How the world sees Greece
It is 1,350 miles from Athens, Greece to Hoofddorp, Netherlands. For the Greek national baseball team right now, it feels much farther away than a three-hour flight. Greece qualified for this year’s European baseball championship, to be held in Hoofddorp ...
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[Far Right Protestor]Kacper Pempel/REUTERS BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors have charged three men and one woman with forming a far-right terror group and planning a bombing on a refugee shelter, officials said Wednesday. The four are alleged to have created a group two years ago that went by the name Oldschool Society, using social media to recruit new members and promote far-right ideas, federal prosecutors said. Internally, the group became increasingly radical and, in mid-November 2014, members discussed how to manufacture explosives and the possibility of attacking Islamic extremists and asylum-seekers in Germany. The four — identified only as Andreas H., 57; Markus W. ,40; Denise Vanessa G. 23; and Olaf O., 47, in line with German privacy rules — are accused of forming and being members of a "terrorist organization" and planning an explosion, prosecutors said. Andreas H. and Markus W. were described as the group's president and vice president. "There was a concrete plan to carry out an explosives attack on an inhabited refugee shelter near Borna in connection with their second meeting from May 8-10, 2015," prosecutors said. The town is southeast of Leipzig in the eastern state of Saxony, which has been a hotbed of anti-foreigner sentiment over the past year. Markus W. and Denise Vanessa G. allegedly traveled to the Czech Republic in May 2015 to purchase fireworks and the group discussed how to make them more dangerous by wrapping nails around them. They were arrested May 6 as part of nationwide raids, before the attack could take place. All four are in prison pending trial. Separately, Hannover prosecutors said Wednesday they charged two men, aged 25 and 31, and a 24-year-old woman with attempted murder and attempted arson on allegations they threw a gasoline bomb through a window at an asylum-seekers' home in northwestern Germany. [Germany migrants Europe refugees]Kacper Pempel/REUTERS The three are alleged in August to have thrown the improvised device through a ground-floor window in a school building in Salzhemmendorf that had been converted to house about 30 asylum seekers, setting fire to a mattress and a rug in an unoccupied room. The trio fled in a car from the scene, prosecutors said. The early-morning blaze was quickly extinguished and authorities said no harm came to a woman who had been sleeping in a neighboring room with her three young children. Prosecutors said the three have admitted to the attack, but not to their motivation. German authorities have recorded a rise in attacks against refugees over the past year amid an unprecedented influx of asylum seekers to the country. While most of the attacks are believed to have been carried out by people with no previous affiliation to far-right groups, authorities are sensitive to the possibility that neo-Nazi groups might stage violent attacks ever since the existence of the self-styled National Socialist Underground came to light four years ago. The NSU allegedly killed eight Turks, a Greek and a policewoman between 2000 and 2007, and is believed to be behind two bombings and 15 bank robberies. The group's sole survivor, Beate Zschaepe, and four alleged supporters are currently on trial in Munich. NOW WATCH: Sacha Baron Cohen donates $1 million to help Syrian refugees
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… suspension of most of its Greek activities on Monday night. The … from Greece, below the sector average of 0.96x. With Greece, he … assumed first production from the Greece-based Skouries project will happen in …
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In 2014, the GREEK port handled 16.8 million passengers and 3.6 million 20-foot equivalent units of containers. The final bids for a 51% stake in ...
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One of the most interesting aspects of Kean University is its Greek Life. Kean University has an abundant amount of Greek Organizations that are ready to recruit and on Thursday, January 21, 2016, the Greek Senate will be hosting their semi-annual event ...
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IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde plans to meet with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras next week to discuss the nation’s bailout package, according to a person familiar with the matter. The two are expected to discuss ways to reduce Greece’s ...
