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Saturday, May 2, 2015

Germans must be 'sensitive' to what Nazis did to other countries, Merkel says

German chancellor says there's 'no drawing line under history,' amid fierce debate over renewed demand for reparations to Greece over WWII ...


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Franklin Templeton: Greece

To understand where we are with Greece and what can potentially happen, I think, as investors, we need to understand some history. I'll summarize ...


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Soviet prisoner murders by Nazis still unacknowledged – German president

After Nazi forces took control of Greece in 1941, the stage was set for one of the bloodiest confrontations of World War II as Greek resistance fighters ...


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NMSU Greeks continue tradition of painting the 'A'

New Mexico State students and members of the NMSU Greek community help to repaint the "A" atop Tortugas Mountain. (Darren Phillips — NMSU ...


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Review: Neraki Greek Mediterranean Grill has savory sweet delights (Includes first-hand account)

Huntington - At Neraki Greek Mediterranean Grill there is always something new to try, not only for their meals, but also for their desserts.


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Tennis:Fatma eyes a double crown in Greece after doubles success

Fatma is taking part in the second of back-t-back $10,000 ITF Pro Circuit Heraklion tournament in Greece. In the first tournament, Fatma won the ...


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Greece and creditors 'miles apart' on deal to avert debt default

Greece and its international creditors remain apart on key elements of the country's bailout agenda even as they worked to bridge differences in a bid ...


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The top 10 things to do in Kalkan

You'll find an interesting mix of Greek and Turkish architecture, from whitewashed, shuttered buildings to the former Greek Orthodox Church, now a ...


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Trader's Round Up: King Digital Entertainment (KING), National Bank of Greece (NBG), Spirit ...

Las Vegas, NV – 2nd May, 2015 – (Techsonian) – King Digital Entertainment PLC (NYSE:KING) a leading interactive entertainment company for the ...


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Varoufakis: New growth & dev't plan to be presented soon

The government is looking for an agreement that "will make the Greek public debt and the Greek social economy viable again," Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told the "Efimerida ton Syntakton" newspaper in an interview published Saturday, asserting that a new ...


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Greece Says it Won't Request New Bailout

Greece has said that it would not ask for a new rescue package from its international creditors if they would simply restructure its debt. Greek Finance ...


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Greek exit 'would leave western alliance in chaos'

A Greek exit from the eurozone would throw the bloc into chaos and put the “whole cohesion of the western alliance in doubt”, a key figure in the ...


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In The Bender Kitchen: Greek Festival Preparations

(WTNH) – In the Bender Kitchen, the Greek Orthodox Church in Waterbury prepares just some of the dishes that will be served at the 43rd annual ...


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The Dramatic Shift in the Greek Legacy

At Bharangam, NSD's annual theatre festival that brings us the best of Indian theatre, as many as five of the plays are Greek classics, written over ...


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Greece to ask EU for extra funding for migrant influx

Greece is to ask the European Union for 30 million euros of emergency funds to deal with the growing number of undocumented migrants


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Varoufakis tells Parliament that Siemens-state agreements will be reviewed

The compromise agreement between the Greek state and Siemens dated August 2012 will be re-examined, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told Parliament's Special Permanent Committee on Institutions and Transparency in a document submitted for parliamentary review purposes. Following a query by ...


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Merkel Says Germany Can't Cut Off Nazi Past, Cites Greece

Germany has a duty to deal sensitively with the Nazi era, Chancellor Angela Merkel said, citing a debate in Greece about German responsibility for the ...


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Chobani, the King of Greek Yogurt, Doesn't Try to Sell Itself as Greek Yogurt

In this Jan. 13, 2012 photo, Chobani Greek yogurt is seen at the Chobani plant in South Edmeston, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File) ...


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No new bailout needed if Greek debt restructured: Varoufakis

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis insisted Saturday (Shenzhen: 002291.SZ - news) that Greece would not require a new bailout from its ...


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Use your credit card to fight tax evasion, Greek tourism chief urges visitors

Use your credit card to fight tax evasion, Greek tourism chief urges visitors ... said Andreadis, who heads the Confederation of Greek Tourism (Sete).


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German President Joachim Gauck Opens Door to German Reparations to Greece for First Time

President Joachim Gauck has open the door to the possibility of Germany addressing Greece's demands for reparations for the Nazi occupation of the ...


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Greece Doesn't Need Another Bailout if Debt is Restructured – Greek FM

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis claimed that Greece does not need an additional bailout stressing this could only happen if the country's debt ...


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Germans cannot turn backs on Nazi past, Merkel says

By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany cannot simply draw a line under its Nazi past and must remain sensitive to the damage it caused to other countries including Greece, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday, just ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two. Speaking in her weekly podcast, Merkel said she was looking forward to a May 10 memorial in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "There's no drawing a line under the history," Merkel said, dismissing a yearning that many post-war generations of Germans harbour. "We can see that in the Greece debate and in other European countries.


