Athens, Greece - About one in 10 of the 60,000 refugees in Greece do not live in government camps or NGO shelters, but in squats such as disused schools which operate under the protection of the anarchist movement. In these corners, refugees from Syria ...
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Saturday, December 24, 2016
Frexit: Le Pen promises to take France out of EU & NATO
Together with France, she also suggested that Portugal, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Greece and Cyprus should also leave the European Union. “Frexit will be a part of my policy,” she said in an interview with Dimokratia. “The people must have the ...
Xmas comes a-calling
That is why Xmas is used instead of Christmas. Furthermore, in Greece, many people believe in kallikantzaroi, the goblins that cause mischief during the 12 days of Christmas. The Greek version of Santa Claus is St Vasilis, who brings a few small gifts for ...
European Lefties Plan to March on ISIS While Waving White Flags
The precise route the march will take is yet to be finalised, but the group will leave Germany via the Czech Republic, then head through Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Greece, and Turkey before finally entering Syria. Lawyers in each of the ...
Ski on artificial snow in most Greek resorts
In the ski resort of Kaimaktsalan in Pella the artificial snow cannons are working incessantly in order skiers to be able to enjoy their favourite sport on the slopes of Voras Mountain. Moreover, the ski resort staff has formed special areas for young …
Carols, the tunes of Xmas
And in Greece, on Christmas Eve, children go from house to house with triangles in their hands and sing carols, when they are given sweets, treats and gifts. While many carols are regional, there are some carols that are popular throughout the world.
LNG sector Gastrade announces purchase of 20%-stake in GasLog
In terms of its GREECE-based presence, Gastrade is planning to dock a floating LNG terminal off the northeast port of Alexandroupolis, with GasLog's ...
Greek Navy Saves 9 crew members off of cargo ship
The Greek Navy released this video Saturday showing the rescue operation of a cargo ship that had started sinking off the Greek island of Andros. The cargo ship had run aground on rocky shore north of the island. Footage from the Greek navy showed crew ...
Clever anchor ball storage
We keep our Bénéteau Océanis 28 yacht in Greece’s beautiful Ionian, and in the summer months we often anchor for free in the many secluded bays. One problem is remembering to hoist the black ball once the hook is set and subsequently remembering to ...
Migration Minister: GREEK islands' decongestion to start in April
The GREEK islands' decongestion and the removal of refugees according to their legal rights will start in April, stated Migration Policy Minister Yiannis ...
Hanukkah 2016: Dates, Rituals And History Of The Festival Of Lights
The story of Hanukkah is one of revolution and miracles: GREEK influence over the Jews in the land of Israel had become an affront to Jewish culture ...
After Berlin attack, Europe weighs freedom against security
It took authorities four months to find him. Further, Abdeslam, a French national, had traveled through the Italian port of Bari on a roundtrip journey to Greece in August, months before the attack. And in 2014, Mehdi Nemmouche allegedly killed four people ...
Humanitarian partners seek US$685.2 million for 2017 Europe refugee and migrant response plan
… of 151,452 individuals reached Greece from Turkey, however, following the … an important transit axis between Greece and refugees' and migrants … static and increasing populations in Greece and Italy. The 2017 RMRP …
Many in Europe don’t like Greek government, says gov’t spox Tzanakopoulos
“Unreasonable demands can’t and will not be accepted by the Greek government” stated to Real News Sunday newspaper State Minister and government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos referring to Greece’s lenders demands... The post Many in Europe don’t like Greek government, says gov’t spox Tzanakopoulos appeared first on The National Herald.
Tarpon Springs Audio Walking Tour Focuses on Greektown
TARPON SPRINGS, FL – The Greek-American experience in the City of Tarpon Springs, FL will be the highlight of an audio walking tour made possible through a grant from the... The post Tarpon Springs Audio Walking Tour Focuses on Greektown appeared first on The National Herald.
GREEK main opposition leader: Prospect of elections frightens only the PM
Nobody apart from the prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, was particularly worried by the prospect of an election in Greece, main opposition New ...
The Meaning of Christmas Literally... Involves Two Kinds of Liberation
The idea that Jesus was crucified with thieves rests on a lax translation of “lestes” = GREEK for “bandits” = catchall term for robbers and anti-Roman ...
‘Portraits of Hellenes in Antipodes Volume II’ Captures History of Greeks’ Stories of Survival
Journalist Vivienne Morris has published the second volume in her series titled: Portraits of Hellenes in Antipodes Volume II, which depicts different important stories throughout the defining period in Greece of WWII and the postwar efforts of the Greeks.
Thousands of faithful celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem
Spain, France, Hungary, Russia, Italy, Greece and even Morocco and Kuwait all contributed to the restoration. The total cost of restoring the church is just under $20 million and is expected to be completed in 2019. “We are supporting the Christian ...
The word of 2016: Gratitude
Maybe by the end of next year I’ll be skipping back to Berlin, or revisiting Ottawa, or travelling for a few months around Southeast Asia, or reuniting with Greece. Maybe I’ll still be in St. John’s.
