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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Greece set to begin EU refugee relocation plan with ...

Greece will begin the process of sending refugees, mostly Syrians and Iraqis, to other EU member states under the bloc's refugee relocation plan on Wednesd


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The Latest: GREEK authorities say 4 missing in new migrant boat accident off island of Lesbos

Migrant disembark a dinghy after they cancelled their journey because of bad weather to travel to GREEK island of Chios from Turkish coast near ...


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GREEK-owned fleet keeps growing and getting younger by the year

The GREEK-owned merchant fleet has posted the biggest increase since 2009 in the last 12 months, as the number of vessels controlled by Greeks ...


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Amnesty raps EU on refugee deaths off GREECE, more enter Europe

Amnesty International criticized Europe's failure to stop migrant deaths in the Aegean Sea as the death toll from ramshackle boats sinking off GREECE ...


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Moscovici says GREECE must resolve four outstanding issues by Eurogroup meeting

European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici made it clear Tuesday that the Greek government has until Monday to settle ...


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Jerusalem: Ancient Greek fortress Acra uncovered -653176

After a century of searching, archaeologists say they have found the remnants of an ancient Greek fortress once a centre of power in Jerusalem and a stronghold used ...


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National Bank of Greece to Sell Turkish Unit to Cover ...

National Bank of Greece SA, the country’s largest lender, plans to sell its Turkish unit to cover a capital shortfall uncovered by the European Central Bank.


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EU refugee relocation plan begins

GREECE is set to send its first group of refugees, mostly Syrians and Iraqis, to other EU member states under the bloc’s disputed refugee relocation plan.


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UPDATE 1-GREECE'S National Bank plans Finansbank sale to plug capital shortfall

GREECE was forced to agree to a third international bailout of up to 86 billion euros from international creditors this year after it came close to toppling ...


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GREECE'S Piraeus Bank to issue new shares, CoCos to plug capital shortfall

ATHENS Nov 3 GREECE'S Piraeus bank on Tuesday announced plans to issue new shares to raise up to 4.9 billion euros to plug a capital shortfall ...


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More People Fled To Europe By Boat This Year Than The Population Of Washington, DC

The immense scale of the refugee and migrant crisis that has shaken Europe was highlighted this week by a staggering statistic. Last month, 218,394 men, women and children fled to Europe via the Mediterranean Sea, the United Nations refugee agency said on Monday. This is more than any previous month on record, and roughly the same number as arrived during the whole of 2014. Last year, UNHCR estimated that 219,000 people fled to Europe by sea. This year, to date, some 744,000 have arrived, over half of them Syrians. That number is more than the population of Washington, D.C. It is close to the total number of "boat people" who fled Vietnam over two decades ago after the end of the war. It is ten times the number of refugees that the U.S. has admitted this year and more than 500 times the number of Syrians resettled in the U.S. since the war broke out in 2011. The October figure is "beyond anything that could have been expected even a few months ago," UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said. The number of refugees and migrants sailing to Europe keeps climbing even though the sea crossing is getting more dangerous as winter approaches, bringing storms and freezing temperatures. Usually, the number of people attempting the journey spikes in the summer, and declines during fall and winter. This year, the soaring figures are bucking the trend.   Some 3,440 people have already drowned this year trying to sail to Europe, according to UNHCR. Now, months after Europe reeled from the image of three year-old Alan Kurdi lying dead on a Greek beach, the bodies of children are again washing up on Europe's shores. > MORE ON THE REFUGEE CRISIS:  >  > - A Thousand Miles In Their Shoes > - How You Can Help Refugees Stay Safe And Warm This Winter > - 5 Major Myths Of Europe's Refugee And Migrant Crisis Debunked > - Read The Diary Of Syria's Piano Man On His Escape To Europe > - Despite Falling Temperatures, Refugee Arrivals In Europe Keep > Rising _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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Brain Drain Hits Greece As Young Professionals Seek ...

