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Olayan, Saudi Arabia’s strongest business group, is entering Costa Navarino as the fourth shareholder with an equal stake to those of the other three held by the Konstantakopoulos family. The Saudi group will participate in the Greek tourism enterprise by... ...
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The last few months have seen a significant improvement in funding from banks for property transactions, according to the latest Bank of Greece data. In the year to end-October the share of house or apartment transactions with the contribution of bank loa... ...
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NEW YORK – Few ethnic groups in the United States are as interested in their roots as Greek-Americans are, but as memories fade and loved ones pass away, people end up wishing they knew more about the lives of their forbears. George D. Tselos, Supervisory Archivist and Head of Reference Services at the Statue of […] The post Ellis Island Archivist Sheds Light, Shatters Myrths on Immigrant Experience appeared first on The National Herald.
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Putting prosperity and growth before arbitrary migration targets – here’s the speech I’d write for the prime minister tomorrow“When we came to power, I said that Britain was open for business. I also said that we would return net migration to the level of the early 1990s, when it averaged about 50,000 a year. We thought we could square this circle. We were wrong. But it is worth asking why. Most commentators have focused on the relative economic performance of the UK and the eurozone over the past two years in particular.High youth unemployment in countries such as Spain and Greece, combined with the UK’s flexible labour market – which excels in creating jobs for motivated workers – has indeed led to a significant increase in migration, from the countries of southern Europe in particular. But the importance of this factor should not be exaggerated. In fact, net migration from “old Europe” – the 15 states that were members in 2004 – is only about 25,000 a year above its long-run average. And migration from the new member states, although still high, is well down on its peak of the mid-2000s. Continue reading...
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Greece is set to ask for a brief extension to its current bailout and is discussing the possibility of the International Monetary Fund maintaining a prominent role in whatever program will follow, Kathimerini understands. Following inconclusive two-day ta... ...
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Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos has scheduled a two-day visit to Turkey this coming weekend, on November 29 and 30, where he will hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Melvut Cavusoglu, a week before the third Greek – Turkish High Level Cooperation Council that will be held in Athens on December 5 and 6. During his visit to the neighboring country, the Minister and Vice President of the Greek coalition government is also expected to meet with Turkey’s newly elected President and Former Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but not with current Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Venizelos’ visit to Turkey comes in a period when tension between the two countries has risen due to the energy reserves discovered in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Since mid-October, Turkish seismic vessel “Barbaros” is conducting hydrocarbons research in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), a move that lead Nicosia to withdraw from the United Nations-backed negotiations with the Turkish-Cypriot community over the Cyprus problem. According to Venizelos’ visit schedule, he will attend the Thronal Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul on Sunday, a ceremony which is expected to be attended by Pope Francis, who will also be visiting Turkey. Today, the Greek Foreign Minister had a phone conversation with the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, ahead of the latter’s heart surgery in New York on December 4. Furthermore, before his visit to Turkey, Venizelos will meet with main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras on Friday at 1:00 pm and is expected to brief him on foreign policy issues.
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A GREEK frigate has towed a disabled cargo ship packed with 700 migrants to safety just off the island of Crete yesterday, in one of the biggest sea ...
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A Greek frigate has escorted a crippled cargo ship crammed with 700 migrants to the port of Ierapetra in Crete. Most of the migrants are believed to be from Syria and Afghanistan. Greek coastguards say the rescue vessel spent 24 hours battling strong winds ...
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A woman hiker trapped on a hillside in rugged terrain near the Greek Theatre in Griffith Park on Wednesday was rescued by a Los Angeles Fire ...
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A woman hiker trapped on a hillside in rugged terrain near the Greek Theatre in Griffith Park was rescued by a Los Angeles Fire Department urban ...
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Greek labour unions staged a 24-hour strike on Thursday that cancelled hundreds of flights, shut public offices and severely disrupted local transport, ...