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A woman took in a dog who was in such bad shape that she thought she was giving him a dignified place to die. But all the pup needed to survive was a little bit of love. Due to Greece’s financial issues, the country has a lot of stray dogs. Valia Orfanidou of Athens follows several animal rescue groups on Facebook in order to foster some of these pups. On any given day, Orfanidou sees so many pictures of needy dogs online that she's almost become desensitized. But one day in November 2014 she was scrolling through her feed when a picture of a stray struck her to her core. He was cowering over, and so starved that his ribs were visible: > Αυτο το σκυλακι το ειδα πριν λιγο > κοντα στο σιδηρ. Σταθμο Οινοφύτων. > Μαλλον εχει ψωρίαση ή κατι σχετικο κ > είναι στελετωμ... > Posted by Evi Kanellou on Thursday, November 6, 2014 “When people first saw his picture, some [commenters] said that it looked fake -- like a scene from a zombie video game,” Orfanidou told The Huffington Post. Pictures of strays are posted and shared so often online in her country, that Orfanidou herself wasn’t even sure if it was real. “If you are a rescuer you always try to verify everything,” she said. So she did, and then decided she had to take him in. A woman who saw the dog while she was passing through a station in the Greek village of Oinofyta by train, shot and posted the picture, asking for help. “The only person feeding him from time to time was a Pakistani immigrant,” Orfanidou said of the man who also helped volunteers locate and rescue the dog. The man’s name is Billy, which eventually became the dog’s name, in his honor. When Orfanidou finally met Billy at the vet, the dog was completely petrified. He didn’t even want to come out of his crate. “His condition shocked me a lot!” Orfanidou said. He was in such bad condition that Orfanidou was certain she had only taken him off the streets to offer him a safe place to peacefully die. But after he was examined, the vet said he was fine. “When he told me that, I honestly laughed. I couldn’t believe it,” she said. “And then I became impatient. I wanted to see him recover.” She took him back to her home and gave him a quiet and cozy place to heal in a small bathroom. “I was just watching him,” Orfanidou said. “I didn’t know how or where to touch him without hurting him. His body was one massive open wound.” Yet, when she left the dog with a bowl of food, she remembers hearing him begin to eat, which clearly meant to Orfanidou, that he wanted to live. Two months later, Billy had completely changed. He had a beautiful, full black coat and a ton of pep in his step. Fully healed, Billy was eventually adopted by a woman who had followed his story on social media from day one. Though Billy went to the best possible home, letting go of him was very difficult for Orfanidou. “I foster a lot and volunteer at dog shelters in Athens but never really watched a dog transform step by step before my eyes,” she said. “It was hard to let go of Billy because he and I shared a miracle." To learn more about Billy's story, watch the video below: _ALSO ON HUFFPOST:_ -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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Nicosia, January 13, 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency By Kyriacos Kyriacou President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday that the meeting which took place in Nicosia between himself, the Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci in the framework of the lunch hosted by the Greek-Turkish Forum, in Nicosia, was `a tremendously constructive one`. The Greek […]
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At the same time, Skurletis accused Greek Gold of not paying taxes to GREECE since 2007, relying on alleged losses, while exporting oil to China, and ...
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Garrido says they have contacts in Turkey and GREECE who hand out all the items to the refugees. She believes the women involved in this ...
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Sign of accelerated clean-up of country’s financial sector
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Greek Environment and Energy Minister Panos Skourletis accused Eldorado Gold of staging a “political show” and of “blackmail”, saying the company’s CEO must understand that “Greece is a modern European democracy”. Speaking to SKAI radio on Wednesday, Skourletis stressed that the government wanted the investment in Chalkidiki, but with the preconditions envisaged by the Greek
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Ever since the outbreak of the Greek debt crisis and the subsequent bailout programs that followed (the first one in May 2010 by the Papandreou government and the second one in June 2012 under the Samara’s government), numerous analysts and pundits have argued that the two respective governments surrendered to the demands of the international
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Greek Police are investigating the case of a body found on Tuesday in a freezer in an apartment at the Athens district of Kallithea. The body, which belongs to a 65-year-old pensioner, was found with hands and feet bound and the mouth sealed with tape. Police also found bloodstains in the freezer. According to the
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Bite Club is a book club for people who love to cook and/or eat. Each month we will feature a new food theme and a corresponding cookbook author(s). Meetings will take place on the third Tuesday of each month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Program Room 1A at the ...
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Remember that Giannis Antetokounmpo shooting slump that had everybody worried? Neither do the Chicago Bulls. The Greek Freak busted loose with his second-highest scoring output of the season, busting the Chicago Bulls for 29 points on 10-of-14 shooting ...
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Greece’s bank rescue fund has demanded the resignation of Anthimos Thomopoulos, chief executive of Piraeus Bank, the country’s largest commercial lender, in a sign that international creditors are seeking to accelerate a clean-up of the troubled sector.
