How the world sees Greece
Greece's Parliament has passed a budget of continued austerity as mandated by the country's creditors, but which forecasts robust growth for 2017. As the star from the Golden Age of Hollywood turns 100, take our quiz to test your knowledge of Kirk Douglas ...
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GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday said the country was on the verge of economic recovery as lawmakers approved a new round of pay ...
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The SYRIZA-ANEL coalition managed to pass the 2017 budget in parliament 152-146, with two lawmakers absent in the 300-member Parliament, as all opposition parties voted against. The vote on a budget in most cases is also a vote of confidence for a government.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's Parliament has passed … Tsipras says it will mark Greece's "final exit …
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President-elect Donald J. Trump announced on Friday that Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris will be leading his manufacturing council. The two men met on stage during a campaign-style rally on the Trump thank you tour in Michigan and shared the news.
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Greece’s lawmakers on Saturday approved the country’s 2017 budget that foresees the economy rebounding strongly after a seven-year slump. In the country’s 300 seat legislature, 152 lawmakers voted for, 146 against and 2 abstained. After a small ...
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A dispatch by GREECE'S national news agency reported that people smugglers operating in Istanbul have recently stepped up activity across from ...
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek lawmakers approved on Saturday the country's 2017 budget which projects a strong return to economic growth next year but also imposes a wave of tax hikes and austerity cuts prescribed by its international lenders. Athens estimates ...
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Last week a black Santa appeared at the Santa Experience in the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. In the post-coital glow of the Trump-elect phase for white racists, there was an uproar on social media over the decision to give African American ...
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This series started on Oct. 15 and will continue every other Saturday. I’m taking a trip back in time to my 4-month backpacking rambles around Greece in the early 1980s, which planted the seed for my recent novel The Ariadne Connection. Again, I ...
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Greece man killed in Sweden crash A Greece man who lost control of his car while driving on Route 31 was killed in a collision Friday. Check out this story on DemocratandChronicle.com: http://on.rocne.ws/2h4XYyD
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Most Christians adhere to the Eastern sects, including GREEK Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic and Syrian Orthodox. Large numbers also align with the ...
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An adorable abandoned dog who 'adopted' a Bolton couple on holiday in Greece now has a loving home in the UK. Allison and Neil Cain were enjoying the last day of their holiday on the island of Skiathos when a terrier mongrel came and sat under their sun ...
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Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday presented his “12+1 proposals” for fighting corruption in the Greek state at the 9th annual conference of Transparency International Greece in Athens. Mitsotakis attacked the government for setting up a party-dominated state, lawlessness in public administration and interventions in justice. “The country’s problem is not just […]
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In an exhibition celebrating its 30-year presence that opens on December 9, the Museum of Cycladic Art gives visitors an opportunity to immerse themselves in the day-to-day life and concerns of Greece’s early Bronze Age inhabitants, as reflected in the art and artifacts left behind by the Cycladic islanders that lived 5,000 years ago. One […]
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The Greek Seamen Federation (PNO) decided with 10:4 votes to end the strike on Saturday morning. Ferry boats and ships will operate as usual – however at first with some modifications. The PNO said, however, that the problems have not been solved and that there may be similar actions in […]
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… authorities under the coordination of Greece’s Ministry of Migration Policy … started in January, supports the Greek Government’s response. While 58 … ,259 asylum seekers had left Greece under the EU Relocation Mechanism …
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… of a meeting of the Greek parliament this Saturday to vote … Socialist Workers’ sister newspaper in Greece. “There was a continuous stream … ministers on Monday announced that Greece’s debt repayments would be …
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… been observed. On 30 November, Greek authorities apprehended about 70 refugees … dinghies. Key Developments Situation in Greece During the reporting period, UNHCR … from Greece to Turkey Two return operations were reported from Greece to …
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… battlefield The Port of Heraklion, Crete became a battlefield when hundreds … Crete, asking that the Municipality of Ierapetra and the island of Crete … await the decision of the Greek Federation of Seamen (PNO) on …
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… in Greece. Sacha Myers, spokeswoman for Save the Children in Greece, said … in northern Greece. Photo: Hashim Kheri Kutu Dullard say Greece is still … both Iraq and Greece. "Our visit to the Greek camps in …
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Greece argues that over-population is a … . Image copyright Reuters Image caption Greece says that emergency action is … the EU Commission on Friday, Greek Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas said …
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… neoliberal policies inflicted on Greece, has long promised to … programme.” In recent weeks Greek-German ties have become increasingly … insistence that thrice bailed-out Greece commits to a primary … “It is up to the Greek government to distribute expenditure …
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… in Greek market up 15 percent . 10-Month 2016 yogurt sales in Greek …
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… end of the year The Greek government is expected to pass … . In order to achieve this Greek taxpayers will be called on …
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) " A Greek police source says a migrant …
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… Hotel in Heraklion, Crete is the first Greece hotel property that incorporates …
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… must go back to ancient Greece. The key to its democracy … the simple Assembly of ancient Greece. Yet the appeal of a … the technical sense from ancient Greece. It happened like this. In … is unlikely he studied ancient Greece or previous tyrants like Napoleon …
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… for the country in 2017. Greek lawmakers will vote on imposition … the European Central Bank opens Greece’s access to its quantitative … short-term relief measures to help Greece repay its huge public debt …
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek ferry workers have ended a nine-day strike, saying they did not wish to disrupt the holiday season, but promised to resume action if the government... The post Greek ferry workers end 9-day strike which isolated Islands appeared first on The National Herald.
