How the world sees Greece
Greek tennis player Konstantinos Mikos has been slammed with a lifetime ban by the Tennis Integrity Unit. The 25-year-old has been found guilty of committing four offences of the sports Anti-Corruption programme. According to an investigation conducted by ...
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BRUSSELS — Euro zone governments will consider medium-term debt relief for Greece as promised in a statement in May 2016 once Athens implements the reforms it agreed to earlier this week, a euro zone official said on Thursday. Euro zone deputy finance ...
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Aiming to promote Greece in the U.S. tourism market, the 1st “Greek Panorama” exhibition will take place on May 12-13 at the Grand Central Terminal in the Vanderbilt Hall, in Manhattan, New York. The exhibition will be attended by Greek expatriates ...
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T here was white smoke,” said Euclid Tsakalotos, GREECE'S finance minister, as he emerged from another long night of talks with international lenders ...
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Turkeish Foreign Ministry warns of rift in relations with Greece after a Greek court rejected also Ankara’s second request for the extradition of eight soldiers, who fled to the neighboring country after the failed coup of July 2016. Challenging the court decision, Ankara claims that the decision of the Greek judiciary was “taken with political … The post Turkish FM warns of rift in relations with Greece after court rejects extradition of 8 Turkish soldiers appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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The Euro Working Group in Brussels was concluded at 17:40 with institutions welcoming the preliminary agreement and saying that the Eurogroup would then approve the disbursement of the next loan tranche once Greece completes the prerequisites. In a joint statement, Greece’s creditors said: “The EWG assessed the second evaluation of the Greek ESM program. The […]
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The weekend is almost here! So what should you do? See a musical with the music of ABBA, go to a cultural festival or celebrate Cinco de Mayo with food trucks and free concert outside? You can do all three this weekend in Durham. And an added bonus — all ...
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GREECE (GREK) has made significant progress reducing its macroeconomic imbalances since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008–2009. The fiscal ...
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Economic activity in GREECE (GREK) has long been subdued, especially if we compare it to its European peers such as Italy (EWI), Ireland (EIRL), ...
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This year, the fourth Fright Nights film festival is coming to cities across GREECE, and will pay special tribute to sci-fi thrillers. “The Invisible Man,” “The ...
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The Duke of Edinburgh’s retirement is a reminder of the contradictions in the idea of ‘modern monarchy’ One of many peculiarities of Britain’s constitutional arrangements is the habit of calling the wife of a king the Queen, while the husband of the Queen is not king. If Philip Mountbatten, scion of Greek and Danish royalty, from the ancient House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, has ever felt short-changed by his matrimonial alliance with the House of Windsor, he has never let it show. Prince Philip turns 96 next month and he has maintained a formidable diary of official engagements long past the age at which Her Majesty’s subjects are entitled to a state pension. The Duke of Edinburgh (also the Earl of Merioneth, Baron Greenwich and Lord High Admiral) received generous tribute for the length of his public service on the announcement today of his retirement. His commitment to the work of a modern monarchy is beyond dispute, even to those who believe an institution defined by unearned powers cannot be modern. Continue reading...
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Brexit & Beyond: Europe in Flux is The Wall Street Journal’s round-up of news and analysis of how Brexit will affect global business, economies and finance. You can sign up here. MUST READS French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron posed for a selfie ...
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… run by the Church of Greece, in Athens. A walk around … against a backdrop of hanging Greek flags. (AP Photo/Thanassis …
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… measures are being readied for Greece, Germany's Finance Ministry … the implementation of reforms that Greece agreed to in return for …
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Francis brought back a dozen Muslim Syrian refugees with him when he went to Greece, while Trump has tried to impose a travel ban on people from a half-dozen mostly Muslim nations. U.S. bishops have praised the Trump administration for its abortion stance, but oppose Republican health care reform plans because of the impact on the poor. Trump, who campaigned on his plans to build a wall on the border with Mexico, shot back saying it was "disgraceful" for a religious leader to question someone's faith. [...] Francis has urged the U.S. and North Korea to step away from the brink and use negotiations and diplomacy to defuse tensions on the Korean peninsula. [...] he wrote an entire encyclical about the environment, and the moral imperative to save God's creation, denouncing how the wealthy had destroyed the planet at the expense of the poor.
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Greece (GREK) and its international creditors recently reached a preliminary deal for a crucial bailout payment in 2017. In return for the bailout, Greece’s government is expected to support its debt burden (BND) by carrying out additional reforms to ...
