How the world sees Greece
A retired Greek bishop has denounced the four cardinals who made public their questions about Amoris Laetitia, accusing them of heresy and scandal. Bishop Fragkisko Papamanolis, the retired Bishop of Syros and president of the Greek bishops’ conference ...
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A 43-year-old suspect on trial for laundering money in the Energa-Hellas Power scandal has escaped house arrest after removing the electronic tag.
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In late November, the venerable pumpkin pie appears in our minds no less than do the sugar plums heralding the arrival of the Christmas season.
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While GREEK doctors pursue their futures abroad, the GREEK National Health System (ESY) is buckling due to the shortage of medical staff. According to ...
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A 63 pct of GREEK resondents said they wanted to become businessmen, a 36 pct said they were convinced they had the abilities to set up a business, ...
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Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Tuesday blamed the Greek Cypriot side for the collapse of the talks in Switzerland as the United Nations reaffirmed their support for the process and urged the sides to continue towards reaching a settlement this year.
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Greece’s wholesale turnover index grew 3.2 pct in the third quarter of 2016, compared with the same period last year, falling 5.8 pct from second quarter of 2016, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Tuesday. The statistics service, in a report, said ...
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HE Chief of Staff Air Vice Marshal Ghanim bin Shaheen Al Ghanim yesterday met with Greek defence attache in Doha, Colonel Antonios Vasileiou, on the occasion of the end of his tenure in Qatar. Air Vice Marshal Ghanim Al Ghanim expressed his appreciation of ...
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[Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, left, speaks with Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, right, next to Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide, 2nd right, and Elizabeth Spehar, Deputy to the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Cyprus, 2nd left, during the Cyprus Talks, in Mont Pelerin, Switzerland Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)]NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The leader of the breakaway Turkish side says he's hopeful a deal reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus can still be achieved this year, despite a failure to agree on how much territory Greek and Turkish Cypriots will control in an envisioned federation.
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Concordia, the global institution enabling public-private partnerships to resolve world issues, announced its first European Summit to be held in Athens, Greece, 5-6 June 2017.
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As a student of ancient Greek theater, I was amused by Donald Trump's weekend tweet-storm over what he called "harassment" of Mike Pence. The cause of the supposed outrage was a brief speech addressed to the vice president-elect following a performance ...
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A new round of talks between Greece's government and international creditors paused Tuesday, with Athens accusing bailout hardliners of proposing tough new cuts that would be a "social disaster."
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Wine has been made in GREECE for thousands of years, and modern Greek wines are outstanding. Hippocrates, Plato, Homer and Aristotle all wrote ...
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Greek Alternate Minister of Finance Giorgos Houliarakis submitted the ambitious budget for 2017 on Monday, which is scheduled to be voted upon in ...
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When Air Force One took off from the Athens airport on November 15, it left behind a sad but grateful city and country. How grateful can be seen from a... The post Greeks View US Favorably Again appeared first on The National Herald.
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Rufo was speaking at a two-day conference “Digi.travel” organised by Travel Media Applications. More specifically, users searching for holidays in Greece rose 13 percent in 2016 compared to the previous year, with Rhodes, Santorini and Mykonos at the ...
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An extraordinary meeting of euro zone’s biggest economies with the International Monetary Fund to discuss the Greek debt will take place on Friday, according to German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung. The report says that the meeting will be held in ...
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asked Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to meet and discuss Cyprus’ guarantees system, which remains among the most complex issues within the ongoing negotiations, during recent calls to Ankara, ANA-MPA government ...
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U.S. President Barack Obama visited Greece shortly before the end of his term. His personal photographer, Pete Souza, was there to capture his every step. Souza follows the president wherever he goes since the day he became the official White House ...
