How the world sees Greece
An increase in the number of child pornography complaints in Greece has been recorded by the Greek Awareness Center Saferinternet hotline. The number of complaints in the period between January and October 2015 totaled 96,334, a figure higher than the 83,644 cases for unique URLs with child pornography reported during the whole of 2014. The
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Greece recorded another win at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) men’s Water Polo World League Super Final in Huizhou, China. The men’s team beat Australia 10-5 (1-1, 3-1, 2-2, 4-1), climbing up the rankings tying with Serbia in the lead. Greece blocked most of the scoring attempts from the Aussies, snatching 3 points out of
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The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) released the results of the 2015 Survey on Income and Living Conditions of Household for the income period of the year 2014. The survey is the main source of comparable statistics on income distribution and social exclusion at a European level. The results show that 35.7 percent of the total
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Forget plate-breaking and showering bouzouki singers with trays of flowers, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) released figures on Greek participation in culture and entertainment and showed that few Greeks can afford a good time. The results showed that in the last twelve months: 32.8 percent of the population aged 16 years and over went to
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The 5th GREEK Investment Forum in New York, was being finalized yesterday. This Forum is organized annually by the Athens Stock Exchange in ...
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Deutsche Telekom has a forty percent stake in the GREEK telecoms provider. Since 2012, 4,000 employees have exited the company through voluntary ...
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (21Alive) -- A family friendly Fort Wayne festival is back at Headwaters Park for its 36th year. GREEK Fest has festival goers lined up ...
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European Central Bank policy makers on Wednesday reinstated a waiver that will allow Greek banks to again participate in cheap funding operations. Greek banks were barred from the refinancing program more than a year ago, amidst acrimonious negotiations ...
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Story line: Twelve kids inhabit a dreary beachfront community with no apparent adult supervision. They see a boy their age who is all white, like an apparition. When the boys parade through the community with a statue of the Virgin Mary, the boy appears ...
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Remarkable story, Iceland’s. A population the size of Leicester (around 300,000), ten per cent of which is in France to see their country compete in a major tournament for the first time. And in a season where Leicester won the English Premier League ...
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Greece’s Public Power Company (PPC/DEH) is selling a part of its share together with 400,000 of its customers. Manolis Panagiotakis, the CEO of PPC, announced this innovative step during the Economist conference in Athens. PPC will establish a subsidiary company that will be available for sale to private electricity suppliers […]
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… papers they receive in the Greek Islands. Refugees carrying Turkish visas … displaced Afghans. Situated at the Greek-Macedonian border and serving as the … changes like nowhere else in Greece. Before the crisis, the area …
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… again #Greece. — Stratos Safioleas (@stratosathens) November 22, 2015 The Greek government itself … and responsible opposition party. CNN Greece reported that angry New-Democracy supporters …
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… Greece lending a hand. Some 54,000 migrants are now on Greek … create during her time in Greece (http://www.tinyurl.com/eko-facebook … on the border of Greece and Macedonia. Greek officials cleared that camp …
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… the Greek chartered plane with the 30 passengers — deportees sent from Greece … home in 2014. The Greek response Greece insists that all the passengers … to Greece, but he did not elaborate. Yiannis Mouzalas, the Greek migration …
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… waiver affecting the eligibility of Greek bonds used as collateral in …
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… across the Aegean Sea to Greece. On Dec. 23, Yamen crossed … would bring him across to Greece, he met Mayssa, a woman … had decided that once in Greece, Mayssa would say she was … Nassanis’ taxi driver, a young Greek man, and an interpreter for …
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… experiencing in a camp in Greece. In the advertisement, the Syrians … the Greek capital, is described as “the most unique neighbourhood in Greece … the so-called Balkan Route from Greece into Macedonia and through Serbia …
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I watched the waves, thinking back several days to the GREEK Fest at Saint Sophia's GREEK Orthodox Church that I attended with my mother. It was the ...
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Chalets in Switzerland, casas in Portugal, trips to Hong Kong, and dinner with the King of Greece – Luann did it all. Alex knows all the fancy royalty in Europe and while Luann is attending a baptism in Europe, the King of Greece insists on sitting next ...
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More than 12,000 guests are expected to attend the three-day festival, which will feature traditional Greek cuisine and pastries, wine tasting, live music, church tours, authentic Greek dancing with lessons, and boutique booths reminiscent of the Plaka, a ...
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The New Museum’s signature triennial has hatched a spin-off in Athens, Greece. “The Equilibrists,” at the Benaki Museum through October 9, “really establishes a Greek art scene,” one of the 33 artists in the show said after an opening event on ...
