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How the world sees Greece
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Greek Tyropita Migrates to USA
Four friends are aiming to bring to the USA, high quality frozen traditional Greek pies. The fact that they recently won an award for their innovative idea at the “Re-inspiring Greece from the Youth Up” competition is rather encouraging.
Washington Post: Better Numbers But Problems For Greece in 2014
The American newspaper, The Washington Post published an article on January 1 entitled, “Greece: Numbers improve, problems worsen in 2014.” The article referred to, among other things, the Greek Prime Minister’s New Year message to the ...
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Can Greece repair its reputation?
Is Greece, the country that nearly brought Europe to its knees, fit to take over the EU presidency?
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Privatizations and Debt : Lessons From The Greek Fiasco
EconoMonitor (blog)Privatizations and Debt : Lessons From The Greek FiascoEconoMonitor (blog)Greek revenues come from two sources: one (Tourism) generates €74 for sure, and one (say, the port of Piraeus) yields, on average, 20€. Since the value of total (expected) revenues (€94 ) falls short of debt coming due, Greece is insolvent, and its ...
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I believe in the future of Greece
KathimeriniI believe in the future of GreeceKathimeriniWhen you read this article, I will be about to board my flight back to Beijing at the end of my two-year-five-month mission in Greece. Over the past month, while saying good bye to my Greek friends, one question was often asked: How, as a friend who ...
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Gamesa sells Greek wind farm
RechargeGamesa sells Greek wind farmRechargeActive in the Greek market for 15 years, Gamesa has developed nearly 90MW in the country – and seen nearly 200MW of its turbines installed across various projects. The Spanish wind group claims to have a project portfolio totalling nearly 550MW in ...Gamesa sells 26MW Greek projectWindpower Monthly (subscription)Gamesa sells 25.5MW in GreecereNewsall 7 news articles »
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Greek Dec mfg PMI up to 49.6
According to Markit, Greek December manufacturing PMI rose from 49.2 in November to 49.6, the hig...
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10 Things You Need To Know This Morning (DIA, SPY, QQQ)
Good morning! Here's what you need to know.
Stocks in Asia were mostly higher. Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up 0.1%. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 climbed 0.29%. Korea's Kospi dropped -2%. European stocks were lower across the board, and Turkey's BIST 30 index continued to plummet thanks to the ongoing corruption crisis there; it was down more than -2%. U.S. futures were up. The first Global PMI Day of 2014 continues to roll along nicely, as purchasing mangers around the world have released mostly positive surveys of manufacturing activity. So far out of 17 countries reporting, just two have turned in readings below 50, meaning they're contracting. South Korea's PMI figure hit a seven-month high, and Indonesia and Vietnam's PMI surveys saw their largest gains since April 2011. Even PMI for Greece, one of the two countries that printed below 50, climbed to its highest level in more than four years. The most disconcerting PMI survey came out of France, which was the other country to come in below 50, hitting a seven-month low of 47.0, with sharp drops in new orders, output, and employment. Markit's Jack Kennedy commented, "Anecdotal evidence suggested that lingering uncertainties continue to hold back the spending and investment that are necessary to support a recovery in the sector." Turkey's PMI fell sharply, to 53.5 from 55.0 in November. We already mentioned how Turkish stocks were plummeting today. The Turkish Lira is also getting hammered, with the dollar spiking to new highs against the sovereign. Turkey's Deputy PM recently told CNBC-e that the country is facing a "mini coup" from factions linked to a Pennsylvania-based cleric who has been accused of attempting to create a "state within a state," though there is disagreement about the nature of his followers, and the situation seems to be more about a power struggle. Jefferies' David Zervos has a pretty good track record on investing calls — most of which also