How the world sees Greece
We are giving a hard negotiation battle. The aim is not the completion of the review on whatever conditions as main opposition New Democracy urged us to do and as it did when it was head of government, stated Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis in an interview with the Saturday edition of Efimerida ton […]
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Hundreds of refugees, migrants and supporters gathered on Saturday on Lesvos to protest against the European Union-Turkey deal that calls for the return of asylum seekers in Greece back to Turkey. The rally was in celebration of the international day of action against racism, war, fascism and poverty. It was also the first anniversary of […]
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One of Cyprus' three official minorities – Armenians and Latins being the other two – Maronites opted to be part of the GREEK Cypriot community with ...
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New Democracy denied on Saturday that it failed to vote in favor of an amendment tabled by coalition MPs that grants citizenship to the descendants of Greek Jews who did not return to Greece after World War II. The conservatives were recorded as voting ...
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Starting from this year, Greece’s main port will undergo a general facelift in terms of its infrastructure as a part of OLP’s investment plan that provides for expenditure on improvement and maintenance totaling 15 million euros in 2017. Kathimerini ...
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Taxpayers' arrears towards the Greek state again surged in January 2017, as ripples from last year's "tax tsunami" are now causing "waves" in current revenue targets. Moreover, based on stricter provisions enacted to collect outstanding debts owed to the ...
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The Pappas Post is the personal news and blog site of Gregory C. Pappas and includes curated news of interest to Greeks and those who love Greece, as well as the personal blog posts from Gregory Pappas' personal and professional experiences. The Pappas ...
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A local businessman was abducted at gunpoint on Thursday evening at his home by three gunmen, who in turn transported him back to his business in southeast Athens, where they opened a safe containing up to 100,000 euros, according to reports. Another two ...
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Olympic champion in gymnastics Lefteris Petrounias was the winner of the rings final at the Gymnastics World Cup AGF Trophy 2017 adding another gold medal to his collection. In his first international outing of the year, Rio rings champion made an ...
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The reason for this here article was my yesterday’s status in the Fan Page of Techblog where I referred to the major upgrade I choosing after 2.5 years with 30 mbps VDSL switch to VDSL speed of 50 mbps. Indeed, the improvement was so great to download ...
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ATHENS - Over 2,000 people demonstrated in the Greek capital in support of migrants and refugees on Saturday, calling for an end to the EU's year-old migrant pact with Turkey that cracked down on migrant flows. "Cancel EU-Turkey deal of shame," read the ...
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Self-proclaimed billionaire Artemis Sorras and his wife were convicted by an appeals court in Patras on Friday of embezzlement and sentenced to ...
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Curry simply hit the deck during the NBA All-Star Game in a comical surrender to a player known as “The GREEK Freak.” Antetokounmpo soared over ...
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GREEK government officials said that the International Monetary Fund insists on further pension cuts and strict labor laws, two issues for which Athens is ...
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The man who would save Greece from its debt, the self-proclaimed trillionaire is now officially a fugitive. While police combs the area of Patras, Artemis Sorras uploaded a manifesto video in which he states that he will never surrender. He calls on his supporters to launch a protest demonstration outside the Greek Parliament if he … The post Fugitive $600billion Artemis Sorras releases manifesto urging his supporters launch protests appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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The March 2016 Turkey-European Union deal has helped in reducing the migrant flow to Greece, but the number of pending asylum applications remains large. According to the Greek asylum service, 2,627 migrants and refugees crossed the eastern Aegean from ...
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MYTILENE, Greece, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Over 2,000 refugees, migrants and locals launched a protest on the Greek island of Lesvos on Saturday to protest against the EU-Turkey agreement enforced last March to stem the refugee-migrant flows to Europe.
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Very soon, the interest of the young devoted admirers of classical GREECE shifted from the archaeological ruins to contemporary politics. In 1936 ...
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EU member states in September 2015 agreed to relocate 160,000 people in need of international protection from Italy and GREECE by September 2017 ...
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Thousands of asylum applications remain pending even though the influx of undocumented migrants into GREECE from neighboring Turkey has ...
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The Greeks love a good legend, and none more than the tale of how their sacred island of Delos came about. A popular version of the story goes back ...
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A recent grass-roots effort to spare a historic GREECE building from a developer's wrecking ball will hold its first informational meeting on Tuesday at the ...
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The Greek parliament voted in favor of granting citizenship to descendants of Greek Jews, Holocaust survivors, on Friday. The voting took place after decades of delay. In 2011, the Greek government had voted in favor of granting citizenship to elderly ...
