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How the world sees Greece
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Greek Life makes gains in philanthropy, sees room for expansion
Greek Life makes gains in philanthropy, sees room for expansionTufts DailySince their founding, Greek Life institutions have made commitments to philanthropy a key part of their philosophy. In more recent years, however, sororities and fraternities have gained reputations across the country for being more focused on social ...
Greek From Thessaloniki Candidate for European Farmer of the Year
Greek farmer Christos Panagiotidis from Thessaloniki, Greece, will participate in the European competition for the best young farmer. The competitors add up to 19 from an equal number of member-States of EU. The winner of the second European ...
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Greece to use millions seized from criminal activity to help poor, blind
Greece will use money seized from criminal activity to invest in health and education.
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Eurozone ministers impatient on Greek bailout review
San Francisco ChronicleEurozone ministers impatient on Greek bailout reviewEUobserver.com“It's been going on since September-October, and I think it's in the joint interest of us and the Greek government to finalise it as soon as possible.” Dijsselbloem also told reporters that any further discussions aimed at tackling an estimated €11 ...Eurozone finance chiefs voice impatience over stalled Greek bailout talks ...Minneapolis Star TribuneEU Officials Impatient Over Greek Bailout TalksABC NewsGreek market dropsCapital.gr (press release)CCTVall 97 news articles »
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Greece to Use Cash Seized From Crime to Help Poor
Greece to Use Cash Seized From Crime to Help PoorABC NewsGreece to Use Cash Seized From Crime to Help Poor. ATHENS, Greece January 28, 2014 (AP). Associated Press. Greece will use money seized from criminal activity to invest in health and education. Deputy finance minister Christos Staikouras said 17.6 ...Greece to use millions seized from criminal activity to help poor, blindFox Newsall 6 news articles »
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Turkish Cypriots slam Greek Cyprus on sovereign bases deal
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has slammed the Greek Cypriot administration and the UK for breaching international law by not consulting them and Turkey in making changes to joint agreements signed in 1960. In a written statement, the Foreign ...
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Unhappy with the Troika, Greece turns to Berlin
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is set to arrive in Berlin for talks on Friday. Despite Greece's economic troubles, the government, experts say, is in a better position to negotiate today than in the past. In early November, it was far from clear ...
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HarperCollins to Publish The Original Greek Diet by Chef Maria Loi and Sarah Toland Sold by Agent Alan Morell ...
Celebrity Chef Maria Loi, owner of LOI Restaurant, New York, is pleased to announce her agent, Alan Morell, has sold The Original Greek Diet, a new diet book by Chef Maria Loi and Sarah Toland, to HarperCollins ...
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Overnight fire in Greece under investigation
13WHAM-TVOvernight fire in Greece under investigationRochester Democrat and ChronicleBowers said it took firefighters from the four Greece departments about an hour to control the blaze. The fire started in the basement of the house and was contained to the lower level, Bowers said. Smoke damage was apparent throughout the residence.One escapes Greece fire, hoses freeze13WHAM-TVall 2 news articles »
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Former clothing retailer arrested for debts to state in excess of 1.15 mln euros
The former president and managing director of Greek casual-wear retailer Sprider Stores was arrested in Thessaloniki on Tuesday over debts to the state.
Nikolaos Varsamis, aged 51, is accused of owing the IKA Social Security Foundation over 1.15 million e... ...
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Basic reforms
Greece’s international creditors have said that they will not insist on more fiscal measures if the coalition government implements a series of basic reforms recommended by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for r... ...
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Power workers protest sell-off plans
Workers at Greece's Public Power Corporation (PPC) on Tuesday held a protest rally in front of the state-owned Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE) Athens headquarters to protest its planned privatization.
The protesters formed a blockade in fr... ...
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A tale of two parties
It’s a rainy Saturday afternoon in Athens's working-class suburb of Peristeri. In a makeshift mosque in a basement on Leventi Street, the Greek capital’s Pakistani community is celebrating the birth of the Prophet.
In the kitchen off the main hall, the co... ...
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Former Korydallos Prison director faces disciplinary charges over Xeros escape
The former director of the Greek capital's Korydallos Prison was ordered by Justice Minister Haralambos Athanasiou on Tuesday to face a disciplinary council over the escape of convicted terrorist Christodoulos Xeros in early January, who absconded while o... ...
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Daily Telegraph publishes advert attacking 'pro-gay' Times columnist Libby Purves
Update 12.30pm: The Daily Telegraph is carrying a bizarre advert today criticising The Times's columnist Libby Purves. It is in the form of an open letter signed by Demetri Marchessini, a Greek-born businessman and author.