happen to rhyme. Last year, for instance Zervos told clients to go long "Spoos and Blues," or long stocks and the Euro. Today, he basically says go long risk all risk assets, in the form of riding the tech stocks surge, because there's very little to suggest the economy would turn south. In a new note, he writes: "It’s time to go fully risk on and dump the hedge!! And what better way to play for a Fed induced liquidity blow-off bubble top than with one of the original bubble babies of the past – QQQ’s. We are still a long way from the peaks of 13 years ago!! It’s finally time for “Spoos and Q’s.” Wells Fargo downgraded Apple to "market perform" from "outperform" while keeping its valuation range at $536 to $581. Analyst Maynard Um cited pressure on gross margins and limited market opportunity, as well as a shift in power to wireless providers. Shares were down close to 1% pre-market. We get four big economic data points today. Weekly jobless claims fell to 339,000 from a revised 341,000, though the data likely suffered from seasonal noise. Then at 9 a.m. we get the US PMI, which is expected to decrease slightly to 54.5 from 54.7. At 10 a.m., we'll get both the Institute of Supply Management's latest manufacturing survey, which is expected to climb slightly to 57.3 from 57.0; and construction spending data, which is expected to have climbed 1% in November. The first legal pot sales took place in Colorado and went off without a hitch. "It's kind of a relief, frankly," a Denver city councilman told the Denver Post. "This could have gone a lot of different ways. So far, so good." BI's Haley Hudson was on hand to cover the day live.Join the conversation about this story »
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GLOBAL PMI DAY: 15 OF 23 NATIONS REPORT ACCELERATED MANUFACTURING GAINS
Fifteen of 22 nations reporting manufacturing data saw gains accelerate in December.
At the beginning of each month, Markit, HSBC, RBC, JP Morgan, and other data gathering institutions publish the latest local readings of the purchasing managers index (PMI). Each reading is based on surveys of hundreds of companies in each country.
We'll be covering most live as they come out.
About two-thirds of countries reporting data have seen faster expansions than in November. The global index also edged higher.
As a general rule, manufacturing PMI™ surveys are always released on the first working day of each month, construction PMIs on the second working day and services PMIs on the third working day.
These are not the most closely followed data points. However, the power of the insights is unparalleled.
Jim O'Neill, Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, believes the PMI numbers are among the most reliable economic indicators in the world.
Here's the scorecard for Thursday so far:
South Korea: HSBC Manufacturing PMI — 50.8, up from 50.4 in November; a seven-month high
China: HSBC Manufacturing PMI — 50.5, down from 50.8 in November, and a three-month low
Vietnam: HSBC Manufacturing PMI — 51.8, up from 50.3 in November; the sharpest expansion of output since April 2011
Taiwan: HSBC Manufacturing PMI — 55.2, up from 53.4 in November; also the greatest expansion of output since April 2011
Indonesia: HSBC Manufacturing PMI — 50.9, up from 50.3 in November; the fourth-straight month of gains
Spain: Markit Manufacturing PMI — 50.8, up from 49.8 in November; output rises at fastest pace since May 2011
India: HSBC Manufacturing PMI — 50.7, down from 51.3 in November; business conditions improve for second month in a row
Ireland: Investec Manufacturing PMI — 53.5, up from 52.4 in November; firms raise output for fourth month in a row
Netherlands: NEVI Manufacturing PMI — 57.0, up from 56.8 in November; new orders increase at sharpest rate since April 2011
Poland: HSBC Manufacturing PMI — 53.2, down from 54.4 in November; employment continues to rise at solid pace
Turkey: HSBC Manufacturing PMI — 53.5, down from 55.0 in November; index remains above long-term average
Czech Republic: HSBC Manufacturing PMI — 55.4, up from 54.7 in November; eighth-straight month of expansion
Italy: Markit/ADACI Manufacturing PMI — 53.4, up from 51.1 in November; output growth hits 32-month high
France: Markit Manufacturing PMI — 47.0, down from 48.4 in November; index at seven-month low
Germany: Markit/BME Manufacturing PMI — 54.3, up from 52.4; index at two-and-a-half-year high
Eurozone: Markit Manufacturing PMI — 52.7, up from 51.6 in November; 31-month high