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Why would a Greek airline apologize to the PA for Israelis’ behavior toward fellow Israelis? Claiming the two Arabs posed a security threat on the Athens-Tel Aviv flight, several Jewish passengers refused to sit down, preventing the plane from taking off ...
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… for their papers to leave Greece, he promises. “Just to scare … sub-Saharan Africa have arrived on Greek shores by sea. They experience … priority treatment in Greece. On August 15th, when Greece provided a chartered …
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Here we go again. Mario Draghi says for the umpteenth time that the purchase of Greek debt by the ECB depends on compliance with the new bailout program. ECB’s stance on the purchase of Greek debt is similar to the one it has taken in the past on debt ...
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Red Sea Holidays is expanding into Greece and Turkey for Summer 2016 following the forced suspension of flights between the UK and the Egyptian resort of Sharm el Sheikh, one of its key destinations. For this year it has added the Greek islands of Corfu ...
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Last week, Chobani aired a cheeky new television spot that pits Simply 100, the Greek yogurt maker's new low-calorie offering, against the competition. The commercial opens with a woman lounging on a poolside chair. She reaches for a cup of Dannon Greek ...
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By Gilad Shiloach and Vladi Vovcuk After allegations that recent migrants assaulted young women at a Swedish music festival--and that Swedish police covered it up--Swedish asylum seekers are sharing fears of a backlash. Hundreds of worried Syrian migrants residing in Sweden took to Facebook this week, to express their concerns over a growing anti-migrants backlash in Europe--and worries that the new reports will make things worse. Read More: Syrians Call On Asylum Seekers To Denounce Sexual Harassment "After the sexual harassment cases in Germany, the police re-opened sexual harassment cases from two years ago. It looks like the Syrian refugee will suffer no matter where he goes," wrote Abdullah Miri, a Syrian living in the Swedish city of Sundbyberg. "This is another way the media will cause us misery, my Syrian refugee brothers," he wrote, fearing that reports of the assault would lead to violence. "These are so-called refugee youths, specifically from Afghanistan. Several of the gang were arrested for sexual molestation," wrote a police memo after the 2014 We Are Stockholm festival. No reports of assault or molestation had been made public until recently. The Swedish Prime Minister apologized for the attacks and the cover-up on Monday. Another incident, the murder of a 15-year-old teenager in the city of Borby, is also causing panic among refugees. Users on Facebook groups for Syrian asylum seekers are saying the murderer was actually a 14-year-old Syrian refuge. "Something happened today and it might seriously shock Sweden. A Syrian 14-year-old refuge stabbed to death his 15-year-old Serbian schoolmate in Broby. I have this information from a teacher in that school. It's good that so far the nationalities have not been mentioned by the media," user Wasim from the Swedish town of Frillesas wrote. The post drew hundreds of worried comments hoping the suspected killer was not, in fact, Syrian. "My son is from the same school, and I'm worried [the alleged murderer] was indeed Syrian," one of the commenters responded, worrying that there would be reprisals. The Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven ordered police to re-open and investigate how they handled previous cases of alleged sexual harassment by migrants, following reports about possible cover-ups. MORE STORIES FROM VOCATIV: * 'Don't Take The Risk': Migrants Warn Against Boarding Boats To Greece * Iranian Celebrations Turn To Anger After Sailors' Quick Release -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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Athens, January 13, 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency By Olga Mavrou It was obvious, after the meeting Energy Minister Mr. Panos Skoourletis had with the executives of Eldorado Gold, that the Ministry “will not tolerate ultimatums and blackmails” and as the Energy minister puts it, if the company has its own reasons to give up on this investment (i.e. the price […]
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Athens, January 13, 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency By Olga Mavrou All the unions of greek workers and employees agreed on strikes against the unpopular social security bill. In a meeting (ADEDY, public sector, GSEE, private sector, ESIEA, journalists and other unions) decided on common action against the bill. Also lawyers, doctors and self-employed oppose the […]
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NEW YORK – The march of Greek-Americans to the top of every field continues. Dennis Assanis, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Stony Brook University, is preparing to take the reins as president of the University of Delaware after a unanimous vote its Board of Trustees late last year. Assanis will […] The post Dennis Assanis Preparing for U. of Delaware Presidency appeared first on The National Herald.