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Greece's Jewish community hailed on Saturday lawmakers' decision to allow descendants of Holocaust survivors to apply for Greek citizenship. The parliamentary amendment follows calls from the Central Board of Jewish Communities, the group's president David ...
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Demonstrators appeared in significant numbers on the streets of Athens on Saturday, March 18, supporting immigrants, according to reports, particularly, the European Union deal with Turkey seeking to stop the flow of refugees into the continent. Credit: …
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There’s no denying that it benefits the communities traveling between the two countries, and that the transportation system in Greece isn’t “fully mature” (they don’t have a longhaul airline, for example). The Partnership For Open & Fair Skies ...
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"It has become mission impossible for those who need it most to seek refuge in Europe", Panos Navrozidis, the IRC's country director in Greece, said. Prior to that, Cavusoglu was barred from making a public speech in Germany. With Brexit and the Scottish ...
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The Greek Parliament voted in favor of granting citizenship to descendants of Greek Jews, Holocaust survivors, on Friday. The voting took place after decades of delay. In 2011, the Greek government had voted in favor of granting citizenship to elderly Greek Jews who had survived the Holocaust. It is estimated that 20,000 descendants of Holocaust … The post Holocaust: Greek Parliament voted in favor of granting citizenship to descendants of Greek Jews appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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It is called “Mesternes Mester” and breaks a record number of views in Norway’s television. The grant final of the reality show “Champions of Champions” was entirely filmed in Messinia, in south western Peloponnese in Greece with shootings in Verga, Mani, Pylos, Voidokilia, Methoni and Kalamata. What looks like Octapus hanging in the sun are … The post Mesternes Mester: Greece hosts Norway’s survivor TV show appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Yes, the Greek dish. So how did the duo solve the issue? What’s the use of being a singer-songwriter if you can’t sing your food woes? Needless to say, Bryan and Fallon broke into a song “I Don’t Know How to Pronounce Gyro”, which, by the way ...
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UNICEF staff in Greece report deep levels of distress and frustration among children and their families, including one child as young as eight attempting self-harm. Despite recent improvement in living conditions some unaccompanied children in shelters ...
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The talks were interrupted in mid February by the Turkish Cypriot side, which demands that a decision passed by the Cypriot Parliament relating to a 1950 referendum on union with Greece is revoked, claiming this indicates a shift in the Greek Cypriot side ...
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When fans go see Wonder Woman in June, they're going to see a lot of things. They'll see a World War I epic, encapsulating the first time the world ...
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“Parliament's decision to grant citizenship to the descendants of GREEK Jews who were victims of the Holocaust puts right a historic responsibility,” said ...
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When you think of Greece, it’s likely your mind jumps straight to Santorini. With jaw dropping ocean views, those classic white and blue buildings, and a selection of the most amazing sunsets in the world, the island is a top spot on everyone’s travel ...
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Greeks withdrew 4 billion euros from banks since the beginning of the year amid the uncertainty generated by the stalling of negotiations om the bailout program review. At the end of 2016, total deposits of government, businesses and households in Greek banks amounted to 132 billion euros. According to Bank of Greece figures, total deposits […]
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[Donald Trump Boeing Dreamliner]REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque * THE LARGEST US AIRLINES WANT THE WHITE HOUSE TO INTERVENE IN THE EXPANSION OF THREE HUGE MIDDLE EASTERN RIVALS, WHICH THEY SAY IS HURTING BUSINESS AND JOBS. * TRUMP HASN'T TAKEN UP THE CAUSE. * THE MIDDLE EASTERN CARRIERS — EMIRATES, ETIHAD, AND QATAR — ARE BIG CUSTOMERS OF BOEING'S. * TRUMP'S FAMILY BUSINESS ALSO HAS STRONG TIES AND AMBITIONS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND QATAR. America's airline workers and CEOs are mad as hell. They face increasing competition from a group of foreign rivals that they say are government-supported, profiting off cheap labor, and abusing international agreements. On the surface, it seems like a perfect opportunity for President Donald Trump to champion American workers and threaten to tear up another trade agreement, but so far he's not biting. There are two reasons for this. His focus on job creation is in manufacturing, not the services industry, and the airlines that are triggering the complaints hail from a part of the world where Trump has growing business ties. WHAT'S THE ISSUE? Here's the shorthand version of the feud: Since 2015, American, Delta, and United Airlines (the US3) have been complaining about competition from three huge and fast-growing Middle East-based rivals — Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar Airways (the ME3). According to the US3, the ME3's growth has been fueled by as much as $50 billion in subsidies over the past decade, allowing them to flood the international market and threaten the job security of US aviation