During a state-TV "interview" which many are dubbing pure fear-mongering propaganda ahead of Monday's final 'vote of confidence', Greek Prime ...
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How the world sees Greece
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Greek PM: It's Best for Country to do Away with Democracy and Laws
George Venizelos Retires From FBI
NEW YORK – Prominent Greek-American George Venizelos, 54, Assistant Director in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) New York Division, the largest of the Bureau’s 56 field offices, is resigning his post after more than 27 successful years in law enforcement and has been appointed Vice President of Security of the New York […] The post George Venizelos Retires From FBI appeared first on The National Herald.
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John Milios, SYRIZA Chief Economist, Says They Will Not Run Deficits
ATHENS, Greece — A leftist Greek government won’t run deficits, but will pursue fiscal consolidation, the main opposition party’s chief economy policymaker says. “Fiscal consolidation? Of course, yes, but in our way,” John Milios, chief economist for the opposition Syriza Party’s Economic Policy Committee told The Associated Press on Saturday. Speaking two days before a […] The post John Milios, SYRIZA Chief Economist, Says They Will Not Run Deficits appeared first on The National Herald.
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Samaras Makes President Vote Plea For Dimas, Says SYRIZA Will Bring Chaos
With a final crucial vote in Parliament on Dec. 29, Greek Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras made another effort to convince reluctant lawmakers to back his man and party Vice-President Stavros Dimas or face economic collapse. The post Samaras Makes President Vote Plea For Dimas, Says SYRIZA Will Bring Chaos appeared first on The National Herald.
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Opposition official: Leftist Greek government won't run deficits
A leftist Greek government won't run deficits, but will pursue fiscal consolidation, the main opposition party's chief economy policymaker says.
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Greek prime minister makes last-ditch attempt to avert snap elections
Antonis Samaras in desperate bid to prevent general election that could bring anti-austerity party Syriza into powerGreece’s embattled prime minister, Antonis Samaras, was poised to issue an eleventh-hour appeal to parliamentarians on Saturday in a desperate bid to avert snap elections that will almost certainly plunge the eurozone into renewed crisis.Samaras will try to persuade MPs to support the government’s presidential candidate when they gather for the final round of a three-stage vote on Monday. As failure would automatically trigger national elections – which radical leftists are tipped to win – the crucial ballot has electrified Greece, rattled markets and unnerved Europe. Continue reading...
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Greek leftists won't run deficits, policymaker says
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A leftist Greek government won't run deficits, but will pursue fiscal consolidation, the main opposition party's chief economy policymaker says.
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Greek American Owned 'Skyline Restoration' Celebrates 25 Years
The prestigious building restoration company was founded by three Greek-Americans back in 1989 – John Kalafatis, John Tsampas and Bill ...
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Greek PM Continues Attempt To Avert Snap Parliamentary Elections
(Reuters) -- Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras urged lawmakers Saturday to prevent the uncertainty of snap elections by ensuring that a president is elected in a key vote in Parliament next week. Speaking ahead of the third and decisive round of the vote to elect a successor to the 85-year-old head of state Karolos Papoulias, Samaras said snap elections, mandatory in the event a new president ...
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Greek Prime Minister Calls MPs to Reach a Consensus
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras held a press conference on Saturday, December 27, in light of the Presidential election’s third voting round. Samaras urged MPs to come to a consensus and elect a President in order to avoid national elections. The third round of voting is set to take place on Monday at noon and the coalition government has only managed to secure 174-175 votes for their candidate Stavros Dimas. In order for a new President to be elected, the candidate must be voted by 2/3 of the current Parliament (180 votes). “The Greek people do not want snap elections. I have done and I am doing everything to ensure a President is elected and snap elections are averted,” said Samaras, who believes that national elections are against the interest of Greek people. He invited Parliament parties to cooperate in order to reach an agreement and avoid national elections at this point, suggesting that elections should be held at the end of next year. However, he also expressed his confidence, saying that, in any case, his center-right party New Democracy would win the elections. “Even though elections would be convenient for me, I want to see the ship safely into port,” he said.
