The National Hellenic Society (NHS) a non-profit foundation dedicated to preserving, passing on and celebrating Hellenic Heritage hosted a special ...
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How the world sees Greece
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
NHS Celebrates the Golden Anniversary of “Zorba the Greek” with private screening
Bank networks shrink considerably
The country’s four systemic lenders have closed some 990 branches nationwide. At the end of June National, Piraeus, Alpha and Eurobank had 2,523 branches across Greece, compared with 3,513 before the start of the financial crisis. If one also takes into a... ...
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Car sales moving up a gear after long and painful slowdown
Car sales in Greece have gathered pace in recent months, following a long slowdown that had resulted in the closure of more than 1,000 dealerships and the loss of an estimated 11,500 jobs. August recorded a 20.8 percent increase in the number of cars circ... ...
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Gov’t looks into tapping Greece’s rare earth elements
Environment and Energy Minister Yiannis Maniatis on Tuesday spoke of encouraging signs concerning the existence of rare earth elements in Greece following a meeting with members of a group of Chinese representatives in Greece to attend an international co... ...
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Industrialist head expresses confidence in recovery signs
The head of Greece’s industrialists, Theodoros Fessas, visited President Karolos Papoulias on Tuesday in Athens and expressed confidence that the Greek economy is already showing stability and signs of recovery. He also presented proposals that the Hellen... ...
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Most economic sectors to see more hirings by year-end
Employers intend to start hiring in the last quarter of the year in eight out of the nine main sectors of economic activity in Greece, according to the results of a quarterly survey conducted by Manpower on employment prospects. The report records an incr... ...
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Greece deny Poland but miss out themselves
Greece were denied a UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-off place in heartbreaking fashion despite eliminating Poland with an impressive win. At kick-off, Greece were fourth in Group 7 but knew victory by 3-1 or better would give them top spot if ...
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Greece's Parliament Approves Hate-Crime Law
ATHENS—Greece's parliament approved Tuesday a controversial and much-delayed hate crimes bill that stiffens penalties for racially motivated crime and criminalizes the denial of genocide and war crimes. The law was approved in principle last week, but ...
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From Cawl to Rarebit: a Greek food blogger's guide to Welsh traditions
The aim was to promote unknown Welsh recipes to the Greek audience. The outcome was a series of online posts of 8 deliciously creative recipes, ...
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The “Greek” Salaries of the Italian League Campionato
The no1 selling sports newspaper in Italy “Gazzetta dello Sport” displayed the salaries of all players featured in the Italian Serie A this coming year. For the first time in history, there are nine Greek players present in Italy’s first division, seven of which took part in the recent Euro 2016 qualifying match against Romania. AS Roma and Hellas Verona top the list with three players each, Udinese has two and Genoa one. The most expensive transfer of the year is that of Kostas Manolas who left Olympiacos a few days before the end of the transfer period to move to AS Roma for a total fee of €13m + €2m in bonuses. This is the list with the annual salaries of all Greek players according to “Gazzetta dello Sport”: 1) Kostas Manolas AS Roma €1.5m 2) Jose Holebas AS Roma €1.5m 3) Vasilios Torosidis AS Roma €1.3m 4) Panagiotis Kone Udinese €600k 5) Panagiotis Tachtsidis Hellas Verona €450k 6) Lazaros Christodoulopoulos Hellas Verona €400k 7) Giannis Fetfatzidis Genoa €400k 8) Vaggelis Moras Hellas Verona €320k 9) Orestis Karnezis Udinese €320k Bellow are the top salaries of the six top positioned teams of the Serie A 2013-2014 season and the total amount they spend on their roster: Juventus - €118m - Carlos Tevez (Argentina) €4,5m AS Roma- €98m - Daniele De Rossi (Italy) €6,5m AC Milan - €94m - Fernando Torres (Spain) €4m Inter Milan - €70m – Nemanja Vidic (Serbia) €3,2m Napoli - €70m – Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina) €5,5m Fiorentina - €56m - Mario Gomez (Germany) €4,25m
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Anti-racism Bill Gets Necessary Parliamentary Majority
After the request of SYRIZA and Golden Dawn for roll call vote, Greece’s anti-racism bill got the necessary Parliamentary majority. As expected, there was a diversity of opinions within the parties, especially regarding article 2 on genocide, for which there was an open discussion in the past few days on whether its refusal should be criminalized or not. In total, 99 MPs took part in the voting. For article 1, 58 voted yes, 10 no and 31 present. For the disputed article 2, 54 MPs were in favor, 42 against while 3 declared present. Finally, for article 3, 60 voted yes, 10 no and 29 present.
