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How the world sees Greece
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Greece passes new property-tax legislation
ATHENS--Greek parliament Saturday passed a controversial new property tax that has been years in the making and demanded by international creditors, but the government lost one deputy, who failed to back the property bill. The legislation was ...
Greek government majority shrinks in property tax vote
Greece's coalition government on Saturday pushed through parliament a new property tax required under the country's international bailout obligations, but saw its majority dwindle in the process.
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Greece seals natural gas privatisation deal with Azeri company
KathimeriniGreece seals natural gas privatisation deal with Azeri company4-traders (press release)Greece agreed on Saturday to sell the operator of its natural gas grid operator to Azerbaijan's state energy company, in a 400-million-euro deal that drives forward the faltering Greek privatisation programme. The Azeri company, SOCAR, was the only ...Socar signs deal for acquisition of gas network operator DESFAKathimeriniAzerbaijan seals deal for Greek gas distriNinemsnall 4 news articles »
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Greek neo-Nazis tried for murder
Two suspected members of the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn have gone on trial for murder.
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Fragile Greek coalition's majority shrinks
Greek ReporterFragile Greek coalition's majority shrinksReuters UKATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek coalition government's majority in parliament shrank to just three seats on Saturday after a lawmaker rebelled over a controversial new law to extend property taxes to farmland. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras's majority of ...Greek Government Passes New Property Tax LegislationWall Street JournalGreek Parliament passes property tax reformTimes of IndiaAntonis Samaras: SRM One of Greek EU Presidency's Main PrioritiesGreek ReporterReuters -Kathimerini -NASDAQall 20 news articles »
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BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Opel Investigated for Tax Fraud in Greece
BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Opel Investigated for Tax Fraud in GreeceCarscoops (blog)Theodoros Floratos, the head of Greece's Financial and Economic Crime Unit (SDOE) confirmed the report that said the carmakers being under investigation are BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Opel. The reason why SDOE is looking into these companies is that it ...Greece Alleges Two German Car Makers of Tax EvasionNASDAQall 4 news articles »
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Thousands threatened with eviction in Greece
Thousands threatened with eviction in GreeceWorkers' LibertyAs Christmas approaches a large number of Greek people will not be joining in the festive mood; they are under threat of losing their homes and joining the ever increasing numbers of homeless people in Greece. After the 2014 budget and the attacks on ...
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Greek Parliament passes property tax reform
Greek lawmakers have passed a law on property tax, as demanded by the country's creditors, but the ruling coalition of conservatives and socialists has lost another member when a former conservative minister ...
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Golden Dawn Deputy Used Fake Plates
Only a couple of days after a former transport minister, Michalis Liapis – who got booted from the New Democracy Conservatives for it – was charged with driving a luxury car with false license plates to avoid paying a road tax, a Golden Dawn candidate in the last parliamentary elections was arrested near Ioannina, in […]
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International Conference on Genetics, Geriatrics, Neuroscience on Corfu
The latest developments in genetics, geriatrics and neuroscience – three modern and popular scientific fields – will be discussed by foreign and Greek scientists and researchers in the 1st GeNeDis World Conference to take place on the Ionian Sea island of Corfu, Greece on April 10-13, 2014. The conference will focus on the progress made […]
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Test Day for Samaras: Foreclosures, Taxes
Although the measures are expected to pass, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ coalition – his New Democracy Conservatives and partner the PASOK Socialists – face twin challenges on Dec. 21 as the Parliament took up whether to pass on more taxes to farmers and other sectors and to partially lift a ban on foreclosures. The […]
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Samaras Boots Polydoras Over Tax Vote
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras swiftly ejected New Democracy lawmaker Vyron Polydoras from the party on Dec. 21 after his deputy, defying orders to vote for a unified property tax bill that puts new assessments on farmers, opposed it. The move leaves Samaras’ already shaky coalition, that includes the PASOK Socialists, with only a three-vote majority […]
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Farmers clash with police in Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Farmers from the island of Crete clashed with police Friday outside Greece's parliament as lawmakers prepared to vote on a new property tax that will extend the levy to farms.
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Mystery of space captivates Greece woman
Mystery of space captivates Greece womanRochester Democrat and ChronicleValerie Rapson of Greece, an astrophysics graduate student at Rochester Institute of Technology, has been named a national astronomy ambassador and will be participating in a workshop in Washington, D.C. Rapson also works at the Strasenburgh ...
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Christmas boat tradition makes a comeback in Greece
Christmas boat tradition makes a comeback in GreeceCCTVChristmas trees, more than anything else, signify the festive holiday season across the globe. But in Greece, a small, Mediterranean country with strong bonds with the sea, a very old Christmas tradition is being revived. CCTV correspondent Filio ...
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Receipt collection to continue
Taxpayers in Greece will have to continue to collect receipts next year according to the law amendment tabled in Parliament on Friday. However, those collected will have to come to the equivalent of 10 percent of the individual’s annual income as opposed ... ...
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Christmas dinner will be a little cheaper than in 2012
This year the average Christmas dinner will cost Greeks 2.51 percent less than last year, according to a survey by the Commerce and Services Institute of the National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce (ESEE).
Conducted between December 13 and 18, the sur... ...
