How the world sees Greece
European officials are trying to dampen fears that Greece could be pushed out of the Eurozone if the anti-austerity major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) wins Jan. 25 elections and comes to govern. The post EU Officials Say Greece To Stay in Eurozone appeared first on The National Herald.
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Looking at Greece's current political and economic turmoil, you're immediately tempted to write: “It's back.” But that presupposes that the crises that left ...
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The Silver Bug: Greece once again has been catapulted to the spotlight. Former European Commissioner Stavros Dimas, the ruling coalition’s presidential candidate, needed 180 votes to become the Greek governments presidential candidate. In a move ...
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On Monday, the euro fell to a nearly nine-year low against the dollar, amid concern that a left-wing government might win elections in Greece and ...
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A strange "magical" amulet dating back about 1,500 years has archaeologists buzzing. One side of the stone amulet, which was unearthed in 2011 in the ancient city of Nea Paphos in southwestern Cyprus, bears a 59-letter inscription that reads the same way backward and forward: ιαεωβαφρενεμουνοθιλαρικριφιαευεαιφιρκιραλιθονυομενερφαβωεαι. That's Greek to you, of course. So here's the palindrome's English translation: "Yahweh is the bearer of the secret name, the lion of Re secure in his shrine." The other side of the amulet shows several images, including one depicting the mummified Egyptian god Osiris in a boat and another of Harpocrates, the Greek god of silence, as well as animals and symbols. If that sounds a bit jumbled, it is. "It must be stated that the depiction is fairly unskilled and schematic," Dr. Joacham Sliwa, a professor at Jagiellonian University's Institute of Archaeology in Krakow, Poland, wrote in a paper describing the artifact. "It is iconographically based on Egyptian sources, but these sources were not fully understood by the creator of the amulet. As a result, various misinterpretations and irregularities arise... we are dealing with considerable deviations from basic Egyptian iconographic concepts." Such amulets were used as good luck tokens to protect their owners from harm, Ewdoksia Papuci-Wladyka, the Jagiellonian University professor who led the team of archaeologists who made the discovery, told LiveScience in an email. This particular one suggests that "Christian and pagan religions coexisted in Paphos in times of [the] amulet being in use," she said in the email. The paper was published in the journal Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization.
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Investing.com - Gold futures traded at the highest level in almost three weeks on Tuesday, amid uncertainty over Greece's future in the euro zone if ...
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Middle East stocks mostly declined as Brent crude prices plunged for a second day and amid uneasiness over whether Greece will have to exit the ...
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But the bigger and immediate worry for markets is the crisis brewing in Greece. The country prepares for elections on January 25th 2015. Fear in the ...
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Douglas Elliott of The Brookings Institution says there's little chance of Greece choosing to leave the EU even if the the Greek “anti-austerity” Syriza ...
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The ECB cannot go ahead and purchase Greek bonds ahead of a general elections in that country, says Nick Parsons, Head of Research ( UK and ...
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South Africa's Catholic Church welcomes a $40,000 donation from the president to help translate the Bible directly from Hebrew and Greek into isiZulu.
