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How the world sees Greece
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Weakness in Greek Foster Care System
The myriad of problems in the child care system in Greece were the main topic of a discussion which took place on November 20, organized by the Greek Ombudsman in Athens. Participants included representatives from 60 public organizations ...
Greece's Herculean economic task
We are all 50 or 60 years old. Even our children can’t find work, so what chance do we have?" Evangelika said her husband’s pension had halved in value. Her wages are holding her family together. But the nearby Taxibeat IT company ...
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PAOK comes from behind to beat crosstown rival Aris 3-1 in Greek league
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PAOK beats Aris 3-1 in Greek league
Associated Press - 24 November 2013 15:04-05:00
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Lucas scored a goal and assisted on another to help PAOK beat crosstown rival Aris 3-1 in the Greek league Sunday.
Chigozie Udoji opened the scoring against the run of play in the 59th minute, but Lucas equalized in the 72nd, four minutes after coming on as a substitute for Dimitris Salpingidis. Klaus Athanassiadis gave PAOK the lead in the 80th and Zvonimir Vukic, another substitute, took a pass from Lucas to finish the scoring in the 90th.
PAOK remained six points behind league leader Olympiakos and seven ahead of third-place Atromitos. Aris is second to last.
Also Sunday, Panathinaikos beat Giannena 3-1 to remain alone in fourth place, Xanthi defeated Panetolikos by the same score, Kalloni beat Platanias 1-0 and Asteras prevailed by the same score at Ergotelis.
News Topics: Sports, Soccer, Men's soccer, Men's sportsPeople, Places and Companies: Greece, Western Europe, Europe
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Circulation Tax in Greek Waters
Greece recently announced a new law that enforces taxes for circulation in sea. Anyone who thought of sailing through Greek waters this year will first have to read the following information concerning the tax. The tax applies to small vessels ...
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IMF Envoy Says Greece Can Avoid Cuts
Channel News AsiaIMF Envoy Says Greece Can Avoid CutsGreek ReporterWhile declaring that Greece still needs to complete extensive reforms, the government can avoid making more “horizontal cuts” in spending that has roiled social unrest, Poul Thomsen, the envoy for the International Monetary Fund (IMF,) one of its chief ...Greece needs no across-the-board fiscal cuts, IMF says - reportReutersGreek economic recovery fragile: IMFNinemsnall 11 news articles »
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Crisis Hits Greek Red Cross
Greek ReporterCrisis Hits Greek Red CrossGreek ReporterThe Greek Red Cross is facing major financial and organizational problems and does not have the resources to even organize fundraisers to help the needy. The public relations manager of the Greek Red Cross (EES) Andreas Potamianos made this ...
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Indie film flourishes in Greece
Chinadaily USAIndie film flourishes in GreeceChinadaily USAKonstantinos Kontovrakis was a programmer for the Thessaloniki Film Festival until 2009, when he quit to become a film producer. Unfortunately, that was the year "the whole mess started," as he put it, meaning the Greek economic crisis that continues ...
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IMF Says It's Not Pushing More Austerity
ATHENS - With Greece and its lenders still at odds over unfinished reforms and a hole in the 2014 budget that is holding up release of a one billion euro ($1.37 billion) installment, the government can still avoid more austerity, an envoy for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.
Poul Thomsen is the point man in Athens for the IMF, which, along with the European Union and European Central Bank makes up the Troika which is putting up $325 billion in two bailouts to save the economy from collapsing.
Those have come, however, with harsh pay cuts, tax hikes, slashed pensions and the coming firing of as many as 40,000 public workers and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, fearing social unrest if he reneges on his promise not to implement more, said Greece can fill a budget hole of as much as 2.9 billion euros ($3.67 billion) without doing it again.
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Playing Tough, Greece Makes Troika Back Off
Even before Greece?s international lenders began to back off from pressing for more austerity measures, there were signs that the government?s hard line against more pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions was beginning to wear them down.
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, fearing the uneasy coalition of his New Democracy Conservatives and their partner, the PASOK Socialists ? with a thin four-vote majority in Parliament ? couldn?t withstand more social unrest, dug in his heels when envoys from the Troika of the European Union-International Monetary Fund (EU-IMF-ECB) were in Athens to check the progress of reforms.