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When in the mid-20th century -after many generations- the Jewish people established a national center, its ontological identity was homonymous with the idea of diaspora, involving many local traditions, which asked for composition in the perspective of a new national state. The composition that emerged in the State of Israel had, of course, as a common denominator the Jewishness, both as religious and ethnic identity· but this composition was contributed by the extraordinary and profound knowledge of the Greek culture and civilization by the archetypal figure of Jewish statesman and thinker, David Ben-Gurion. The father of the Israeli state dealt very early with the Greek letters, through the study of Platonic philosophy and the great historians. However, unsatisfied with the translational attribution of classical works, he learned at a quite old age the Greek language in order to be able to read them from the prototype. Indeed, his knowledge of the Greek language had reached such a high level that he made critical remarks even on the attribution of classical works in the Modern Greek language. On March 9, 1960 David Ben-Gurion was awarded an honorary degree at a special convocation at Brandeis University. There, addressing an audience of 3.000 leading educators, diplomats and dignitaries, he delivered the principle address, speaking on the theme of “Science and Ethics: The Contribution of Greece, India and Israel”, where he noted that: “[…] We shall be doing violence to the truth if we say that the greatness of ancient Greece was restricted to the realms of beauty and intellect alone. In the writings of Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus, we find a profound aspiration for the good and the just. It would equally violate the truth to say that the greatness of ancient Israel was manifest only in the religious and ethical messages of its Prophets. The Books of the Bible are overflowing with sublime beauty and deep wisdom. It is true, however, that the center of gravity of Greek genius was in the realm of art and philosophy, as the center of gravity of Buddist teaching was fixed on freeing the individual from suffering and tribulations. With the Prophets of Israel the central theme was the supremacy of religious and moral consciousness”. On December of 1950 he decided to visit Greece. This was his first trip abroad since proclamation of the state of Israel nearly two years ago and it was announced as a private trip, because at that time the two countries did not maintain official diplomatic relations. In Athens, he visited a bookstore and asked for rare works of ancient Greek writers such as Iamblichus, Proclus and Eusebius. After this, he met with the then Prime Minister of Greece, Sophocles Venizelos, at his request, and having previously agreed that they would not talk about politics. Venizelos welcomed his counterpart with the Hebrew salutation “Shalom” and Ben-Gurion answered back with the Greek equivalent, “Ειρήνη”. We can say that David Ben-Gurion fits the verses that Constantine Cavafy wrote about the Hasmonean Kings Alexander and Alexandra: Good Jews, pure Jews, devoted Jews above all.But, as circumstances require,also skilled in speaking Greek,even on familiar terms with Greeks and Hellenized monarchs...This connection with the Greek spirit and language creates a sense of kinship, and for this reason we are pleased with the presentation here in Greece of the documentary “Ben-Gurion: Epilogue”, which features excerpts from a previously unseen interview of Israel’s founder. The creator of the documentary, the distinguished producer and director Yariv Mozer is already known to the Greek audience especially for his exceptional works Snails in the Rain and The Invisible Men. With these brief thoughts, I would like to greet you, wishing good luck to the organizers of the Israeli Film Week, an artistic event that helps the cultural understanding of the friendly Israeli people.
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Written by GreekBoston.com in Authentic Greek Food Recipes, Recipes for Greek Vegetable Dishes Comments Off on Recipe for Stragalia – Greek Style Toasted Chickpeas Toasted chickpeas make a delicious and satisfying snack. It’s also a nice addition to a ...
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A total of 90 migrants arrived on the GREEK Lesbos Island in the past 48 hours, while one more migrant reached the Chios Island, local media reported ...
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Mirror photographer known as John the GREEK dies after cancer battle, aged 61. John Alevroyiannis' was described by a close friend and colleague as ...
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By Lisa Radinovsky LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition award winners have been announced. The 2017 competition judged 600 olive […] The post Greek Winners at the Los Angeles Olive Oil Competition appeared first on The National Herald.
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As seen in the photo, Story Musgrave is an astronaut, having spent over 53 days in space. He also has earned himself 6 academic degrees. His first? Syracuse University. Langella is a Tony Award winning actor, best known for his role in the 2006 play Frost ...
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DISRUPTION seems to be the rule in politics as well as in business. Economic churn is promoting discontent with the status quo while technological innovation is making life easier for upstarts. The result is that long-established political parties such as France’s Socialists and Greece’s Pasok have crumbled, while insurgents have come from nowhere to form governments (in the case of Greece’s Syriza) or shake things up (like Italy’s Five Star Movement). Neither of France’s main parties has a candidate in the final round of the election on May 7th. In America Donald Trump has mounted a hostile takeover of the Republican Party. Yet in Britain the world’s oldest political party is marching to an easy victory in the general election. The country has endured a decade of stagnation and austerity. Its public services are strained to breaking point. The Brexit referendum delivered the biggest shock to the political establishment since Suez and divided Britain down the middle. Yet the only question that troubles psephologists is whether the Tories will get a “small” majority of 30 or so or a blowout of more than 100. Since Benjamin Disraeli pronounced that his...
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The UAE-GREECE Joint Ministerial Committee held its meeting on Thursday in Athens where a number of Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) ...
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GREECE failed to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest final for the first time ever last year and they could be in trouble again after Demy's second ...
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Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot politicians meeting at Ledra Palace under the auspices of the Slovak Embassy visited Lefka crossing on Wednesday, to inspect the work underway for the opening of the checkpoint. Lefka, a large mixed village in the Turkish ...
