The discounts and special packages that GREEK tourism enterprises offered foreign markets to make the most of last-minute bookings, combined with ...
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How the world sees Greece
Thursday, October 13, 2016
GREEK tourism's bid to bag last-minute bookings sends arrivals higher
BASE jumpers leap towards beautiful crystal-clear waters of immaculate GREEK beach and have ...
This incredible video captures the moment BASE jumpers with nerves of steel take a leap of faith. Captured above a stunning beach with sugar-white ...
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Enter stage right: three of the best theatrical arrivals
When it comes to making a dramatic entrance, you can’t beat JB Priestley’s inspector, Alan Cummings’ cheeky Bacchae and a certain French elephant The unexpected ring at the doorbell is such a well-worked device that, as a theatre-going teenager seeing Waiting for Godot for the first time, I was quite astonished when Godot was a no show. I was so familiar with the notion of the surprise arrival who disrupts the status quo – in everything from Greek drama to Three Sisters to Pinter and Agatha Christie – that I expected characters unlisted in the programme to stroll on to the stage and destroy the hermetically sealed world that had been set up. I was often disappointed when they didn’t. Watching The Boys in the Band at the Park theatre, I was struck by the way that it uses both expected and unexpected arrivals in a way that disrupts and inverts. For a long time it looks as if the birthday boy himself, Harold, is going to shy off, Godot-like, from his own party. When he does arrive, it has a galvanising effect – at least it does in Mark Gatiss’s brilliant entrance – and brings the tension and the drama alive in a play that may now seem old-fashioned but is smartly revived in a production that is going out on a UK tour. Continue reading...
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Artist captures the mood of Goa and Greece on canvas
In bright oranges and serene blues, Bengaluru artist Jaya Javeri brings landscapes from Goa and Greece to the city in her 19th solo exhibition on Saturday at Windsor Square. Old white churches nestled among green hills, mountainsides in the rains and ...
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Cyprus, Greece, Israel 'electricity highway' ready to be launched
The official EuroAsia Interconnector electricity connection operator, a project approved and supported by the European Commission, announced on Wednesday that technical and economic studies have successfully concluded. Construction work on the 1,520km ...
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Germany: Refugees Saved in Mediterranean Must Be Returned to North Africa
All illegal migrants who have been saved in the Mediterranean Sea must be returned to special centres for placement in North Africa where their applications for asylum in European countries can be reviewed, stated German Interior Minister _Thomas de_ Maizière before a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the EU in Luxembourg. “People who are being saved in the Mediterranean must be redirected to temporary shelters located in North Africa. Their need of protection will be checked and we will start a re-population in Europe via generous quotas distributed fairly among European countries,” added de Maizière. According to him, migrants who do not receive refugee status must be returned to their homelands. The statement of the German Interior Minister comes against the background of continuing debates among EU countries regarding the mandatory quotas for migrants coming from Greece and Italy. Several European countries raised objections to Brussels’ proposal for a mandatory number of refugees to be received on their territory. The Interior Minister did not pinpoint a particular country in North Africa but, for some time now, the EU has been trying to limit the migrant flow from Libya – the main departure point of people trying to reach Europe.
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Greek ruling party SYRIZA’s second conference begins on Thursday
The second nationwide conference of SYRIZA is scheduled to begin on Thursday and concludes on Sunday. This will be the first party conference since prominent members such as Panagiotis Lafazanis and Zoi Konstantopoulou left the party. Although party leader ...
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5 ETFs With Greece Exposure
Greece has received further injections of hope over the last few months as professional investors are increasing their bets on the recovery of the European country. There are many hedge funds looking at investment opportunities within Greece through debt ...
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Eurostat report: Property value in Greece drops in H1 2016
Greece is among the bottom 3 countries with the highest rate of fall in housing prices over the first half of 2016, according to Eurostat. The data shows that Cyprus has suffered the highest drop in property value. The average prices of houses in the ...
