SIU Debate team competes in GREECE .... "GREECE was an eye-opening experience since I've never been out of the country and the World's Debate ...
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How the world sees Greece
Monday, January 11, 2016
Police in Greece Look for Man Who Robbed Wegmans Cashier at Knife Point
GREECE, N.Y. -- Police in Greece released a photo of a man alleged to have pulled a knife on a Wegmans cashier. The man entered the supermarket in the Ridgemont Plaza on West Ridge Road around 12:30 a.m. Monday, according to the Greece Police Department.
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3 Outcomes For Greece As Election Threatens Coalition
An unexpected result in the center-right New Democracy party election in Greece signals that the current coalition government has staying power, according to Eurasia Group. 1) it will increase polarisation between ND and [the governing, leftist] Syriza ...
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Helsinki satisfied with progress of GREEK reforms
Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is on a whistle-stop tour of eurozone capitals to promote Greece's progress in its fiscal adjustment and the social ...
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A Glimpse Into The Syrian Refugee Crisis Through Virtual Reality
_This interview originally appeared in Huffington Post's Must Reads newsletter. If you'd like to receive the newsletter, please sign up._ The Huffington Post and RYOT News published "The Crossing," a series of short films -- hosted by Susan Sarandon and directed by RYOT's Tyson Sadler -- about refugees in Lesbos, Greece. Sadler used virtual reality to bring the audience closer to the action. Viewers can use virtual-reality goggles or simply swipe their fingers across their phones to look up, down and around, the vastness of the Mediterranean behind and the craggy island shore in front, and see that there are no signs to tell a refugee where to go. We sat down with Sadler to find out what it’s like to shoot with a VR camera -- and how VR is changing storytelling. WHY USE VR TO TELL THIS STORY? Tyson Sadler: VR provides a combination of storytelling and technology. As a storyteller, I am always asking, “How can we bring the viewer closer into the story?” When there are events like the refugee crisis, it’s hard to put into words what exactly is being seen and felt. VR captures emotion and feeling. You are standing there on a beach and you look out on the water and at any given time you can spot 12 different refugee boats and they all have 50 or 60 people. You can hear screams off the water. Sometimes there are volunteers and it's happening in front and behind and there is emotion and fear. VR really captures those feelings. WHAT WERE THE CHALLENGES WITH THIS PROJECT? Tyson Sadler: Some of the action goes quickly. You have a boat coming into shore and think it will be landing in one place and then it coasts away from where you thought it would go. You're often running with gear just to capture a good vantage point and plant that tripod. HOW DO YOU SET UP A SHOT WITH VR? Tyson Sadler: There is no frame in VR. The shot you’re taking is above, below, and around. The frame is removed. You're not just thinking what fits in a 16 by 9 window, but you are thinking about what's behind and in front of you. WHAT KIND OF REACTION HAVE YOU GOTTEN FROM THE STORY? Tyson Sadler: Some people have watched “The Crossing” and immediately wanted to get involved, whether it is time or money or even knitting scarves for refugees. But there have been several instances where we have shown the film to people and they take off the goggles and they're literally in tears. Maybe because they didn't understand the gravity and scope of what was going on. But in an immersive environment they were able to do that. And for me that is a positive sign that we are doing our jobs. That people are emotionally moved by it and that results in them wanting to act. WHAT DO VIEWERS SEE THAT THEY WOULDN'T SEE IN A MORE TRADITIONAL PHOTOS AND TEXT, OR 2-D VIDEO STORY? Tyson Sadler: They’re right there with the refugees. They’re so much closer to the action. They see families. These meet refugees who are university educated. They are engineers and doctors and computer analysts. These refugees are people who had the same jobs as us. They took vacations. These people could be us. They want stability. They want their children to be educated. They want to go to the movies or have dinner at a restaurant with a friend. They want to make a life for themselves. They want what we want. Want to learn more? Read and watch "The Crossing," hosted by Susan Sarandon. > HuffPost Must Reads is a weekly newsletter featuring the best > original reporting, longform writing, and breaking news from the > Huffington Post and around the web, plus behind-the-scenes looks at > how it’s all made. We go under the hood. How’d that great lede > come to be? Why did the writer take that unexpected angle? How hard > was it to get that source on the record? We'll tell you. > > Please tell us what you think. We'll read your emails and sometimes > feature them in the newsletter. We even care about your tweets: > we’re using Nuzzel to track what our Twitter followers are reading > and sharing. If you follow us on Twitter, we’ll follow you back > and include your account in our calculations of what to share with > subscribers. > > If you'd like to receive this newsletter, please sign up! -- 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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Kyriakos Mitsotakis Presents An Alternative Solution In GREECE
Every obstacle leads to something positive! This Greek saying has been proven true-- at least for Kyriakos Mitsotakis. If November's election had not ...
