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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Arsenal beats Olympiakos 3-0 to qualify with 3 from Giroud

PIRAEUS, Greece (AP) — Olivier Giroud scored a hat trick as Arsenal advanced to the last 16 of the Champions League with a 3-0 win over Olympiakos on Wednesday, overturning an advantage held by the Greeks.


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GREECE, Cyprus and Egypt end trilateral talks with broad declaration

The third round of trilateral talks between GREECE, Cyprus and Egypt concluded in Athens on Wednesday with the signing of a declaration in which the ...


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Thousands of Migrants Stranded in GREECE as Route North Is Narrowed

IDOMENI, GREECE — There has been a rough triage taking place the last few weeks along the barbed-wire and chain-link fence separating GREECE ...


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Greece's demonstration team named 'Zeus' has a slick paint ...

A full photographic testimony from F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 52+ "ZEUS" paint job, the Hellenic Air Force's solo demo aircraft, is published for the first ...


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Greeks clear border of refugees

Greek riot police removed asylum-seekers from the Idomeni refugee camp, a site of much despair and chaos since Balkan nations began filtering refugees by nationality. Diego Cupolo reports from Idomeni, Greece.


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After big energy find, GREECE-Egypt-Cyprus target Mediterranean boundaries

ATHENS – At a trilateral summit focusing on energy and maritime, GREECE, Egypt and Cyprus vowed to accelerate talks on how to stake out undersea ...


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Euclid Tsakalotos: Greek finance minister on the hard path of post-bailout reform

Syriza’s economist talks about the drawbacks of Grexit, the need for debt relief and the task of pursuing the elite for unpaid taxes Euclid Tsakalotos, the Greek finance minister, has Europe’s most unenviable job. If there is one thing on which he and his critics agree it is that. As economics chief of a country not far removed from economic meltdown, in its worst recession in post-war history, stricken by debt and dependent on international aid, his is a lot few would crave. Even now – almost five months to the day after it was bailed out for a third time since 2010 – Greece’s future hangs in the balance. Continue reading...


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AP EXPLAINS: The rise of German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Merkel, 61, is the European Union's longest-serving head of government and has been a serial winner of Forbes magazine's title of world's most powerful woman. Merkel helped negotiate the Kyoto accord to curb greenhouse gas emissions as environment minister in the 1990s. In the crisis over Ukraine, she has stuck doggedly to efforts to keep the leaders of Russia and Ukraine talking in the face of repeated setbacks in implementing a peace accord, while also backing sanctions against Russia. Merkel has been a dominant figure in shaping Europe's response to the debt crisis that started unfolding in Greece six years ago and flared anew this year. [...] Merkel has stuck to her optimistic insistence that "we will manage it" and refused to name a limit to the number of people Germany can take in, despite mounting criticism from conservative allies.


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Heading to a GREEK Island With No Reservations

Our fourth day of backpacking around the GREEK island of Crete will be our longest yet with at least 11 miles and 4,000 feet of elevation gain, I have no ...


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GREEK authorities remove migrants from Macedonia border, give them 30 days to leave the country

GREEK police officers guard the perimeter where hundreds of migrants, who were stranded on the ReutersGREEK police officers guard the perimeter ...


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Greek police remove some 2,300 migrants from Macedonia ...

Athens (AFP) - Greek police launched an operation Wednesday to remove some 2,300 migrants gathered at the border with Macedonia, after Skopje began filtering those ...


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1,500 Migrants En Route to Athens from the Border

A convoy of 29 buses carrying a total of 1,500 migrants are currently driving back to Athens from the Idomeni railway station on border shared between the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, FYROM,  and Greece. This is according to Greek police sources speaking with ANA-MPA on Wednesday. The buses started setting off at around 11:00 on


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George Behrakis to be Honored at University of Athens

Greek-American scientist and philanthropist George D. Behrakis will receive an honorary doctorate from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens this upcoming Friday. Behrakis is well-known for his entrepreneurial activity in the pharmaceutical industry, having helped form Tylenol. Behrakis has also been deeply involved in the Greek American community and various philanthropic efforts. The honoring ceremony


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Three Weeks of Railway Stoppage: The Economic Effects of the Refugee Crisis at the Border

As the refugee crisis keeps developing, recent changes in the status quo in Greece’s northern border with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has had a significant effect in the operations of the railway track that connects Thessaloniki and the city of Skopje. The FYROM government adopted a policy in mid-November whereby only refugees from war


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KPI Bridge Oil opens office in GREECE

KPI Bridge Oil Chief Executive Officer, Carsten Ladekjaer, said: "The opening of our office in GREECE at this particular point in time is a strong signal ...


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If you're not from a war-torn country, you're not coming in: GREEK police forced to remove 1000 ...

GREEK police launched an operation today to remove 1,000 migrants gathered at the border with Macedonia after Skopje introduced a system of ...