workers. They also say the ME3 are in violation of the Open Skies agreements that govern air travel between the US and 120 nations including the UAE and Qatar. They're trying hard to get Trump's attention. Last Sunday, a group of United Airlines employees, unions, and members of Congress held a protest at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey in reaction to the launch of a new daily service by Emirates from Newark to Athens, Greece — a route that United flies during the summer. At the same time, a bipartisan group of 25 members of Congress from New York and New Jersey asked the White to block Emirates' Newark-Athens route. "It's crystal clear that the US airlines and their employees are looking to President Trump to enforce our international agreements with the trade cheaters of the UAE and Qatar," said Jill Zuckman, a spokeswoman for the lobbying group representing the US3 on this matter. The ME3, as you might expect, rebut all this. They say US airlines have been bailed out and supported by government spending in the past, and that their own flights into the US create jobs and growth. MANUFACTURING FIRST [Donald Trump Boeing]REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque From his early days on the campaign trail, Trump keyed in on a need for America to rebuild its once booming manufacturing sector. Time and time again, candidate Trump and then President Trump vowed to support American-made products. The president has personally praised companies such as Ford, General Motors, United Technologies, and Intel for deciding to keep manufacturing operations in the US. That extends to Boeing. In February, when asked about US airlines' request to block the entrance of Norwegian Air's Irish subsidiary into the domestic market, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said: "They're flying Boeing planes. There is a huge economic interest that America has in that deal right now. I don't want to get ahead of the president on that. But just to be clear, I mean, when you're talking about US jobs — both in terms of the people who are serving those planes and the person who's building those planes — that's a very big difference." The difference here is that Boeing and its assembly plants in Washington state and South Carolina that produced the 120 737 and 787 jets in Norwegian's Boeing-only fleet are the same plants that will build the 100 next-generation 737 MAX airliners Norwegian has on order with a list value of more than $11 billion. After all, there are few visuals quite as representative of American industrial might as a shiny new Boeing jet. THE ME3 ARE BIG SPENDERS But Norwegian is small potatoes when compared with the economic might and sheer spending power of the ME3. [Emirates Boeing 777-300 ER]Boeing Take Emirates, for instance: The airline is one of Boeing's most important and reliable customers. Emirates' fleet of 160 Boeing 777s is the largest of its kind in the world and worth $45 billion. To put things into perspective, if a 737 is the aeronautical equivalent of a $25,000 family sedan, then a 777 is a $100,000 Cadillac Escalade. And Emirates has been buying these "Cadillacs" in bulk, with orders for another $86 billion worth of Boeing 777 and next generation 777X airliners. It's not just Emirates. Collectively, the ME3 account for nearly 80% of the 306 777X aircraft Boeing has sold. Then there are the engines, which Boeing does not make. For Emirates, a larger number of its 777s are powered by General Electric GE90 engines. In 2015, Emirates signed a $16 billion deal with GE to provide maintenance for these engines. Even many of the non-American aircraft Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar fly are powered by American-made engines, built by a Connecticut-based joint venture between GE and Pratt & Whitney, called Engine Alliance. Put it all together, and the three airlines hold more than $150 billion worth of economic power that will keep Boeing's assembly lines rolling for the next decade and beyond. Despite the vastness and importance of the airline industry, the Trump administration's focus on manufacturing, that shining image of US industrial supremacy, takes precedence. After all, why antagonize some of the most lucrative customers for America's most recognizable industrial export? TRUMP DUBAI It's also worth raising the issue of the Trump Organization's business interests in the United Arab Emirates. These business dealings have been the subject of criticism from the president's detractors. In February, the president's two adult sons, Eric and Donald Jr., presided over the opening of the latest Trump-branded golf course, the Trump International Golf Club Dubai. The course, located a stone's throw away from downtown Dubai, was developed by Hussain Sajwani, a billionaire and Trump family friend, and his Dubai-based DAMAC Properties. According to Reuters, DAMAC pays the Trump Organization a licensing fee to use the Trump brand on the facility, which features a 30,000-square-foot clubhouse, four restaurants, state-of-the-art recreation facilities, and a 7,300-yard, par-71 golf course designed by Gil Hanse. DAMAC is also developing a second Trump-branded golf course in the emirate, called the Trump World Golf Club Dubai, which will feature an 18-hole championship course designed by Tiger Woods. In 2015 and 2016, DAMAC paid the Trump Organization as much as $10 million, Bloomberg reported. [Eric Trump Dubai]REUTERS/William Maclean The tiny emirate of Dubai has blossomed over the past couple of decades under the guidance of its ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, and revolves around its government, ruled by the house of al Maktoum. Infrastructure, land, and real-estate development are all part of the ruling family's efforts to brand Dubai as a global hub for trade and commerce, and the heart of this international marketing effort is Dubai's most recognizable and effective branding tool: Emirates, and its shining