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National Bank Of GREECE: My 2016 Outlook
National Bank of GREECE had a rough 2015 involving poor economic conditions and a highly dilutive recapitalization. Significant challenges still exist ...
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NSS Drama Troupe presents GREECE: A Mythological Rock & Roll Musical
GREECE is the word… as the North Stratfield School Drama Troupe presents its ninth annual musical production, GREECE: A Mythological Rock & Roll ...
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Wonkblog: Chobani’s controversial new ad campaign
Last week, Chobani aired a cheeky new television spot that pits Simply 100, the Greek yogurt maker's new low-calorie offering, against the competition. The commercial opens with a woman lounging on a poolside chair. She reaches for a cup of Dannon Greek yogurt, reads its ingredients, and then promptly throws it into the garbage. In the background, the voice of a narrator calmly explains what's going on: "Dannon Light & Fit Greek actually uses artificial sweeteners like sucralose. Sucralose—why? That stuff has chlorine in it."Read full article >>
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‘Lagarde List’ Scandal Takes a New Twist
Years after the tax fraud scandal with the Swiss bank accounts known as the “Lagarde list” ignited public indignation in poverty-stricken and financially bankrupt Greece, the matter has taken a new twist as the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany has handed thousands of data sets on accounts of Greeks in Switzerland to the
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Greek challenge looms
ATHENS - Greek conservatives elected Kyriakos Mitsotakis as their new leader, hoping he can revive their fortunes and challenge Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, still popular despite opting for austerity. The conservative New Democracy party seeks to recover ...
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GREECE PD seek man after Wegmans robbed at knifepoint
GREECE Police said around 12:30 a.m., a man walked into the Wegmans store in Ridgemont Plaza on W. Ridge Road and approached a cashier.
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Deputy FM Amanatidis meets with the Venezuelan Ambassador to Greece, Farid Fernandez
Deputy Foreign Minister Ioannis Amanatidis met at the Foreign Ministry today, Monday, 11 January 2016, with the Venezuelan Ambassador to Greece, Farid Fernandez.During the discussion, which took place in a friendly atmosphere, a convergence of views was ascertained with regard to the positive dynamic that has been gained in Greek-Venezuelan bilateral relations, particularly in the past year, and shared will was reaffirmed for the further deepening of those relations and the practical manifestation of the progress made in a number of sectors of mutual interest, with emphasis on the sectors of education and culture, within Mr. Amanatidis portfolio.
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Deputy FM Amanatidis meets with the Belgian Ambassador to Greece, Luc Liebaut
Deputy Foreign Minister Ioannis Amanatidis met at the Foreign Ministry today, Monday, 11 January 2016, with the Belgian Ambassador to Greece, Luc Liebaut.The meeting took place in an excellent atmosphere, with both sides reaffirming the exceptional level of bilateral relations. The discussion centered mainly on current developments, while the Belgian Ambassador praised the role of Belgium’s Greek community in developing bilateral relations and recognized the significant progress our country has achieved in implementing the reforms.
