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How the world sees Greece
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Greece Athena, Livonia remain No. 1 in season's final high school boys ...
Greece Athena, Livonia remain No. 1 in season's final high school boys ...Rochester Democrat and ChronicleCrown Greece Athena of the Monroe County league and Livonia from the Livingston County league as regular season champions. Class AA tournament No. 1 seed Greece Athena and Class B1 top seed Livonia finish in the slot each team has occupied for ...
Kostas Dervenis on 'Oracle Bones Divination The Greek I-Ching'
1. What was your prime motivation and inspiration in creating your new book, "Oracle Bones Divination The Greek I-Ching?" Nothing very spectacular, I'm afraid. When I was a kid, we used to play games using sheep anklebones as dice in my native village.
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German Doctors Compare Greek Health Care System to War Zone
Eight doctors from Germany who visited several Greek hospitals reported that the situation in the health care system in Greece is shocking, likening it to a war zone. “If such brutal austerity measures had been implemented anywhere else ...
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Greece Just Posted Its First Current Account Surplus In History
A big milestone for Greece. From Ekathemerini: Record spending by foreigners as Greece's tourism industry slashed prices helped the country's current account post its first surplus last year since official data began in 1948, central bank ...
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Greece posts first surplus since records began
However, the country saw an increase in the income account deficit. Tourism has been one of Greece's saving graces - jumping 15 per cent to €12bn. At the same time, travel spending by residents abroad remained flat. The news of the first current account ...
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No let up in property price declines in Greece, says new analysis
Property prices in Greece are expected to keep falling in the coming years but this is making homes more affordable, according to the latest analysis of the Greek real estate market. Prices continued to fall in 2013 to reach a peak to current decline of 32 ...
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Seasonal Pantry: Try these local Greek-style yogurts
Seasonal Pantry: Try these local Greek-style yogurtsSanta Rosa Press DemocratFor several years now, national advertising campaigns have touted the taste and nutritional benefits of Greek and Greek-style yogurt, infusing them with nearly magical powers. Some of the TV commercials are hilarious, but they are also a tad misleading ...
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Tourism boom drives Greece to first current account surplus on record
The West AustralianTourism boom drives Greece to first current account surplus on recordReuters UKEconomists expect Greece to repeat a surplus this year but say this does not mean that it has turned the corner yet towards becoming an export-driven, competitive economy. "For 2014 we expect the current account to stay in surplus as imports will ...UPDATE 1-Tourism boom drives Greece to first current account surplus on recordReutersGreece posts first surplus since records beganCITY A.M. (blog)Greece hits current account surplus in 2013, first since 1948The West Australianall 21 news articles »
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Greece seeks debt relief with rare budget surplus, Ambassador Panagopoulos ...
Greece seeks debt relief with rare budget surplus, Ambassador Panagopoulos ...Washington Times“For the very first time, we have learned to live with what we have,” Ambassador Christos P. Panagopoulos told The Washington Times in an interview in which he suggested Greece deserves some relief on the more than $300 billion in bailouts it has ...and more »
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Troika Becomes the Villain in a Greek Tragedy
ATHENS, Feb 19 2014 (IPS) - A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Greece and other recession-hit European countries as they undergo harsh austerity measures in exchange for a bailout. At the heart of it is the Troika, say trade unions, civil society and ...
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Thousands of Tundra Swans in Northern Greece
Greek ReporterThousands of Tundra Swans in Northern GreeceGreek ReporterDuring the last few days, Greek conservationists in the area of Evros Delta, northern Greece have recorded a large number of tundra swans, specifically of the Bewick's Swan subspecies. According to Panagiotis Ioannidis, environmental chief of the ...
