How the world sees Greece
Euripides’s gory tale of murder is recast in four short plays that draw in Greek soldiers, Hollywood directors and the maid who found Agamemnon’s corpse Myths untangled and rewoven … Shannon Tarbet (Iphigenia) and Susie Trayling (Clytemnestra) in ...
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Are you one of the great food explorers, stopping at no end to taste what is new and unique then you don’t want to miss this melding of ethnic flavors from Brusco and Dooby’s. One day only, this Friday, May 6th from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. come to Cava’s ...
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The Greek government is optimistic that a deal with creditors will be signed within the next few days, based on statements by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk. Sources from Maximos Mansion say ...
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From Walt Whitman to Colette and even Virginia Woolf, these books offer readers a vision of how we might live differently, and better Ask me on another day and it would be other books: Shakespeare’s sonnets, Gilgamesh, the Greek Anthology, Sappho, Katherine Philips, Plato, Jean Genet, Ronald Firbank … So these 10 items are mere suggestions, not commandments. My favourite working definition is that a gay text is one that is amenable to a gay reading. As simple as that. These categories exist not for their own sake, or for critics’, but in the service of the reader – the gay or lesbian reader first of all, but others too. Continue reading...
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Fired by Greece, Claudio Ranieri is still struggling to comprehend how he managed to transform Leicester from 5,000-1 outsiders to Premier League champions.
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Two Athens restaurants were listed by the web site Buzz Feed as among the 31 Places Around The World You Should Eat At Before You Die" - and they're cheap.
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Despite no arrivals of refugees on Greek islands for four days through May 3, camps and detention centers where they are being processed are full.
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A Greek government official says the country will not approve contingency savings measures that the International Monetary Fund is demanding.
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Aded Rahim, left, and Mohammed Aziz, both from Syria, stand by a fire at at the northern GREEK border point of Idomeni, Greece, Wednesday, May 4, ...
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JUST as the rest of us are beginning to daydream about a sunshine getaway, one of the summer's favourite sandal brands is on its travels too. Ancient Greek Sandals has collaborated with Caravana - the brand founded by Francesca Bonato and Jacopo Janniello ...
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Greece's manufacturing activity deteriorated further in April, though at a slower pace than in the previous month, survey figures from Markit Economics showed Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted purchasing managers' index, or PMI, rose to 49.7 in April from ...
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The ADP Research Institute will release its latest data on US private payrolls at 8:30 a.m. ET. Economists forecast that the report will show that payrolls increased by 195,000 in April, according to Bloomberg. In March, ADP reported a 200,000 increase. In all, the report is expected to tell us what we already know: that the labor market is still adding jobs at a healthy pace. The report comes ahead of the Labor Department's jobs report out on Friday. We'll have the latest from ADP as soon as the data are released, so refresh this page for updates. SEE ALSO: BANK OF AMERICA: WE'VE NEVER SEEN INVESTORS RUSH TO SELL STOCKS LIKE THIS BEFORE Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: FORMER GREEK FINANCE MINISTER: The single largest threat to the global economy
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One of China's long-term economic plans is to get its workers out of rural areas and into cities. This is part of China's larger goal of transforming the country's economy into one based on services and consumer spending. Ultimately, the government wants to get about 70% of its population into cities. But it seems as if China may actually be on the edge of a reverse migration, as many migrants are returning back home. Back in January, the National Bureau of Statistics reported that the migrant population in 2015 dropped for the first time in three decades — by 5.68 million. Bloomberg View's Adam Minter previously noted that part of that drop could be attributed to economic reasons such as a deterioration in the manufacturing sector and an improvement in rural economies. He also suggested, however, that people were moving back home for noneconomic reasons, too, such as taking care of aging parents. In a monthly research note to clients, Deutsche Bank's Torsten Sløk shared a chart showing the percentage of rural migrants seeking jobs outside their hometown over the past five years. As you can see below, the percentage has dropped close to zero, down from about 5.5% in 2010. [Screen Shot 2016 05 03 at 9.39.34 AM]Deutsche Bank One notable consequence from China's reverse migration is that