The Governments of Finland and Greece on Friday pledged to work with Malawi government in the areas of agriculture, trade and investment, tourism ...
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How the world sees Greece
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Finland, Greece pledge development corporation to Malawi
Greece's Excess Burden
I do, however, have a pretty good idea of what Greece is asking for on the fiscal side, and it might be useful to talk about the arithmetic behind that ...
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EP President Schulz: Europe will help Greece fight tax evasion
Schulz urged the Greek government to get to work and fight tax evasion and fraud
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Greek Minister Visits Site of Pakistani National's Suicide at Detention Center, Expresses 'Shame' at ...
Panousis_migrands Greek Alternate Minister for Civil Protection Yiannis Panousis said on Saturday he was “ashamed as a human being” after seeing ...
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Rachel's launches Inspirations range of Greek-style yoghurts
Launching in Waitrose stores and on Ocado on February 22, the Inspirations collection of thick Greek-style yoghurt comes in two flavours - apple ...
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Greece‚ creditors consult before make-or-break bailout meeting
… Greeks have sky-high ambitions. The possibilities, given the state of the Greek … the International Monetary Fund bailed Greece out in 2010, and then … the current programme, but that Greece must be allowed leeway on …
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Statement From Live Nation Re: Greek Theatre
… by the City for the Greek Theatre concession contract. Based on … of our vision for the Greek, Live Nation was the unanimous … evaluating the proposals for the Greek Theatre. Without explanation, the City …
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Greek Officials To Meet with European Lenders Next Week
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addresses a news conference after a European Union leaders summit in Brussels February 12, 2015. | Photo: ...
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Greek FM:Troika austerity 'like being waterboarded by CIA'
Meanwhile, the Greek economy contracted by 0.2 percent in the final three months of 2014 after a 0.7 percent quarterly growth rate in the third quarter, ...
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Greek bailout drama continues
Greek bailout drama continues. During his first week in office as Prime Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras has been doing quite a bit of traveling, ...
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Spain seeks Greek debt payback
Spain warned Friday it will want back €26 billion ($39 billion) it lent to Greece in the financial crisis, as new left-wing leaders in Athens seek to ...
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Athenian Night gives visitors glimpse of Greece
The Hellenic Dance Troupe performs during Athenian Night in 2005. Next weekend is the 42nd annual Athenian Night, at Fayetteville's Hellenic ...
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German GDP growth surges, but Greece and France stagnate
But growth in Greece turned negative, contracting by 0.2 per cent, following three quarters of growth. Growth was also barely positive in France and ...
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Photo of Montana students in Greece goes viral
Broere and her UM friends spent a few weeks studying in Greece. The Aegean beach proved difficult for Broere to maneuver, so her friends picked her ...
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EFSF's costs fall despite Greek debt negotiations
The Greek loans amount to €141.9bn maturing at different times over a 30-year period from 2022 to 2052, and the interest rate Greece is charged is ...
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Game theory may come into play in Greek negotiations
Those talks have many layers to them, as the new Greek government doesn't just want another bailout, but also to reverse some of the reforms Athens ...
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Buzzfeed: 25 reasons to stay away from Greece… If you can
Don't let the title of the article fool you
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Greek hug in grave 5800 years old
This photo released by the Greek Culture Ministry on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015, shows the remains of a man and woman in their early twenties, buried as ...
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SYRIZA Leads by a Wide Margin Versus New Democracy in Marc Poll
Governing coalition party SYRIZA leads by a wide margin over main opposition New Democracy (ND) in an opinion poll conducted by Marc and published at the main news bulletin of private TV station Alpha. According to the survey, SYRIZA receives 45.4 pct (it received 36.34 pct in national elections on Jan. 25) on voter intent, while ND received 18.4 pct (27.81 pct in national elections). All the other parties lose points, with PASOK not even managing to enter parliament, while junior coalition partner ANEL remains stable. Specifically, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) receives 4.8 pct (5.54 pct), ANEL 4.7 pct (4.75 pct), Golden Dawn (Chryssi Avgi) 4.7 pct (6.28 pct), To Potami 4.6 pct (6.05 pct), PASOK 2.8 pct (4.68 pct), Movement of Democratic Socialists 2 pct (2.46 pct), Union of Centrists 1.8 pct (1.79 pct), Teleia 1.4 pct (1.77 pct), “Other” 1.3 pct, Invalid/Blank/Abstain 8.1 pct. Asked “how you judge the government’s first days,” 83.1 pct of respondents replied “positively or mostly positive”, versus 13.6 pct who said “negatively or mostly negatively,” while 3.3 pct didn’t answer. In the question “were you satisfied by the government’s policy statements”, 79.9 pct replied “yes or mostly yes”, while 17.4 pct said “no or mostly no” and 2.7 pct didn’t answer. The Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has a high approval rating, as 82 pct of participants said they view his first moves positively, versus 15.1 pct who said they view them negatively. Another 2.9 pct didn’t answer. (source: ana-mpa)
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EU’s Schulz: Europe will Help Greece Find Rich Tax Evaders
European Union member-states will take part in the Greek government’s efforts to recover its fiscal assets that have been taken out of the country, European Parliament President Martin Schulz said in an interview to “Parapolitika” newspaper published on Saturday. ” Greece will have both the EU and governments by its side if it gets to work and fights tax evasion and tax fraud as its an absolute priority, ” Schulz was quoted as saying. “Rich Greeks must assume a greater burden not just for ethical reasons, but also because this will contribute to the increase of tax revenues. This would be an excellent way to put money in the economy and social services without putting an end to efforts for fiscal health,” he added. (source: Parapolitika)
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Cherry Orange Greek Olive Oil Muffins
Use Greek olive oil (or substitute) as the fat keeps these muffins moist and dense. You might never go back to butter! Makes one dozen muffins Ingredients: 1 3/4 cup white whole wheat flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 tablespoons organic orange zest 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar […] The post Cherry Orange Greek Olive Oil Muffins appeared first on The National Herald.