Rabbi shares lesson of unsung Hanukkah hero
The Jewish hero Mattathias killed Syrian soldiers rather than make a sacrifice to GREEK gods. His son, Judah, led the Maccabees to reclaim Jerusalem ...
GREEK National Council on Foreign Policy meeting about Cyprus concluded
The Cyprus issue dominated a meeting of the GREEK National Council on Foreign Policy held on Friday afternoon. During the meeting, Foreign ...
Try a quicker version of traditional moussaka with these shortcuts
Moussaka is, in short, an eggplant and meat casserole, one of Greece's national dishes. I did ask why she picked such a labor-intensive dish to make the young couple, who probably would have been grateful with a baked ziti. But the notion of a simple ...
Eurozone clears way to resume debt relief for GREECE
The spotlit ancient Parthenon temple on the Acropolis appears behind strings of Christmas lights in Athens, on Thursday Dec. 22, 2016.
ECB: Value of family assets in GREECE and Cyprus -40% between 2010-14
The value of assets held by the average family in GREECE and Cyprus shrunk by nearly 40 percent during the substantial economic crisis between ...
Gov Spox: Tspiras and President Erdogan May Meet in Early January
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may have a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the first week of January, before the international meeting in Geneva on January 9-12, Cyprus government spokesman Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. The Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades had earlier spoken on the telephone with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov […]
Shipping Min Announces Facelift for Santorini’s Harbor
The harbor of Athinios on the island of Santorini, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Greece and worldwide, is to get a complete makeover due to damage sustained by a 62-meter pier used by ferry boats, the shipping ministry decided on Friday. The decision was made during a meeting chaired by Shipping and […]
Home GREEK news Aid Agencies: 2016 Sets New Record of More Than 5000 Migrants Drowned...
This number is an “alarming increase” from 2015 when the Mediterranean became the grave yard for 3,800 migrants, the International Organization for ...
Two GREEK newspapers back to circulation after pay row
Two newspapers in Greece with a history of over eight decades, "Ta Nea" (The News) and "Ethnos" (Nation), returned to newsstands by Christmas eve ...
Organizations offering free dinner, shoes for kids on Christmas
The Samaritan's Feet organization will provide a new pair of well-fitted shoes to children at the St. John The Baptist GREEK Orthodox Church on ...
GREEK FM supports Cyprus solution without occupation troops or guarantees
The GREEK government and political parties had agreed to support a “rational, effective and functional solution to the Cyprus issue, which means a ...
Dijsselbloem: Spat settled on GREEK bailout after
Plagued by strikes against austerity measures and low approval ratings, GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said earlier in December that the GREEK ...
Thrilling moments of 2016
Refugees and migrants form a human chain to cross a river near the Greek-Macedonian border, west of the the village of Idomeni, GREECE. -Reuters.
ND welcomes Cyprus briefing noting government's 'sole responsibility'
In statements after taking part in the National Council on Foreign Policy, Koumoutsakis noted that the overall responsibility rested firmly with GREECE'S ...
Bellevue teen wins world chess title: ‘You keep crushing the opponent, and squeezing them’
Greece for Naomi’s tournaments. “What else can we do with the money?” says the dad. “We make it our vacation. We go about town. We feel a vacation without chess is not interesting.” The dad blogs all their chess travels, obviously proud of Naomi ...
The West Should Hope That Merkel Loses
The deal with Erdogan had the EU provide financial assistance and promise future visa-free travel to the EU for Turkish nationals in return for Turkey closing its borders to illegal migrants trying to get to Greece. While the deal effectively sealed the ...
“Yes, Virginia, Christmas Is Real”
One clue is a word Luke uses to introduce us to Simeon. He calls Simeon “devout” (2:25) -- in GREEK, eulabes. Let's translate eulabes into other words.
GREEK grandmother, 67, is the world's oldest surrogate after giving birth to her granddaughter
A 67-year-old GREEK grandmother has given birth to her daughter's baby girl, becoming the world's oldest surrogate mother. Anastassia Ontou offered ...
Greek Economy Minister: High taxation of enterprises does not attract investments
The three main conditions that Greece must fulfill to attract healthy business investments are transparency in tenders' procedure, strong state operation framework and financing from the banks, said Economy and Development Minister Dimitris Papadimitriou ...
Eurogroup chief says Greece short term debt relief talks to resume
Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem has said talks about initial Greek debt relief measures are to resume. Discussions were halted after Athens decided to pay pensioners a Christmas bonus. Jeroen Dijsselbloem (L) - Dutch finance minsiter and president of ...
Min Pappas: ‘The German Finance Minister Never Wanted the Greek Program to Succeed’
On Saturday while speaking on Skai TV, Telecoms and Media Minister Nikos Pappas commented that “The German finance minister never wanted the Greek program to succeed.” While speaking on the news show about the German finance minister, Wolfgang ...
Decongestion of Aegean Islands Will Start in April, Migration Min. Mouzalas Says
The decongestion of Greek islands and the removal of refugees according to their legal rights will start in April, stated Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas in an interview with the Sunday edition of Avghi newspaper. He also said that in parallel the implementation of a plan that foresees 2,000 to 2,500 relocations to EU countries every […]
Greece’s Fin Ministry Sends Scrooge Christmas E-card Calling Out International Lenders
Reuters has reported that the press office of the Greek Finance Ministry recently sent an e-card of the stingy Ebenezer Scrooge to journalists in a not-so-veiled attempt to call out the country’s international lenders who have imposed harsh austerities ...