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Request comes after European Commission announced member states should be able to send asylum seekers back to Greece from March AP Greece has appealed to the EU to support its plan to reduce the numbers of migrants living in overcrowded refugee camps on ...
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Fate of Greek capital’s Megaron highlights depths to which culture has been hit in country grappling with its worst financial crisis It was meant to be a paean to Sir Neville Marriner, the British conductor who for a while directed the Athens Concert Hall’s resident orchestra, the Camerata. But, standing on the podium, an audience in frocks and suits before him, Nikos Tsouchlos, the hall’s former artistic director, found it hard to hold back. With the comportment of an undertaker he cleared his throat. “If Marriner were alive today it would be very hard to persuasively explain to him why this same orchestra has spent the past 20 months without an administrative board,” he said, listing the indignities that have befallen the ensemble in recent years. Even its musicians, he said, had “been brought to the edge of living decently”. Continue reading...
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday received the Pope and Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Tawadros II, who is currently on a visit to Greece. Pope Tawadros was accompanied by Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos.
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Tonight the film, My Big Fat GREEK Wedding 2, makes its way to HBO at 8:00. Mostly middling reviews but as the Los Angeles Times said, "as sequels ...
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After one week of industrial action, the Pan-Hellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO) on early Saturday suspended its strike giving the go ahead to ferries to immediately begin their routes across Greece. Ferries were expected to remain tied up at ports across ...
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ATHENS， Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) requested the adoption of a supplementary set of measures worth 4.5 billion euros (4.75 billion U.S. dollars) for 2019 in order to join the Greek bailout program， Greek Deputy Finance ...
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The study also revealed that students in Singapore have high levels of motivation to learn about science and that three in 10 of those students here expect to work in science-related occupations at age 30, significantly higher than most top-performing ...
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek police official says a suspect who died following a shootout with police officers in Athens was a Greek convict serving a life sentence for murder. Police initially said the man was believed to be a migrant.
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Now, she's on to new ventures, including “Porto,” offering Mediterranean-style seafood and “Saloniki” -- a GREEK fast casual restaurant near famed ...
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December 10, 2016, marks the centenary of a very different kind, the anti-GREEK riots in Kalgoorlie and Boulder. Except for the odd journal article, and ...
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Dec 10 (Gracenote) - Results and standings from the GREEK championship matches on Saturday Saturday, December 10 Asteras Tripolis 0 Veria 0 ...
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The extradition request was denied by GREEK appelate-level judges for five of the eight officers but the head of the appeals prosecutors Antonis Liogas ...
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The Defense Ministry condemned on Dec. 9 GREEK defense minister Panos Kammenos' recent remarks on Turkey, state-run Anadolu Agency has ...
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Rice said that it would “mean less austerity for Greece and the GREEK people", adding: “We would like to see debt relief that is commensurate with that.
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Euclid Tsakalotos The conclusion of the second programme review within December is feasible, GREEK Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said in an ...
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Turkey's foreign ministry on Friday issued a response to the third and last ruling by an appellate level council in Athens on Thursday blocking ...
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Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday presented his "12+1 proposals" for fighting corruption in the GREEK state at the ...
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The GREEK government is expected to pass the budget, on Saturday's parliamentary session, which provides for an additional 1.1 billion euros in taxes ...
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The man was questioned by a motorcycle patrol before opening fire on officers in central Athens, reports say. He was found dead minutes later, from a ...
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The GREEK government has defended its announcement on Thursday of a one-off payment to low-income pensioners and its suspension of a ...
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