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Fiscal targets set by the Greek government were achieved for the third consecutive year with an additional significant primary surplus for the third time, while the country entered a period of positive economic growth, said today Alternate Finance Minister Christos Staikouras during a debate in a Parliament committee on the 2015 budget. Staikouras underlined that the country presents positive growth rates for the first time after six years of recession, while GDP growth rate, consumption and employment are expected to rise further in 2015. “These results were achieved with a high social and economic cost, paid basically by households and enterprises, and we have to ensure that these sacrifices will not go wasted and that this positive development will become sustainable,” the Minister said. Taking into account the international climate and the “tough and complex” negotiations with the country’s creditors, Staikouras noted that “we have to approach the country’s basic political issues, and of course the 2015 budget issue, with realism, a spirit of unity and national cohesion, away from dangerous acrobatisms.” Continuing, Staikouras said that the government has proven that it achieves the targets it sets, highlighting that “based on current data, an estimate for a 2.9% growth rate was realistic, although not conservative,” as the Greek economy is expected to grow by this percentage next year, mostly based on the recovery of private consumption, investments and exports. At the same time, according to government data, the unemployment rate is expected to drop by 1.9% and employment is expected to increase by 2.6%. Finally, inflation is projected to remain the lowest among the 27 European Union members.
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Thousands of Greeks walked off the job while government officials wrangled with international creditors over economic policy and a financial bailout.
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Parts of Greece were brought to a standstill on Thursday as members of two major unions staged a 24-hour strike. Tens of thousands of people across ...
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The Greek Tourism Expo 2014 will focus on promoting all forms of tourism offered in Greece, including maritime tourism, city break tourism, winter ...
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United Nations Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide said that, currently, the “Plan A” for the solution to the Cyprus problem is to have the Greek-Cypriot and the Turkish-Cypriot sides back to the negotiating table in order to have a positive outcome as soon as possible. Exiting a meeting with Turkish-Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu in the occupied part of the island, Eide repeated that he understands and respects that his proposal for a twin track process to discuss hydrocarbons parallel to the talks has not been welcomed by either side, adding that he had been listening to both sides’ views on how the negotiations can restart. “I don’t know when the negotiations will resume but when the talks do resume, we must move fast,” the Norwegian official underlined. Sending a message to both sides, Eide said that it is time to make some decisions, as the Cyprus problem and the uncertainty as a result of it had been going for way too long and they need to make an effort to return to negotiations. “The UN has no enforcement mechanisms to draw anyone to a meeting,” he said, according to Cyprus News Agency, while asked whether there is a chance of resuming the talks before the Turkish-Cypriot elections, scheduled for April 2015, he appeared optimistic, but not certain. On his behalf, Eroglu said that his meeting with the UN representative was fruitful, adding that his side is ready to resume the negotiations. “Since it was the Greek-Cypriots who left the negotiating table, we believe there will be a great benefit for Mr. Anastasiades to return to the table without any preconditions. As I informed Mr. Eide, my team and I are still sitting at the negotiating table. The important thing is for Mr. Anastasiades to regain his health and return to the table,” he underlined, referring to the Cypriot President’s upcoming heart surgery, which will be performed in New York in December. In addition, Eroglu wished him a speedy recovery. Eide will be in Cyprus until tomorrow, while he already held meetings with both sides’ representatives, as well as Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus.
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Migrants arrive at the Cretan port of Ierapetra on November 27, 2014. AFP Photo Around 700 migrants aboard a freighter that had been drifting in ...
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A 24-hour general strike in Greece shut down services across the country, forcing flight cancellations and school closures and leaving state hospitals functioning with just emergency ...
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Greece is in need of radical reforms to its pension system if it is to cease being a burden on longer-term fiscal sustainability, and to prevent a rise in pension costs that would ...
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Independent Greeks MP Stavroula Xoulidou told a Supreme Court prosecutor Thursday that someone claiming to be a New Democracy member approached her via Facebook and offered her up to 3 million euros to vote for the government’s choice of presidential cand... ...
