A 25-year-old man has been found guilty of slashing a GREECE woman's face last year. Andrew Fletcher was convicted on two counts of assault on ...
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How the world sees Greece
Friday, November 18, 2016
GREEK State budget to be tabled in Parliament next week
The 2017 state budget will be tabled in GREEK parliament next week and is expected to be voted in the plenum by December 10. According to ...
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Greek far-right groups accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at refugees tents
It started on Tuesday, when supporters of the ultra-nationalist, neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn gathered in Chios for a protest. Sergio (not his real name) is an Italian volunteer working with an NGO that distributes food at Souda. He described the tension in ...
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President Obama's final international trip
Barack Obama is making his last international trip as president, visiting Greece, Germany and Peru.
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Far-right group attacks refugee camp on Greek island of Chios
Dozens of people flee Souda camp with at least two wounded after molotov cocktails and rocks thrown at tents and occupants Dozens of people have been driven out of a refugee camp on the Greek island of Chios after two successive nights of attacks by a far ...
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Veteran Cyclist Covers 8,000k Route Over 14 Countries for the Disabled
Cyclist Stelios Vaskos is not a stranger to the national cycling community of Greece. He has completed many successful and arduous feats in long-distance cycling over rough and challenging terrain. In his latest venture, the athlete from Trikala in northwestern Thessaly, will travel 8,000 km through Europe for the Arogi association for the disabled. The […]
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Greece extends bid deadline for railway maintenance company
ATHENS, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Greece extended the bid deadline on Friday for the sale of its rail maintenance company ROSCO to Jan. 30, the country's privatisation agency (HRADF) said. The previous deadline for the submission of binding bids was Dec. 5.
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GREEK Conservative New Democracy Party Presents Shadow Cabinet
Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday presented an ND “shadow cabinet” that he said would be in a position to “hard ...
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Greece's privatisation agency elects new chairman
… Adds details)ATHENS Nov 18 Greece's privatisation agency has … ) said in a statement. Greece's Kathimerini newspaper reported on Friday … . Under a third international bailout, Greece has to set up a …
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Stunning Greece in Top 5 Dream Destinations of the World
“Greece has turned page; we managed to be in the top five of the most popular destinations in the world,” Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura on Friday said at the conference {Re}-Branding Destinations held within the framework of Philoxenia-Hotelia in ...
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How To Plan Your Trip To Greece
Greece is the birthplace of one of the foundations of European civilization. Many people have been drawn there for centuries. The area’s many islands have been part of international trade and interest since the dawn of world civilization. A visit to ...
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GREECE: Souda refugee camp in Chios island attacked
... to return to the camp, although they don't have any other accommodation," Roland Schoenbauer, spokesman for UNHCR GREECE, told Al Jazeera.
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GREECE ETF Bucks Emerging Market Trend
The Global X MSCI GREECE ETF (NYSEArca: GREK) gained 1.3% Friday, rising for the fourth consecutive session. GREK has increased 3.7% over the ...
