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How the world sees Greece
Friday, February 14, 2014
Greece Plans Easier Immigration Code
Greek ReporterGreece Plans Easier Immigration CodeGreek ReporterGreece-Plans-Easier-Immigration-Code Amidst criticism from human rights organizations that Greece has not treated immigrants properly, Deputy Minister of Interior Leonidas Grigorakos said the government is readying a code to cut red tape in applying ...Immigration bill boosts some rights, curbs othersKathimeriniall 2 news articles »
Mysterious statue found in Gaza
Gaza construction worker finds statue of ancient Greek god Apollo. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.
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Is Cleantech An Appropriate Investment For Google?
Many universities debate whether or not to emphasize the “classics” in their curriculum, and this was certainly true in my time at M.I.T. (four decades ago) where one president commented that there were “too many M.I.T. graduates working for Harvard graduates”. I can’t remember too well the Sophocles or Euripides readings, but there was one invaluable lesson that the Greeks transmitted to world civilizations: hybris, or pride, goeth before a fall.
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Greek Court Jails 4 Turkish Suspected Terrorists
The Daily StarGreek Court Jails 4 Turkish Suspected TerroristsABC NewsIn the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, police on Friday arrested a 51-year-old Turkish man in connection with a 2011 blast in a flat that killed a Turkish suspected DHKP-C member when a hand grenade exploded in his hands. A police statement said ...Turkey 'indispensable', but further progress unlikely during GreekTheParliament.comSuspect in Sabancı murder caught in GreeceCihan News AgencyPhotos of DHKP-C members arrested in Greece revealedwww.worldbulletin.netall 69 news articles »
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Greek Documentary Awarded in Berlin
The Cinema for Peace Foundation in Berlin, Germany honored Greek documentary “Recycling Medea: Not an Opera Ballet Film” by Asteris Kutulas with the Most Valuable Documentary for 2014 award. The documentary impressed the international jury ...
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First Greek Event For Luxury Tourism
The first Greek Deluxe Travel Roadshow will take place on March 12 in Dubai and April 2 in Almaty. This is the first event organized by Greece in order to enhance luxury tourism. The Roadshow’s first stop in Dubai is sponsored by Emirates ...
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Turkish, Greek Cypriot negotiators to visit Athens, Ankara
(Photo: Ali Ünal, Today's Zaman) 14 February 2014 /DENİZ ARSLAN, ANKARA A Turkish Cypriot negotiator is expected to visit Greece in the last week of February, while one from Greek Cyprus will visit Turkey simultaneously -- an unprecedented development ...
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Greece bans footage of shipwreck in which 12 migrants died
Greece bans footage of shipwreck in which 12 migrants diedStraits TimesATHENS (AFP) - Greek authorities said Friday they have banned a TV station from showing footage of a boat that was shipwrecked while being towed by the coastguard, killing up to 12 migrants. The boat, capsized in late January, carrying 28 mostly Afghan ...
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Turkey Flexes Muscle In Eastern Mediterranean Energy Race
Early this month, Cypriot authorities renounced a naval confrontation between a Turkish vessel and a Norwegian ship that had been commissioned by Nicosia to conduct offshore surveys for energy exploration, alleging that they had been told to “abandon position” and “leave Turkish waters”. The move is the latest in a long line of tense interactions between the two countries over contested access to significant reserves of offshore gas, with Turkey insisting that any such exploration in the region include the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (recognized by only Turkey). Cyprus currently boasts access to almost half of an estimated 122 tcf of natural gas below waters in the Eastern Mediterranean. According to a U.S. Geological Survey, the country’s ability to exploit the offshore reserves could bring in about $400 billion in revenue over the coming years, not to mention address any domestic needs they might have. Additionally, the site offers a potential 1.7 billion barrels of oil as well. After sending ships into local waters following Nicosia's first foray into exploring their offshore potential, Ankara has continued its protests, insisting that any reserves and revenues be split evenly between the Greek and Turkish parts of the country. Further, they announced that any unilateral gas efforts should be considered a “legal transgression” and warned foreign firms against signing on with Cyprus or face repercussions, mostly in the form of restricted access to Turkish energy projects. Still, Greek Cyprus has been able to ink deals with Noble Energy and a consortium between Italy’s Eni and South Korea’s Kogas. Despite a host of political and security challenges at home, Turkey has kept up the pressure, especially in light of Cypriot efforts to establish export partnerships with another active regional energy actor, Israel. Furthest along in their energy exploration and production efforts, Israel has announced that they will reserve 40 percent of their reserves for an export market, though how this will happen is still unclear. Both Cyprus and Turkey have advocated for a role in moving Israeli reserves towards Europe, with Nicosia offering Liquified Natural Gas options and Ankara suggesting a subsea pipeline. With substantial revenues and energy investment access at stake, Israel's decision could add still further tension to the situation. However, not all have found the region’s offshore potential as a cause for security concern. Instead, some have found reason for hope in the gas finding, with reunification proponents arguing that the quickest way to mend fences between the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus energy cooperation. This week saw reunification talks resume after an 18 month break, with the region’s energy potential cited as a possible incentive for progress. According to a BBC report, leaders on both sides of the debate called the status quo “unacceptable”, with the island’s offshore potential emerging as incentive for a long-sought peace deal. Cyprus has been split in two since 1974, with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declaring themselves a state in 1983, though they have failed to earn official recognition from anyone except for Turkey since.