Brain Drain Hits Greece As Young Professionals Seek Financial Security “I'd rather work as a waiter abroad, as long as I can cover my own expenses."


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Top EU official says confident Greece, European creditors ...

ATHENS, Greece – A top European official says Greece and its European creditors should be able, by next week, to iron out disagreements on reforms the ...


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ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A top European official says Greece and its European creditors should be able, by next week, to iron out disagreements on reforms the ...


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Eats Beat: Tacos, tenderloin fill plates for Hurst's Taste

Pans of freshly baked baklava cool for a Fort Worth GREEK Festival, returning next week at St. Demetrios GREEK Orthodox Church. Ralph Lauer ...


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No liquor: Ferris GREEK life cracks down on parties

Fraternities say throwing parties isn't as easy or fun as it used to be, thanks to Ferris' newly enforced GREEK event policy. The policy, updated this year ...


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Pierre Moscovici Optimistic on Deal Between Greece and Creditors

European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici met with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Maximos Mansion in Athens on Tuesday evening, to discuss Greece’s progress in the implementation of the three-year 86 billion euro bailout that was agreed to in August. Following their meeting, Moscovici noted that deliberations on potential debt relief for Greece


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11th Bulgarian Media Forum to Take Place in Athens

Athens will host the 11th international meeting of Bulgarian media, which will convene on the general topic of “The media and cultural routes. Dialogue between neighbors,” set for November 4-8 in the Greek capital. The forum is organized by the Bulgarian News Agency and the Association of Bulgarian Media Abroad. Participants will reportedly discuss issues


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41 People Arrested in Northern Greece During Trip to Watch Football Game

Greek police arrested 41 people, including 35 Serbian citizens and six Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens, on Tuesday morning in the area of Tempi, Northern Thessaly on charges of robbery and breaking the Greek law on firecracker possession. A Greek police announcement states that a witness reported seeing the individuals stealing rocks, sticks and marbles from a construction site and loading


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Commissioner says Greece, creditors can reach deal in days

Commissioner says Greece, creditors can reach deal in days Top EU official says confident Greece, European creditors, can strike reform deal by Monday


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EU's Moscovici says GREECE showing signs of progress, with caveats

Moscovici, who was visiting GREECE, did not identify the issues but GREECE ... GREECE signed up to an 86 billion euro bailout with international lenders ...


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Moscovici in Athens to check ‘state revenues’, while some Greeks cannot pay rent & bills

EU Monetary Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici arrived in Athens today. He talked with the Prime Minister and other important members of the cabinet about “prior actions”, austerity cuts, structural reforms and equivalent measures. One of Moscovici’s hot spots is whether the Greek government can scrap the 23% Value Added Tax […]


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Dijsselbloem: First the ‘prior actions’ then the bailout tranche

He has been suspiciously quiet lately. Apparently because he had nothing new to say. But today, he thought it was time to raise hand and catch Athens’ eye. Just in case, the Greeks wanted to make some short of secret arrangements with noble guest EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici or something. […]


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EU tests new screening process on Greek island where over 300,000 migrants have arrived

… , 2015. LESBOS, Greece – A garbage-strewn hillside on this Greek island has become … being tested as authorities in Greece grapple with the question of … asylum in Europe. Last week, Greek migration minister Yiannis Mouzalas said …


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30 asylum seekers from Greece to be relocated to Luxembourg

… travel by plane from the Greek capital Athens on Wednesday to … 's relocation scheme from Greece. Avramopoulos commented in a press … relocations can follow swiftly from Greece and Italy," he stated …


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Greek banks: on a wing and a Piraeus

… of Piraeus, National Bank of Greece, Alpha and Eurobank it is … the €25bn initially touted by Greece’s creditors, so dilution will … capital raising goes ahead, the Greek government will also be significantly …


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UPDATE 1-Greece's Piraeus to issue new shares, CoCos to ...

Greece's Piraeus bank announced plans on Tuesday to issue new shares to raise up to4.9 billion euros ($5.37 billion) to plug a capital shortfallfound by ...