Greece: Markit Manufacturing PMI — 49.6, up from 49.2 in November; output expands for second-straight month
UK: Markit / CIPS Manufacturing PMI — 57.3, down from 58.1 in November, which had been a 33-month high
Australia: Ai Group PMI — 47.6, unchanged; contraction continues
Brazil: HSBC Manufacturing PMI — 50.5, up from 49.7 in November; output climbed for the fourth-straight month
U.S.: Markit Manufacturing PMI — 55.0, up from 54.7 in November; output at highest level since March 2012
Canada RBC Manufacturing PMI — 53.5, down from 55.3 in November; a four-month low
Mexico: HSBC Manufacturing PMI — 52.6, up from 51.9 in November; output growth accelerates to 10-month high
Worldwide: JPMorgan Manufacturing PMI — 53.3, up from 53.1 in November; 32-month high
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EU presidential stint will challenge Greek leaders
Novinite.comEU presidential stint will challenge Greek leadersThe Japan TimesAdded to Greece's own considerable economic and political troubles, these issues could prove a major challenge to the Greek presidency, analysts note. “I don't expect that the Greek presidency will be, and can be, as smooth as other presidencies,” said ...Greek prime minister: 'no more financial aid needed after bailout'Deutsche WelleGreek Crisis: Numbers improving, but social problems likely to worsen in 2014Victoria Times ColonistGreek Foreign Minister: EU Presidency Is OpportunityNovinite.comGreek Reporterall 127 news articles »
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Italian, Greek navies rescue hundreds of would-be migrants
AFPItalian, Greek navies rescue hundreds of would-be migrantsDeutsche WelleItalian, Greek navies rescue hundreds of would-be migrants. The Italian and Greek navies have rescued hundreds of people from the waters off their respective coasts. Each year thousands seek to enter the European Union through the two southern member ...Italian navy rescues 233 migrants south of SicilyWPECall 70 news articles »
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Turkey hopes Greece will continue supporting its EU bid
Hurriyet Daily NewsTurkey hopes Greece will continue supporting its EU bidHurriyet Daily News2 expressed hope that Greece, the bloc's new term president, would continue to support Turkey's membership bid and that new chapters would be opened during its presidency. “We aspire to open at least one chapter, but prefer more than one, during the ...Turkey hopeful of Greece's presidency in EU, says EU ministerCihan News Agencyall 4 news articles »
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Greece beats target for taking up EU co-financing funds
Greece beats target for taking up EU co-financing fundsReutersGreece must make sure it is eligible for 5.5 billion of EU funds by 2015 under its current 20.5 billion EU co-financing programme, Development Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said. "The absorption rate beat even the most upbeat projections," he said in a ...and more »
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Greek wind power market picks up again
Operating wind power capacity in Greece grew by 7.9 percent in the second half of 2013, amounting to 1,864.6 megawatts (MW), according to market data released this week by the Hellenic Scientific Association of Wind Energy (ELETAEN).
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Greek Cyprus broadcaster airs ex-leader's message
Greek Cyprus's public broadcaster inadvertently broadcast the opening seconds of an old New Year's message from the country's former leader instead of from President Nicos Anastasiades, prompting an embarrassed apology on Thursday. The Greeek Cyprus ...
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'Greek Pony' Maker Namco is Back in the Game
'Greek Pony' Maker Namco is Back in the GameGreek ReporterGreek production and exports are the antidote to the ongoing economic recession. The fourth generation of the car manufacturer company, Namco, is prepared under secrecy to start functioning once again, something that will result in the creation of new ...
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Another 4000 Suspensions in Greek Public Sector
Greek ReporterAnother 4000 Suspensions in Greek Public SectorGreek ReporterAnother 4,000 public servants must be suspended by the Greek government by January 15 when Troika officials are expected to return to Athens, as dictated by the terms of the bailout for 2013. The coalition government must suspend a further 3,000 by the ...
