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Saturday, May 5, 2018

Headstones smashed at GREEK Jewish cemetery

In October 2015, parties who have not been identified wrote in black paint on the entrance to the same cemetery south of the GREEK capital the number 18 – a neo-Nazi code for Adolf Hitler — and the word “raus” – German for “out.” In Nazi Germany, the phrase Juden raus, “Jews out,” was a common ...


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Afghan man killed in brawl at Patra port in western GREECE

Police in the port of Patra have detained 11 migrants following a brawl that led to the death of a 20-year-old Afghan man late on Friday. The fracas ...


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Greece 2018 🇬🇷 extra-rehearsal for Yianna Terzi announced

GREECE – It has been announced that ERT has requested from the EBU an extra rehearsal for Yianna Terzi in order to deal with the technical problems felt in both run of rehearsals. They will work out the projections and the on screen effects. RTP and EBU ...


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GREEK Photographer Wins 3 Awards in International Competition in London

GREEK photographer Panayis Chrysovergis won three awards at the international Event Photography Awards (EPA) held at the British Museum on Thursday. The black and white photograph “The Kiss”, showing an elderly couple kissing passionately, won first prize in the Private Events category, first ...


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Sousa downs rising GREEK star Tsitsipas

Estoril - Portugal's Joao Sousa scored a popular victory on Saturday, beating GREEK teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7/4) to reach the final of the Estoril Open. He is the first local since Federico Gil in 2010 to make the home final. "It was a fantastic match for me, it's a dream to be in a final at ...


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GREEK Islanders Protest EU, One-Third of Population Now Migrants

An angry mob on the GREEK Island of Lesbos has attempted to overturn a police bus after protests against European Union (EU) migration policies and the arrival of the GREEK prime minister turned ugly. The policies have left around 10,000 to 15,000 migrants stranded on the tiny island, overwhelming ...


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Turkish Cypriot leader awaiting answer over Guterres Framework

In his speech marking the completion of his third year in office on April 30, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akıncı said that “If the GREEK Cypriot side is ready to accept the Guterres Framework as it is, without any alterations, it should say so without delay. In that case, we can announce it as a strategic ...


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Greece Deports Turkish Man who Crossed Evros Border

Greek authorities on Saturday deported a Turkish man who had entered the country through the Evros border on Wednesday, Hellenic Police say. Local police in Kastanies returned the Turkish civilian to his country through the Kastanies border crossing.


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Greece escapes a financial tragedy

‘Congratulations prime minister, you have brought Greece back from the brink!” These are words that Alexis Tsipras must have feared he would never hear. Less than three years ago, Tsipras held a fierce, stubborn referendum to reject reform packages set ...


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These Irish influencers stole the show at the Primark event in GREECE

We suffered from a severe case of jealousy (and FOMO) this week watching our favourite bloggers have a ball in GREECE on a Primark trip. The brand jetted a number of gals from all over Europe off to Mykonos for a few days and Irish influencers Louise O'Reilly and Dominique Nugent did a serious job ...


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Greek authorities expel Turkish worker who illegally crossed into Greece

A Turkish civilian arrested by Greek soldiers for straying into Greece has been deported to Turkey, the Greek police said on May 5. Local police in northeastern Greece said the man was returned to Turkish authorities at the Kastanies border crossing on the ...


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GREEK connection headlines A-League Grand Final

Along with Petratos and Antonis, Johnny Koutroumbis (Newcastle Jets) and Melbourne Victory's Christian Theoharous, James Troisi and Kosta Barbarouses are the other players with GREEK heritage that will feature in Saturday's decider. Petratos told Neos Kosmos he was proud of the number of players ...


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GREEK Banks Withstand ECB Stress Tests Without Serious Damage

ATHENS (Alliance News) - Greece's four largest banks have passed the latest round of stress tests prescribed by the European Central Bank without any serious damage, according to official results released on Saturday. The tests showed that the four banks - the National Bank of Greece, Alpha Bank, ...


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Turkish national arrested at Evros deported to Turkey

He was arrested for illegal entry into Greece


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Snap polls would 'liberate' country, ND leader says

In a letter to Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis, Gennimata called for elections to be held before GREECE signs an agreement for an exit from the country's third international bailout program, which is scheduled for August. Gennimata also proposed that a debate be held in Parliament on the measures that ...


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Can-Do Greeks Get Busy Cleaning Up the Environment

By Heini-Sofia Alavuo. Civic-minded Greeks are volunteering in droves to clean up their country in a campaign being described as “one of the fastest growing civic movements of modern times”. Last Sunday, people all around GREECE joined together to work for a cleaner country and a cleaner planet.


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Bald man steals $400 worth of Gillette razors from CVS in GREECE

BRIGHTON. Petit larceny: Between 6:35 and 9:15 p.m. April 25, someone stole a cell phone from an unlocked vehicle at 1200 Edgewood Ave. Criminal mischief: Between 4 p.m. April 26 and 7 a.m. April 27, someone removed the oil dipstick, got inside a front loader, cracked the windshield and ...


