How the world sees Greece
In this edition of Europe Weekly: EU officials accuse Greece of failing to control their borders; Denmark passes a new law that allows valuables to be confiscated from migrants; the Danish legislation angers one Belgian MEP, and David Cameron goes to ...
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RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- The Arab Orthodox Central Council in Palestine and Jordan has called on the governments of Greece and Cyprus to cease their support of Israel in a statement on Friday. The council said it was "surprised" by the visit of Greek President ...
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The main representatives of GREECE'S lenders are expected to arrive in Athens on Saturday ahead of the start of negotiations regarding the first review ...
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Saint Paul the Apostle, although not one of the original Twelve Apostles, is recognized as being one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age (mid-30s to mid-50s AD). Having status as both a Jew and a Roman citizen his ministry spoke to both Jews ...
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[U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Davutoglu in Istanbul, Turkey]WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden phoned Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades to discuss work towards a settlement deal on the divided Mediterranean island, the White House said on Friday. The leaders also discussed talks held on Thursday by Greece, Israel and Cyprus exploring the possibility of building a natural gas pipeline to Europe, the White House said in a statement. Biden also spoke with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the issue on Friday, the White House said. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Eric Beech)
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GREEK retail sales by volume fell 4.5 percent in November compared to the same month a year ago, led lower by fuels, lubricants, home appliances ...
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Alex Purdy wanted to join a sorority when she entered college because it promised a “sense of belonging” and “friendship.” “Naturally, it seemed like a ...
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Though the Nobel Peace Prize has only previously been awarded to noteworthy individuals or organizations, the astounding humanitarian acts of the Greek people this past year could potentially warrant an exception. A group of European academics and copious ...
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Greek diplomatic sources said on Friday that a cooperation agreement signed in Nicosia between the leaders of GREECE, Cyprus and Israel could lead ...
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ee GREECE has three months to get its act together on the question of border controls or face expulsion from the Schengen area, Greek media outlets of ...
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Ancient New Testament manuscripts unknown to scholars have been found at the National Library of Greece. Seventeen ancient and mediaeval ...
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Next to a picture of Dannon Light & Fit GREEK it says: “There's sucralose used as a sweetener in Dannon Light & Fit GREEK! Sucralose? Why? That stuff ...
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ATHENS, Jan 29 - A Greek soccer match was delayed on Friday when players staged a sit-down protest in a moving tribute to migrants who have lost their lives trying to reach Greece's Aegean islands. The show of solidarity took place before the kickoff of ...
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The construction of registration centers for migrants in Greece was meant to stem the tide of people into Europe. But so far only one exists on the island of Lesbos -- and it's not making much of a dent.
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“The trilateral agreement GREECE – Cyprus – Israel is an agreement of special economic and geopolitical significance,” the Greek ministry of press said ...
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On a single day last fall, 85 boats made it to Lesvos, GREECE filled with ... of January, nearly 37,000 refugees and migrants came to GREECE and Italy.
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There's a lot of blue sky thinking happening on Ireland's left as the country enters election season. Paul Murphy from the Anti Austerity Alliance, and co-leader of the newly formed Social Democrats, Catherine Murphy are offering political alternatives ...
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Athens (AFP) - Greek sailors will continue to strike over a disputed pension reform, their union said Friday, leaving thousands of migrants stranded as they seek to continue their journey from the Aegean islands to the mainland. The strike, which began on ...
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Hundreds of migrants have set up makeshift camps in a Turkish olive grove after they were cheated by people smugglers. Families who fled Syria and Iraq with babies and toddlers handed over their savings to traffickers who promised them safe passage to ...
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The EU's plan to control refugee flow has not worked, but it must succeed, Avramopoulos says.
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Greece's National Theatre canceled the final performance of its play Nash's Balance after complaints that the work incorporated material from a convicted far-left terrorist, according to the Associated Press. The production utilized texts by French Nobel ...
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Six months after GREECE narrowly avoided a disorderly exit from the euro, a new threat looms that many in Athens see as equally damaging: being ...
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ON JANUARY 24th Alexis Tsipras, GREECE'S prime minister, gave a rousing speech to his supporters in a stadium in Athens, marking the first year in ...
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… , Turkish jets violated the Greek airspace while Greek military commanders were laying … days of the crisis, a Greece naval helicopter crashed in the … of the crash. Since then, Greece has honored annually the memory …
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The Odyssey started as a modest news tabloid for fraternities and sororities at IU Bloomington. Now it's hitting the Internet as a hot new website.
