world sees Greece
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Powerful Yogurt, the first Greek yogurt designed for athletes, joins IMG Performance as official Greek yogurt and ...
MIAMI, Dec. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Powerful Yogurt, the high-protein Greek yogurt designed for athletes and the active lifestyle, announced today that the company is joining forces with IMG Performance ...
Greek PM Samaras: Greece 'Back on Track,' TAP Project Evidence
Greek PM Samaras: Greece 'Back on Track,' TAP Project EvidenceForexTV.comby Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MNI) - Greek Prime Ministers Antonis Samaras stressed Tuesday that "Greece is back on track" and has made great strides in closing both the "financial gap" and "more important, the credibility gap" to global investors' ...and more »
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Greek Ex-Transport Minister Charged Over Car Dodge
euronewsGreek Ex-Transport Minister Charged Over Car DodgeABC NewsA former Greek transport minister was charged Tuesday with driving an uninsured luxury car with fake license plates and making a false statement in an apparent effort to avoid paying taxes on it. The arrest of Michalis Liapis, who belongs to one of ...Former Greek transport minister caught driving with fake number plateseuronewsGreek ex-transport minister arrested over road taxMiamiHerald.comall 36 news articles »
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Niari Keverian Launches ZOOS Greek Iced Tea
The Armenian Mirror-SpectatorNiari Keverian Launches ZOOS Greek Iced TeaThe Armenian Mirror-SpectatorWATERTOWN — When it comes to business and brewing tea, budding entrepreneur Niara Keverian stays true to her roots. As vice president of marketing, Keverian is set to launch a new product, ZOOS Greek Iced Tea (pronounced Zeus) in March with her ...
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Grimaldi Group launches new Italy-Greece ferry service
Italy's Grimaldi Group has announced a new ferry service linking Italy to the western coast of Greece, Travel Daily News reported on Tuesday, saying that the new service for the transport of rolling freight and passengers will commence on December 19.
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Brown bear mother and cub found shot in northern Greece
Police and animal rights activists on Tuesday were investigating the deadly shooting of a female brown bear and her cub found in a wooded area in Kastoria near the Greek-Albanian border.
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Euro Working Group approves release of 1-billion-euro tranche for Greece
The Euro Working Group on Tuesday gave the green light for the release of a 1-billion-euro sub-tranche of rescue funding for Greece after approving plans presented by the Greek government for the restructuring of Hellenic Defense Systems (EAS).
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OTE cuts down on paper by introducing e-bills
OTE, Greece's leading telecoms provider, has introduced an e-bill service that will cut down on paper work and make it easier for customers to pay their telephone bills.
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Police chase off group of scrap collectors from Fylis landfill
Dozens of police officers were dispatched to the Greek capital's main landfill in Fylis, northwest of Athens, after the premises was raided by a group of around 100 scavengers looking for scrap metal and other materials that can be sold for cash.
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Olympiakos hit with partial closure of stadium against Man United
Olympiakos and Zenit St Petersburg will play their Champions League round of 16 home games in partially closed stadiums because of racist behavior by their fans, UEFA said Tuesday.
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Greek sailor kidnapped by pirates off coast of Nigeria
A Greek sailor was taken hostage on Tuesday, when 10 armed men boarded an oil tanker off the west coast of Africa, the Merchant Ministry announced.
The Marshall Islands-flagged Althea came under armed attack about 35 nautical miles south of Nigeria.
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Greek MPs to vote on stopping state funding for Golden Dawn
Parliament is due to vote on Wednesday, probably in a roll call ballot, on whether to enforce the suspension of state funding for Golden Dawn.
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OECD: Hungary, Greece, New Zealand, Italy saw biggest tax hikes in 2012
Greece, Hungary, Italy and New Zealand had the largest increases in their tax take ratio last year among the member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, as tax revenues in the world’s top economies rose to the highest level... ...
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Greek feta among hurdles in EU-US trade talks
Genetically modified crops, chlorine-washed chicken, beef quotas and a fight over who can call Greek-style cheese “feta” all block the way toward the world’s largest free-trade deal.
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More Dirty Defense Deals Detailed
ATHENS – With one former defense minister – Akis Tsochatzopoulos – in jail on money laundering and corruption charges and his successor – Yiannos Papantoniou – charged with failing to declare his wealth, another former Greek defense ministry official is being probed over allegations that he too accepted kickbacks from arms contracts. Antonis Kantas, the […]
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Death Sentence Sought For Boulis Killing
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Anthony “Little Tony” Ferrari should be sentenced to die for a prominent businessman’s slaying because the gangland-style hit was coldly planned for weeks and the victim suffered after he was shot multiple times, a prosecutor told jurors. The state offered only two witnesses in the penalty phase of the case, relying […]
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Greeks Ring Closing Bell on Wall St.