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Greek PM urges lawmakers to avoid snap election
Speaking before Monday's third and last round in the election of a successor to head of state Karolos Papoulias, Samaras said a general election, which must be held if a new president cannot be appointed, was against the national interest. Recent opinion ...
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New Year’s Eve Forecast: Icing Sugar ‘Warnings’
“It was December 31, the last day of the year. Cheerful pedestrians were marching hastily on snow-covered roads carrying colorful wrapped gifts… But no one paid attention to the young, poor girl who was trying to sell matches on the street… It was getting darker and everybody was in a hurry to enjoy the company of their loved ones inside their happy homes, to grab marvelous food and sweet delights from their festive tables, to watch the sparkling lights of their fancy decorated Christmas trees…” GreekReporter modifies the well-known fairy tale of Hans Christian Andersen “The Little Match Girl,” giving the story a new twist. Taking the little girl by the hand, we invite her at our “home” and give her a special gift. We reveal all our New Year’s Eve dinner table specials to her and together we taste our favorite Greek holiday sweets, drizzled with honey syrup and sprinkled with icing sugar. Come enjoy with us! Vasilopita (Greek New Year’s Cake) Adapted from: Argiro Barbarigou Ingredients: 250 g butter (at room temperature) 1 cup of sugar 5 eggs orange juice (from 2 oranges) orange zest (from 2 oranges) 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts 1/2 cup of raisins 500 g self-rising flour a pinch of salt icing sugar for powdering Recipe: 1. Preheat the oven at 338 degrees Fahrenheit (170 degrees Celsius). 2. Put the sugar and eggs in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat for about 6-7 minutes. 3. Slowly incorporate the butter. 4. Add the baking soda into the orange juice, and, after a while, put them in the mixing bowl. 5. The orange zest and a pinch of salt are your next additions. 6. Put the flour and beat until you have a thick batter. 7. Immediately after, add the chopped walnuts and raisins. 8. Pour the batter in a buttered and floured baking pan (30 or 32 cm). 9. Bake for about 45-50 minutes. 10. Once cooked, sprinkle the cake with some icing sugar. Tip! Don’t forget to put a hidden coin or trinket inside the batter for good luck. Kourabiedes (Greek Butter Cookies) Adapted from: Elias Mamalakis Ingredients: 300 g all-purpose flour 150 g butter 2 g vanilla extract 60 g icing sugar 100 g almonds 40 g icing sugar and 2 g vanilla extract for powdering Recipe: 1. Preheat the oven at 356 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius). 2. Mix the butter with the icing sugar until light and fluffy using a mixer. 3. Add, one by one, the vanilla extract, flour and almonds, and mix well until all the ingredients are evenly incorporated. 4. Shape into rounds, or cut out different shapes with Christmassy cookie cutters. 5. Place the cookies on a tray lined with baking parchment paper and bake for about 25 minutes or until browned. 6. Take the cookies out of the oven and place them on a Christmas platter. 7. Sprinkle with icing sugar and vanilla extract. Melomakarona (Greek Honey Cookies with walnuts) Adapted from: Stelios Parliaros Ingredients: For the dough: 400 g orange juice 530 g vegetable or olive oil 1200 g all-purpose flour 30 g icing sugar 1/4 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp cinnamon (or more) 1/6 tsp ground cloves 50 g melted butter orange zest (from 1 orange) chopped walnuts For the syrup: 500 g water 700 g sugar 1 orange (cut in two pieces) 2 cinnamon sticks 100 g honey Recipe: 1. First of all, prepare the syrup. In a saucepan, combine the water, sugar, orange (both pieces) and cinnamon sticks. 2. Bring the mixture to a boil and leave it for about 1 minute. Then, pour in the honey and let it cool. 3. Preheat the oven at 356 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius). 4. Place the vegetable or olive oil, orange juice and butter in a large mixing bowl. 5. Add the icing sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, ground cloves and orange zest. 6. Slowly incorporate the flour, little by little, until the mixture forms a dough (not too loose but not quite firm either). 7. Take small portions of the dough, shape in your palms and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. 8. Bake for about half an hour until lightly browned. 9. When the cookies are ready and while they are still warm, float them in the syrup and allow them to absorb as much syrup as possible (for 1 minute or more). 10. Remove the cookies from the syrup and place them on a Christmas platter. 11. Sprinkle the cookies with ground walnuts and cinnamon while adding a little more honey. Tip! You can add a little bit of brandy to your syrup during preparation time.