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Samaras to visit Mount Athos
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was expected to visit Mount Athos in northern Greece, on Saturday, Skai reported.
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TV channel banned from airing report on Farmakonisi drownings, parties react
A Greek judge on Thursday banned a leading private TV station from airing an investigative report into a deadly migrant boat accident, claiming it could compromise the secrecy of the ongoing official investigation.
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Lidl supermarket chain inaugurates new logistics hub in Attica
Lidl Hellas, the local subsidiary of German global supermarket chain Lidl Stiftung & Co KG, inaugurated on Thursday a new logistics hub at Kalyvia, eastern Attica.
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Police sue coast guard officers over hooligan attack at Piraeus Port
Nine riot police officers have sued coast guard officers assigned at Piraeus Port earlier this week after suffering injuries in an attack in the early hours of Tuesday by a gang of hooligans who thought they were fans of a rival team.
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Cyprus negotiators to visit Athens, Ankara
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot negotiators were expected to visit Greece and Turkey in the last week of February, after a fresh round of Cyprus peace talks was launched on Tuesday, it emerged on Friday.
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Less crime in 2013, Greek police report says
Criminal activity recorded in 2013 was considerably lower compared to the previous year, according to official police statistics released on Friday.
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5th Sympossio Greek Gourmet Touring Kicks Off in Stockholm
Sympossio will tour in Western and Eastern Europe to show the European tourism industry a vibrant and tasteful image of modern day Greece — a country that produces, creates and most importantly, shares. The Vice President of Aldemar Group ...
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Seventh Athens Startup Weekend
The Athens Startup Weekend is scheduled to be held again for the 7th time in Athens, Greece, following the previous successful events. The Startup Weekend (SW) is a global nonprofit organization aiming to bring together people of different backgrounds and of different skills, in order for them to work together and transform an idea into a business within 54 hours. Worldwide, there have been more than 1000 Startup Weekends in more than 170 countries, leading to the creation of startup businesses which enjoy great success today. The SW though is primarily a large network of innovative and passionate people with many ideas, who have the capacity and the opportunity to change the world. Individuals with innovative ideas on education will gather and create products as well as services that will revolutionize the usual market system, hence highlighting concepts like self directed knowledge, creativity, entrepreneurship, collaboration and innovation. The Athens Startup Weekend will be held on March 7, 8, and 9 at “The Athens Cube” (http://thecube.gr/). Apart from its innovative theme, the event will also carry another innovation: it will be focusing on makers, which are people who love to build objects with the aim of creativity and innovation. A continuously growing list of mentors and critics will contribute to this flagship event by providing publicity and holding great and inspiring speeches. Executives from successful businesses all over Greece, like Google, Microsoft Hellas and Akto, are expected to attend the event. For more information on the event and the organization, don’t hesitate to visit the website www.startupweekend.org.