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Greek-Canadian Explores Active Volcano Crater
Greek-Canadian George Kourounis once more carried out a risky and breathtaking expedition. Exploring an active volcano. “It was a window into hell,” said the Greek-Canadian explorer, who along with Sam Cossman, explorer and filmmaker, dived into the ...
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Former minister's trial struggles to start in Greece
The trial relates to charges of laundering money from the Greek arming programme under former Defence minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos. Michaelides ...
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Greek-Australian Woman Among World’s Best Researchers
This year, the highest academic award in Australia, the ARC Laureate Fellowship, was awarded to Greek-Australian Joy Damousi, history professor and head of the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. Damousi is the ...
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Hellas Cakes: The Sweets that Make Australians Go Mad
hellas-cakes-660 Greek store Hellas Cakes in Melbourne, Australia, has catered some of the most prestigious parties and supplied many local cafes ...
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Greek Parliament will pass the bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial: MP
MP Aragats Akhoyan is confident the Greek Parliament will pass the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial. According to him, the Resolution ...
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This streamlined take on the Greek classic skips the potatoes and heavy béchamel and roasts the eggplant instead of frying it. A light, tangy cheese ...
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Samaras says Greece will not need third bailout
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Tuesday sought to douse renewed speculation about the possible need for a third rescue package for Greece, insisting that the country could manage without additional loans from its European partners. Addressing a joint pr... ...
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Matteo Renzi Makes Reform Popular in Italy
CERNOBBIO, Italy -- Entertainment is never lacking on the shores of the Como Lake in the beginning of September, when the Italian and European intelligentsia gathers at the Ambrosetti Forum, a sort of Davos that is more European but equally obsessed with participant status. So much so that I counted at least five different entrance colors, each one with strict do's and don'ts. Look under 40 at your own risk. The focus this year was, unsurprisingly, structural reform in Europe. And as usual, this immediately implies an admiration for Germany and derision for Italy. It is sadly usual fare to see in Cernobbio the incongruence of the lake's beauty with the complaints of Italian businessmen. In that sense, this year was no exception; and yet, there were some subtle but important changes. Spain is swiftly turning into "the new Germany"; for Europeans from Berlin to Rome it has become the best example of how to reform a crisis nation. The latest employment and growth data confirm this view, in spite of the still sky-high general unemployment numbers. It is a welcome change for an elite that spent five years only looking at Berlin. But perhaps what was most striking thing this year was who decided not to make an appearance at Como: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Although some of his key ministers were there, Renzi did not show. "In Cernobbio there is chiacchiera -- an all too Italian term that means gossip without end," he was quoted as saying while opening a factory. "Here we do [end]." Cheekily, the Italian premier complained about the "gossip rather than work" in Cernobbio. The conference, he said, welcomed Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Greek extreme left, and Gianroberto Casaleggio, the dark monk in Beppe Grillo's anti-everything Five Star Movement. While Tsipras did what he could to sound more reasonable than his policies actually are, Casalleggio's presence