Athens, GREECE - A cloud of tension hovered inside an Athens courtroom as an anxious crowd waited to hear the appeal verdict in the case of ...
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How the world sees Greece
Friday, July 7, 2017
Young American man beaten to death by crowd during GREEK island vacation
A young American man's trip to paradise ended with a crowd beating him to death on a GREEK island. The tourist, identified by local media as ...
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UN Chief Says Greek and Turkish Cypriots Could Not Reach Agreement
Discussions to end the more than 40 years of conflict in Cyprus have failed to reach an agreement. In a Friday news conference, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Greek and Turkish Cypriots were unable to reach a deal to reunite the island despite ...
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Johanna Konta’s career-best Wimbledon run continues with Sakkari win
• British No1 wins 6-4, 6-1 to reach fourth round • Konta faces Caroline Garcia in fourth round After the heavy fall in Eastbourne that forced her supporters to become experts on thoracic spinal cord injuries – file them next to broken metatarsals – and an epic win over Donna Vekic that finally brought her Centre Court acclaim, Johanna Konta needed a relaxing end to a draining week. Fortunately for the British No1, a swift workout with Maria Sakkari turned out to be as stressful as an all-inclusive trip to a luxury spa. In stark contrast to her ding-dong with Vekic on Wednesday, there were times when Konta could have pulled up a sun bed during a composed win over a young Greek challenger whose impetuosity undermined her efforts to stop the sixth seed from becoming the first British woman to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon since the forgotten Laura Robson in 2013. Konta intends to go further than the last 16 of course. She has emerged as the dominant force in British tennis, a development few people saw coming when the 26-year-old languished outside the top 100 two years ago, held back by the doubt that clouded her mind. Continue reading...
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John Podesta Tells Donald Trump to Get His “Head in the Game”
WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton’s former campaign chair is telling President Donald Trump to “Get a grip” and get his “head in the game.” Greek-American John […] The post John Podesta Tells Donald Trump to Get His “Head in the Game” appeared first on The National Herald.
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Sani Resort, Halkidiki, Greece
As I stepped out of my private transfer (just a speedy 50 minutes from Thessaloniki airport). I could smell and see fresh pine trees all around, turquoise Aegean waters sparkling away in the distance and sunshine beaming down on my face- I was in Greece ...
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Casino 1995 GREEK subs yify
Address of lac-leamy casino has will to from Review in the with from many major visited has views business appendices It and congressional The ...
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PBS Series This is America Visits Greece Highlights NHS Heritage Program
… . The American College of Greece and NHS Heritage Greece Program, Stavros Niarchos … with the Heritage Greece 2017 class, NHS members, and Greek American mentors … Greece is about “connections”– connecting the students to their respective Greek roots …
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Modern-day “Spartan” marries his “Aphrodite” in Cyprus (photos)
Couple from Lebanon both have Greek roots
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Greek Education Ministry: University Entry Exams Not Abolished
Despite earlier announcements by Education Minister Kostas Gavroglou for the abolition of the Pan-Hellenic Examinations for entering Greek higher education institutions, Greek students will continue to have entry exams. The Greek government’s pledge for ...
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SEV: Growth in Greece Will Not Come With Gyms and Hair Salons
In crisis-stricken Greece the businesses that flourish are hair salons, dry cleaners, funeral parlors, electronics repair shops and gyms, says the weekly Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) report. However, the bulletin says, such businesses will not ...
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British man forced to lie in urine in Greece hospital
Stephen Moss, 60, has been in hospital for more than two weeks after injuring himself in a fall. His wife Debbie, 54, has voiced her horror at conditions in the cash-strapped country.
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Wimbledon set for biggest day for UK tennis in 20 years
Jo Konta won 6-4, 6-1 against Greek player Maria Sakkari but Heather Watson and Aljaz Bedene both lost in three sets. Andy Murray is set to go head-to-head with Fabio Fognini on Centre Court.
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Japanese-GREEK tragedy kicks off Avignon 2017
The well-known school book GREEK tragedy by Sophocles hinges on a young girl disobeying the king, her uncle Creon, by giving her brother the same ...
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ESM approves €8.5bn tranche for Greece: €6.9bn will go back to lenders
HURAAH! HURRAH! The European Stability Mechanism approved the third bailout tranche of €8.5 billion new loan to Greece. The large part of the ESM financial assistance, €7.7billion, is expected to be made by the ESM on Monday. The rest €0.8 billion ...