Even a delay in the release of a pending one billion euro ($1.37 billion) installment didn?t make Finance Minister Yannis Stourarnas buckle under pressure from the Troika to speed the pace of delayed reforms.
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BBC's ‘Atlantis' revisits Greek myths
The myths, magic and monsters of ancient Greek lore are coming to life in the BBC's new fantasy-adventure series “Atlantis” -- from the unlikely setting of a former frozen-food warehouse in Wales. A vast space once stuffed with supermarket foodstuffs ...
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2 New Quakes Rattle the South of Greece
Greek Reporter2 New Quakes Rattle the South of GreeceGreek Reporterearthquake_crete On Sunday morning in Crete, seismographs recorded two earthquakes simultaneously, in the south and west of the island, the biggest earthquake reaching up to 4.3 on the Richter scale. The first earthquake occurred in the southwest of ...
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ECB's Draghi kicks back proposals on sovereign debt risk-weighting: Spiegel
ECB President Mario Draghi has kicked back a proposal from advisors to change the way sovereign debt is risk-weighted and asked them to do some more work on it, German weekly news magazine Spiegel reported. The euro zone's sovereign debt crisis has highlighted the dangers of banks buying government bonds as a theoretically safe buffer against risky investments, particularly since holders of Greek bonds took a hit in the country's bailout. The European Central Bank is due to run a series of checks on banks' balance sheets before taking up its role as the euro zone's banking supervisor in November 2014, and Spiegel quoted central bank sources as saying they were worried that having a debate about the current system of financing governments would be untimely. The ECB declined to comment on the report when contacted by Reuters.
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Photos: Santa, Nutcracker, more at St. Anna Greek Church Christmas Fair in ...
Photos: Santa, Nutcracker, more at St. Anna Greek Church Christmas Fair in ...Hunterdon County Democrat - NJ.comSanta Claus made one of his first area appearances Saturday afternoon during the Christmas Fair held by the PTO of St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church on Voorhees Corner Road here. Besides Santa there to chat with children and adults, the event included ...
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Greek economic recovery 'fragile': IMF
Greek ReporterGreek economic recovery 'fragile': IMFEconomic TimesThe interview was published a day after German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said they saw "light at the end of the tunnel" for Greece thanks to painful reforms. Greece unveiled a budget this week in which it said ...IMF envoy says no to 'horizontal cuts' in interviewKathimeriniIMF Envoy Says Greece Can Avoid CutsGreek Reporterall 7 news articles »
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Vatican Unveils Bone Fragments Said To Be St. Peter's (PHOTOS)
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican publicly unveiled a handful of bone fragments purportedly belonging to St. Peter on Sunday, reviving the scientific debate and tantalizing mystery over whether the relics found in a shoe box truly belong to the first pope.
The nine pieces of bone sat nestled like rings in a jewel box inside a bronze display case on the side of the altar during a Mass commemorating the end of the Vatican's yearlong celebration of the Christian faith. It was the first time they had ever been exhibited in public.
Pope Francis prayed before the fragments at the start of Sunday's service and then clutched the case in his arms for several minutes after his homily.
No pope has ever definitively declared the fragments to belong to the Apostle Peter, but Pope Paul VI in 1968 said fragments found in the necropolis under St. Peter's Basilica were "identified in a way that we can consider convincing."
Some archaeologists dispute the finding.
But last week, a top Vatican official, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, said it almost doesn't matter if archaeologists one day definitively determine that the bones aren't Peter's, saying Christians have prayed at Peter's tomb for two millennia and will continue to, regardless.
"It's not as if pilgrims who go to the altar (of Peter's tomb) think that in that moment in which they profess their faith that below them are the relics of Peter, or of another or another still," he told reporters. "They go there to profess the faith."
The relics were discovered during excavations begun under St. Peter's Basilica in the years following the 1939 death of Pope Pius XI, who had asked to be buried in the grottoes where dozens of popes are buried, according to the 2012 book by veteran Vatican correspondent Bruno Bartoloni, "The Ears of the Vatican."
During the excavations, archaeologists discovered a funerary monument with a casket built in honor of Peter and an engraving in Greek that read "Petros eni," or "Peter is here."