fleet of jumbo jets. It's not just Dubai either. Neighboring Abu Dhabi, where Etihad is based, and Qatar to the north are doing much of the same — including building hotels and golf courses that might carry the Trump name. According to Hotelier Middle East, in 2015, Ivanka Trump said the organization was looking at "multiple opportunities" in Abu Dhabi, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. On a practical level, Emirates is also the how the world's golfers will find their way to Trump's Dubai properties. And according to a passenger on the flight, it's how Eric and Donald Jr. made their way back to New York from Dubai. It's still early, and it's entirely possible the White House could take up the concerns raised by American, Delta, and United. If it doesn't, we have a good idea why. NOW WATCH: Check out the Boeing airliner President Donald Trump is trading in for Air Force One
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The media entrepreneur, 66, on turning an idea into a global news company, sexism in Silicon Valley and being in love MY MOTHER MADE US FEEL LIKE WE COULD DO ANYTHING. My sister and I lived with her in a one-bedroom apartment in Greece after my parents separated. When I saw a picture of Cambridge University in a magazine and said I wanted to go, she never said: “Well, you have no money and you don’t speak English.” Instead it was: “Let’s see how we can make that happen.” THE HUFFINGTON POST IS STILL LIKE A THIRD CHILD TO ME. Taking what was an idea and turning it into a global media company is something I treasure. It was incredibly disruptive in its time and it really put the focus on covering everything beyond just left and right. Continue reading...
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From the glamour of Glyndebourne to murder in Greece – a woman’s intriguing quest to find the husband who divorced her Katie Kitamura’s first novel, _The Longshot_, was set in the closed, masculine universe of martial arts, while her second, _Gone to the Fores_t, was a fable of destruction set in an allegorical, unnamed country. This third novel also takes place in an attenuated world stiff with custom: that of the English upper classes and their sorrowful literary offspring. Here, everyone lives in the same neighbourhood, attends Glyndebourne and a round of dinner parties, and there are neither politics nor bills. Jobs have atrophied – publishers commission books with no deadlines – and so have gender roles. Our narrator accepts that a mother with three children is ipso facto “always in need of help and companionship”; that men only “achieve a little privacy [on] the shores of infidelity”; and that sex while menstruating is quite impossible. Continue reading...
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In an “Amazing Race” first, 22 strangers will be paired up for tests such as skydiving over Norway and a bungee jump in Greece. CBS has announced the show would be taking the Thursday 10 p.m. slot recently vacated by “Training Day.” “For years ...
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They slaughter sea turtles on the island of Naxos. Since the beginning of the year, a total of ten sea turtles have been washed up at the beaches of the Greek island in the Cyclades in the Aegean sea. All of them were beheaded. The Greek Sea Turtles Protection and Rescue organization in Greece, Archelon, … The post Naxos – The Slaughter of Sea Turtles: Rescue org appeals for hints appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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The EU-Turkey deal has turned GREECE into a testing ground for European Union policies that are eroding the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, ...
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Starting from this year, GREECE'S main port will undergo a general facelift in terms of its infrastructure as a part of OLP's investment plan that provides ...
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Guest speakers highlight Delphi’s past and present significance and suggest a new approach to seeking the Parthenon Sculptures restitution The Greek Press Association-UK (GPA-UK) successfully held its 5th annual dinner on Wednesday 8th March 2017 at ...
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Law enforcement authorities arrested him in Greece later that year, but he posted bail and fled to Russia. Cybersecurity experts who have studied the incidents say the 2013 attack on Yahoo was most likely carried out by a different person. InfoArmor ...
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“It is easier to build strong children than repair broken men,” advises Professor Hughes (played by Alfre Woodard), dropping a Frederick Douglass quotation on Zurich (Trevor Jackson), the protagonist of Netflix’s black frat drama Burning Sands.
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Greece’s Eleftherios Petrounias won the gold medal in men’s still rings final at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics Individual Apparatus World Cup in Baku on March 18. He scored 15.466. Japan’s Kazuyuki Takeda ranked the second with a score of 14.766 and ...
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Archaeologists think they have found where the GREEK fleet gathered before the 480 BC Battle of Salamis, fought between GREEKS and Persians in the ...
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Attempts by GREEK government officials to bridge a gulf in dragging negotiations with representatives of the country's international creditors failed to ...
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of smugglers and risk everything during perilous sea and land crossings. In March 2016, a series of policies were put in place by self-harm, and violent confrontations have occurred across European countries to prevent the further movement of people the ...
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