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Home GREEK news Politics Germany Asserts IMF Participation in GREEK Bailout is Grounded in ...

IMF The German government referred the to International Monetary Fund's official support of the GREEK bailout in an effort to increase the likelihood of ...


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GREECE and Egypt Conduct Joint Aeronautical Exercise

tsipras The joint Greek-Egyptian military aeronautical exercise “Medusa 2015” is currently underway at the sea region of Crete. The exercise is held in ...


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Egypt, GREECE and Cyprus to cooperate in natural gas exploration

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi expressed his optimism regarding the steps discussed towards increasing cooperation with GREECE and ...


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Migrant crisis: GREECE removes 2300 from Macedonia border

Greek police have transferred some 2,300 foreign migrants stranded for weeks at a border crossing with Macedonia to the capital, Athens. Some will ...


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Greece, Egypt and Cyprus establish a standing Joint Committee of Cooperation 

Nicosia, December 9, 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency By Kyriacos Kyriacou Greece, Egypt and Cyprus announced they will step up their trilateral cooperation by establishing a standing Joint Committee of Cooperation. “We remain convinced of the strategic nature of this trilateral cooperation and we will continue to work closely towards the fullest exploitation of its potential, […]


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Greek Fire rocked a sold out Pageant Monday and sat down ...

Local rock band Greek Fire has lit Saint Louis on fire. With a string of local and regional hits the quartet from Saint Louis keeps selling out nearly ...


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Hungary's new export: prison-made razor-wire coils

MARIANOSZTRA, Hungary (Reuters) - Inmates in a high-security prison north of Budapest are manufacturing rolls of razor-wire fence that will prevent thousands of migrants from crossing the Greek-Macedonian border.


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Greek shares hit lowest level since 2012

LONDON: Greece's top share index hit its lowest level since 2012 on Wednesday, with the battered banking sector bearing the brunt of falls in the wake of ...


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GREECE moves stranded migrants to Athens from tense border

Refugees line up as they wait to cross the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, GREECE, December 7, 2015. REUTERS/Alexandros ...


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GREECE drops Amal Clooney from Elgin Marbles case

Amal Clooney and a team of British barristers have been dropped by the Greek government from their role in advising on the return of the so-called ...


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Russian jets granted use of Greek Cypriot airbase if in ‘difficult situation’

Greek Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades has said Russian fighter jets in Syria could use military bases and other airports in Greek Cyprus if caught in a “difficult situation.”


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245 migrants rescued from deserted Aegean islands

Some 220 migrants, who were left on the deserted Greek island of Kalolimnos instead of the nearby island of Leros, have been rescued by Greek soldiers


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The Latest: UN: nearly 770,000 people enter Greece in 2015 ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Latest in the influx of people into Europe. All times local: 7:20 p.m. The U.N. refugee agency says nearly 770,000 asylum-seekers have ...


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Coconut Grove's Ergon GREEK Deli Is a Big Fat GREEK Mess

It's just after sunset Thursday night in Coconut Grove and Ergon GREEK Deli + Cuisine (2982 Grand Ave., 305-442-9280) seems almost abandoned.


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Greece buses 2,000 refugees from border camp to Athens

Greece has dispersed more than 2, … northern Greece, an activist and an aid worker said hundreds of Greek …


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Greek trains back in business after the opening of Eidomeni station

Athens, December 9, 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency By Olga Mavrou Greek police managed to remove all migrants from the  area of Eidomeni and the trains  can move again to their destination, after almost 20 days of blockage due to the presence of about 5.000 refugees and migrants in the area. (After FYROM accepted  as refugees only Syrians Afghans and […]


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FYROM’s Minister of Foreign Affairs in Athens

Athens, December 9, 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency By Olga Mavrou The Minister of Foreign Affairs of FYROM Nicola Poposki will be visiting Athens on  December the 17th after the official invitation of his Greek counterpart  Nikos Kotzias. The two ministers were last met on June, when they agreed upon  eleven confidence-building measures -with the two countries cooperating in the […]


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Egypt-Greece-Cyprus trilateral meeting completed

Athens, December 9, 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency By Spiros Sideris During the tripartite and bilateral meetings we had, we confirmed once again the steady growth of our widespread and multifaceted cooperation. A cooperation between peoples with long-standing ties between countries in the same geographical area and have a common understanding and approach on a number […]


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Europa League: Dortmund, Schalke target group victories

Dortmund and Schalke need strong results against Greek clubs to win their group. Augsburg meanwhile try to scale a steep mountain towards the knockout stage.


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What China Can Learn From Greece

In Greece, the cradle of Western democracy, voters became disappointed with mainstream parties and elected the small leftist Syriza party, which promised ...