China's ghost cities may end up staying ghost cities for much longer, as Seeking Alpha's Pater Tenebrarum noted. Still, while this reverse migration may not be in line with China's master plan, it's not necessarily a bad trend. As Bloomberg View's Minter noted: It should help alleviate the overcrowding in China's biggest cities and the sharp income disparity between rural and urban areas. Returning migrants tend to be more worldly and wealthy than when they left, as well as more entrepreneurial: The number of people starting new businesses in rural China grew 3.1%, year over year, in the first half of 2015. In total, about 2 million migrants have returned home to start businesses. And, arguably, the more pressing demographic issue is China's aging population; by 2050 its over-65 age group is estimated to be about equal in size to the combined total projected populations of Japan, Germany, Australia, and Egypt. NOW WATCH: FORMER GREEK FINANCE MINISTER: The single largest threat to the global economy
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[Kentucky Derby]AP/Charlie Riedel Here is what you need to know. TRUMP IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. Donald Trump delivered the knockout blow Tuesday evening in Indiana's primary. He claimed 51 delegates while taking 53.3% of the vote. Trump's victory forced Sen. Ted Cruz to suspend his campaign and caused Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, to tweet, ".@realDonaldTrump will be presumptive @GOP nominee, we all need to unite and focus on defeating @HillaryClinton #NeverClinton." On the Democratic side, Sen. Bernie Sanders won Indiana, taking at least 43 of the 83 available delegates. THE ECB'S STIMULUS IS FINALLY STARTING TO SHOW IT'S WORKING. Markit's latest services PMI data showed "tepid" but "sustained" growth in the eurozone. April's final reading slipped to 53.1 on expectations it would inch up from 53.2 to 53.3. While the number was down from the preliminary reading, it showed healthy expansion in the region's services sector. According to a statement accompanying the release, "The 'big-four' nations all reported expansions of economic activity in April, with Spain seeing the steepest rate of increase." The euro is weaker by 0.2% at 1.1479. THE US DOLLAR TICKS OFF 16-MONTH LOWS. The US dollar index trades up 0.3% at 93.25. The bid comes after Tuesday's early slide that pushed action to its lowest level in 16 months. Traders will be watching resistance in the 94.00 area entering Friday's jobs report. 7 BANKS HAVE AGREED TO SETTLE RATE-RIGGING CLAIMS. Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Royal Bank of Scotland Group have agreed to pay $324 million to settle claims they participated in a conspiracy to rig the ISDAfix benchmark from 2009 to 2012. The suit, which was brought by several pension funds and municipalities, claimed that during that time the banks used chatrooms to fix the IDSAfix, a benchmark used to price swaps and interest-rate derivatives. HSBC, Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Nomura, UBS, Wells Fargo, and ICAP haven't yet settled their claims. ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV MISSED BIG ON EARNINGS. The world's largest brewer announced earnings of $0.51 a share, missing the Wall Street estimate of $0.87 by a wide margin. Revenue sank 10.1% versus a year ago to $9.40 billion, which was shy of the $9.56 billion anticipated by the Bloomberg consensus. Anheuser-Busch said beer volumes fell 1.4%, driven by weakness in Brazil. The stock is down 3.7% ahead of the opening bell. TAKATA COULD ANNOUNCE SIGNIFICANT RECALLS. Bloomberg reports that the airbag maker is in talks with US regulators, which could produce millions more recalls. Bloomberg, citing The Wall Street Journal, says 35 million more airbags could be recalled on top of the 28.8 million that already have been. At least 10 deaths have been attributed to the faulty devices, Bloomberg says. AEROPOSTALE HAS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. The teen retailer has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Reuters reports that a court filing shows that Aeropostale listed both assets and liabilities of $100 million to $500 million. STOCK MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD ARE LOWER. Australia's ASX (-1.5%) led the way lower overnight, and the Britain's FTSE (-1.2%) paces the decline in Europe. S&P 500 futures are down 14.25 points at 2,042.75. EARNINGS REPORTING REMAINS HEAVY. Priceline and Time Warner highlight the names releasing their quarterly results ahead of the opening bell. 21st Century Fox, Allstate, Kraft Heinz, MetLife, Prudential, Tesla Motors, and Whole Foods are among the companies reporting after markets close. US ECONOMIC DATA PICKS UP. ADP employment change will cross the wires at 8:15 a.m. ET ahead of productivity, unit labor costs, and the trade balance, which are all set for an 8:30 a.m. release. Then, at 10 a.m. ET, factory orders and ISM services will be announced. Data concludes with the 10:30 a.m. ET announcement of natural-gas inventories. The US 10-year yield is unchanged at 1.80%. NOW WATCH: FORMER GREEK FINANCE MINISTER: The single largest threat to the global economy
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Greece's central bank became the target of a cyber attack by activist hacking group Anonymous on Tuesday which disrupted service of its website.