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by Associated Press BC-SOC--Europa League Glance Associated Press - 27 November 2014 13:04-05:00 BC-SOC--Europa League Glance Europa League At A Glance By The Associated Press GROUP STAGE GROUP A GP W D L GF GA Pts Monchengladbach 4 2 2 0 9 2 8 Villarreal 4 2 1 1 11 5 7 FC Zurich 4 1 1 2 7 10 4 Apollon Limassol 4 1 0 3 3 13 3 GROUP STAGE Thursday, Sept. 18 Apollon Limassol (Cyprus) 3, FC Zurich (Switzerland) 2 in Nicosia Monchengladbach (Germany) 1, Villarreal (Spain) 1 Thursday, Oct. 2 FC Zurich (Switzerland) 1, Monchengladbach (Germany) 1 Villarreal (Spain) 4, Apollon Limassol (Cyprus) 0 Thursday, Oct. 23 Monchengladbach (Germany) 5, Apollon Limassol (Cyprus) 0 Villarreal (Spain) 4, FC Zurich (Switzerland) 1 Thursday, Nov. 6 Apollon Limassol (Cyprus) 0, Monchengladbach (Germany) 2 in Nicosia FC Zurich (Switzerland) 3, Villarreal (Spain) 2 Thursday, Nov. 27 FC Zurich (Switzerland) vs. Apollon Limassol (Cyprus), 2005 GMT Villarreal (Spain) vs. Monchengladbach (Germany), 2005 GMT Thursday, Dec. 11 Apollon Limassol (Cyprus) vs. Villarreal (Spain) in Nicosia, 1800 GMT Monchengladbach (Germany) vs. FC Zurich (Switzerland), 1800 GMT ___ GROUP B GP W D L GF GA Pts Club Brugge 4 2 2 0 8 1 8 Torino 4 2 1 1 4 2 7 FC Copenhagen 4 1 1 2 3 6 4 HJK Helsinki 4 1 0 3 2 8 3 GROUP STAGE Thursday, Sept. 18 Club Brugge (Belgium) 0, Torino (Italy) 0 FC Copenhagen (Denmark) 2, HJK Helsinki (Finland) 0 Thursday, Oct. 2 HJK Helsinki (Finland) 0, Club Brugge (Belgium) 3 Torino (Italy) 1, FC Copenhagen (Denmark) 0 Thursday, Oct. 23 Club Brugge (Belgium) 1, FC Copenhagen (Denmark) 1 Torino (Italy) 2, HJK Helsinki (Finland) 0 Thursday, Nov. 6 FC Copenhagen (Denmark) 0, Club Brugge (Belgium) 4 HJK Helsinki (Finland) 2, Torino (Italy) 1 Thursday, Nov. 27 HJK Helsinki (Finland) vs. FC Copenhagen (Denmark), 2005 GMT Torino (Italy) vs. Club Brugge (Belgium), 2005 GMT Thursday, Dec. 11 Club Brugge (Belgium) vs. HJK Helsinki (Finland), 1800 GMT FC Copenhagen (Denmark) vs. Torino (Italy), 1800 GMT ___ GROUP C GP W D L GF GA Pts Besiktas 4 2 2 0 8 3 8 Tottenham 4 2 2 0 8 3 8 Asteras Tripoli 4 1 1 2 5 8 4 Partizan 4 0 1 3 1 8 1 GROUP STAGE Thursday, Sept. 18 Besiktas (Turkey) 1, Asteras Tripoli (Greece) 1 Partizan (Serbia) 0, Tottenham (England) 0 Thursday, Oct. 2 Asteras Tripoli (Greece) 2, Partizan (Serbia) 0 Tottenham (England) 1, Besiktas (Turkey) 1 Thursday, Oct. 23 Partizan (Serbia) 0, Besiktas (Turkey) 4 Tottenham (England) 5, Asteras Tripoli (Greece) 1 Thursday, Nov. 6 Asteras Tripoli (Greece) 1, Tottenham (England) 2 Besiktas (Turkey) 2, Partizan (Serbia) 1 Thursday, Nov. 27 Asteras Tripoli (Greece) vs. Besiktas (Turkey), 2005 GMT Tottenham (England) vs. Partizan (Serbia), 2005 GMT Thursday, Dec. 11 Besiktas (Turkey) vs. Tottenham (England), 1800 GMT Partizan (Serbia) vs. Asteras Tripoli (Greece), 1800 GMT ___ GROUP D GP W D L GF GA Pts ak-Red Bull Salzburg 4 3 1 0 13 6 10 Celtic 4 2 2 0 6 4 8 Dinamo Zagreb 4 1 0 3 8 11 3 Astra Ploiesti 4 0 1 3 4 10 1 GROUP STAGE Thursday, Sept. 18 Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 5, Astra Ploiesti (Romania) 1 Red Bull Salzburg (Austria) 2, Celtic (Scotland) 2 Thursday, Oct. 2 Astra Ploiesti (Romania) 1, Red Bull Salzburg (Austria) 2 Celtic (Scotland) 1, Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 0 Thursday, Oct. 23 Celtic (Scotland) 2, Astra Ploiesti (Romania) 1 Red Bull Salzburg (Austria) 4, Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 2 Thursday, Nov. 6 Astra Ploiesti (Romania) 1, Celtic (Scotland) 1 Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 1, Red Bull Salzburg (Austria) 5 Thursday, Nov. 27 Astra Ploiesti (Romania) vs. Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia), 2005 GMT Celtic (Scotland) vs. Red Bull Salzburg (Austria), 2005 GMT Thursday, Dec. 11 Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) vs. Celtic (Scotland), 1800 GMT Red Bull Salzburg (Austria) vs. Astra Ploiesti (Romania), 1800 GMT ___ GROUP E GP W D L GF GA Pts ak-Dinamo Moscow 5 5 0 0 8 3 15 PSV Eindhoven 4 2 1 1 5 4 7 Estoril Praia 4 1 0 3 3 4 3 Panathinaikos 5 0 1 4 5 10 1 GROUP STAGE Thursday, Sept. 18 PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) 1, Estoril Praia (Portugal) 0 Panathinaikos (Greece) 1, Dinamo Moscow (Russia) 2 Thursday, Oct. 2 Dinamo Moscow (Russia) 1, PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) 0 Estoril Praia (Portugal) 2, Panathinaikos (Greece) 0 Thursday, Oct. 23 Estoril Praia (Portugal) 1, Dinamo Moscow (Russia) 2 PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) 1, Panathinaikos (Greece) 1 Thursday, Nov. 6 Dinamo Moscow (Russia) 1, Estoril Praia (Portugal) 0 Panathinaikos (Greece) 2, PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) 3 Thursday, Nov. 27 Dinamo Moscow (Russia) 2, Panathinaikos (Greece) 1 Estoril Praia (Portugal) vs. PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands), 2005 GMT Thursday, Dec. 11 PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) vs. Dinamo Moscow (Russia), 1800 GMT Panathinaikos (Greece) vs. Estoril Praia (Portugal), 1800 GMT ___ GROUP F GP W D L GF GA Pts Inter Milan 4 2 2 0 4 1 8 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 4 1 1 2 2 3 4 FK Qarabag 4 1 1 2 2 4 4 Saint-Etienne 4 0 4 0 1 1 4 GROUP STAGE Thursday, Sept. 18 FK Qarabag (Azerbaijan) 0, Saint-Etienne (France) 0 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) 0, Inter Milan (Italy) 1 in Kiev Thursday, Oct. 2 Inter Milan (Italy) 2, FK Qarabag (Azerbaijan) 0 Saint-Etienne (France) 0, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) 0 Thursday, Oct. 23 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) 0, FK Qarabag (Azerbaijan) 1 Inter Milan (Italy) 0, Saint-Etienne (France) 0 Thursday, Nov. 6 FK Qarabag (Azerbaijan) 1, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) 2 Saint-Etienne (France) 1, Inter Milan (Italy) 1 Thursday, Nov. 27 Inter Milan (Italy) vs. Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine), 2005 GMT Saint-Etienne (France) vs. FK Qarabag (Azerbaijan), 2005 GMT Thursday, Dec. 11 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) vs. Saint-Etienne (France) in Kiev, 1700 GMT FK Qarabag (Azerbaijan) vs. Inter Milan (Italy), 1700 GMT ___ GROUP G GP W D L GF GA Pts Sevilla 4 2 2 0 7 3 8 Feyenoord 4 2 0 2 5 6 6 Standard Liege 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 Rijeka 4 1 1 2 5 7 4 GROUP STAGE Thursday, Sept. 18 Sevilla (Spain) 2, Feyenoord (Netherlands) 0 Standard Liege (Belgium) 2, Rijeka (Croatia) 0 Thursday, Oct. 2 Feyenoord (Netherlands) 2, Standard Liege (Belgium) 1 Rijeka (Croatia) 2, Sevilla (Spain) 2 Thursday, Oct. 23 Rijeka (Croatia) 3, Feyenoord (Netherlands) 1 Standard Liege (Belgium) 0, Sevilla (Spain) 0 Thursday, Nov. 6 Feyenoord (Netherlands) 2, Rijeka (Croatia) 0 Sevilla (Spain) 3, Standard Liege (Belgium) 1 Thursday, Nov. 27 Feyenoord (Netherlands) vs. Sevilla (Spain), 1800 GMT Rijeka (Croatia) vs. Standard Liege (Belgium), 1800 GMT Thursday, Dec. 11 Sevilla (Spain) vs. Rijeka (Croatia), 2005 GMT Standard Liege (Belgium) vs. Feyenoord (Netherlands), 2005 GMT ___ GROUP H GP W D L GF GA Pts Everton 4 2 2 0 8 2 8 VfL Wolfsburg 4 2 1 1 11 8 7 Lille 4 0 3 1 2 5 3 FC Krasnodar 4 0 2 2 5 11 2 GROUP STAGE Thursday, Sept. 18 Everton (England) 4, VfL Wolfsburg (Germany) 1 Lille (France) 1, FC Krasnodar (Russia) 1 Thursday, Oct. 2 FC Krasnodar (Russia) 1, Everton (England) 1 VfL Wolfsburg (Germany) 1, Lille (France) 1 Thursday, Oct. 23 FC Krasnodar (Russia) 2, VfL Wolfsburg (Germany) 4 Lille (France) 0, Everton (England) 0 Thursday, Nov. 6 Everton (England) 3, Lille (France) 0 VfL Wolfsburg (Germany) 5, FC Krasnodar (Russia) 1 Thursday, Nov. 27 FC Krasnodar (Russia) vs. Lille (France), 1700 GMT VfL Wolfsburg (Germany) vs. Everton (England), 1800 GMT