It attacks Purves for her pro-gay sympathies and is an apparent reference to a column by Purves on 20 January, Surprise, surprise, dictators are also bigots, in which she wrote about the stance of Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, towards homosexuality.
It begins: "One of the fascinating questions about journalistic life in London is why the well-known columnist Libby Purves, who has clearly stated that she does not believe in religion, repeatedly tells those who do believe in religion, what they should think."
He accuses her of downplaying "the connection of homosexuality to religion" and claims that homosexuality has been a major sin in the Christian religion for 2,000 years." He continues:
"What Miss Purves and many others cannot grasp is the fact that when our government made homosexuality legal, it did not make it moral. Governments can decide on laws, but only God decides on morality. How can anybody, let alone Miss Purvis (sic), tell people what they should think about homosexuality?"
Marchessini also claims there "several serious inaccuracies in Miss Purves' column. Firstly, it has already been repeatedly explained to her, that there is no such word as 'homophobic'. It cannot be found in any dictionary, nor does it have any meaning." [NB: It can be found in several dictionaries]
He goes on to take issue with her interpretation of a recent statement by the Pope and concludes: "How can we persuade Miss Purves to comment on something that she knows more about?"
Purves responded by taking to Twitter, calling Marchessini "a joke" but pointing out that the "persecution, beating, jailing and hanging of young gay men around the world (inc Commonwealth) is not a joke."
Evidently, the most irritating factor for The Times was the fact that the Telegraph got the advertising income.
In a phone call, Purves told me Marchessini was a regular writer of green ink-style letters of complaint to female columnists. Last May, he placed an ad in The Times critical of the paper's political columnist, Rachel Sylvester.
Comment: I can understand the commercial reasons for the Telegraph accepting the ad. But it does seem extraordinary to give the man a platform to attack a columnist in a rival paper just because he is wealthy enough to pay.
Secondly, there is the important matter of a failure to fact-check his piece. Quite apart from the misspelling of Libby's surname at one point, he misquotes her and thereby changes the import of what she wrote.
He quotes her as writing: "the deep and obvious root of homophobia is religion". In fact, she wrote "one deep and obvious root of homophobia is religion." [my italics]
I think the Telegraph should, at the least, have ensured the content of the advert - which took up a quarter of a page - was factually accurate.
Furthermore, the writer places far too much emphasis on Purves's remark about it being some "50 years since falling in love with another man was an imprisonable crime in England." Marchessini makes a great deal of this by taking it literally and contending that "what was a crime was sodomy."
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Chobani loses 'Greek yoghurt' appeal against Fage
Chobani has lost its appeal against Fage in the two companies’ long-running legal battle over the term “Greek yoghurt”. The Court of Appeal today announced it had sided with Fage, maker of Total Greek Yogurt, in finding that “Greek yoghurt” had ...
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2nd relief ship heads to quake-struck Greek island
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek officials say a second ship is heading to earthquake-struck island of Kefalonia to provide additional emergency accommodation after thousands of residents stayed away from their homes as aftershocks continued.
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Greek Minister of National Defence “Cuts” FYROM's Provocative National Anthem
Greek Minister of National Defence “Cuts” FYROM's Provocative National AnthemGreek ReporterThe Minister of National Defense of FYROM Talat Djaferi met with his Greek counterpart Dimitris Avramopoulos on Monday. It was the first time that a Skopjian Minister of National Defense visited the Hellenic National Defense General Staff. Greece's ...
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Greek budget surplus for 2013 seen topping forecast: Ministry official
Economic TimesGreek budget surplus for 2013 seen topping forecast: Ministry officialEconomic TimesApart from excluding interest payments, it also takes several one-off items out of the equation, such as payments to settle government arrears with suppliers and receipts from European central banks which return to Athens the profits from their Greek ...Greek budget surplus for 2013 seen topping forecast, says ministry officialKathimeriniGreece faces new black hole in finances amid rising tensions with creditorsThe Guardianall 3 news articles »
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Why hedge funds may soon turn away from Greek banks
CNBC.comWhy hedge funds may soon turn away from Greek banksCNBC.comGreek banks have been the darlings of bottom-fishing hedge funds, but alarm bells are starting to ring due to the banks' mounting bad loans, dependence on euro-system funding and looming scandals. While the risk of a Greek exit from the euro has ...and more »
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Greece: Second relief ship heading to quake-struck island Kefalonia
Greek officials say a second ship is heading to earthquake-struck island of Kefalonia to provide additional emergency accommodation after thousands of residents stayed away from their homes as aftershocks continued.