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GREEK police launch investigation into desecration of Jewish graves

GREEK police announced Saturday they had opened an investigation into the desecration the previous day of Jewish graves in the Nikea cemetery, which is in the southwestern suburbs of Athens. "Marble grave markers were damaged in the Jewish part of the cemetery of Nikea," a police spokesman told ...


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Football: GREEK club Panathinaikos close to Thai sale, claim media reports

ATHENS (AFP) - Thai entrepreneur Pairoj Piempongsant on Saturday took a step closer to acquiring a majority stake in financially-troubled GREEK club Panathinaikos,GREEK media reported. Piempongsant met current owner Yiannis Alafouzos in Athens and agreed that his firm Pan Asia Investments will ...


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Greek police bust cancer drugs racket

Greek police say they have broken up a criminal gang that stole cancer drugs from public hospitals and smuggled them to other European countries for resale at much higher prices. Investigators have detained 21 people, including doctors and nurses, and say ...


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GREECE expels Turkish man who crossed illegally into GREECE

THESSALONIKI, GREECE (AP) — A Turkish civilian arrested by Greek soldiers for straying into GREECE has been deported to Turkey, police say. Local police in northeastern GREECE said the man was returned to Turkish authorities at the Kastanies border crossing Saturday afternoon. A court had given the ...


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Greece arrests doctors and nurses over stolen cancer drugs

Doctors and nurses are among 21 arrested over a Europe-wide scam involving forged prescriptions.


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Pro Cannabis Festival and Rally in Athens, May 5

A rally for the legalization of cannabis takes place in downtown Athens on Saturday. The Pan Hellenic Cannabis Rally is part of the “Global Marijuana March” campaign, that takes place simultaneously in 300 cities around the world. The rally slogan is “against the ban” of cannabis. The organizers in Greece have started with an information  … The post Pro Cannabis Festival and Rally in Athens, May 5 appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Report Claims Sven Mislintat Signed GREEK Defender in January Without the Knowledge of Arsene ...

Arsenal's head of recruitment Sven Mislintat signed GREEK defender Konstantinos Mavropanos in January without the knowledge of manager Arsene Wenger, according to a recent report. The 20-year-old joined the North London side at the beginning of 2018 from PAS Giannina for a fee of £1.89m, ...


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Turkish municipal worker arrested at GREEK border deported

A 38-year-old Turkish man who was arrested last week at Greece's northeastern border was deported to Turkey on Saturday. The man, a municipal employee in the Turkish border town of Edirne, was carrying out construction work when he was apprehended last Wednesday on the GREEK side of the ...


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Bookcases seen at bus stops at suburb Thessaloniki, GREECE

A bookcase is seen at a bus stop at suburb Thessaloniki, GREECE, on May 4, 2018. (Xinhua/Dimitris Tosidis). 1 2 3 Next. 1 2 3 Next. KEY WORDS:bookcase. YOU MAY LIKE. Int'l book fair kicks off in GREECE'S Thessaloniki · Students mark World Book Day at Chinese Culture Center in Vientiane, Laos ...


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Jewish gravestones damaged in GREECE; police investigate

Greek police have begun investigating the desecration of Jewish graves in an Athens cemetery on Friday, Agence France-Press reported. "Marble grave markers were damaged in the Jewish part of the cemetery of NIkea," a police spokesperson said according to AFP. The Nikea cemetery where the ...


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PM Tsipras article: Greece ready to exit crisis

PM signs article in newspaper 'Efimerida Ton Syntakton'


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UNC Adds Coastal Carolina Transfer & GREEK National Team Middle Blocker

Tontai came to Coastal Carolina out of Athens, Greece, where she was a member of the GREEK National Team and competed in the CEV Champions League. She was also with the U19 National Team at the European Championship Qualification Tournament. In her lone season with the Chanticleers, ...


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Athens welcomes GREEK banks' success in ECB stress tests

"The results of the 2018 stress test of GREEK significant institutions show that the average capital depletion under the adverse scenario, which covered a three-year period and assumed static balance sheets, was 9 percentage points, equivalent to 15.5 billion euros (18.6 billion US dollars)," read an ...


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Playing politics with GREECE'S future

What is the public role of expertise in GREECE? When should governments listen to them? No one expects a modern society to emulate Plato's Republic, but the question goes to the very heart of a widespread institutional problem and one that undoubtedly holds the country back. Indeed, the “brain drain” ...


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Greece's top 4 banks may lose €15.5 bn in stressed economic scenario: ECB

Test results for 33 lenders from other euro zone countries will be published in early November


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IBNA/Interview: Ch. Spirtzis: Greece uses its geopolitical position to become an intermodal transport hub

The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Christos Spirtzis speaks exclusively to IBNA on the sidelines of the 3rd CrossBorder Cooperation Meeting between Greece Bulgaria


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Stress test show GREEK banks could enter new crisis

A fresh economic crisis would leave GREEK banks exposed and see their capital slide by billions, the European Central Bank said Saturday after publishing the results of a latest stress test. The test on four major GREEK banks four months before a planned exit from an 86-billion euro bailout programme, ...


