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Friday, October 16, 2015

Homecoming Week 2015 includes GREEK Village grand opening

GREEK Village opened in August 2015 and is home to the Panhellenic Council sororities—Alpha Sigma Alpha, Delta Zeta, Sigma Kappa, Alpha Sigma ...


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Alexis Georgoulis Talks About Filming on Corfu and New Movie Marionetes

We spoke with Greek actor Alexis Georgoulis who is starring in “The Durrells,” the new series of the British iTV channel, currently being filmed on the Ionian Island of Corfu, Greece. Originally from the small village of Agiocampos in Larissa, Greece, Alexis Georgoulis is not only one of the most familiar Greek faces in Greece,


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Greek crisis: Cashpoint limits raised

The anti-establishment credentials of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may have taken another knock with news that cash withdrawal limits have been raised – but ...


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CORRECTED- U.S. Treasury's Lew spoke with Eurogroup ...

Lew said the Treasury continues to closely monitor Greece's economic situation, reiterated the importance of the Greek government implementing necessary ...


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What Wiped Out Three Quarters of Ancient GREECE?

When we think of ancient GREECE, we typically think of robes and columns and people inventing democracy. That's fine, but it arguably involves people ...


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Documentary “OUT HERE (Edo Exo)” Spotlights Efforts of SNF in Greece

    NEW YORK – Philanthropic aid has flowed to needy people in Greece from within and from the Diaspora, but the leader in the efforts to help Greece and its people to survive and move forward is the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). On October 15 the Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce (HACC), which presented […] The post Documentary “OUT HERE (Edo Exo)” Spotlights Efforts of SNF in Greece appeared first on The National Herald.


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Capital Control Punishment in Athens Reigns

Capital controls make you feel as if you ’re on, or from, another planet. But it's happened in Greece. The post Capital Control Punishment in Athens Reigns appeared first on The National Herald.


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Trump Blessed by Greek Orthodox Priest

KEENE, NH – Republican Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump went to Keene, NH to make a campaign speech, and left with a blessing by a Greek Orthodox priest. Emmanuel Lemelson, who earned a MDiv at the Hellenic College Holy Cross School of Theology in Brookline, MA, gave the invocation at Trump’s rally. Lemelson, who in addition […] The post Trump Blessed by Greek Orthodox Priest appeared first on The National Herald.


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Chilling Photos Of What Refugees Left Behind At Lesbos Beach

Over 1,000 migrants and refugees arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos every day after risking their lives riding from Turkey across the Aegean Sea's choppy waves. For many of them, the island is the first glimpse of Europe after crossing the waters and before continuing their journey west in search of asylum. Most of the people arriving on the island are from war-torn Syria, which has seen 25,000 deaths -- 74,400 of which civilian -- since the start of the country's civil war in 2011. Others are from countries like Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. In photos taken around the island between Oct. 2 and Oct. 8, Associated Press photographer Santi Palacios documented objects that the migrants and refugees left behind, from children's toys to lifejackets to Syrian passports. Take a look at Palacios' photos below:  FOLLOW THE WORLDPOST   Like |    Follow |   Contact _RELATED ON HUFFPOST:_ -- 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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GREEK auteur Yorgos Lanthimos on his English language debut, The Lobster

Having blown us all away with Dogtooth back in 2009, GREEK auteur Yorgos Lanthimos now presents his debut feature in the English language, The ...


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GREEK FM to hold meeting with Victoria Nuland on Tuesday

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is due to meet US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland on Tuesday, it was ...


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Twenty One Pilots fly high at GREEK Theatre

Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots performs at the GREEK Theatre on Thursday. KELLY A. SWIFT , CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER. By PETER ...


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GREEK PM: Big Tax Evasion Cases Will Not Be Dismissed this Year

tsipras vouli GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addressed the GREEK Parliament on Friday a few hours before 300 GREEK MPs decide whether or not ...


