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How the world sees Greece
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
I Joined A Fraternity And It Was One Of The Best Decisions I Ever Made
The common reaction to my fraternity membership is to dismiss Greek life as at best a childish indulgence and at worst a semi-destructive force. The latter view ... Greeks are also considerably more likely to stay enrolled and graduate college ...
Small-batch Greek dishes to satisfy your Mediterranean craving
Greek cuisine is known for its simple and clean flavor combinations featuring seafood, lamb and delicious produce that all thrive in the Mediterranean climate. Freshness is critical to Greek cooking—particularly in these signature dishes of the nation ...
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Greece’s day of reckoning: Bailed-out nation assumes the EU rotating presidency
A. C. Grayling is an English philosopher and founder of independent undergraduate college, New College of the Humanities. He is the author of several books including The Refutation of Scepticism (1985), The Meaning of Things (2001) and The Good Book (2011).
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Praise, traffic as Greece assumes EU presidency
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- European Union leaders praised Greece's efforts to fix its crisis-hit economy Wednesday, as the country formally assumed the bloc's rotating presidency amid strict police security that left traffic in the capital at a ...
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Greece misses 2013 selloff target after auditor blocks asset sale
Greece's court of auditors has blocked the sale of 28 state assets to two Athens-based companies, the privatisation agency said on Wednesday, meaning the country will miss its 1.3 billion euro target for selloffs in 2013. Selling state assets is a key condition of Greece's 240 billion euro rescue package. But the debt-laden nation has so far faced a number of setbacks and has already lowered its ...
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Barroso and Samaras give upbeat messages at launch of Greek EU presidency
euronewsBarroso and Samaras give upbeat messages at launch of Greek EU presidencyeuronewsAthens provided the backdrop for the inauguration of the Greek presidency of the EU, as leaders of its government and the European Commission gave sunny, if cautious, assessments of the economy. The Greek prime minister said the six month period would ...Protests off Limits for Greek Presidency Kick-OffABC NewsDignitaries arrive for official assumption of Greek EU presidencyKathimeriniGreek FM: Greek economy in good shapeCCTVThe Voice of Russia -Greek Reporterall 188 news articles »
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Turkey Hill announces four limited edition Greek frozen yogurts
Turkey Hill announces four limited edition Greek frozen yogurtsPennLive.com“We offered our Baklava Greek Frozen Yogurt for a limited time last year as our first-ever Greek Frozen Yogurt, and it was extremely popular. We wanted to expand our flavors and provide our consumers these unique and delicious Greek frozen yogurt ...
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Louvre Raises 1M Euro For Nike
The Louvre Museum, which has ignored calls from Greece to return the stolen Winged Victory of Samothrace state, known as the Nike of Samothrace, said it has hit the one million euro ($1.35 million) mark in its campaign to get enough funds to restore the famed work, revered as perhaps the greatest in the world […]
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The Woman in the Window
ATHENS – It can be depressing to walk through the streets of Greece’s capital city and see row after row of empty store fronts, as scores of thousands of businesses have closed since a crushing economic crisis began four years ago this spring. Many are filled with the detritus of dashed dreams, stores that had […]
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Greece Probes Birth Certificate Fraud
An ongoing investigation into the certifying of birth certificates in Greece, spawned by the case of mystery girl found in a gypsy camp last year, has uncovered hundreds of cases of registrations given in Athens without checking to see if the parents were genuine. A team of public administration inspectors called for a probe into […]
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Provopoulos Hasn’t Been Right Yet
George Provopoulos, the Governor of the Bank of Greece, should not have an ounce of credibility left after recent reports in the New York Times, let alone his questionable relationship with Michael Sallas of Piraeus Bank. Just a glance at his words, however, show how a bad situation is being made even more unbearable. To […]
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The Long Nightmare of Greece Goes On
In recent days the stress and loneliness of the holidays have amplified people’s perceptions of the problems related to the Greek crisis. There was the suicide of a hotelier drowning in debt, and the desperate dive into Rhodes harbor of a fully-clothed woman trying to retrieve the Epiphany Cross to draw public attention to her […]
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Populists will not win EU vote: Barroso
There is a financing gap of around 11 billion euros ($15 billion) for the second part of 2014 and 2015 to consider, Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras told reporters. Stournaras said however it was "very early" to discuss a third EU-IMF bailout.