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The Edwards family, of Bolton, will hold a yard sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 9 at 94 Golden Run Road, Bolton, to raise money for the Oinofyta Refugee Camp, a new family camp that houses about 700 refugees in Greece. The project manager of this camp ...
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Europeans are feeling less positive about the EU. And, at the same time, political instability within European countries appears to be on the rise. In a recent report to clients, Goldman Sachs shared two interesting charts on the bubbling situation in Europe. The first chart, on the left, shows that the percentage of respondents in various European countries who have a very favorable or somewhat favorable view of the EU has fallen over the last decade. And the second, on the right, shows that the political instability index has increased among various EU members. (The index, which is a standard measure of political instability among political scientists, takes the sum of change in vote totals per party from election to election divided by two.) [Screen Shot 2016 06 23 at 12.16.55 PM]Notably, the growing political instability and dissatisfaction with the EU seem to be at least partially correlated with globalization and economic stresses. In the same Goldman Sachs report, David Brady, a political science professor at Stanford University, explained just how all of this was related: "The simple answer is globalization and technology. Specifically, our research has shown that political instability has corresponded with a decline in the share of industrial or manufacturing employment. The sharp loss in manufacturing jobs over the last several decades due to technological advances and offshoring substantially cut the number of industrial workers, who had dominated the political landscape for most of the 20th century." And the populist, anti-establishment parties have resonated with people who have been hit by globalization and automation. He continued: "And in multi-party systems, opposition to globalization and the free flow of immigrants shifted votes to movements like FN or the People's Party in Denmark, while parties like Syriza in Greece or Podemos in Spain have drawn support on anti-austerity platforms." [Marine Le Pen] As for some of the real-world examples, in a great article for The Globe and Mail on the Brexit campaign being "just one symptom of angry nationalism," Mark MacKinnon spoke with John Curtice, Britain's top expert on polling and public opinion, who noted that the divide between the Remain and Leave groups is "between the winners and losers of globalization." As MacKinnon wrote in the article: "Those in the Remain camp are younger and more cosmopolitan, and often have the education and the skill sets to compete in a borderless world — people who don't need to worry about losing their jobs to someone willing to work for less. The Leave camp, meanwhile, is older, less educated and more worried by the changes they see happening in British society." Relatedly, The Economist recently shared a chart comparing the percentage of native- and foreign-born people 15 or older with tertiary, or college-level, education in various OECD countries. The data are from 2011, but it's notable that members of Britain's foreign-born population were more likely to have a tertiary education, which - excluding any prejudices employers might have toward migrants - suggests that less-educated native-born Brits might get bumped out of better jobs. Plus, although it's certainly not a perfect comparison, we're seeing something similar in the US as American workers who have been economically burned by globalization have increasingly supported protectionism and populist candidates such as Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. [brexit vote leave] As for what this means in the long-run, analysts have been arguing that we could be looking at continued political uncertainty and limited coordination in Europe in the longer run. Again, here's Brady (emphasis ours): "Since no party, country or leader has discovered the policy path to achieve economic growth while mitigating the ills that go along with it, I think POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY AND INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. AND WITH THAT WILL COME MORE DISSATISFACTION WITH AND DISTRUST OF GOVERNMENT, AS WELL AS CONTINUED POLARIZATION AND GRIDLOCK. Of course, the most direct economic consequence of political instability is policy uncertainty, which amounts to a major impediment to investment. Beyond that, one can envision a self-reinforcing cycle in which political instability reduces the likelihood of a coherent economic policy agenda, which in turn perpetuates the low growth and income equality that fuel political instability in the first place. OUR RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT COUNTRIES WITH BELOW-AVERAGE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE MOST ELECTORAL VOLATILITY, WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING." Get ready for a bumpy ride. SEE ALSO: A BREXIT IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF EUROPE'S PROBLEMS Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: These secret codes let you access hidden iPhone features
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Two years ago he smuggled himself into Greece, after pawning his mother’s wedding dowry, at a price of 2,500 euros (about $2,800). That trip ended in a Greek detention center and eventual deportation back to Egypt. But he will try again soon. His eyes ...
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Bulgarian authorities turned a Greek train back from the border due to suspicion that there were migrants being smuggled on board. The incident took place on Saturday on the Promachonas – Kulata line, southwest of Bulgaria, report newspapers from Sofia.