betrays a sense of desperation within Grillo's authoritarian ranks. So the extreme politicians show up to the establishment gathering, but the prime minister did not. What the hard left would like to do is be more like Renzi who -- there is little doubt left -- is the most talented politician in Italy today, perhaps in all of Europe. The left may have some youth, but it does not have a viable and positive vision of the future to sell. There is no lasting politics without that. Although Renzi has never led his party in national elections, his 41 percent of the vote in May's European elections guaranteed the High Representative for Foreign Affairs position for his foreign minister, Federica Mogherini. Let us hope that she is joined by another "Southern" voice, we would hope, at the Eurogroup. Not since the political revolution of Silvio Berlusconi in the early 1990s has anyone in Italy gotten those kinds of support numbers. So even if it hurt egos in Como, the strategy of missing the party made good politics: it brings the prime minister closer to the Italian electorate, which supports him by a staggering 65 percent. It also moves his government away from the idea of the "salotto" -- another very Italian term that refers to the closed-door gatherings where key decisions are made undemocratically. This matters most because this is a government set on passing painful reforms, which necessitate legitimacy to take hold. The Italian political reform that will greatly simplify the parliamentary process has already begun. There is now a hopeful judicial reform on the table, a key issue to improve Italy's standing as a place to do business. If it takes a 1,000 days to enforce a contract, who would ever set up shop in Italy if they had a choice? Judicial inefficiency is the stuff of dreams of those who believe Italy belongs only in the past -- but change is coming. Europe today stands between the Scylla of deflation and the Charybdis of a populism filled with rancor but devoid of content and proposals. Italian reform is coming at its own pace, but reforms are there and, even more importantly, they have popular backing. The same cannot be said of France, Berlin's perennial preoccupation. As the new French Prime Minister Manuel Valls appears to understand, Renzi's strategy is about pushing reforms from political power rather than "impositions" from Brussels or the Troika (IMF, Commission, and ECB as observer), an organization perhaps more hated in Italy than in those countries where it was deployed to oversee bailouts. There is a need to sell the change Europe needs -- not the talk, but the real legal and social change -- from the perspective of social justice and pro-European sustainability. Only then can we advance to a more federal European future. And the central bank is already leading the way: as of last week Mario Draghi, European Central Bank president, confirmed he will be conducting quantitative easing of private sector assets, which effectively amounts to mutualization and paves the way for Eurobonds eventually. So the conclusion is simple: missing the gathering of the intelligentsia is not the worst nightmare of those who attended this year, but rather of those populists that seeks to destroy the European future that is our best hope forward. So perhaps it is better to worry a bit less and enjoy the beauties by the lake.
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Whos Buried in Largest Greek Tomb New Finds Raise Intrigue
Fans of ancient history are laying bets on who was buried in the dark heart of a massive marble-walled tomb that is slowly coming to light in northern ...
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European Commission nominees – by name
Sort by: Country Name Portfolio Vytenis Andriukaitis: Lithuania (PES) - Andrus Ansip: Estonia (ALDE) - Dimitris Avramopoulos: Greece (EPP) - Elzbieta Bienkowska: Poland (EPP) - Alenka Bratušek: Slovenia (ALDE) - Corina Cretu: Romania (PES) - Valdis Dombrovskis: Latvia (EPP) - Kristalina Georgieva: Bulgaria (None) - Johannes […]
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Euro 2016 qualifiers clockwatch live!
