How the world sees Greece
Greece crashed out of the Eurovision semi-finals for the first time ever in Stockholm. But being one of the most successful nations in the contest since the semis were introduced, they’re not giving up. Instead it seems that they are formulating plans ...
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Quince (kidoni in Greek) is a popular fruit for making jam, jelly, or preserves since it is too tart to eat raw and is high in pectin, a natural thickener.... The post Quince: The Fruit that Started the Trojan War appeared first on The National Herald.
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Panathinaikos improved its record in the Greek Basket League to 4 – 1 after beating Doxa Lefkadas 73 – 46 on the road with a comfort that is shown in... The post Couldn’t get more comfortable for Panathinaikos in Lefkada appeared first on The National Herald.
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Olympiacos managed to overcome the resistance posed by Aris Thessaloniki in the unfriendly atmosphere of “Nick Galis Hall” arena, winning 70 – 63 and staying undefeated in the Greek Basket... The post Spanoulis and Birch keep Olympiacos safe vs Aris appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders are holding U.N.-mediated talks in an effort to end the four-decade-long stalemate that has kept their island divided. U.N. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon opened the week long talks with words of encouragement for the task ...
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On the foreign policy front, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited GREECE on Nov. 2. He met with his colleague Nikos Kotzias as well as with ...
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Want to take your mind off that looming election anxiety? We’ve got just the thing. Today’s casting notices include several lead, supporting, and day playing roles in an independently produced new series, “Greek Honey.” Plus, we’ve got three more ...
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The US government and financial institutions created a staggering 1-4 unit mortgage credit bubble starting in 1995 with Clinton’s National Homeownership Strategy, a 100-point action plan that put as its overarching goal achieving an “all-time high ...
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GREEK shipowners control a total of 4,136 vessels, up from 4,017 ships a year earlier – i.e. an annual increase of 119 ships or almost 3 percent.
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Brussels (AFP) - Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, in a move likely to anger Athens and the IMF, warned Monday it would be impossible to draw up fresh debt relief for Greece by year's end. Eurozone ministers ...
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A Hellenic Air Force F-16 jet fighter and C-130 military transport aircraft. As Greece continues to fight the effects of a lasting economic recession, its defense industry is looking to partner with foreign nations — such as the United States — to stay ...
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First, there was Grexit, the term given to the possibility of Greece leaving the European Union. Then there was Brexit, for the British vote to leave the bloc. One enterprising strategist even came
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Right before the bazaar ended, I had to leave to go to a memorial luncheon for Ken's bridge partner who was GREEK. What a feast! I was in food ...
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Carlton Yaito is a master of combining fashion with art. A rare skill these days when so many designers are simply out to create on-trend and ...
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In euro area news, GREEK bonds found a bid after the European Commission's economic affairs chief, Pierre Moscovici, labelled recent talks between ...
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Preparing for the Greek Pastry sale The ladies of St George Greek Orthodox Church bake pastries on Wednesday in preparation for the Greek Pastry Sale. Check out this story on greenvilleonline.com: http://grnol.co/2fazVgY
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The handing-over ceremonies took place at ministry’s in Greece on Monday following a long-awaited government reshuffle that took place on Friday afternoon. Digital Policy, Media and Telecommunications Former state minister Nikos Pappas on Monday took over the Telecommunications and Post portfolio from Christos Spirtzis to add to his newly-formed ministry. On his part, Spirtzis kept […]
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7 November 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon offered his “full support” to the talks between the Greek Cypriot leader and the Turkish Cypriot leader, concentrated on the chapter of territory, as well as other outstanding issues ...
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Ernst & Young estimates tax evasion in Greece at between 6 to 9 percent of GDP on an annual basis, a figure it cites and analyzes in a recent report. According to the international professional services firm, the primary reasons for the exorbitant figure ...
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The tourism industries in Greece, Egypt and Turkey could be getting back on track, according to the WTM Industry Report 2016 released today (Monday 7 November) at World Travel Market London. More than 2,000 buyers and exhibitors were polled for the report ...
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If you’re looking for a crowd pleaser that’s easy but impressive, this Greek Roasted Chicken recipe is just what you need. Cooking a whole chicken in a Dutch oven keeps it juicy and packs in the flavor. Serve with rice or couscous. Preheat oven to 375°F.
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A joint British-Greek study by the Imperial College of London (ICL), published in the “European Respiratory Journal,” studied respiratory-related deaths in Greece during the years of the economic crisis and found that there had been a decline.
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Austria, Macedonia, Serbia, and other countries coordinated the imposition in February of border restrictions that largely shut down what was then the main migrant route into Europe, causing a logjam in Greece before the deal with Turkey. After hundreds of ...
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Eurozone finance ministers said they could not give a commitment on significant debt relief for Greece before next year’s German elections. Germany’s Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble led the bloc of ministers opposed to debt relief for Greece ...