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The European Commission proposed on Wednesday to extend by six months controls at several frontiers of countries which are members of the border-free Schengen area, saying that checks are justified by deficiencies in Greece's management of migrants. "There is still considerable migratory pressure at our external border, and large numbers of migrants present in Greece," the Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans said in a statement. "Therefore, as long as serious deficiencies in border management persist some internal border control measures should be maintained," he added.
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ATHENS, Greece — A GREEK government official says the country will not approve contingency savings measures that the International Monetary Fund ...
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Moody's in its credit outlook, published on Tuesday considers the delays in concluding the current bailout programme's review as credit negative for ...
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A Greek government official says the country will not approve contingency measures demanded by the International Monetary Fund in case ambitious budget targets sought by bailout lenders are not met
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The activist group, Anonymous, shut down the website of the Greek Central Bank yesterday, according to a report from Reuters, after it launched a denial-of-service (DDOS) attack on the institution. "The attack lasted for a few minutes and was successfully ...
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Greece has become the first country to have the website of its central bank targeted by online activist collective Anonymous in what looks set to be a month-long hacking campaign. The bank's website was disrupted for several hours on Tuesday after being ...
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Piraeus, Greece's largest lender by assets, plans to divest the entire stake as part of a restructuring plan which entails the disposal of non-core assets. "There is agreement with the EBRD to buy a stake of 15 percent in European Reliance from Piraeus.
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[A boy sits next to an old statue outside the main building of the disused Hellenikon airport]By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed a system of distributing asylum seekers across the EU on Wednesday that aims to ease the load on frontline states like Greece and Italy but may face stiff resistance from governments in Eastern Europe. The European Union executive published legislative proposals to reform the so-called Dublin system of EU asylum rules that includes a "fairness mechanism" under which each of the 28 states would be assigned a percentage quota of all asylum seekers in the bloc that it would be expected to handle. Governments could refuse to take people in for a year a time if they paid another country to accommodate them.
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This week's "no" to an urgent Greek request for an extraordinary Euro summit to push for a "political solution" to the resurgent Greek issue means that the "ball" will remain in the Eurogroup's court, rather than be bumped up to Eurozone leaders' corner.
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The Alternate Minister of National Defense Dimitris Vitsas has ruled out the possibility of the contingency measures demanded by the IMF being passed by Greek Parliament. In an interview which he gave to ANT1 on Wednesday morning Mr. Vitsas, explained that ...
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GREECE, N.Y. -- Firefighters were able to keep a fire that started in the garage from spreading throughout the rest of a home in Greece early Wednesday morning. The chief of the North Greece Fire Department says they got a call for a garage fire on ...
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ATHENS: Greece’s biggest telecoms operator OTE reported a 16 percent drop in first-quarter net profit on Wednesday, as bailout measures hit demand for its mobile services, and said it saw more challenges this year. OTE, which is 40 percent owned and ...
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With insiders warning Athens may soon need more aid, a new report blames the way the lenders designed the GREEK bailout programs. The study ...
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The deportation comes after the Pakistanis were intercepted while traveling to the country, in the European Union, without legal documents.