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Judge Bars TV Migrant Boat Sinking Report, Mega TV Defies Her
Just a day after Greece’s World Press Freedom Index ranking fell to 99th, a judge has ordered a TV show not to show a documentary investigating the sinking of a migrant boat in which a dozen lives were lost, but was defied as the producers said they would go ahead and air it despite a threat of “severe legal sanctions.” Judge Antigoni Stamoleka said the report – for which she has also prohibited ads previewing it on Mega TV’s Protagonists show – could compromise the secrecy of the ongoing official investigation. It was not said who brought the case before her. Mega TV said the order was an unacceptable act of censorship, and insisted it would complete and air the report as planned during next week’s episode of the popular Protagonists show. “It would be a sad state of affairs if journalists had to secure judges’ permission to investigate a story,” reporter Stavros Theodorakis, who presents Protagonists, told the Associated Press. The Jan. 20 sinking of a boat trying to smuggle immigrants into Greece from the nearby Turkish coast left six dead and another six presumed drowned near Farmakonissi islet in the eastern Aegean Sea. The vessel was under tow by a coast guard speedboat. Survivors accused officials of trying to illegally return them to Turkish waters and botching the rescue effort — both which the Greek government denies. The European Union and international rights groups called for an independent investigation. Stamoleka is based on the Aegean Sea island of Kos, near Farmakonissi. Human rights groups have demanded an investigation with some blaming Greece for conducting so-called “pushbacks,” trying to force boats filled with immigrants back to the sea or toward Turkey, the launching spot for many seeking to come to Greece for asylum or a route into the EU.
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Light Quake Jolts Cephalonia Early Friday
A light earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale jolted on Friday at 5.38 am the island of Cephalonia, Greece. According to the Athens Geodynamics Institute the quake’s epicentre was located at area of the recent tremors. In an interview for a local radio the seismologist Ephtimos Lekas said the earthquake was in result of the heightened seismic activity, which started on January 26 with a 5.9 magnitude quake, followed by many aftershocks.
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Greek Economy Shrinks 3.7 pct in 2013
On an annual basis, in 2013 the Greece ‘s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped by 3.7%, statistics data showed on Friday, less than a 4 percent contraction forecast by the government and the country’s lenders, the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. The rate of recession in the first trimester of 2013 was 5.5%, which dropped to 3.7% in the second trimester and to 3% in the third trimester. In current prices, the Greek GDP was 44.285 billion euros in the fourth quarter of 2013, losing 10.425 billion euros compared with the corresponding period in 2010 (when the first memorandum was introduced). That was Greece ‘s sixth consecutive year of a recession, caused mainly by austerity measures demanded by the EU/IMF. This development will help the government come to a better deal with the troika in upcoming negotiations.
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103-Year-Old Woman Dies in Cephalonia
A 103-year-old woman named Stella, who became well known after she met Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras during his visit to the island of Cephalonia, Greece, has passed away. A few days ago, when Samaras was visiting the earthquake victims in Cephalonia, he met with the old woman and the two had a small conversation. She had lived through the great earthquake that occurred in 1953 on the island of Cephalonia. On the occasion of the Greek Prime Minister’s inspection of the affected areas she told him, “Cephalonia is strong and can bear the earthquakes.” According to Cephalonia’s news, the woman died somewhere around midnight on Thursday, February 14. Her mind was crystal clear until the last minute of her life. News of her death spread quickly on the island and everyone was very emotional. All those who knew her spoke of a quiet, gentle and clever woman who never bothered anyone.
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Joint Campaign to Help Athens’ Homeless
The City of Athens, in collaboration with four Greek NGOs, will launch a campaign in order to help the homeless of Athens and enable their social integration. The initiative, described by Athens’ mayor Giorgos Kaminis as “a social experiment,” is being funded with 918,000 euros in European Union structural funding. The City of Athens will collaborate with Klimaka, Doctors of the World, Praksis and Equal Society. These organizations have experience dealing with the homeless,whose number is increasing due to the current crisis in Greece. Athens City Hall will announce the launch of a social housing program similar to those already implemented in other European countries, where homeowners offer unused properties for the accommodation of homeless people. The Hatziconstas charity Institute has donated an apartment block in the center of Athens. An overnight hostel operated by the NGO Doctors of the World is already accommodating 50 people at a time. According to an aid worker, each visitor can stay a maximum of five days in a row at the hostel, adding that applications for residence are submitted to the offices of Klimaka. Praksis day centers in Athens and Piraeus host about 3,754 people. As reported, half of the applicants are families, a third live on the streets, while a quarter have homes but face eviction. Official data shows that the number of homeless in Greece amounts to 30,ooo people. However, it is estimated that the actual number is much higher.