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Election Offers No Solution to Greece's Economic Problems

What are we to make of Syriza's victory in the Greek elections on Sunday? As of January, Syriza's Alexis Tsipras will be able to form a parliamentary majority in coalition with the right-wing populist Independent Greeks party. On the other hand, they are now committed to implementing a harsh, deeply unpopular austerity program that even its advocates among the European authorities acknowledge will keep the Greek economy in depression through the end of this year and next. Does this mean that the battle for Greece's future is over, and that those who claimed that there was no alternative to prolonged depression, mass unemployment and a more unequal and frankly, uglier society have won? There is no question that the European authorities -- the European Central Bank, the European Commission and Eurogroup of finance ministers (led by Germany) -- and the International Monetary Fund have for now succeeded in imposing their will on Greece. On July 5, the vast majority of Greeks voted to reject their economic plan, including further austerity. But the ECB did something that perhaps no central bank had ever done: It forced a shutdown of the Greek banking system. This caused economic havoc that pushed the economy back into recession, and threated to prolong and deepen the depression that Greeks had already suffered for six years. This act of financial terrorism worked: Syriza made a U-turn following the referendum, accepting the European officials' plan, and told the Greek people that there was no choice. Read the rest. -- 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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Secretary General for Int’l Economic Relations G. ...

The Foreign Ministry’s Secretary General for International Economic Relations, Giorgos Tsipras, met in Bucharest with members of the board of the Greek-Romanian Chamber of Commerce, as well as with representatives of the Greek business community and the Greek banks in Romania.During the meeting the two sides stressed the need to strengthen the dynamic of Greek enterprises in the Romanian market and boost the interest of Romanian enterprises in investments in Greece. Mr. G. Tsipras assured the Greek entrepreneurs that the current government is firmly oriented towards promoting internationalization, strengthening imports, attracting investments, and increasing tourist flows.


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Deputy FM Amanatidis meets with the Head of the Commission for External Relations of the ...

Deputy Foreign Minister Ioannis Amanatidis received Hoang Binh Quan, the Head of the Commission for External Relations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, today, Friday, 16 October 2015, at the Foreign Ministry.During their meeting, they discussed bilateral relations, which can be further strengthened, while Mr. Amanatidis called on the Vietnamese side to consider potential investments in Greece.Following the meeting, they made the following statements:HOANG BINH QUAN: This is our fourth visit to Greece. I would say that our bilateral relations are longstanding and traditional. We have excellent impressions of Greece.From our consultations today, we have the...


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Greek drug firms’ rep warns parliament of Jewish ...

Greek drug firms’ rep warns parliament of Jewish conspiracy Dimitris Giannakopoulos says Germany working with Jerusalem to benefit Israeli generic drug makers at ...


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Greek Lawmakers Set to Back Changes to Unlock $2.3 Billion ...

ATHENS — Greek lawmakers, despite heated debate, were poised to approve a package of economic changes and austerity measures late Friday, aiming to ...


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Greece opens first ‘hotspot’ centre for refugees

Greece has opened its first reception … . “But this is up to Greece to decide, not the European … relocation process.” The hotspots in Greece and Italy are where a …


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Tsakalotos: Greece will win debt relief

Greece will be ‘combative’ in talks … in exchange for bailout aid. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s … October to assess progress on Greece’s third international bailout.


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People Line Up in Barcelona to Listen to Former Greek Fin Min Varoufakis

Hundreds of people lined up in Barcelona to listen to former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, with the pictures of the line bringing to mind scores of fans waiting in line to buy tickets to see their favorite band. It is confirmed then that Varoufakis is a rock star, like he has been described by many


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Greek Entrepreneurs Sail on Startupboat to Provide Practical Solutions for Refugees

Since January 1, 2015 some 710,000 migrants and refugees have arrived in Europe, according to Frontex. The vast majority come from the war-torn regions of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.  While Frontex estimates that 350,000 of them have entered through Greece, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees claimed, October 11 that almost 450,000 seaborne migrants and refugees have


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First Migrant Hotspot Opens in Lesvos

The first migrant and refugee registration centre opened in the East Aegean Greek island of Lesvos on Friday at a former military base in the area of Moria. The hotspot will be operated by Greek authorities as well as Frontex and Europol agents, European Asylum Support Office staff and the EU Judicial Cooperation Agency employees. The centre will be


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The Needs of Suffering Greek Banks Analyzed in Future Stress Tests

The recapitalization needs of Greece’s systemic banks will be determined in the next few days after finalizing the results of current stress tests, with the aim to cover any capital needs by the end of the year, banking sources told ANA-MPA. In this framework, the government is expected to table in Parliament a draft law