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Risks mean deleveraging Greek banks
Greek banks are starting to raise more questions than answers due to mounting bad loans, dependence on Euro-system funding and looming scandals.
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Scholars Discover New Poems from Ancient Greek Poetess Sappho
Scholars Discover New Poems from Ancient Greek Poetess SapphoDaily Beast... Discover New Poems from Ancient Greek Poetess Sappho. Only a few poems of the Greek poetess Sappho's work have survived but thanks to a leading scholar's investigation two new works have just been recovered—and gives experts hope to find more.
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Inequality is putting democracy at risk: Greece's ex-PM
CNBC.comInequality is putting democracy at risk: Greece's ex-PMCNBC.comBut my experience as Prime Minister when Greece was in the eye of the storm has led me to believe that, although each of these challenges constitutes a major threat in its own right, each is a symptom of a deeper problem we have not yet had the courage ...and more »
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Greek holiday island Kefalonia hit by earthquake measuring 5.8 on Richter Scale
The tourist island of Kefalonia in Greece has been hit by an earthquake damaging property and injuring at least seven people. The quake, which hit on Sunday near the town of Lixouri, measured 5.8 on the Richter Scale and was followed by a series ...
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Greek Slow Roasted Turkey
Greek Slow Roasted Turkey Serve this slow cooker roast with mashed or roasted potatoes. Serves 8 Ingredients: 2 large onions, chopped 1/2 cup pitted kalamata olives 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic 1 teaspoon Greek seasoning mix 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 (4-pound) boneless turkey […]
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EU Impatient Over Stalled Greek Bailout Talks, Lagging Reforms
EU leaders are impatient over stalled negotiations between Greece and its bailout creditors, saying the government must step up its efforts to meet delayed reform and privatization targets.
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Yoplait Challenges Chobani in N.Y.
NEW YORK – Yoplait Greek is setting up a pop-up store in New York City to win over customers with free samples — right around the corner from Chobani’s yogurt shop. The move is part of an aggressive push by General Mills to gain ground in the fast-growing Greek yogurt market. The Minneapolis company had […]
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Dora Bakoyannis to Chair PACE Committee on Political Affairs
Following a nomination by the EPP, the head of Greece ‘s PACE delegation, and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Dora Bakoyannis was unanimously voted in to chair the Council of Europe’s Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy. It is the first time that a Greek MP is elected to the position. The Committee deals with any political matters […]
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Piraeus Port Remains Top Passenger Port in Europe
Passenger traffic in the port of Piraeus, Greece, fell to 17,669,774 passengers in 2013, from 17,978,728 in 2012, although passenger traffic in the sea cruise sector jumped 11.10 pct to 2,296,457 departure-arrivals from 2,066,925 in 2012, official figures showed. According to AMNA, a report released by the Piraeus Port Organization said that passenger traffic in […]
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Jeroen Dijsselbloem to Greece: Review Taking Too Long
Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem wasn’t mincing any words, following Monday’s Eurogroup meeting. “I’m sorry to say that the review is not yet concluded, and further work is needed in Greece before the Troika can return to Athens,” said Dijsselbloem in a news conference following the meeting. Dijsselbloem called on Greece and the Troika to do their utmost to […]
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Remains Found in Cemetery Not from Missing Alex
The human remains that were found buried in a cemetery in Imathia do not belong to little Alex, but to an older adult female, according to a Greek coroner. The remains were exhumed yesterday evening, following a tip-off by a resident of Rapsomaniki, near Veria on the popular Greek TV show “Light in the Tunnel.” The […]
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Giakoumatos Dismisses Tax Cheat Charge
New Democracy Member of Parliament Gerasimos Giakoumatos said charges of tax evasion brought against his wife and brother are insignificant and waved them off as trivial even as the pair faced a prosecutor. Dimitris Giakoumatos and Eleni Theodorou are being questioned in connection with finances of the family business, a retirement home in the northern […]
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17 Million Euros From Bribes Go To Health and Educational Sectors
The Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos is expected to meet today with the Greek Minister of Health, Adonis Georgiadis, at the office of Christos Staikouras, the Alternate Minister of Finance. The three of them will discuss the sectors in which 17.3 million euros – money coming from economic crimes against Greek […]
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Record drop in house prices in Greece
The Greek housing market posted the second-worst performance among European Union (EU) countries in the third quarter of 2013, as according to Bank of Greece data prices fell at an annual rate of 9.2 per cent following five years of decline. Eurostat ...