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Kalofer (Bulgaria) (AFP) - Thousands of men and women across Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece plunged into icy waters Tuesday as part of an extreme Christian Orthodox celebration for the feast of Epiphany. From Thessaloniki in northern Greece to Istanbul and the small Bulgarian town of Kalofer, thick-skinned swimmers braved winter temperatures to retrieve wooden crucifixes thrown into the water by Orthodox priests as part of an annual ritual held on January 6."Since the first time I made the dive at 18 years old I have always had good luck and good work," said one swimmer in Istanbul who gave his name as Baba.The Bulgarian withstood the 10-degree celsius (50 degrees fahrenheit) waters of the Bosphorus to retrieve the cross."I hope that my dive will bring luck and health to my family," he added.In Prague, participants -- several wearing paper crowns -- did not chase after a cross but still took an icy dip in the Vltava river for the traditional swim on Epiphany, also known as Three Kings day. In Kalofer, in central Bulgaria, about 250 men broke the ice and waded into the slushy waters of the Tundzha river, while singing and performing a traditional chain dance dressed in white embroidered shirts and old-fashioned wool trousers and accompanied by a small folk orchestra. The ritual is over 100 years old and unique in Bulgaria, mayor Rumen Stoyanov, who led the dance himself, told AFP. Local tradition has it that only men can take part in the icy plunge, known as "saving the cross", but there is no age restriction, he said. The youngest participant to brave the sub-zero temperatures was five-year-old Stilian accompanied by his father. According to local belief, none of the dancers will get ill after taking the icy dip and he and his relatives will have a healthy year.Participants prepare beforehand with a night of songs, food as well as homemade wine and brandy.Among Orthodox Christians, the feast of Epiphany celebrates the day the spirit of God descended upon believers in the shape of a dove during Jesus Christ's baptism in the river Jordan. In western churches, focus is on the visit to Christ of the three kings, or Magi.The Kalofer dancers released several white pigeons under the cheers of onlookers, many of whom then jumped into the river, as the water on this day is believed to bring health and purification.Join the conversation about this story »
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Confrontations between Turkish and Greek military warplanes escalated sharply in 2014, Metin Gurcan reports for Al-Monitor citing anonymous Turkish military officials. In the first month of 2014 alone, Turkish jets apparently violated Greek airspace 1,017 times. This was twice the number of total airspace violations between the two countries for the first half of 2013. Both are members of NATO. These incidents have become so routine, Gurcan notes, that "reports of mock dogfights between Greek and Turkish warplanes over the Aegean Sea are now listed in the 'Daily Activities' section of the official website of Turkey’s chief of general staff." The incidents almost entirely take place over the Aegean Sea, the island-filled stretch of water separating Turkey and Greece. The countries' exact maritime boundaries are still a matter of disagreement. "The question of sovereignty over the Aegean in simplest terms is the difference between Greek territorial waters of six nautical miles and the 10-nautical-mile airspace Greece claims," Gurcan writes. "The conflict arises when Turkey recognizes the Greek national airspace over the Aegean as six miles and flies its planes within the 10-mile airspace claimed by Greece." These disputes over the Aegean have simmered and have hampered attempts for the two nations to fully normalize ties. Turkey still considers what it believes to be any Greek attempt to unilaterally expand its maritime claims in the Aegean as a cause for war, despite both countries being in NATO. The tensions between Turkey and Greece mirror a general increase in hostilities throughout the eastern Mediterranean. Cyprus has vowed to stay out of peace talks over the island's final status after Turkey sent a research ship to look for natural gas off of the north coast of the island. Cyprus is split between a Greek-backed south and a Turkish Cypriot North. Natural gas was discovered off of its coasts in late 2011. Turkey maintains that any natural gas found off of the shores of Cyprus should be shared equally with both Greek and Turkish Cypriots. But a flagging Cyprus peace process, conflicting maritime claims in the Aegean, and controversy over Cypriot gas could all raise the temperature between Greece and Turkey in the coming year.SEE ALSO: The eastern Mediterranean is set to become the US's next big policy challenge Join the conversation about this story »
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You can attach a whole range of titles to Elon Musk's name — engineer, designer, or chief executive, to name a few. But he wouldn't be any of those things if he wasn't ridiculously good at learning. During the course of his career, Musk has mastered online payments, rocket flight, and electric car manufacturing, plus a host of other subjects. In Monday night's Reddit AMA, user aerovistae asked Musk how he learns so much so fast. Musk's reply was instructive: I think most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying. One bit of advice: it is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree -- make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to. In other words, knowledge has a logical structure to it, and you need to understand the foundations before moving to the extremities. Musk's emphasis on "fundamental principles" mirrors another healthy habit of mind he adheres to: first principles thinking. Musk says that with first principles, "you boil things down to the most fundamental truths … and then reason up from there." The approach goes all the way back to Ancient Greece, which was the start of Western civilization's attempts to systematize knowledge. Over 2,300 years ago, Aristotle said that a first principle is the "first basis from which a thing is known" and that pursuing first principles is the key to doing any sort of systemic inquiry — whether in philosophy, as he did, or in business, as Musk does. In other words, you have to get to know the tree's trunk, then branch out from there.SEE ALSO: Elon Musk Uses This Ancient Critical-Thinking Strategy To Outsmart Everybody Else Join the conversation about this story »
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Greece’s hard-left Syriza party burst on to the political scene three years ago by vilifying the country’s international lenders. Now, as the party moves closer to power, it is declaring a new public enemy: the oligarchs who exercise disproportionate ...