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Euro zone OKs $9.7 billion bailout for GREECE
BRUSSELS: The euro zone approved the latest €8.5 billion ($9.7 billion) bailout disbursement to GREECE on Friday, just in time for Athens to meet ...
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New Law on Sunday Shopping in GREECE Comes into Effect
The new law 4427/2017 allows for retail stores in central Athens, Thessaloniki and tourist areas to be open on Sundays for six months of the year ...
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Corfu hosts GREECE'S first Maxi 72 race
The event, which is the first Maxi 72 race to take place in GREECE, started on Monday and ends on Saturday. Each of these impressive craft measures ...
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Who rode shotgun for China? Greece!
Let’s just hope that no Argentine government ever finds itself in a similar spot. Economically depressed Greece isn’t only in desperate want of Chinese investment — it already has quite a lot of it. Who owns a controlling interest, 51 percent, in the ...
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Briton charged after man dies in Zante brawl
A British man has been arrested after an American was fatally injured a bar fight on the Greek island of Zakynthos, also known as Zante.
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Strawberry Avocado Spinach Salad with Greek Yogurt Poppy Seed Dressing
Something strange happened last week that I’m still trying to wrap my head around. James and I went to a cook-out where the hosts totally (and deliciously) went overboard with the food: there were sausages of every sort, kebabs piled so high on platters ...
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‘Glamping’ in Greece: Where to Go for Glamorous Camping
“Glamping” is the latest trend in camping — which really doesn’t resemble camping at all! It involves accommodations and facilities that are even luxurious and spa-like sometimes. There are many places around Greece that offer you the chance to ...
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Splendid Sani Dunes: Charm, efficiency and professionalism at this wonderful GREEK resort
Here I was at the wonderful GREEK resort of Sani, temperatures were nudging 94 degrees F (34 deg C) and there was a cooling drink in my hand.
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Greek Judges Accuse Government of Endangering Rule of Law
Senior members of the Greek judiciary have strongly criticized the government for undermining rule of law. The prestigious Association of Judges and Prosecutors of Greece accused ministers of “dangerous logic” when viewing the judiciary as merely ...
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American student on Greek island vacation is beaten to death by 10 attackers with brass knuckles after argument with bar security guard
An American student has died after a mass beating by 10 people in the early hours Friday, when he was on vacation on a Greek island. Bakari Henderson, 22, was battered to death in the street by the attackers who are thought to have used brass knuckles to ...
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GREECE to get 3rd tranche of European bailout funds
The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) on Friday approved the release of a much-needed third tranche of bailout money for GREECE worth €8.5 ...
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Police arrests Greeks, Germans and Italians over free camping in Crete
Police authorities in the Rethymnon prefecture arrested several Greeks, German and Italian nationals over free camping in a protected NATURA area. In a big operation in the Koyrtaliotiko Gorge and Preveli lake in Agios Vassileios Municipality, police arrested 11 Greeks aged 25-54, and four foreigners from Germany and Italy aged 36-42. According to authorities the … The post Police arrests Greeks, Germans and Italians over free camping in Crete appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Appeals court acquits anarchist Theofilou of armed robbery, terror organization charges
A five-member criminal appeals court ruled on Friday that Tasos Theofilou, serving 25 years in prison for armed robbery, was innocent of all charges. Theofilou had been in prison since his arrest over his alleged involvement in a deadly armed robbery at a branch of Alpha Bank on the island of Paros in 2012, where … The post Appeals court acquits anarchist Theofilou of armed robbery, terror organization charges appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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European law expert: UK has sparked race to the bottom that will strip citizens of their rights
Now that both the UK government and the EU have set out their proposals for citizens’ rights after Brexit, it’s clear that both take the concept of reciprocity as a starting point. But the EU and the UK have a profoundly different understanding of what reciprocity means. While the EU approaches reciprocity as a moral principle and legal guarantee in its offer, the UK merely uses it as a technique to delay making commitments and with which to make threats that its offer is dependent on the EU doing the same. But because the substance and legal guarantees of the two proposals is very different, the impact on people’s lives would be too. There are good reasons to argue that unilaterally guaranteeing citizens’ rights is not actually the most appropriate solution for Brexit negotiations. During the recent UK election campaign, Labour offered to unilaterally