The scholar of Greek antiquities, Margherita Guarducci, who had deciphered the engraving continued to investigate and learned that one of the basilica workers had been given the remains found inside the casket and stored them in a shoe box kept in a cupboard. She reported her findings to Paul VI who later proclaimed that there was a "convincing" argument that the bones belonged to Peter.
Top Vatican Jesuits and other archaeologists strongly denied the claim, but had little recourse.
"No Pope had ever permitted an exhaustive study, partly because a 1,000-year-old curse attested by secret and apocalyptic documents, threatened anyone who disturbed the peace of Peter's tomb with the worst possible misfortune," Bartoloni wrote.
The Vatican newspaper, l'Osservatore Romano, published excerpts of the book last year, giving his account a degree of official sanction.
In 1971, Paul VI was given an urn containing the relics, which were kept inside the private papal chapel inside the Apostolic Palace and exhibited for the pope's private veneration each June 29, for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. Sunday marked the first time they were shown in public.
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Strong showers cause flooding in Greek capital
KathimeriniStrong showers cause flooding in Greek capitalKathimeriniStrong showers that hit the Greek capital at intervals from the early hours of Sunday and were expected to persist throughout the day caused flooding on major thoroughfares and in homes and stores. The section of Pireos Street between Petrou Ralli and ...
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Greek foster care system failing children
KathimeriniGreek foster care system failing childrenKathimeriniThere is little to look forward to in an institution for children removed by authorities from parents who are abusive, in jail, addicted to drugs or otherwise unable to care them. Yet in Greece, the foster care system, which has provided such a ...
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Lydia Giannakopoulou: “My Mother Would Say My Life Was Hers”
The Greek writer Lydia Giannakopoulos has given many interviews in television and magazines, while promoting her new book “To chadi tis miteras” (A mother’s caress) that quickly became popular in Greece. The autobiographical book is about her childhood and living with an abusive mother. Greek Reporter got in contact with her, to find out how […]
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Greek Parliament Plenum Ratifies Intellectual Property Rights’ bill
Greek Parliament plenum ratified a culture ministry bill harmonizing national legislation with EU directives’ on copyright and related rights. According to the new regulations, the period of protection of copyright for performers, artists and sound engineers is extended for 20 years, while at the same time allowing the utilization of “orphan works” for educational purposes. […]
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Mansingh's melange of Indic-Greek movements
Mansingh's melange of Indic-Greek movementsThe New Indian ExpressWhen she decided to work on her most latest stage presentation—When the Gods meet-An Astonishing Confluence of Indic-Greek Mythology—it was no surprise that ideas came pouring in. As she rummaged through several past experiences, the dancer ...
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OLLY SMITH: From woody Pinot Noir to a 'truffly' grape from Greece, the ...
Daily MailOLLY SMITH: From woody Pinot Noir to a 'truffly' grape from Greece, the ...Daily MailSo here's my tip: over the Adriatic in Greece, there's a grape called Xinomavro which has a similarly scented and earthy appeal. And you can find it on the UK shelves for just over a tenner. Another grape to hunt for is Pinot Noir. It's a more delicate ...and more »
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RIT wins behind freshman Rotolo of Greece
RIT wins behind freshman Rotolo of GreeceRochester Democrat and Chronicle“I'm not worried about the puck, I'm just worried about the 'W,' ” the Greece resident said after stopping 26 shots as Rochester Institute of Technology defeated St. Lawrence 6-4 at Ritter Arena. Rotolo, 20, was solid when he needed to be while the ...and more »
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Two dead after floods on Greek island
Telegraph.co.ukTwo dead after floods on Greek islandSBSTwo women have died on the Greek tourist island of Rhodes and a man is missing after heavy rainfall hit the area. A 27-year-old woman's body was found in the sea on Saturday near the town of Kremasti, one of the areas hardest hit by the intense three ...Floods on Greek Island of Rhodes Kill at Least two [update]Greek Reporter2 dead, 1 missing on Greek island of Rhodes during heavy stormMontreal Gazetteall 34 news articles »
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Samaras Tells Germans Greece Comeback Story
BERLIN - Repeating his mantra that Greece will turn around next year and recover from a crushing economic crisis and a deep six-year recession, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras told an audience of German business leaders that, ?We are now cleaning up this mess.?
