The Greek national football team traveled to Tallin to play Estonia for the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers after defeating Gibraltar (4-1) and Cyprus (2-0). In its third win, it beat Estonia 0-2. The first goal came early on in the game and was scored by ...
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Monday, October 10, 2016
Dr. Ashrawi welcomes Greek Consul General Christos Sofianopoulos to Palestine
PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi met with Greek Consul General Christos Sofianopoulos at the PLO Headquarters in Ramallah and welcomed him to Palestine. Dr. Ashrawi expressed her appreciation to Greece for its continued backing of Palestine ...
Greece: Improvement of business confidence index of tourism in September
According to the cyclical survey of the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE), this development is a result of the small improvement in expectations in all areas, but also a substantial rise in consumer confidence, which since March has ...
Greek Film Week travels for first time to Sao Paulo, Brazil
The festival, which will run until October 16, is organized by the Cinémathèque of Brazil in cooperation with the Greek Film Archive and the Greek Film Centre, under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Sao Paulo. Director Tassos Boulmetis ...
Greek Film Week Debuts in Sao Paulo
The Greek Film Week, to be held for the first time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, aims to highlight the course and the wealth of the Greek cinema since the 1930s. The festival, which will run until October 16, is organized by the Cinémathèque of Brazil in ...
Refugee children in Greece face protest on first day of school
Local parents lock the gate of one local primary school as refugee children arrive for their first day's education under a new programme.
Greek FinMin Pleased With Eurogroup Decision for Release of Half Tranche
Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said he’s pleased with the result of Monday’s Eurogroup as he spoke to the press after the meeting in Luxembourg. “There was a very good Eurogroup for Greece. It was unanimously decided that Greece had completed the 15 milestones so that we can proceed to the 1.1 billion [euro] disbursement,” Tsakalotos […]
Proxenos Program Offers Greek Consulate Services Online for Diaspora
Greeks living abroad are welcoming a new program that will allow filing for documents and official certificates from the Greek Consulate services online. The program known as Proxenos has kicked off in pilot mode in Australia. The aims of the Proxenos is ...
Greek Parliament Duel: Tsipras-Mitsotakis Lock Heads Over Corruption and Transparency
Sparks flew at the off-the-agenda Greek Parliament debate on corruption. Launching into the debate, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused the opposition party of berating his government and tripping it up as it was trying to clean up the mess.
GREECE secures partial bailout payout amid Germany doubts
Eurozone ministers on Monday unlocked 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) for GREECE from its huge third bailout after it delivered the necessary reforms, ...
Euro zone ministers delay sanctioning extra €1.7bn to GREECE
Euro zone finance ministers signed off on €1.1 billion of aid for GREECE on Monday but delayed sanctioning an additional €1.7 billion after divisions ...
Greece: new, but incomplete bailout tranche
Eurozone finance ministers have approved part of a new bailout tranche for Greece. They said Athens had made good progress in implementing reforms, but added that some measures agreed on needed more attention.
Greek private TV station employees protest against licenses tender
ATHENS, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of journalists, technicians and administration employees in Greek private TV stations held a symbolic rally outside the parliament and the prime minister's office on Monday, protesting against the licenses tender ...
Greece to host adult Halloween party
The town of Greece will host an adult Halloween party from 10:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Greece Community and Senior Center, 3 Vince Tofany Blvd., Rochester. The event will include food and music by George Hogan. Cost is $7 per person and may be ...
Arrivals by road to Greece rebound by 14% in September
An impressive increase of 14% was recorded in road arrivals to Greece during September, according to Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE Intelligence) data. The increase amounts to 200,000 more arrivals compared to September 2015 and reduces the losses in ...
IMF Clashes With Germany Over Greek Debt Deal
… relief to help kickstart the Greek economy, Germany should spend more … euros ($1.2 billion) to Greece, after Athens met 15 conditions … after the Eurogroup has assessed Greece's debt arrears payments …
Chaos on Chios: Ethnic Tensions Ignite Between Migrants on Greek Island
… . According to media reports in Greece, two Syrians have been detained … told Sputnik. A source at Greece's Citizens' Protection … to people smugglers, according to Greek newspaper Kathimerini.