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Village in Crete Slowly Sinking
The fifteen remaining residents of the village Sfendili, Crete in Greece live without electricity and water as their village is slowly being covered by water because of a dam built in the area 14 years ago. The village is located in the reservoir dam, under the filling level and it is gradually being flooded with water. The Greek state has already provided the residents compensation for the loss of their properties. However, the villagers claim that the compensation is small and that the government should have arranged for the village’s relocation to another region. Their request hasn’t been accepted yet and despite the Public Prosecutor’s ultimatum, they refuse to abandon the place in which they were born and raised. The foundation of the village dates back to 1577. It is a medieval village with a long history and rich culture. Within the village, there is a Byzantine church from the 14th century with impressive fresco’s, but the government hasn’t ensured its protection.
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Greek Crime Rates Decline in 2013
Although it was estimated that the financial crisis would generate an increase of criminality, the Greek police released data showing that crime rates were reduced in 2013. Compared with 2012, homicides decreased by 11.9%; robberies by 17.9%; and burglaries fell by 15.2%. In Attica, robberies decreased by 17.4% and burglaries by 17.1%. Across Greece, antiquities smuggling cases decreased by 29.8%; blackmails by 16.7%; and forgeries by 14.8%. Greek police’s official statement notes that in 2013, shop and bank robberies decreased by 18%. Burglaries fell from 1,191 in 2012 to 946 in 2013 (245 fewer), while there was a slight decrease of 1.3% in drug cases. However, data shows that beggary increased by 142%; smuggling by 64.8%; circulation of counterfeit currency by 25.3%; and cases of sexual exploitation and abuse by 11%. Regarding road safety, there has been a decrease of road traffic victims. Specifically in 2013, police recorded 115 fewer road deaths and 100 fewer fatal road accidents compared with 2012. As reported, arrests of immigrants attempting to enter the country from the Greek-Turkish border in Evros reduced dramatically by 96.3%. In 2013, Greek authorities arrested 1,109 immigrants compared with 30,433 in 2012. Greek authorities state that the number of officers dealing with illegal immigration in Greece amounts to 15,000, which is one-third of Greek police’s staff. Greece, because of it geographical position, is the main gateway to the European Union.
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Greek PM to Visit Mount Athos
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is scheduled to visit Mount Athos on Saturday, February 15, hence breaking a “taboo” held by members of his party, New Democracy. Since the exposure of the scandal surrounding the monastery of Vatopedi in 2008, which is located within the Greek autonomous monastic state, none of the conservative party’s members have paid a visit to the region. Former PM Kostas Karamanlis was the last member of New Democracy who visited the mountain peninsula in the north of Greece in 2006. After Samaras became head of the Greek government, some first visits were held by governmental officials to “Agion Oros,” “Holy Mountain” in Greek, the name which the area bears, as it was believed that “Mount Athos is more than just the monastery of Vatopedi.” The visit of the Greek PM is scheduled to last 24 hours. Samaras is expected to arrive at the state’s capital, Karyes, late on Saturday and depart at 5 p.m. on Sunday. According to the schedule, the PM will visit the monasteries of Iviron and Simonos Petra, and will pay his respects to the holy icon of Axion Esti, which is dedicated to Mary and is located in the primary church (the Protaton) of the capital town. He will also hold meetings with the monastic society, the representatives of the 20 monasteries and also address problems like the tax rules applied to the region. Samaras will be joined by New Democracy members Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos, Minister for Education and Religious Affairs, and Theodoros Karaoglou, Minister for Macedonia and Thrace, as well as Yiannis Ioannidis, candidate Governor for Central Macedonia, and Stavros Kalafatis, candidate Mayor for the Municipality of Thessaloniki.
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George Clooney calls for Mona Lisa to be returned to Italy
Monuments Men star follows Parthenon marbles demand with suggestion Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting should go back to country of origin• George Clooney, Bill Murray and Matt Damon back return of Parthenon marbles
George Clooney has claimed that France should return the Mona Lisa to Italy during a promotional tour for his new film The Monuments Men, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The comments, which follow Clooney's repeated claims over the past week that Britain should return the Parthenon marbles to Greece, were reportedly made in Milan at a press event during which the film's cast posed in front of the famed Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece The Last Supper. The film's director was joined by co-stars Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Jean Dujardin and John Goodman for the event.
Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is currently held in the Louvre in Paris, where it has hung since 1797. It was acquired by French king Francis I shortly after completion around 1518 and has only been shown in Italy once, in 1913, following its theft by an Italian patriot in 1911.
Italian authorities have regularly petitioned for the return of the world's most famous painting, most recently in 2012 ahead of the 100th anniversary of its restitution to France. Their Gallic counterparts have so far refused on the grounds that the work of art is too delicate to be moved. Clooney's reported remarks are said to have returned the matter to the public arena and sparked new calls in Italy for the return of the painting.
The actor-director's initial comments about the Parthenon marbles came at the Berlin film festival on Saturday while promoting The Monuments Men, the story of an Allied team trying to save art from the Nazis. "I think you have a very good case to make about your artefacts," Clooney told a Greek reporter. "Maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing if they were returned. I think that is a good idea. That would be a very fair and very nice thing. I think it is the right thing to do." He later repeated similar views in London and was backed by fellow cast members.
London mayor Boris Johnson has since bizarrely compared Clooney to Hitler for making the comments. "Someone urgently needs to restore George Clooney's marbles," he told the Daily Telegraph. "Here he is plugging a film about looted Nazi art without realising that Goring himself had plans to plunder the British Museum.
"And where were the Nazis going to send the Elgin marbles? To Athens! This Clooney is advocating nothing less than the Hitlerian agenda for London's cultural treasures. He should stuff the Hollywood script and stick to history."
• Grant Heslov: 'It's great to have Clooney there to crack the whip'
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Greece's Deflation Problem Got Less Worse
Business InsiderGreece's Deflation Problem Got Less WorseBusiness Insider"Less worse" is a weird phrase, but it seems to characterize Greece's pricing problem well. According to new data from ELSTAT, Greece's consumer price index fell 1.5% year-over-year in January. That's right. It fell. Greece's is an economy experiencing ...and more »
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Prosecutor Wants 100M Euro Bail For Banker Lavrentiadis’ Release
With his release date pending because no trial has been set, a Greek prosecutor has asked for a world-record 100 million euros ($137 million) before a banker accused of embezzlement of 700 million euros ($959.8 million) and ordering the murder of a business rival be let go.
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Anastasiades Thinks Cyprus Plan OK
Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades said he believes there's a chance that a UN-brokered peace process could end four decades of division on the island.
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Mitsotakis vs. Greek Bureaucracy – and The Troika
Greek Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, charged with slashing a public workforce bloated with generations of political hires said he's accomplished that mission early, but that a bigger task remains: changing a deeply-dysfunctional bureaucracy.
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The Parthenon marbles should be returned – but George Clooney is wrong
George Clooney thinks Britain should return the Parthenon marbles to Greece. It's a widely held and perfectly respectable view – certainly not a "Hitlerian agenda" for London's cultural treasures, as Boris Johnson would have it. But is it right?
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Greek recession easing faster than expected
Crisis-hit Greece took a step closer to recovery today with official data showing that the six-year recession choking the country was easing faster than expected. Overall, the figures indicate that Greece has now managed to cut the recession by almost half ...
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Ancient statue of Greek god Apollo discovered in Gaza strip
The VergeAncient statue of Greek god Apollo discovered in Gaza stripThe VergeA rare bronze statue of the Greek god Apollo was unearthed last summer on the Gaza strip, Reuters reports, only to be concealed by Hamas since it resurfaced. The "priceless" discovery has thrown the archaeological community into a clamor, with a debate ...
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Greek Golazo! Fulham new boy Mitroglou scores 30-yard screamer for U21 team... and the keeper's not too bad either
Fulham are in need of goals as they bid to move away from the Barclays Premier League relegation zone and ... be keen to get him involved with the first team as soon as his knee injury has cleared up. Taking in a pass from the right, Mitroglou turned ...
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Greek economy contracts less than expected, points to 2014 recovery
Greece's economy shrank by a smaller-than-expected 3.7 percent last year, marking the first time it has outperformed expectations since a debt crisis took hold and boosting hopes for a recovery this year. Greece's gross domestic product has consistently missed targets set under its EU/IMF bailout partly due to a greater-than-expected impact from austerity cuts, making it ever harder for the ...