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[tough mudder]REUTERS/Jessica Rinald There's nothing inherently terrible about turning 30, for all its bad press. You can still be fun and adventurous and spontaneous. So if you haven't accomplished everything on the list below by the time you hit the big 3-0, don't panic. But let's be real: The older you get, the more likely it is that you'll have met The One, started a family, bought your own place, and moved into a management role at your company. Meaning there will be less opportunity to do things like run a Tough Mudder. Again, it won't be impossible — just harder. To help you figure out how to best take advantage of your 20s, we checked out a bunch of Quora threads and found some potentially life-changing experiences to put on your bucket list. Read on, get inspired, and most importantly, start checking things off. 1. LIVING IN A BIG CITY Quora user Dylin Redling says he moved to Manhattan when he was 24 and then to San Francisco when he was 26. "They were the two best moves I ever made," he says. "I highly recommend living in a city with a lot of diversity where you can meet people from all over the world." If you've never made a move like that before, we've got you covered with these roundups of everything you need to know before moving to New York City and San Francisco. 2. CHALLENGING YOURSELF PHYSICALLY "While you're young, train for and complete a marathon, a Tough Mudder, a triathlon, or something similar," Redling says. "It'll help you physically and mentally to push through boundaries and go for goals." As Bernie Michalik writes on 99U, training for a marathon teaches you some key life lessons, like the importance of tracking your efforts and results as you’re working toward a goal. These skills will help pave the way for your personal and professional success down the line. 3. LEARNING TO MEDITATE Redling recommends starting a meditation practice as a way to manage stress. He writes: "You're going to experience A LOT of stress over your lifetime, so it's best to learn how to effectively deal with it as soon as possible. One of, if not, the best ways is through meditation. Take a class, read a book, or do some research on the basics, and make it part of your life." You might want to explore mindfulness meditation, which involves focusing on the intake and outtake of breath. If you find that this type of meditation helps you stay calm and focused, it’s a practice you can use whenever and wherever. 4. ONLINE DATING If you're in your 20s and single, there's little harm in creating a profile on OKCupid, Tinder, or any of the dating sites out there. As Elarie Mashi writes, "There's nothing to lose if you try, [but] who knows what you might gain?" In other words, you might be momentarily embarrassed about logging on, but you could potentially find your soulmate. Up your chances of finding that person by setting up your profile according to science. That means you _shouldn't_ post revealing photos and you _should_ describe both your own personality and what you're looking for in an ideal partner. [couple kissing]REUTERS/Jessica Rinald 5. FALLING IN LOVE Becoming totally enamored with someone is intimidating — what if your feelings are unrequited? What if the relationship doesn’t work out in the long run? Let yourself fall for them anyway. "Any number of breakups or separations cannot take away the joy and the experience of being in love," writes Mragank Yadav. "It’s all worth it." 6. FAILING Yadav says it’s important that 20-somethings learn how to fail, and more importantly, how to get back up again: "Failing comes naturally. Rising up again is something that needs to be [inculcated]." Take a tip from now super-successful figures, like Paul Allen and Oprah Winfrey, all of whom learned from multiple professional failures. 7. TRAVELING ALONE Now's the time to pack up and head somewhere solo, especially if you don't yet have kids or a mortgage. "It will prove to be one of the most useful tool[s] in later stages of life to clear your mind, get away from stuff, or just to see the world for what it truly is," Yadav says. Ready to go? We put together a list of the 30 best places to travel alone, including Costa Rica, where you can stroll through the Cloud Forest, and the Greek Isles, where you can idle on the beach. 8. STARTING A BUSINESS George Everitt recommends devoting one year in your 20s to pursuing a business idea. "It will probably fail," he writes, "but you will learn so much more than if you had taken that time in a corporate job." And don’t worry too much about roadblocks, like not having a business degree and not wanting to invest thousands of dollars. Danny Marguiles launched an online course without an MBA and with just $100. Later that year, he was earning $30,000 a month. [coding javascript]REUTERS/Jessica Rinald 9. LEARNING TO CODE "Computers are here to stay," Everitt says, "and learning at least one programming language helps you understand so much about how the modern world works." Pro tip: These eight in-demand programming languages are the ones to have on your resume in 2016. 10. STARTING A BLOG Josh Fraser says writing is one of the most important and underrated life skills. You can hone that skill by starting a blog — about food, sports, relationships, or simply being a 20-something. "As with most things," Fraser says, "the best way to improve is to just start doing it." 11. LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE "You get a really good edge in some countries of the world if you know the native languages," writes Sankalpa Patil. "I would suggest either of German, French, Japanese, Russian." Whatever tongue you try to master, it could be easier than you think. Take a tip from Gabriel Wyner, who achieved fluency in four languages in a few years through the use of strategies like spaced repetition. Or, you could use the free Google Chrome extension that replicates the experience of language immersion by translating random words from whatever you're reading to the foreign language. 12. ROCKING OUT AT A CONCERT BY YOUR FAVORITE BAND That's a tip from Emily Hunt. The tickets might be pricey, but certain artists might not be touring as often in years to come, so take advantage of their popularity now. 13. TAKING A COOKING CLASS Have you ever truly figured out how to cook?" asks Sachin Shubham. As in, maybe you can feed yourself with spaghetti and omelets, but what would you serve at a fancy dinner party? Sign up for a course and learn at least one dish so you can impress guests with your culinary expertise. NOW WATCH: TONY ROBBINS: What you need to do in your 20s to be more successful in your 30s
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GREEK government prepared draft budget 2017 with 2% surplus, which exceeds the requirement by the program for economic stabilization and ...
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Wearable mementos from a life fully lived in Athens and New York, via London and Gstaad, among other locations, are going on sale in the GREEK ...