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PARIS, FRANCE — The latest on the influx of asylum seekers and other migrants in Europe. A key international monitor says migration to Europe is keeping up its high pace this year with more than 23,000 people reaching Greece and Italy via the Mediterranean already this month. Spokesman Joel Millman of the International Organization for […] The post Update on Asylum Seekers in Europe appeared first on The National Herald.
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If your New Year's resolution includes eating healthier, here is a lovely salad just for you. This salad is delicious, satisfying and won't leave you craving a double-double from In-N-Out burger. Feel free to make your own vinaigrette, or if you prefer to ...
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A passenger ferry with more than 1,000 refugees on board arrived on Wednesday 13 January at Greece's port of Piraeus, as the influx of people fleeing conflict zones with their families continued unabated into the winter months. The non-profit Médecins ...
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Shocking revelations came to light regarding the disappearance of a 37-year-old woman on Sunday. The woman who used to reside in Kozani, northern Greece, was found dead on Wednesday, January 13, in a field in the nearby area. Greek police came face to face ...
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Officials in Egypt, while loth to fix leaky pipes, moan that the dam will leave them high and dry. Herodotus, an ancient Greek historian, called the fertile land of Egypt the Nile’s gift. Countless Egyptian leaders have rattled their sabres in defence of ...
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This statement was originally published on freemedia.at on 12 January 2016. While a wave of police violence against photojournalists in Greece appears to have ebbed in recent months, the overwhelming majority of past incidents remain mired in impunity, a ...
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Who were the Amazons, these legendary horsewomen-archers depicted across ancient Greece, Egypt, and China?
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Take Greek cream cheese, roll it into a pineapple-stuffed ball, add crispy puffed rice cereal then tower more fruit on top and what do you get? The ingredients for a healthy, tasty and award-winning kabob that’s almost too pretty to eat. The recipe for ...
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In a large mixing bowl, add the yogurt, egg, sugar, vanilla, milk and lemon zest. Whisk to combine. In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, salt and ...
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The Photographic Society of Mytilene is planning to present a group photo exhibition entitled “Refugees” at the society’s exhibition venue, at the Lower Fortress of Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesvos from January 25 to February 5. The photos will be sold at the symbolic price of 20 euros each in order to collect cash
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Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos has been touring euro zone capitals to explain his country's reform measures and seek support for an early, positive review by international lenders, which would trigger talks on debt relief for Athens. His six-stop ...
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This has nothing to do with cooking. There is no bonus recipe this week, just a peek into my family Christmas, and how my brother would have given anything had someone been recording this moment in time…here goes. My favorite little boy and my favorite ...
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GREECE'S state sell-off fund TAIPED has asked Cosco Pacific to increase its offer for the 51% stake in Piraeus Port Authority after its bid was unsealed ...
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GREECE's government told Human Rights Watch in December 2015 that it will amend a police circular governing the procedure for taking someone into ...
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"There was considerable overlap with Nickelodeon, both in content and demographic target," the company says about the channel that had been a free-to-air offer. Viacom has stopped offering MTV Greece as a free-to-air network and has transitioned it to a ...
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Refugee selection in GreeceRepresentatives of the Latvian State Border Guard are due to leave for Gr......
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Jack Lew, U.S. Secretary of Treasury spoke with Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos by Telephone on January 12. The U.S. Department of State, reported that he said it is important that “the Greek government continues to implement reforms and closely cooperate with its international creditors,” but he “also stressed the importance for the international community to […] The post U.S. Secretary of Treasury Lew Both Pushes and Backs Up Greece appeared first on The National Herald.
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Around 20 A.D., the Roman poet Ovid wrote the first version of what became the Pygmalion myth in Greek literature. In the story, a sculptor falls in love with one of his own creations. When he kisses the statue’s lips, it comes to life, and he eventually ...
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PIRAEUS, Greece, Jan 13 (Reuters) - More than 1,000 migrants and refugees arrived at Greece's biggest port of Piraeus near Athens on Wednesday as the influx of people fleeing conflict zones for Europe continued unabated into the winter months. More than 1 ...