Thursday, Dec. 11 Everton (England) vs. FC Krasnodar (Russia), 2005 GMT Lille (France) vs. VfL Wolfsburg (Germany), 2005 GMT ___ GROUP I GP W D L GF GA Pts Napoli 4 3 0 1 8 3 9 Sparta Prague 4 3 0 1 11 4 9 Young Boys 4 2 0 2 8 6 6 SK Slovan Bratislava 4 0 0 4 0 14 0 GROUP STAGE Thursday, Sept. 18 Napoli (Italy) 3, Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) 1 Young Boys (Switzerland) 5, SK Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) 0 Thursday, Oct. 2 SK Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) 0, Napoli (Italy) 2 Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) 3, Young Boys (Switzerland) 1 Thursday, Oct. 23 SK Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) 0, Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) 3 Young Boys (Switzerland) 2, Napoli (Italy) 0 Thursday, Nov. 6 Napoli (Italy) 3, Young Boys (Switzerland) 0 Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) 4, SK Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) 0 Thursday, Nov. 27 SK Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) vs. Young Boys (Switzerland), 1800 GMT Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) vs. Napoli (Italy), 1800 GMT Thursday, Dec. 11 Napoli (Italy) vs. SK Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia), 2005 GMT Young Boys (Switzerland) vs. Sparta Prague (Czech Republic), 2005 GMT ___ GROUP J GP W D L GF GA Pts Dynamo Kiev 4 3 0 1 8 4 9 Ste Bucharest 4 2 1 1 11 6 7 AaB Aalborg 4 2 0 2 4 8 6 Rio Ave 4 0 1 3 3 8 1 GROUP STAGE Thursday, Sept. 18 Rio Ave (Portugal) 0, Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 3 Ste Bucharest (Romania) 6, AaB Aalborg (Denmark) 0 Thursday, Oct. 2 AaB Aalborg (Denmark) 1, Rio Ave (Portugal) 0 Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 3, Ste Bucharest (Romania) 1 Thursday, Oct. 23 AaB Aalborg (Denmark) 3, Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 0 Ste Bucharest (Romania) 2, Rio Ave (Portugal) 1 Thursday, Nov. 6 Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 2, AaB Aalborg (Denmark) 0 Rio Ave (Portugal) 2, Ste Bucharest (Romania) 2 Thursday, Nov. 27 AaB Aalborg (Denmark) vs. Ste Bucharest (Romania), 1800 GMT Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) vs. Rio Ave (Portugal), 1800 GMT Thursday, Dec. 11 Rio Ave (Portugal) vs. AaB Aalborg (Denmark), 2005 GMT Ste Bucharest (Romania) vs. Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine), 2005 GMT ___ GROUP K GP W D L GF GA Pts ak-Fiorentina 4 3 1 0 8 1 10 Guingamp 4 2 1 1 4 3 7 PAOK 4 1 1 2 7 5 4 Dinamo Minsk 4 0 1 3 1 11 1 GROUP STAGE Thursday, Sept. 18 Fiorentina (Italy) 3, Guingamp (France) 0 PAOK (Greece) 6, Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) 1 Thursday, Oct. 2 Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) 0, Fiorentina (Italy) 3 in Borisov Guingamp (France) 2, PAOK (Greece) 0 Thursday, Oct. 23 Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) 0, Guingamp (France) 0 in Borisov PAOK (Greece) 0, Fiorentina (Italy) 1 Thursday, Nov. 6 Fiorentina (Italy) 1, PAOK (Greece) 1 Guingamp (France) 2, Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) 0 Thursday, Nov. 27 Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) vs. PAOK (Greece) in Borisov, 1800 GMT Guingamp (France) vs. Fiorentina (Italy), 1800 GMT Thursday, Dec. 11 Fiorentina (Italy) vs. Dinamo Minsk (Belarus), 2005 GMT PAOK (Greece) vs. Guingamp (France), 2005 GMT ___ GROUP L GP W D L GF GA Pts ak-Legia Warsaw 4 4 0 0 5 1 12 Trabzonspor 4 2 1 1 5 3 7 Lokeren 4 1 1 2 2 4 4 FC Metalist Kharkiv 4 0 0 4 2 6 0 ak-Advanced to knockout stage GROUP STAGE Thursday, Sept. 18 Legia Warsaw (Poland) 1, Lokeren (Belgium) 0 FC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine) 1, Trabzonspor (Turkey) 2 in Lviv Thursday, Oct. 2 Lokeren (Belgium) 1, FC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine) 0 Trabzonspor (Turkey) 0, Legia Warsaw (Poland) 1 