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Strike by GREEK Seafarers to Continue as Refugees Remain on GREEK Islands

The GREEK government has asked the PNO to make an exception and transport the refugees or at least allow them to stay in the ships that were ...


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Ancient GREEK Fortress Found in Jerusalem Parking Lot

Israeli archaeologists said Tuesday they have found the remnants of the Acra, a fortress built by the GREEK King Antiochus IV more than 2,000 years ...


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Archaeological mystery solved? Ancient GREEK citadel known as the Acra uncovered in Jerusalem

Israel's antiquities body claimed Tuesday to have solved “one of Jerusalem's greatest archaeological mysteries” by unearthing an ancient GREEK ...


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UPDATE 1-EU's Moscovici says Greece showing signs of ...

Moscovici, who was visiting Greece, did not identify the issues but Greece and its creditors are known to be in disagreement over how to resolve non ...


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Red Cross Raising More Money for Refugee Crisis in GREECE

The international Non-Governmental Organization Red Cross is engaged in efforts to collect more funds to assists with the refugee crisis in GREECE.


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National Bank of GREECE (ADR): Measures To Ensure Recovery After Test Results

National Bank of GREECE (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) is targeting as much as seven bond issues, which are in dollars, euros, and sterling. Their nominal value ...


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National Bank of Greece (NBG) Looks to Unload Finansbank ...

National Bank of Greece (NYSE: NBG) will sell 100 percent of its stake in Turkey's Finansbank as it moves to cover a portion of its capital shortfall ...


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UPDATE 1-Greece says will respect court ruling due on ...

Greece's Energy Ministry willrespect an upcoming court ruling on its decision to revokeCanadian-listed company Eldorado Gold Corp's mininglicense in ...


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School students clash with police outside GREEK parliament

Thousands of high school students gathered in front of the GREEK parliament in Athens on Monday to protest against proposed cuts to education.


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GREEK island confesses its 'run out of burial space' for dead refugees

But the GREEK island of Lesbos – one of the key destinations for refugees – is struggling cope with the number of migrants surging through to Europe.


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YANIS VAROUFAKIS: If I could do any job in Europe it would be chancellor of Germany

We now know what Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek finance minister, would do if he could take any job in Europe  "I would like to be Chancellor of Germany of course," Varoufakis said when asked the question at the Financial Times banking summit on Tuesday. "I would have to brush up on my German." Once taking perhaps the highest political office in continental Europe, Varoufakis said he would enact a four-point plan to boost the Eurozone economy. This would include setting up a poverty fund backed by the European Central Bank and getting the European Investment Bank to go on a "spree" investing in green energy, tech startups and the businesses of the future. Varoufakis was on fine, typically bombastic form, calling French President Francois Hollande a "figment of our collective imaginations." Pausing to answer questions after his panel, Varoufakis told Business Insider "he would be tempted to vote for Brexit, but he wouldn't do it" if he had a vote in the EU referendum expected next year. He said UK Prime Minister David Cameron, in focusing solely on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, would fail to renegotiate the Britain's role in Europe.  "I believe in a campaign of civil disobedience, but within the EU," Varoufakis said. "I think (Italian leader) Renzi wants to do this. Cameron will fail if he doesn't get a large alliance" of like-minded leaders to take on the EU machine. Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: 'The Art Of War' holds the keys to success on Wall Street


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Michelin shuts Northern Ireland factory; UK export gloom deepens

