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Thursday, January 5, 2017

6 Athens Museums You've Probably Never Heard Of

Benaki Museum Collection of Islamic Art Until recently, Greece's connection to the great tradition of Islamic art didn't get all that much attention here. But the Benaki Museum's Islamic art collection, housed in a beautiful neoclassical building near the ...


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Greenwich Village Greek Revival Townhouse / SheltonMindel

Greenwich Village Townhouse is a residential project completed by New York-based SheltonMindel. Brief: In a Manhattan Federal Greek Revival townhouse that had seen extensive renovations in the 1880’s, 1940’s and 1980’s, restore the original ...


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Greek government to repay private sector debts in March with €1.8 billion tranche

The Greek government aims to receive in March the 1.8 billion euros which will be spent to repay state debts towards the private sector, sources from the finance ministry said on Thursday, responding to press reports. The same sources added that the ...


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GREECE: “Demy and Stereo Soul take part in National Final”

Last year Melas was the first journalist to report about Utopian Land, the song that failed to bring GREECE a place in the final of the Eurovision Song ...


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Refugees are no Longer Living in the Cold, Says Migration Minister

The government has successfully completed the procedure of overwintering in camps and refugee centers around the country and there are no more refugees or migrants living in the cold, Greek Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas told journalists on Thursday. “There are no refugees or migrants living in the cold anymore. We successfully completed the procedures […]


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Government Aims to Receive 1.8-bln-Euro Tranche to Repay Debts to Private Sector in March

The Greek government aims to receive 1.8 billion euros in March which will be spent to repay state debts towards the private sector, sources from the finance ministry said on Thursday, responding to press reports. The same sources added that the disbursement of the tranche is not linked to the second program review and that […]


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Very low temperatures and snowfall continue over the next days in Greece

Weather conditions will deteriorate as of Thursday evening with heavy snowfall expected even in lowland areas. Northerly winds will reach 8 to 9 in the Beaufort scale in the Aegean and the temperatures will post significant drop. Snow will fall on the ...


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Greek agency halts ‘escape’ from Auschwitz game

A recreational agency in Greece canceled a game in which … it provoked negative reactions among Greek Jews and non-Jews who found … puzzles. Approximately 77 percent of Greece’s Jewish population of 70 …


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Study: Taxes make hotel investments more expensive in Greece

High taxation is preventing tourism investment in Greece, according to the latest study by the Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE). Comparing Greece with Cyprus, the study showed that the amortization of a hotel investment in Greece ...


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Manchester United target GREEK defender as Victor Lindelof deal stalls and more transfer rumours

Manchester United are reportedly ready to offer £32.5m for GREEK defender Kostas Manolas. The Roma regular has been earmarked as cover for Eric ...


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GREEK Supreme Court Reopens Case of Self-Proclaimed Billionaire

The reappearance of Artemis Sorras and his followers in GREEK public life and his new claims that GREEKS can pay their taxes using part of his ...


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INSETE: Tourism is the national champion of Greek economy

Tourism has contributed significantly to the Greek economy, according to INSETE report. It has become a true national champion in the race for a more extroverted Greek economy, given that more than 90% of its revenues come from abroad, within an extremely ...


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Tax makes hotel investments costlier in GREECE

High taxation is preventing tourism investment in GREECE, according to the latest study by the Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE).


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The Latest: 30 injured in fire at Germany asylum seeker home

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — The Latest on the flow of migrants into Europe (all times local): 9:45 p.m. Authorities in western Germany say about 30 people have been injured in a fire at housing for asylum seekers near Paderborn. The dpa news agency said ...


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Which Greek God is Giannis Antetokounmpo?

Giannis Antekounmpo has obviously blown up this year. You can count me among the initial doubters, not because I thought he couldn’t be a good and interesting player, but because, for all his extraordinary gifts, he didn’t seem like much of a scorer.


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GREEK Tax Office Not Ready to Implement Program for Electronic Payment…

GREEK tax authorities and the finance ministry are not ready yet to implement the program that would register consumer payments with debit and credit ...


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Arbitration awards in GREECE

An arbitral award issued in GREECE gives rise to res judicata and is enforceable in GREECE as of the date of the award. Res judicata is determined in ...


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Europe|GREECE'S Most Wanted Terrorist Is Arrested in Athens

She was a leader of an anarchist group called Revolutionary Struggle. She helped organize, officials say, a car bomb near the country's central bank.


