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Monday, June 6, 2016

Prime Minister Tsipras Says End of Review to End Recessionary Cycle

The conclusion of the review of Greece’s program will end the great recessionary cycle of recent years and open up a new chapter for the country, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Monday, at the inauguration of the Posidonia 2016 shipping exhibition in Athens. Tsipras said the agreement on Greece’s debt will finally and permanently


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Hospital Staff to Protest Against Health Policies on June 8

Protests are planned at public hospitals around Greece on Wednesday, June 8. In Athens, medical staff will rally outside the Ministry of Health at 11 am (local time). The Panhellenic Federation of Public Hospital Employees (POEDIN) states that lives are endangered by the catastrophic state policies. Specifically, the federation notes that 50 intensive care units


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Antetokounmpo Brothers to Participate with Greek National Team in FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Yannis Antetokounmpo will be among the Greek National Basketball Team‘s basic players, along with his borther Thanasis Antetokounmpo, for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Torino. Fotus Katsikaris, the team’s coach, announced the 16 players who ...


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Playboy mansion sold to billionaire Hostess owner who lives next door

Daren Metropoulos plans to conjoin his property with Hugh Hefner’s infamous home, which was purchased for about $200m, a spokesman confirmed The 32-year-old billionaire owner of Twinkies has added the Playboy mansion in Los Angeles to his collection. Daren Metropoulos, the son of Greek American billionaire and private equity tycoon C Dean Metropoulos, has bought the infamous home of celebrity pornographer Hugh Hefner for about $200m. He currently lives in a $18m mansion next door and plans join the two properties together to create a 7.3 acre compound. Continue reading...


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Irvington High School Students Take High Honors on National Greek Exam

IRVINGTON, NY - Thirteen students at Irvington High School who took the National Greek Exam, which is the only standardized exam on ancient Greek in the country, received awards for their high scores. The competitive exam was administered in two ...


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Greek Reactions to Hagia Sophia’s Islamization Reach EU Parliament

The Greek government has reacted against the decision to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque for the 30 days of ramazan. The Greek Foreign Ministry issued a statement: “We condemn as regressive the Turkish authorities’ announcement of the scheduling of a ...


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What if Greece got massive debt relief but no one admitted it? (Part 1.5)

After years of failed attempts to stabilise the Greek economy, the Greek government finally got debt relief in 2012. As we explained in our previous post, interest payments fell by more than half between 2011 and 2013. Since the 2012 modifications, Greece ...


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EWG Gives Greece 24-Hour Deadline to Comply with Bailout Actions

The Euro Working Group (EWG) meeting on Monday gave the green light for the disbursement of a 7.5-billion-euro bailout tranche to Greece provided that loose ends are tied up by Tuesday. The decision, based on a compliance report compiled by Greece’s ...


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Nathan's set to Burns GREEK rivals

AIMING UP: Socceroo Nathan Burns takes a shot at goal during the international friendly match between Australia and Greece at ANZ Stadium on ...


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Denver GREEK Festival cooking already underway

DENVER - The yia yias are in full swing over at the GREEK Orthodox Cathedral of Denver, hand-making and preparing food for the 51st annual Denver ...


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The origins of European farming revealed: Genetic data shows people from GREECE and Turkey ...

The team studied DNA sequences from five individuals found at early agricultural sites in northwestern Turkey and northern GREECE. Pictured here is a ...


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First farmers in Europe were migrants from Aegean Neolithic civilisation in GREECE and Turkey

Ancient DNA data reveals a direct genetic link between European farmers and those of GREECE and Anatolia. The study, published in PNAS, focuses ...


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Tsipras opens Posidonia with a promise to revive GREECE'S maritime industry

Shipping, Tsipras continued, today finds itself at the centre of the fundamental changes affecting the world economy, which presents GREECE with an ...


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Greece: Halt the Return of Asylum-Seekers and Refugees to Turkey (UA 135/16)

Two Syrian refugees are the first at risk of being forcibly returned to Turkey under the illegal EU-Turkey deal, after their asylum applications were dismissed by the Greek authorities. They are currently in police custody in the Greek island of Lesvos and ...


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Leaders of European Liberals: Lithuania shouldn't pay for Greek social security

The European Union should strongly demand that Greece undertakes reforms, as Lithuanians cannot be put under the burden of paying for the social......


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Stone Age Aegean Sea migrants brought agriculture to Europe

[This undated picture provided by the Paliambela Excavation Project Archive, shows a human burial from the archaeological site of Paliambela in northern Greece. Stone Age people from the Aegean region moved into central and southern Europe some 8,000 years ago and introduced agriculture to a continent still dominated at the time by hunter-gatherers, scientists say. The findings were published Monday June 6, 2016 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. (K. Kotsakis, P. Halstead/Paliambela Excavation Project Archive via AP)]BERLIN (AP) — Stone Age people from the Aegean Sea region moved into central and southern Europe some 8,000 years ago and introduced agriculture to a continent still dominated at the time by hunter-gatherers, scientists say.