The week of football continues as Wales travel to Andorra, Norway host Italy and Czech Republic take on HollandPlease send hilarious emails to simon.burnton@theguardian.comOr do it Twitter-style @Simon_Burnton 7.55pm BST That was Andorras first goal for a full four years. Four years!1463 - Andorra have scored their first competitive goal in 1463 days, since last scoring in Sept 2010 v Rep of Ire. Shock. 7.55pm BST I watched Kazakhstan-Latvia earlier, writes JR in Illinois. Some 0-0 games are pretty entertaining. This wasnt one of those. As far as I can tell the only item of note in the match was in the first half. Some subs were warming up along the sideline (not sure from which team) but one of them was much too close to the pitch and he ended up running head-first into the assistant referee. The player was fine but the assistant needed treatment for a couple minutes before continuing. I have a mixture of the utmost respect and enormous pity for any neutral who decides that watching Kazakhstan-Latvia is a good idea. 7.52pm BST The Andorran captain and centre-back sends Wayne Hennessey the wrong way, and Andorra have scored their first goal in 20 matches! 7.51pm BST Penalty to Andorra! Ivan Lorenzo goes down, having beein lightly brushed by the hand of Neil Taylor. The referee waves play on, but then an assistant clearly has a word and he calls play back! 7.50pm BST Clouds of funny black synthetic pitch seeds are flying up every time the ball lands on Andorras pitch, and the ball is, by way of protest, refusing to roll very far. Gabriel Riera of Andorra executes possibly the skill move of the day, pirouetting in midfield and bemusing a couple of markers. 7.46pm BST An early effort for Wales, who have Chris Gunter cutting in from the right and having a stinging shot saved with 39 seconds on the clock. 7.45pm BST Theyre under way in Andorra. Fifteen seconds played. No goals, obviously. 7.45pm BST Has Kacper Przybylko, scorer of Polands goal in their 3-1 Under-21 defeat in Greece, got more consecutive consonants in his surname than any other footballer ever? Probably not, but hes certainly got a few. 7.43pm BST Anthem time, and theres some excellent choral work going on in Prague. No dodgy national anthem instrumental CD required there theyre going a cappella. 7.32pm BST Heres a close-up of the pitch in Andorra, which is entirely grass-free: 7.28pm BST Interesting selection issues: Emanuele Giaccherini, having made one substitute appearance for Sunderland in the league this season, starts for Italy. Ill mainly be keeping tabs on the goings-on in Andorra and Prague, where Daley Blind and Robin van Persie are among the starters. 7.22pm BST Some teams for you, including news of Wales line-up in Andorra:Andorra: Pol, Garcia Miramontes, Lima, Maneiro Ton, Rubio, Vales, Peppe, Ayala Diaz, Martinez Alejo, Lorenzo Roncero, Riera. Subs: Josep Anton Gomez, Sonejee, Rodrigues, Vieira de Vasconcelos, Sanchez Soto, Clemente, Moreno. Wales: Hennessey, Gunter, Neil Taylor, Chester, Davies, Ashley Williams, Allen, King, Ramsey, Bale, Church. Subs: Fon Williams, Dummett, Gabbidon, Vaughan, Ledley, Lawrence, Jonathan Williams, Huws, Jake Taylor, John, George Williams, Letheren. Referee: Slavko Vincic (Slovenia). 7.17pm BST Hello world!The best place to start, in many ways, would be a list of tonights fixtures. So here it is. In case youre wondering, Bahrain beat Kuwait 1-0, Faouzi Aaish with the goal in the 15th minute. Continue reading...
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Former SDOE Head Released Unconditionally
Former head of Greece’s Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) Yiannis Kapeleris was released unconditionally today, after facing prosecutors Christos Papakostas and Dimitris Kavalaris, over charges of breach of trust in connection with the “Lagarde list“. Kapeleris, who headed SDOE when Giorgos Papakonstantinou was Minister of Finance, denies ever receiving the list containing the names of 2,062 Greeks with deposit accounts at a Geneva branch of HSBC. According to reports, Kapeleris told the prosecutors that he was never ordered by Papakonstantinou to investigate the people on the list, but was ordered to probe the tax details of a group of 10 people. His successor and co-defendant, Yiannis Diotis, is expected to face the two prosecutors on Wednesday.
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Greece toughens anti-racism law after long debate
Greece on Tuesday ratcheted up its punishments for racism, anti-Semitism and hate speech, in a move prompted by the surprise rise of a neo-Nazi ...
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In Greece, archaeologists explore ancient tomb
Archaeologists have unearthed two Caryatids on their way into an ancient tomb recently discovered in Greece's northeast. Greek Ministry Of Culture/ ...
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CHS Latin Club traveled to Italy and Greece
In July, a group of Latin students took a trip to Greece and Italy through the educational tour company, ACIS. The tour, from July 8-16, took these ...
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Greece approves anti-racism bill
The long-delayed bill follows dozens of violent attacks against immigrants in Greece and a increase in popular support for the extreme-right party ...
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Hopeful talk fails to help as local stocks take a tumble
Despite talk that Greece’s credit rating is set for an upgrade by Standard & Poor’s, along with estimates that the local credit sector won’t face any additional requirements following the stress tests, the local stock market sustained significant losses o... ...