guarantee the rights of EU citizens living in the UK. This seems morally the right thing to do as it would avoid making these citizens a bargaining chip in Brexit negotiations. But at the same time, it would make UK citizens living elsewhere in the EU more exposed to trade-offs between their rights and other points under negotiation. Unilateral solutions also fail to recognise the cross-border dimension of the lives of the individuals involved, both EU and British citizens. EU citizenship provides a comprehensive set of rights, such as the recognition of qualifications, healthcare co-ordination between member states and rules to transfer entitlements, such as pension contributions, to another country. Such rules require international solutions and cannot simply be resolved by unilateral action from one party at the negotiating table. Even offering British citizenship to all EU citizens in the UK, as former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has suggested, is not an appropriate solution as it would not account for such cross-border issues. Not all EU countries allow dual citizenship and some people may have to give up their citizenship of origin if they want to take British citizenship. THE CASE FOR RECIPROCITY The concept of reciprocity is therefore a more appropriate guide to dealing with the rights of the 3.3m EU citizens in the UK and 1.2m British citizens in the EU after Brexit. There is a strong moral argument for reciprocity. Both British citizens in the EU and EU citizens in the UK have built up their lives in a foreign country in the legitimate expectation that EU citizenship would protect them. They were never asked to obtain visas, were never told their stay would be temporary, and (with the exception of national voting rights) were treated in pretty much the same way as nationals. They deserve to be treated equally in the opportunity to retain the life and rights they have legitimately acquired. The EU has taken reciprocity seriously as a moral starting point. It has offered that all the rights of both EU citizens in the UK and the British in the rest of the EU will be protected for life. It wants to ensure this via an international agreement between the UK and EU that sets out in detail citizens’ current rights for life, to be protected by judicial control of the Court of Justice of the EU. Under such an international agreement, which can be part of the UK’s Article 50 withdrawal agreement from the EU, or be a separate citizens’ agreement, each set of citizens acts as a safeguard for the rights of the other. Without such an international agreement, these citizens lose each other as safeguards and will be at the whim of national governments, which will undoubtedly undermine the rights on which they have legitimately built up their lives. The EU might be willing to compromise by accepting an international court other than the Court of Justice to control the agreement, but legally safeguarding reciprocity at an international level is a strict condition for the EU in its Brexit negotiating position. As Antonio Tajani, president of the European parliament, said on a recent trip to the UK: “For us, the agreement is [to have the same rights] as today [and] yesterday, tomorrow … For us, it is a priority and it is a red line.” MORAL AND LEGAL PRINCIPLE In contrast, the UK government’s rhetoric fails to recognise reciprocity as a moral and legal principle. Its offer is far less generous than the EU’s. Unlike the EU, the UK does not propose to guarantee the rights of EU citizens for life. It is ambiguous on who can retain them, and it undermines some existing rights, such as the ability for EU citizens to bring a family member to live with them in the UK. Its proposal on citizens’ rights is actually unilateral: it intends to act unilaterally on the residence status of EU citizens by turning them into immigrants under general UK immigration law. This implies that EU citizens living in the UK will lose rights that were specific to them. If the EU “reciprocates” on this offer, it would mean each of the 27 individual member states would deal with the residence requirements for the British living in their countries. This would leave the British in the rest of the EU at the mercy of 27 different and changing immigration laws on which the UK would no longer have any leverage. So, instead of accepting reciprocity as a moral principle and legal guarantee, the UK is turning it into a race to the bottom at the expense of both EU citizens in the UK and its own citizens in the EU. [The Conversation] _Stijn Smismans receives funding from the European Research Council for research on European policy-making, but that research is not directly related to the topic of this article. _
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National Herald predicts new Greek metropolitan of Chicago
NEW YORK (National Herald) – His Grace Bishop Sevastianos of Zela was elected Metropolitan of Chicago during the process of the selection of the three person ballot (triprospon) by the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America ...
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Cyprus reunification talks break down, ending two years of hope.
Talks to end the 43-year-old political deadlock on Cyprus broke down acrimoniously yesterday, as Turkish and GREEK cypriot negotiators failed to ...
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Medicinal plants 'pillaged' from GREEK mountains
Bands of Albanian thieves are denuding Greece's northern highlands of rare herbs and medicinal plants to meet demand from western beauty ...