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In northwest GREECE near the Albanian border, the postcard-pretty town of Kastoria sits on a peninsula surrounded by a lake. For more than 2,000 ...
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The Greek authorities on Tuesday inaugurated an upgraded hosting center at Ritsona, a suburb of Chalkida, 80 km north of Athens, pledging to step up efforts to provide more aid to thousands of refugees stranded in Greece, especially as temperatures begin ...
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Greece's foreign ministry referred questions to the shipping ministry, which was not immediately available to comment. The Cypriot government said its authorities had not approved the docking of any Russian tankers carrying jet fuel bound for Syria.
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ATHENS Greece will continue talks with international creditors on fiscal and labor reforms, aiming to wrap up the second review of its bailout program by early next month ahead of a euro zone finance ministers' meeting, government officials said on Tuesday.
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The online supermarket sector is still at a premature stage in Greece, a survey by ELTRUN, the e-commerce and business laboratory of the Economic ...
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A press release from the GREEK prime minister's press office said that the two leaders emphasised the importance of bilateral relations for the benefit of ...
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The coordinator of GREEK Affairs has been removed from her position after a post she made following the presidential election last week was shared ...
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke on the telephone with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Tuesday, at the latter’s request. A press release from the Greek prime minister’s press office said that the two leaders emphasized the importance of bilateral relations for the benefit of both the Greek and Albanian peoples, as well as […]
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan repeated a statement he first made over a month ago, saying that the Lausanne Treaty is subject to negotiation. The 1923 Lausanne Treaty delineates the borders between Turkey and Greece. Turkish pro-government news website A Haber published new statements by the Turkish president. “What would happen if Turkey stays away from […]
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Greek banks have resumed T-bill transactions in the interbank market after a long period of exclusion, a Kathimerini newspaper report says. According to the report, bank executives say that lenders have recently completed transactions worth 4-5 billion euros in the repos market, using as collateral Greek treasury bills and other securities. Until recently, T-bills were […]
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The first pilot smart parking and smart lighting systems will be installed in Chalkida, central Greece, in the next few days, the mayor Christos Pagonis said. “We have bought the equipment and we will be ready by January 20,” Pagonis said stressing the importance of energy saving. “Right now there is a waste of energy,” […]
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It was picked up tremendously," she said. The tower, which stands at 2.5 metres tall, is set to be decorated with 8,000 white crocheted laurels, which have been made by people across Melbourne and Greece. Ms Despoteris particularly wanted to thank the ...
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The Budget 2017 submitted by the Greek government to the Parliament will bring another tsunami in indirect taxes that will sweep across the pockets of people, whether they are full, contain one euro, a few cents or just holes. Aim is a surplus of 3.6 billion euro. 2,5 billion euros […]
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Russian tankers have smuggled jet fuel to Syria through European Union waters, bolstering military supplies to a war-torn country where Moscow is ...
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Istanbul, 22 November - Slovenia will play in group A of the preliminary stage of the 2017 EuroBasket, alongside GREECE, France, Finland, Iceland and ...
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annika breidthardt European Commission spokeswoman Annika Breidthardt on Tuesday expressed her satisfaction over the progress made in the ...
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Speaking at the first open conference of the Confederation of Greek Businessmen's Tourist Accommodations, held on the sidelines of the Expo Hotel ...
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… project On November 18, 2016, Greece approved Eldorado Gold’s (EGO … Skouries gold mine in northern Greece. The development of this project … copper deposit located in northern Greece. It will operate as an …
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Both Greek and Turkish Cypriots have said they want their homeland united. It’s time to ask why there's such a lack of political will to reunite the island of Cyprus, says DW's Spiros Moskovou.
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The latest talks between the Greek government and the representatives of the institutions on the second bailout review, which concluded at 5:30am on Tuesday, did not result in an agreement between the two sides. As the representatives leave Athens, to ...
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Deputy Education Minister Kostas Zouraris said that there should be more mosques built for refugees who will stay in Greece. Zouraris, a native of Thessaloniki, gave an interview to the city’s North 98 radio where he expressed the view that even though ...