GREEK minister sends Dickensian jibe for Xmas
Athens (AFP) - The GREEK finance minister's Christmas cards this year feature Ebenezer Scrooge, the tight-fisted protagonist of Charles Dickens' "A ...
The Greek National Council on Foreign Affairs convened about the Cyprus dispute
… strategy of the negotiations The Greek minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos …
Dijsselbloem: Talks on Short-Term Debt Relief Measures for Greece to Resume in January
Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Saturday that talks on short-term debt relief measures for Greece would be resumed after being frozen mid-December over Athens’ decision to pay a Christmas bonus to pensioners. Dijsselbloem stated that ...
GREECE'S debt relief is back on after being frozen by worried creditors
Measures to ease GREECE'S debt obligations will resume after being frozen earlier in the month over Athens' decision to pay a year-end bonus to ...
The Fed has thrown in the towel
[janet yellen]Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the "Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress" in Capitol Hill, Washington February 11, 2016 Promoting economic growth and employment is one of the Fed’s core missions, assigned to it by Congress in (I believe) 1974. It was a triumph of Keynesian thought over Hayek’s beliefs; and despite all evidence to the contrary, most market participants still think that monetary policy is the magic that drives the business cycle. Policy is supposed to moderate the boom-and-bust cycle and lift the economy out of recessions within a reasonable period. On that point, monetary policy has failed miserably. We’re seven years out of a recession and have yet to see GDP growth break above 3%. The Fed’s answer in this week’s episode was to throw in the towel: Expect more of the same. Here’s why. ECONOMIC GROWTH IS NOT SUFFICIENT Here’s actual growth since 2011 and the FOMC’s projections through 2019. Notice that the top end of the range of growth is barely more than 2%. [Screen Shot 2016 12 23 at 9.25.27 AM]Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the "Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress" in Capitol Hill, Washington February 11, 2016 You can see that 2013 was a “good” year. Ben Bernanke was confident enough to start talking about “tapering” down from quantitative easing. Staying on that path another year or two might have changed everything. But it didn’t. There was a global taper tantrum; Growth fell back again; and now even the most optimistic FOMC participants see little chance that it will climb much above 2% through 2019. (One caveat—and it’s one that I feel the need to keep repeating: GDP is a deeply flawed statistical measure that doesn’t fully capture the way today’s economy works. We use it because we have nothing better.) Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who desperately wanted to star in the show Janet Yellen now headlines, famously called the current trend “secular stagnation.” He thinks we should all get used to it because its structural causes are impossible to change. Yellen and her crew might not use language that strong, but they appear to mostly agree with Larry. Are they right? Maybe, but I think we can escape this dreary fate if we play our cards right. JOBS, JOBS, JOBS The unemployment trend is looking better. The rate has fallen pretty steadily and is now below 5%. The FOMC expects it to stay there, too. [Screen Shot 2016 12 23 at 9.26.11 AM]Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the "Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress" in Capitol Hill, Washington February 11, 2016 The problem is that not all jobs are equal. The wealthy law firm partner and the student-debt-plagued law degree holder who is instead driving for Uber both count as “employed,” even though their situations are vastly different. Also problematic: The unemployment rate is down in part because so many workers have left the labor force—or, increasingly, never entered it. Roughly 10 million American males of prime working age have literally dropped out of the workforce. And we wonder why productivity is low. Again, this problem has been building steadily since the 1960s. The trend has held steady through boom periods and recessions, and the Clinton/Gingrich welfare reforms didn’t affect it. France and Greece have significantly higher labor force participation rates than the US does. And no, these dropouts are not Trump voters, and it’s not just the labor force they don’t participate in. This is a major and very troubling social trend. The problem is that we have a mismatch between the skills of jobless people and the kinds of work employers need done. That is not something lower interest rates can solve. GET A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE ECONOMY WITH JOHN MAULDIN’S _THOUGHTS FROM THE FRONTLINE_ This wildly popular newsletter by celebrated economic commentator, John Mauldin, is a must-read for informed investors who want to go beyond the mainstream media hype and find out about the trends and traps to watch out for. Join hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide, as John uncovers macroeconomic truths in _Thoughts from the Frontline_. Get it free in your inbox every Monday. NOW WATCH: Here's how the White House master bedroom has changed from president to president
Ghana to begin non-residential camping for AFCON 2017 on Wednesday
Russia based Jonathan Mensah is already in town, while Greece based Mubarak Wakaso is also expected to make the first day of training though he is not yet in town. Coach Avram Grant is yet to name his team that will play in Gabon but there is a general ...
General cargo vessel CABRERA sank, 9 crew evacuated, Greece
General cargo vessel CABRERA ran aground on northern coast of Andros Island, Greece, Aegean Sea, early in the morning Dec 24, while en route from Larimna Greece to Tornio Finland, with cargo of iron or steel. According to Greek CG, weather was to blame ...