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Municipal Police Officers Set to Reappear in the Greek Capital

Municipal Police officers will reappear in the Greek capital on October 26th, after a two year absence. The New Democracy-PASOK-DIMAR coalition government had abolished the municipal police units across Greece in the summer of 2013 to cut down on spending costs. However, in 2014 the same government adopted a law that called for the reinstatement of municipal police in certain


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Olympic Marathon Runner Spyros Louis To Appear On New €2 Coin

The first modern-day Olympic Marathon winner at the 1896 Summer Olympics Spyros (Spyridon) Louis will be featured on around 750,000 new €2 coins that will be released later this fall issued by Greece. This marks the 75th anniversary of the athlete’s death, who passed away on March 26, 1940, at the age of 67. The new €2 coin, designed by Greek


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Accepting More Refugees Could Improve Bailout Conditions for GREECE According to Report

GREECE has been the main entry point, with almost 450,000 refugees and migrants having entered since 2015 according to the United Nations refugee ...


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Germany may offer GREECE financial aid to tackle refugee crisis

Germany is willing to give GREECE financial backing to deal with the unprecedented refugee crisis on its own soil instead of exporting it north towards ...


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At least seven people dead after boat collision off the coast of Lesvos – UN refugee agency

Up to seven people have been killed – four of them children – in a collision between a smuggling boat and a Greek Coast Guard vessel off the coast of Lesvos, Greek authorities and the United Nations refugee agency said today.


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Watch the trailer for Geordie Shore as cast go GREEK for series 11 of hit MTV show

Geordie Shore has now been running on MTV for over four years. Charlotte Crosby, Gaz Beadle, Holly Hagan and co are returning to MTV.


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GREEK Cyprus concerned over Turkey's water link to Turkish Cyprus

GREEK Cyprus criticized a recently completed undersea pipeline carrying fresh water from Turkey to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) ...


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Greek FM Kotzias Going to Cyprus

Greek Foreign Minister Nicos Kotzias will make his first visit to Cyprus Oct. 26-28 as a drive is on for unification walks to be accelerated. The post Greek FM Kotzias Going to Cyprus appeared first on The National Herald.


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World Press View: Greece Will Gouge Tourists to Pay Debt

Greece's Radical Left SYRIZA government is doubling and tripling prices at museums, the Acropolis and top tourist sites to make foreigners help pay a crushing debt. The post World Press View: Greece Will Gouge Tourists to Pay Debt appeared first on The National Herald.


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The Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece

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Greece says will support Turkey on migrants, but not at ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is willing to support Turkey over migration but will not compromise on national issues, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday after ...


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HONY Photographer Talks The Conundrum Of Hope When 'Every Single Story Is Sad'

