Pages

Saturday, December 5, 2015

EU considers measures to intervene if states' borders are not guarded

But the discussion reflects fears that GREECE'S failure to manage a flood of migrants from Turkey has brought Schengen's open borders to the brink of ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.independent.ie

A night to remember: the Athens Observatory

Not surprisingly it was founded as part of the process of building a modern GREEK state following the country's liberation from Turkish rule, and the ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.ekathimerini.com

Macedonia tightens its borders as authorities restrict the flow of migrants entering Europe from ...

Greek authorities say more than 2,000 migrants have crossed into Macedonia from GREECE, a day after the border closed down following clashes ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.dailymail.co.uk

PHOTO GALLERY: 2000 refugees cross GREEK-Macedonian border, 3000 remain stranded

More than 3,000 people remain stuck on the GREEK side of the border, as Macedonia and other Balkan countries refuse to let them through, ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT english.ahram.org.eg

Liz Hurley goes shopping solo and gives a statuesque GREEK god the once-over

Liz Hurley goes shopping solo and gives a statuesque GREEK god the once-over. 18:52, 5 Dec 2015; Updated 18:53, 5 Dec 2015; By Nicola Bartlett ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.irishmirror.ie

No entry: Pakistan sends back 30 deportees to GREECE

No entry: Pakistan sends back 30 deportees to GREECE ... The minister said that an EU country (GREECE) violated Pakistani laws after the finalisation of ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT tpmelectioncentral.com

Greece can tap markets in 2016 if reforms on track

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece, which received a third international bailout this year, can begin to return to bond markets in 2016 if its reform programme ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT finance.yahoo.com

Location on Macedonian-GREEK border remains tense

At the Macedonian-GREEK border, the situation is still tense. Around 3,000 migrants who do not come from conflict areas such as Syria or Afghanistan, ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT or-politics.com

Newport News native Bryan Doerries writes "Theater of War ...

Bryan Doerries' work connecting the themes of Greek tragedies to modern-day trauma has taken him around the world. In a recent conversation, he talked ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT touch.dailypress.com

Sioux City is home to 3 Greek hot dog eateries : Siouxland ...

SIOUX CITY | When you think of Greek cuisine, it's likely you imagine baklavas or gyros. But what about chili dogs? Sioux City has three restaurants that ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT siouxcityjournal.com

Unauthorized Turkish Ship Enters GREEK Waters

A Turkish hydrographic ship entered GREEK waters in the Aegean without receiving permission from GREEK authorities. The Turkish hydrographic ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT greece.greekreporter.com

The World's 5 Most Inspiring Destinations

The list includes spots in Egypt, Jamaica and Greece.


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT abcnews.go.com

National Bank of GREECE (ADR) (OTCMKTS:NBGGY)'s Company Shares Decreased 80.95% After ...

The shares of National Bank of GREECE (ADR) (OTCMKTS:NBGGY) decreased by 80.95% in the last 20 days and lost 56.76% in the past 5 trading ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.financialmagazin.com

Pakistan refuses entry to 30 GREEK migrants

The interior ministry said that GREEK authorities had not provided proper documented proof of the passengers on board the charter flight being ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT popherald.com

The Alexandros Grigoropoulos Killing Still Haunts Greece

As the seventh anniversary of the killing of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman approaches, thousands of police brace for a night of riots and vandalism. The sixth of December of 2008 event triggered the most violent uproar Athens has seen in decades. Every year, the black anniversary is marked by guerrilla warfare between police


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT greece.greekreporter.com

National Bank of GREECE (NBG) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

National Bank of GREECE logo National Bank of GREECE (NYSE:NBG) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of November.


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT midsouthnewz.com

US assures Greece of support in economic crisis

… his meetings with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipra and Greek Foreign Minister … to help Greece emerge from economic crisis”. He assured Greece that if … democratic constitution and elections. About Greece-Turkey relations, Kerry said that both …


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT world.einnews.com

New Jersey Church Sends Dozens of Boxes of Winter Clothes to Northern GREEK Border Town for ...