NEW YORK – 100 million people saw the Greek delegation to the 15th Annual Capital Link Greek Investor Forum ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday afternoon, December 16 Nicolas Bornozis, the Founder and President of Capital Link, the organizer of the Forum in cooperation with the New York Stock […]
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Greece’s Former King Coming Home
More than 46 years after he was exiled, Greece’s former King, Constantine II, is returning to his homeland, which is in the midst of a deep economic crisis, because he said he’s homesick. The deposed monarch, who was forced to flee Athens shortly after the seizure of power by a group of army officers in […]
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St. Demetrios Students Sing Carols at TNH
NEW YORK – In a heartfelt welcome Andonis Diamataris, the Publisher of The National Herald, told the students of the afternoon Greek school of the Cathedral of St. Demetrios of Astoria who came to sing Christmas carols that “You put me in the Christmas spirit. Truly I say to you that if you don’t come […]
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Remembering Cavafy, 150 Years Later
In honor of Greece’s most celebrated modern author, C.P. Cavafy, we feature an eclectic array of articles from leading Cavafy scholars. Dr. Vassilis Lambropoulos, the C.P. Cavafy Modern Greek Chair in the Department of Classical Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan, was a tremendous help in providing the names of four contributors, […]
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Ex-Transport Minister Arrested Trying To Evade Paying Road Tax With Fake Plates
ATHENS – A former transport minister was arrested in debt-crippled Greece on Dec. 17, accused of driving his — uninsured — luxury car with fake license plates in an apparent effort to dodge paying road tax. Greek police said Michalis Liapis, who belongs to one of Greece’s most prominent political families, was stopped in his […]
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Before the EU summit : military plans and stagnant enlargement
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Dan Alexe
The 28 EU foreign ministers have ended today, Tuesday 17 December, the preparations for this week’s summit ending the Lithuanian presidency by giving marks to the Balkan countries waiting in line for various degrees of association with the EU. Thus the ministers have given the green light to "imminently" launch accession talks with Serbia, after Belgrade decided, earlier this year, to normalise relations with Kosovo. "Important for entire region," Swedish FM Carl Bildt tweeted.
Due to Greek opposition, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) could not receive a date to start the accession negotiations.
Present at the final press conference, EU Enlargement commissioner Stefan Füle had to put on a brave face, after having been disavowed on Monday by the ministers, who insisted that the signing of an Association Agreement with Ukraine is still possible, in spite of his having posted on Twitter over the weekend that the negotiations were over, because the EU had enough of Ukraine government’s erratic behaviour.
As for the deal announced in Moscow earlier in the day between Russian and Ukrainian presidents Putin and Yanukovych, the Lithuanian foreign minister Linas Linkevičius said :
"We have always been of the strong opinion that the Association Agreement does nor put Kiev in the position to choose between the EU and Russia”, but he continued immediately : "These are words, of course… We’ll see how they are put into reality.
The ministers also prepared this week’s EU summit (19-20 December). Defence on the menu of a summit was an initiative of Herman Van Rompuy, the President of the Council, who, as a former Belgian prime minister, has a direct experience of pooling the military resources. The military forces of the three Benelux countries, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, have always closely cooperated, and Belgium is permanently protecting Luxembourg’s airspace.
The European Council will thus discuss defence topics during its 19-20 December summit. The meeting, the last of the Lithuanian presidency, will have to take critical decisions on finance and on empowering EU institutions to speed initiatives such as “pooling & sharing”, if Europe is to meet its defence and security commitments.
New Europe has consulted the Conclusions of the summit, which will probably receive only minor modifications.
The main message will be that the EU has to be able to provide security for its citizens, but that the gap remains huge between the political rhetoric on cooperation and the speed with which it is being introduced by national administrations.
This summit will also be the first Council since 2008 to be devoted to security and defence. One other main idea will be to entrust a core group of countries with CSDP missions, and also to define a stronger cooperation between the EU and NATO through a “complementary approach”.
Another major theme at the summit will be strengthening Europe's defence industry, but there will also be a strong economic and financial chapter. The Conclusions say already that: “the European Council has focused its discussions on the banking and economic union. This process builds on the EU's institutional framework, in full respect of the integrity of the Single Market while ensuring a level playing-field between EU Member States. It will be open and transparent towards Member States not using the single currency.”