Wednesday, Oct. 22 FC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine) 0, Legia Warsaw (Poland) 1 in Kiev Thursday, Oct. 23 Trabzonspor (Turkey) 2, Lokeren (Belgium) 0 Thursday, Nov. 6 Legia Warsaw (Poland) 2, FC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine) 1 Lokeren (Belgium) 1, Trabzonspor (Turkey) 1 Thursday, Nov. 27 Lokeren (Belgium) vs. Legia Warsaw (Poland), 1800 GMT Trabzonspor (Turkey) vs. FC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine), 1800 GMT Thursday, Dec. 11 Legia Warsaw (Poland) vs. Trabzonspor (Turkey), 2005 GMT FC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine) vs. Lokeren (Belgium) in Lviv, 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The approval for the creation of the first water airport in Greece was signed today by Environment, Energy and Climate Change Minister Giannis Maniatis, after the examination of the environmental conditions was completed. The country’s first water airport will operate in the island of Corfu, one of Greece’s top tourist destinations. Ahead of the signed decision for the construction and operation of the first water airport, Maniatis held a meeting with Deputy Culture Minister Angela Gerekou, Corfu Port Authority President Spiros Andros, Canadian Ambassador Robert Peck and “Hellenic Seaplanes.” The amendment of the decision approval regarding the environmental terms of Corfu’s port works includes the creation of a water airport in the southwest part of the port that has buildings and a floating pier with a maximum frequency of 10 seaplane flights per day, a nearby desalination unit, while it requires remodeling the junction at the port’s eastern entrance. The project operator is the Port Authority of Corfu. “With this approval, we are giving the green light to create water airports across the country, having now configured all the required processes. The support of the investment initiative and the formation of another development landscape in the country will substantially contribute to the upgrading of the tourist product and the creation of new jobs,” Maniatis underlined after the meeting, confirming the government’s political will to support new activities that will benefit the local communities.
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Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos starts a two-day visit to Turkey on Saturday for talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. Venizelos, who is also Greece’s deputy premier, is further scheduled to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erd... ...
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Greece has come to a standstill after tens of thousands of workers took to the streets in a 24-hour nationwide strike. New austerity policies and tax raids have ignited further discontent among the Greek population. Nationwide chaos ensued on Thursday as ...
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All of Yiannis Moralis’ art pieces were sold at Bonhams Greek Sale in London. In total, the auction raised 2,190,000 euros, while Moralis’ work was sold at prices much higher than the original estimates. Moralis was a master of geometric abstraction ...
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Protesters shout slogans during a 24-hour general strike in Athens November 27, 2014. Greek labour unions staged a 24-hour strike on Thursday that ...
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Schliemann (1822-1890), who won fame for his discovery of the legendary city of Troy in Greek mythology, is also known for his unearthing of the ...
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Turkey is closely monitoring the exploration of oil and gas fields being carried out by the Greek Cypriot administration, the Turkish General Staff announced Monday. In a statement, Turkey’s military leaders said security forces had been watching the ...