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News24.com
… want to be — financially wrecked Greece. Ayman Daher, 29, from Lebanon … 38 000 people unaccounted for. Greek Immigration Minister Ioannis Mouzalas… several hundred currently interned in Greece. About 20 000 were repatriated …
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Popular Watertown Greek Restaurant Closes
A popular Greek restaurant in Watertown has closed its doors. The Aegean Restaurant is out of business after more than 15 years pleasing diners with its international cuisine, Wicked Local is reporting. “Unfortunately after 15 great years in the terrific ...
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GREEK conservatives bank on unlikely lad
For almost a decade Kyriakos Mitsotakis languished on the backbenches of the GREEK parliament, sidelined by his own conservative New Democracy ...
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Yeni Camii
After the Greco-Turkish war of 1919-22 and the Treaty of Lausanne, the Dönmeh along with the other Muslims living in GREECE were "exchanged" with ...
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WATCH: Freighter Hits Famous Old Evripos Bridge in GREECE
Some spectator video shows the Greek freight Olga M bang its way through the old Evripos Bridge in Chalcis, GREECE. According to reports, neither the ...
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All five extradition requests from Italy were rejected by Greek courts
Athens, January 11, 2016/ Independent Balkan News Agency By Olga Mavrou In the last 5 days, three courts (the same court, the Council of Appeals, but with different composition for each ruling) decided against the extradition of Greek citizens that were accused by Italian authorities for damages and looting during a demonstration in May 2015 […]
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Finance Ministry started asking for taxes from the Borjans list
Athens, January 11, 2016/ Independent Balkan News Agency By Olga Mavrou Citizens that are referred in the Borjans list (of 10.000 Greek citizens with significant bank accounts abroad) already started receiving notifications from the Finance Ministry to specify how they ended up with huge amounts in banks abroad when according to their tax returns, they […]
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Tomorrow will be made known who gets OLP
Athens, January 11, 2016/Independent Balkan News Agency By Olga Mavrou Greek authorities will open tomorrow the financial offers for the 67% of Piraeus Port Organization (Organismos Limena Peiraia). The HRADF (Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund) has not published the number of binding offers submitted, but according to sources there was only one –be the Chinese COSCO. The buyer among other things, […]
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Greece: Easy Entry, but Hard Exit
ATHENS — Dreams rarely come true, at least not for long. For a few incredible months, the prospect of a better life in Europe seemed within grasp, attracting a wave of more than 1 million migrants from the war-torn, poverty-stricken Middle East and Africa. To get there, they risked their lives at sea and parted […] The post Greece: Easy Entry, but Hard Exit appeared first on The National Herald.
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Yogurt firm has 'risen from the ashes' and doubled production after fire
GREEK yogurt manufacturer Kri-Kri has 'risen from the ashes' after a Christmas Eve fire two years' ago and doubled production capacity, rebuilding a ...
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Kyriakos Mitsotakis, son of former PM, elected as head of GREEK opposition party
The son of former GREEK Prime Minister, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Kyriakos elected as the new President of the GREEK right-centre opposition party, ...
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Two popular St. Matthews restaurants are destroyed by fire
SuperChefs restaurant and Chef Maria's GREEK Deli in St. Matthews were destroyed in a two-alarm fire early Sunday morning. More than 55 firefighters ...
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GREEK judges rule that fifth of five students should not be tried in Italy
A council of appeals court judges ruled on Monday that the fifth of five GREEK students wanted in Italy in connection to alleged rioting in the neighboring ...
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WWF Slams GREEK Defense Minister Over Dead Shark Photo
kammenos GREEK Defense Minister Panos Kammenos is under attack by the GREEK branch of WWF after posting a photo with a dead shark on social ...