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MASTERWORKS BY INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED TRAGIC SCULPTOR AT BONHAMS GREEK ART SALE
… Yerassimos Sklavos at its next Greek Art sale in London on … the fluted columns of ancient Greek temples. Sklavos said of the … ), France (Paris, Centra Pompidou) and Greece (Delphi). After studying sculpture at …
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Greek PM urges lenders to deliver on debt relief, end delays
… May, euro zone governments offered Greece debt relief in 2018, but … for delaying the inclusion of Greece in the ECB's … can only take part in Greece's latest bailout, brokered … ," Tsipras said. "The Greek crisis must come to a …
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Greek government seeking to reduce ENFIA tax for vulnerable social groups
The Greek Ministry of Finance is planning a series of changes to the controversial ENFIA real estate tax for 2017, in order to relieve the burden for vulnerable social groups. With public revenue on the rise, the government is hopeful that it will have the ...
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Greece's Tsipras demands debt relief deal by Christmas
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras vowed to impose a new round of austerity measures in the next few weeks, but said the country would demand a debt relief deal from bailout lenders by Christmas. "We are not coming as beggars or as ...
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IBHS report: Greek frozen foods market grew moderately in 2015
The Greek frozen foods market grew moderately in 2015, a report by Infobank Hellastat said on Wednesday. Alexis Nikolaidis, economic research & sectorial studies senior analyst, commenting on the report said the frozen food sector was the only category of ...
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Government Denies WikiLeaks Report That Clinton Advised Tsipras to Sign Bailout Deal in 2015
WikiLeaks email correspondence revealed that the White House asked Bill Clinton’s former Chief of Staff, John Podesta, to inquire as to whether the former United States president would be willing to intervene following the Greek referendum in July 2015 with the aim of getting Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to agree on a new bailout agreement […]
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Hollande Book Claims PM Tsipras Wanted Putin to Help Print Drachmas, Gov’t Denies It
A Greek government source denied reports in a book by French President Francois Hollande that claims Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may have called on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s assistance to print a Greek currency. The book, “A President Shouldn’t Say That,” divulges behind-the-scenes information about his negotiations. The same source said there had been […]
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Greek PM Tsipras Tells People What They Want to Hear… Again!
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras opened the four-day conference of his party on Thursday night, stating that it was the first party conference for SYRIZA with the party in power. He said that the left had a “historic duty” to help the country exit the crisis while keeping society alive. He was preaching to the converted […]
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Ex Greek FinMin: IMF offers haircuts in exchange for new bailouts
The presence of Nikos Christodoulakis by the side of Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis during a session of the parliamentary finance committee on the country’s debt, has sparked rumors taht he will assume a critical role in the government negotiation ...
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A Vermonter’s ‘Greek Epic’ on the American dream
BRATTLEBORO — Vermonter Gordon Hayward has heard all the campaign cries to “build a wall.” But the nationally recognized garden writer is throwing open the gates onto a higher sort of immigrant story. Back at the turn of the 20th century, 37-year-old ...
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Wikileaks: Gov’t source confirms Tsipras-Clinton contact in July 2015
The office of the Greek Prime Minister confirmed the Wikileaks revelations about contact between PM Alexis Tsipras and former US President Bill Clinton in July 2015. Asked by the Athens News Agency, a government source said that was a contact between Tsipras and Clinton however before the referendum. After the […]
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Hollande: Putin told me Tsipras wanted to print Drachmas in Russia
French President Francois Hollande revealed that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras wanted to print Drachmas in Russia. In a book “Presidents should not talk about such things” Hollande speaks about a conservation he had with Russian President Vladimir Putin in summer of 2015, the peak of the Greek crisis before the […]
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Greek police stumped by bomb attack outside bookstore in Exarchia
A Greek police investigation is under way in order to determine the intended target of a bomb that exploded in Exarchia, on Wednesday evening. The bomb, which went off shortly before 23:00, was placed outside a bookstore on Ippokratous Street. At the same ...
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North P&I Club Holds Its Annual Members’ Seminar At The Yacht Club Of Greece
Around 150 members and guests attended North’s annual seminar at the Yacht Club of Greece in Mikrolimano, Piraeus on Tuesday evening (11 October 2016). The presentations from North’s teams in Greece and the UK raised awareness around a raft of key ...
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ECB to Europarliament: A solution for Greece's debt is necessary
The European Central Bank (ECB) looks forward to a solution on Greece's debt that will restore the country's access to the markets, ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure said on Wednesday, speaking in the European Parliament Economic and Monetary ...
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GREEK Evangelical Alliance is awarded with the Hope award
The European Evangelical Alliance highlights the role of GREEK evangelicals in their service to refugees. Portuguese political representatives and ...