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Sahar, who already referees matches in the Berlin league in the sixth tier of German soccer, has his hopes pinned on officiating at the highest level. Syria's devastating civil war forced him to flee with his wife Loubana via Lebanon in October 2015. The couple had to get there first, however, undertaking the perilous journey from Turkey and across the Aegean Sea toward Greece, the first frontier for most migrants seeking to reach the EU. Before that, a visa stamp on Sahar's passport from Oman had raised a few eyebrows among German police before he explained he had travelled to the Arabian sultanate to referee an under-14 tournament. Soccer is the national sport in Germany so that may have eased his entry into the country. Sahar got in touch with the Berlin football federation and was given three games to referee as a test in the Landesliga Berlin, a level below the Berlin-Liga. Sahar works as a swimming instructor in a local school in Berlin, while juggling German language lessons, referee training and parental duties with Loubana for their son Nidal, born in Berlin not long after the couple's arrival in the German capital on Dec. 3, 2015. The change just adds to the daily challenges. Besides training, parenting, working and learning German - they still have to get a new kitchen installed - Sahar keeps looking on the bright side.
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His cousin, who he calls maybe his closest friend, was killed while Jackson was in Greece with the USA under-19 team. His dad—Clarence Jones was his stepdad, technically, but Jackson knew him as Dad—died while Jackson was in Las Vegas at a tournament.
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EU Moscovici: Good progress in GREECE. Mon 7 Nov 2016 18:05:51 GMT. Author: Greg Michalowski | Category: News. Author: Greg Michalowski.
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ATHENS Nov 7 Greece's bank rescue fund failed to finalise its stance on board changes at National Bank (NBG) on Monday and will regroup to decide on Tuesday, an official at the fund said. Under its third international bailout, Greece agreed to 'de ...
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“I call on all interested parties – especially the guarantor powers Greece, Turkey and the United Kingdom – as well as the wider international community, to support the leaders in their efforts to finally overcome the division of their island,” he adde
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“Winter is coming” has become an anxious refrain among asylum seekers living in tented refugee camps across Greece, that offer no shelter from damp and cold. Ali, a 25-year-old father of three very young children from Afghanistan, including a 6-year ...
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Greece's tourism sector appears to be reaping the rewards from a period of relative political stability as well as attracting many travelers who had shied ...
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Two men in silhouettes walk on the roof of the new restoration GREEK ... St. Andrew and has long been revered by both GREEK and Turkish Cypriots.
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Greece needs to make as much progress as possible on reforms so that the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) participation in the programme can be decided before the end of the year, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said as he arrived for Monday’s Eurogroup meeting in Brussels. He also noted that medium-term measures for Greece’s debt could […]
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Arriving for a Eurogroup meeting on Monday, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici announced that he will visit Athens before the end of November, in order to “ensure that we have success in our collective discussions” to conclude the second review of the Greek bailout program. Moscovici went on to express hope […]
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The man, aged 40, was in Greece in August 2015, when his life changed forever after being moved by the scenes he witnessed. Rather than return home to Kiesen, he talked it over with his wife, deciding to resign from his job and help out with the situation. The jury of the award was impressed […]
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The move by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to cleanse his cabinet of hard-left ministers has prompted a surge in market confidence, with bonds soaring to three-month highs on Monday morning, The Guardian says. After the reshuffle, in which Tsipras got rid ...
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek riot police have fired tear gas to disperse dozens of students who threw petrol bombs and rocks during a protest in Athens.
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Greece is reporting a 23% rise in forward bookings for next summer. It says the latest 2017 booking figures, up to September, show packages are selling particularly well, up 28% year-on-year, while self-catering bookings are up by 19%. Data released at ...
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Trident gun fishing is only for the bold; we follow one young hunter on the path to catch the smartest prey in the sea My friend Danai keeps all her fishing supplies in one corner of her beach house. There are things like flippers, snorkels, and masks; a ...