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The former Celtic striker has struggled to make a big impression at The Hawthorns since signing a two-year deal in August. The Greece World Cup ...
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Greece does not rule out the possibility of signing an agreement on customs cooperation with Azerbaijan in the future, the head of the International ...
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Greek-Canadian artist Katerina Mertikas has created a beautiful painting called Honoring My Father depicting Cpl. Nathan Cirillo being saluted by his son in front of Ottawa’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier monument. Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was killed on the ...
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IERAPETRA, GREECE—More than 700 people, most fleeing Syria, were disembarking Thursday on the Greek island of Crete after a harrowing ...
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Antonis Samaras's plans to sever an international lifeline that has kept Greece afloat since 2010 are sinking after representatives of the Greek ...
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According to Greek officials, the main sticking point has been the troika's—and particularly the IMF's—insistence on further austerity measures.
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Greek retailer, Sklavenitis has signed an agreement for the acquisition of nine Makro Cash & Carry Greek stores, valued at €65mn. The transaction is ...
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By Jussi Rosendahl and Sarah WhiteHELSINKI/ MADRID (Reuters) - Failure to reform and shield weaker members threatens to divide the euro zone, the head of the European Central Bank warned on Thursday, amid fresh signs the currency bloc's economy is losing speed.Delivering a blunt message to political leaders, Mario Draghi urged the 18 countries that share the single currency to consider ways to support struggling members, warning of the perils should fears that some might quit the euro be revived."Lack of structural reforms raises the specter of permanent economic divergence between members," Draghi told an audience at the University of Helsinki, choosing unusually frank language."And insofar as this threatens the essential cohesion of the Union, this has potentially damaging consequences for all."Draghi's remarks were not limited to reforms in individual countries but also encouraged a rethink of a basic principle underlying the fractious currency alliance -- that strong countries are not obliged to help weak ones.His comments came as the economic clouds over the region darkened. Lending in the euro zone shrivelled further in October while price inflation, a key yardstick of economic health, is very low.Annual price inflation in Germany, the euro zone's biggest economy by far, slowed to 0.5 percent in November, its lowest in nearly five years. Spanish consumer prices also dropped for the fifth month running.LIP SERVICEYet enforcing order across the politically divided region in areas such as government spending has proven difficult. On Friday, the European Commission will tell France and Italy -- the bloc's second and third-largest economies -- and smaller Belgium that their 2015 budgets risk breaking EU rules.Nowhere is the contrast between north and south more visible than with France, which has put off reforms, and Germany, committed to not spending more than it earns."The biggest danger we see right now is a period of window-dressing where lip service is paid to grand projects and reforms, but no real steps are taken," leading French and German economists said on Thursday as they proposed a package of reforms and investment.Draghi's message comes less than a week after he pledged to take further steps if needed to shore up the flagging euro zone economy and weeks ahead of a meeting of European leaders in Brussels to consider measures to bolster growth in the region.Draghi would like them to break with the tradition of protecting national interests first and foremost, by forming a united front that would support the bloc's economic weaklings.Unlike the United States, the euro zone does not have a system of 'fiscal transfers' by which richer members such as Germany can aid poorer states such as Greece."Countries need to invest more in other mechanisms to share the cost of shocks," Draghi said."Some form of cross-country risk-sharing is essential to help reduce adjustment costs for those countries and prevent recessions from leaving deep and permanent scars."Draghi even broached the sensitive issue of creating what he called "some form of backstop for sovereign debt", a possible reference to joint guarantees for new debt.Such ideas are strongly opposed by Germany, the euro zone's biggest and strongest member, whose politicians fear it could be left on the hook for reckless borrowing by other countries.Earlier, the ECB warned in a report of the risks that investors were taking in the hunt for return. It cited 'froth' in property prices, although Draghi said such bubbles would not stop the ECB from loosening its purse strings if required.(Writing by John O'Donnell; Additional reporting by Jonathan Gould in Frankfurt and Paul Taylor in Paris; Editing by Catherine Evans)Join the conversation about this story »
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The meeting between Greek Premier Antonis Samaras and Vice President Evangelos Venizelos at the Maximos Mansion this morning confirms that the Paris talks with the troika have brought the Greek coalition government at an impasse. “Our aim is to have the ...
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A Greek official says the country is under pressure from rescue creditors to impose new austerity measures to resolve an ongoing budget disagreement worth a reported 2 billion euros ($2.5 billion). Christos ...