Finally, immigration will be an important topic, the Conclusion being already laid out : "The European Council discussed the report of the Presidency on the work of the Task Force for the Mediterranean in the wake of the recent tragedies off the coast of Lampedusa. The European Council reiterates its determination to reduce the risk of further tragedies of this kind from happening in the future.”
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Greece to 'emerge from recession'
Greece's central bank says the country will emerge from recession in 2014 after six years of contraction.
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Euro zone to send Greece $1.4-billion in funding this week
Euro zone to send Greece .4-billion in funding this weekThe Globe and MailJeroen Dijsselbloem, who chairs the meetings of euro zone finance ministers, said Greece had taken necessary steps for the payment by modernizing the country's public sector, overhauling its legal system and paving the way for the privatization of two ...
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Greek ex-transport minister arrested over road tax
euronewsGreek ex-transport minister arrested over road taxMiamiHerald.comGreek police said Tuesday Michalis Liapis, who belongs to one of Greece's most prominent political families, was stopped in his jeep after allegedly ignoring a road stop sign east of Athens. Police said the 62-year-old had handed his license plates ...Former Greek transport minister caught driving with fake number plateseuronewsGreek Former Minister of Transport Arrested for Driving Without LicenseGreek Reporterall 9 news articles »
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Greek former transport minister caught driving uninsured luxury car with fake license plates
A former transport minister has been arrested in debt-crippled Greece accused of driving his — uninsured — expensive car with fake license plates in an apparent effort to dodge paying road tax.
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Downer's visit to the north irks Greek Cypriot side
CNN InternationalDowner's visit to the north irks Greek Cypriot sideCyprus MailUN SPECIAL Adviser Alexander Downer once again found himself in hot water yesterday after the government issued a strong-worded demarche to the UN against his activities in the occupied north. President Nicos Anastasiades instructed the foreign ...Greek Cyprus: No start to negotiations without preconditionsTrend.azCyprus: The ancient island of Aphrodite that has seen many modern strugglesCNN InternationalPaper leaks proposed UN plan for Cyprus unityFamagusta Gazetteall 5 news articles »
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Greek Bailout Gets A Boost
WBURGreek Bailout Gets A BoostWBURPeople walk in front of the Greek parliament in Athens on December 11, 2013. Greece is facing a sixth year of recession and unemployment reached 27.4 percent in September up from 26 percent in the same month last year. (Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty ...Debt-laden Greece prepares 'Spartan' EU presidency to burnish imageThe West Australianall 4 news articles »
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Statement by the President of the Eurogroup on Greece
KathimeriniStatement by the President of the Eurogroup on GreeceKathimeriniHere is Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem's statement on Greece following Tuesday's decision to release a 1-billion-euro sub-tranche of rescue funding for the debt-hit country. "I note with satisfaction that Greece has achieved the four ...Eurogroup approves 1 bln euro aid tranche to GreeceCapital.gr (press release)Eurozone okays 1-bn-euro aid payment for GreeceEconomic Timesall 4 news articles »
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Greece: ex minister arrested for driving with fake plates
The Traffic Police explained that Liapis' Volkswagen Tuareg was ordered to stop after the driver ignored a stop sign on Artemidos Avenue in Loutsa. He faces charges of forgery and false certification. Liapis had handed over the original plates to his local ...
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Research and Markets: PESTLE Analysis of Greece 2013: Greece Likely to Increase Its Investments on R&D from Current 0.56% of GDP To 1% By 2015
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9h9gpb/pestle_analysis) has announced the addition of the "PESTLE Analysis of Greece 2013" report to their offering. Greece's economy is likely to witness modest growth over the ...
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Pirates abduct Greek, Ukrainian from ship off Nigeria
Pirates abduct Greek, Ukrainian from ship off NigeriaReuters AlertNetATHENS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Pirates have attacked an oil products tanker off the coast of Nigeria and kidnapped its Ukrainian captain and a Greek engineer, Greek coast guard officials said on Tuesday. The Marshall Islands-flaggged MT ALTHEA with 18 crew ...Oil tanker comes under armed attack off west Africa; 1 Greek, 1 Ukrainian crew ...Calgary Heraldall 3 news articles »
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Oil tanker comes under armed attack off west Africa; 1 Greek, 1 Ukrainian crew kidnapped
Greek authorities say an oil tanker has come under armed attack off the west coast of Africa, and the ship's Ukrainian captain and Greek first engineer have been kidnapped.
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Is Santa ... Greek?