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Saloniki Now Makes Your Greek Fast-Casual Dreams Come True at Two Locations

January is off to a good start, especially on the edge of Central Square by MIT: Pagu officially opened, Roxy’s Central/A4cade is slated to open later this month, and now popular Fenway fast-casual Greek spot Saloniki is open as well. Take a peek inside ...


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Customers sue Greece restaurant after becoming ill

Greece, N.Y. – A complaint has been filed against the Golden Ponds Restaurant. More than 260 people were sickened after eating at the Greece restaurant around Thanksgiving, the Monroe County Department of Health said. Low level samples of a specific ...


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Alkali Metal Silicates Market in Greece: Business Report 2016

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Alkali Metal Silicates Market in Greece: Business Report 2016" report to their offering. The report presents analysis of alkali metal silicates market in Greece. Report Scope ...


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A Cool History of Cookie Puss

When Greek immigrant Thomas Carvel started the Carvel College of Ice Cream Knowledge in the late 1940s, his intention was to educate his ice cream shop franchisees in the proper handling and distribution of the soft serve cones he had invented back in 1934.


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Let battle commence: Demy or Stereo Soul to represent Greece?

In what has already turned out to be one of the hottest topics of the Eurovision 2017 season, Greece’s selection now seems to be much clearer. Greek news website NewsIT report that ERT have asked both Demy and Stereo Soul to submit songs for selection ...


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GREEK hourly labor costs up as public hirings rise, Eurostat shows

Factoring in retirements, the GREEK public sector grew by 6,803 people while the private sector shrank by 37,667 in November alone, when 157,385 ...


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Kassandra Bay Resort and Spa, GREECE

In search of summer-holiday inspiration? Look no further than this idyllic island retreat that's perfect for getting active or just sitting back to relax.


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Arbitral proceedings in GREECE

Use the Lexology Navigator tool to compare the answers in this article with those from 20+ other jurisdictions. Arbitral proceedings. Starting an ...


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Arbitration agreements in GREECE

Provided that the seat of arbitration is in GREECE and Greek procedural law therefore applies, such consolidation would be feasible where the disputes ...


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The Latest: Slovenia moves to tighten borders, asylum claims

6:20 p.m. Greece's minister for migration says most people entering the country illegally from Turkey no longer are refugees, but economic migrants. Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas said Thursday that the people arriving on Greek islands from are not ...


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Giannis Antetokounmpo: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Giannis “GREEK Freak” Antetokounmpo has been getting things done for the Milwaukee Bucks this season. On January 4, he hit a buzzer-beating shot ...


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Roundup: GREEK'S Taproom coming to College Avenue; Metro Diner to Butler campus

GREEK'S Pizzeria is tapping into the craft beer craze by opening a restaurant and taproom on North College Avenue south of Broad Ripple.


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PICS: This Authentic GREEK Restaurant Has Just Opened In Glasnevin

Located at the site that formerly housed Indian takeaway Mann O Salwa, the new eatery deals in authentic GREEK food courtesy of a head chef ...


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Chef Scott: Greek Chicken

BETTENDORF, Iowa – International flavors can easily become family favorites. "We are really blessed in this area to have such a great diversity in foods," says Chef Brad Scott, director of Scott Community College's Culinary Arts and Hospitality ...


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The Latest: Migrant asphyxiated under pile of catalogs

[Refugee Moustafa Abdulrahman, 2, from Kobani, Syria, peeks out while standing outside his family's shelter at the refugee camp of Ritsona about 86 kilometers (53 miles) north of Athens, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Over 62,000 refugees and migrants are stranded in Greece after a series of Balkan border closures and an European Union deal with Turkey to stop migrant flows. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)]THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — The Latest on the flow of migrants into Europe (all times local):


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Parties not proceeding on four chapters in Cyprus talks: Turkish FM

The parties to the Cyprus dispute have not been able to proceed on four negotiation topics on the issue, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said, adding that the Greek Cypriots had focused on guarantees and security issues, instead of discussing topics on other chapters, before a new round of talks are set to start in Geneva on Jan. 9


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Knicks’ brutal choke ends on Greek Freak buzzer-beater

… after three quarters as the “Greek Freak’’ finished with 27 points …


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Greek And Italian Food Makes You Smarter, Scientists Say

5406927 Eating Greek or Italian food may help … food generally described served in Greek or Italian restaurants in the …


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Greek police capture Paula Roupa, an anarchist militant on the run for over 4 years

… car outside a Bank of Greece office in central Athens as …


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Deputy Foreign Minister for Greek Diaspora Affairs T. Quick meets with Georgian Ambassador I. ...