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The head of NATO says Trump agreed with him about the alliance's 'enduring importance' in a phone call
[trump]Alex Wong/Getty Images BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg agreed on Friday on the Western alliance's "enduring importance", NATO said, striving to reassure Europe that Washington will remain committed to its security. Trump questioned during his election campaign whether the United States should protect allies seen as spending too little on their defense, raising fears that he could withdraw funding for NATO at a time of heightened tensions with Russia. "The president-elect and the secretary general both underlined NATO's enduring importance and discussed how NATO is adapting to the new security environment, including to counter the threat of terrorism," NATO said in a statement after a phone conversation between Trump and Stoltenberg. There was no immediate comment from Trump's side. The NATO statement said the Republican Trump, who will succeed Democratic President Barack Obama on Jan. 20, is expected in Brussels for a NATO summit next year. The two leaders also addressed defense spending and agreed that "progress has been made on fairer burden-sharing, but that there is more to do" - underlining the fact that the United States spends far more on defense than Europe does. [NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg addresses a news conference during a NATO defence ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir]Alex Wong/Getty Images After the break-up of the Soviet Union a quarter of a century ago, NATO's European members cut defense spending to historic lows, leaving the United States to make up around three quarters of the alliance's military expenditure. A more assertive Russia under President Vladimir Putin has begun to change the picture and European governments are again spending more. FEW MEET DEFENSE SPENDING TARGET But Britain, Poland, Greece and Estonia are the only European nations to meet a NATO goal of spending at least 2 percent of gross domestic product on defense. Germany, Europe's biggest economy, spends far less than 2 percent of its GDP on defense. Speaking before the phone call, Stoltenberg told a conference in Brussels that European defense spending was one of his top priorities and that he had raised it with every NATO member, winning support from defense ministers. He said the main obstacle was convincing the respective finance ministers who have the keys to treasuries. "You have to increase defense spending when tensions go up," Stoltenberg said, citing as evidence failing states in North and West Africa, the threat of Islamist militants and Russia's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's peninsula of Crimea. "Stop the cuts and gradually increase (defense spending) to reach 2 percent (of economic output) is a very robust message. We have started to move although there is a very long way to go. I am certain Trump will make this his top priority (for NATO)." [Members of Poland's special commando unit Lubliniec look on during the ]Alex Wong/Getty Images Trump's campaign suggestion of making U.S. defense of its European allies conditional appeared to question the central tenet of NATO - namely that an armed attack against one ally is an attack against all. Stoltenberg has said he expects an overall 3 percent real increase in European defense spending in 2016. He said on Friday that if all European allies and Canada reached the 2 percent spending target, it would yield an extra $100 billion for NATO. European Council President Donald Tusk also spoke to Trump by phone on Friday. An EU source said Tusk emphasized the importance of transatlantic cooperation, including on Ukraine, where Russia has supported separatist rebels against government forces in the east of the former Soviet republic. Trump's promise to improve Washington's chilly relations with Russia's Putin have caused jitters within the EU, particularly eastern member states like Poland and the Baltics. NOW WATCH: A hacker reveals a simple way to come up with a strong password that's easy to remember
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The secrets behind 6 famous 'SNL' sketches, from a man who's been there since the beginning
[Eugene lee snl]Ron Manville Eugene Lee has been the "Saturday Night Live" production designer since the start of the show's first season in 1975. Yes, really, the whole time. At 77, he is one of the only original crew members still working, alongside "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels, who brought Lee in for the variety sketch program from a background in Broadway theater. Three Tony Awards, 12 Emmy nominations, and one Emmy win later, Lee continues to carry on his accomplished tradition in theater while also leading the "SNL" production-design team, week in and week out. "In live television, we're a throwback to the past," Lee recently told Business Insider. "We still draw up sets by hand, the old-fashioned way: drafting sheets, pencils, tracing paper. But some things have changed over the years, of course." Lee traced the evolution of the show over the course of its 42 seasons to us. In doing so, he revealed the inner workings of some of the best sketches in the history of the legendary series. HERE ARE THE BACKSTAGE SECRETS BEHIND SIX FAMOUS "SNL" SKETCHES: 1975: "THE WOLVERINES" NBC "Well, I naturally love the first sketch, 'Wolverines,'" Lee said. The first cold open on the first-ever episode, "The Wolverines" featured Jim Belushi as an immigrant receiving absurd English lessons from a tutor (Michael O'Donoghue). Lee outfitted the barebones set with nothing more than a rug, two arm chairs, an end table with a lamp, and a stairway — a no-nonsense setup for a theater designer who "didn't know anything about television." "In retrospect, it's like 'The Honeymooners,'" he said. "It's so simple. In the early years, the scenery was much simpler, and as time goes on, people want the scenery to be more realistic, more like a movie." 1978: "THE OLYMPIA RESTAURANT" (THE "CHEESEBURGER, CHEESEBURGER" SKETCH) NBC The famous Greek diner sketch starring Jim Belushi, Bill Murray, and Dan Aykroyd is reportedly based on the Bill Goat Tavern in Chicago, which is still around, but Lee says the look of the greasy-spoon set instead drew mostly from the "gritty" appearance of New York City in the '70s. "It's just our gritty version of a diner," he said. "I love the gritty, you know. I liked 42nd street when it was porn theaters. When we started 'Saturday Night,' New York was not in very good shape: subway cars graffitied over, Radio City Music Hall was basically empty." "And after all, these were the 'Not Ready for Prime Time Players,' and the original home base was a fantasy of mine of a club underground, and it was kind of junky," he continued. "We've always liked sort of industrial looks, but things have just gotten slicker." 1983: "JAMES BROWN'S CELEBRITY HOT TUB PARTY" NBC The classic sketch that featured Eddie Murphy as a singing and disrobing James Brown stepping into a hot tub was decorated with elaborate curtains and a real, operating, miniature hot tub. It was a relatively easy setup for Lee, thanks to his background in constructing Broadway stages. "When I laid out the studio originally, there was the home base in the middle, which changed over the years, and there were little stages," he said. "And the little stages were like 18, 19 inches high, maybe 2 feet high, so things like hot tubs and other things that we needed to go down, since it played on a little stage just like Broadway, you could just cut a hole and set it in, really very simple." SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDER
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Greek Cypriots Demand Return of Land in Reunification Talks
About 200 Greek Cypriots have gathered outside Cyprus' presidential palace to demand the return of their homes and farmland in any deal to reunify the ethnically divided island. Morphou Mayor Charalambos Pittas told the Associated Press that Friday's ...