Questions on the cultural and racial identity of Santa Claus are surprisingly enough, top stories on the main news channels right now. In a debate on the subject, news station CNN just had a guest definitively state "Santa is Turkish!" which ...
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Greek Leaders Dip Into Savings
Greece’s political leaders remained about the crushing economic crisis critics said they helped create, showing substantial incomes even while the had to reach into their savings accounts, according to their declarations of wealth posted on the Parliament website to meet the law’s requirements they reveal their incomes. The so-called poten esches revealed that the politicians […]
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Beforelight Introduces Light Art in Greece
If you spend an evening on Pittaki Street in Athens city center (a small street perpendicular to Ermou), your eyes will most definitely be drawn toward the sky. The old lamps of the real city’s traditional houses hang from one balcony to another — a picture that reminds us of the way in which people […]
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Grimaldi New Service Between Greece and Italy
Italian shipping company Grimaldi Group has launched a new direct service to expand its coverage in the Adriatic routes between Italy and Greece. As of 19 December 2013 the new maritime service, dedicated to the transport of rolling freight and passengers, will be launched between the ports of Ravenna, Igoumenitsa and Patras. The vessel deployed […]
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Provopoulos Says Recovery “Fragile”
Bank of Greece Governor George Provopoulos, presenting an interim monetary policy program report to Parliament on Dec. 17, forecast a recovery but warned it could be undermined by political in-fighting and if the government raises taxes again on the most vulnerable instead of broadening the tax base and going after tax cheats who owe $70 […]
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42 Defendants Acquitted After ASE Scandal
All the defendants in the 13 year-old case of the Athens Stock Exchange share bubble were acquitted on grounds that fraud could not be established. The three-member court of appeals acquitted the 42 defendants after an eight month procedure that begun on April 15th. The defendants who are mostly entrepreneurs, investors, brokers and ship owners […]
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Man Killed in House Fire in Athens Greece
A 58-year-old man was killed in a fire that broke out in his apartment early in the morning today in Kato Patisia, Athens. The Greek fire brigade was notified a few minutes after 2am, by residents nearby. Fire-fighters rushed to the scene of the fire, after desperate calls for help rushed in from the […]
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Greek Former Minister of Transport Arrested for Driving Without License
Michalis Liapis, former New Democracy MP as well as former Minister of Transport and nephew of Constantine Karamanlis, was arrested today, in Loutsa. The traffic police stopped him when he violated a stop sign. It was later found that the car — a luxury SUV — had fake plates, using the number of its proper […]
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Two Brown Bears Shot Dead Near Greek-Albanian Borders
On Tuesday, animal rights activists found a female brown bear and her cub shot, in a wooded area in Kastoria near the Greek-Albanian border. Arcturos the northern Greece-based bear conservation group, was informed by police after the discovery of the dead female bear and her cub bore gunshot wounds. The authorities believe that the 150-kilogram […]
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Debt-laden Greece prepares "Spartan" EU presidency to burnish image
Greece, which takes on the job for six months from Jan. 1, has a reputation for being the Europe's biggest problem child and will be negotiating for debt relief from other European states while it holds the presidency. The position requires the holder to organise hundreds of ministerial gatherings and policy negotiations, giving Athens an opportunity to drive the agenda, if only for a few months ...
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Former Greek transport minister caught driving with fake number plates
euronewsFormer Greek transport minister caught driving with fake number plateseuronewsFormer Greek Minister of Transportation, Michalis Liapis, was detained by police on Tuesday for driving an uninsured vehicle with fake registration plates. Liapis was driving his Volkswagen Touareg jeep when police officers stopped him for a standard ...
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Greece Gets EAS Deal, Foreclosures Coming
Greece is set to get a delayed one billion euro ($1.37 billion) installment from international lenders after reportedly reaching agreement on a modified plan to pare down the money-bleeding Hellenic Defense Systems and as the government said it ...
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Greeks must unite to nurse economic recovery, says central bank
Greece's polarised political climate threatens to undermine the economy's chances of recovery, the central bank said on Tuesday, though it joined the government in predicting the country would claw its way out of recession in 2014. In an interim monetary policy report, the Bank of Greece predicted the economy would contract by about 4.0 percent this year, less steep than the 4.6 percent it ...
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Greek Economy to Return to Growth in 2014
Greek Economy to Return to Growth in 2014
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Greek PM's trip to Azerbaijan canceled after aircraft problem
The first deal concerned the construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline which will transport natural gas from Azerbaijan, through Greece and Albania to Italy, and then further into Western Europe. The second agreement concerned the sale of a ...
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