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[Russian military jets are seen at Hmeymim air base in Syria, June 18, 2016. REUTERS/Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry via Reuters/File Photo ]Thomson Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Russian tankers have smuggled jet fuel to Syria through EU waters, bolstering military supplies to a war-torn country where Moscow is carrying out air strikes in support of the government, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. At least two Russian-flagged ships made deliveries - which contravene EU sanctions - via Cyprus, an intelligence source with a European Union government told Reuters. There was a sharp increase in shipments in October, said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. A separate shipping source familiar with the movements of the Russian-flagged vessels said the ships visited Cypriot and Greek ports before delivering fuel to Syria. The Russian defense and transport ministries did not respond to requests for comment. A spokeswoman for EU foreign affairs and security policy said the implementation of EU restrictions lay with member states. "We trust that competent authorities are complying with their obligation to ensure respect of the restrictive measures in place and to pursue any circumvention attempts," she added. Greece's foreign ministry declined to comment. The Cypriot government said its authorities had not approved the docking of any Russian tankers carrying jet fuel bound for Syria. "We would welcome any information that may be provided to us on any activity that contravenes U.N. or EU restrictive measures," the Cypriot foreign ministry added. Syria's civil war, which began in 2011, has become a theater for competing global powers, with Russia and Iran supporting President Bashar al-Assad, and the United States, Gulf Arab and European powers backing rebels who want to depose him. Russia changed the course of the conflict in favor of Assad's government last year when it intervened with air strikes. Moscow says it targets only Islamic State militants and other jihadist fighters. EU Council Regulation 1323/2014, introduced two years ago, bans any supply of jet fuel to Syria from the EU territories, whether or not the fuel originated in the European Union. Over one two-week period in October, Russian tankers delivered 20,000 metric tonnes of jet fuel to Syria - worth around $9 million at today's world prices - via the European Union, according to the EU government intelligence source. "The jet fuel shipments from these vessels have played a vital role in maintaining Russian air strikes in the region," said the source. "This points to a sustained Russian build-up of resources needed to support their military operation and ambitions in Syria." Some of the shipped fuel also went to the Syrian military, helping to "keep Assad's air assets operational", the source added. The shipping source and a third person, an intelligence consultant specializing in the Mediterranean area, also said the fuel was likely intended for Russian and Syrian military use. [RUSSIAN FLAGGED OIL TANKER]THOMSON REUTERS TRANSPONDERS OFF Publicly available ship-tracking data confirms that at least two Russian tankers, the Yaz and Mukhalatka, made one trip each between September and October, stopping in Greece and Limassol in Cyprus. In Greece, the Yaz stopped at Agioi Theodoroi port but it is unclear where the Mukhalatka stopped. From Cyprus, they sailed towards Syria and Lebanon. Their tracking transponders were switched off near the coasts of those countries, according to the data. The EU intelligence source said the Mukhalatka went on to deliver jet fuel to Syria, while the other two sources said the Yaz almost certainly carried fuel to the country. All the people declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter. It was unclear where the fuel might have originated. Alexander Yaroshenko, general director of the owner of the Yaz and Mukhalatka ships, St Petersburg-based Transpetrochart, declined to comment when asked by Reuters about the shipments. Transpetrochart asked for written questions, which were supplied, but did not provide an immediate response. Transpetrochart says on its website that it was founded in 2002 and specializes in shipping crude oil, fuel oil, diesel oil, gasoline and other oil products. It operates seven oil tankers. The intelligence consultant said the Yaz was investigated by Greek authorities for possible EU sanctions violations during its stay in the port of Agioi Theodoroi in September, but that it was allowed to leave bound for Turkey. The Greek coastguard service said in September that it had investigated the Yaz for possible breaches of EU regulations regarding Syria and had pressed charges against the ship's captain. A spokesman did not give further details about the investigation when contacted by Reuters. One coastguard official said separately the captain was charged and released pending trial. The EU government intelligence source said Russia was also using ships flying the flags of other countries to carry jet fuel to Syria. Reuters was unable to corroborate that allegation with other sources, or with ship-tracking data. (Additional reporting by Michele Kambas and Renee Maltezou in Athens and Maria Tsvetkova in Moscow; Editing by Pravin Char) NOW WATCH: This hidden iPhone feature will boost your reception
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IN Sun Tzu’s epoch masterpiece, The Art of War, there are many timeless gems. But those of us who studied his writings, more than likely, would agree that the following sums up his most acute underlying operational military analysis: “If you know the ...
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BRUSSELS， Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Frontex， the European Border and Coast Guard Agency， will begin collecting personal data of persons suspected of people smuggling， terrorism and other cross-border crimes in Greece， the agency said Tuesday.
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BERLIN Nov 22 The finance ministers of Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands plan to meet in Berlin on Friday with officials from the International Monetary Fund to discuss Greece's debt crisis, Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported.
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Continued liberalization of Greece’s energy sector, as per memorandum provisions, and especially the natural gas market and the future framework for NOME electricity auctions, dominated negotiations between creditors and the relevant minister through ...
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Today, that number has been reduced by approximately 370,000, a figure cited during a press conference held Tuesday by board members of the Union of Greek Civil Servants (ADEDY), in view of the 24-hour general strike to take place on Thursday, November 24.
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