How the world sees Greece
Marquette University alumnus, businessman and television personality Marcus Lemonis, is bringing a new fast casual restaurant, The Simple Greek, to Milwaukee and 19 other markets. Lemonis — who stars on "The Profit," a reality show where he turns around ...
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Two U.S. fighter jets flew at low height over Athens on Wednesday morning, in order to be photographed flying over the Acropolis. The two F-15s were flying along with three Greek F-16s, one of which was responsible for taking the photo of the two U.S. aircrafts passing over the Acropolis. The citizens of Athens were
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After a third day of Turkish violations of GREEK air space in the Aegean, Defense Minister Panos Kammenos indicated that Athens was taking action at ...
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… at the Foreign Ministry, between Greece, Italy and Albania, on the … is being held on a Greek initiative, is an exchange of … of origin, as well as Greek and Italian support for Albania …
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government says it will lift a suspension of the country’s cup competition, under the threat of an international ban by FIFA. Deputy minister for sport Stavros Kontonis called off the Greek Cup last month following ...
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Meanwhile, some asylum-seekers arriving on the GREEK islands claim that even after recent legislation was approved allowing refugees to work in ...
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As if it was not enough that supermarket prices get higher each and every week, now new Value Added Tax hikes will skyrocket thousands of products – food items not excluded – and services making daily life even more expensive. According to a proposal made by the Greek government to […]
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[beekeepers] Here is what you need to know. CHINA'S TRADE SURPLUS SHRANK. China's trade surplus narrowed to $29.86 billion in March, which was worse than the $30.85 billion that economists had forecast. The narrower surplus came despite exports growing by 11.5% in US dollar terms. While exports picked up, imports remained weak, falling 13.8% from a year ago. The Chinese yuan ended weaker by 0.1% at 6.4719 per dollar. EUROPE IS ENTERING AN INDUSTRIAL SLOWDOWN. Eurozone industrial production fell 0.8% in February, according to Eurostat. The reading was below the 0.7% drop that economists had forecast and far softer than the 1.9% increase seen in January. Ireland, Greece, and Croatia saw the biggest declines, falling 10.5%, 4.4%, and 1.6%, respectively. RUSSIA HAS CONFIRMED OIL TALKS WITH SAUDI ARABIA. Russia's oil minister, Alexander Novak, has confirmed he held production-freeze talks with Saudi Arabia's oil minister, Ali al-Naimi. "Now I do not want to comment prematurely on what will be discussed on April 17 in Doha. Let's wait for the consultations," Novak told the Russian news agency TASS. "The talks were held yesterday, this is a fact, but I will not announce the decision beforehand." Crude oil is trading down 1.4% at $41.58 a barrel. THE IMF WANTS DEBT RELIEF FOR GREECE. The International Monetary Fund says Greece's debt load is "highly unsustainable," and it wants its creditors to grant substantial relief, according to an IMF memorandum seen by Reuters. On Tuesday, Greece and its creditors broke off talks as the two sides were unable to agree on what to do about the fiscal gap the country faces in 2018. Talks are expected to resume after this week's IMF spring meetings in Washington, D.C. "To restore debt sustainability, in addition to our reform efforts, decisive action by our European partners to grant further official debt relief will be essential," the IMF's draft said, according to Reuters. JPMORGAN BEATS. The bank earned $1.35 a share, topping the Bloomberg consensus of $1.24. Revenue of $24.08 billion outpaced the $23.80 billion that analysts were anticipating. "While challenging markets impacted the industry, we maintained our leadership positions and market share in the Corporate & Investment Bank and Asset Management, reflecting the strength of our platform," CEO Jamie Dimon said in the earnings release. Bank of America and Wells Fargo are up next, reporting their fourth-quarter results ahead of Thursday's opening bell. SOME WALL STREET BANKS WILL HAVE THEIR "LIVING WILLS" REJECTED. The Wall Street Journal reports that the "living wills" of at least four of the eight systemically important Wall Street banks will be rejected by federal regulators. The wills are plans for how a bank would wind down operations in the event of crisis without the help of taxpayer money. The Journal says JPMorgan Chase, BNY Mellon, State Street Bank, and Bank of America are likely to have their plans rejected and Citigroup's will is likely to be given the green light. The fate of the plans submitted by Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, and Morgan Stanley are unknown, The Journal says. THE WORLD'S SECOND-LARGEST COAL MINER HAS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. Peabody Energy has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, making it among the largest causalities of the commodities crash. According to a court filing, Peabody showed both assets and liabilities in the range of $10 billion to $50 billion. The company says operations will continue as normal as it works its way through bankruptcy proceedings. "Through today's action, we will seek an in-court solution to Peabody's substantial debt burden amid a historically challenged industry backdrop," Peabody CEO Glenn Kellow said. "This process enables us to strengthen liquidity and reduce debt, build upon the significant operational achievements we've made in recent years and lay the foundation for long-term stability and success in the future." VALEANT IS FACING DEFAULT. The embattled drugmaker has received word that one of its creditors will call a default on the company after it failed to file its annual report by March 15. Valeant is now facing a 60-day window in which it must file its report or pay its bonds back early. According to a statement filed by the company, it's "working diligently and is on schedule to file its 10-K on or before April 29, 2016." STOCK MARKETS EVERYWHERE ARE GREEN. Hong Kong's Hang Seng (+3.2%) led the gains in Asia, and France's CAC (+2.5%) paces the advance in Europe. S&P 500 futures are up 11.50 points at 2,067.25. US ECONOMIC DATA IS HEAVY. PPI and retail sales will cross the wires at 8:30 a.m. ET, and business inventories will be announced at 10 a.m. ET. The Fed's Beige Book is set for 2 p.m. ET. US crude-oil inventories are due out at 10:30 a.m. ET. The US 10-year yield is higher by 1 basis point at 1.79%. Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: This 7-minute fitness routine is all you need to get in shape
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Greek authorities say Macedonian police resorted to crowd control measures in an attempt to stop about 30 people from trying to get over the razor-wire border fence using blankets.
