How the world sees Greece
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged the European Union on Sunday to urgently come up with a plan to tackle a mounting migrant humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean. "The Mediterranean must stop being a graveyard sea and southern European ...
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10 p.m. (2000 GMT, 4 p.m. EDT). Greece's prime minister says he supports Italian Premier Matteo Renzi's call for an emergency European Union ...
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Europe File: It’s still possible that Greece can remain in the eurozone—though that is no longer the base case for many policy makers, says Simon Nixon.
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The Greek champions have endured a rocky season as they started with Real Madrid legend Michel in the hot seat but the Spanish manager was ...
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WASHINGTON — By the standards of his frenzied schedule here last week, the meeting on Friday between Yanis Varoufakis, the Greek finance minister, and Lee C. Buchheit, the dean of international debt lawyers, was a quiet one. But the get-together with Mr ...
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The government says it wants an honorable compromise with the creditors, who are in turn demanding a credible reform list. However, the distance separating the two sides remains large as the progress in negotiations is slow, allowing the ugly scenarios of default and “Grexit” to be assigned higher probabilities by analysts and others. The end of this standoff will depend on the government’s intentions, strategy and cash reserves and the stance of the official creditors. At this point, the impasse looks set to continue despite Greece’s pressing liquidity needs.
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Only a growth shock could save the Greek social security system: Even after the interventions of the last five years in terms of retirement age limits, pension levels, expenditure cuts and distortion corrections, which resulted in savings of some 14 billion euros per annum, the system is again ailing.
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President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos underlined on Sunday that Greece’s place is in Europe, in statements after visiting the home of late Greek statesman and former Greek President Constantine Karamanlis in Serres, northern Greece. “Our path is within Europe and this is the road we will travel, and travel victoriously,” he said at Karamanlis’ home. “We are called on today to complete Constantine Karamanlis’ European vision.” The Greek President noted that the country has to travel this path with the other Europeans and act together to “fix” Europe so that it returns to its original values. Referring to the former statesman, he cited Karamanlis’ example and dedication to democracy, duty and to serving the public interest and unity during difficult times and in major decisions “beyond and outside sterile party conflicts.” Earlier, Pavlopoulos had attended a service led by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at Agios Nikitas church in the city of Serres. After the ceremony, the Patriarch said that the President’s name will always be in the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s prayers and expressed hope that when he next returns to Greece, the crisis will be overcome. The Greek President also visited flood-stricken areas while he will attend an official luncheon held in honor of himself and the Ecumenical Patriarch. (source: ana-mpa)
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Olympiakos clinched its 42nd Greek league title — and 17th in the last 19 seasons — with three rounds to spare Sunday.
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged the European Union on Sunday to urgently come up with a plan to tackle a mounting migrant humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean. "The Mediterranean must stop being a graveyard sea and southern European countries a storage of human souls," Tsipras said in a televised address.
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The EU Central Bank President also asked for a continuous dialog between Greece and the other European countries to come to a solution. He also ...
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Greece seeks to reach an agreement with its international creditors but refuses to go back on its election pledges to end austerity measures, Greek ...
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras telephoned Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Sunday evening and expressed his condolences for the deaths of hundreds of migrants and refugees feared dead after the latest sinking of a vessel carrying migrants south ...
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The Greek parliament approved a draft bill to decrease the number of convicts in the country's overcrowded prisons and Xiros, a senior figure of the ...
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... pipeline to Greece in exchange for billions in advance payment to the cash-strapped eurozone country, a Greek official told AFP on April 18, a claim ...
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Images emerge of two newborn babies being rescued along with their mother from a people traffickers' boat en route to Greece
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Lagarde warns new Syriza government its honeymoon period with creditors is closing
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Greece has been urged to deliver a detailed fiscal and debt plan to official lenders as the IMF-World Bank meetings wound up amid escalating worries ...
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Greece's populist government must set aside politics and bring promised reforms to “fruition” to save its economy and avoid default, the head of the ...
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NEW YORK – For there to be a new Greece, the consensus in and outside the country is that the country needs to be a new national mindset – and a new breed of politicians. Emmanouil Vournous, the new mayor of the island of Chios is among the latter. During a recent trip to the […] The post Chios Mayor: a New Breed of Greek Politician, Reaches out to Community appeared first on The National Herald.
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ATHENS, (Reuters) – Olympiakos Piraeus won the Greek Super League title without kicking a ball on Sunday after Panathinaikos suffered a shock 2-1 ...
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Members of the ultranationalist Greece Golden Dawn party stand trial on Monday, accused of being members of a criminal organisation. Defendants ...
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Greek President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Sunday said that Greece's place is in Europe, in statements after visiting the home of late Greek statesman and his former Greek president Constantine Karamanlis in Serres, northern Greece. "Our path is ...
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Russia denied on Saturday a German media report suggesting that it could sign a gas pipeline deal with Greece as early as Tuesday that could bring ...
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Greece's ruling Syriza government is coming under mounting pressure to submit a detailed plan for overhauling the country's finances, particularly ...
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An end to the Greek crisis has been a long time coming. So much so, that it is now easy to believe that it will never come. The Greeks and their ...
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Fourteen competing Greek fraternities and sororities performed Friday night in UNC Charlotte's Halton Arena. The event, which is organized by the ...