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Greek don't want new adventure, PM warns ahead of vote
The Greek public doesn't want a new adventure, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras warned Saturday as he sought to stave off a snap election by urging lawmakers to choose a new president in a third and final round of voting. "The Greek people don't want early ...
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Traders Watch list: FuelCell Energy Inc(FCEL), National Bank of Greece (ADR)(NBG), Chimera ...
Miami, Florida – Dec 27, 2014 – (Tech Sonian) – FuelCell Energy Inc(NASDAQ:FCEL) reported results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended ...
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Funke: "I'm going to Albany to do something”
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British Woman Living in Greece Says Greeks Are Lucky
Mal Fidler is a 65-year-old woman who was born in the UK but decided to move to Greece. In her recent interview with a Greek website, she talked about her experiences and the beauties of Messenia where she now resides, the glentia and the crazy Greek drivers. The 65-year-old pensioner has been living in a village near Kalamata with her husband, Andrew, for the last few years. The couple had visited Greece many times in the past for vacation and eventually decided to move. “I think it’s sad that Greeks don’t know how beautiful their country is and how lucky they are.” She talked about the time she needed to adapt to life in Messenia, about her neighbor whom she loves and the goats that she named and were later sacrificed in order to make the Greek Easter meal. Furthermore, she stated that both herself and her husband had been working as oil producers, however, they have started feeling the effects of the crisis, while she added that the Greek politicians’ naivety scares her. She exclaimed that she still cannot understand how anyone in the country is able to function and finish what they started.
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Greek PM repeats call to avoid snap election
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras urged lawmakers on Saturday to prevent the uncertainty of a snap general election by ensuring that a president is elected in a key vote in parliament next week. Speaking ahead of the third and decisive round of the vote to elect a successor to the 85 year-old head of state Karolos Papoulias, Samaras said a general election, which must be ...
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Below-Zero Temperatures in Northern Greece
Central and West Macedonia in northern Greece have been hit by below-freezing temperatures, while it has been snowing since Friday night throughout the prefecture of Florina. It is also currently snowing in the northern cities of Edessa, Kastoria and Kozani. Temperatures dropped to minus 5 Celsius (-5C) in Florina, -4C in Grevena, -3C in Kastoria and Kozani, -2C in Kilkis and -1C in Thessaloniki, with ice creating problems in sections of the Florina-Kastoria national highway and local roads, where cars are required to have snow chains in order to move. Egnatia Road circulation is proceeding as normal. It was sunny in Thessaloniki but strong winds earlier in the day lowered the temperature to sub-zero levels. (Source: ANA-MPA)
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Man arrested in Drama on charges of attempted rape, gun attack
A 44-year-old man suspected of attempting to rape a woman in Drama, northern Greece, on Christmas Eve has been arrested. Officers responded to a report of a man trying to sexually assault a Nigerian woman who worked as a waitress in a bar. The woman resis... ...
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Germany Says SYRIZA Win Would Change Nothing – Greece Must Pay
Germany's Finance Minister says any new Greek government would have to stick to agreements made by its predecessors — comments that come as Greece risks early elections that could topple Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' coalition government and bring the anti-bailout SYRIZA party to power. The post Germany Says SYRIZA Win Would Change Nothing – Greece Must Pay appeared first on The National Herald.