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Greek yields dip as emerging market sell-off eases
Greek yields slipped on Tuesday as the selloff in riskier assets paused, but they remained near 2014 highs with the country seen as the most vulnerable in the euro zone to contagion from emerging market turbulence. The rout in emerging currencies that hit Greek bonds in recent sessions eased as the Turkish central bank announced an emergency meeting that many in the market expect will see it ...
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EU urges Greece to finalize talks with creditors
Greece must reach an agreement with its international lenders to get a next installment of its 240-billion-euro emergency loan package in order to avoid default in May, when it has to pay back bonds worth about 10 billion euros. Greece is experiencing its ...
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Law and short orders: Greek eatery serves Dallas courthouse
Law and short orders: Greek eatery serves Dallas courthouseDallas Morning NewsThe 61-year-old Greek immigrant gets to work before 4 a.m. to put homemade biscuits in the oven and then heads to the farmer's market for fresh produce. By lunchtime, he's hustling to make salads with a pinch of oregano from his native village. And he ...
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Klaus Regling Talks Bailouts, IMF, Greece and Deflation
Klaus Regling Talks Bailouts, IMF, Greece and DeflationWall Street Journal (blog)Here is a full transcript of the interview, in which the senior official and International Monetary Fund veteran weighs in on the state of Greece, inflation in the euro area and the relationship between the euro zone and the IMF. WSJ: What sort of ...and more »
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Households lost 2.6 bln in one year
The quarterly disposable income of Greek households contracted by an average of 31.8 percent, or 14,181 euros, in the five years since the start of the financial crisis, according to data released on Monday by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), ... ...
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All gains of 2014 are lost as slide goes on in bourse
Any gains registered in the benchmark of the Greek bourse since the start of the year evaporated by the end of Monday’s session, as stocks continued their slide, along with most foreign markets.
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Antenna TV forms partnership with Vice Media
Vice Media, the producer of video reportage targeting the so-called Generation Y of twentysomethings who do not watch much conventional television, is tying up with Greek television broadcaster Antenna Group.
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Gazprom hosts gas price talks with DEPA as PM to meet Putin
Russian energy giant Gazprom met with delegates of Greece’s Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) for a new round of talks on Monday aimed at preventing the latter from resorting to arbitration over the price the Russian company sells its gas to Greece. The invit... ...
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Avramopoulos meets FYROM counterpart in Athens
Progress in talks over the name dispute with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and a mutually acceptable settlement will help “normalize” bilateral ties between Athens and Skopje, Greek Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos said Monday du... ...
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Greece officially adopts EU rulebook on divorce
The European Commission on Monday approved Greece’s decision to join the 15 countries that already abide by EU rules, in place since June 2012, allowing international couples to select which nation’s law applies to their divorce or legal separation.
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Credit decline will not exceed 2 pct if GDP rebounds
Banks expect credit to continue shrinking in 2014, albeit at the slower rate of 2 to 3 percent, against a 4 percent contraction last year, with the latest Bank of Greece data showing a 3.83 percent yearly decline in loans issued in the first 11 months of ... ...
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Missing Tanker's Owner Blames Pirates
The Greek owner of an oil tanker that vanished off the coast of Angola said pirates hijacked the vessel and stole much of its cargo.
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Greece declares emergency after quake
Independent OnlineGreece declares emergency after quakeIndependent OnlineA section of a balcony roof is collapsed after an earthquake in Lixouri town on the island of Kefalonia, western Greece. Greece s government announced emergency relief for the residents of the Ionian islands of Kefalonia and Ithaki, a day after they ...
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Imagine Pikmin, But With Greek Philosophers
Imagine Pikmin, But With Greek PhilosophersKotakuWhat happens when you take the all-stars of Ancient Greek philosophy, mythological heroes and throw them into a pixel-art version of Pikmin? Okhlos, that's what. In the video above, I play a bit of a very early preview build of a charming-as-heck indie ...
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Greece announces emergency relief for quake-hit island of Kefalonia
Times ColonistGreece announces emergency relief for quake-hit island of KefaloniaTimes ColonistSunday's earthquake on Kefalonia, Greece, was strong enough to knock food off shelves and loosen ceiling tiles at a supermarket. Photograph by: Uncredit, The Associated Press. Previous Next. Sunday's earthquake on Kefalonia, Greece, was strong enough ...
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