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Greek Wind-Powered Electricity Capacity Grew 6.6 Percent in 2013
Greek Wind-Powered Electricity Capacity Grew 6.6 Percent in 2013BloombergInstalled wind-powered electricity capacity in Greece rose to 1,864.6 megawatts at the end of 2013 from 1,749.4 MW a year earlier, the Hellenic Wind Energy Association said. Installed capacity rose by 71.15 MW in the second half of 2013 compared with ...Energy: Greek wind power market picks up againANSAmedall 3 news articles »
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Greece seeking 'a new narrative for Europe,' Venizelos says
Greece's presidency of the European Union, which began January 1st, is an opportunity for the crisis-hit country to present itself as an equal and sovereign member state of the bloc, Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos has said.
In an interview with Euro... ...
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Greece Readies Next Round With Troika
ATHENS – Another year and another set of tense talks with international lenders looms for Greece as Jan. 1 broke, coinciding with the beleaguered government taking the rotating, six-month symbolic helm of the European Union Presidency. While the government was preparing for the pomp and circumstance, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras was readying his negotiating guns […]
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Samaras Says Bailout Ends, Recovery Begins
ATHENS – Almost four years after Greece began receiving the first monies from what would be $325 billion in two rescue packages from international lenders, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said as the bailout ends that the country will begin to get back on its feet. That would be welcome news – if it happens – […]
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Greece Fears Terrorism Spike Coming
ATHENS – After unknown gunmen peppered the home of the German Ambassador with a spray of bullets, Greek law enforcement officials are worried it could signal the start of a new wave of terrorist activity against targets ranging from politicians to bankers, journalists and businesses. Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias said Greece would stand firm […]
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Bribery of foreign officials goes under-punished in the EU
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Recent revelations concerning the bribery of the former Secretary-General for Armaments of the Greek Ministry of National Defense, Antonis Kantas, by German and other EU based companies have underlined the need for the EU’s executive body to take action, Greek MEP says.
Thodoros Skylakakis (ALDE, GR) addressed the European Commission with a question about the non –or under implementation- of international and European agreements on bribery and corruption on international level.
According to the apology of Antonis Kantas, he received bribes amounting to tens of millions of euros from more than ten foreign weapons’ systems businesses.
Among others, Mr Kantas received: 500.000 – 600.000 euros for the supply of electronic systems for submarines from the German company STN ATLAS, 600.000 euros to avoid causing problems on the German-Greek transaction for the German Leopard tanks from the company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, 400.000 euros for the rearmament of the Greek Navy with the French surface-to-surface missiles, Exocet and 240.000 euros for the Swedish artillery-hunting radar ARTHUR from the Swedish company Ericsson.
According to official data presented by Mr Skylakakis and sourced from the OECD's Anti-Bribery Convention, “active enforcement occurred in only four EU Member States and little or no enforcement in 12 EU Member States”.
Moreover, the Greek MEP argues that even in cases were active monitoring and evaluation mechanisms exist the results are not encouraging. “The OECD report on a big EU Member State that has one of the better scores in the TI Corruption Perceptions Index (6th among EU countries in 2011) shows that from 2005 to the end of 2010, 69 individuals were sanctioned, out of which 30 were criminally convicted and 35 were sanctioned under an arrangement under which they only had to pay fines. Out of the 30 convicted individuals, 23 received suspended prison sentences and 4 served time in prison. Among the suspended prison sentences, four concerned individuals convicted for “especially serious” cases of bribery of foreign public officials (cross-border dimension of corruption),” he writes in a recent thematic paper.
As far as OLAF cases are concerned, Mr Skylakakis stresses that according to the responsible EU Commissioner Algirdas Semeta “since the year 2000, 281 out of a total of 647 cases transferred by OLAF to national judicial authorities were dismissed” thus “no further follow-up was given to these cases by the national judicial authorities”. In the rest of the cases the conviction rate is also low “with an EU average of 41%.”
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85 illegal immigrants rescued off Greek island
Kathimerini85 illegal immigrants rescued off Greek islandThe HinduGreece's coastguard on Thursday rescued 85 illegal immigrants — among them women and children — off the Greek island of Astypalaia in the southeastern Aegean Sea. The immigrants, who had been attempting to enter Greece from neighbouring Turkey, ...Greek coastguard rescues 85 undocumented migrants in Aegean SeaKathimeriniall 5 news articles »
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Solskjaer poised for Cardiff
European fire sale: Greek archipelago for €8.5m, an EU passport for €1m and Polish castles for a song European fire sale: Greek archipelago for €8.5m, an EU passport for €1m and Polish castles for a song
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First Movie of 2014: “Straight Story” Turns Society Upside Down!