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… Vathi hotspot, on Samos island, Greece. Camp residents and service providers … Moria hotspot, on Lesbos island, Greece. Women described routine sexual harassment … closed facilities on Greek islands. On April 2, the Greek parliament hastily …
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… at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 17 … in Greece. After spending roughly 10 days in Idomeni, near Greece’s … between residents. The EU and Greece urgently need to respond to …
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From Athens, I headed to the Cyclades islands of Mykonos, Naxos and Paros. I have a huge crush on Paros, which is a really peaceful island, with stunning white-washed villages, and a cute fishing harbour at Naoussa. There are lots of French tourists here!
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Thousands of GREEKS are to hold an all-night vigil tonight to “pray for the salvation” of homosexuals, the Orthodox Church has said. The service in the ...
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[mexico gay pride]Reuters In the wake of the Orlando shooting, Gay Pride month has taken on a whole new meaning as people from all walks of life want to show support for the LGBT community. With that in mind, IBM's diversity chief Lindsay-Rae McIntyre just posted a blog that spells out all the ways that IBM is standing up for its LGBT workers in the US and around the world. It has become increasingly common for large tech companies to use their weight and power to take a stand on social issues that could negatively impact their employees. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has been, perhaps, the most vocal, at times threatening governors that Salesforce would decrease investment in their states if legislation that discriminates against LGBT people is passed. But IBM wants you to know that it's using its enormous clout to do the same within the US and beyond. IBM's list of supportive things range from the obvious (allowing gay employees to publicly identify themselves as gay in the personnel site and elsewhere) to a new global program that showcases LGBT employees as role models in growth countries like Brazil, Greece, Israel, the Czech Republic, China, Japan, Mexico and India. In addition, IBM insurance covers sex reassignment surgery in the US, and it recently added Canada. IBM say it hopes to add other countries in "the next couple of years." IBM has also battled discriminatory legislation in various US states like Louisiana, it says. And it's one of 60 companies involved in the Human Rights Campaign’s Business Coalition for the Equality Act, launched in March. The group supports federal anti-discrimination legislation. Here's the full IBM blog post: IBM Stands Strong with its LGBT Employees LGBT Pride Month is an opportunity for all of us to pause and consider that while progress has been made to afford equal rights to all, we still have much more work to do. That includes standing up against discriminatory legislation that has emerged in certain U.S. states and leading productive discussions in the aftermath of the tragedy in Orlando. Inclusion has always been part of our corporate culture and is in alignment with our deeply-held values as IBMers. Discrimination of any kind is unacceptable. IBM will continue to be a leading voice in the push for diversity and inclusion in our communities. Our policy of inclusion goes beyond employment practices and protections and celebrates the diversity of our workforce. As a company, we understand that to attract the best talent from around the world, we have to create and nurture a culture where employees can bring their authentic selves to work every day. For instance, when Charles Donnell was looking for a college internship in England in 2011, he applied to IBM after his research found that the company “is gay-friendly.” Donnell joined IBM UK as an intern, finished his university studies and is now a Program Manager for one of IBM’s Global Leadership Development Programs in Armonk, N.Y. At 24, he’s already worked for IBM on global programs on three continents. “IBM enables me to identify myself as a gay male in the IBM personnel site,” said Donnell. “As an employee, I’m able to bring 100 percent of myself to work. And that has allowed me to be successful at IBM.” Over the past year, high-profile debates over discriminatory policy measures in several U.S. states have prompted many people – some for the first time – to carefully consider the challenges facing the LGBT community. As part of our global efforts, we have worked to ensure that LGBT IBMers in every U.S. state are afforded the same rights as their colleagues. When proposed government action has been in fundamental conflict with our values, we’ve engaged with government officials directly and publicly to make our views known, opposing various state laws and executive actions. In rescinding his state’s discriminatory “religious freedom” order in April, Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards recognized IBM’s leadership on this issue, saying, “It does nothing but divide our state and force the business community, from Louisiana’s smallest businesses to large corporations like IBM, to strongly oppose it.” At the same time, Gov. Edwards signed a new anti-discrimination executive order protecting the rights of gay and transgender residents of Louisiana. We’ve also been part of a larger chorus of voices speaking out against inequality. IBM joined American Express, Google and 11 other global companies in September 2015 to launch the first business-led coalition that supports LGBT inclusion around the world. And we are one of 60 leading businesses that have signed-on to the Human Rights Campaign’s Business Coalition for the Equality Act. The Act would provide, under federal law, all Americans with clear, permanent and equal protection in employment, access to public spaces, housing, credit, education, jury service, and federally funded programs. IBM’s first Equal Opportunity policy was written in 1953, when IBM CEO T.J. Watson, Jr. famously declared, “It is the policy of this organization to hire people who have the personality, talent and background necessary to fill a given job, regardless of race, color or creed.” We were one of the first