Nearly everyone who lives in one of New York City’s five boroughs has likely wondered what they’d say to Brandon Stanton. The Humans of New York photojournalist scoures the streets capturing images of people that reveal small glimpses into the diverse human experience, and publishes those photos on his blog with short captions that are equal parts charming, poignant and heartbreaking. “It’s constantly surprising, the depth and reach of these photos,” Stanton told The Huffington Post. “The impact tends to outsize the following itself.” And now his reach has extended far beyond just New York, as told HuffPost in an interview on Wednesday. Stanton talked about sensitively presenting his subjects to a passionate but discerning social media following, the moral implications that come with weighty features and why certain stories seem to resonate with so many people. Often, Stanton's brief captions leave viewers hungry for more, curious about the rest of the narrative that the photographer only touches briefly on. To try to satisfy that urge and to capture deeper complexities, Stanton has expanded his storytelling in both his captions -- which have grown noticeably in length -- and a new book, _Humans of New York: Stories_, that delves deeper into his exchanges. Stanton presented the publication in a talk at Barnes & Noble in Manhattan’s Union Square on Wednesday, co-hosted by one of his latest viral subjects, a boy named Luis. The event opened lightheartedly, with a delightful Luis presenting a series of knock-knock jokes to the photojournalist and an eager audience. But the tone shifted slightly when Stanton spoke about his project’s latest development -- a series of stories from refugees making their way across Europe. “Every single story is sad,” Stanton told the audience. “These people hung onto their homes as long as possible and then something awful happened that made them leave. Almost always they would talk for about 30 seconds, and then they would pause and tears would start flowing.” > “My husband and I sold everything we had to afford the journey. > We worked 15 hours a day in Turkey until we had enough money to > leave. The smuggler put 152 of us on a boat. Once we saw the boat, > many of us wanted to go back, but he told us that anyone who turned > back would not get a refund. We had no choice. Both the lower > compartment and the deck were filled with people. Waves began to > come into the boat so the captain told everyone to throw their > baggage into the sea. In the ocean we hit a rock, but the captain > told us not to worry. Water began to come into the boat, but again > he told us not to worry. We were in the lower compartment and it > began to fill with water. It was too tight to move. Everyone began > to scream. We were the last ones to get out alive. My husband pulled > me out of the window. In the ocean, he took off his life jacket and > gave it to a woman. We swam for as long as possible. After several > hours he told me he that he was too tired to swim and that he was > going to float on his back and rest. It was so dark we could not > see. The waves were high. I could hear him calling me but he got > further and further away. Eventually a boat found me. They never > found my husband.” (Kos, Greece)  >  > A photo posted by Humans of New York (@humansofny) on Sep 28, 2015 > at 2:16pm PDT When asked if these images ever feel exploitative, Stanton told The Huffington Post that leaving Europe knowing there was very little he could do was extremely difficult. But he is hopeful that, as with some of his other subjects, an element of their stories will inspire the HONY audience. Some of Stanton’s past images -- among the most notable a gay child fearful for his future and a Pakistani activist working to end slave labor -- sparked a social media movement that rallies support and empathy, but this isn’t always the case. Especially with photos of people who are going through an extreme hardship or struggle, as viewers, we find ourselves hoping everything turned out OK, but we're rarely given a resolution. Even rarer do these subjects find the help they need, which Stanton says can leave him with lingering feelings of guilt and sadness. But he remains pragmatic in his outlook on the project. “It’s the same way that all of us run into people,” Stanton said. “Just because I’m asking people their stories doesn’t mean that I’m singular in the fact I encounter people every single day that need help, and I cannot give it to them.” As Stanton developed his interviews for _Stories_, he commented on how the exchanges cling to him more the deeper he dives. His sensitivity has also continued to grow since starting the project in 2010, and with social media being the primary judge of his work, Stanton is mindful of how he presents his subjects. Comparing HONY followers to “care bears,” he told the audience, “If someone is saying something hateful, those care bears get mad. I have to be careful not to open someone up to a [mob] on social media.” Moving forward, the famed photojournalist is finding "the photos are subservient to the storytelling." "It's not always an opinion or a philosophy that gives us a unique story," Stanton said. "It's a very strong emotion that changes and evolves us."   _ALSO ON HUFFPOST:_  -- 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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The Latest: Slovenia beefs up its border controls

Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec says "our main objective is to provide for security and order in republic of Slovenia and make sure migrants who arrive are received properly." Europe's migration commissioner says Greece has overcome earlier delays in handling refugees while Luxembourg's foreign minister says more asylum-seekers have to apply in the first EU nation they arrive in, most often Greece. EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos, Luxembourg's Jean Asselborn and Greek migration minister Ioannis Mouzalas spoke Friday after visiting the island of Lesbos, the main point of entry into the European Union for hundreds of thousands fleeing war and poverty. Hungary clamped down on its border with Serbia with a similar barrier on Sept. 15. [...] migrants have been taking a detour through Croatia to reach Hungary. Poland's prime minister says she will send border guards and equipment to help Hungary seal its border with Serbia where thousands of migrants are passing. Swedish prosecutors have indicted an Eritrean asylum-seeker on two counts of murder for the stabbing deaths of a 55-year-old woman and her 27-year-old son at an Ikea furniture store in August. A judicial official said Friday that Thessaloniki prosecutor Lefteris Michailidis has ordered the police internal affairs squad to investigate more than 20 complaints forwarded by human rights groups. A Spanish court has ruled that 16 police officers had done nothing wrong to contribute to the drowning of 15 migrants as they tried to swim from Morocco to the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta last year. Interior Ministry videos showed police firing rubber bullets as the migrants swam toward Ceuta's shore on Feb. 6, 2014, but officials denied the action contributed to the drowning. Slovenia's prime minister has warned of a "domino effect" if Hungary closes its border with Croatia to stop the flow of migrants trying to reach Western Europe. [...] Cerar also warns that "if borders north of us would start getting closed or much tighter controls were applied, Slovenia will act reciprocally in the same way," according to the official STA news agency. Croatia's prime minister says the country has prepared for the possibility that Hungary will close its border to stop the flow of migrants trying to reach Western Europe. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says the country's national security cabinet on Friday afternoon will discuss the possible closure of the border with Croatia at all but official crossing points, after his return from Brussels where EU leaders have been discussing ways to stem the flow of migrants. Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacz says the police are prepared to enforce any decision immediately. Boris Cheshirkov, the Bulgarian representative of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, says some 3,100 migrants have died this year while attempting to reach the European Union, but the incident at the Bulgarian-Turkish border on Thursday was the first case of a fatal shooting on the borders of the EU. "A group of 54 people, aged between 20 and 30 - all from Afghanistan - was intercepted by a patrol of two border guards and a police officer after crossing into Bulgarian territory," Kostov told reporters Friday morning.


