How the world sees Greece
New Democracy strongly criticized State Minister Christoforos Vernardakis on Tuesday for saying that the issue of Greece’s inclusion in the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing is “secondary” for the country, noting that these statements are ...
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JERUSALEM (AP) — A new Israeli law legalizing dozens of unlawfully built West Bank settlement outposts came under heavy criticism on Tuesday from some of Israel's closest allies, as local rights groups prepared to ask the Supreme Court to overturn the measure. Amid the uproar, the Trump administration remained quiet about the law — paving the way for further possible action by emboldened Israeli hard-liners ahead of a trip to the White House by Israel's prime minister next week. Proponents claimed the communities, home to thousands of people and in some cases decades old, were built in "good faith" and quietly backed by a string of Israeli governments. In Paris, Palestinian official Saeb Erekat said the law puts "the last nail in the coffin of the two-state solution" and accused the Israeli government of "trying to legalize looting Palestinian land." Prominent Israeli advocacy groups, including Peace Now, the Arab rights group Adalah, and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, all announced plans to file legal challenges. In breakaway northern Cyprus, attempts by Turkish Cypriot authorities to issue ownership certificates for property seized from displaced Greek Cypriots have been struck down in European courts. The Jewish Home party, which has ties to the settler movement, put heavy pressure on Netanyahu to allow Monday's vote after the court-ordered demolition last week of the illegal outpost of Amona. Trump's campaign platform made no mention of a Palestinian state, departing from two decades of American policy, his designated ambassador to Israel is a settler ally, and a delegation of settler leaders was invited to his inauguration. According to Peace Now, which closely monitors settlement activity, officials are scheduled to meet Wednesday to push for an additional 1,200 settlement homes.
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The old question from Tertullian’s Prescription Against the Heretics is “What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?” Tertullian’s full formulation is even more stark in drawing the battle lines: What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem?
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[7652557524_2957fcc8af_k]Jamie Olmo/Flickr Welcome to Money Diaries, where we're tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We're asking millennial women how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we're tracking every last dollar. (Thanks, New York mag, for the inspiration.) Today, a protein-conscious publisher falling into Netflix black holes. INDUSTRY: Publishing AGE: 27 LOCATION: New York, NY SALARY: $80,000 PAYCHECK AMOUNT (2X A MONTH): $1,590, after taxes # OF ROOMMATES: 3 MONTHLY EXPENSES RENT: $1,100 UTILITIES: $21.22 INTERNET: $11.24 CLASSPASS MEMBERSHIP: $130 TRANSPORTATION: $116 MetroCard DAY 1 Shutterstock 7:30 a.m. — Early morning BFX barre class before work. Covered under my ClassPass membership. I usually try to take around 25 classes per month, so the cost per class is low and I get to mix up my workouts. 10 a.m. — Breakfast is a hard-boiled egg. I usually make a batch at the beginning of the week to nosh on for the rest of the week. It’s the perfect little pop of protein. 11 a.m. — Ginger tea with honey. I always keep an assortment of tea in the office for a nice pick-me-up and to save on trips to the coffee shop. 12 p.m. — I make a quick trip to the office café and grab a pack of Doritos Cooler Ranch chips — my guilty pleasure — and I enjoy every last crunchy bite of it. $1.25 3 p.m. — Lunch of tofu, quinoa, and bok choy, and Greek yogurt, blueberries, and honey. I usually cook bulk meals on Sundays and bring it to work on Mondays to last me most of the week. 5 p.m. — My company hosts a free movie screening for all employees. Bonus: Free popcorn. 7 p.m. — Post-movie barbecue dinner with friends. $9.96 10 p.m. —I’m in a Netflix black hole and get lost in _House of Cards _and cookie-butter ice cream at my boyfriend’s apartment. DAILY TOTAL: $11.21 DAY 2 Getty Images 9:30 a.m. — Breakfast is another hard-boiled egg and Irish soda bread a coworker made. 10:30 a.m. — A hot cup of peach tea to continue a relaxing morning. 