Thirty one boxes of hope shipped from New York to the GREEK border town of Idomeni as part of an initiative launched by the granddaughter of GREEK ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.pappaspost.com

30.000 Greeks bought shares of National Bank

Athens, December 5/ Independent Balkan News Agency  By Olga Mavrou More then 30.000 Greeks participated in the latest capital increase of the National Bank of Greece and 74% of the funds came from Greek retail investors, stated the CEO of the bank Mr. Leonidas Fragiadakis. Institutional investors took 26% of the new shares. From the capital increase National Bank drew almost 300 mill. Euros and according to Mr. Fragiadakis this upgraded the […]


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.balkaneu.com

Greek CEOs appear pessimistic

Athens, December 5/Independent Balkan News Agency By Olga Mavrou CEOs of companies based in Greece are less optimistic than in 2014.  According to a research by ICAP group, 39% of the participants said they had significant reduction in their salaries and 54% of them said there were considerable cuts in the staff of their companies. A percentage […]


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.balkaneu.com

Athens asks Moscow for lower gas prices

Athens, December 5/Independent Balkan News Agency By Olga Mavrou In talks with his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak and top Gazprom officials in Moscow, Energy Minister of Greece Panos Skourletis raised the issue of lowering the price of natural gas flowing from Russia to Greece. Skourletis also asked the Russians to reduce the quantities for 2015 […]


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.balkaneu.com

National Bank of GREECE to receive 2.71 billion euros from bailout

Brussels (dpa) - The National Bank of GREECE, one of the country's largest lenders, is to be shored up with 2.71 billion euros (2.89 billion dollars) from ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT en.europeonline-magazine.eu

Deported Migrants Sent Back to GREECE

Pakistan rejected 31 people from the plane which came from GREECE, saying they were illegally returned. 19 out of 50 deportees were taken into ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT newswire.net

Millimages donates 2 Toon Series to GREECE'S ERT

French production company Millimages has offered Mouk and Louie — two of its best-selling animated series — to ERT, the Greek public broadcaster.


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.animationmagazine.net

Best Greek restaurants in Buffalo: 3 places to get great ...

The Buffalo area and all of Western New York boasts dozens of Greek restaurants, many that have been family owned and operated handed down from one ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.examiner.com

Guest Post: The Greece Blame Game Revisited

Greeks have seen this film of  “Greece Blame Game” a thousand times since 2010. At first, it was the Euro crisis, now it is the Refugees. For the European “partners” economically weak Greece is the easy target that can be blamed everything, for all problems of the European Union.  EU’s […]


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.keeptalkinggreece.com

EU Puts an End to Scenarios about Greece’s Suspension from Schengen

The European Commission put a temporary stop to scenarios about Greece being suspended from the Schengen Agreement, after a meeting of European justice ministers at Brussels on Friday. The threat to Greece, and to the future of the border-free zone, has been considerably lessened as Athens activated the European Union civil protection mechanism and agreed


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT greece.greekreporter.com

Greek Pensions Face 30% Cuts

Breaking a campaign promise, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' government will cut auxiliary and lump sum pensions to up another 30 percent. The post Greek Pensions Face 30% Cuts appeared first on The National Herald.


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.thenationalherald.com

FIA detained 49 deportees aboard a chartered flight from Greece

… aboard a chartered flight from Greece at the Benazir Bhutto International …


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT world.einnews.com

Greece's Woes Worsen

Emerging Markets Greek stocks have plummeted about 30% …


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT world.einnews.com

National Bank Of Greece Shares To Fall Below $0.66 Before December 15

… taken by National Bank of Greece (OTCPK:NBGGY) to raise capital … December 3, National Bank of Greece ADRs restarted trading on the … look at the two strongest Greek banks that did not require … share. Of the big four Greek banks, both NBGGY and Piraeus …


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT world.einnews.com

National Bank Of GREECE (ADR): Still Struggling to Regain Momentum

GREECE continues to dominate headlines for its banking sector which is increasingly becoming an enigma for investors. Stakeholders are closely ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.bidnessetc.com

Volunteers Don't Want To Abandon Refugees In Greece: 'How ...