Eurogroup Approves $1.2 Bln of 2nd Bailout Tranche to Greece, Praises Economic Reforms
… ) — Eurozone finance ministers have approved Greece's reforms and gave … Greece's debt issue dominated the agenda. The ministers welcomed Greece … remainder. On September 27, the Greek Parliament approved a reform bill …
Eurogroup Agrees on Next Disbursement in Greek Aid Program
… euros ($1.2 billion) to Greece, and signaled it will be … a meeting in Luxembourg Monday. Greece, in its third bailout since … for a possible restructuring of Greece’s debt, which the IMF …
Ephesus: Astounding Ancient Greek and Roman Ruins
Some of the best ancient Greek and Roman ruins aren’t in Greece or Rome at all. The Greco-Roman empire stretched across Europe, over western Asia, and into northern Africa, so I shouldn’t have been so surprised to arrive in western Turkey and learn ...
Greek Foreign Minister blasts European Commission over ‘Cham’ matter
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias blasted the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Johannes Hahn on the “non-existent” “Cham” issue, as Kotzias dubbed the matter raised by the Commissioner recently when commenting on the bilateral relations ...
Greece might get stiffed on of some of its bailout cash
(Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers gave Greece a positive review of its reforms on Monday but divided up the latest tranche of aid to Athens, disbursing a 1.1 billion euro loan but postponing its decision on a further 1.7 billion payout to later in ...
Eurogroup ministers back further bailout loans for Greece
EU finance ministers to release €2.8bn after Athens government carried out required reforms relating to privatising state assets, tax and pensions Greece is on track to receive €2.8bn (£2.5bn) from its eurozone creditors by the end of October ...
GREECE gets positive review but euro zone withholds part of new l...
LUXEMBOURG, Oct 10 Euro zone finance ministers gave GREECE a positive review of its reforms on Monday but divided up the latest tranche of aid to ...
Eurozone approves bailout payment to GREECE
Eurozone finance ministers say GREECE will be able to receive 2.8 billion euros in bailout loans after deciding that Athens had progressed sufficiently ...
Amy Adams transforms into a Greek Goddess while going braless in slashed toga-style gown as she wows at Arrival BFI premiere
And Amy Adams yet again pulled her sensational style out of the bag as she opted for Grecian glamour while joining co-star Jeremy Renner at the London premiere of Arrival at the British Film Festival on Monday night. The 42-year-old Drop Dead Gorgeous ...
Greece Gets Fresh Loan Payout as Euro Area Looks to Help on Debt
(Bloomberg) -- The euro area authorized a 1.1 billion-euro ($1.2 billion) payment to Greece and signaled a further 1.7 billion euros would follow this month, saying the region’s most indebted nation has made progress in overhauling its economy.
French Minister Sapin: Greece has made great efforts and is implementing reforms
Greece has made great efforts and is implementing the necessary reforms, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Monday as he arrived at the Eurogroup meeting in Luxembourg. “Greece is continuing its efforts and is implementing the reforms, many ...
Greece Clears Hurdle Toward Another Round of Bailout Aid
LUXEMBOURG—Greece has completed a set of key economic overhauls, eurozone finance ministers agreed Monday, marking the end of the first review of its fiscal bailout and clearing the way for disbursement of new loans to Athens. The ministers, who were ...
Car registrations up by 9.6% in Greece during September
The statistics service, in a monthly report, said that car registrations totaled 9,044 vehicles (new and used ones) in September from 8,249 in the same month last year, an increase of 9.6 pct). New car registrations totaled 5,014 in September from 5,509 ...