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Greece’s four systemic banks successfully pass ECB’s stress tests

Greece’s four systemic banks- Piraeus bank, Eurobank, National Bank and Alpha bank – have successfully passed the stress tests of the European Central Bank. The stress tests results were published on Saturday and were conducted earlier than for other European banks, because Greece is to exit the bailout program in upcoming August. 2018 #Greece banks … The post Greece’s four systemic banks successfully pass ECB’s stress tests appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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More than 180 Albanian felons wanted in GREECE

More than 180 Albanian criminals who are wanted in GREECE for serious felonies committed in the last 18 years have reportedly found refuge in their ... have told Kathimerini that the felons are not extradited to GREECE because Albanian judicial and law enforcement authorities are reluctant to do so.


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Greek Banks Get the All Clear From European Regulators

ATHENS—Greece’s biggest banks received a clean bill of health from Europe’s regulators on Saturday, an important step toward the completion of an eight-year bailout program that has strained the country’s economy. After carrying out “stress tests ...


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New crisis would hammer Greek banks: ECB

A fresh economic crisis would leave Greek banks exposed and see their capital slide by billions, the European Central Bank said Saturday after publishing the results of a latest stress test. The test on four major Greek banks four months before a planned ...


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Greek banks face €15.5bn hit to capital ratio under stress test

Greece’s four biggest banks would take a €15.5bn hit to their combined capital ratios in a future economic downturn, according to the results of the European Central Bank’s latest stress test of the country’s main lenders. The ECB’s health check ...


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GREEK banks pass stress tests, would only lose 15.5 bln under adverse scenario

Greece's four biggest banks would lose around 15.5 billion euros worth of their capital by 2020, or 9 percentage points of capital, under an adverse economic scenario, results of a stress test published by the European Central Bank showed on Saturday. Alpha Bank's Common Equity Tier 1 ratio (CET1) ...


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PM Tsipras Article in “Efimerida Syntakton” on Greece’s Future

The new circumstances that Greece’s completion of its bailout programs will bring in August will allow the government more freedom to implement policy, also introducing […] The post PM Tsipras Article in “Efimerida Syntakton” on Greece’s Future appeared first on The National Herald.


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Greek Wrestler Wins Bronze at European Championships in Dagestan

ATHENS – Greek wrestler Maria Prevolaraki won bronze at the 2018 European Championships finals at the Palace of Sport Youth in Dagestan on Friday. It […] The post Greek Wrestler Wins Bronze at European Championships in Dagestan appeared first on The National Herald.


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EU Βorder Αgencies Ρeady to Ηelp Greece with Higher Migration Flows, Bertaud Says

BRUSSELS (ANA/ M. Aroni) The European border and coast guard agency is available to provide help in coping with an increase in migration flows seen […] The post EU Βorder Αgencies Ρeady to Ηelp Greece with Higher Migration Flows, Bertaud Says appeared first on The National Herald.


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Annunciation Greek Heritage, Culture Festival in Manhattan

NEW YORK – The Annunciation Greek Orthodox parish in Manhattan hosts its annual Greek Festival on May 12. An Upper West Side tradition for families […] The post Annunciation Greek Heritage, Culture Festival in Manhattan appeared first on The National Herald.


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Nathaniel Announces Transition Team; Pledges Transparency, Accountability

CHICAGO, IL – The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced the work of a transition team to aid in the implementation of new policies, procedures […] The post Nathaniel Announces Transition Team; Pledges Transparency, Accountability appeared first on The National Herald.


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Cakes for Occasions with a Greek Twist

Eating nutritious, whole foods is one of the keys to optimum health. Indulging in a decadent dessert on special occasions is something to look forward […] The post Cakes for Occasions with a Greek Twist appeared first on The National Herald.


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Our Everyday Greek: This May Let’s Speak in Greek about Sunny Days

Ο Ήλιος is the Greek word for the sun. From this word we find in English the words heliotropism, heliocentric, Helios. Πέτρος (Π) and Μαρία […] The post Our Everyday Greek: This May Let’s Speak in Greek about Sunny Days appeared first on The National Herald.


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DBRS upgrades GREECE'S credit rating to 'B'

DBRS Ratings Limited (DBRS) announced late on Friday it has upgraded GREECE'S main credit ratings from CCC (high) to B and maintained the Positive outlook. DBRS also upgraded the country's Short-Term Foreign and Local Currency – Issuer Ratings from R-5 to R-4 and maintained the Stable trend.


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GREEK PM acknowledges significance of EU-Turkey migrant deal

Far-right residents of the GREEK island of Lesbos clashed with police late Thursday over an ongoing migrant crisis, according to local reports. The protests erupted Tsipras' visit to the island, where around 2,500 people marched to demand that all migrants be evacuated from Lesbos' Moria refugee camp.


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CEO of National Bank of Greece resigns – Background

The chief executive of Greece’s National Bank (NBG) Leonidas Fragiadakis resigned on Friday after completing his three-year term in the post, the bank said.  Greece’s second-largest lender by assets said in a filing to the Athens bourse that the end of Fragiadakis’ term coincided with the completion of the main part of the restructuring plan … The post CEO of National Bank of Greece resigns – Background appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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