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As eurozone officials prepare for further talks on Greece, investors are sceptical that Athens can agree reforms that will unlock further bailout fundsEurozone officials meet for further crunch talks on Greece this week amid warnings that time is running out for the country to avoid defaulting on its debts and being jettisoned from the single-currency bloc.Deputy finance ministers will convene on Wednesday to pave the way for talks among finance chiefs in the Latvian capital, Riga, at the end of the week, a Greek government official told Reuters. Continue reading...
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The Peloponnese holds some of Greece's greatest ancient monuments — such as Olympia or Mycenae — but there's a lot more to this region for ...
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The post What Bankers Did to Greece appeared first on The National Herald.
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A second round of talks between a Greek team of economic experts and the Brussels Group began in Paris on on Sunday at noon. According to sources, Sunday's negotiations will focus mainly on labour issues. The first round of negotiations on ...
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Monash Mayor Paul Klisaris has defended council's spending on Greek ... “It certainly wasn't an event that only Greeks could attend — lots of local ...
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There are signs of positive developments in the negotiations between Greece and creditors’ representatives that started again yesterday in Paris. The Greek government’s aim to achieve a primary surplus of 1.2% in 2015 seems to be accepted by creditors. Furthermore, an emergency Euro Working Group (EWG) session via teleconference is scheduled for Wednesday in order to discuss the Greek issue. This is progress ahead of the April 24 Eurogroup, according to a source close to the Greek side. In Saturday’s meeting the two sides discussed macroeconomics, fiscal projections and the primary surplus. The Greek side insisted on a 1.2% primary surplus, something that the other side seems willing to accept, or a number close to it in worst case scenario, according to the source. In Sunday’s meeting the Brussels Group discussed labor law and social security issues. The source told Greek television that the two sides were cooperative and convened with the common goal to find a middle ground in negotiations and come to an honest compromise that will benefit and satisfy both. He also expressed his optimism that there might be an agreement in the April 24 Eurogroup.
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European Central Bank president Mario Draghi has rejected speculation that Greece may be forced to abandon the euro, reiterating that Europe’s single currency is irrevocable. At a news conference during meetings of the world’s top finance officials ...
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World finance officials said they see a number of threats on the horizon for a global economy still clawing back from the deepest recession in seven decades, and a potential Greek debt default presents the most immediate risk to the recovery.
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Attica Governor Rena Dourou posted on her official twitter account photos of her meeting with the US President Barack Obama. The photos were taken during the reception in honour of Greek Independence at the White House.
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So Glynis, how HAVE you barely aged in 30 years? By avoiding water, skipping breakfast - and not succumbing to the nip-tuck knife Ricky Rayment can't keep his hands off Marnie Simpson as Geordie Shore star slips into skimpy white bikini on first holiday ...
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The European Central Bank has warned that a rupture of monetary union and Greek exit from the euro could have dramatic consequences, but ...
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Greece said it won't renege on election pledges to end austerity measures as creditors pressed for a compromise to free financing and avert a ...
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A total of 34 migrants who set sail from Turkey en route to Greece were rescued April 19 after their boat sank off of Turkey’s southwestern coast
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HELSINKI (AP) — Finland is voting to determine which coalition can lead the country out of a three-year recession, with the ruling conservatives pitted against their socialist government partner and an anti-immigration Finns Party that wants Greece ousted from the euro.
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A law allowing prisoners suffering from illnesses - including terrorists - to be released under house arrest was the wrong approach, a key Greek minister said. The post Greece Opens Jail Doors For Ill appeared first on The National Herald.
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Fleeing a civil war and terrorism, so many Syrian refugees are flocking to Greece the number seeking asylum has risen more than 250 percent. The post Syrians Still Pouring into Greece appeared first on The National Herald.
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Eurozone deputy finance ministers will meet midweek ahead of a Eurogroup finance ministers' gathering two days later, a Greek government official told Reuters, as Athens and its creditors continue to seek a deal on reforms to unlock aid. "The two ...
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Greece will default in May if a resolution is not reached. Though its economy is small in itself, the contagion effects of a default are unpredictable.
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Turkish Cypriot voters in breakaway northern Cyprus went to the polls Sunday to elect a leader who will head peace talks with the Greek Cypriots on the divided island.
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Dozens of Greeks linked to the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party will go on trial on Monday with charges of participating in a criminal organization. The highly publicized trial will be held inside a high security prison in Athens and is expected to last for months. Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos and 68 others will stand in front of a three-judge panel. Among the 69 defendants are the vast majority of the party’s MPs, party members and police officers. They will claim that their prosecution, arrest and detention are politically biased. Golden Dawn came third in Greece’s January 25 elections, gathering 6.28% of the total vote, and secured 17 seats in the Greek Parliament. Most of the accused face charges of membership in a criminal organization, while others are accused of murder, conspiracy to murder, possession of weapons and racist violence, facing sentences of up to 20 years, if convicted. The investigation lasted 15 months and the state prosecutor’s office has gathered sufficient evidence. Prosecutors will now try to prove that the openly racist party operated as a criminal organization under a military-style leadership that allegedly encouraged the beating and killing of migrants and political opponents.
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European officials spoke of their incomprehension that Yanis Varoufakis, Greece's finance minister, has not engaged with technical talks to change the ...
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The question of what to do about Greece if it defaults on its debts is a topic at World Bank and IMF meetings in Washington this week. Share. Facebook ...
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