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Where The Smokers Are Now: Bulgaria, Greece And Macedonia
Where The Smokers Are Now: Bulgaria, Greece And MacedoniaNPR (blog)So where is smoking still common? Researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation crunched the data and made them easy to noodle with. The map above shows hot spots. Greece, Bulgaria and Macedonia look like the burning tip of a cigarette.and more »
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Greece begins EU presidency by saying austerity policies are intolerable
The GuardianGreece begins EU presidency by saying austerity policies are intolerableThe GuardianGreece kicked off six months in charge of the European Union on Wednesday declaring that the imposition of austerity, spending cuts and fiscal policy by Berlin and Brussels could no longer be tolerated. Coinciding with a growing backlash across the EU ...and more »
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Samaras: Greece and EU are leaving crisis behind them
European Commission President Barroso says Greece will exit the crisis in 2014 and this will strengthen the trust of the other EU countries "Greece is leaving the crisis behind it, following tremendous sacrifices. Europe is leaving the crisis behind it ...
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Spanish Bonds Jump With Greece's as Europe Recovery Signs Mount
Spanish Bonds Jump With Greece's as Europe Recovery Signs MountBloombergSpanish Bonds Jump With Greece's as Europe Recovery Signs Mount. By Eshe Nelson and Anchalee Worrachate 2014-01-08T15:47:15Z. - Comments Email Print. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google+ · LinkedIn; Email Print. Save. Photographer: Antonio ...and more »
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What Greeks Wished for Most in 2014
By Pamela Lytra Holidays are over and Greeks welcomed 2014 with their primary wish being Health. Employment ranked in fourth place, after Love and Happiness! Greeks, according to Engagor — one of the Top 5 listening tools worldwide — started their online wishes from the beginning of December, creating a positive atmosphere necessary during that […]
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Greek Minister of Culture Witnesses Parthenon Film Shooting
By Theodora Matsaidoni Greece’s Minister of Culture and Sports, Mr. Panos Panagiotopoulos, appeared at the Parthenon to witness the filming of “Promahos,” a Coerte and John Voorhees movie. “I am very pleased and moved to see two young people with Greek origins, internationally acknowledged in the film industry, who still hold family bonds to their […]
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Tsipras Won’t Attend Greek EU Presidency Ceremony
Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Greece’s main opposition leftist party SYRIZA, won’t be attending the official ceremony for the six month Greek EU presidency, in Athens Concert Hall. SYRIZA, with an official statement, announced that Tsipras’ absence from the ceremony symbolizes the party’s disagreement with the coalition government’s priorities during the Greek presidency. Greece’s government had reported […]
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Abbot Declines New Monks Due to Crisis
The Archimandrite Nektarios Moulatsiotis, Abbot of the monastery of Saint Seraphim of Sarov, in Fokida, Greece, announced that the monastery can’t accept new monks because of financial difficulties. In fact, the Abbot, advised a man who wished to be a monk to find another monastery as Saint Seraphim due to the economic crisis and the […]
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Eurostat: September Unemployment in Greece at 27.4%
Eurozone unemployment remained at 12.1% in November, according to figures published by Eurostat today. In the EU-28, unemployment also remained stable at 10.9%. In November there were 26.553 million unemployed in the EU-28, an increase of 19,000 compared to October, and 19.241 million in the eurozone, and increase of 4,000 compared to October. The highest unemployment […]
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Wife of pensioner missing on Greek Island speaks of torment as she reveals she 'didn't get to say goodbye'
Roger Bainbridge, 67, from Cumbria, disappeared in September after a day's walking on Antipaxos whilst on holiday with his sister
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Greece plays up progress as it takes on delicate EU presidency
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece took over the presidency of the European Union on Wednesday and chose the moment to deliver a staunch defense of its efforts to recover from six years of recession and two bailouts that have cost it more than 200 billion euros.
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Greece dismisses fears over its EU presidency
Evangelos Venizelos, Greece’s deputy prime minister, insisted his country will be able to manage its six-month stint in the EU presidency despite mounting doubts in Brussels about whether the cash-strapped bailout country is up to the task. Speaking to ...
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Greece bets on EU presidency to help regain credibility
Strained by a long-lasting economic crisis, Greece aims to use its presidency of the EU to regain European partners’ trust and credibility, as the country is slowly creeping along the path to recovery. In a city blocked by police and security forces, the ...