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Tensions high as migrant camp attacked
It is the second time the camp on the Greek island of Chios has been targeted. Rocks and petrol bombs were hurled at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants.
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Mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik draws parallel between Greek and Indian cultures
Devdutt Pattanaik engages the audience at Tata Lit Fest! at NCPA in Mumbai, on Friday. (Arijit Sen/HT PHOTO) Likening Donald Trump to Bacchus, the impetuous and unpredictable Greek god of wine, and explaining why “even Hindu gods need a break ...
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Schaeuble Strikes Again: Greece Not Living Within Its Means
Germany is opposed to Greek debt restructuring, with the German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble amping up rhetoric opposed to such a scenario. Speaking at a bank conference in Frankfurt the German minister reiterated his belief that Greece will not ...
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Greek Prosecutor Says Former Statistics Chief Should Not Face Trial
Greek Prosecutor Ioannis Koutras said on Friday that there was no evidence to implicate Andreas Georgiou, the former International Monetary Fund (IMF) economist that later headed the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). Finding no proof that the ...
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Greece’s Archaeological Service Announces Free Entrance to Archaeological Sites and Museums on November 21
Exhibitions, tours, educational programs, and visits to workshops are included in the agenda of the Archaeological Service on November 21. The events are organized by the Association of Greek Archaeologists along with its members and the culture ministry ...
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Albanian state workers found guilty in GREECE of spreading propaganda
A Greek court has handed a 30-month suspended sentence to two Albanian civil servants who were arrested last Sunday transporting over 1,500 ...
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Greek Parliament Incorporates EU Directives Into National Legislation
A draft bill incorporating EU directives on developing alternative fuels infrastructure into Greek law was tabled in Parliament on Friday using fast-track procedures. The draft legislation, which contains some of the prior actions needed to conclude the 2nd review of Greece’s adjustment programme, is due to be voted on in the Parliament plenum next week. Transport […]
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Former Greek President Stephanopoulos in Critical Condition
Greek conservative New Democracy politician, Kostis Stefanopoulos, aged 90, is in hospital in a critical condition. He was rushed to Errikos Dynan private hospital in Athens two days ago and was hospitalized after being diagnosed as having a serious respiratory infection. Medical sources state that his already problematic health and age has worsened the condition […]
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Greek Government Determined to End Football Violence
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras expressed the government’s determination to introduce reforms in Greek football in an effort to end violence and restore normality, during a meeting with representatives of Greece’s 2004 national team at Maximos Mansion on Friday. The prime minister said he invited the team, which won first place in the Euro 2004, to […]
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New classical orchestra to focus on contemporary GREEK works
Both men have dedicated a large part of their activities to safeguarding and promoting historical GREEK music as well as overturning the widely ...