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Feared it could be "Lehman Squared" (have a worse impact on markets than the fall of Lehman Brothers), a Greek exit could be catastrophic.
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The German government is threatening to expel Greece from the euro zone if it does not stick to the austerity dictates of the “troika” (the European ...
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Greece is recovering; maybe slowly and among much turmoil, but it is happening. 2Q14 GDP growth of 0.4% was the first time the nation experienced ...
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Bulls run for cover: Sensex plunges over 860 points on oil, Greece ... and possible exit of Greece from eurozone spooked sentiment in global markets.
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Orthodox Christians are beginning their Christmas celebrations Tuesday. Members of the Greek Orthodox clergy are pictured here outside the Church ...
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So far at least, the New Year has been anything but happy for stock market investors. In short, traders have ignored the traditional seasonal pattern and have instead focused on the negative. So, the worries are back. Greece is back. And after Monday, some ...
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Move could be welcomed by international lenders
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The British Museum is considering three further overseas loans from the Elgin Marbles – but a reluctance to entertain the sculptures’ return to Greece is set to provoke renewed anger in Athens.
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FOR GREEKS (and generally for those eastern Christians who observe the new calendar) today is a day of warm public togetherness: a time when ...
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Every now and then, political turmoil in Greece threatens global financial markets. Then the problem fades.
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EDGEWATER — Greek delicacies, such as pork kabobs and authentic Grecian chicken, will be served at St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Church's 6th ...
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French and German borrowing rates reached new all-time lows on Tuesday amid fears over the prospect of Greece leaving the eurozone.
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Greece's parliament was unable to decide on a new president, prompting a new round of elections on January 25. Furthermore, the Syria party, which ...
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NEW YORK - The ongoing oil price slump is starting to become a headache for the stock market. On Monday, oil plunged, dipping for a time below $50 ...
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The weapons that Greek Police found during the arrest of recaptured convicted terrorist Christodoulos Xeros have not been used before. According to a police announcement, the pistol that was found on Xeros as well as the three pistols and eight Kalashnikov rifles confiscated in the Anavissos hideout have not been used for any terrorist or other criminal act. The counter-terrorism unit continues its search in the other hideout, in Loutraki. (source: ana-mpa)
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By Madeline Chambers and Elizabeth PineauBERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - Evoking a possible Greek exit from the euro zone, Germany and France are taking a coordinated and calculated risk in the hope of averting a leftist victory in Greece's general election on Jan. 25.The intention, according to Michael Huether, head of Germany's IW economic institute, is to make clear that other euro area countries "can get on well without Greece, but Greece cannot get on without Europe", and to warn that the left-wing Syriza party would bring disaster on the country.Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras, whose party leads in opinion polls, insists he wants to keep Greece in the euro. However, he has promised to end austerity imposed by foreign creditors under the country's bailout deal if he wins power, and wants part of the 240 billion euros lent by the EU and IMF written off.The risk is that the European Union's two main powers are seen by Greeks as interfering and threatening them, provoking a backlash after a six-year recession that shrunk their economy by 20 percent and put one in four workers out of a job.French President Francois Hollande said on Monday it was up to the Greek people to decide whether they wanted to stay in the single currency, while a German magazine reported that Berlin no longer feared a "Grexit" would endanger the entire euro area.Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman did not explicitly deny the weekend "Der Spiegel" report but said: "The aim has been to stabilise the euro zone with all its members, including Greece. There has been no change in our stance."Merkel and Hollande conferred by telephone during the winter holidays and will meet in Strasbourg on Sunday with European Parliament President Martin Schulz for what a French diplomatic source insisted were not crisis talks on Greece.Should centre-right Prime Minister Antonis Samaras lose power in the election, the real issue was how a Syriza-led government might seek to reschedule Greece's debt, not its place in the euro, the French source said.Paris and Berlin have underlined that any new government in Athens would have to honour the country's obligation to repay the bailout loans received since 2010.In an article in the Huffington Post, Tsipras accused German conservatives of spreading "old wives' tales", singling out Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble. Syriza, a coalition of former communist and independent leftist groups, "is not an ogre, or a big threat to Europe, but the voice of reason," he wrote.Syriza's promise to reverse cuts in basic pensions and the minimum wage has won some sympathy in France and Italy, where centre-left governments are seeking more fiscal leeway from EU authorities to revive growth."The Greeks vote as they want, and whatever the vote the commitments made to Europe by Greece must be respected," French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday.German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel, leader of the centre-left Social Democrats, delivered an identical message.BETTER EQUIPPEDEU, German and French officials say privately that the euro zone is better equipped to withstand a possible Greek departure than it was at the time of the last knife-edge election in 2012. The 19-nation currency area now has a permanent sovereign rescue fund and elements of a banking union in place, and European banks have reduced their exposure to Greece.Reaction on debt markets since Samaras's gamble of bringing forward a presidential vote failed last month, triggering a snap general election, suggests investors see the risk as largely confined to Greece rather than the wider euro area.Some German politicians have trumpeted that message bluntly."The time when we had to rescue Greece is over," said Michael Fuchs, deputy parliamentary floor leader of Merkel's CDU party. "There is no potential for political blackmail any more. Greece is no longer of systemic importance to the euro."European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker went farthest of any EU leader with a stark and unusual warning to Greeks last month not to vote the "wrong" way for "extremists".But a minority of politicians and commentators in Paris and Berlin question the wisdom of discussing a possible "Grexit", arguing that it could backfire politically and financially.Bavarian State Premier Horst Seehofer, a Merkel ally, told Die Welt newspaper: "We should not appear as a schoolmaster in the Greek election." That could lead to an undesirable result, he said.The conservative Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung questioned whether it was safe to assume there would be no contagion if Greece left the euro.Social Democratic German deputy labour minister Joerg Asmussen has been quietly talking to Tsipras to try to instil a sense of financial realism and moderate his demands in case he wins.($1 = 0.8386 euros)(Additional reporting by John Irish in Paris; Writing by Paul Taylor; editing by David Stamp)Join the conversation about this story »
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Homer should not be thought of as a person but as a tradition, said historian and award-winning author Adam Nicolson. In his latest book titled “Why Homer Matters,” Nicolson claims that the two most important books in Western civilization are “Iliad” and “Odyssey.” And as such, they are not written by a person, but by a whole culture. In an article published by National Geographic, Nicolson said, “I think it’s a mistake to think of Homer as a person. Homer is an “it.” A tradition. An entire culture coming up with ever more refined and ever more understanding ways of telling stories that are important to it. Homer is essentially shared.” Nicolson’s theory is that the two great epic poems written by Homer in eighth century B.C. are not works of the era but a product of the tradition of ancient Greece that goes back a millennium before they were actually written. The writer said in his National Geographic interview that his understanding of Homer’s work came to him in an “epiphany” while sailing the west coast of the British Isles and the Atlantic coast, and opening “Odyssey” after 25 years: “Odysseus is the great metaphor for all of our lives: struggling with storms, coming across incredibly seductive nymphs, finding himself trapped between impossible choices. I suddenly thought, this is talking to me in a way I would never have guessed before.” Speaking of his “epiphany” Nicolson said, “I found myself confronted with what felt like the truth – like somebody was telling me what it was like to be alive on Earth, in the figure of Odysseus.”