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ATHENS A Greek court on Thursday blocked a second extradition request by Turkey for the final two soldiers among a group of eight who fled to Greece following a failed coup attempt last year, drawing an angry rebuke from Ankara. The drawn-out case has ...
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While the crisis in GREECE no longer captures international headlines as it once did, the country's troubles never went away. GREECE remains the only ...
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04 May 2017 Greece has reached a deal with … the country's bailout, Greece has committed to lowering the … in 2020. In doing so, Greece has secured another EUR7.5bn …
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Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has encouraged Prime Minister Theresa May to push for a lengthy Brexit transition, arguing the EU "cannot deny" the UK. A prominent critic of the EU and its leadership, leftwing economist Varoufakis ...
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In crisis-stricken Greece, some GREEKS have come up with creative and innovative ways of securing food. In downtown Athens, activists are creating ...
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Starting next fall, lounges on South Campus will have different rules with regard to use and reservations — and will be outfitted with new furniture.
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BERLIN — Greece's international lenders are preparing possible debt relief measures for Athens for discussion by euro zone finance ministers, German business daily Handelsblatt reported on Thursday. The European Commission, the ESM euro zone rescue fund ...
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Turkey’s disputing of Cypriot giving licenses to international companies to drill for energy off the island has also upset Greece, one of the guarantors of […] The post Greece Upset Over Turkish Energy Research Move Off Cyprus appeared first on The National Herald.
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ATHENS – Greece’s biggest revenue producer – tourism – is expected to see another banner hear in how many come with one million more expected […] The post Greece Expects Another Million Tourists This Year, Another Record appeared first on The National Herald.
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By Dimitra Pontoporou The fact that the Greek state lacks at the moment the resources to support cultural actions could turn into an opportunity for […] The post Drilling Ideas for Greece’s Archaeological Attractions appeared first on The National Herald.
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ATHENS (ANA) – Greece and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed agreements on maritime and road transport and energy, as well as memorandums of understanding […] The post Greece, UAE Sign Deals on Maritime and Road Transport, Energy appeared first on The National Herald.
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By Aliz Koletas Maria Kamoulakou grew up reading Homer’s Iliad & Odyssey as her favorite bedtime story in Greece. Between that and her love of […] The post Q&A with Accomplished Greek Author of Children Books Maria Kamoulakou appeared first on The National Herald.
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GREECE'S international creditors – the European Commission, the European Stability Mechanism, the European Central Bank and the International ...
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Year-to-date, Greek stocks are among the best performing in the world (absent the currency-collapse-driven spikes in several troubled nations). The last few days have seen stocks spike further and today we get the 'rumor' that may have driven it as ...
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Greek authorities have rejected Turkey's new extradition bid for the last two of its eight servicemen who fled to Greece seeking asylum after last year's abortive military coup in Turkey. The Greek Supreme Court has already rejected an initial extradition ...
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And not a few seconds later, they push out a headline from Handelsblatt proclaiming that Greece's creditors are preparing debt relief measures.
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The Greeks are known for many things – the Acropolis, democracy and the gyro being just a few. But there is one Greek creation that is too often overlooked. That’s right – Greek wine! With a winemaking history going back at least 4000 years, the ...
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Turkey has slammed a Greek court decision to block a second extradition request for Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece after last year's failed coup, calling it a political decision that would impact relations. Turkey's foreign ministry said on Thursday ...
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Greece’s Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou took back an obstacle she had put forth herself in the investment of the former Athens airport at Elliniko, claiming that three buildings are of cultural value and should be preserved. The Ministry of Culture complaint was added to previous Forest Service objections that a part of the former airport […]
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An agreement reached between Greece and its creditors raised the possibility of a debt relief in the official sector and it is positive for the country’s credit rating, Moody’s said in a credit outlook analysis. The credit rating firm said the basic positive of the agreement is that it would likely lead to further debt […]
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Berkeley’s Hearst Greek Theatre doesn’t have a roof, but the mandolin, cello and bass trio of Chris Thile, Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer managed to blow it off nonetheless, a feat made all the more more impressive by their choice of Bach arrangements as the ...
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The Greek government will propose a law allowing unmarried adults to choose their sex for IDs and other official documents regardless of how they were registered at birth, a spokeswoman told AFP on Thursday. The government published a draft law this week ...
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ANKARA — Turkey on Thursday slammed a Greek court decision to block a second extradition request for Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece after last year's failed coup, calling it a political decision that would impact relations. Turkey's foreign ministry ...
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European parliament vice-president and head of SYRIZA fraction Dimitris Papadimoulis hit out at the chairman of EPP, Manfred Webber, who claimed the problem of Greece was the “communist Prime Minister.” “Weber is again completely out of step with the majority of the European Parliament as well as Jean-Claude Juncker and Valdis Dombrovskis, who also belong … The post EP Vice hits out at EPP Weber comment “Communist Prime Minister” of Greece appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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