12:30 p.m. — I remember it’s pay day and since it’s the second of the month, 100% goes into my savings account. I’m savings-minded, so I aim to save around 50% of my salary each month and max out my 401(k) and HSA. I don’t put hard limits on my spending, but take small steps to save money by cooking myself, price comparing, and buying stuff that’s on sale. 1 p.m. — Lunch of quinoa, bok choy, and tofu. 3 p.m. — A coworker and I trek to a lovely bakery for an afternoon snack. We both enjoy the best almond croissants New York has to offer. Worth the high price tag. $4 4 p.m. — I have a backpacking trip planned in a few weeks and buy some merino-wool leggings for the trip. They’ll wear well and are a steal at more than 75% off. $21.40 6 p.m. — Getting my workout in at Physique 57 barre. Covered under my ClassPass membership. 7:30 p.m. — My body is screaming for protein, so I quickly eat leftover roasted chicken from last night’s dinner and wolf down an apple courtesy of Physique 57. 8:30 p.m. — Spend the rest of the night at my friend’s, who is hosting a game night. She provides food and we indulge in cake and shakes. DAILY TOTAL: $25.40 DAY 3 Trong Nguyen/Shutterstock.com 9:30 a.m. — Purchase a Groupon deal for a $50 Target gift card for $40. Also get cash back via a deals site. I’m planning ahead a bit and will definitely be using this when I’m back home in the suburbs. $37 10 a.m. — Purchase new prescription glasses through Warby Parker for $95, insurance pays 100% of the cost. 10:30 a.m. — Finally get to breakfast after my morning shopping spree and eat a hard-boiled egg and clementines. Why are clementines so tiny and delicious? 12:30 p.m. — Lunch of quinoa, bok choy, and tofu, and two more clementines. Again, why so yummy? 1:30 p.m. — Quick cup of ginger tea with honey between meetings. 4 p.m. — I’m menu planning for next week and pick up some wheat berries from Whole Foods. The bulk section is a great go-to place to grab healthy and fairly priced grains. The total cost is $1.10 for a pound, but I don’t take a bag and get a discount. Win-win, helping myself and the environment. $1 5:30 p.m. — I end the workweek with a Pure Barre class. Covered under my ClassPass membership. 7 p.m. — Catch up with my best friend and boyfriend during a dinner at a new restaurant that just opened. We are all savings-minded, so fancier dinners occur maybe twice a month vs. weekly. $10.89 DAILY TOTAL: $48.89 SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDER
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An amendment legislating for the "School Meals" programme was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, as part of a government drive to combat child poverty and food insecurity in school children. The programme also aims to promote child welfare through a social ...
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The EU faces a looming crisis which could threaten the sustainability of the eurozone as the International Monetary Fund has warned Greece’s debts are on an “explosive” path despite years of attempted austerity and economic reforms. Global financiers ...
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The nationalist New Democracy leads the latest polls in Greece. The party of the ultraradical Kyriakos Mitsotakis has a convincing support of 28.6 percent, ahead of Syriza, for which 16.8 percent of the examinees would vote. It was during the governing of ...
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Greece will be promoted as a leading Mediterranean destination in a new exhibition aiming to become the largest and most dynamic tourism event in Scandinavia. Focusing on tourism, gastronomy and culture, the 1st Mediterranean Panorama exhibition will take ...
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She shares her rough life experiences
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Also 2 FIR Athens infringements
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I have partnered with Flatout to create these Greek Chicken Tacos. I have been compensated for my time commitment to work with their product, however my opinions are entirely my own and I have not been paid to publish positive comments. I’ll get right ...
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A rare public split within the International Monetary Fund's executive board has served as yet another sign of just how contentious an issue the GREEK ...
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An Athens court on Tuesday found several executives of the Energa and Hellas Power electricity companies guilty of stealing money from the state.
