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Friday, May 27, 2016

Greeks’ Putin-Cult & the legend “The Blond Race will save Greece”

On the occasion of the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Greece, I feel I have to tell you the story about the legend of the “Blond Nation” that will save Greece. The legend has its origins in the 400 years of Ottoman occupation of Greece and the wars […]


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Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General-Composite down 1.51%

Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the …


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Even though TAP is realized, Greece and Italy need Russian gas – Novak

… said.   Novak also noted that Greece and Italy need Russian gas …


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Greece, UNHCR deplores conditions at new sites

… ; at various sites in northern Greece where refugees and migrants were … Idomeni. "We urge the Greek authorities, with the financial support …


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Greek archaeologist believes he unearthed Aristotle’s ancient tomb: ‘As certain as one can be’

… , Greece — A Greek archaeologist who has been leading a 20-year excavation in northern Greece … a conference in Thessaloniki, Greece, commemorating the 2,400th … another part of northern Greece, Amphipolis, in 2014 led …


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Greece refugee camp conditions worry UN

… refugees were recently evacuated in Greece. Melissa Fleming, the spokeswoman for … at several sites in northern Greece where refugees and migrants were … at Idomeni, and urges the Greek authorities, with the financial support …


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Refugees, Migrants Living in Abysmal, Sub-Standard Conditions in Greece

… migrants are living in northern Greece and is urging the government … the Greek border with Macedonia, to several other sites in northern Greece … UNHCR is calling on the Greek government to immediately identify and …


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What can Putin bring to Greece?

What can Putin bring to Greece? Arkadelphia Siftings Herald - Arkadelphia … What can Putin bring to Greece? Arkadelphia Siftings Herald - Arkadelphia …


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Putin Begins Visit To Greece

… Vladimir Putin has arrived in Greece on his first visit to …


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Putin Arrives In Greece On First Visit To EU This Year

… of Mount Athos in northern Greece, one of Orthodox Christianity… Moscow, who arrived in northern Greece on May 27. Before arriving … . In an article in the Greek daily Kathimerini on May 26, Putin …


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UN urges Greece to improve conditions for transferred refugees

GENEVA: Refugees removed from a makeshift Greek camp near the Macedonian border have been taken to sites with "sub-standard conditions" in derelict buildings with insufficient food, water, toilets and showers, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.


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Putin vows Russian retaliation over U.S. missile shield

[Russian President Putin meets with his Greek counterpart Pavlopoulos at the Presidental Mansion in Athens]Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Moscow had no choice but to retaliate over the U.S. missile shield in Europe, and warned that both Romania and Poland could find themselves in Russia's sights. Some elements of the U.S. missile shield, which Putin said was a direct threat to Russia's security, are being installed in Poland, and some in Romania. "If yesterday in those areas of Romania people simply did not know what it means to be in the cross-hairs, then today we will be forced to carry out certain measures to ensure our security," Putin said at a joint news conference in Athens with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.


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Putin says Crimea's status as part of Russia not up for discussion

ATHENS (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he would not entertain any discussions about the status of Crimea, the Ukrainian region which Moscow annexed. "As far as Crimea is concerned, we consider this question is closed forever," Putin said at a joint news conference in Athens with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. "Russia will not conduct any discussions with anyone on this subject." (Reporting by Denis Dyomkin; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Andrew Heavens)


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Greek Toy Retailer Has Been Outpacing the Greek Economy

Jumbo SA (JUMSF, JUMSY) is a Greek retailer focusing on toys and other products. Sales and earnings growth have been fantastic, and the stock is reasonably priced. Jumbo has 136 million shares and trades at a market cap of €1.6 billion ($1.77 billion).


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Putin in Greek trip as EU sanctions talks loom

Athens: Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Greece on Friday aiming to reinforce a relationship with one of his few friends in the EU amid continuing diplomatic tensions with the West. The visit, Putin's first to the EU since December, comes at a low ...


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Putin eyes privatization deals during visit to Greece

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- On his first trip to a European Union country this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Greece Friday to visit a secluded Christian Orthodox monastic sanctuary and eye energy and privatization deals in the cash-strapped ...


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Greece says sanctions against Russia not productive

[Greek PM Tsipras welcomes Russian President Putin at the Maximos Mansion in Athens]Western sanctions against Russia are not productive, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday, weeks before the European Union is on track to renew them. The EU slapped sanctions on Russia after Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014. "We have repeatedly said that ... the vicious circle of militarization, of Cold War rhetoric and of sanctions is not productive," Tsipras told reporters during a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Greece.


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What's next for thousands of migrants evacuating this GREEK refugee camp?

Migrants carry their belongings as they leave from a makeshift camp during a police operation at the GREEK-Macedonian border near the northern ...


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With help of Europol, GREEK police crack fraud and smuggling ring

The GREEK Police on Friday announced the arrested the arrest of three foreign nationals believed to have played a leading role in the operation of a ...


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GREEK Finance Minister Supports Aegean Islands Taxation Reform

GREEK Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said that the way to help people who had material problems on the Aegean islands was not via VAT, but via ...


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Brooklyn, MBFGW 2 celebrate Irish, GREEK ethnic experiences

They are Brooklyn, which is naturally all about the Irish, and My Big Fat GREEK Wedding 2, whose ethnic association is obvious. Brooklyn is a lovely ...


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Parking, traffic restrictions for GREEK Festival

The 2016 GREEK Festival will be held at the Holy Trinity Cathedral complex at 1200 Robert E. Lee Blvd. from Friday, May 27 through Sunday, May 29, ...