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GREEK telecoms group union urges government to scrap stake sale plan
The GREEK government, which now plans to sell half its stake, last week approved an amendment to a shareholders' agreement it signed with ...
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New Evidence Suggests Ancient GREEKS Inspired China's Terracotta Army
Archaeologists propose GREEK artists may have trained the local craftsmen who designed thousands of terracotta warriors. In 1974, farmers digging a ...
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New restaurant concept announced for Crosstown Concourse
Mama Gaia, which means “Mother Earth” in GREEK, is a new startup restaurant concept by Philipp and Cru Peri von Holtzendorff-Fehling that will offer ...
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Gov't sources deny phone conversation between Tsipras, Clinton after GREEK referendum
The GREEK government on Thursday said no contact had been made between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and former US President Bill Clinton in the ...
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GREEK yogurt is no longer the trendiest yogurt
Move over, GREEK yogurt. The protein-rich breakfast staple, which has enjoyed an astronomical ascent in recent years, is being replaced by a new form ...
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Greece's left-wing Syriza party in the midst of change
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras wants to revamp his far-left Syriza party and turn it into a strong, big tent party that appeals to a larger portion of the electorate, but that also remains loyal to him. "We are measured by our ability to rule," Greek ...
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Times a-changin': Nobel jury says lyrics can be literature
STOCKHOLM (AP) — There's no question about Bob Dylan's genius as a songwriter or his profound impact on popular culture in America and beyond. Welsh, the author of "Trainspotting," said although he's a Dylan fan, he found the prize this year an "ill-conceived nostalgia award wrenched from the rancid prostates of senile, gibbering hippies." The Swedish Academy, however, said it wasn't opening the prize to a new genre, noting that poetry has often been put to music, including the works of ancient Greek writers like Homer and Sappho. People thought I was crazy or really out of line to suggest that Dylan should be awarded such a prize, said Ball, who teaches at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. "[...] he has changed the world for the better, I feel," Ball said. In his will, prize founder Alfred Nobel wrote that the literature award should go "to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction."
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The Latest: Germans, Swiss step up migrant border patrols
Germany and Switzerland are stepping up patrols along their common border to stop migrants from traveling northward in breach of European Union asylum rules. History's first Latin American pope didn't cite specific cases, but the plight of unaccompanied children crossing into Mexico from Central America en route to the U.S. has been a concern of Catholic bishops and Catholic grassroots organizations for years. Macedonia has again extended the state of emergency declared at the height of Europe's migration crisis along its borders with Greece and Serbia until the end of June 2017. More than 200 people remain stranded in Macedonia since the Balkan transit route was closed this year after a series of countries sealed their borders to refugees and other migrants. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says Italy is not doing enough to screen arriving migrants and is failing to ensure that people who do not qualify for asylum are sent home. Aid groups have asked a court to delay government plans to close a wretched migrant camp in the French port of Calais, arguing that authorities aren't ready to relocate its thousands of residents. Thierry Kuhn of aid group Emmaus said Thursday that the groups filed an emergency request with a court in Lille seeking to delay the closure.
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Ancient Greeks may have helped design China's Terracotta Army, experts say
… have unearthed evidence that ancient Greeks may have helped design the … been influenced by Greek art and that ancient Greek sculptors were even … show manufacturing techniques from ancient Greece and Egypt that were previously …
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Greeks travelled to China 1,500 years before Marco Polo and may have built Terracotta Army: researchers
… with the help of the Greeks. The 8,000 statues, which … and took influence from Ancient Greece. An extensive study of sites … theories. “I imagine that a Greek sculptor may have been at … have been inspired by Ancient Greek sculptures and art.” Other findings …
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Athens conference plans Europe's shield against cyber attacks
Experts from the EU and EFTA (European Free Trade Association) are meeting in the Greek capital to prepare for a potential major attack.
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27th annual Greek Festival starts today
Hundreds of volunteers will transform the church property into a Greek village where guests can enjoy a Greek market, live music, dancing, church tours and cuisine. Proceeds from food sales will benefit church ministries locally and nationally. This year ...
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New Greek restaurant holds grand opening Saturday in Boise
If you’re craving an authentic gyro, head to Downtown Boise. After a recent soft opening, Meraki Greek Street Food will hold its grand opening from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Oct. 15 at 345 S. 8th St. The fast-casual eatery is in the former Proto’s Pizza spot ...
