How the world sees Greece
BATON ROUGE- LSU President F. King Alexander has issued his response to the LSU Greek Life Task Force's final recommendation on how Greek culture should change. The recommendations were presented to Alexander Feb. 21. Twenty-eight recommendations were made ...
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LSU President F. King Alexander is accepting the recommendations a task force put forth last week to curb hazing and binge drinking at fraternities and sororities—and says he’s going a step further to deliver harsher, swifter penalties for Greek ...
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek government has eased capital controls put in place during the summer of 2015 when the country's future in the euro currency was in the balance. The Finance Ministry said Wednesday it was raising the amount an account ...
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A shipowner started a hunger-strike and raised banners outside the office of Maritime Minister Panagiotis Kouroublis on Tuesday afternoon claiming the minister is driving his company to economic collapse. The owner of Golden Star Ferries, Giorgos Stefanou, told media that Kouroublis is favoring other shipping companies and is blocking his company from starting a scheduled … The post Shipowner in hunger-strike outside the maritime ministry in Piraeus appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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A group of unknown assailants smashed the windows of several shops on Ermou street, the most commercial street in downtown Athens off Syntagma square and the Parliament. The attack took place short after 2 0′ clock on Wednesday morning, the group caused damage to more than ten shops in the area. The security guard of … The post Anarchists smash shop windows in solidarity with hunger-striker, police detains …tourists appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Greece has taken further steps to ease the capital control restrictions as of 1. March 2018. Euclid Tsakalotos has approved a series of measures that ease the restrictions, the decision has been already published in the official gazette. The measures raise among others the monthly withdrawal limit and allow the opening of new bank accounts. … The post Greece eases Capital Controls restrictions as of Mar 1st – All the changes appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos today participated in a meeting of the EU General Affairs Council (GAC) and observed the preparatory meeting of Socialists Democrats (S D) European Affairs Ministers. Addressing the meeting of S D European Affairs Ministers, Mr. Katrougalos underscored the need for the debate on the new community budget to be linked with the debate on the future of Europe. Democratization and social deepening of European integration are the only path to regaining citizens’ trust in the European endeavour. Europe’s progressive forces should work together closely in this direction. In the context of the GAC, he congratulated the Bulgarian Presidency on the assumption of its duties. He stressed that Greece, as the oldest EU member in the region, will work closely with the Presidency to promote the principles of democracy and rule of law and to support the European perspective of the countries of the Western Balkans. To this end, a trilateral meeting was held with Bulgaria and Romania, which will hold the presidency in the first half of 2019. Regarding preparations for the March meeting of the European Council, Mr. Katrougalos reiterated the Greek Prime Minister’s proposal for the social reorientation of economic governance through the establishment of binding indicators for poverty, unemployment and inequality in the Economic Semester, and the initiation of redistributive policy means, such as taxation of international stock transactions and internet giants. Regarding the Brexit process, he mentioned his recent meeting with the UK Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis, and stressed the need for similarly transparent and effective solutions in the effort towards the new UK-EU partnership.
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