LESBOS, Greece -- When refugees and migrants arrived on the shores of the island of Lesbos earlier this year, exhausted from a hazardous trip across the ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.huffingtonpost.com

Rising tension and violence along GREEK border

Should Athens fail to do enough, passport controls could be reintroduced for GREEK citizens traveling in Europe. "Greece is ready to move, Greece is ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT thenewstelegraph.com

GREEK minister: European Union provided inadequate help for refugees

"Greece asked Frontex yesterday to launch a Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABIT) mechanism on the GREEK islands in the Aegean, where it ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT financialspots.com

GREEK lawmakers to vote on austerity-extending 2016 budget

ATHENS, Greece - GREEK lawmakers are expected to vote late on Saturday for the 2016 budget, with its economic forecasts revised upward to show ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.rappler.com

An All German plan: Frontex should take control of Greece’s borders

The masks have fallen. Hand in hand, the European Union and the Frontex want to cancel national sovereignty and take over border controls in the pretext of “safeguarding the Schengen borders”. With controversial claims, they use the case of Greece to create an example that could soon happen “in the […]


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.keeptalkinggreece.com

Did Logic Go from India to GREECE?

It appears to me that if the Greek and Persian stories related to Callisthenes having brought Indian logic to GREECE are true, they provided inspiration ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT swarajyamag.com

Greek Police Arrest 7 After Riots and Petrol Bomb Attacks

Greek Police arrested seven rioters who had attacked riot policemen with petrol bombs at Exarchia around midnight on Friday. It all started after a demonstration rally of leftist organizations protesting the arrival of U.S. State Secretary John Kerry in Athens. After the rally in front of the Athens University administration building, a group of youths


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT greece.greekreporter.com

Greek economy minister faces probe over wealth declarations

… and 38 real estate properties. Greek politicians, state officials, judges, police … been among key factors behind Greece's debt crisis. The … defamation campaign. Earlier on Friday Greece's Supreme Administrative Audit …


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT world.einnews.com

GREECE rejects EU's call to label Israeli settlement products

GREECE has formally announced that it will not be abiding new guidelines established by the European Commission which dictates that all Israeli ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.cjnews.com

GREECE accepts EU refugee help ahead of crunch Schengen meeting

Officials in Brussels and capitals around Europe have been frustrated by what they perceive as GREECE'S reluctance to accept aid and assistance in ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.theworldweekly.com

GREECE exiles: FIA to register case against 15 migrants

The FIA detained 49 deportees aboard a chartered flight from GREECE at Benazir Bhutto International Airport Thursday on the order of Interior Minister, ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT tribune.com.pk

EU's migrant aid skimpy, GREEK says

A U.N. volunteer helps a migrant Friday near the southern Macedonian town of Gevgelija. At least 3,000 people remain stuck on the GREEK side of the ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.nwaonline.com

24 Hours in Downtown Athens

The fascinating and maddening metropolis of Athens, bounded on three sides by Mount Hymettus, Mount Parnitha and Mount Pentelicus, apart from Parthenon’s 2500-year-old honey-color marble columns, has much more to offer. If you have only 24 hours to explore Athens, the beautiful Greek capital city where tradition is exceptionally juxtaposed with modernity, here is an interesting


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT greece.greekreporter.com

Saint Paul's Greek Orthodox Church

Festival season is well upon us, and with that comes Irvine's 35th annual Greek Fest, held at Saint Paul's Greek Orthodox Church. Friday kicks off the three-day ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.ocweekly.com

GREEK Woes Mount; Possible Rousseff Ouster Cheers Brazilian Markets

GREEK stocks have plummeted about 30% this year, and at a recent value of 666 ... The next thing that could freeze up GREEK politics and the economy: ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.barrons.com

Israel, GREECE coordinated exercises against S-300 missile system: report

Israel has been discreetly training and testing maneuvers designed to defeat missile systems Russia has deployed in the Middle East, military and ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.i24news.tv

Greek Australian woman racially attacked

A Greek Australian woman was the subject of a racial attack on a Melbourne train this week. Arna Dionysopoulos, 26, was on her way home from work on ...


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT neoskosmos.com

In Cyprus, a renewed push toward peace raises new questions

The US has said a peace deal between the Greek and Turkish communities in Cyprus might be "within reach." But some observers of the divided island suggest an agreement might be difficult to sustain.


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.dw.com