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Cherry Orange Greek Olive Oil Muffins
Use Greek olive oil (or substitute) as the fat keeps these muffins moist and dense. You might never go back to butter! Makes one dozen muffins Ingredients: 1 3/4 cup white whole wheat flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 tablespoons organic orange zest 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar […] The post Cherry Orange Greek Olive Oil Muffins appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greek finance minister says deal with EU will be done, 'even at eleventh hour'
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Saturday he believed Athens would reach an agreement with its EU lenders about the way out of its international bailout, "even at the last minute".
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Greece's PM warns too early to speak of bailout win
Greece's PM Alexis Tsipras warned Saturday that a high-stakes eurogroup meeting to resolve the country's bailout drama was going to be tricky, despite progress made in negotiations with the EU. "Monday's negotiations at the Eurogroup will be difficult," he told Real News weekly, as Greek and EU officials met for talks on Athens' demands for a radical restructuring of its massive international ...
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Austria says Greece must confirm commitment to reforms-Greek newspaper
Then Greece can count on the euro zone's solidarity and its willingness to help," he said in an interview for the Sunday newspaper Real news.
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Citizenship law change could benefit thousands
As many as 100,000 children who have been born to migrant parents in Greece could benefit in a law change that would allow them to obtain citizenship more easily, some experts believe.
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Conservatives unhappy with EPP statement on Greece
Ex-Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis (photo) has joined other New Democracy officials in criticizing the European People’s Party (EPP), the conservative grouping in the European Parliament, as well as Antonis Samaras for a statement on Greece it issued on Thursday in which it called on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to “respect all commitments made by the previous Greek government” and not to be an “obstacle.”
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Greece and creditors continue talks ahead of Eurogroup meeting
Greek and EU officials met for talks Saturday ahead of a high-stakes show-down over Athens' demands for a radical restructuring of its massive international bailout programme.
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Greece must accept bailout extension to get deal with EU, says Merkel ally
The Greek government must agree to an extension of the current bailout programme if an interim solution to its debt issue is to be found, Michael Fuchs, a deputy and close associate of German Chancellor Angela ...
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Greek rebellion greeted by left and right as 'kick in the ass' for Euro elites
He has taken a very hard line against making any concessions to the new Greek government. He echoed Europe's top table to the letter. Clearly the ...
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Believe it or Not, a Smoke-Free Village In Crete!
It is hard to think of a place in Greece where there is no chain-smoking and most social activities are not done underneath a cloud of smoke. Yet, there is a village on the island of Crete where no one has smoked since the 1970s! The residents of Skoteino village quit smoking back in the 1970s and ever since no one can smoke there, according to a Creatpost.gr report. Skoteino means dark in Greek and that is something that the villagers’ lungs will never be. Skoteino is 22.5 kilometers east of the bustling city of Iraklio. The reason Skoteino is smoke-free is very simple: “We do not smoke and our children do not smoke either, because we made them realize that smoking is an unhealthy habit,” Zacharias Moudatsakis, a village resident, says. If a smoker visits the village, he simply can’t smoke because cigarettes are nowhere to be found there. There is no kiosk or convenience store selling cigarettes in Skoteino. Smokers who had left the village before the unanimous decision to make Skoteino smoke-free almost four decades ago, quit smoking after they came back.