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[medieval peasant]Shutterstock Life for the medieval peasant was certainly no picnic. His life was shadowed by fear of famine, disease and bursts of warfare. His diet and personal hygiene left much to be desired. But despite his reputation as a miserable wretch, you might envy him one thing: his vacations. Plowing and harvesting were backbreaking toil, but the peasant enjoyed anywhere from eight weeks to half the year off. The Church, mindful of how to keep a population from rebelling, enforced frequent mandatory holidays. Weddings, wakes, and births might mean a week off quaffing ale to celebrate, and when wandering jugglers or sporting events came to town, the peasant expected time off for entertainment. There were labor-free Sundays, and when the plowing and harvesting seasons were over, the peasant got time to rest, too. In fact, economist Juliet Shor found that during periods of particularly high wages, such as 14th-century England, peasants might put in no more than 150 days a year. As for the modern American worker? After a year on the job, she gets an average of eight vacation days annually. A HISTORY OF DWINDLING VACATION DAYS It wasn't supposed to turn out this way: John Maynard Keynes, one of the founders of modern economics, made a famous prediction that by 2030, advanced societies would be wealthy enough that leisure time, rather than work, would characterize national lifestyles. So far, that forecast is not looking good. What happened? Some cite the victory of the modern eight-hour a day, 40-hour workweek over the punishing 70 or 80 hours a 19th century worker spent toiling as proof that we're moving in the right direction. But Americans have long since kissed the 40-hour workweek goodbye, and Shor's examination of work patterns reveals that the 19th century was an aberration in the history of human labor. When workers fought for the eight-hour workday, they weren't trying to get something radical and new, but rather to restore what their ancestors had enjoyed before industrial capitalists and the electric light bulb came on the scene. [Medieval peasant meal]ShutterstockGo back 200, 300, or 400 years and you find that most people did not work very long hours at all. In addition to relaxing during long holidays, the medieval peasant took his sweet time eating meals, and the day often included time for an afternoon snooze. "The tempo of life was slow, even leisurely; the pace of work relaxed," notes Shor. "Our ancestors may not have been rich, but they had an abundance of leisure." Fast-forward to the 21st century, and the US is the only advanced country with no national vacation policy whatsoever. Many American workers must keep on working through public holidays, and vacation days often go unused. Even when we finally carve out a holiday, many of us answer emails and "check in" whether we're camping with the kids or trying to kick back on the beach. Some blame the American worker for not taking what is her due. But in a period of consistently high unemployment, job insecurity and weak labor unions, employees may feel no choice but to accept the conditions set by the culture and the individual employer. In a world of "at will" employment, where the work contract can be terminated at any time, it's not easy to raise objections. It's true that the New Deal brought back some of the conditions that farm workers and artisans from the Middle Ages took for granted, but since the 1980s things have gone steadily downhill. With secure long-term employment slipping away, people jump from job to job, so seniority no longer offers the benefits of additional days off. The rising trend of hourly and part-time work, stoked by the Great Recession, means that for many, the idea of a guaranteed vacation is a dim memory. THE CONSEQUENCES OF CONSTANTLY WORKING Ironically, this cult of endless toil doesn't really help the bottom line. Study after study shows that overworking reduces productivity. On the other hand, performance increases after a vacation, and workers come back with restored energy and focus. The longer the vacation, the more relaxed and energized people feel upon returning to the office. Economic crises give austerity-minded politicians excuses to talk of decreasing time off, increasing the retirement age and cutting into social insurance programs and safety nets that were supposed to allow us a fate better than working until we drop. In Europe, where workers average 25 to 30 days off per year, politicians like French President Francois Hollande and former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras have sent signals that the culture of longer vacations is coming to an end. But the belief that shorter vacations bring economic gains doesn't appear to add up. [manufacturing workers napping in factory]ShutterstockAccording to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) the Greeks, who face a horrible economy, work more hours than any other Europeans. In Germany, an economic powerhouse, workers rank second to last in number of hours worked. Despite more time off, German workers are the eighth most productive in Europe, while the long-toiling Greeks rank 24 out of 25 in productivity. Beyond burnout, vanishing vacations make our relationships with families and friends suffer. Our health is deteriorating: depression and higher risk of death are among the outcomes for our no-vacation nation. Some forward-thinking people have tried to reverse this trend, like progressive economist Robert Reich, who has argued in favor of a mandatory three weeks off for all American workers. Congressman Alan Grayson proposed the Paid Vacation Act of 2009, but alas, the bill didn't even make it to the floor of Congress. Speaking of Congress, its members seem to be the only people in America getting as much down time as the medieval peasant. In recent years, they've gotten upward of 239 days in vacation time. NOW WATCH: Here's why we should just scrap daylight-saving time already
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The Pappas Post is the personal news and blog site of Gregory C. Pappas and includes curated news of interest to Greeks and those who love Greece, as well as the personal blog posts from Gregory Pappas' personal and professional experiences. The Pappas ...
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The Pappas Post is the personal news and blog site of Gregory C. Pappas and includes curated news of interest to Greeks and those who love Greece, as well as the personal blog posts from Gregory Pappas' personal and professional experiences. The Pappas ...
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Even 2,500 years later, the tensions that were clear in Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek society show up in democratic governance
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She said she watched news footage of the thousands of Syrians passing through GREECE on their way to central Europe. “I can make people laugh and ...
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BRUSSELS, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The euro zone cannot set the details of medium-term debt relief for GREECE now because they will depend on what ...
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The French-Greek Chamber of Commerce and Industry will hold a conference on Wednesday titled “GREECE-France: Prospects, Proposals for a ...
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Euro-area finance ministers signaled they may not give a commitment on significant debt relief for GREECE before next year's German elections, ...
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Stylianos Pattakos, the last surviving leader of the 21 April 1967 coup that imposed a seven-year military dictatorship in Greece, died from a stroke in his Athens home on October 8, one month before his 104th birthday. Brigadier-General Pattakos was one ...
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Greece's tourism sector appears to be reaping the rewards from a period of political stability as well as absorbing many travelers who have opted against holidaying in other Mediterranean hotspots following ...
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SYRIZA's aim is to operate as the backbone of the new social and political alliance that will get the country out of the crisis and of the memorandum, ...
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