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Farming was spread into and across Europe by people originating in modern-day Greece and Western Turkey

… an archaeological excavation in northern Greece, from where one neolithic genome … from Democritus University of Thrace, Greece,, who initiated the study as … be traced directly back to Greece and northwestern Anatolia. "There …


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GREEK FinMin offers tax protection for investors

“If a GREEK government raises taxation, they will be protected. But if taxation goes down, they will enjoy the same favorable treatment that will apply to ...


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Teaching the GREEKS and Critical Thinking

I wanted to explain how Western civilization began to think about moral behavior since the GREEKS, specifically with Plato and his famous theory of the ...


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Sifnos- Beaches & the Birthplace of Tselementes

Sifnos, one of the islands in the Cyclades chain, is a lovely spot to visit for a classic Greek island experience. The sandy beaches, natural beauty, and tasty local delicacies will guarantee an unforgettable vacation. Some of the not to be missed beaches include Kamáres, the port of the island, offering a sandy beach with


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VP Dombrovskis at the EP Financial Assistance Working Group on the Greek Programme

Thank you Mr President, Honourable Members, As Mr Gualtieri just said, two weeks ago the Eurogroup reached an agreement on Greece setting out the path towards a significant disbursement and also identifying a package of debt measures. This agreement was ...


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EU sees progress on Greek reform, '95 percent' of work done to unlock funds

[European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Moscovici speaks during a news conference after a meeting in Brussels]The European Commission is confident that Greece will conclude the reforms needed to unlock bailout funds before next week's meeting of euro zone finance ministers, top officials said on Monday. Some changes have to be made in the coming hours," Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici told EU lawmakers in Strasbourg. "I am confident Athens will use the time before the Eurogroup to finalise the limited issues that are still open," Moscovici added, saying that a disbursement of a first tranche of 7.5 billion euros could be decided as early as next week and be made this month.


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Macedonian president revokes pardons in wiretap scandal

[Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov shake hands with Croatian and Slovenian police officers deployed at Macedonian south border with Greece in Gevgelija]President Gjorge Ivanov on Monday revoked pardons he had granted to 34 officials implicated in a wire-tapping scandal that has thrown Macedonia into political turmoil, meeting demands from the opposition, the European Union and the United States. In an EU-brokered deal last year, Macedonia's political parties agreed to hold an early election and that a special prosecutor should investigate allegations that former prime minister Nikola Gruevski and his close allies authorised eavesdropping on more than 20,000 people. Ivanov's decision in April to pardon 56 officials prosecuted over their involvement in the scandal drew nationwide protests that led to the cancellation of an election set for June 5.


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Sunset at the Villa Thalia, National Theatre, review: 'Downton Abbey star in tale of GREEK political ...

A new play about GREEK political turmoil should feel thoroughly topical, but Alexi Kaye Campbell both illuminates and regrettably sidesteps the current ...


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GREEK-Bulgarian reverse gas flow plan expected by winter

Sources within private GREEK companies suggested the delay was coming from Bulgaria and was affected by its dealings with Russian supplier ...


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EconomyGreek government arrears hit €6.7bn in 2016

In another sign of the perilous state of Greece's public finances, Athens' government arrears have hit €6.69bn this year, according to the country's ...


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GREEK Jeweler Zolotas Targets Expansion With Paris Boutique

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Despite tensions, GREECE, Albania agree to road map

GREECE and Albania agreed on Monday to create a road map to resolve all outstanding issues dividing the two neighboring countries. The agreement ...


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Tourism Minister: Bulgarian beaches better than Greece’s

Greece has its troubles – economic woes and the refugee crisis among them – and now insult has been added to injury by Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister offering her arguments as to why she thinks her country’s beaches are better than those of the ...


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16 pictures that prove Amal Clooney is a complete boss

[george clooney amal alamuddin]Andrew Goodman/Getty Image After almost two years of marriage Amal Alamuddin Clooney and husband George Clooney are still going strong. Clooney (and the world) fell in love with Alamuddin Clooney three short years ago and her fashion, intellect, and travels continue to amaze. One thing is for sure — Alamuddin Clooney is impeccable. Whether she's outshining her husband on the red carpet or representing Armenia in a human rights court over the Armenian Genocide, she is a complete boss. AMAL ALAMUDDIN CLOONEY MAY HAVE MADE HEADLINES FOR LANDING NOTORIOUS BACHELOR GEORGE CLOONEY, BUT SHE'S A TRUE STAR IN HER OWN RIGHT. A NOTED HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER, SHE HAS REPRESENTED EVERYONE FROM FORMER UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER YULIA TYMOSHENKO TO THE COUNTRY OF ARMENIA IN ITS FIGHT FOR RECOGNITION OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. HERE, SHE SPEAKS AT A TRAINING SESSION FOR LAWYERS IN BAHRAIN. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed IN 2011, SHE REPRESENTED WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE DURING HIS EXTRADITION CASE AGAINST SWEDEN. THAT'S HER ON THE FAR RIGHT, LEAVING BRITAIN'S HIGH COURT WITH HER CLIENT. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett IN 2014 AND 2015 SHE ADVISED THE GREEK GOVERNMENT IN ITS BATTLE TO REPATRIATE THE ANCIENT ELGIN MARBLES STATUES FROM GREAT BRITAIN. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDER


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Greek Ferry Owners Look West to Gibdock

Greek ferry owners are stressing the importance of high quality, reliable ship repair partners in the Western Med in the first half of 2016, according to ship repair yard Gibdock who says it has received two first time ship visits emphasizing the Gibraltar ...