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Source: Beta, Tanjug
Dalje.comSource: Beta, TanjugB92Greece will continue to aid Serbia not only with War Crimes but also how to falsely "qualify" for EU membership by submitting "cooked books" show how "financial healthy" Serbia is. Once in the EU they will sponge off the more productive members just ...Venizelos says Greece will strongly support Serbia on EU pathDalje.comGreece supports the EU progress of the Western BalkansBalkans.com Business NewsDnevnik, Macedonia: On Greece and the European valuesFocus NewsInSerbia News -ANSAmedall 19 news articles »
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REFILE-Greece hits current account surplus in 2013, first on record
REFILE-Greece hits current account surplus in 2013, first on recordReutersATHENS, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Greece achieved a current account surplus in 2013, for the first time since official data began in 1948, central bank balance of payments figures showed on Wednesday. The country posted a current account surplus of 1.24 ...and more »
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No Greek Tragedy: An Interview with Stathis Papadopoulos
PopMattersNo Greek Tragedy: An Interview with Stathis PapadopoulosPopMattersStathis Papadopoulos never planned a life in the movies, but he seemed primed for it all the same. A Pontic-Greek born in Kazakhstan, Papadopoulos arrived in Greece as a young child who spent his days no differently than any other of his peers.
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Non-EU citizens can rent out properties
Non-European Union citizens will be able to rent out the properties they acquire in Greece which also entitle them to a five-year permit to stay in Greece, according to a Development Ministry plan which has come about following a demand submitted mostly b... ...
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Joint program by GNTO and TUI to promote Greece abroad
The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) has joined forces this year with TUI Travel Plc to create a program to promote and advertise Greece as a holiday destination in 12 European countries where the group is active.
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Turkish-Greek partnership brings mastic products to Turkey
Turkish-Greek partnership brings mastic products to TurkeyHurriyet Daily NewsYannis Botsaris, a Greek businessmen working in China, met his future business partner, Ahmet Müderrisoğlu, when his interest in marble from the inner Aegean province of Afyon brought him to Turkey. As the friendship developed, Botsaris asked his ...
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Greece Sees Increased Rail Traffic
Greek travelers who are regularly commuting on the route connecting the Greek capital of Athens to the northern port city of Thessaloniki, as of late, increasingly opt for taking the train, thus giving a significant boost to TRAINOSE. The latest revaluation in Greek toll fees has forced car drivers traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki and back to pay a total of €56 just in tolls. If combined also with the increased petrol prices, this has led to 35 percent more travelers using the train on the same route, as the president of the Hellenic Railway Company (TRAINOSE), Athanasios Ziliaskopoulos, announced on Tuesday. “TRAINOSE will be able to become a pioneering growth force for the economy of Greece, if provided with the proper investor,” mentioned Ziliaskopoulos in his remarks during an “Economist” conference held in Thessaloniki, while also referring to the several new activities undertaken by the company, such as suspending non-profitable routes, introducing new collective employment agreements and outsourcing non-profitable services, which will all lead to the company becoming more healthy. The Athens-Thessaloniki route has also become very attractive for the movement of cargo shipments, as the ports of Piraeus and Thessaloniki are both used as entrance points for cargo shipments to the European markets. The Greek TRAINOSE president said that the company is trying in collaboration with the Thessaloniki Port Authority to strengthen its northern border rail network, and added, “Today, 8-10 cargo trains depart on a daily basis from the port of Thessaloniki.” Meanwhile, the agreement between COSCO, the Chinese company managing all operations at the port of Pireaus, TRAINOSE and the U.S. tech company Hewlett Packard to use Piraeus as HP’s main hub for transporting the company’s products to central Europe, has put the Greek railways at the focus of the European supply chain. Rail networks, however, in the involved countries (Greece, FYROM, Serbia, Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic) have to be upgraded, so as to meet the expectations of HP. “If this project comes out to be successful, then we will need to invest more money in infrastructure and know-how, so as to be able to conquer the markets,” argued Ziliaskopoulos.