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SYRIZA Govt Vexed by New Democracy Leadership Election Outcome
The election of free-market reformer Kyriakos Mitsotakis as leader of Greece’s main opposition New Democracy has spread joy to those who see him as Prime Minister material but, inexplicably enough, has generated irritant responses on the part of the governing SYRIZA party as if the intent is to validate the belief of New Democracy supporters about their
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GREECE is moving in good direction, Finland's Stubb says
GREECE has made good progress on financial measures and reforms, Finland's finance minister Alexander Stubb said on Monday after meeting his ...
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Shortage of smaller bass, bream to push up prices
The importer quoted his week's bream prices from GREECE for the references 200-300gr, 300-400gr and 400-600gr at €5-€5.10 per kilogram, delivery ...
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Wearing the Veil in GREECE: How Greeks Are Reacting to the Influx of Refugees
GREECE, a country lately more famed for its seven years in deep recession than its historic past, has allegedly served as the entry point for one of the ...
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Turkey to Give More Syrian Refugees Permission to Work
Syrian refugees call for help as their boat sinks off the coast of Lesbos, GREECE after crossing the Aegean from Turkey, Oct. 30, 2015. | Photo: AFP.
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Meet 2016's worst economic performers, from Venezuela to GREECE
For the world's worst-performing economies, no good will come from New Year's resolutions to do better. For many, 2016 will only bring more ...
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Starbucks really struggles to spell Welsh names if these pictures are anything to go by
Rhys from Colwinston was renamed GREECE when he bought a drink in London. "I've about a dozen photos of "Rhys" being spelt incorrectly, including ...
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Finnish FinMin says GREECE is on the right path
HELSINKI, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- GREECE is now going in the right direction and new unpleasant surprises are not expected, said Finnish Finance Minister ...
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Unlock the Greek Soul at ‘Sergiani in Epirus’ Culture Events
Epirotes and Greek benefactors have organized 3 events in Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore to benefit 2016 Epirus. “Epirotes Sing for Epirus at the ‘Sergiani (Epirotan music and dance) for Epirus,'” explained Mr. Paul Kotrotsios, MBA, Founder ...
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Greece’s Tsipras to meet Davutoğlu in İzmir in February
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to meet with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu in Turkey's western İzmir province in early February, while a second meeting has been scheduled to be held in the Greek city of Simi at a later date.The two premiers are ...
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Alternate FM Xydakis meets with Netherlands Ambassador Caspar Veldkamp (Foreign Ministry, 11 ...
The Alternate Foreign Minister for European Affairs, Nikos Xydakis, met at the Foreign Ministry today with the Netherlands Ambassador to Greece, Caspar Veldkamp, ahead of his meeting tomorrow with the Dutch Foreign Minister.During the discussion, which took place in a friendly atmosphere, the collocutors focused on the presentation of the programme of the Netherlands Presidency, with particular emphasis on confronting the refugee/migration crisis and the need to find a European solution, with a strengthened relocation system. Reference was also made to Greece’s efforts towards economic recovery.
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Greek PM Tsipras Chairs Meeting on Social Security Reforms
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chaired a meeting on government work as well as the coordinated actions within the framework of the negotiations for social security reforms. The SYRIZA parliamentary group is scheduled to convene on Monday afternoon ...
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Greece and Cyprus at top of travel list in 2016
Prokopis Pavlopoulos will pay an official visit... The New Year is set to be a good travel year for Greece and Cyprus despite hardships, data from a survey conducted by UK online travel agency LoveHolidays showed on Monday. Specifically, LoveHolidays said ...
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Tourist Arrivals Up 8.6% Between January and September 2015
Tourist arrivals in Greece grew by 8.6% in the January-September period this year, Hellenic Statistical Authority said in a report on Monday. The statistics service, in a report based on a survey conducted by the Bank of Greece, said that arrivals from Europe — which accounted for the biggest part of arrivals (88.4%)– grew 7.9%,
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Greek restaurant Samos to open McHenry Row location
Samos is bringing its gyros to Locust Point. Greek restaurant Samos will open this spring in McHenry Row, the eatery's third location. Similar to its Canton location, the Samos Greek Island Grill in Locust Point will be a fast-casual spinoff of Samos ...