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Russia-EU War of Sanctions Hurts Moscow-Athens Cooperation

GREEK Prime Minister stated that EU sanctions against Russia and Moscow's reciprocal restrictions against EU countries affect cooperation between ...


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80 Migrants Taken to Hospital From GREEK Detention Camp With Food Poisoning

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — GREEK authorities took to hospital 80 migrants from migration center at the port of Piraeus with symptoms of food poisoning, ...


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Russian President Putin, GREEK PM Tsipras Hold Joint Press Conference

Russian President Putin, GREEK PM Tsipras Give Joint Press Conference (VIDEO). Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with visiting ...


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Lagarde remote control makes Europeans doubt IMF role in GREEK deal

BRUSSELS Another sleepless night in Brussels before another debt deal with Greece. So far, so routine in the euro zone crisis. But for once it was not ...


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Photos: GREEK Invaders Turned Away on Capitol Hill, Conquer National Geographic Museum for ...

Photos: GREEK Invaders Turned Away on Capitol Hill, Conquer National ... which opens June 1st, features more than 550 artifacts from various GREEK ...


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GREEK media upheaval hits Mega TV channel

The turnover of GREEK advertising firms fell from €1bn in 2007 to just €250m in 2014. And the turnover of the surviving private TV channels halved over ...


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GREEK Workers Detail The Biting Cost Of Austerity

The latest cuts have spurred protests on the streets of Athens and other GREEK cities, along with heated exchanges inside and outside the country's ...


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Europe Rolls Over on GREEK Debt (Again), With No Reforms

As Stratos Ramoglou writes at Business Insider, the root causes of the GREEK debt crisis were public spending on a “bloated and dysfunctional public ...


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Can GREECE shake off its political passivity?

The public mood in GREECE has gone through three stages since January 2015: optimism, agony, and passivity. The first stage, optimism, corresponds ...


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Putin arrives in GREECE with trade and energy deals on table

Russian President Vladimir Putin is again being courted by GREECE as the debt-hit country seeks growth opportunities. Talks with Greek leaders are ...


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Russian President Arrives In GREECE

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in GREECE on his first visit to the European Union this year amid continuing tensions over Moscow's ...


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Putin visits GREECE for energy, investment talks

(Sergei Karpukhin/Pool Photo via AP). Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and his foreign affairs adviser Yury Ushakov listen to Serbian Prime ...


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Russian Tourists Flock To GREECE After Turkey, Egypt Bans

Russia's strained relations with both Turkey and Egypt have sent tourists to GREECE for their getaways. The Russian Tour Operators Association said ...


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Putin visits GREECE for investment talks, religious trip

Russia's president is due in financially struggling GREECE Friday for a state visit that will include a trip to a 1,000-year-old, all-male Orthodox Christian ...


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GREECE continues to be punished by the EU

Nothing demonstrates the disaster that is the European Union more than the terrible crisis in GREECE. There and elsewhere, it's only getting worse, and ...


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UNHCR 'seriously concerned' about refugee camp conditions in GREECE

Last year, more than 1.1 million refugees entered Europe through Turkey and GREECE and then made their way through the Balkans to Germany and ...


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GREECE'S Pyrrhic victory

One has to pity GREECE'S battered citizenry, since this week's European finance ministers' deal to provide the country with a much-needed loan ...


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Andreatta: GREECE won't talk I-Square

If you want to give GREECE Supervisor Bill Reilich a piece of your mind about his role in the I-Square debacle, don't call Town Hall. You won't get him ...


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GREECE Is Kicking Another Can Down the Road

At a long anticipated meeting of euro-area finance ministers in Brussels this week, officials struck a preliminary deal with GREECE to ease the country's ...


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Police Dismantle International Human Trafficking Network in GREECE

An international human trafficking ring forging travel documents and trafficking migrants from GREECE to other European countries was dismantled in a ...


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GREECE'S debt deal is not a game-changer

On Wednesday, GREECE's creditors agreed to release more than €10bn in bailout money and to consider ways of restructuring the country's debt.


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Debt Restructuring Puts GREECE ETF in Focus

GREECE is hitting headlines lately with its debt-related talks. To the nation's relief, its creditors have agreed on an extensive deal to provide €10.3 billion ...


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So far 16 arrested in GREECE in connection with migrant trafficking ring

In collaboration with Europol, Greek police have uncovered two rings operating out of Athens, trafficking undocumented migrants into Northern Europe ...


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Putin's Visit to GREECE Celebrates Shared Moral Values, Strengthened Economic Ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited GREECE on Friday on his first visit to a European Union country this year. He arrived for his two-day visit, 1.5 ...


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Things to know about Mount Athos: 1,500 monks, no women

Christian Orthodox believers know Greece's heavily-forested northern peninsula of Mount Athos as the "Orchard of the Virgin Mary," but women have been strictly barred from entering it for more than a thousand years.


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Greek fest offers up a taste of Greek culture this weekend

You don't have to travel all the way to Greece to soak up a little Greek culture. The 43rd annual Greek Festival this weekend along Bayou St. John will allow you to do that without the need for a passport and a lot less money. The festival, located at the ...


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PwC Report: Greece’s High Tax Rates Not Reflected in Revenues

Greece’s tax system has very high taxation rates that fail to bring in proportionately high revenues, even though the “tax behavior” of its citizens is not significantly different from that of other Europeans, according to a PwC tax summary for May ...


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Donal Skehan: Eat like a GREEK and live to 100

'The island where people forget to die” is a tagline that was given to the tiny island of Ikaria in Greece by Dan Buettner in an article in the New York ...


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