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Greek Poll Profiles: The Golden Dawn Voter
A new poll conducted on behalf of Greek TV channel MEGA by pollster company GPO tried to sketch up the profile of the regular Greek Golden Dawn voter. The research revealed that the majority of the voters in favor of the Greek neo-Nazi party are mainly men with low incomes. According to the poll, 63 percent of Golden Dawn voters have a low income, while 67 percent are men. 43 percent of the voters are between 25 and 39 years, followed by 24 percent being 40 to 50 years old and 15 percent aged 55 to 64 years. It is noted that 38.8 percent of the people polled and casting their vote for Golden Dawn, identify themselves as belonging to the center-left political area, while 35 percent believe that they are centrists. Upon answering the question about the main reason lying behind the high approval rates, which Golden Dawn receives all over Greece in spite of the party being labeled as a criminal organization, the majority of the polled sample (77.3 percent) attributed the increased percentages of the ultranationalist party to citizens being very unsatisfied with the ongoing financial crisis, which has led the country and its citizens into a deep recession.
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NGO Scandal Widens, Former Papandreou Advisor Linked
An alleged plot to defraud the Greek government by using a formerly Athens-based NGO as a front for international de-mining operations has reportedly ensnared a one-time advisor to former Premier George Papandreou
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Angela Giannopoulos and Magic Moments
NEW YORK – One of the great mysteries of life, which philosophers, mystics and scientists through the ages have proclaimed, is that simplicity is at the root of being and the good life. That might be why one of Manhattan’s top event planners, Angela Giannopoulos, makes the Dalai Lama happy. She says simplicity is at […]
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Mary Grace Canfield, Played “Ralph” on Green Acres, Daughter Ran Plaka Greek Restaurant in Santa Barbara, Was 89
SANTA BARBARA, CA – Mary Grace Canfield, mother of Phoebe Alexiades who ran Plaka in Santa Monica, CA for years, and is most famously known for her role as “Ralph” on Green Acres, has died at age 89. Canfield was a character actress who played roles of “plain-looking” women, such as Mary Grace Gossage (her […]
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18 year-old Greek Student Commits Suicide
Greek Reporter18 year-old Greek Student Commits SuicideGreek Reporter... of unemployment may lead many teenagers to depression and often to suicide. According to the Greek Health Ministry, during the last years, apart from suicides, an increase in attempted suicides and use of anti-depressant medication have been recorded.
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Greek food bank to study Israel's Leket gleaning program
Greek food bank to study Israel's Leket gleaning programJerusalem PostAs part of the tour, the Greek founders will visit gleaning sites, hotel venues, soup kitchens and logistics centers, and will receive full access to the Israeli model. Gidi Kroch, Leket Israel's CEO, told The Jerusalem Post the program “rescues” more ...
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Greek Orthodox patriarch orders US leader to solve Salt Lake church dispute
Greek Orthodox patriarch orders US leader to solve Salt Lake church disputeSalt Lake Tribune (blog)The conflict between the parish council and clergy at the Salt Lake Valley's two Greek Orthodox churches has reached that faith's highest authority: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The patriarch, who lives in Turkey, instructed Archbishop Demetrios ...and more »
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Greek premium wine producer Domaine Porto Carras launches new marketing program in California
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Greek premium wine producer Domaine Porto Carras, imported by Old World Vines, is launching a new U.S. export program in California in March. Porto Carras has a respected portfolio producing wines with the esteemed French VDQS designation (Vins Délimités de Qualité Supérieure), indicating a wine of superior quality. Importer President Katy Bendel ...
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Greek Property Market at a Complete Halt
The Greek real estate market has come to a complete stand still over the past two months, as the new law on the surplus value tax, which was introduced by the government and passed by parliament last December, has not been implemented yet on ...
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Greece: Protests as State Clinics Close for Month
Greece: Protests as State Clinics Close for MonthABC NewsGreece: Protests as State Clinics Close for Month. ATHENS, Greece February 19, 2014 (AP). Associated Press. Several thousand protesters have joined a demonstration in central Athens after the Health Ministry ordered the closure of the country's entire ...and more »
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