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Tsakalotos: Greece should have gotten Feb. 20 Eurogroup agreement in writing

The Greek government's reliance on a verbal agreement with the Eurogroup on February 20 that it would get funding was a mistake, but the mistake is shared by the whole negotiating team and does not lie with Finance Minister Yanis ...


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Dear Justice Alito: Here's What Homosexuality Was Really Like In Ancient Greece

In Tuesday's Supreme Court hearings, which will determine whether the Constitution protects same-sex marriage and if states must recognize marriages from other states, notoriously conservative Justice Samuel Alito argued that it's possible to approve of gay relationships but not same-sex marriage, using Ancient Greece as an example in which homosexual relationships were "well accepted within certain bounds." So we at HuffPost Live wanted to dig a little deeper to see if, in fact, Justice Alito had a point. Turns out, it's a little more complicated than that. In the video above, Thomas Hubbard, a professor of Greek and Roman literature at the University of Texas and editor of Homosexuality in Greece and Rome, discusses same-sex relationships in Ancient Greece and what our gay brothers and sisters from way back when may have thought about same-sex marriage. Sign up here for Live Today, HuffPost Live's new morning email that will let you know the newsmakers, celebrities and politicians joining us that day and give you the best clips from the day before! -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.


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Excavations at Ancient Olympia Gymnasium Unveil New Findings

Another thirty meters of the eastern stoa, or colonnade, of the gymnasium at Ancient Olympia, Greece , has been revealed in excavations, the Greek Central Archaeological Council said, after a meeting that approved a study to drain rainwater from the site. According to the culture ministry, the gymnasium is a large quadrangular building, with central court surrounded by stoas. A series of rooms for the athletes probably occupied the west wing. The better-studied east wing consists of a solid outer wall, an internal double Doric colonnade, and another colonnade of sixty columns along the court. The colonnade along the court has been excavated up to 70 meters, while excavators estimate another 80 meters remain to be uncovered, if the project can secure further NSRF funding. The project has been included in the 2007-20013 NSRF cycle of funds. Excavators are facing problems from rainwater that used to drain by running on the road along the huge gymnasium – a complex covering a total of about 2.2 hectares (22 stremmas) – but now collects at a basin and floods the site. The report approved by the Council aims at resolving the issue by diverting the water towards the Kladeos River, nearby. The surviving remains of the gymnasium – where athletes practiced prior to the Olympic Games – dates to the 2nd century B.C. Kladeos damaged parts of it even in antiquity, and has swept away its west wing. The north section has not been excavated yet. (source: ana-mpa)


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Greek actor boasts presence in FIFF

In an interview on the sidelines of the 33rd Fajr International Film Festival, the Greek actor Kostas Filippoglou whose 2014 film forever is being ...


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Review: Defining Beauty – The Body In Ancient Greek Art

Marble statue of a discus-thrower by Myron. Roman copy of a bronze Greek original of the 5th century BC. Picture: Contributed ...


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Greek FM Meets U.S. Officials, Reaches out to Community with Kokkinos

  NEW YORK – Nikos Kotzias, the Foreign Minister of Greece, met with U.S. and UN officials as well as leaders and members of the Greek-American community during a four-day visit to New York and Washington last week. Kotzias said the visit was creative and constructive and exceeded expectations based on his past experiences, despite […] The post Greek FM Meets U.S. Officials, Reaches out to Community with Kokkinos appeared first on The National Herald.


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The Unthinkable Almost Happened

It really nearly happened. The news has been repeated in all corners of the Earth, by experts and non-experts, for months now: Greece is going bankrupt. The post The Unthinkable Almost Happened appeared first on The National Herald.


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Greece races against time to bridge gaps as debt default threat looms

Netherlands Finance Minister and President of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem said it was too early to say whether talks with Greece had reached ...


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Greece now 'renegotiating Fraport deal'

The deal was worth EUR1.2 billion when it was signed in 2014, but Greece's new anti-austerity government wants both a stake in the consortium and ...


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Talks on Greece continue for third day in Belgium

Negotiations between representatives of the Greek government and of the country's creditors, collectively known as the Brussels Group team, continued in the Belgian capital on Saturday, on the third day of talks. According to Greek diplomatic sources, Friday's negotiations related ...


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Cyprus: The volatile and oddly forgotten frozen conflict

It is extensively documented by the UN and other international organizations that the Cyprus conflict began in 1963 when Greek Cypriots attempted ...


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Action Team Helps Greece Absorb Nearly 183 Million Euros in EU Funds as of Mid-March

A new action set up to help Greece absorb more EU funding appears to have produced the first results, as the country absorbed nearly 183 million ...


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How Schengen's food festival helps you know a lot about Greek cuisine

'Not all visitors are aware of Greek cuisine, but they don't show any qualms in giving it a try," explains Chef Piyush from Schengen restaurant in Delhi, ...


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Greek debt talks plough on as repayment deadlines loom

A team of Greek officials are meeting with representatives from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Central Bank to discuss which ...