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Greece’s new development law: 12 fixed tax rate for €20mn investment creating 2 work places

Someone has to explain this to me how is it possible to invest with almost no capital and get awarded. Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis presented today Greece’s new development law 2016-2020. He said nice things about how debt-ridden and liquidity-short economy would grow. A key pillar of the new development […]


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Greece investigates Islamic State following opiate haul

Greece investigates Islamic State following opiate … , 2016 at 2:57 PM Greece investigates Islamic State following opiate …


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GREECE shipwreck survivors arrive in Egypt

Thirty-one migrants who survived when their boat sank off Crete last week arrived in Egypt on Monday along with the bodies of nine people who died, ...


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Over 300 migrants and refuges rescued in Greek shores

The bodies of over 100 migrants who attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea washed up on a Libyan beach after their boat capsized, officials said Friday. The bodies were pulled from the water near western Libya. "The toll is expected to rise since an ...


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Giannis Antetokounmpo reportedly unlikely to play for Greece

The Bucks are in the process of converting Antetokounmpo to point guard, and despite his desire to play for the national team, Milwaukee is pushing for him to devote his focus to the role change. He ranked 52nd in the NBA with a 2.9 nERD this season, and ...


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Greece offers investors 12 years of no tax increases

Greece is offering big investors more than a decade of no increases in their taxes, in an effort to promote entrepreneurship in a country struggling to return to growth after almost seven years of recession. Greece has been imposing austerity, as part of ...


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How did potato salad get in the middle of Tarpon Springs' Greek salad? Opinions vary

It's lurking there at the center, biding its time. You're happy-go-lucky, chatting with tablemates, eating a tomato, then a cucumber and a little flurry of feta cheese. Your fork hits something yielding. You peer down, scooting lettuce leaves and ...


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How to have weekend fun? It's Greek to Annapolis

Local crowds flocked to enjoy Greek culture last weekend at the Annapolis Greek Festival at Ss Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Annapolis. The annual event included food, dance performances, music, a tour of the church and other activities.


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Greek Peak expands downhill mountain-biking operation

VIRGIL, N.Y. — Greek Peak Mountain Resort has added two downhill trails to its downhill mountain-bike operation. Greek Peak started the division in 2015 with what it described as a “soft launch” involving three trails. The venue is also incorporating ...


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Mena Suvari flashes her bra in sheer blouse and slashed jacket at LA GREEK Film Festival

The American Beauty actress, who is part GREEK and was hosting the festival's closing night ceremony that evening, teamed the look with a pair of ...


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Microbes Built ancient underwater 'lost city' found off GREEK Shores: Research

The site was investigated by GREEK authorities who found no proof to support the claim that this was an ancient city port that was lost to the sea.


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Wizard Needs Food Badly: GREEK Cuisine At Acropolis Grill

Lionel and I were in the mood for something different, so we decided to try out Acropolis Grill in Hamilton Place. The last time we'd had GREEK food was ...


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Ex-Newcastle midfielder takes manager job in GREECE

Former Newcastle midfielder Temuri Ketsbaia has returned to AEK Athens to take over as manager. The 48-year-old Georgian, who spent three years ...


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GREECE Ranks 4th in Corruption Among Developed Nations

diafthora-lefta-tsepi-aftodioikisi-650x488 GREECE ranks fourth on the list of most corrupt developed nations in a study conducted by Business Insider ...


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GREECE offers no increase in taxes to attract big investments

To reach 2009 levels of fixed capital formation, GREECE would need to invest at least 79 billion euros ($90 billion). That is more than it can afford, the ...


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Ancient Greek and Roman History: Lessons for Northern Ireland society

Recent comments by Queen’s University Belfast Vice Chancellor Patrick Johnston about the possible value of studying ancient history have sparked a fascinating debate about the relevance of historical scholarship for addressing issues in contemporary ...


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New Greek IDs Aim to Bypass Bureaucracy

The old “blue” Greek IDs will be replaced by the new advanced ID cards, which will be launched in 2017, and will include several personal data that aim to bypass bureaucracy and also the reduce the possibility of forging. The new IDs will contain a microchip among other biometric information which cannot be copied or


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Greece seizes 26 million opioid tablets, investigates Islamic State link

PanARMENIAN.Net - Greek authorities are investigating a possible Islamic State link behind the discovery of a huge quantity of synthetic opiates destined for Libya, Reuters reports. The Narcotics and Arms Division of Greece's Financial Crimes Unit (SDOE ...


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It's all GREEK to me at festival in SLO

Kids belonging to the St. Andrew GREEK Orthodox Church children's dance group perform, from left (clockwise), Tibi Stankulescu, 14; Alex Prodanov, ...


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