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Alexis Tsipras Undergoes Hernia Operation
Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras was admitted to hospital to undergo hernia removal operation on Friday afternoon. Mr. Tsipras was hospitalized at the Eugenideio private hospital of Athens and the surgery took place on Friday afternoon. The Prime Minister’s office issued a statement according to which the operation was scheduled. “The Prime Minister wants to thank […]
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Anarchist Theofilou Acquitted of Armed Robbery, Guerilla Group Membership
A Greek court ruled on Friday that Tasos Theofilou, serving 25 years in prison for armed robbery, was innocent of all charges. Theofilou had been in prison since his arrest over his alleged involvement in an armed robbery on the island of Paros in 2012, where one person was killed. He was also acquitted of […]
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Pentagon Seeks to Upgrade American Base on Crete
The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joseph F. Dunford, expressed Washington’s desire to further upgrade the American base at Souda Bay on Crete. The joint Greek-U.S. base is a forward operating site for U.S. and allied operations around the Mediterranean, a remote base that offers a deep-water harbor for resupply and maintenance […]
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Rafael Benitez keen to finalise a £17.5m move for Greek international Andreas Samaris
… Benitez remains keen to sign Greek international Andreas Samaris for Newcastle …
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This is America & The World Highlights NHS’ Program at The American College of Greece
… Heritage Greece student participants and American College of Greece President, David Horner. Greece Today – Part II Greece’s economy …
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Greek-American Nick Economos Passes Away at 91
… a member of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Warren; Ahepa … a.m. at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church with the Rev … his memory to St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church 429 High St … Visitation at the St. Demetrios Greek orthodox Church from 10:00 …
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Greece's Public Power Corp says still facing billing arrears
PPC has tried to recoup unpaid bills with phased repayment schemes and has offered discounts to clients who pay on time or prepay their bills. But arrears still stood at 2.23 billion euros in May after dropping by just 27 million euros since the end of ...
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American tourist, 22, beaten to death in bar fight while on vacation in Greece
ATHENS, Greece — Greek police say a 22-year-old American tourist has been fatally injured in a fight at a bar on the island of Zakynthos. Police said in a statement Friday that the man, whose identity was not publicly announced, was beaten to death by a ...
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GREECE gets €8.5 billion in new bailout cash
GREECE will be able to meet its debt repayment obligations this month after the eurozone's bailout arm on Friday approved a €8.5 billion in new bailout ...
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“This! Is! Souvlaki!” Molon Labe brings GREECE to SWFL
He tries to return to GREECE as often as possible to find new recipes and ingredients to keep things fresh. He says that authentic ingredients from ...
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ESM approves 8.5 billion tranche to Greece
Body releases official announcement on site
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Greece in top 10 countries with most cars per person (2015-infographic)
List dominated by EU nations
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Turkey slams Greek Cypriot attitude after talks collapse
Trump calls Putin meeting an "honour", cites "very good talks" Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim condemned Friday what he said was the lack of a "constructive attitude" on the part of Greek Cypriots, blaming them for the failure of talks to reunify ...
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Greece To Receive EUR7.70 Billion Of Bailout Money On Monday
BRUSSELS (Alliance News) - Greece's European creditors are set to disburse a new tranche of bailout funds amounting to EUR7.70 billion on Monday after the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) gave its final approval. After months of disagreement over the ...
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Greece unemployment rate lowest since Jan2012
ATHENS: Greece’s unemployment rate declined for the fourth straight month in April to its lowest level in more than five years, preliminary data from the Hellenic Statistical Authority showed Thursday. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate dropped to 21.7 ...
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Visit Greece: Discover Ithaca island, Ulysses homeland
When Odysseus set off for glorious days in Troy, his beloved wife, Penelope, was left alone to unwittingly excite the appetite of men for a gorgeous queen. Before long, the palace was brimful of odious suitors who would flirt with the queen persistently.
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British side attempts to allay GREEK shipowners' concerns over Brexit
An event organized at the British ambassador's residence in Athens this week aimed to convey the message that London, and especially its City ...
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What's On This Weekend? Music Indoors and Out, Theater, Nature, Art, GREEK Festival
East End Open Studio runs all weekend in Ipswich. Art is on show and there will be a number of performances. Read more about that here.
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