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Greek-Egyptian Business Conference and Business Meetings held (Athens, 8 December 2015)

On the occasion of the visit of His Excellency the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the General Secretariat for International Economic Relations held a Greek-Egyptian Business Conference on Tuesday, 8 December 2015, at a central hotel in Athens.The main subjects at the Business Conference, which was attended by over 200 participants, included the potential for investments, business cooperation and further strengthening of the economic relations between the two countries, particularly with regard to the prospects being created by the opening of the second canal at Suez.The Conference proceedings closed with speeches to the two countries’...


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Greek metal gods Rotting Christ reveal a glorious new ...

Forged in the fires of the Greek underground 27 years ago, Rotting Christ’s stature has become an ever-expanding force, their majestic, groove-laden, studio albums ...


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Greece, Egypt, Cyprus to step up talks on delineating ...

By The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece - Greece, Egypt and Cyprus say they will speed up talks on how to stake out undersea territory in the Mediterranean ...


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Troika Puts More Pressure On GREECE as Migrants Told to Go Home

For migrants stranded on the Macedonian border with GREECE, their journey has been a waste of time. Greek police are bundling hundreds of people ...


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Greece, Egypt, Cyprus discuss offshore gas rights

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece, Egypt and Cyprus say they will speed up talks on how to stake out undersea territory in the Mediterranean, following the discovery of a large gas field off Egypt's coast.


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Angela Merkel named Time's first female Person of the Year since 1986

German chancellor awarded honor for leading Europe through debt crisis and standing firm in support of aid to refugees: ‘No one was tested more than her’ Time magazine has named German chancellor Angela Merkel its Person of the Year, citing her resolve in leading Europe through this summer’s Greek debt crisis, and her encouragement of other countries to open their borders to migrants and refugees. Continue reading...


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Greek, Cypriot and Egyptian Leaders Agree to Broad and Active Partnership

Greece, Cyprus and Egypt took steps to display their appetite for a strong trilateral partnership with the commitment of economic and political cooperation from their three heads of state. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met in Athens on Wednesday midday, a day after Tsipras met with


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New migration tragedy; at least 12 people dead near GREEK island

12 people died and another 12 are still missing after a boat carrying about 50 migrants sank in the eastern Aegean Sea, near the GREEK islet of ...


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What's causing the lack of diversity in SDSU GREEK life?

San Diego State GREEK life organizations are a part of campus life and ... “I don't think I would be what the majority of SDSU's GREEK life clubs are ...


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Arms dealer with dual citizenship arrested in Athens – Main supplier of Hezbollah?

Greek police have arrested a foreign national with dual citizenship over allegations of being an arms dealer. According to Greek media, the 49-year-old man was about “to strike a deal about for the purchase of a large amount of weapons” when authorities intervene in Aspropyrgos area on Western Attica. “the […]


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Greece, Cyprus, Egypt to speed up talks over sea ...

Greece, Egypt and Cyprus agreed onWednesday to speed up talks to demarcate sea boundaries in theEastern Mediterranean as part of efforts to turn the region ...


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National Bank of GREECE (ADR): Why The 2016 Budget Is Not Viable

GREECE'S 2016 budget sheds light on several troubled areas in the country's economy. For one, the head of GREECE'S privatization agency declared ...


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Creditors Give GREECE List of Prior Actions to be Completed by Friday

Tsakalotos_Stathakis GREECE'S creditors gave Athens a list of 13 prior actions that must be legislated by December 15 in order to unlock 1 billion euros ...


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And Time's 2015 Person Of The Year Is...

Time's 2015 person of the year is German Chancellor Angela Merkel.  "In a year where world leaders were tested, no one was tested the way she was," explained Time Editor-in-Chief Nancy Gibbs on NBC's "Today." Merkel managed the economic collapse in Greece this summer, and has been at the forefront of handling Europe's massive refugee influx this fall along with the "return of terrorism" in Europe, Gibbs said. "She has stepped up in a way that was uncharacteristic," Gibbs added, given her history of leading from behind.   "Merkel brandished a different set of values -- humanity, generosity, tolerance -- to demonstrate how Germany’s great strength could be used to save, rather than destroy," Gibbs wrote in Time's cover story. Germany is poised to accept up to one million refugees by the end of 2015. France, in comparison, is taking in 30,000 over the next two years.  She is the first female POTY in 29 years. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, made it to Time's number two spot. "This year, he went from building a regional power to building a transnational terrorist franchise. He poses such a significant challenge," Gibbs noted. "We have named great villains in the past, but in his case this is a year in which he has lost ground -- literally --  and his power is part opportunism. He has taken great advantage." Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was Time's third runner-up. "All year long he has been saying things that were disqualifying," Gibbs said. Time has never named a presidential candidate as POTY. Others included on Time's shortlist are Black Lives Matter activists, Caitlyn Jenner, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. _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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