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European Parliament President Martin Schulz late on Monday expressed the confidence that Greece will remain in the Eurozone and described talks on a possible “Grexit” as speculation. He added that he has already told Greek main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras that a unilateral moratorium of payments would trigger a similar moratorium on the part of the EU. He stressed, however, that the markets turmoil has never been caused by Tsipras’ statements but by the Brussels and Berlin standoff. In an interview with German broadcaster ZD, Schulz said Greece was a member of the Eurozone and “I believe it will remain a member of the Eurozone.” “My advice is that we wait for the January 25 elections. They all act as if Tsipras has already won the elections. Even if SYRIZA is the leading party, it will have to form a coalition. I cannot see any coalition partner that would support its radical positions,” he said. “All members of the EU and the Eurozone, regardless of which government is in power, are aware of their responsibilities. I think this applies to Mr. Tsipras as well. Of course he has an extreme rhetoric, but I must say it again: he will not be able to govern alone and for the things he promises there, I cannot see how he can get a majority in Parliament. So he will have to make compromises in Greece and compromises with the European partners.” (source: ana-mpa)
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PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos said Greece will need a coalition government after the Jan. 25 elections because no party can win a majority. The post Venizelos Says PASOK Greece’s Savior appeared first on The National Herald.
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Family of toddler who went missing on Kos, Greece more than 20 years ago wants leads and possible sightings investigatedThe Home Office has agreed to fund a team of British detectives to help search for toddler Ben Needham who went missing in Greece more than 20 years ago.Ben, from Sheffield, vanished on 24 July 1991 after travelling to the Greek island of Kos with his mother and grandparents. Continue reading...
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A police attack on a group of workers on Monday of this week gave an indication of what Greece’s election campaign will be like. Striking migrant workers were occupying a recycling plant near Athens. They hadn’t been paid, so shut the place down and ...
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Greek Police have arrested a 25-year-old Romanian man who confessed that he murdered author Menis Koumandareas in order to rob him. The criminal prosecutor has filed charges of premeditated murder against him and his accomplice, a 29-year-old man, also from Romania. 83-year-old Koumandareas, one of Greece’s most acclaimed authors, was strangled at his home in Kypseli, Athens, in the early hours of December 6, 2014. Police had launched an investigation that led to the suspect’s arrest. The Romanian man confessed to the murder after hours of interrogation. He also said that he had an accomplice who is wanted by police. According to a police report, the Romanian who is referred to as Stefan S., was arrested yesterday at Victoria Square in downtown Athens. The man had friendly relations with Koumandareas and his number was found on the author’s cell phone. He confessed that he visited the author’s home with his compatriot in order to ask him for money. The two men knew that Koumandareas had cash from a house he had recently sold. The Romanian man said that Koumandareas refused to give them the money and the three men wrangled. He said that the author was pushed and hit his head as he fell, causing his death. However, the coroner’s report said that the death was caused by strangulation. Police found genetic material of two other men in Koumandareas’ apartment, the one matching the Romanian man’s DNA. The prosecutor has filed criminal charges against the Romanian man, while his accomplice is still wanted by police.