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A six-day intensive course for beginners and experienced, under the direction of renowned visiting Master Iconographer and expert instructor Theodoros Papadopoulos from Greece. This is an opportunity to prepare a beautiful icon of the Archangel Gabriel ...
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Fresh worries over Greece’s debts have pushed the country’s borrowing costs sharply higher amid renewed insistence from Athens it will not swallow further austerity demands from international lenders. The yields on two-year government bonds jumped to ...
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Golgotha, the name of the hill outside of Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified, is a Ladino word for suffering. It is also the name of a powerful play recently staged in New York City, on temporary loan from its native Tel Aviv, about the largely ...
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A family is facing a race against time to buy the GREEK retreat they set up in memory of their daughter. Ged and Julie Hoburn suffered every parent's ...
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The eels were illegally caught by fisherman in Spain, France and Portugal before being transported by road to Italy and then on ferries to the GREEK ...
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… Greek debt repayments will add renewed urgency to the debacle. Cumulatively, Greece … met on Monday to discuss Greece; the accompanying press release suggests … .5 percent surplus as achievable. Greece’s European creditors want the …
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New 5.3-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Greek Island of Lesbos ATHENS - … the Richter scale struck the Greek island of Lesbos in the …
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… the Greeks alone now and give them debt relief’,” he said. #Greece … Greece ‘Unnecessarily Pessimistic’ https://t.co/aSLkjYMWZY pic.twitter.com/SYwffgbv7S— Corfu … ://twitter.com/hashtag/Greece?src=hash">#Greece
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[nagina abdullah headshot]Courtesy of Nagina Sethi Abdullah For years I worked as a busy management consultant for a top firm in New York City, and my mornings were back-to-back busy. They would consist of a black car waiting outside to take me to the airport at 5:45 a.m., to international conference calls starting at 6 a.m. or earlier, to a commute into New York City. Then, as our kids grew up, we also needed to get them dressed and out the door to their bus stop. Any parent knows this seemingly simple daily activity can be more time-consuming and energy-draining than running a half marathon. Before I know it, no matter what kind of morning I was having, it would whiz by. But even though I worked 70-hour weeks, there is one thing I never skip, and that’s eating breakfast. Breakfast gives me energy to get through my morning with focus. Plus, eating a filling breakfast was one of the keys to me losing 40 pounds despite the pre-dawn car service and bustling the kids out the door. When I don’t eat breakfast, I usually end up finding something I had wanted to avoid — think Starbucks bakery options or donuts in the break room. When I eat a healthy breakfast, I feel full but not tired, have a lot of energy, and don’t feel hungry and distracted. My mornings are so much more enjoyable! I’ve since left management consulting for a career in business development. Between my day job, starting my own health coaching business on the side, MasalaBody.com, and being a mom of two young kids, working 70 hours is just an average week. Here are three strategies I use for a quick breakfast with the right calories and nutrition to keep me healthy, full, and give consistent energy until lunchtime. STRATEGY #1: I PREP AND FREEZE ‘SMOOTHIE SACKS’ DURING ‘SUNDAY PREP’ A smoothie is the quickest way to get breakfast on any busy morning. I prep the ingredients on Sunday during 30 minutes of “Sunday prep.” As a result, a smoothie takes me two minutes or less in the morning to prepare it AND drink it. Plus, they taste great! I usually combine all the ingredients on a Sunday night or the night before into a “smoothie sack” for each day. Each “smoothie sack” has a filling combination of: * ½ cup berries or fruit * ½ cup spinach or greens * 1 scoop of protein powder or 5.5 oz. Greek yogurt * 2 tablespoons of flaxseeds * 2 tablespoons of nut butter I use a large Ziploc bag to store ingredients for each day, and then place in my freezer. Then, each morning I pull out my smoothie sack, drop it into the blender, add one cup of almond milk or water and after a quick whirr, my breakfast is ready. A minute later, I’m