How the world sees Greece
Following a GREEK government request, the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) will discuss on Friday (8 December) a recent dispute between Athens and ROCHE, a Swiss multinational company, over the latter's decision to withdraw a cancer drug from the market.
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Florida State's new alcohol and GREEK life regulations came into effect just over a month ago, but the institution hasn't stopped its examination of the drinking culture on campus. Earlier this month, John Thrasher, university president, urged faculty and staff to refrain from serving alcohol at any holiday ...
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Britain’s business leaders express relief on Brexit progress but urge the government to make swift progress on a trade deal with the EU * Brexit deal: ‘sufficient progress’ made after overnight talks on Irish border * Tusk says Brexit transition period is next hurdle - live updates * S&P says UK rating not affected by agreement * US jobs report stronger than expected in October, but wages disappoint 3.00pm GMT Greek finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos is about to begin a round of talks in the US aimed at the debt-stricken country re-accessing markets next year. Helena Smith reports: After eight years of being exiled from international capital markets, Greece hopes to refinance itself for the first time in nearly a decade when its third international bailout programme expires next August. The politics of regaining market access are expected to dominate discussions Tsakalotos is to have in the US, starting today. Auditors representing the European creditors that have kept Greece afloat are also there. The Marxist economist, who has allowed pragmatism to prevail over ideology in his job as finance minister, will be the keynote speaker in the annual Capital Link Invest in Greece Forum on Monday. Interestingly, he has been selected to ring the closing bell at the NYSE on Tuesday. Insiders are interpreting the move as an incipient signal of renewed optimism in the Greek economy. 2.47pm GMT As for that jobs data, it continues its record breaking run: 86... As in 86 consecutive months of jobs growth, by far the longest streak in history.#payrolls pic.twitter.com/5Yf6W4RBZ8 Continue reading...
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PAS Lamia goalkeeper Nikos Papadopoulos has been slapped with a hefty five-match suspension for the heinous crime of ‘accidentally’ hugging a match official at the end of a recent Greek Super League match. Papadopoulos was so overcome with elation ...
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On the first day of his historic visit to GREECE, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan touched on contentious issues between the two countries, ... insisted on excluding the idea of revising the treaty, saying: “The Treaty of Lausanne defines the territory and the sovereignty of GREECE and of the European ...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wrapped up a tense visit to GREECE on Friday with a brief trip to the northeastern region of Thrace, the home of a Muslim minority of mainly ethnic Turkish descent. “Erdogan, Erdogan, our leader,” shouted a crowd of several hundred people outside a mosque in ...
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Erdogan's insistence on calling the Muslim minority in Greece a "Turkish minority," as Turkish officials have done for years, is regarded by Greece as suggesting territorial aspirations. Erdogan called on GREEK authorities to drop "ideological fixations" and to expand the rights of Muslims living in Thrace, ...
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