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Greece’s Proposal on Social Security Reforms Under Evaluation, EC Spokesman Schinas Says
Greece’s proposal on social security reforms received by the European Commission last week is under evaluation, EC spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Monday. “The evaluation of the proposal is underway. The institutions will further discuss the issue ...
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Since Macedonia closed borders to economic migrants, people find themselves stuck in Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Dreams rarely come true, at least not for long. For a few incredible months, the prospect of a better life in Europe seemed within grasp, attracting a wave of more than 1 million migrants from the war-torn, poverty-stricken Middle ...
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Turkey will offer Syrian refugees work permits to discourage them from migrating to Europe
[turkey syria refugees]Osman Orsal/Reuters ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey plans to offer Syrian refugees work permits in order to encourage fewer of them to migrate, Volkan Bozkir, Turkey's minister for European Affairs, said on Monday, amid EU pressure to reduce the flow of migrants. Bozkir was speaking after meeting European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans, who last week said the European Union was far from satisfied with Turkey's efforts to prevent migrants from crossing the Aegean Sea to Greece. "We are trying to reduce the pressure for illegal migration by giving Syrians in Turkey work permits," Bozkir told reporters after the meeting Timmermans in Ankara. Turkish authorities detained more than 150,000 illegal migrants in 2015, about 500 migrants daily, Bozkir also said. Turkey is the world's biggest host of refugees amid the greatest global movement of refugees ever recorded. More than 2.2 million Syrians have sought refuge in Turkey from the civil war, now in its sixth year. Another 200,000 Iraqi refugees also shelter there, and migrants from Iran, Afghanistan and Africa all use Turkey as a transit point to Europe. Turkey, which aspires to join the EU, struck a deal with the EU in November to prevent migrants from traveling to Europe in return for 3 billion euro ($3.3 billion) in cash, a deal on visas and renewed talks on joining the 28-nation bloc. The Turkish government has been weighing plans to make it easier for Syrians to earn a living, but it has been hampered by a domestic unemployment rate of about 10 percent as economic growth slows. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians and other foreigners work illegally for low wages, but only about 6,000 Syrians have been given work permits, according to the International Labor Organization, a United Nations agency. Currently, refugees under temporary protection can work within the refugee community in Turkey, for example as doctors or teachers in camps.
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Schedule of Alternate FM Xydakis’ upcoming meetings with his European counterparts
The Alternate Foreign Minister for European Affairs, Nikos Xydakis, will carry out a number of visits in the coming days to European capitals, where he will meet with his counterparts to brief them on Greece’s positions on matters of European interest, such as the migration/refugee crisis.The visits will be carried out in parallel and in collaboration with Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, who will be briefing his eurozone counterparts on the progress in the Greek programme.On Tuesday, 12 January, Mr. Xydakis will travel to Amsterdam, where he will meet with Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders.On Wednesday, 13 January, Mr. Xydakis will...
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Mitsotakis Pledges to Renew and Expand Greece’s Conservative Party
Kyriakos Mitsotakis pledged to renew and expand New Democracy upon officially taking over the presidency of Greece’s conservative party on Monday. With the final results coming out, Mitsotakis received 52.43 percent of the vote while Vangelis Meimarakis ...
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Sarantis group transfers the noxzema production to greece
… acquired the NOXZEMA business in Greece from Procter & Gamble, having … are highly recognizable in the Greek market possessing strong market shares … production facilities at Oinofoita in Greece. The total investment, which was …
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Greek market moves slightly higher
Athens Stock Exchange move slightly higher on Monday, with the basic share price index up 0.24 percent, standing at 587.39 points at 11.00 am and turnover at 4.15 million euros. The biggest gains were in Banks (+0.72 percent) and Financial Services (+0.69 ...
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