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[squirrel chasing bird] Here is what you need to know. PRESIDENT OBAMA GAVE HIS FINAL STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. Touting his record over the past seven years, Obama discussed the fight against ISIS and other terrorists as well as immigration, gun control, equal pay for equal work, and raising the minimum wage. CHINA'S TRADE SURPLUS WIDENED. China's exports fell 1.4% compared with last year, which was far better than the 8% drop that was anticipated. Imports tumbled 7.6%, leaving China's trade surplus at $60.09 billion, far above the $53 billion that was expected. A Chinese customs official blamed weak external demand for the drop in exports. The Chinese yuan was little changed at 6.5749 per dollar. EUROZONE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DISAPPOINTED. Eurozone industrial production fell 0.7% month-over-month in November, missing the 0.3% drop that economists were forecasting. Year-over-year data also disappointed, growing 1.1% compared with the 1.3% that was expected. Portugal posted the steepest drop, plunging 4.9% YoY. The euro is down 0.3% at 1.0825. GREECE RECEIVED A BID FROM CHINA FOR A STAKE IN ONE OF ITS PORTS. China's Cosco Group was the only bidder for a majority stake in the debt-ridden Port of Piraeus. Greece's privatization fund has asked China to submit an improved offer by next week, the Associated Press reports. IMF HEAD CHRISTINE LAGARDE WARNED ON MORE US RATE HIKES. Christine Lagarde said interest-rate hikes by the Federal Reserve risked hurting emerging markets if they were too aggressive. "The key issue going forward will be the pace of normalization," Lagarde told a banking conference in Paris. "We agree that it should be gradual as announced, as stressed actually by the Fed, and based on clear evidence of firmer wage or price pressures." According to Reuters, the International Monetary Fund head also warned on the potential for volatility in the foreign-exchange market. FORD ANNOUNCED A SPECIAL DIVIDEND. The automaker announced a $0.25-per-share special dividend, in addition to its regular $0.15-per-share dividend. According to Ford, the $1 billion supplemental dividend "reflects the company's strong financial performance in 2015 and robust cash and liquidity levels." The company also announced it expected to earn $10 billion in 2016, about the same as in 2015, Reuters says. THREE ITALIAN GROUPS FILED ANTITRUST COMPLAINTS AGAINST MCDONALD'S. Codacons, Movimento Difesa del Cittadino, and Cittadinanzattiva say McDonald's franchise system harms the consumer, and they want European Union regulators to examine their claims. AFP reports that the groups believe McDonald's forces franchises into long contracts and charges them rent well above market value. According to the groups, the margins McDonald's has on real estate in France are 63% to 77%. If found guilty, McDonald's could be forced to pay up to 10% of global sales and have to restructure its business. CSX BEAT ON EARNINGS. The railroad giant announced earnings of $0.48 per share, edging out the $0.46 Bloomberg consensus. Revenue tumbled 12.9% to $2.78 billion, missing the $2.84 billion that was expected. "With negative global and industrial market trends projected for 2016, full-year earnings per share are expected to be down compared to 2015," chairman and CEO Michael Ward said in the earnings release. STOCKS AROUND THE GLOBE ARE UP. France's CAC (+1.4%) leads the gains in Europe after Japan's Nikkei (+2.9%) paced the advance in Asia. China's Shanghai Composite (-1.9%) lagged. S&P 500 futures are up 11.25 points at 1,936.25. US ECONOMIC DATA REMAINS LIGHT. Crude-oil inventories will be released at 10:30 a.m. ET before the Fed's Beige Book and the Treasury budget are released at 2 p.m. ET. The US 10-year yield is up 3 basis points at 2.14%. Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: 40 Macy’s stores are closing — find out if yours is one of them and when the clearance sales start
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An announcement has been made by the Greek government that they are going to go ahead and proceed with proposals to revise the licensing terms and conditions regarding online gambling in the country. The idea was pondered on last year to no avail when the ...
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Greece has churned out its first positive reading on EU-harmonised inflation data since early 2013, with prices rising at an annual pace of 0.4 per cent, ...
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A high-ranking European official on Wednesday described the GREEK government's draft bill for an overhaul of the pension system as “ambitious” ...
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We all mourn for the Great Starman who fell on earth and flew back to heaven … suddenly and unexpected, two days after his 69th birthday. David Bowie: singer, songwriter, musician, actor and painter – a legend. Everything has been said and written since January 10th when his death became known. […]
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