He was referring to the debacle in Greece caused by generations of wild overspending by his New Democracy Conservatives and their rivals, the PASOK Socialists, who are now his partners in a thin-majority coalition.
That led a previous government in 2010 to seek an international bailout of $152 billion and then a second for $173 billion that came with attached austerity measures that created record unemployment and poverty.
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Olympiakos beat host Panthrakikos 4-1
ATHENS, Greece (AP) ? Andreas Samaris scored a goal and dished two assists to help defending champion Olympiakos beat host Panthrakikos 4-1 in the Greek league on Saturday.
Costas Manolas scored in the 21st minute with a header off Samaris' free kick and Igor equalized in the 42nd.
Joel Campbell gave Olympiakos its lead back with a looping header in the 53rd, before Samaris scored with a free kick in the 58th and assisted Javier Saviola on his seventh goal of the season two minutes before time.
Olympiakos rested several starters, including top scorer Costas Mitroglou, ahead of Wednesday's Champions League clash at Paris Saint-Germain.
Victory took Olympiakos nine points clear of second-place PAOK, which hosts Aris on Sunday.
?lso, OFI won 1-0 at Apollon and Atromitos beat Veria by the same score.
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2 dead, 1 missing on Greek island after storm
ATHENS, Greece (AP) ? Authorities say two women have died and a man is missing after heavy rain struck the island of Rhodes in southeastern Greece.
The storm hit the island Friday evening and caused flooding, with hundreds of people trapped in cars, the island's firefighting brigade says.
A still unidentified woman was found dead late Friday and a 27-year-old teacher was found Saturday morning. Both apparently attempted to leave their stranded cars and were overcome by raging waters.
A helicopter and 10 people of the firefighting service's crack rescue squad have been sent to Rhodes to help find the missing 53-year-old man, authorities say.
Rain has continued Saturday. According to Greece's meteorological service, so far 173mm (about 6.8 in) of rain have fallen.
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Greek clarinetist Vasilis Saleas launches new album in Turkey
The 55-year-old Saleas, whose four-decade career has seen him perform together with such renowned names as Mikis Theodorakis and Vangelis, among others, says artistic collaborations between Greek and Turkish musicians contribute a lot to the friendly ties ...
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'Atlantis': 'Merlin's' creators take on time-traveling Greek mythology
Zap2it.com (blog)'Atlantis': 'Merlin's' creators take on time-traveling Greek mythologyZap2it.com (blog)Set on the lost island of Atlantis, it has a filmic look and tremendous fun with Greek myths. In this, Hercules is an overweight blowhard played by Mark Addy ("Game of Thrones"). Medusa (Jemima Rooper, "Hex"), the hideous Gorgon who had snakes for hair ...BBC 'Atlantis' brings Greek mythology to lifeFarmington Daily TimesBBC's 'Atlantis' combines Greek myths and bromanceBoston Heraldall 197 news articles »
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Floods on Greek Island of Rhodes Kill at Least two [update]
Two women have died on the Greek tourist island of Rhodes and 2 men are missing after heavy rainfall hit the area. A 27-year-old woman’s body was found in the sea on Saturday near the town of Kremasti, one of the areas hardest hit by the intense three-hour downpour, a fire department spokeswoman said. Yesterday, […]
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German Press on Samaras-Merkel Meeting
There are various reactions coming from the German Press in regards to the meeting between Antonis Samaras and Angela Merkel. The comments floating around about Greece’s progress range from very positive to negative. The Die Welt reported the warm words of Chancellor Angela Merkel and the progress that Greece achieved in the last months. The […]
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More Russian Tourists for Greece?
Evgeny Pisarevskiy the Deputy Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation, visited the 29th International Tourism Exhibition “Philoxenia.” During his interview, he stated that Greece could attract 3.6 million Russian tourists in the next 5 years. He also said that we could announce the year 2015 “as a year of Tourism […]
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Greece’s Prime Minister Vows: Greece Will Never Leave The Eurozone
Greece’s Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, vowed Saturday that his country will never leave the Eurozone. “What we’re living through now is a Greek recovery,” Samaras said at an economic conference organized by German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung in Berlin. “So, I think ‘Grexit’ is an obsolete word I never want to hear again.” “It will never […]
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