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Schaeuble freezes Greece’s hopes for debt relief, repeats same old mantra
“Greece will not have a problem with the debt service in the next decade” German finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble claimed for one more time at a conference of bankers in Frankfurt. According to ANT1, Schaeuble reiterated ” the need to implement reforms in public administration, labor and in regulation of […]
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Greektown Casino opens world's first live-dealer electronic table games arena
… Friday, November 18, 2016 at Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit. The first …
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UN refugee agency concerned by attacks on Greek migrant camp
… the southeastern island of Kos, Greece. About 340 migrants have died … . (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The United Nations refugee … island of Chios, and wants Greek authorities to increase security at …
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EBRD, Piraeus Bank support Terna Energy’s renewable energy projects in Greece
… Greece, including the development of 48 MW wind farms in Central Greece … for renewable energy projects in Greece. It allows developers to participate … a deeper involvement in the Greek electricity market.” Penelope Lazaridou, Piraeus …
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Greek Ministers warn reporters to keep “quiet” on Chios refugee riots! (audio clip in Greek)
… photos before Obama visit to Greece Speaking to radio station “Vima …
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Brexit & Beyond: How Trump Changes Brexit, Greece Wants Quick Debt Relief, Dollar-Euro Parity?
Brexit & Beyond: Europe in Flux is The Wall Street Journal’s round-up of news and analysis of how Brexit will affect global business, economies and finance. You can sign up here. MUST READS Theresa May, U.K. prime minister. PHOTO: SIMON DAWSON/BLOOMBERG ...
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Rocks, bombs, and fire: Tensions are boiling over at overcrowded refugee camps in Greece
[refugee camp greece]Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis ATHENS (Reuters) - Tensions were high on the Greek island of Chios on Friday after unknown individuals hurled rocks and petrol bombs at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants, setting facilities on fire, police sources and aid organizations said. Video footage showed people struggling to put out the flames with blankets. Women and children were evacuated and camped outside a tavern in an incident which erupted overnight Thursday. It was the second night running of incidents at the facility, a makeshift camp run by the local municipality of the Aegean island. There were incidents on Wednesday when individuals let off fireworks from the camp and outsiders threw stones into the camp. "Both incidents together have destroyed the places to sleep for some 100 men women and children. Today there was a third incident where .... stones were thrown and one Syrian man was seriously injured to his head and had to be hospitalized," said Roland Schoenbauer, spokesman for UNHCR Greece. According to police, there are more than 1,000 refugees and migrants in the Souda Camp on Chios. Under a European Union deal with Turkey, migrants and refugees arriving after March 20 are to be held in centers set up on five Aegean islands, including Chios, and sent back if their asylum applications are not accepted. Tensions have boiled over at overcrowded camps on Greece's islands as the slow processing of asylum requests adds to frustration over living conditions. "Tensions are not completely new, but the situation is seriously concerning us, because it has deteriorated seriously. The tensions are linked to the overcrowding of the sites," Schoenbauer said, saying the perpetrators of the incidents should be found and brought to justice. [refugee migrant camp chios greece]Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis More than 3,000 migrants and refugees are currently in Chios. The state facilities have a capacity for 1,100 people. The situation could be eased if authorities improved security around the camp and stepped up efforts to find refugee and migrants alternative accommodation, Schoenbauer told Reuters. In September, thousands of people fled a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos after fire swept through tents and cabins during violence among residents. (Reporting by Lefteris Papadimas and Michele Kambas, writing by Renee Maltezou Editing by Jeremy Gaunt) NOW WATCH: This hidden iPhone feature will boost your reception
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Class A state football semifinals: Whitesboro vs. GREECE Athena
The Whitesboro defense has given up just 108 points all season. Whitesboro has rushed for 1,100 more yards than GREECE Athena. GREECE Athena ...
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Far-right mob attacks refugee camp with Molotov cocktails and rocks on Greek island of Chios
A far-right mob armed with Molotov cocktails and rocks has attacked a refugee camp where hundreds of men, women and children are being held in Greece. A Syrian asylum seeker was seriously injured in the violence at Souda on the island of Chios, where two ...
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IOC takes Olympic medal from Greek triple jumper for doping
The International Olympic Committee has stripped 10 athletes – including bronze medallist Greek triple jumper Chrysopigi Devetzi – of their 2008 Olympic medals, after banned substances were found during retests of samples. The athletes, nine of whom ...