completely done with breakfast and nourished for my morning. STRATEGY #2: I BUY READY-MADE PROTEIN SOURCES THAT I CAN ‘GRAB AND GO’ I set myself up for streamlined mornings with simple, tasty options that take the stress out of breakfast. Getting protein into breakfast is a key to keep me full and stabilize my blood sugar levels in the morning. I buy ready-made protein sources that I can just grab and go, like hard-boiled eggs already boiled and protein-packed cups of Greek yogurt or cottage cheese. I like low-sugar Dannon Light and Fit Greek Yogurt and Good Culture fruit cottage cheese from Whole Foods. Grocery stores store hard-boiled eggs near the eggs or sometimes at the fresh foods/take-out section. STRATEGY #3: I USE AN APP THAT CREATES MY GROCERY LIST FOR ME I have so many to-do lists that it’s hard for me to maintain one more. By using a meal planning app, I add in the foods and recipes I plan to eat for the week, and it whips out an easy to follow grocery list on my phone or electronic device that I can follow while I’m at the store. After adding my breakfast foods into the app over the first 1-2 weeks, my recipes and foods are stored so I can easily reselect them for each week, saving me some time. Using an app for grocery shopping takes the thinking and effort out of getting breakfast foods into my home. It’s a must-use. Two of my favorites are Plan to Eat ($4.95/month, online only) and The Recipe Box ($4 in the App Store). _Nagina is the founder of MasalaBody.com and a weight-loss coach for busy women. She has been featured on Fox News, Mind Body Green, and Woman’s World Magazine for her easy weight-loss methods for busy women. Get instant access to three easy breakfast recipes (including a smoothie recipe) and her FREE Weight-Loss Recipe Book and one-week meal plan with seven easy recipes here._ NOW WATCH: Here's how much sugar is in the most popular breakfast cereals
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A split between the euro area and the International Monetary Fund over Greece’s bailout deepened on Tuesday as one of Europe’s most senior policymakers criticised the fund for being overly pessimistic about the programme. Jeroen Dijsselbloem, president ...
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TARPON SPRINGS – St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral honored the Very Rev. James Rousakis with a semi-formal dinner-dance at its community center Jan. 28. An estimated 300 people attended the celebration, which had a Broadway theme as a nod to Rousakis ...
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Investors worried by fund’s warnings country’s debt burden is unsustainable and reported split over joining latest bailout Fresh worries over Greece’s debts have pushed the country’s borrowing costs sharply higher amid renewed insistence from Athens it will not swallow further austerity demands from international lenders. The yields on two-year government bonds jumped to their highest level since last June and went above 10% to reflect growing anxiety on financial markets over Greece’s ability to keep up to date with debt repayments. Yields on 10-year government bonds were also higher at above 7.8%, the highest close since November. Continue reading...
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After US President Donald Trump approved of Brexit and called the EU a transport vehicle for Germany, the President of the European Council Donald Tusk called on the leaders of member-states to adopt serious measures which confirm the processes of further integration. But the majority of citizens of some countries in the EU disagree with such further integration and rather approve of disintegration in the EU. According to a survey of Pew Research Centre, cited by BNR, 68% of Greeks think that some of the common European powers must be returned to the national government, while only 8% approve of further integration. The same survey showed that 39% of Italians, 35% of the French and 44% of the Dutch are against deeper integration within the framework of the EU and demand greater powers for national governments. The fact that 43% of the Germans are against further integration, while merely 26% support it is of special significance.
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TROUBLED Greece will buckle under the weight of its huge debts, which are highly unsustainable over the longer term, according to damning analysis of the eurozone’s bailout by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Austerity measures and biting reforms ...
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However, the GREEK economy was also expected to meet the fiscal surplus target favored by nearly all directors of IMF. The IMF said, in its yearly ...