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ELEFSIS, Greece -- Kaiserslautern-based Soldiers and Airmen joined with Greek riggers to participate in a multinational exercise named Spartan Hellenic, which focused on building airdrop interoperability at the Greek Air Force Base, April 1-9. The two ...
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Khadija, 42, is a mother of four from Syria who is detained on Samos island, GREECE, along with her children. She spoke to MSF from behind two metal ...
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GREECE has to stick to its promised reforms as agreed in the international bailout program in 2015, a spokesman for German Finance Minister ...
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Israeli, Cypriot and Greek firefighters took part in a joint emergency drill in Cyprus this week which began on Tuesday. Israel sent 26 firefighters, ...
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The rate of closed commercial property in Athens fell to 25.9% in March from 26.4% in September 2015, steadily falling after reaching a peak of 32.3% in September 2013, a survey by the National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE) said on Wednesday. The survey showed that in contrast with Athens, the commercial market
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For a comedy titan like Melissa McCarthy, The Boss should have been an easy win. Unfortunately, poor timing, lack of character development and overall dependence on profanity for laughs ensure this riches-to-rags story remains bankrupt. 2.5 out of 5. …
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… years ago, has opened the Greek Grill in Richland Mall. “We … and more, all with a Greek twist. A salad bar is … Harker Heights, where he prepared Greek food in a restaurant called …
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… . But I doubt if the Greeks and the Portuguese will agree …
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… been capped twice by the Greek national team. The 23-year-old, who … Ground. Diamantakos was on the Greek champions' books until February …
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… town in Greece on the border with Macedonia, came as Greek authorities … tide of humanity trapped in Greece since Balkan nations, like Macedonia … find themselves stuck in recession-hit Greece, unable to make their way …
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Greece ‘leaves’ only 41% of its … a 66% equity stake in Greece’s pipeline monopoly DESFA (the … the Greek government will be 41% and 34% respectively," the Greek …
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(Reuters) - Greece will ask its international lenders this week to lock annual debt servicing costs on its official loans at a fixed interest rate to make its debt mountain more manageable. At the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund in ...
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Pope Francis will visit the refugee-and-migrant overrun Greek island of Lesbos on April 16 to show his sympathy for their plight.
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By Thanos Dimadis WASHINGTON – The spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank has been kicked off in Washington DC. During these meetings, the Greek government is hoping that there might be some positive developments regarding its efforts to begin the political discussions with its European lenders and the IMF about an […]
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The IMF issued the warning in its six-monthly World Economic Outlook, identifying Brexit as a risk to global economic growth alongside the war in Syria, the refugee crisis, growing income inequality and the Chinese downturn. That would be an improvement on ...
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Ohio Univeristy's fraternities and sororities canceled some GREEK Week events after pro-Trump statements were painted on the campus graffiti wall.
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When Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, visit migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos this weekend, they'll be doing more than sending a political message about the need to welcome refugees.
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[A migrant is treated after tear gas was used during clashes with Macedonian police at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Thousands of migrants protested at the border and clashed with Macedonian police. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)]THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — The Latest on Europe's response to mass migration (all times local):
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Greek commercial stores will offer a 20 percent discount to tourists from four countries every year. The four “honored” countries for 2016 are Israel, Russia, Turkey and the US. Greek businesses accepted with pleasure Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris ...
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Vatican City, Apr 13, 2016 / 05:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- With a last-minute trip to Lesbos just days away, Pope Francis remembered the refugees and residents of the Greek island during his this week’s general audience, and asked for prayers ahead of his ...
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SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, MI – For the 38th year in a row, a group of people were busy at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church on Saturday, April 9, preparing food for the church's annual Greek Festival. "We really put our heart and soul into it," says Freeland ...