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Greek Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras attended the Epiphany celebration on Tuesday in the city of Kavala, Greece. After the ceremony, Samaras offered wishes for health to all Greeks and “progress for our country; now that it is standing on its feet, may it never slide back.” The waters blessing ceremony was held at the city port where swimmers, defying low temperatures, jumped into the sea to collect the cross. Dimitris Giannikopoulos, 35, an employee at the Manpower Employment Organization (OAED) of Kavala, was the lucky one to collect the cross. Samaras congratulated all swimmers and wished them health and enlightenment. Greek main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras attended the Epiphany ceremony at the port of Piraeus. “Today is an important day for the Orthodoxy, a bright celebration for the Greek people. I wish that the light of justice and truth warms our country from this day forward,” Tsipras said after the end of the ceremony and while visiting the Piraeus City Theater. The waters blessing ceremony, officiated by the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Ieronymos, was held at the country’s main port, where Special Forces men jumped into the sea to collect the cross. The government was represented by Education and Religious Affairs Minister Andreas Loverdos, who wished a “happy new year and that we may all be enlightened by the light of reason.” (source: ana-mpa)
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The uncertainty shrouding the Greek economy continues with as much zeal as ever as the seemingly hapless state embarks upon a New Year. With the failure of the Greek parliament to elect a new president on December 19, snap elections have been scheduled for ...
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As some European officials sought to dampen talk of a possible Greek exit from the euro, New Democracy and SYRIZA on Tuesday broadened the scope of the debate ahead of the January 25 elections. Several officials in Brussels rejected mounting speculation a... ...
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An Englishman was charged on Tuesday with murdering a 43-year-old Greek in London, where the latter was on vacation. Menelaos Alygizakis was struck over the head at a bus stop outside Waterloo Station in the early hours of Saturday. He died from head inju... ...
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The “Ragoutsaria” celebration starts today in the city of Kastoria, northern Greece, and will continue through Thursday, January 8, seeing locals donning costumes and dancing in the streets. The Ragoutsaria is a centuries old custom and a revival of ancient Dionysian rites. Celebrations begin on January 6, the day of Epiphany, in a festive atmosphere that gives Kastoria a special color. Men and women, young and old, are organized in “crowds,” each with its own costumes and traditional orchestra, and dance wildly in the streets. The festivities culminate on January 8, the Paterista, as locals call it, the day of the celebration of Saint Dominique, with a great carnival parade. Early in the afternoon, all the dancing crowd satirizes persons and events singing with effortless ingenuity. The best of them are awarded by the City of Kastoria, which organizes the three-day festivities. The crowds and spectators gather at Doltso, the old medieval square, a place that played an important role in people’s unity and maintaining traditions during the Turkish occupation. At Doltso, a wild revelry begins with the crowd trying to out-sing each other and play their music louder than everyone else. The custom’s name and origin is traced in classical antiquity and has survived until today via the Romans and Byzantines. It is very likely that the name comes from the Latin word “rogatores,” which means beggars, something that aptly defines many of the costumes. The masked men go around houses and ask for gifts in exchange of chasing evil spirits away. The three-day “Ragoutsaria” is one of Kastoria’s tourist attractions, as the city sees more and more visitors each year.
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Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades vowed on Monday to stay away from peace talks with Turkey as long as Turkish ships remained off the cost of the island, threatening its right to search for natural gas. Turkey dispatched a research vessel to waters ...
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Petros Lianos, the last Greek national who had remained hospitalized in Italy after being rescued from the Norman Atlantic following a fire that broke out on the Italian-flagged, Greek-chartered vessel on December 28, returned to Athens on Monday. On the ... ...
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Caretaker Interior Minister Michalis Theocharidis (photo) told political parties on Monday that he would examine the possibility of intervening to ensure that some 100,000 18-year-old Greeks would be able to vote in the January 25 elections. Greece’s elec... ...
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MUMBAI: The benchmark Sensex on Tuesday plummeted by 855 points in its worst crash in five and a half years as stock markets globally went into a ...
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Speculation of a Greek exit intensified Monday after Der Spiegel magazine reported that Germany was willing to let Greece leave the bloc if the ...
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In reality, it is shaped by SYRIZA's goal of convincing Greek and European capitalism that it is the party best suited to avert an impending disaster.
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RELIANCE ON GREEK OPERATIONS TO PARE DEBT: since the last round of speculation over a euro exit, OTE has sold assets in Serbia and ...
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Today, they will dive into Spring Bayou, each hoping to retrieve the white cross tossed by the archbishop during St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox ...
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