companies to include sexual orientation as part of the policy more than 30 years ago. We extended domestic partner benefits to gay and lesbian employees in the U.S. almost 20 years ago. Today, we provide LGBT employees with the professional and family support they need around the world. IBM’s LGBT benefits extend beyond local practices in many countries. Examples include: * IBM Canada extended its employee health benefit plan in January to include coverage for sex reassignment surgery based on the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care. This benefit has been available to employees in the U.S. for over a decade. Over the next few years, we expect to introduce the sex reassignment surgery benefit in other countries where local laws, medical practices and facilities support the treatment. * In addition to existing countries, we have recently added medical and leave benefits for same-gender partners of employees in Greece, Chile, the Philippines, Italy and Japan. We plan to announce similar programs for employees in other countries later this year. * A new global program, called “Out Role Models,” features LGBT employees as role models in growth countries, including Brazil, Greece, Israel, the Czech Republic, China, Japan, Mexico and India. * IBMers that are part of the Business and Technical Leadership program – our leading succession planning program – now have the ability to identify themselves as LGBT employees. But even as we talk about the many steps forward, we realize that we as a global society have a long way to go. IBMers are incredibly proud of our company’s long-standing commitment to equality. We will continue promoting and defending LGBT rights around the world. And we will also continue to foster and grow a shared corporate culture in which global diversity – including diversity of thought – remains central to our company and its values. 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The European Central Bank has agreed to accept ‘junk’ rated Greek debt as collateral for normal ECB lending to banking institutions. ECB reinstates waiver for eligibility of Greek bonds used as collateral in Eurosystem monetary policy operations https ...
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The New Museum’s signature triennial has hatched a spin-off in Athens, Greece. “The Equilibrists,” at the Benaki Museum through October 9, “really establishes a Greek art scene,” one of the 33 artists in the show said after an opening event on ...
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Greek government bonds were the strongest performer in the eurozone on Thursday, with yields plunging after the European Central Bank reinstated a waiver that allows the use of the paper as collateral in monetary policy operations. Yields were down across ...
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A 32-year-old Egyptian national was stabbed to death by a compatriot at the Souda migrant camp on the island of Chios. According to witnesses, two Egyptian asylum seekers started fighting at around 10:00 am on Thursday. The 32-year-old intervened to ...
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A sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was arrested Wednesday by GREEK police on suspicion of theft, assault, damaging three ...
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Dr. Vassilis Lambropoulos is a renowned and acclaimed academic who over the past 35 years has substantially contributed to the growth of full-fledged Modern Greek Programs at two major public...
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With tempers continuing to flare in crowded refugee centers, Greek police said an Egyptian asylum seeker died after a brawl on Chios.
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Investment funds have been cut in half in Greece during a crushing economic crisis and fell 289 million euros in 2015 alone.
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Greek Cyprus finally brought a massive wildfire under control on June 23, after a five-day battle that saw two firefighters killed and five foreign governments send aircraft to help, a minister has said
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… enthusiasm for the day’s Greek good news began to wane …
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… a modernised radical left. The Greek request for debt relief poses …
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The Socceroos fell 2-1 to Greece, beaten by a wonder goal … Saturday’s 1-0 win over Greece. Even the illustrious Aaron Mooy … of their own half when Greece opened the scoring in the …
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… top performers. Less exposure to Greece and weak earnings from M … European counterparts. Greek shares rose and the yield on Greek Debt fell … a quarrel on Greek debt relief until 2018... Greece avoiding another cliff-edge …
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… : Australia 1-2 Greece And that’s all she wrote. Greece record a … the Australian line-up (written in Greek). Ah, you play with fire … think, Denmark did a Greece before Greece did a Leicester back in …
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… Greece which enables us to enter a new phase in the Greek … Greek debt is unsustainable. We welcome that it is understood that Greece … Greece’s debts sustainable. That will start with short-term tweaks to Greece …
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… during the Socceroos’ friendly with Greece. About 30 flares were ignited … ’s traditional Greek precinct towards Etihad Stadium to watch Greece’s 2-1 triumph. Related: Under-par Socceroos fall to Greece in …
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… :02 IMF says current Greek policy falls short Greece’s current policy … EXTENSIONS, DEFERRALS, FIXED INT FOR GREECE - MNI — Stavros Kallinos (@StKallinos … GREECE LONG-TERM GROWTH ASSUMPTION TO 1.25% - IMF SAYS UPFRONT GREEK …
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Greece The Greek government’s debt crisis has mostly disappeared from the public debate and the headlines -- but it will return sooner rather than later. Greek newspaper Kathimerini fears that this ongoing crisis combined with a Brexit could ultimately ...
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