The Deputy Foreign Minister for Greek Diaspora Affairs, T. Quick, met yesterday with the Georgian Ambassador to Greece, Ioseb Nanobashvili. During the meeting in question, there was a discussion about Mr. Quick's upcoming visit to Tbilisi, from 22 to 24 January, and the schedule of his meetings there. During his two-day stay in Tbilisi, Mr. Quick is scheduled to meet with his Georgian counterpart in order to exchange views on cooperation between the two countries' diasporas with members of the Georgian political leadership, with the Parliamentary Committees on Foreign and Diaspora affairs, and with members of the academic community....


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Deputy Foreign Minister T. Quick to visit Greek communities on the east coast of the U.S.A.

Representing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, and at the invitation of Florida congressman Gus Bilirakis, the Deputy Foreign Minister for Greek Diaspora Affairs, Terens Quick, will attend the 6 January Divine Liturgy of the Holy Epiphany and the Blessing of the Waters Ceremony at Tarpon Springs. The Deputy Minister is departing tomorrow, Thursday, 5 January, and during his five-day visit, he will meet with Greek community organizations of the east coast of the United States of America. Specifically, the Deputy Foreign Minister will meet with the Greek American mayors of Tarpon Springs, Chris Alahouzos, and of Clearwater, George Cretekos,...


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Christos Chomenidis recommends the best books on

Your chosen subject, “the real Greece”, implies that there is a false Greece. What constitutes the false Greece and how far can we trace it back? What we call Greece began as the first nation of the Ottoman Empire to rebel and become an independent ...


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Manos Konsolas: Greek government indifferent to the reduction of cruise traffic in 2017

Greek main opposition New Democracy Tourism Sector head Dodecanese MP Manos Konsolas made the following statement following thew publication of data recording a 30% reduction in the cruise sector for 2017: "The SYRIZA - ANEL government believes that ...


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Giannis greets Greek fans at MSG after Bucks win

New York City’s Greek community loves Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Giannis loves them back. A contingent of Greek basketball fans gave the Milwaukee Bucks’ star a hero’s welcome outside Madison Square Garden following their 105-104 win over the New ...


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Greek minister says most migrants no longer are refugees

[Refugee Moustafa Abdulrahman, 2, from Kobani, Syria, peeks out while standing outside his family's shelter at the refugee camp of Ritsona about 86 kilometers (53 miles) north of Athens, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Over 62,000 refugees and migrants are stranded in Greece after a series of Balkan border closures and an European Union deal with Turkey to stop migrant flows. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)]THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece's minister for migration says most people entering the country illegally from Turkey no longer are refugees, but economic migrants.


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It's All Greek to Me: 16 Fresh and Healthy Mediterranean-Inspired Recipes

When you are trying to eat healthier, you certainly don’t want to forget about flavor, and sometimes the best place to look for new and exciting dishes and ideas is all over the globe. So let’s take a culinary adventure for appetizers, lunch, dinner ...


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Turkey: Fugitive soldiers tied to plot to kill Erdogan

4 of the 8 fugitive Turkish soldiers in Greece spoke on the phone with would-be presidential assassins the night of July 15 Fugitive Turkish soldiers in Greece have links to the squad which tried to assassinate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the night of ...


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Tourism Is National Champion of the Greek Economy, ISETE Report

The demand for international air travel to Greece remains quite high, while there is also a comeback of traditional markets, especially the German speaking ones. Meanwhile, road tourism has recovered significantly over the last few months and a positive ...


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Rough Waters Ahead for Greek Cruise Travel

Despite forecasts of robust growth for the international cruise travel industry, the sector in Greece is barely keeping its head above the water with local industry insiders speaking of a 25 percent decline in traffic for 2017 and the same trend in 2018.


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Thousands Arrived in Germany via 'Closed' Balkan Route in 2016

In a new report, Germany's federal police, the Bundespolizei, say the Balkan route, which stretches from GREECE through to Germany by land, is not ...


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Watching CCI and RSI levels on National Bank of GREECE S.A. (NBGGY)

Traders that constantly watch technical levels may want to take a look at National Bank of GREECE S.A. (NBGGY)'s Commodity Channel Index (CCI).


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HolidayCheck Awards 2017: The 53 most popular Greek hotels

Guests have decided: 695 hotels in 35 countries will be presented with the HolidayCheck Award 2017. The highly sought after tourism prize is being awarded for the twelfth year to the most popular hotels worldwide. The Award is given based on guest ...


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