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MEP bailout enquiry in Portugal after postponed Greek trip
KathimeriniMEP bailout enquiry in Portugal after postponed Greek tripEUobserver.comGreece was scheduled as the first visit but was cancelled at the last minute on Monday (7 January) by European Parliament President Martin Schulz and Greek Prime Minister Samaras. The trip was reportedly postponed, with no new date set, because it ...MEPs postpone Athens visitEuropean VoiceAthens visit of MEPs investigating bailouts postponed, sparking criticism from ...Kathimeriniall 9 news articles »
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EU elite in Athens for Greek presidency launch
Europe's political elite gathered in Athens on Wednesday as troubled Greece officially takes over the presidency of the EU for a six-month stint set to include European elections in May. Police threw up a tight security cordon around Athens city centre ...
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Greek Volunteer Wanted for Halkidiki Goldmine Case
A non-governmental organization based in Belgium is seeking for a Greek volunteer to help in planning the communication strategy, organize demonstrations and coordinate their teams in the case of the Greek gold mines in the northern Halkidiki ...
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Inkoom settles Greek loan move
SuperSport (blog)Inkoom settles Greek loan moveSuperSport (blog)Ghana defender Samuel Inkoom has sealed a loan move to Greek side Platanias. His parent club is Ukrainian side Dnipro. Inkoom has taken the news with relief, following what has been a tough period at the Ukraine side. He has struggled to break into ...
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Greek Open-Air Cinema in Melbourne
All films have English subtitles. The organizers of the events believe that no one can resist the beauty of a summer night under the open sky (if permitted by the temperamental weather of Melbourne) and invite everyone to enjoy a Greek story ...
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Greece talks up progress, sidesteps debt write-off issue
Meeting Brussels-based journalists on a visit to Athens as Greece takes over the presidency of the EU, Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos and Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras emphasised early signs of economic recovery while treading carefully around the issue of debt relief or renegotiation. "No other country during peacetime has achieved as much as Greece has achieved since 2009 ...
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European Commissioners visit Athens for Greek EU Presidency's official inauguration
ATHENS, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- European Commissioners arrived in Athens on Wednesday for the official inauguration of Greece's EU Presidency, as Greek organizers and European officials appear confident of a successful outcome for Greece and the Union ...
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Greek church celebrates timely milestone in ten year refurbishment plan
A landmark church at the heart of a Great Yarmouth community is “ticking” again thanks to the towering efforts of its supporters.
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Greek yogurt shortages 'not expected' after plant fire: KRI-KRI
Greek yogurt shortages 'not expected' after plant fire: KRI-KRIDairyReporter.comGreek yogurt manufacturer KRI-KRI does not expect to experience any supply issues in or outside Greece as a result of the fire that tore through its Serres yogurt production plant on Christmas Eve.
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Greece assumes EU presidency amid lingering crisis
Greece assumes EU presidency amid lingering crisisAsharq Alawsat EnglishLondon, Asharq Al-Awsat—Greece will officially open its six-month presidency of the European Union on Athens in Wednesday, after formally assuming the position on January 1. Having promised a “low-budget presidency” with an “extremely small” budget of ...
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Spain to issue €242bn of debt in 2014
Spain and Italy announce billions of euros worth of debt issues for the year to plug deficits, while Greek 10-year yields hit a near four-year low
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U.S. Frets Over Greek Terrorist Escape
The escape of the Greek terrorist Christodoulos Xeros on Tuesday, January 7 has caused the intense reaction of the U.S. The U.S. government with an official statement expressed its frustration for the escape of the Greek terrorist who is ...
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Greece: manhunt under way after convict fails to report
(ANSAmed) – ATHENS, JANUARY 8 – Greek police launched a nationwide manhunt on Tuesday after a convicted November 17 member Christodoulos Xiros failed to report in as part of his furlough obligations, prompting authorities to herald a review of the ...
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Reforming Greece Takes Over EU Council Presidency
Greece, which took over the European Council presidency on ... that in the spring of 2010 plunged the European currency union into the deepest crisis in its history, a country that has been saved from collapse by two gigantic aid packages and a debt ...
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Greece to formally assume EU's rotating six-month presidency
Security is tight in central Athens as Greece prepares to formally assume the European Union's rotating six-month presidency Wednesday afternoon with a ceremony to be attended by EU commissioners.
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Ukrainian, Greek sailors kidnapped off Nigeria released
A Ukrainian captain and Greek engineer who were kidnapped from their ship by pirates off the Nigerian coast last month have been released, the Greek coast guard said on Wednesday. "They have been freed and they are both well," a Greek coast guard official said, asking not to be named. A Nigerian Navy spokesman said he had no details on the incident. Pirate attacks off Nigeria are on the rise as ...