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Third Round of Voting for Greek President
The Greek Parliament is voting in the third and final round in order to elect a new President of the Hellenic Republic on Monday, at 12pm. Failure to get the required 180 votes will lead to national elections. Ruling coalition candidate Stavros Dimas did not gain a two-thirds majority, or 200 MP votes, required in the first two rounds, on December 17 and 23. In the first round, Dimas got 160 votes (135 MPs abstained and 5 were absent) while in the second round he got 168 votes (131 voted “present” and one was absent). Coalition partners New Democracy and PASOK have called for national consensus in order to allow Greece to complete the fiscal adjustment program, which got an extension from the end of the year to the end of February 2015. In an interview to be aired on Saturday evening, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is expected to issue a call of support, appealing to MPs not to jeopardize Greece’s future. (Source ANA-MPA)
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Fifteen Larissa teens hospitalized with alcohol poisoning
Fifteen senior high pupils from a school in Larissa, central Greece, were hospitalized over the weekend with alcohol poisoning after drinking excessively at a post-Christmas party at a local nightclub on Friday night. According to local reports, several o... ...
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Greece in ‘Pessimist’s Guide of 2015′
Bloomberg has asked a number of political analysts, economists, investors and military experts to submit their views on which country is in danger of an upheaval in 2015. The “Pessimist’s guide of 2015” includes various countries that faced ...
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Schaeuble: Greece Needs to Respect Its Agreements Despite Elections
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble called on Greece to move forward with the arranged reforms, noting in an interview with Bild newspaper that “any newly elected government must respect the commitments of its predecessors.” “Greece has made huge progress since 2009. We must have more respect for the country,” said the German Finance Minister. “We will continue to assist Greece while it deals with the hard reforms,” he added, noting that the country’s debt situation will not change in the case of snap elections. “The upcoming elections will not change the Greek debt. Each new government must respect the agreements made by its predecessors,” he repeated. “However, if Greece chooses another direction, it will result in a difficult situation,” warned Schaeuble.
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Danish and Greek royals release rare photo of their family Christmas
27 DECEMBER 2014 The Danish and Greek royals came together this Christmas to celebrate the festive season as one big family. Queen Margrethe ...
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Greek FinMin calls on Parl’t to vote for a president
Greek Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis (photo) has issued a call for the country’s members of Parliament to elect a president during today’s crucial vote in the House, while also urging political parties to commit to reforms. In an interview published i... ...
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Greek olive oil producers hoping to strike gold
Greek olive oil producers are nursing high expectations this season as the exceptionally bad year in Italy resulting from the destruction of crops by bad weather and the olive fruit fly, as well as the very low output in Spain, have opened the way for Gre... ...
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Restaurant Profile: Linardos Villa, Springfield
Desserts: Some specialties are the house-made Baklava, other Greek pastries, and Cheesecakes. Kentucky Pie, Pecan Pie, or Snicker Pie - $4.95.
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Greece: A Nation of Multimillionaires?
Greece may be a “lonely nation” as the former President of the Hellenic Republic, Christos Satzetakis had stated, but at least it is a nation of multimillionaires. Not everyone is as lucky, but at least 850 Greeks have made it this far. Greek banks ...
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Greece must stick to bailout agreement, says German minister
Berlin (dpa) - Greece must adhere to its bailout agreement, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in remarks published on Saturday, two ...
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The worst investments of 2014: Eurozone, energy firms, Pimco and more
Deflation has reared its ugly head in countries such as Spain and Greece. Data show the eurozone slipped into a dreaded triple-dip recession in the ...
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Pilot recalls last flight to Cyprus airport
Aboard the aircraft were only 10 passengers made up of two families — a Greek one and a Turkish Cypriot one. Marneros says he had deep ...