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Greece was hit Thursday by the second general strike in a year called by labour unions to protest government austerity policies which include public sector job cuts and labour law reform allowing ...
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Think pecan pie, but with pistachios. Ooo, lah, lah! This tasty treat will outshine the turkey at your Thanksgiving table! Ingredients: 1 pie crust 3 eggs 1 cup Greek thyme honey, or other light honey ¼ cup evaporated sugar cane juice 8 ounces butter, melted 1 1/2 cups shelled, unsalted pistachios ½ teaspoon cinnamon Directions: […] The post Thanksgiving: Fistikopita appeared first on The National Herald.
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ATHENS—Greece said Thursday it may be necessary to extend its current bailout program with its eurozone partners for a few weeks after two days of talks with international creditors failed to reach a deal that would lead to a new contingent credit line ...
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The dealmaking over what economic and fiscal measures Greece has to introduce to get its next dollops of international aid is a regular affair since its ...
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ATHENS (MNI) - Greece's Foreign Minister and Vice President Evangelos Venizelos said Thursday that a small extension of the current EU bailout ...
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More than 23 million travellers are expected to have visited Greece by the end of the year, representing a rise of 15 percent compared with 2013, ...
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The Antikythera mechanism, the ancient clock like device that tracked the cycles of the solar system, is more ancient than it has been estimated so far, according to a new study. The mechanism, also called the world’s oldest computer by certain scientists, was discovered inside an ancient shipwreck by Greek sponge divers in 1900-1901. After numerous studies, it was estimated to have been constructed between 150 B.C. and 100 B.C. A new study places it at 205 B.C., seven years after the death of Archimedes. The Antikythera shipwreck in Greece is believed to have happened between 85 B.C. and 60 B.C. History of science professor Christian Carman and physics professor James Evans placed it at 205 B.C. after studying the mechanism and Babylonian records of eclipses. According to the two researchers, ancient Greeks were able to predict eclipses and construct a complex machine earlier than believed. The eclipse predictions were not based on trigonometry but on Babylonian arithmetical systems that were borrowed by the Greeks. “Evans and Carman arrived at the 205 B.C. date using a method of elimination that they devised. Beginning with the hundreds of ways that the Antikythera’s eclipse patterns could fit Babylonian records (as reconstructed by John Steele, Brown University) the team used their system to eliminate dates successively, until they had a single possibility,” according to a news story published on the Puget Sound University website where Evans teaches. The researchers used lunar and solar anomalies and other astronomical phenomena in their calculations. They also used a story told by Cicero, that a similar device was carried back to Rome by general Marcellus after the pillage of Syracuse and the death of Archimedes in 212 B.C. If indeed the Antikythera mechanism used an eclipse predictor that worked for a cycle starting at 205 B.C., then its origin is most likely close to the lifetime of Archimedes.
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EUROPEAN UNION countries loudly criticise Russia for creating frozen conflicts in Georgia, Moldova and, now, Ukraine. Yet they are quieter about their own case of Cyprus, an EU member with an unrecognised Turkish-Cypriot north. This frozen conflict is older: over 50 years have passed since clashes broke out between Turkish- and Greek-Cypriots, 40 since Turkey invaded and grabbed northern Cyprus and ten since the Annan plan for unification that Turkish-Cypriots accepted but Greek-Cypriots rejected.Bitter experience recommends scepticism about talks on Cyprus. Even so, a sixth round is under way. In February the two sides agreed to work for a bizonal, bicommunal federation “with political equality”. A new UN envoy, Espen Barth Eide, a former Norwegian foreign minister, arrived in September. The (Greek-Cypriot) president, Nicos Anastasiades, who backed the Annan plan, is eager for a deal. He knows well the cost of not having one: from the garden of his presidential palace in Nicosia (“Europe’s last divided city”) he can see the Turkish-Cypriot flag emblazoned on the Pentadaktylos mountains.Two newer developments ought to spur the negotiators on. One...
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The Greek Police on Thursday said that it has arrested seven suspects - among them a former MP for New Democracy - believed to be members of a gang that has been forging wills in order to falsely inherit property and money for the past five years at least... ...
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Athens: Thousands of Greeks were protesting against a new bout of austerity on Thursday in a general strike as the government failed to break a ...
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The neverending Greek turmoil rolls on and the market is not liking it one bit. Greek 10 year yields have soared to just shy of 8.43% +13bp so far today.
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