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U.S. Treasury's Lew called Eurogroup President ...

... meaningful debt relief to Greece, a Treasury spokesperson said. Lew said the Treasury continues to closely monitor Greece's economic situation, ...


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GREECE Targets 3.5 Billion Euros From Asset Sales in 2016

GREECE will seek to raise as much as 3.5 billion euros ($4 billion) in 2016 from state asset sales, including the country's two largest ports. “An important ...


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Default Would Put US on 'Path to GREECE'

To put it simply, a default would put us on a "path to GREECE," which would happen quickly or slowly depending on which type of default it ends up ...


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US Treasury's Lew called Eurogroup President Dijsselbloem on GREECE

Lew said the Treasury continues to closely monitor GREECE'S economic situation, reiterated the importance of the Greek government implementing ...


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Greek PM asks top tax official to quit after charges over TV ads

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras demanded the resignation of the country's top tax official on Friday, a day after she was charged with breach of duty in attempting to defer tax collections from the country's TV stations by a year, government officials said. Katerina Savvaidou, who as the general secretary for state revenues, holds a key post in bailout negotiations between Greece and international lenders. On Thursday she was charged by a prosecutor for breach of duty.


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UNHCR: Greece Overwhelmed by Migrants

The U.N. refugee agency is warning that Greece cannot cope with the flood of refugees and migrants landing on its shores because it lacks proper reception facilities ...


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Finance minister says Greece will win debt relief

Greece will be 'combative' in talks with its international lenders and win debt relief, the finance minister told parliament on Friday before a vote on unpopular reforms demanded in exchange for bailout aid. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's re-elected government has promised to implement bailout terms and find ways to ease the pain brought by deep economic adjustments. It has pledged to fight in talks with lenders on what it calls "open issues", which include pension reforms, minimum wages, bad loans and debt relief.


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UNA students, faculty to perform 1946 GREEK tragedy

James said the department also tries to rotate genres and styles, and he said the last GREEK plays were Antigone and Oedipus in 2008. He is also ...


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Piraeus gets ahead of GREEK bank capital queue

LONDON, Oct 16 (IFR) - Piraeus Bank's liability management exercise launched this week should ensure it is first in the queue of GREEK institutions ...


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Piraeus aims to be first in line for GREEK bank capital

Piraeus Bank's liability management exercise launched this week should ensure it is first in the queue of GREEK institutions raising capital once stress ...


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GREEK finance minister says government will solve debt issue

"You will have a combative government which will provide a solution to the debt issue," Tsakalotos told lawmakers during a debate on a reform bill ...


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VW, China And Greek Debt

… :VOWG) sales are hit and Greek lenders seek a debt exchange … tries to maintain sales. Greek Debt Exchange Greek banks met with a … much as €25 billion from Greece’s latest bailout for bank …


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UN High Commissioner Wants GREECE to Improve Its Refugee Reception Centers

According to UN High Commissioner for Refugees spokesman, GREECE must establish high-quality efficient reception facilities for refugees arriving in ...


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