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[pandora's box] Worrying about a "Brexit" — or, the UK leaving the European Union — hasn't really gone mainstream yet. But a team of Barclays analysts thinks that people are seriously underestimating the UK's referendum vote on EU membership. And whatever the UK ultimately chooses could have serious consequences for the rest of Europe. "In our view, markets are overlooking two crucial aspects of the UK referendum on EU membership that is likely to occur this year and which must take place by end 2017," writes Barclays' Marvin Barth. "First, the referendum is generally seen as a 'UK' or 'GBP' issue, when it is better seen as a _European_ issue," he argues. "Second, it has largely been viewed as an economic issue, but should best be analyzed through the lens of political economy." The key thing about the UK referendum as a political economy issue is that it's tied to larger European concerns with immigration. As Barth explains: Immigration is set to be the main 'wild-card' in driving the referendum's outcome and, with procedural constraints, the timing of its occurrence. Because immigration also is the top political issue in the rest of Europe and because a UK Brexit would set an unwelcome precedent, we believe that the implications for the European Union (EU) and the European Monetary Union (EMU) are at least as important as for the UK. In our view, this makes the referendum among the most significant _global_ risk events of the year. [Screen Shot 2016 01 29 at 9.23.29 AM] Notably, the British have increasingly considered immigration to be a super important issue. The chart to the right shows a time series of UK attitudes on the six "most important issues" facing the country since mid-2013. "Immigration" shot up significantly as the European migrant crisis intensified last year. "It is also notable that among the top six concerns are 'welfare,' 'housing,' and 'Europe,' all issues that are popularly associated with immigration, the last two of which also jumped higher over the summer," observes Barth. Of course the UK isn't the only country that's currently debating the migration crisis. Barth even cited data showing that 20 out of the 28 EU members reported that it was the "most important issue facing the EU." "For this reason, we believe that the UK vote to exit the EU may have more of a political and institutional fallout in the rest of Europe than in the UK, implying significant risks to EU and EMU stability," argues Barth. As for what exactly these "significant risks" are, Barth writes that a Brexit could inspire other European countries to think about leaving the EU whenever things got tough (emphasis ours): A UK EXIT WOULD SET AN UNWELCOME PRECEDENT FOR COUNTRIES TO LEAVE THE EU WHENEVER DOMESTIC PRIORITIES CONFLICT, AND WOULD DO SO AT A TIME WHEN POLITICAL RISKS AND POTENTIAL FOR SOVEREIGN-EU CONFRONTATION ALREADY HIGH. Simultaneously the UK would present Continental opponents of immigration with a politically potent example (and threat) of how to deal with one of the thorniest and most emotionally charged trans-national issues confronting European voters: immigration. Although this may seem somewhat extreme, it's worth nothing that last year geopolitical analysts warned that something similar could happen following Grexit. And that was before the migration crisis turned Europe upside-down. "THE PRECEDENT OF A MEMBER STATE LEAVING THE UNION WOULD OPEN PANDORA'S BOX: it could be used as a political argument by populist and extremely parties in several countries, both from the right and the left, to push for an EU exit, including for some euro area countries," adds Barth. "A Finnish lawmaker already is organizing a referendum on EMU membership, Marine Le Pen's far-right movement continues to strengthen ahead of France's 2017 presidential election, and Greece exit risks ... may return in the event of a tense first review," he continues. "Such events would certainly revive the 'redenomination risk' in the euro area." In short, get ready for that UK referendum on EU membership. It might just be the first domino to fall. SEE ALSO: HERE'S WHERE EACH OF THE 12 OPEC MEMBERS STAND AHEAD OF THIS WEEK'S MEETING Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: Refugee kids who fled Syria are thrilled with their first Canadian winter
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Consequences of a suspension from the passport-free travel zone has become a worrying prospect
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Around twenty young actors from Venezuela are part of a theater group, called Mythological Hybris, which explores ancient Greek mythology and psychology. The group was created in 1996 and is directed by José Enrique “Chely” Escalona. The company is ...
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Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service Rathlin Island Crew Commander Michael Cecil will be spending the next nine days on Lesbos in GREECE to ...