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Greek FinMin: There’s No Plan B, Only Armageddon
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told The Guardian that Greece has no Plan B if negotiations with its creditors fail. “We constantly hear, ‘if you don’t sign on the dotted line there is going to be Armageddon’. My answer is ‘let it happen!’ There is no fall-back plan. That is my plan B,” Varoufakis said in the interview. On Monday, there is a crucial meeting with euro zone finance ministers where Greece has to present a viable proposal on the state debt issue. When the reporter asked him what would happen, the Greek finance minister replied: “Well, that is like asking me what happens if a comet strikes planet Earth. I have no idea. None!” Asked if he is afraid that Greece’s fate is intrinsically connected to the global economy, Varoufakis answered: “A bit. If I weren’t scared, I’d be awfully dangerous.” Varoufakis though is not afraid to clash with Germany and its austerity program that instead of pulling Greece out of the crisis, has driven the Greek economy to the ground, leaving one-third of Greeks in poverty. “We’ve lost everything,” he says. “So we can speak truth to power, and it’s about time we do.”
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Merkel’s associate: No extension, no solution for Greece
Michael Fuchs underlined today that Greece must accept an extension of the existing program before any other agreement can be reached
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Greek Finance Ministry to Extend Settlement Scheme to Debts Expiring Dec. 31, 2014
The Greek finance ministry on Friday announced that a new measure for the settlement of overdue debts to the state will include debts whose due date expired on December 31, 2014. The ministry has also announced that the new settlement schemes will either totally abolish or substantially raise the current cap of 1.0 million euros in order for debts to be eligible for the 100-installment settlement scheme, as well as simplified eligibility procedures. In a further clarification, the finance ministry said that notes sent by the General Secretariat for Public Revenues to debtors came from the automated system, which automatically sends identical notes throughout the 100-installment period without needing any order to do so. (source: ana-mpa)
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Greece to Review Airport Privatization Deal
Greece plans to review a 1.2 billion euro deal for German airport operator Fraport to run 14 regional airports, State Minister Alekos Flabouraris said. The deal was part of the previous government’s privatization program. Fraport along with the Copelouzos Greek energy group would run regional airports in popular tourist destinations like Rhodes and Crete. “The deal has not been sealed. We said it will be halted and we will review it,” Mr. Flabouraris said on Mega television. “For us, airports are not a package to be sold, like the others did. Some of them can be run by the municipality, others by private individuals, we’ll see,” he added. The state minister also said that the new government will review privatization contracts that have been already signed. Fraport expected to close its agreement with the previous government in October.
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U.S. to EU and Greece: Get Serious
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew called on all sides to leave rhetoric aside and focus on a pragmatic solution, according to a message issued by his office after he spoke with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras late on Friday. The U.S. Treasury announcement reads as follows: “Today, Secretary Jacob J. Lew spoke by […] The post U.S. to EU and Greece: Get Serious appeared first on The National Herald.
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U.S. to EU and Greece: Get Serious
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew called on all sides to leave rhetoric aside and focus on a pragmatic solution, according to a message issued by his office after he spoke with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras late on Friday. The U.S. Treasury announcement reads as follows: “Today, Secretary Jacob J. Lew spoke by […] The post U.S. to EU and Greece: Get Serious appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greek PM Alexis Tsipras faces stony silence at EU summit
Alexis Tsipras, the 40-year-old radical leftist whom Greeks elected last month to get them out of a German-backed loan deal whose terms they find ...
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US Treasurer Jack Lew Speaks with Greek PM Tsipras
Jack-Lew U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew called Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday to express support for Greece in its talks with its ...
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British Pound Rebound at Risk on Greek Debt Talks, UK Inflation Data
The revival of Eurozone redenomination risk stands out in the near-term as nervous markets prepare for another round of negotiations between Greek ...
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This Skeleton Couple Has Been Locked In An Embrace For 6,000 Years
Talk about a lasting romance. This couple couldn’t keep their hands off each other -- for almost 6,000 years. The grave of two Neolithic skeletons locked in a tight embrace was discovered in a Greek cave in 2013, and now DNA testing has determined each skeleton's sex, revealing a man and woman, the Associated Press reported. The skeletons -- found lying in a fetal position, seemingly spooning each other -- are estimated to be around 5,800 years old. (Story continues below photo.) The remains of a man and woman in their early twenties, buried as they died nearly 6,000 years ago -- locked in a tight embrace in Diros, southern Greece. Anastassia Papathanassiou, a member of the excavation team that unearthed the grave, told the AP that the couple likely died holding each other. The grave sits near the Alepotrypa Cave, part of the Diros Cave complex in southern Greece. “Double burials in embrace are extremely rare,” the Greek Ministry of Culture said this week of the finding, according to Discovery News. “The skeletons of Diros represent one of the oldest, if not the oldest, found to this date.” Many questions remain as to the couple’s story, including the cause of their death and whether they were related. Papathanassiou told the AP that further DNA testing will be conducted on the remains.