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Greek Court Pension Ruling Would Return 4.5B Euros, Derail Deal

Greece's highest administrative court, the Council of State, reportedly will rule by May 11 whether the government must restore slashed pensions retroactively to 2012, a verdict that could cost 4.5 billion euros and end any hope of reaching a deal with international lenders to get critically-needed loans. The post Greek Court Pension Ruling Would Return 4.5B Euros, Derail Deal appeared first on The National Herald.


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No new 'loan' needed if Greek debt restructured: finance minister

ATHENS:Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Saturday that Greece could manage without a new "loan" if its debt was restructured, as the ...


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Greece: Referendum on cards if EU deal not reached

The talks failed to make headway in negotiating an agreement over terms for releasing some of the €7.2 billion earmarked for Greece under the ...


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Earthquake: M 5.0

Earthquake: M 5.0 - 75km S of Ierapetra, Greece. Partner Disclaimer: This item was submitted to breakingnews.com, but has not been approved by our ...


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Greek government joins May Day anti-austerity protests

Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, appeared smiling and unescorted in the middle of the main demonstration in central Athens, Greece on May ...


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Turkish Cypriot leader names new negotiator

Foreign Minister Özdil Nami to lead talks with Greek Cypriot officials, says newly elected President Akıncı


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Euro to US Dollar (EUR/USD) Exchange Rate Forecast: Greece Negotiations and US Data in ...

The Euro to US Dollar (EUR/USD) exchange rate had a solid week as it strengthened to its best level in 10-weeks on Friday as a run of ...


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Varoufakis: Do not confuse narcissism with confidence

Yanis Varoufakis said that if the Eurozone does not change it will not survive. In an exclusive interview in Efimerida ton Syntakton the Greek finance minister said that no country should have joined such a "loose structured common currency". He ...


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A Greek myth is transported to a Welsh suburb in Sophie Melville's new one-woman play

Actress Sophie Melville is preparing for her most challenging — and most rewarding — role to date, in which a Greek myth is transported to Wales.


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U.S. jobs report looms for directionless market

By Ryan VlastelicaNEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. stock market has struggled for direction of late, but next week's payroll report could confirm whether the recent weakness in data and stock prices is waning as the weather warms, or the start of a longer-term trend.Over the past two weeks, the Standard & Poor's 500 index has moved an average of 17.79 points daily, wider than the 12.43 point range in early March. The swings have amplified on mixed economic signals.While first-quarter earnings have topped expectations, revenue has fallen, with the biggest drops in the energy sector. U.S. data, including on economic growth, have been weak, but are seen as making the Federal Reserve less likely to raise interest rates soon, a view that has lifted market sentiment."There are a lot of offsetting trends in the market, which is causing a lot of choppy volatility," said Michael Mullaney, chief investment officer at Fiduciary Trust Co in Boston."I don't see anything on the horizon that will get people to buy stocks in droves, including the payroll report."The S&P 500 is about 1 percent away from the record close hit last Friday, when the Nasdaq composite index also hit a record - its first since 2000. At these lofty levels, markets are vulnerable to a sell-off.In a rare week in which both stocks and bonds weakened, traders may reconsider whether global yields will fall much further, given that the two-year German yield has been running below zero since last August. As yields rose in Europe this week, U.S. benchmark rates followed suit.Investors have been willing to leave the safe haven of bonds for bigger returns in stocks. But this week's bond market selloff has boosted yields, part of the reason some of the week's biggest losers include utilities and consumer staples companies that pay higher dividends.Some movement in Greece debt talks and less worrisome regional inflation data this week caused traders to reduce bets the European Central Bank might need to inject more stimulus. This led to the dumping of German Bunds, U.S. Treasuries and British Gilts."It appears there's finally a revaluation going on," said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank in Chicago. "Equities are expensive relative to their history; the only market that makes them appear cheap is bonds."Relative to junk bonds, the earnings yield on the S&P 500 - the inverse of the P/E ratio, which is used for valuation comparisons with bonds - is around 5.8 percent, data showed.That is below the yield to maturity on junk bonds, of around 6.45 percent, indicating that stocks have a worse value than the riskiest corporate bonds.About 213,000 jobs are seen having been added in April, after an add of 126,000 in March. That was the weakest reading since December 2013, hurt by both weak crude oil prices and a strong U.S. dollar.(Reporting by Ryan Vlastelica; Additional reporting by Richard Leong; Editing by Richard Chang)Join the conversation about this story »


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Greece's fiscal predicament should be a wake-up call for US

Greece is working with creditors to avoid a disastrous default that would likely plunge the global economy into recession. The United States is on track ...


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Anger mounts among Greek retirees as Syriza threatens to withhold pensions

Anger is rising among two million Greek pensioners who fear they will lose their pensions, as the Syriza-led government faces a cash crunch before ...


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Book review: 'The Eternity Key' mixes adventure, Greek mythology and choices

Despain's novel is an adventurous story that brings its own modern twists to Greek mythology and goes beyond the story of Persephone and Hades.


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