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[Tents set on the tracks of a train station are framed by a fence at the Greek northern point of Idomeni, Greece, Tuesday, May 3, 2016. Many thousands of migrants remain at the Greek border with Macedonia, hoping that the border crossing will reopen, allowing them to move north into central Europe. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)]BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on Europe's response to the wave of migration from the Middle East and elsewhere (all times local):
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However, Kiev could receive LNG via projected terminals in Croatia and GREECE, US Department of State Special Envoy and Coordinator for ...
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ATHENS: Greece's central bank became the target of a cyber attack by activist hacking group Anonymous on Tuesday which disrupted service of its web site, a Bank of Greece official said on Wednesday. "The attack lasted for a few minutes and was successfully ...
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The students competed in 16 languages including American Sign Language (ASL), Ancient Greek, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, English Language Learners (ESOL/ELL), French, German, Modern Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
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ATHENS, May 4 (Reuters) - Greek manufacturing activity contracted for the third month in a row in April as new orders slowed, but production stabilised and job creation continued, a survey showed on Wednesday. Markit's Purchasing Managers' Index for ...
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Some serious new reservations about the Democrats’ frontrunner. If I were to confess my prejudice for Greek barbers, what would be said of me? Well, it depends on where I said it. If were in Athens when I said that I prefer Greek barbers, my preference ...
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DECATUR – Members of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church are usually excited about the annual Stars Over Athens Festival. The entire congregation joins in the festivities. “On the day of the event, it's the whole church,” said church member, Judy ...
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[Tents set on the tracks of a train station are framed by a fence at the Greek northern point of Idomeni, Greece, Tuesday, May 3, 2016. Many thousands of migrants remain at the Greek border with Macedonia, hoping that the border crossing will reopen, allowing them to move north into central Europe. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)]BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries that refuse to accept refugees under proposals to overhaul the EU's failed asylum laws could face large fines for each asylum seeker.
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Little Rock construction executive Gus Vratsinas has vivid memories of that first GREEK Food Festival in 1984 at Annunciation GREEK Orthodox Church.
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ATHENS May 4 Greece's biggest telecoms operator OTE reported a 16 percent drop in first-quarter net profit on Wednesday, hurt by weakness in its ...
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Since the EU-Turkey deal was reached, migrant inflows from Turkey to GREECE have indeed slowed considerably. But the concern now is that a new ...
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[ted cruz]Reuters/Charles Mostoller Sen. Ted Cruz suspended his presidential campaign on Tuesday following a crushing primary loss in Indiana to Donald Trump. In his concession speech on Tuesday night, Cruz made no mention of Trump, but told supporters that he no longer saw a clear path to secure the nomination. "Tonight, I'm sorry to say, it appears that path has been foreclosed," Cruz told supporters. "We left it all on the field, Indiana, we gave it everything we've got. But the voters chose another path," he added. Cruz's decision to exit the race essentially guarantees that Trump will secure the necessary number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican presidential nomination on the first ballot at the Republican National Convention in July. Ohio Gov. John Kasich said that he would remain in the race, but so far has won only his home state as well as a handful of delegates in other nominating contests. The senator campaigned vigorously in Indiana, where he hoped that more favorable demographics would help the him win a chunk of delegates. Cruz announced his potential vice-presidential running mate, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, in Indiana last week. He also made numerous retail stops, greeting supporters at five locations on Monday alone while his wife, Heidi Cruz, appeared at five separate stops without him. But as the primary neared, polls showed Trump pulling far ahead in the Hoosier State. The real-estate magnate unleashed his trademark harsh rhetoric in the final days against Cruz, whom he accused of being "crazy." "Ted does not have the temperament to be doing this," Trump said at a rally on Monday. "He's choking like a dog because he's losing so badly. We've got to put him away tomorrow, folks." Trump was more gracious in victory Tuesday night. During a victory speech at Trump Tower, he called Cruz "one hell of a competitor" who has an "amazing future." NOW WATCH: FORMER GREEK FINANCE MINISTER: Why Hillary Clinton is a 'dangerous person'