“Straight Story” is a witty comedy written by Vladimiros Kyriakidis and Efi Mouriki, that turns society… upside down! It takes place in an imaginary society where being gay is normal but being straight is unacceptable. Greek Reporter and Odeon S.A. through PameOdeon.gr, present the best Greek movies of recent years! The first day of the […]
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Archaeological Finds in Private Plot in Athens to Become Accessible to Public
A small area with antiquities within a private plot with a separate entrance for guests will be created in the Athens district of Makrygianni near the Acropolis, Greece. Finds from the geometric to the late Roman era, have been identified at this point, however, those of the last period are the most preserved and will […]
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German Arms Bribes Suspect Talks
The widening scandal in the Greek defense ministry is set to take another turn on Jan. 2 when a key suspect, Panayiotis Eftathiou, said to be a middleman between Greek officials and German arms manufacturers is set to testify in court. Eftathiou, 83, was identified by the star witness Antonis Kantas, the ex-deputy head of […]
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Greece: Theodorakis rejects suggestion he run for president
(ANSAmed) – ATHENS, JANUARY 2 – World renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis has rejected a suggestion by Socialist PASOK chief Evangelos Venizelos that he should run for Greek president in 2015. Theodorakis, now 88, also attacked the deputy prime ...
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Greek coastguard rescues 85 undocumented migrants in Aegean Sea
KathimeriniGreek coastguard rescues 85 undocumented migrants in Aegean SeaKathimeriniGreece's coastguard on Thursday rescued a group of 85 undocumented migrants including women and children from a sailing ship in the southeastern Aegean Sea, officials said. “The migrants are currently being transferred to other vessels and will be ...and more »
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Turkey celebrates Greece's EU presidency
Greek tenor Mario Frangoulis will perform a concert organised by Ankara State Opera and Ballet to mark Greece's holding the EU presidency for the next six months. Organised in cooperation with the Greek Embassy, the "New Year Premiere Concert ...
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Greece: troika expected to return to Athens on 15 of January
(ANSAmed) – ATHENS, JANUARY 2 - The troika (EU, ECB and IMF) representatives are expected to return to Greece around the ... gap in measures deemed necessary to cover the 2014 fiscal gap, which is estimated to be about 13-14 billion euros (including ...
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Greek manufacturing output expands for second month in a row in December
Greek manufacturing activity inched closer to recovery in December as output rose for the second consecutive month on increased order flow although job shedding continued, a survey showed on Thursday. Markit's purchasing managers' index for manufacturing, which accounts for about 10 percent of Greece's economy, rose to 49.6 in December from 49.2 a month earlier, hitting its highest level in more ...
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Greece begins six-month EU presidency on New Year΄s Day
He also said that Greece wants to promote the EU΄s maritime policy, redrawing it ahead of the European Council of June 2014 to include security, energy, transport, tourism and the European Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Seas besides growth.
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Greek corruption case implicates Swedish radar firm
A Greek government corruption scandal has dragged a Swedish company into the quagmire after accusations were made that a Swedish radar salesman lined a public servant's pockets in the procurement bid. The former deputy head of weapons contracts at the ...
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European fire sale: Greek archipelago for €8.5m, an EU passport for €1m and Polish castles for a song
First, snap up Maltese citizenship, and thus a European Union passport, for €1.15m (£960,000). Then splurge on a former cardinal's villa in Italy as the principle residence. For a fairytale winter getaway, Polish castles are going for a song. And what ...
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Former Greek minister returns bribes
Former Greek minister returns bribesEurActivA former Greek government official who admitted taking €13.7 in bribes more than ten years ago to wave through arms contracts, has returned €7 million of the money to the state, the finance ministry said on 31 December. Antonis Kantas, deputy armaments ...