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Greeks are most pessimistic in Europe, poll finds
The French have become almost as pessimistic as the Greeks as Europe struggles with a persistent lack of job prospects, according to a Pew Research Center poll that paints a gloomy picture of the world economy. Forty-eight percent of French people surveye... ...
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Papoulias: “Greek People Cannot Take Any More”
“Our people are suffering,” said the President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias to the Prime Minister of Portugal Pedro Passos Coelho. “Greek people cannot take any more,” stressed the Greek President during the meeting with Coelho at the Presidential Mansion in Athens. Papoulias sent a clear message to international creditors, saying that Greek citizens cannot pay more taxes. Coelho suggested that Greece has not been able as yet to complete the reform plan, as required by the Troika of the country’s international creditors. “Like Spain, Ireland and Portugal, I am sure that Greece will also be able to complete the most difficult part of this plan, in order to find its way to development,” he said. Papoulias added that “The socio-economic crisis brought us much closer and requires us to formulate a common policy to deal with it,” while he did not hesitate to mention that Greece has shown more progress in certain areas, compared to Portugal and vice-versa. Coelho said in response: “The people of Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Spain have made great sacrifices to overcome this economic crisis.” “I have to say that I am surprised that after almost four years of great effort, Europe and the Eurozone particularly have not yet been able to achieve their goals of sustainable development and recovery. However, there are major structural changes to be made in Europe,” noted the Portuguese Prime Minister. Portugal: Too soon to decide on early IMF payback Coelho said he supports Ireland’s bid for an early payback of bailout loans to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but added that his country could only take a similar initiative if market conditions further improved. He noted it was “rational” for Ireland to seek early repayment of its IMF loans as it could now borrow money at better rates on the bond markets, Associated Press reported. Coelho will also meet with his Greek counterpart, Antonis Samaras.
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Schedia Magazine “Unseen Routes” Tours
A new initiative by street magazine “Schedia” aims to raise awareness on homelessness in Greece and help integrate those sleeping on the streets by having homeless citizens provide guided tours of Athens. Following the example of similar magazines in other European countries, Schedia’s “Unseen Routes” tours will include stops at the capital’s soup kitchens, hostels, rehabilitation centers and day centers. The tour guides, current and former homeless people, who have been on the streets for various reasons, will guide the participants and provide details regarding the facilities as well as insights into their own experience on the streets, even in spots that are “unknown” to many Athenians. The three guides, Yiannis, Lambros and Christos, have been taking narration lessons by author Vasilis Alexakis. This way, “Schedia” provides a job opportunity to tour guides, to help themselves and inform fellow citizens of the city’s “secrets.” Tours will run every Saturday, starting September 20. The cost of participation in a tour will be 6 euros, with a reduced fee of 3 euros for students, and no charge for unemployed citizens and pensioners. Their duration will be approximately two hours. “Schedia” is a monthly independent magazine sold on the streets of Athens and Thessaloniki, offering the homeless, unemployed, and poor the opportunity to earn a decent living and motive to restore their lives. The magazine sells for 3 euros and half of it goes directly to the vendor. As is the case with all street magazines across the world, Schedia is sold exclusively by accredited vendors at central points in the city. They wear red vests and have a special ID card, so that anyone who buys the magazine knows that his money goes to a good cause.
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German Tourist Found Dead in Crete
A 51-year-old German tourist who went missing on Monday evening, was found dead in the area of Kato Zakros of Sitia in Crete, Greece. The unfortunate woman was found by Greek rescue forces on the gorge slope of Kato Zakros. Her body was recovered and transferred to Heraklion for an autopsy. The 51-year-old was vacationing in Crete, as she had done over the recent years. On Monday, she left home, leaving a note saying that she was tired of life. Her relatives alerted the Greek Police of her disappearance and search efforts began on Monday night. Eventually, the woman was found dead today in the gorge of Zakros.