America's oldest shopping mall has been turned into beautiful micro-apartments - take a look inside
[Micro Lofts at The Arcade Providence Exterior Photo by Ben Jacobsen]Ben Jacobsen/Northeast Collaborative Architects Providence, Rhode Island has a hot new development in an elegant old building. When it was built 188 years ago, the Arcade Providence was America's first shopping mall, hosting 48 different boutiques. Now those shops have been transformed into 48 tiny apartments and a mix of businesses, including restaurants, a coffee shop, and a new hair salon. Redesigned by Northeast Collaborative Architects, the three-floor building boasts classical Greek architecture: columns, stone walls, and a large central atrium lit by skylights. The renovation converted the top two floors of stores into micro-apartments ranging from 225 to 275 square feet (and priced from $850 to $1,500 a month). For comparison, a standard one-car garage is about 200 square feet. "Our tenants only need to show up with two suitcases, and they are good to go," NCA Principal Michael Abbott tells Business Insider. [The Micro Lofts at The Arcade Loft interior Photo Credit Ben Jacobsen]Ben Jacobsen/Northeast Collaborative ArchitectsMicro-apartments have grown in popularity in an effort to accommodate the growing number of single people moving to cities. The number of Americans who live alone has risen steadily since the 1920s. In the past 90 years, single-person households have gone from 5% to 27% of the US total. At the Providence Arcade, each fully-furnished micro-space includes an elevated twin bed over a four-drawer dresser, a small kitchen table, a sofa, a 50-inch flatscreen TV, and a full bathroom. The apartments feature an open layout, with no full barrier between the bedroom and kitchen. A door for the bedroom would violate Providence's housing code, because it would create a sleeping space that the city deems too small, Providence Arcade developer Evan Granoff told Fair Companies. [mall apartment]Ben Jacobsen/Northeast Collaborative Architects The kitchens are equipped with a mini-fridge, sink, dishwasher, and microwave — but no ovens or stovetops. In a recent tour video by Fair Companies' Kirsten Dirksen, a new tenant says she doesn't mind not having an oven. Since she's doing a fellowship in international emergency medicine, she doesn't spend much time in her apartment. She eats a lot of Lean Cuisines and canned soups. The complex sits in the heart of downtown Providence, so residents theoretically could easily eat out for meals they can't zap in a microwave. The architects also preserved the central atrium as a space for shops, bars, and restaurants.[Micro Lofts at The Arcade Providence Living Room Photo by Ben Jacobsen]Ben Jacobsen/Northeast Collaborative Architects"Not only does it [the central atrium] provide filtered light to the units, but it becomes the 'public street' connecting neighbors," Abbott says. On the top floor, there is a common room with arcade games and a TV. On the second floor, there are washers and dryers and storage space to park bikes or keep other belongings that don't fit in the apartments.[The Micro Lofts at The Arcade Providence Atrium and Micro Retail Photo Credit Ben Jacobsen]Ben Jacobsen/Northeast Collaborative ArchitectsThe building had several lives before the micro-apartments. Almost 250 of the original windows were covered with cement over the years, but NCA restored all of them. [arcade providence]Ben Jacobsen/Northeast Collaborative ArchitectsThe mall (formerly called the Westminster Arcade) was built in 1828 and was the first indoor shopping mall in the US. Operating only two hours a day (11am to 1pm), it featured a food court and boutiques by local vendors who hoped to sell to a growing suburban population. In 1976, it was declared a national Historic Landmark. Since it didn't have an elevator, shoppers didn't want to venture to the second and third floors, Abbott says. These retailers weren't seeing much business, and the mall closed in 2008. Six years later, it re-opened as the micro-apartment complex after a $10 million makeover funded by private investors. They rented everything out immediately, Abbott says.[The Micro Lofts at The Arcade Providence Loft Interior and Atrium Photo Credit Ben Jacobsen]Ben Jacobsen/Northeast Collaborative Architects Rent at the Arcade Providence (starting at $850 per month — a $300 hike from when it opened in 2014) is a bit expensive for the area. On Craigslist, you can easily find re-furbished lofts, ranging from $800 to $1200, with more than double the space. Demand for the apartments remains high. As of early 2016, more than 400 people were on the waiting list. VIEW THE FULL TOUR BY FAIR COMPANIES BELOW: Youtube Embed: http://www.youtube.com/embed/HmL2l-bcuUQ Width: 800px Height: 450px NOW WATCH: Google just unveiled the Pixel — its first smartphone
Russia, Turkey to sign agreement on Turkish Stream after Putin-Erdogan talks - Gazprom CEO
The project provides for the construction of a gas pipeline across the Black Sea bed to Turkey’s European part, with further extension to the border with Greece
EU Green-Lights New Bailout Loans for Greece
BRUSSELS (AP) — Finance ministers from the nations using the euro single currency gave their green light Monday for new loans to Greece to help bolster its debt-stricken economy. At talks in Luxembourg, the ministers agreed that the leftist government in ...