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‘Room 18 – The Design of a Typical Hotel Room’ Exhibit Opens Friday at Benaki Museum’s Pireos Street Annexe
Room18 is an entire exhibition dedicated to the design of urban hotel rooms in Greece and opens its doors at the Benaki Museum‘s Pireos Street Annexe on Friday, November 18. The exhibit features three life-size room designs that won awards from the Pan European Design Competition. “This exhibition is not of a utopian nature. It […]
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November 17: A Date to Burn and Vandalize Freely
It has been at least 20 years now that every November 17 is the day when Greeks wait to see the tally of destruction in its aftermath. The news reports and images of the 2016 Polytechneio uprising memory day are exactly the same as those of 2015, and 2008, and 2001, and 1998 and so […]
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FOOD REVIEW: Go Greek, Layton
Sadly, an all-inclusive Mediterranean family holiday to the Greek island of Crete doesn’t always guarantee you a plentiful buffet of traditional cuisine, or in our case, any Greek cuisine. In our hunt for some late summer sun, many of the local eateries ...
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Firebombs thrown against migrants on GREEK island
Unknown assailants early Friday threw firebombs into a migrant camp on the GREEK island of Chios, and beat up two volunteers, the state Athens ...
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Greece grants permit to Eldorado Gold’s Skouries mine
Greece has granted Canada’s Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) permission to build a plant at its Skouries gold mine in the northern part of the country, one of four major operations the firm has there. Decision unblocks the construction of the plant at ...
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GREECE: Fireworks Set Off Near Migrant Camp in Chios November 17
Disturbances, attacks and fires were reported at the Souda refugee camp on the island of Chios on night of November 16-17 and again the following evening. Photos posted to Twitter showed damage to the camp and rocks that were said to have been thrown at …
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Migrant camp attacked on Greek island
… in camps on Greek islands. A UNHCR spokesman in Greece, Roland Schoenbauer … violence. According to some reports, Greek far-right militants were involved in … sheltering in squalid conditions in Greece. The Greek islands have been returning …
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Luxury Greece Holidays All Year Round Can Be Obtained From Greecefully
… you travel to Greece. Tour packages for Greece and bespoke travel services … . Greecefully.com is the number one spot for booking your Greek holiday … dreamed about seeing in Greece. For more information visit https://greecefully.com/
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Don’t Shoot The Messenger: Greeks Don’t Trust The Media Outlets Much
In a country where much media has political agendas, Greeks don't trust what their newspapers, radio and TV stations report. The post Don’t Shoot The Messenger: Greeks Don’t Trust The Media Outlets Much appeared first on The National Herald.
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Finance Chief Tsakalotos Says Greece Won’t Recover Without Debt Deal
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said there's little hope of recovery unless the country's creditors provide a debt break. The post Finance Chief Tsakalotos Says Greece Won’t Recover Without Debt Deal appeared first on The National Herald.
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Deputy FM Amanatidis’ response to a current question: The effort to seize real estate of Greeks ...
In his initial response, the Deputy Minister noted that:“Initially, in two of our announcements as the Foreign Ministry, we expressed our concern at the developments in the region and called on the Albanian authorities to proceed immediately to the cancellation of the scheduled demolitions and move ahead to a substantial consultation with the residents regarding the redevelopment of Himara. We also called on Albania to demonstrate in practice that it functions in accordance with the Rule of Law, protecting all of its citizens from arbitrary and illegal actions, regardless of national origin. Subsequently, due to Tirana’s continued negative stance...
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Migrants, local residents clash on Greek island of Chios
Assailants lobbed firebombs at the migrant camp and a Syrian refugee was hit with a rock during clashes on the Greek island of Chios, authorities said. Previously, migrants allegedly broke into a liquor store.
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Half-Greek actress Mena Suvari in Hallmark’s ‘I’ll Be Home For Christmas’
The half-Greek actress will be playing the role of hard-working Assistant District Attorney and single mom Jackie, who wants to wrap up an important case in time to spend Christmas with her 8-year old daughter, played by Giselle Eisenberg. What she doesn ...
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Further loosening of capital controls announced in Greece
The Greek government on Friday further loosened capital controls on bank deposits held in Greek banks, a measure imposed by the same ruling party, SYRIZA, in the wake of the announcement of a controversial referendum in late June 2015. The decision ...
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