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Annunciation Gala a Hit Again
NEW YORK – Every generation of Greek-Americans has its fond memories of events associated with certain seasons. The annual Stewardship & Mistletoe Gala of the Church of the Annunciation at the Harvard Club on December 13 once again proved to be wonderful way for Hellenes to gather and wish one another Kala Christougenna – Merry […]
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Met. Greek Chorale Makes a Joyful Noise
By Sophia S. Huling “A Festival of Psalms” was the theme for this year’s The Metropolitan Greek Chorale Christmas concert, an eclectic mix of composers, languages, and musical styles, all written to texts from the Biblical Psalms. Led by conductor Marina Alexander, the 27-member choir performed in the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in New York, […]
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No Xmas Without Humility and Hearth
So many images of Christmas come to mind, as each city and each group of people react differently to this holiday – which St. John Chrysostom called the “metropolis of feasts.” Marketers have been hard at work brainwashing the masses to reach their consumerist climax ahead of the holiday, while others groups have been advancing […]
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Beanie Babies Donation Paid Off
To the Editor: Over a year ago, you reported about a story of a young lady collecting money so she could go overseas to seek a cure for kidney failure (“Beanie Babies Billionaire Gives Greek-Am. $20K for Driving Directions,” Sept. 1, 2012). She received $20,000 from the owner of Beanie Babies. Nothing more was heard […]
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Christmas and Brumalia
We provide you, dear readers, with some interesting information that you might enjoy sharing with friends and family during this holiday season. There are a couple of misconceptions about why most of the world celebrates Christmas on December 25. One, told only among the few who are even aware of it, is that the “Old […]
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Greek Christmas: No Ho Ho Ho
For a lot of Greek children, there’s not a lot to be happy about this year as they faced yet another Austerity Christmas, a time not of cheer but of bleakness for a lot of families who’ve taken big pay cuts, tax hikes, and slashed pensions. It’s a Christmas of record unemployment, deep poverty, political […]
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American Monastery Money Intrigue
By A.P.Cromidas Ten years ago it was reported in The National Herald (TNH) that the Greek Orthodox Holy Synod of U.S. Bishops was saying that some sort of cult fundamentalism was being practiced in the U.S. by the monasteries controlled by the monk, Elder Ephraim. But, apparently, no action to speak of ever addressed Last […]
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Greece: Athens, police pelted with oranges during protest
(ANSAmed) – ATHENS, DECEMBER 20 – Greek policemen were pelted with oranges during a protest by farmers in central Athens, reports said Friday. Farmers, protesting against the government's new Single Property Tax, reportedly threw the oranges after ...
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Greek farmers protest against a new austerity bill
Greek farmers have taken to the streets of Athens to vent their anger at the pro-austerity government. This after a new omnibus bill was passed. The bill will see steeping taxation of agricultural land and the potential confiscation of farming plots ...
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Italy's 'abandoned' Riace Bronzes back on show in Calabria
Fine ancient Greek statues on show again in Italy
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Tension During Greek Farmers Rally
Thousands of farmers from all over Greece gathered at Syntagma Square early this morning in preparation of their rally at noon against the government’s controversial tax bill. The farmers are protesting about the new tax on real estate and agricultural parcels. The farmers from Crete, who arrived in Athens at dawn, set up tables to […]
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Piraeus Bans Golden Dawn Food Handouts
The Mayor of Piraeus, Vasilis Michaloliakos has banned Golden Dawn’s food distribution “for Greeks only”, which was due to take place on Saturday at 11 in the morning outside the new Municipal Theater. Michaloliakos sent a letter to the Chief of Police in Piraeus, informing him of the situation. “Some are planning to take advantage of human suffering […]
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Greek Journalist Pens New Murder Novel
Yesterday evening Angeliki Nikolouli, the well-known Greek journalist presented her second novel “Death by Red Lips (Thanatos me xeili kokkina).” Her first “I Dreamed about your Murderer,” was a great success and inspired here to put pen to paper again. Her publishers “Kastaniotis,” along with the Metropolitan College presented her new book during a well attended […]
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Greek Orthodox Religious Traditions on Godparents
Greek Orthodoxy recognizes the significant role of Godparents, or sponsors, in the sacrament of baptism. Orthodox parents carefully choose a koumbaros, which is a Godfather, or koumbara, which is a Godmother, of the same sex as the child according to ...
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Filos Greek Taverna brings Greek fare to downtown Northampton
Filos Greek Taverna brings Greek fare to downtown NorthamptonMassLive.comA pizza parlor romance that blossomed into a love for Northampton has now led to a new restaurant downtown: Filos Greek Taverna, which just opened last week. Owners Konstantinos and Sunita Serrios met 22 years ago when she was a college student and ...
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Austerity forces Greece to dump mental patients out on the street
The Times (subscription)Austerity forces Greece to dump mental patients out on the streetThe Times (subscription)Hundreds of mental patients, including serial killers, could be back on the streets of Greece soon as the country's main psychiatric hospitals close because of the financial crisis. Three main psychiatric hospitals facing closure in 2014 — two in ...and more »
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Greek Candidates in Australian Labor Party
Four Greek Australians are candidates with the Labor Party at the next state elections in Victoria. Steve Dimopoulos is candidate for Oakleigh, Nick Staikos for Bentleigh, Helena Consta for Frankston and Philip Dalidakis for the Senate.
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A Modern Greek Saga: Sisyphus and the Ivy
A Modern Greek Saga: Sisyphus and the IvyNW News NetworkThis task reminds me of the Greek myth about Sisyphus, the cruel king who was condemned for eternity to push a huge stone uphill only to see it roll back down every time. Head says he relates more to the kid in "The Star Thrower." That is a children's ...and more »
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