All the latest economic and financial news, including a downturn at Britain’s exporters, poor US factory orders and hefty job cuts at Michelin and Standard Chartered 5.37pm GMT Despite mixed economic news - including a downturn in UK exports, job cuts at Standard Chartered and Micheline - leading shares managed to end the day (mostly) in positive territory. Support came from Wall Street, where poor US factory order figures came into the “bad news is good” category, suggesting the Federal Reserve might think again about raising interest rates this year. More crucial data follows later in the week, with the non-farm payroll numbers due on Friday. Meanwhile the day’s closing scores showed: 5.08pm GMT Elsewhere there has been a meeting between EU commissioner Pierre Moscovici and Greek president Alexis Tsipras, and the mood from the EU side seems positive: Very constructive meeting between @tsipras_eu and @pierremoscovici on #greece, growth and reforms @EU_Commission pic.twitter.com/0RlRlWRDBm With @tsipras_eu @atsipras: positive momentum needs to be maintained, @EU_Commission supports reform process #Greece pic.twitter.com/Hf1SDaump0 Continue reading...


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Israeli archeologists unearth ancient Seleucid Acra

... have finally located the Seleucid Acra, an ancient Greek stronghold constructed by King Antiochus IV in 168 B.C. during Greek rule of Jerusalem. ...


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Eldorado Gold Corporation

Read 'Eldorado Gold Corporation - Greece Update' on Yahoo Finance Canada . Eldorado is a leading low cost gold producer with mining, development and exploration ...


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UPDATE 1-Greece's Eurobank wants to plug capital shortfall ...

Greece's third largest lenderEurobank announced on Tuesday it planned to avoidreceiving state aid and would press ahead with a share offerplan to private ...


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Slovenia PM says migrant crisis could reignite Balkan conflicts

By Marja Novak LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - The migrant crisis engulfing Europe threatens to reignite conflicts between former Yugoslav republics which fought each other during the 1990s, Slovenia's prime minister said on Tuesday. Hundreds of thousands of migrants, many of them fleeing Syria's civil war, have taken the Balkan route from Greece to western Europe this year, putting great strain on the finances and infrastructure of transit countries, including the ex-Yugoslav states of Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. The situation worsened when Hungary, an eastern outpost of the European Union's passport-free Schengen zone, shut its southern border to the migrants on Oct. 16, diverting the flow of around 135,000 people westwards from Croatia into Slovenia.


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Greek Cops Stop Serbian Fans

Greek police detained 41 Serb after stopping cars thought to be carrying supporters of Red Star Belgrade in the Vale of Tempe in central Greece. The post Greek Cops Stop Serbian Fans appeared first on The National Herald.


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Ferry Workers Keep Striking

ATHENS – Greek seamen, on strike for two days, said they’ll stay out out of work another two days to protest more coming austerity measures. The strike called by The Union of Greek Seamen (UNO) said they won’t return to work at 6 a.m. on Nov. 4, hindering efforts by the government to bring refugees […] The post Ferry Workers Keep Striking appeared first on The National Herald.


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TOPSHOTS-TURKEY-GREECE-EUROPE-MIGRANTS

Nov 3, 2015 TOPSHOTS-TURKEY-GREECE-EUROPE-MIGRANTS. Steve Earley 0 Comment. TOPSHOTS A woman washes her child’s hair as they wait along with other ...


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EU migrant relocation plan to start Wednesday in GREECE

PHOTO: stuff GREECE will begin the process of sending refugees, mostly Syrians and Iraqis, to other EU member states under the bloc's refugee ...


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More than 85% of Greek Farmers Reported 5,000 Euros of Income in 2014

Nine out of 10 farmers declared an annual income of up to 5,000 euros in 2014, while only 5% of taxpayers with farm income declared an annual income of more than 12,000, the Finance ministry said in report. The report showed that 87.55% of taxpayers with farm income in 2014 declared an annual income of


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Vice chairman of OMONIA leaves his post to join the socialists

Tirana, 3 November 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency A senior member of the Greek minority in Albania has resigned his leading functions and has decided to be part of the Socialist Party led by PM Edi Rama. Thanas Poci, vice chairman of OMONIA and member of the Steering Committee of the Union for Human Rights Party […]


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22 Ancient Greek Shipwrecks Found All At Once in the Same Spot

The find amounts to 12 percent of all known ancient shipwrecks found in Greek waters, and they are likely to find more.


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