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By Foo Yun Chee STRASBOURG (Reuters) - "Alarming" numbers of migrants are reaching Libya to cross the Mediterranean, a senior EU official said on Wednesday, adding a warning that Italy must be ready for them to avoid new border chaos inside Europe. "The numbers of would-be migrants in Libya are alarming," European Council President Donald Tusk told the European Parliament a day after Austria said it planned tighter controls on its Italian border in anticipation of a summer migrant surge. Noting that anarchy in Libya ruled out for now the kind of deal made with Turkey to block what was last year's main route into Europe via Greece, Tusk said EU allies must be ready to help manage new arrivals within Italy, as well as on Malta.
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Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the young leader of the GREEK opposition, visited New York this week. He talked to The Post's Lally Weymouth about the refugee ...
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Better-than-expected trade figures from China have sent stock markets soaring across Europe and Asia * IMF warns of risks of new financial crisis * US retail sales weaker than expected * JP Morgan profits fall 6.6% * FTSE 100 hits 6300 points * Chinese exports jump 11% in March * Full story: Tesco warns on profit growth 2.00pm BST A day after cutting its global growth forecasts, the International Monetary Fund is talking about the risks of a new financial crisis. Larry Elliott writes: The International Monetary Fund has highlighted risks of a new financial crisis, warning that global output could be cut by 4% over the next five years by a repeat of the market mayhem witnessed during the 2008-9 recession. The IMF used its half-yearly Global Financial Stability Report to call for urgent action on the problems of banks in the eurozone, a third of which it said faced “significant challenges” to be sustainably profitable. “The hardest hit banking systems within the euro area in February have been those of Greece, Italy, and to a lesser extent, Portugal, along with some large German banks, reflecting some or all of the following factors: structural problems of excess bank capacity, high levels of NPLs, and poorly adapted business models.” Noting that threats to global financial stability had increased since its last health check in October, the Fund said: “The main message of this report is that additional measures are needed to deliver a more balanced and potent policy mix for improving the growth and inflation outlook and securing financial stability. In the absence of such measures, market turmoil may recur.” Related: IMF warns of fresh financial crisis 1.51pm BST Five of the top eight US banks do not have credible plans for winding down their operations during a crisis without being bailed out with public money, according to a report from federal regulators. Reuters reports: The “living wills” that the Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation jointly agreed were not credible came from Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, J.P. Morgan Chase, State Street and Wells Fargo. The requirement for a living will was part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform legislation passed in the wake of the 2007-2009 financial crisis, when the US government spent billions of dollars on bailouts to keep big banks from failing and wrecking the US economy. Continue reading...
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s economy will shrink 1.0 percent this year with the recession expected to deepen after a 0.3 percent contraction in 2015, an influential think tank IOBE projected in a quarterly report on Wednesday. “There is a rational ...
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Greece and FIFA on Tuesday reached an agreement to restart the Greek Cup, that was suspended by Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis because of violence in early March. Kontonis had decided to stop the Greek Cup after PAOK fans stormed the pitch and clashed with police during a PAOK-Olympiacos semi final game. The deputy claimed
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Greek security services are taking extremely tight measures ahead of the visit of Pope Francis on the island of Lesbos, scheduled to take place on April 16. The Chief of the Roman Catholic Church, will not use his special popemobile. The Pope will land at the Mytilene airport at 10 am where Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop
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The government economic policy council gave on Tuesday the green light for the rapid activation of the so-called “Juncker package” investment as well as the promotion of actions that will support the Greek industry. Forty two investment projects of an estimated budget of 5.6 billion euros have already been shortlisted and will be submitted to
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… is none too happy with Greece over the installation of unauthorized … down. They plan on taking Greece to court over this and … a request from the Commission, Greece has yet to introduce any …
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… the well-documented crisis in the Greek economy has forced 58-year-old Nikolaos … joined us at the interview. Greece has a long tradition of … 26, who are back in Greece, but Skype them regularly,” he … only thing I miss about Greece is the sun! The economy …
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Pope Francis will visit refugees on the island of Lesbos on Saturday Pope Francis’s trip to Lesbos, Greece on Saturday comes at a frightening and critical time for tens of thousands of refugees and migrants waiting and wondering where they will end up ...
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After lots of big talk, Greek officials bowed to FIFA demands to restore the country's soccer tourney or risk an international ban.
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New clashes broke out between FYROM police and stranded refugees and other migrants trying to scale a fence on Greece's border with the country as a swap deal with Turkey remained suspended.
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Greece has two weeks to tighten its borders, the European Commission warned as the country is struggling to deal with some 53,000 stranded.
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Greece's Coast Guard said it saved 120 refugees and migrants off Lesbos and Samos, as the government hoped to curb the endless wave.
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Reneging again on a promise, Greece's Radical Left SYRIZA-led government is bumping up taxes for thousands of goods and services.
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New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in an interview on CNN, said Greeks after lost faith in SYRIZA and should turn to the Conservatives.
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Papal appeal for prayers for visit to GREEK island ... audience, Pope Francis appealed for prayers for his upcoming trip to the GREEK island of Lesbos.
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