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Greece wants to tap bank rescue funds to plug funding gap
ATHENS: Greece and its international lenders are at odds over plans by Athens to tap funds from a bank rescue vehicle partly to cover its 2014-15 funding gap and avoid a third bailout package, daily Kathimerini reported on Wednesday.
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Greece summer holidays guide: 2014
Telegraph.co.ukGreece summer holidays guide: 2014Telegraph.co.ukPlanning a holiday to Greece? Read our guide to the best regions, with expert advice on the islands, including Santorini, Mykonos, Rhodes, Crete and Corfu, and the mainland, including the Peloponnese and Northern Greece. You will also find ...
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Ireland makes storming return to international bond market
Bumper demand for Republic's first debt sale since exiting bailout helped drive down yields across eurozone's periphery
Ireland made a storming return to the international bond market on Tuesday as the bumper demand for the country's first debt sale since exiting its bailout helped drive down yields across the eurozone's periphery.
The country's NTMA debt agency sold off €3.75bn of bonds but investors bid more than €14bn (£11.6bn) for the new 10-year bond – nearly four times the amount being sold.
The bond – the first Dublin has sold since last March – had a yield of just over 3.5%, and marked a substantial step towards the target of raising up to €10bn this year.
"This sale shows Ireland has fully exited the EU/IMF [bailout]," Michael Noonan, the finance minister, said in a statement.
"The yield of 3.54% illustrates the strength of Ireland's international reputation and brings us far closer to the borrowing rates of the strongest European economies."
Ireland's cost of borrowing over 10 years has tumbled from a peak of about 15%, which was reached in 2011 as the eurozone's debt crisis intensified.
The sale is a test of market confidence in Ireland's recovering economy – which grew 1.7% year-on-year in the three months to September – and also sets a benchmark for Greece, Portugal and Cyprus, the eurozone states still under sovereign bailout programmes.
"Such extremely heavy demand reinforces the recent positive sentiment towards Ireland," said Ryan McGrath, a Dublin-based bond dealer at Cantor Fitzgerald.
"This bodes well for upcoming issuance by other eurozone peripheral countries."
Yields on Spain's 10-year benchmark bond fell nearly 10 basis points to 3.81%.
"The deal has attracted a lot of international interest, and with many of those orders unable to be filled, these investors have had to look elsewhere," said Dan Shane, head of SSA syndicate at Morgan Stanley, one of the banks leading the deal.
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Greece fears return of left-wing terrorism
Now it's in charge of the EU's daily agenda. (01.01.2014) Shots fired at German ambassador's residence in Greece Greek police say that a number of shots have been fired at the German ambassador's residence in Athens. No casualties were reported in the attack.
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Greek School Unearths Diplomas for 157 Jewish Students Killed in Holocaust
Jewish Daily ForwardGreek School Unearths Diplomas for 157 Jewish Students Killed in HolocaustJewish Daily ForwardAntonio Crescenzi, a teacher at Italian School in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, found a trove of old documents by accident about a decade ago. After sorting through them he realized their significance, he told the Israeli Maariv daily. He has ...Greek school to present diplomas to Holocaust survivorsJewish Telegraphic Agencyall 8 news articles »
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Chef puts new spin on Greek Food in Tenafly
NorthJersey.comChef puts new spin on Greek Food in TenaflyNorthJersey.comOriginally trained in French cooking, the father of two, though, had to return to his Greek roots to open Tenafly's Axia Taverna as executive chef and partner in 2006. Now he's channeling current Greek trends in the 3-star restaurant. Gorant grew up in ...
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Greece's government in new hospital fee dispute
KathimeriniGreece's government in new hospital fee disputeEurActivGreece's international creditors do not oppose the charge being scrapped if other revenue-raising measures can be found, such as patients paying a larger contribution for expensive diagnostic tests like CAT and MRI scans. Greece's healthcare system has ...Hospital fee to be passed on to smokersKathimeriniall 3 news articles »
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EU Leadership Approval at Record Low in Spain, Greece
EU Leadership Approval at Record Low in Spain, GreeceGallup.comBRUSSELS -- In 2013, the leadership of the European Union earned some of its lowest approval ratings in Europe from residents living in several countries that the EU bailed out financially. In Spain and Greece, approval levels hit record lows ...
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