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Dijsselbloem disagrees with IMF obn shape of Greek economy
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LONDON, Feb 7 Investors in cash-strapped Greece appear to be losing faith in a pledge from European officials five years ago that the country's default would be a one-off. It was partly the strength of that promise that allowed Greece to make one of the ...
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The recent IMF report saying that Greece’s debt load is unsustainable was “unnecessarily pessimistic,” Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Tuesday. According to reports in Reuters and “The Guardian,” Dijsselbloem said he was “surprised” by the IMF’s most recent review of Greece while speaking on Dutch television, while he suggested this was outdated due to […]
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The report of the International Monetary Fund angered not only the Greeks but also its European Lenders. Greece was angered because the IMF insists on demanding two major income cuts: pensions cut and lowering the tax-free allowance. Greece’s European lenders, on the other hand, got angry because the IMF insists […]
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AMSTERDAM, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The IMF's latest review of Greece's debt position was surprisingly pessimistic, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Tuesday, again ruling out the euro zone granting the country any writedown on its debt. Leaked in ...
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Government policy reluctantly neutral, historically very supportive. Current account improving. Capital and foreign direct investment improving. This is the another in a series of articles that makes a fundamental macroeconomic sectoral flow analysis of ...
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More and more Greeks are following the new brunch trend. The meal is a combination of breakfast and lunch – served around noon, it starts off with tea or coffee, marmalade, muffins,... The post The Latest Food Trend in Athens is Brunch appeared first on The National Herald.
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A Greek restaurant to be called The Gyro Room is in the works at 1124 Brown St. near the University of Dayton. John Hanna, founder of the Gyro Room, said this morning, Feb. 7 that he is shooting for a March opening. The 1,500-square-foot restaurant will ...
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Economic conditions in Greece are dire, with countless horror stories about families suffering economic deprivation. After years of supposed austerity and reform, the people have lost ground and the nation is deeper in debt. What went wrong? Let’s look ...
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The government and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras personally, aim for the development and strengthening of home porting in Greece, Shipping Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis said on Monday, in a meeting with representatives from the Union of Cruise Shipowners ...
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GOLD PRICES outran silver for a second day running in London on Tuesday, hitting new 3-month highs in Dollars and also Euros as worries spread ...
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Yesterday I noted that not all assets will make it through the inevitable financial re-set. (Which Assets Are Most Likely to Survive the Inevitable “System Re-Set”?) Those that are easy to expropriate will be expropriated, and those assets vulnerable ...
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Brussels, Feb 7 (AFP) The EU today firmly maintained that Greece’s economy remained on track despite a withering opinion by the IMF that Athens needed major deep debt relief and less austerity to prosper. A standoff between the eurozone and the ...
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Oregon dairy cooperative Tillamook has unveiled a new farm-style whole milk GREEK yogurt, available in six flavours. The whole milk line incorporates ...
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AMSTERDAM, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Tuesday he was surprised by the IMF's most recent review of ...
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In order to stem the flow of migrants crossing into Europe, the EU signed a deal with Turkey that aims to return migrants without an asylum claim to Turkey. Recently, EU leaders met in Malta and agreed to a new deal with Libya aimed at curtailing the flow ...
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GREECE said on Tuesday it wanted a positive conclusion soon to a drawn-out bailout review which would allow it to tap cheap European Central Bank ...
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We could be getting closer to yet another make-or-break-moment between GREECE and its international creditors. On one side, European creditors are ...
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Parties involved in bailing out GREECE cannot reach agreement on "how strict, how loose they should be ... and whether or not there should be an ...
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ANKARA (Sputnik) — The Anadolu news agency said referring to a new Turkey's extradition request sent to GREECE that the servicemen abandoned ...
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Did you know that pomegranates are considered the best of luck in Greece? Did you also know that they make for gorgeous wedding decor? One luck at this gorgeous inspiration (and that dress!) from Lorraine Young + Adrian Wood Photography and you’ll ...
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