EU green-lights new bailout loans for debt-stricken Greece
[EU green-lights new bailout loans for debt-stricken Greece]Finance ministers from the nations using the euro single currency gave their green light Monday for new loans to Greece to help bolster its debt-stricken economy. At talks in Luxembourg, the ministers ...
Eurogroup approves latest series of milestones in Greek program; half of bailout tranche released
The Eurogroup on Monday praised what it called the implementation of 15 milestones (prior actions) by the Greek government, adding that 1.1 billion euros out of a 2.8-billion-euro sub-tranche in bailout money can now be approved for the disbursement of ...
Renting Property, Ancient Greek-Style
If today’s property rental agreements may seem burdensome, the situation was just as problematic back in ancient Greece. According to a New York Post report, archeologists working in southwest Turkey at the site of the ancient Greek city of Teos have ...
Greek bailout stumbles forward but disagreements remain
Greece has been given the green light to get its hands on €1.1bn from the European authorities as part of its multi-billion euro bailout programme after it successfully implemented a full package of reforms over the summer. Eurozone finance ministers ...
Cypriot President Wants Morphou to be Returned to Greek Cypriot Owners
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has said that the Turkish occupied town of Morphou is among the areas that must be returned to the Greek Cypriots, under their administration, once a settlement of the Cyprus problem is achieved. Speaking during an anti ...
Eurogroup Grants Greece E1.1bln, To Give Another E1.7bln Later
LUXEMBOURG (MNI) - The following is a statement by the Eurogroup finance ministers on Greece: The Eurogroup welcomes the implementation by the Greek authorities of the set of 15 milestones in the context of the first review of the ESM programme. The ...
IMF Chief Special Advisor Lipton: IMF Participation in Greek Bailout Only if Debt Conditions Are Met
David Lipton, Special Advisor to the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was interviewed by German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. During the interview he refuted comments made by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble that the ...
Eurogroup Approves 15 Milestones and Unlocks Half of Bailout Tranche for Greece
The Eurogroup welcomed the implementation of the 15 milestones set for Greece in the context of the first review of the European Stability Mechanism’s program, however, this did not result in the unlocking of the full 2.8-billion-euro tranche benchmarked ...
British man, 35, faces extradition to Greece over car crash in 2003
… father-of-two is facing extradition to Greece over a minor car crash … collision while on holiday in Crete in 2003 Mr Wright, whose … ;no, when you were in Greece', and then it clicked … Greek authorities that you either pay us the money or face Greek …
Ambassador of Greece presents credentials to World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
(Forimmediaterelease.net) MADRID, Spain - The Ambassador of Greece, Christodoulos J. Lazaris, has presented his credentials to the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Taleb Rifai, accrediting him as Permanent Representative of his ...
Moscovici hopes Eurogroup will approve sub-tranche to GREECE
“I hope we will be able to decide the disbursement of the 2.8 billion euros because GREECE has made a tremendous job to compete the milestones of ...
Eurogroup president says he's hearing 'optimistic news' about GREECE
If the institutions confirm the completion of the 15 so-called milestones by GREECE, Eurogroup will approve the disbursement of an additional 2.8 billion ...
Why You Shouldn't Invest In GREK
It was difficult back then to imagine that the degree of realism shown by the new government was not the only problem which GREECE was facing.
TEXT-Eurogroup statement on GREECE
"The Eurogroup welcomes the implementation by the Greek authorities of the set of 15 milestones in the context of the first review of the ESM ...
CNU's new Greek Village
CNU's new Greek Village, five new three story brick buildings on the university grounds located next to the Tennis Courts. The returning CNU students are starting to move into new Greek Village this Saturday at CNU. Workmen are finishing up some of the ...