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Ideye bags goal award in Greece
By: Collins Udeme Thu, October 13 , 2016 (06:05 PM) 256 views Share: Super Eagles striker Brown Ideye who plays his professional football with Greek Champions Olympiakos has been decorated with the Super League match Day award in Greece. Finesse, passion ...
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SETE: Last-minute Tourists Boost Arrivals to Greece in September
Discounts and special travel packages offered by tourism enterprises to attract last-minute tourists were the main reasons that Greece recorded an increase in arrivals in September, the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) said on Thursday. SETE said that ...
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MEPs Pen Letter to EU Economy Commissioner Pierre Moscovici
In response to an open letter calling for urgent measures to relieve Greece’s debt, sent to European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Pierre Moscovici by 36 European Parliament deputies, Greek MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis on Thursday commented that the Eurogroup’s decisions for debt relief must be implemented without delay. “The open letter to Mr. Moscovici, […]
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Polytechnic School of Moscow Exhibits ‘The Aegean Islands, the Birth of the Archipelago’
In the framework of Greece-Russia Year, the northern Aegean region presents the exhibition “The Aegean Islands, the Birth of the Archipelago” at the Polytechnic School of Moscow. The exhibition is organized at the initiative of the Natural History Museum of the Petrified Forest of Lesvos and presents the birth of the Aegean in the geohistorical […]
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Inheritance Disclaimers Sharply Up in 2013-2015
A rapid increase in inheritance disclaimers was recorded during the three-year period 2013-2015, according to data from the country’s district courts transmitted to Greek Parliament. Tax burdens and debts seem to make it unaffordable to accept inheritance for tens of thousands of citizens who choose not to accept inheritances nor inherit debts of their relatives, […]
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Greece and Europe: A Troubled Economic Partnership
It is rumored that Constantine Karamanlis, the Greek statesman who was the architect of Greece's participation in the European Union, once remarked, "I am throwing the Greeks into the sea, and they will have to learn to swim." Thirty-five years down the ...
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54th Annual Greek Festival kicks off in Mobile
The 54th Annual Greek Festival is underway at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church on Ann Street. Vendors set up shop Thursday morning with jewelry from Greece along with some clothing, candles and items you can use around the house. Outside, tables and ...
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Promoting Greece, a matter of the heart
“Promoting Greece is a love business. It’s not just a job, though rewarding as it is, but a matter of the heart: we love Greece, we love the Greek people, and we love to show the world, and to bring people here and see what it is to be Greeks”.
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Holy Trinity Greek Festival to kick off in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) -- The popular 27th annual Greek Festival kicks off on Thursday at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church on Telfair Street. This year’s Festival runs from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Thursday; 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. on Friday and ...
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Vietnamese country, people and culture introduced in Greece
(CPV) - The Vietnamese Embassy in Greece on October 12th worked with the Women’s International Club (WIC) to hold a program titled “Meet my country” in Athens, Greece, in which the Vietnamese country, people and culture were introduced to Greek and ...
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The Latest: Macedonia Extends Migration State of Emergency
Macedonia has extended the state of emergency declared at the height of Europe's migration crisis along its borders with Greece and Serbia until the end of June 2017
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Bob Dylan wins the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature
Source: www.cbc.ca - Thursday, October 13, 2016 Bob Dylan performs during the 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards in Los Angeles in 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File) Bob Dylan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature, "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." The 75-year-old singer-songwriter is one of the bestselling musical artists of all time, with more than 100 million records sold. He has published six collections of his lyrics and six books collecting his drawing and paintings. A memoir, Chronicles was published in 2005. It was the first volume of a planned three-volume series. The second and third instalment are yet to be published. His only work of fiction, , an experimental work that combined prose and poetry, was written in 1966. Dylan had been mentioned in the Nobel speculation for years, but few experts expected the academy to extend the award to a genre such as pop music. "Dylan has the status of an icon," the Nobel Prize website stated. "His influence on contemporary music is profound, and he is the object of a steady stream of secondary literature." Sara Danius, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, compared Dylan to the epic Greek poets Homer and Sappho. "They wrote poetic texts that were meant to be listened to, they were to meant to be performed, often with instruments," she said. "But we still read Homer and Sappho and enjoy it... It's the same way with Bob Dylan." "He can be read and should be re All Related
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