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Greece pledges to shut immigrant detention centers
Greece's new left-wing government pledged on Saturday to close down detention centers for illegal immigrants that have long been criticized by rights groups as inhumane. A Pakistani man had died overnight at the Amygdaleza detention center in western Athens in a suspected suicide. "Detention centers - we're finished with them," Deputy Interior Minister Yannis Panousis, who is in charge of public ...
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Greece is on a fast track out of the euro
The injustice of the original Greek bail-out is not in doubt and therefore makes a strong moral case for cutting Greece some slack; all the same, even ...
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BC-SOC--Greek Standings
by Associated Press BC-SOC--Greek Standings Associated Press - 14 February 2015 10:01-05:00 BC-SOC--Greek Standings Greek Football Standings Greek League GP W D L GF GA Pts Olympiakos 23 17 4 2 52 14 55 Panathinaikos 23 15 4 4 39 16 49 PAOK Thessaloniki 23 15 2 6 44 28 47 Panetolikos 24 11 8 5 34 18 41 Asteras 24 12 5 7 37 26 41 PAS Giannina 23 9 10 4 33 23 37 Xanthi 23 8 9 6 35 32 33 Atromitos 22 7 10 5 22 18 31 Veria 23 8 7 8 31 38 31 Kalloni 23 6 10 7 21 24 28 Kerkyra 23 7 6 10 24 26 27 Platanias 23 7 4 12 19 24 25 Panthrakikos 23 5 9 9 20 33 24 Levadiakos 23 5 7 11 24 24 22 Panionios 22 5 6 11 21 31 21 Ergotelis 22 5 6 11 26 43 21 a-OFI Crete 22 7 2 13 22 39 17 Niki Volos 23 2 1 20 7 54 7 a-penalized 6 points Saturday, Feb. 14 Panetolikos 2, Asteras 0 PAS Giannina vs. Panionios, 1515 GMT Olympiakos vs. Ergotelis, 1730 GMT Sunday, Feb. 15 OFI Crete vs. Panathinaikos, 1300 GMT Kerkyra vs. Kalloni, 1515 GMT Levadiakos vs. Veria, 1515 GMT Atromitos vs. PAOK Thessaloniki, 1730 GMT Monday, Feb. 16 Xanthi vs. Platanias, 1730 GMT Wednesday, Feb. 18 Ergotelis vs. Panionios, 1515 GMT Saturday, Feb. 21 Niki Volos vs. Xanthi, 1300 GMT Ergotelis vs. Atromitos, 1515 GMT Veria vs. PAOK Thessaloniki, 1730 GMT Sunday, Feb. 22 Asteras vs. OFI Crete, 1300 GMT Kalloni vs. PAS Giannina, 1515 GMT Panionios vs. Levadiakos, 1515 GMT Platanias vs. Kerkyra, 1515 GMT Panathinaikos vs. Olympiakos, 1730 GMT Monday, Feb. 23 Panthrakikos vs. Panetolikos, 1730 GMT News Topics: Soccer, Men's soccer, Sports, Men's sports People, Places and Companies: Thessaloniki, Crete, Greece, Western Europe, Europe Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Podemos downplays effect of Greek politics on Spain
Madrid (AFP) - The leader of Spanish protest party Podemos insisted Friday that any headway its Greek allies Syriza in make in renegotiating that ...
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Finance ministry says Lazard cooperates with the government gratis
Greece's debt advisor Lazard cooperates with the finance ministry free of charge and without any tax benefits, according to a finance ministry announcement on Friday. The ministry flatly denied news reports according to which Finance Minister Yanis ...
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Greece to halt lease deal for regional airports
Greece plans to review a 1.2 billion euro deal for German airport operator Fraport to run 14 regional airports, one of Greece's biggest privatisation deals since its debt crisis began in 2009, the state minister said ...
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Greek drama puts eurozone at risk
Global equity markets ended the week on a positive note, buoyed by signs of progress on EU debt talks with Greece and a glimmer of East-West rapprochement at the Minsk summit. Stocks rallied on Thursday and Friday, with investors’ risk appetite rising as ...
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Greek-EU 'technical issues' to be resolved by Saturday night
Talks on technical issues between Greece and the representatives of its troika of lenders are expected to be completed in Brussels by Saturday, according to a well-informed source at the European Commission, state news agency ANA-MPA ...
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Greece hopes impending debt deal will work this time
Greece's left-wing government began talks with its international lenders in an effort to find some common ground before Eurozone Finance Ministers ...
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