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Germany: Greece Must Stick to Existing Agreements
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told Saturday's Bild daily that he'll continue to support Greece on its "path of hard reforms" but if Athens ...
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Top Greek Winter Destinations
The capital of Greece is not the most conventional destination for winter, but it is the perfect place to celebrate Christmas. The municipality of Athens ...
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Woman Tried To Sell Grandchild
Greece police arrested a 40-year-old Romanian woman who allegedly tried to sell her 3-day-old grandchild to a Greek couple. The post Woman Tried To Sell Grandchild appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greek Winter Resorts Packed
After several lean years when austerity-wracked Greeks stayed home, the country’s winter resorts are showing occupany rates of 80-100 percent. The holiday period has been unexpectedly good for the hotels and other facilities in areas where there’s snow and offer people a getaway from the cities. Lower fuel prices despite big taxes on gasoline have […] The post Greek Winter Resorts Packed appeared first on The National Herald.
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German finance minister: any new Greek government must stick to existing agreements
Germany's finance minister says any new Greek government would have to stick to agreements made by its predecessors — comments that come as Greece risks early elections that could bring an anti-bailout opposition party to power.
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About 160000 Bulgarians will travel abroad in the days around New Year and 560000 will remain ...
The most preferred destinations are the neighboring countries - Greece, Turkey, respectively - Serbia, Macedonia, and Romania”. That is what Rumen ...
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Greeks Urged No Fireplace Use
Greeks using their fireplaces have been told to find some other way to stay warm this winter because of the smog they're creating. The post Greeks Urged No Fireplace Use appeared first on The National Herald.
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Top Greek Winter Destinations
Greece is known around the world for its sunny summers, white sand beaches and crystal clear waters, but there is another equally magical and exciting side to the country. There are many winter destinations that will make anyone drop what they’re doing ...
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German finance minister: any new Greek government must stick to existing agreements
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's finance minister says any new Greek government would have to stick to agreements made by its predecessors ...
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Germany: Greece must stick to existing agreements
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's finance minister says any new Greek government would have to stick to agreements made by its predecessors — comments that come as Greece risks early elections that could bring an anti-bailout opposition party to power.
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New Greek leader must keep austerity vow: Germany
Germany has warned that any new government in debt-ridden Greece must respect commitments made by its predecessor as the country's lawmakers ...
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About 160000 Bulgarians will travel abroad in the days around New Year and 560000 will remain ...
The most preferred destinations are the neighboring countries - Greece, Turkey, respectively - Serbia, Macedonia, and Romania”. That is what Rumen ...
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Economy brings smile back to Greeks
The holiday season has brought cheers back to Greece and the rest of Europe. A country that had been hitting the headlines for six years because of ...
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Warm Temperatures Hit Ski Resorts in CNY
But even with patches of grass showing through, people are still coming out to Song Mountain and Greek Peak in Cortland. "Warm weather definitely ...
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Discovery of New Natural Gas Reserves Brings the “Cyprus Problem” to the Surface
As Turkey does not recognise the Greek Cypriot-controlled government of the Republic of Cyprus – which it claims lost its legitimacy back in 1963 ...
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Getting ready to study the New Testament
This wasn't the Greek of Homer, nor the “Attic” Greek of the great Athenian playwrights and the philosophers Plato and Aristotle. Rather, it was the ...
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Axing Xmas
The original user probably knew that the Greek word 'chi' was represented by the letter 'X'. 'Mas' in Xmas is an abbreviation of the Latin word 'mass.
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All Time Highly-Influential Greek-Americans
The Atlantic magazine recently completed quite a daunting list: the 100 most influential people in American history. There is not a Greek to be found among them. Then again, there is not a Spaniard, a Frenchman, a Korean, or a Belgian in the mix, either. In fact, everyone’s ancestry can be traced to Great Britain, […] The post All Time Highly-Influential Greek-Americans appeared first on The National Herald.
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