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A Thin Veil for Greece in 2014
As if Greece didn’t have enough trouble as Jan. 1 loomed – the seventh consecutive year of a deep recession – Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ uneasy coalition of his New Democracy Conservatives and the PASOK Socialists, who are clinging ...
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Advanced Greek classes are go
Neos KosmosAdvanced Greek classes are goNeos KosmosThe introduction of new advanced classes for children of newly arrived migrants from Greece will begin in early February - in time for the new school year. The initiative - organised by the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria (GOCMV ...
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Six left homeless after fire destroys Gatineau Greek restaurant, apartments
Six left homeless after fire destroys Gatineau Greek restaurant, apartmentsOttawa CitizenOTTAWA — Fire ripped through a Gatineau Greek restaurant and the apartments above it on New Year's Day. No one was injured in the fire at Le Petit Grec on St-Rédempteur Street. But six people were receiving housing assistance from the Red Cross, said ...and more »
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Greek tourist shot outside Garden State Plaza, possibly with pellet gun
Greek tourist shot outside Garden State Plaza, possibly with pellet gunCliffviewpilot.comYOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Paramus police were investigating the New Year's Eve shooting oustide the Garden State Plaza, possibly with a pellet gun, of a Greek woman visiting the United States. Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said detectives interviewed ...and more »
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Greece assumes EU helm
Greece assumed the rotating presidency ... Papoulias insisted that “2014 will be better than previous years.” Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras struck a similar tone on New Year’s Eve following a mini cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Antonis ...
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Greek Orthodox and First Holy Communion
While all Catholics partake in the holy sacrament of First Communion, also called the Eucharist, Greek Orthodox Catholics differ in a few ways: they have the Eucharist placed in their mouths instead of taking it by hand - Roman Catholics can do either at ...
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Special Event After 15 years of ActionAid in Cyprus and Greece
ActionAid completed 15 years of presence in Greece and Cyprus, organizing a three-day event. during the same event, a photograph exhibition took place by the award-winning photographer CNA, Katia Christodoulou, entitled “Ethiopia. A big hug” as well as an airing of the documentary “Ethiopia. A parallel world,” by journalist from RIK, Katerina Charalambous. In addition, […]
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Syrian Refugees Having a Hard Time In Greece
As the civil war in Syria gets worse day by day, the number of refugees who seek better luck has been constantly increasing. The host countries in Europe and the Middle East have grown uneasy over the new arrivals. Greece is the main and easiest access for Syrian refugees to reach Europe. But as Greece enters […]
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Draft Bill in the Works for Creation of Research Centers
The Ministry of Education in Greece is currently working on a new draft bill regarding the creation of research centers in all Greek regions. The idea for the project came from the European Union, which would like to see research funding stemming from its National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) move away from Greece’s major urban […]
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Greece Prepares for Troika Talks
Another year and another set of tense talks with international lenders looms for Greece as Jan. 1 broke, coinciding with the beleaguered government taking the rotating, six-month symbolic helm of the European Union Presidency. While the government was preparing for the pomp and circumstance, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras was readying his negotiating guns to take […]
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Karolos Papoulias Optimistic for the Greek Economy
President of the Republic, Karolos Papoulias appeared optimistic regarding the Greek economy. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with the country’s political leadership on Wednesday, where wishes for the New Year were exchanged, he said he was confident that things were now moving in the right direction. He had a long discussion with the Greek Finance […]
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Theodorakis Rejects Greek Presidency Notion
Famed Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, who has been on a rant against the government and the country’s international lenders, has rebuffed a suggestion from PASOK Socialist chief Evangelos Venizelos, who’s also Deputy Premier/Foreign Minister, to be a candidate for Greek President, a position which is filled by the Parliament. It is now held by Karalos […]
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Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare, in the Ancient World
New York: Overlook Press, 2003. Pp. 352. Illus., notes, biblio., index. $27.95. ISBN:1-58567-348-X. Classical folklorist Adrienne Mayor's Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs is an intriguing, if over-reaching look into the ancient antecedents of ...
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