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TABLE-Greek recession eases in Q4 2013 for fifth straight quarter
Greece's economy shrank 2.6 percent year-on-year in the last quarter of 2013, at its slowest pace since the country got its bailout in 2010, data by Eurostat showed on Friday. The preliminary reading, based on seasonally-unadjusted data, was the smallest year-on-year decline since the second quarter of 2010 and brought the economy's full-year 2013 contraction to about 3.7 percent.
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Greece's labor market nightmare keeps getting worse
ThinkProgressGreece's labor market nightmare keeps getting worseQuartzIt's still rising. Greece's official unemployment rate climbed to 28% in November, up from 27.7% in October. It's by far the worst unemployment rate among the major economies in the eurozone, even outpacing Spain's terrible job market, where ...More Than A Quarter Of Greece's Population Is UnemployedThinkProgressGreece jobless rate hits record high of 28% in Nov.Press TVGreece jobless rate swells to a new record high of 28 per centCITY A.M.ANSAmed -Business Insider Australia -spyghana.comall 41 news articles »
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Official: Greece welcomes more Chinese investors, offers residence permit
People's Daily OnlineOfficial: Greece welcomes more Chinese investors, offers residence permitPeople's Daily OnlineNotis Mitarachi, Greek Vice Minister for Development and Competitiveness, said that China and Greece have strong historical ties, and it is important to "pave the way for more investment, more trade, more tourism, more cultural cooperation between ...Greece woos Chinese investorsBalkans.com Business Newsall 2 news articles »
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Greek Cyprus state workers strike over privatisation plans
Hundreds of Greek Cypriot state utility and port workers walked off the job on Friday over the government's privatisation plans, in the first mass protest against the terms of an international bailout brokered almost a year ago. Staff at Cyprus telecoms ...
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Famous Chilean Professor on Greek Culture
The famous Chilean professor, Miguel Castillo Didier in a recent interview talked about the importance of Greek culture. Didier stated that Greece, although it is a small country has given the world important poets and writers such as Kazantakis ...
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Alwaleed receives Greek minister of tourism
The meeting was attended by Heba Fatani, senior executive manager, corporate communication department, Nahla Nasser Alanbar, private executive assistant to the chairman, Hassna Alturki, department head travel and external affairs and Fahad bin Saad bin ...
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Missing The Souvlaki? Kendall Jenner Reminisces About Her Time In Greece ...
EntertainmentwiseMissing The Souvlaki? Kendall Jenner Reminisces About Her Time In Greece ...EntertainmentwiseKendall Jenner seems to be feeling nostalgic about her family's vacation to Greece, as the reality TV star took it upon herself to reminisce about the trip. In the spirit of throwback Thursday, the 18-year-old took to her twitter to post a link to an ...
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The Fascinating History Of Eugenics
The name deriving from the Greek “eugenes,” meaning “well-born,” it should be no surprise that “eugenics” seeks to engineer a better human race by purp...
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Greece's 'Little Fish' screened at Berlinale
A contract killer who moonlights at a bakery in order to raise cash to save the man who saved him is the central character in Yannis Economides's "Mikro Psari" (Little Fish), a dark drama and Greece's entry at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival's... ...
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Greek Police releases photos of Kurd terror suspects
The Greek Police on Thursday published the photographs of four Turkish nationals who are suspected of being members of the extreme-leftist terrorist organization Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C).
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City of Athens, NGOs in EU-funded drive to help Greeks living on streets
A joint campaign by the City of Athens and four nongovernmental organizations aims to provide support for the growing ranks of the capital’s homeless and help with their social integration, Kathimerini understands.
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Parliament to vote on committee for World War II reparations claims
Parliament is due to vote within the next few days on a proposal made on Thursday by the House’s Council of Presidents for a biministerial committee to discuss Greece’s ongoing claims for World War II reparations from Germany.
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Unemployment rises to 28 pct in November
Unemployment registered a new record in Greece in November as the jobless rate climbed to 28 percent from 27.7 percent in October and 26.3 percent in November 2012, according to data released on Thursday by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).
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Bank deposits seen shrinking in January
Private sector deposits at Greek banks posted a significant decline of more than 2 billion euros in January compared with December 2013, according to estimates by bank officials. The officials note that the decline is due to the increased tax obligations ... ...
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Olympiakos vs PAOK and OFI vs PAO in semis
Olympiakos will face PAOK and Panathinaikos will clash with OFI Crete in the semifinals of the Greek Cup, after the quarterfinals on Wednesday and Thursday that ensured the favorites found their way through.
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