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[Donald Trump]AP Photo/Mary Altaffer Donald Trump entered into general-election mode Tuesday night, seeking a pivot to unite the Republican Party against a common foe as it declared him its presumptive nominee. "We're going after Hillary Clinton," Trump said during a victory speech at Trump Tower in New York. "She will not be a great president. She will not be a good president. She will be a poor" president, he said of the Democratic frontrunner, his likely opponent in the general election. After winning the Indiana primary and delivering Ted Cruz a knockout punch out of the Republican race, Trump and the party he is now set to lead prepared for the road ahead. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus called him the "presumptive nominee" and called for party unity on Tuesday. "@realDonaldTrump will be presumptive @GOP nominee, we all need to unite and focus on defeating @HillaryClinton," he tweeted shortly after Cruz announced he was leaving the race. In a nod to the anti-Trump movement that branded itself as "#NeverTrump," Priebus added a hashtag: "#NeverClinton." For his part, Trump dropped the insults trademark to his campaign, congratulating Cruz on a race well run and calling him a "hell of a competitor." And he keyed in on Clinton in the victory speech from Trump Tower in New York. He "We're going to win big, and it's going to be America first," Trump said. "This country, which is very, very divided in so many different ways is going to become one beautiful and loving country," he later added. Trump now needs fewer than 200 delegates to secure the nomination ahead of the July convention after securing all of the 57 delegates up for grabs in Indiana. John Kasich, the Ohio governor, is the lone remaining candidate facing Trump in the Republican race, but he is currently running fourth in the delegate count. Clinton's campaign has already taken notice of Trump's now-imminent grasp on the Republican nomination. John Podesta, Clinton's campaign chair, delivered the campaign's first direct general-election shot at Trump. Podesta said Trump isn't prepared to keep the country safe and improve conditions for middle America. "Throughout this campaign, Donald Trump has demonstrated that he’s too divisive and lacks the temperament to lead our nation and the free world," Podesta wrote in a statement. "With so much at stake, Donald Trump is simply too big of a risk." "While Donald Trump seeks to bully and divide Americans, Hillary Clinton will unite us to create an economy that works for everyone," he later wrote. NOW WATCH: FORMER GREEK FINANCE MINISTER: Why Hillary Clinton is a 'dangerous person'
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[Refugees wait for the arrival of officals at Nizip refugee camp near Gaziantep]Turkey's parliament has approved a law on setting up a panel to monitor discipline for law enforcement officials, one of the last hurdles remaining before the country wins visa-free access to Europe for its nationals. The 28-nation European Union depends on Ankara's cooperation to maintain a March pact that has helped stem the flow of refugees and migrants arriving from Turkey, from which more than a million people reached Greece and Italy last year. The European Commission is expected to declare on Wednesday that Turkey has broadly met the criteria for visa liberalisation and to ask European Union governments and the European Parliament to approve the decision by the end of June.
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This indicates the seemingly unique criticism of millennials is nothing new. The idea that youth are lazy and disrespectful towards authority goes back to ancient Greece. Kenneth John Freeman in his 1907 Cambridge dissertation, when summarizing ancient ...
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... members of the Massasauga Search and Rescue team and Gates Police Department were searching near the area for a missing GREECE man.
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Brussels is setting itself up for a standoff with member states over plans to distribute new claimants across the bloc. Currently, the so-called Dublin rules cause most claims to be made in Greece and Italy.
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We ought to rethink the relationship between GREEK life and the University. It's hard for me to characterize an organization that threatens lawsuits ...
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GREEK yogurt is one of my kitchen staples. My husband actually makes fun of me because he sees me eat it every day, and he hears me recommend it ...
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The GREEKS have the same word for “stranger” and “guest” – xenos. Why? Because the arrival of a foreigner inevitably triggers the instinct and ...
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This year, I think it's been encouraging to see our campus have constructive discussions of GREEK life in The DePauw. We've started ...
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