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Five German nationals were injured late on Thursday during a brawl with Greek residents of a squat in the central Athens area of Monastiraki. The Germans are allegedly members of extreme-rightist groups who are in Athens in order to participate in a Golden Dawn rally on Saturday. The Greek far-rightist party is organizing a rally
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The Greek Seamen’s Federation (PNO) has declared a new 48-hour strike in all ship categories starting from 6 am on Friday until 6 am on Sunday January 31. Ships involved in the transfer of migrants and refugees are not excluded from the mobilization. PNO is expected to meet again on Saturday in order to decide
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As the Greek government appears determined to go forward with its proposed plan for the reform of the nation’s ailing pension system and to increase taxes, more farmers are joining protests and taking part in blockades, thereby raising the stakes.
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During a visit to Corinth to take part in a farmers’ blockade, political veteran and activist Manolis Glezos did not mince his words in criticizing the Syriza-led government and PM Alexis Tsipras. In a tone that displayed his bitter disappointment over ...
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(JTA) — The leaders of Israel, Cyprus and Greece entered a trilateral partnership that they said was not meant to exclude other parties — in a possible reference to Turkey. The announcement about the trilateral agreement came on Thursday, during ...
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In early 2010, she was a Minister for Labor under Papandreou’s Pasok government, in 2012 she left Pasok and founded The Social Agreement Party, and in the legislative elections of 2015 her party joined forces with Syriza, eventually landing her the job ...
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[Refugees and migrants on a raft approach the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos]By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - More people died crossing the eastern Mediterranean in January than in the first eight months of last year, the International Organization for Migration said on Friday, blaming increased ruthlessness by people-traffickers. As of Jan. 28, 218 had died in the Aegean Sea - a tally not reached on the Greek route until mid-September in 2015. Another 26 died in the central Mediterranean trying to reach Italy.
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A Northern Ireland firefighter is to travel to Lesbos in GREECE to provide humanitarian support for refugees on the island. Michael Cecil is heading to ...
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Among the EU headlines this week: The European Commission found “serious deficiencies” in how Athens manages its external border, while a report was published on judicial progress in Romania and Bulgaria. Europe is facing growing fears amid the neverending refugee crisis, wrote the Greek newspaper Kathimerini. “Europe fears and citizens are worried about the insane […]
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The refugee crisis has become a significant issue over the last few months. The volunteers who travel to Greece all have their own stories to tell about the situations they faced during their service. When people think about the volunteers they always ...
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What's known for sure, though, is Oxford's police departments saw a spike in arrests and hospitalizations and linked this rise to GREEK recruitment.
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NEW YORK — In 2004, Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney found himself so frustrated with contemporary politics that he turned to the outlet that ...
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Deputy Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas admitted on Friday that Greece is in real danger of being expelled from the Schengen zone. “It can be seen happening that Greece is expelled from the Schengen Agreement, there are such talks behind closed doors ...
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A general strike in Greece has been extended by another 48 hours and is affecting the routes of domestic and local ferries and commercial vessels calling at Piraeus, Aspropyrgos, Eleusis, Pachi and Megara ports for cargo discharging, announced Inchcape ...
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Athens, January 29, 2016/Independent Balkan News Agency By Olga Mavrou Top investors are visiting Greece to meet Prime Minister and important entrepreneurs and politicians in order to have a first hand knowledge of the perspectives of the Greek market and its future. The investors, led by the Canadian Prem Watsa of Fairfax Financial Holdings, are John Paulson, […]
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The tripartite Greece – Cyprus – Israel agreement is considered of special economic and geopolitical importance by government sources. This agreement, which is the result of increasingly frequent contacts last year, is the second, after the tripartite ...
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Athens (AFP) - Forcing Greece to become a "warehouse" for migrants is no solution to Europe's crisis, Human Rights Watch said Friday, adding that it would be wrong to send asylum seekers back to Turkey. "Greece has its fair share of responsibility for the ...
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Greece's international lenders will begin a review of the country's reforms next week, the European Commission said on Friday, bringing Athens a step ...
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Volunteers and Frontex workers have rescued scores of migrants left stranded on an uninhabited GREEK islet off the island of Chios as another small ...
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Forcing Greece to become a "warehouse" for migrants is no solution to Europe's crisis, Human Rights Watch said Friday, adding that it would be wrong to send asylum seekers back to Turkey. "Greece has its fair share of responsibility for the situation on ...
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Watsa made the statements after meeting Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, to discuss the economy and Greece's fiscal progress ahead of the country's first bailout review. "We expressed our optimism for the long term role of Greece within the eurozone ...
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