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Greece tightens anti-racism rules amid series of attacks
ATHENS, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Greek lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill toughening anti-racism laws and making Holocaust denial a criminal act, as it cracks down on a wave of xenophobic attacks that have come amid the country's worst-ever peace-time financial ...
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Greek life shows off its moves at Lip Sync
Alpha Kappa Psi brought their A-game and some great moves for the Stroll Off competition. Posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2014 10:00 am. Greek life ...
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The Appeal in Greek Lignite: Clarification of the Law or Jumpstarting Article 106 TFEU?
Introduction. In October 2012 I wrote an entry about the General Court judgment that annulled the Commission decision in the Greek Lignite-saga, ...
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GREEK CHICKEN
Squeeze juice from two lemons into a small bowl and add the garlic, oregano, savory and rosemary. Stir vigorously; then add olive oil and stir again ...
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Book Review: 'Till We Have Faces' reworks Greek myth
by Andy Li. C.S. Lewis' last novel, Till We Have Faces, is a haunting reworking of the ancient Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche told from the ...
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Amartya Sen on Greece, the euro, reforms and austerity
The front pages of the British newspapers spoke of the chilliest August bank holiday ever. The weather was described as “cold, wet and gray.” In Scotland, temperatures fell close to freezing in some areas. However, the rainy weather could not dampen my en... ...
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Big rise in number of Greek civil servants sacked for offenses
More than 550 civil servants have lost their jobs this year after being found to have committed criminal or disciplinary offenses, the Administrative Reform Ministry said on Tuesday. A total of 562 public servants have been fired for these reasons this ye... ...
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Elderly couple beaten, robbed by armed burglars in Magnesia
Police in Magnesia on Tuesday were seeking three burglars who broke into the home of an elderly couple in Magnesia, central Greece, beat the pair and tied them up before fleeing with some 2,000 euros in cash and valuables. The 75-year-old man and his wife... ...
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Kapeleris faces magistrates in connection with Lagarde list
The head of Greece’s Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) when Giorgos Papaconstantinou was finance minister in 2010, Yiannis Kapeleris, was granted unconditional release on Tuesday after defending himself before investigating magistrates on charges of breach of... ...
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Court orders Greek gov't to rehire 10 sacked ERT workers
An Athens court of first instance ruled on Tuesday that the government was wrong to fire 10 employees of former public broadcaster ERT last year and that they should be given their jobs back. The judge instructed the government to rehire the workers on th... ...
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Libyan Parliament escapes to ship in Tobruk harbor
Ed AdamczykTOBRUK, Libya, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Libya's Parliament, escaping from the militant-occupied capital of Tripoli, has taken refuge aboard a Greek car ferry in Tobruk harbor.
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Job Opportunities in Greece
Despite the negative outlook for many professions in Greece, there are sectors that offer many opportunities and are expected to generate jobs in the future. According to “Kathimerini” newspaper, the sectors that have resisted the financial crisis and are expected to generate jobs are tourism, health, energy and green technology, manufacturing, shipping, agriculture, digital technology and communications. Tourism: It is estimated that it will create 220,000 jobs over the next decade. Despite the negative element of seasonality, it offers significant potential in occupations such as: Organizer of activities in various forms of tourism (medical, religious, sports, trekking, archaeological, alternative). Travel agent. Guide to historical sites or underwater antiquities. Organizer of cultural events, such as exhibitions, performances etc. Chef, food and beverage director. Online tourism marketing director. Health: The industry remains in demand as the population is aging and life expectancy is increasing. Studies show that this sector will offer approximately 2 million jobs across Europe in the coming years. According to research by the Hellenic Federation of Businesses, the demand in the future will be mainly for the following occupations: Chemist, specializing in research and production of pharmaceuticals and OTC products. Doctor, clinical geneticist. Clinical pathologist. Pharmacist – Clinical pharmacologist or pharmacist. Quality Assurance Manager. Molecular biologist. Physician of Emergency Medicine. Psychologist, specializing in clinical psychology on social dependencies. Geriatric nurse. Health Informatics. Energy and Green Technology: The recent government announcement that it will establish a university department for oil exploration, highlights the prospects of the energy sector. Professions that could have significant demand: Energy consultant. RES technologies expert. Power systems expert. Automation techniques expert. Photovoltaic systems technician. Energy investments consultant. Expert on bioclimatic design and energy-saving applications for buildings. Gas networks expert. Environmental protection expert. Wind power systems expert. Manufacturing: Food and construction materials. The food industry has surpassed the crisis (although badly hurt in terms of salary cuts) and is consistently one of the most important parts of Greek manufacturing, as well as one of the key driving forces of the Greek economy. Another area is the manufacturing of construction materials, as there is a vast range of products and a number of firms that have strong extraversion. Good prospects are also found in the metal and wood sectors. Jobs with great prospects in this area are: Manager of module industry. Machinery and plant technician. Operator. Development of production process expert. Supply chain manager. Director of exports. Security Management and Food Quality manager. Research Scientist. Structural Engineer. Environmental Protection specialist. Engineering Technology of Metallic Materials expert. Aluminum and metal construction expert. Shipping: Despite the crisis, this industry is characterized by a steady increase in the creation of new jobs that are highly qualified and have relatively high wages, but their number is not very large yet. However, the development of the Thessaloniki and Piraeus ports are about to create many job positions such as: Shipping company employee. Shipping agent. Maritime lawyer – solicitor. Broker. Accountant. Marketing and communications expert. Ship engines designer. Agriculture: Ten specialties for an emerging industry. The labor market lost 23.4% of jobs from 2008 to 2013, however, the “loss” in agriculture was only 7.4%, less any other industry, according to data provided by the National Confederation of Workers. Jobs with potential in this sector include: Agronomist. Laboratory quality control expert. Engineering and infrastructure maintenance. Food-wine engineer. Biotechnologist. Expert in Ecological Services – Organic Agriculture. Expert in Greenhouses. Irrigation Technician. Administrator of Agricultural holdings. Poultry – Farm Animal Breeding expert. Digital technology and communications: The sector that resisted stronger than any other during the economic crisis, showing great growth potential. The list of professions include: Expert in mobile application development. Developer. Specialist in software development. Systems analyst. Designer or network engineer. Internet expert. Designer of integrated systems. Quality manager or security of information systems and networks manager. Manager of databases and data centers. Hardware Engineer. Software development and hardware installation expert.
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Greek Hospital Doctors Protest on Wednesday
A draft law setting up a new hospital payroll agency, the Hospital Payment Systems Company SA, triggered a strong reaction from doctors and hospital staff who announced protests. The hospital doctors union OENGE announced that doctors will walk out on their jobs on Wednesday noon to protest against the measure and they are organizing a rally outside the Greek Parliament at 12:30 with the Athens-Piraeus Hospital Doctors Union (EINAP) and the hospital staff union POEDIN. OENGE said that the creation of the new company marked the state’s complete withdrawal from public health system funding and dismissed the modifications made by the Health Minister as immaterial, finding that “they do not change the essence of the drastic repercussions for patients, hospitals and doctors.”
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The Greek Secret
The expansion of civility and civilization that seemed the unalterable destiny following WWII is breaking down dramatically in recent years. The breakdown ranges from uncompromising partisanship among America's policymakers in Washington to seemingly ...
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Portugal's prime minister states ...
Portugal: as well soon to decide on early IMF pay back.Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, left, poses with his Portuguese counterpart Pedro ...
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Leon of Athens are making waves in music and are in Newcastle this week
Timoleon Veremis, front man of Leon of Athens and originally from Exarchia, the counter cultural area of Greece, is currently living in London.
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From the horror of the Sinjar region to uncertainty in Athens
ATHENS, Greece, September 9 (UNHCR) – Athens is one of the great cities of Europe, but to Faraydun and his family it is just a small crowded ...
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Protests Follow Delay In Greece Civil Partnership Battle
Protesters gathered outside parliament buildings in Greece last Friday following the government’s decision to delay legislating civil unions for same-sex couples, reports The Huffington Post. The delay comes despite a European court ruling that Greece ...
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