But the discussion reflects fears that GREECE'S failure to manage a flood of migrants from Turkey has brought Schengen's open borders to the brink of ...
Welcome, 77 artists, 40 different points of Attica welcomes you by singing Erotokritos an epic romance written at 1713 by Vitsentzos Kornaros
Saturday, December 5, 2015
A night to remember: the Athens Observatory
Not surprisingly it was founded as part of the process of building a modern GREEK state following the country's liberation from Turkish rule, and the ...
Macedonia tightens its borders as authorities restrict the flow of migrants entering Europe from ...
Greek authorities say more than 2,000 migrants have crossed into Macedonia from GREECE, a day after the border closed down following clashes ...
PHOTO GALLERY: 2000 refugees cross GREEK-Macedonian border, 3000 remain stranded
More than 3,000 people remain stuck on the GREEK side of the border, as Macedonia and other Balkan countries refuse to let them through, ...
Liz Hurley goes shopping solo and gives a statuesque GREEK god the once-over
Liz Hurley goes shopping solo and gives a statuesque GREEK god the once-over. 18:52, 5 Dec 2015; Updated 18:53, 5 Dec 2015; By Nicola Bartlett ...
No entry: Pakistan sends back 30 deportees to GREECE
No entry: Pakistan sends back 30 deportees to GREECE ... The minister said that an EU country (GREECE) violated Pakistani laws after the finalisation of ...
Greece can tap markets in 2016 if reforms on track
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece, which received a third international bailout this year, can begin to return to bond markets in 2016 if its reform programme ...
Location on Macedonian-GREEK border remains tense
At the Macedonian-GREEK border, the situation is still tense. Around 3,000 migrants who do not come from conflict areas such as Syria or Afghanistan, ...
Newport News native Bryan Doerries writes "Theater of War ...
Bryan Doerries' work connecting the themes of Greek tragedies to modern-day trauma has taken him around the world. In a recent conversation, he talked ...
Sioux City is home to 3 Greek hot dog eateries : Siouxland ...
SIOUX CITY | When you think of Greek cuisine, it's likely you imagine baklavas or gyros. But what about chili dogs? Sioux City has three restaurants that ...
Unauthorized Turkish Ship Enters GREEK Waters
A Turkish hydrographic ship entered GREEK waters in the Aegean without receiving permission from GREEK authorities. The Turkish hydrographic ...
National Bank of GREECE (ADR) (OTCMKTS:NBGGY)'s Company Shares Decreased 80.95% After ...
The shares of National Bank of GREECE (ADR) (OTCMKTS:NBGGY) decreased by 80.95% in the last 20 days and lost 56.76% in the past 5 trading ...
Pakistan refuses entry to 30 GREEK migrants
The interior ministry said that GREEK authorities had not provided proper documented proof of the passengers on board the charter flight being ...
The Alexandros Grigoropoulos Killing Still Haunts Greece
As the seventh anniversary of the killing of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman approaches, thousands of police brace for a night of riots and vandalism. The sixth of December of 2008 event triggered the most violent uproar Athens has seen in decades. Every year, the black anniversary is marked by guerrilla warfare between police
National Bank of GREECE (NBG) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest
National Bank of GREECE logo National Bank of GREECE (NYSE:NBG) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of November.
US assures Greece of support in economic crisis
… his meetings with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipra and Greek Foreign Minister … to help Greece emerge from economic crisis”. He assured Greece that if … democratic constitution and elections. About Greece-Turkey relations, Kerry said that both …
New Jersey Church Sends Dozens of Boxes of Winter Clothes to Northern GREEK Border Town for ...
Thirty one boxes of hope shipped from New York to the GREEK border town of Idomeni as part of an initiative launched by the granddaughter of GREEK ...
30.000 Greeks bought shares of National Bank
Athens, December 5/ Independent Balkan News Agency By Olga Mavrou More then 30.000 Greeks participated in the latest capital increase of the National Bank of Greece and 74% of the funds came from Greek retail investors, stated the CEO of the bank Mr. Leonidas Fragiadakis. Institutional investors took 26% of the new shares. From the capital increase National Bank drew almost 300 mill. Euros and according to Mr. Fragiadakis this upgraded the […]
Greek CEOs appear pessimistic
Athens, December 5/Independent Balkan News Agency By Olga Mavrou CEOs of companies based in Greece are less optimistic than in 2014. According to a research by ICAP group, 39% of the participants said they had significant reduction in their salaries and 54% of them said there were considerable cuts in the staff of their companies. A percentage […]
Athens asks Moscow for lower gas prices
Athens, December 5/Independent Balkan News Agency By Olga Mavrou In talks with his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak and top Gazprom officials in Moscow, Energy Minister of Greece Panos Skourletis raised the issue of lowering the price of natural gas flowing from Russia to Greece. Skourletis also asked the Russians to reduce the quantities for 2015 […]
National Bank of GREECE to receive 2.71 billion euros from bailout
Brussels (dpa) - The National Bank of GREECE, one of the country's largest lenders, is to be shored up with 2.71 billion euros (2.89 billion dollars) from ...
Deported Migrants Sent Back to GREECE
Pakistan rejected 31 people from the plane which came from GREECE, saying they were illegally returned. 19 out of 50 deportees were taken into ...
Millimages donates 2 Toon Series to GREECE'S ERT
French production company Millimages has offered Mouk and Louie — two of its best-selling animated series — to ERT, the Greek public broadcaster.
Best Greek restaurants in Buffalo: 3 places to get great ...
The Buffalo area and all of Western New York boasts dozens of Greek restaurants, many that have been family owned and operated handed down from one ...
Guest Post: The Greece Blame Game Revisited
Greeks have seen this film of “Greece Blame Game” a thousand times since 2010. At first, it was the Euro crisis, now it is the Refugees. For the European “partners” economically weak Greece is the easy target that can be blamed everything, for all problems of the European Union. EU’s […]
EU Puts an End to Scenarios about Greece’s Suspension from Schengen
The European Commission put a temporary stop to scenarios about Greece being suspended from the Schengen Agreement, after a meeting of European justice ministers at Brussels on Friday. The threat to Greece, and to the future of the border-free zone, has been considerably lessened as Athens activated the European Union civil protection mechanism and agreed
Greek Pensions Face 30% Cuts
Breaking a campaign promise, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' government will cut auxiliary and lump sum pensions to up another 30 percent. The post Greek Pensions Face 30% Cuts appeared first on The National Herald.
FIA detained 49 deportees aboard a chartered flight from Greece
… aboard a chartered flight from Greece at the Benazir Bhutto International …
National Bank Of Greece Shares To Fall Below $0.66 Before December 15
… taken by National Bank of Greece (OTCPK:NBGGY) to raise capital … December 3, National Bank of Greece ADRs restarted trading on the … look at the two strongest Greek banks that did not require … share. Of the big four Greek banks, both NBGGY and Piraeus …
National Bank Of GREECE (ADR): Still Struggling to Regain Momentum
GREECE continues to dominate headlines for its banking sector which is increasingly becoming an enigma for investors. Stakeholders are closely ...
Volunteers Don't Want To Abandon Refugees In Greece: 'How ...
LESBOS, Greece -- When refugees and migrants arrived on the shores of the island of Lesbos earlier this year, exhausted from a hazardous trip across the ...
Rising tension and violence along GREEK border
Should Athens fail to do enough, passport controls could be reintroduced for GREEK citizens traveling in Europe. "Greece is ready to move, Greece is ...
GREEK minister: European Union provided inadequate help for refugees
"Greece asked Frontex yesterday to launch a Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABIT) mechanism on the GREEK islands in the Aegean, where it ...
GREEK lawmakers to vote on austerity-extending 2016 budget
ATHENS, Greece - GREEK lawmakers are expected to vote late on Saturday for the 2016 budget, with its economic forecasts revised upward to show ...
An All German plan: Frontex should take control of Greece’s borders
The masks have fallen. Hand in hand, the European Union and the Frontex want to cancel national sovereignty and take over border controls in the pretext of “safeguarding the Schengen borders”. With controversial claims, they use the case of Greece to create an example that could soon happen “in the […]
Did Logic Go from India to GREECE?
It appears to me that if the Greek and Persian stories related to Callisthenes having brought Indian logic to GREECE are true, they provided inspiration ...
Greek Police Arrest 7 After Riots and Petrol Bomb Attacks
Greek Police arrested seven rioters who had attacked riot policemen with petrol bombs at Exarchia around midnight on Friday. It all started after a demonstration rally of leftist organizations protesting the arrival of U.S. State Secretary John Kerry in Athens. After the rally in front of the Athens University administration building, a group of youths
Greek economy minister faces probe over wealth declarations
… and 38 real estate properties. Greek politicians, state officials, judges, police … been among key factors behind Greece's debt crisis. The … defamation campaign. Earlier on Friday Greece's Supreme Administrative Audit …
GREECE rejects EU's call to label Israeli settlement products
GREECE has formally announced that it will not be abiding new guidelines established by the European Commission which dictates that all Israeli ...
GREECE accepts EU refugee help ahead of crunch Schengen meeting
Officials in Brussels and capitals around Europe have been frustrated by what they perceive as GREECE'S reluctance to accept aid and assistance in ...
GREECE exiles: FIA to register case against 15 migrants
The FIA detained 49 deportees aboard a chartered flight from GREECE at Benazir Bhutto International Airport Thursday on the order of Interior Minister, ...
EU's migrant aid skimpy, GREEK says
A U.N. volunteer helps a migrant Friday near the southern Macedonian town of Gevgelija. At least 3,000 people remain stuck on the GREEK side of the ...
24 Hours in Downtown Athens
The fascinating and maddening metropolis of Athens, bounded on three sides by Mount Hymettus, Mount Parnitha and Mount Pentelicus, apart from Parthenon’s 2500-year-old honey-color marble columns, has much more to offer. If you have only 24 hours to explore Athens, the beautiful Greek capital city where tradition is exceptionally juxtaposed with modernity, here is an interesting
Saint Paul's Greek Orthodox Church
Festival season is well upon us, and with that comes Irvine's 35th annual Greek Fest, held at Saint Paul's Greek Orthodox Church. Friday kicks off the three-day ...
GREEK Woes Mount; Possible Rousseff Ouster Cheers Brazilian Markets
GREEK stocks have plummeted about 30% this year, and at a recent value of 666 ... The next thing that could freeze up GREEK politics and the economy: ...
Israel, GREECE coordinated exercises against S-300 missile system: report
Israel has been discreetly training and testing maneuvers designed to defeat missile systems Russia has deployed in the Middle East, military and ...
Greek Australian woman racially attacked
A Greek Australian woman was the subject of a racial attack on a Melbourne train this week. Arna Dionysopoulos, 26, was on her way home from work on ...
In Cyprus, a renewed push toward peace raises new questions
The US has said a peace deal between the Greek and Turkish communities in Cyprus might be "within reach." But some observers of the divided island suggest an agreement might be difficult to sustain.