How the world sees Greece
The extreme northeastern port of Alexandroupolis, near the land border with Turkey, and the small port of Elefsina, due west of Piraeus and located roughly the middle of Greece's most important industrial zone, are apparently attracting most of the ...
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Several Greek productions and events will help kick off the annual Athens & Epidaurus Festival held in the Greek capital this summer, with performances at the Olympia Theatre and Peiraios 260 centre. The festival programme opened on Monday this week with ...
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… , Greek Minister of Shipping and Insular Policy, Panagiotis Kouroumplis, said that Greece … not the only great Greek destinations and Greece needs to promote more … strategic growth locations. “In conclusion, Greece offers a very lucrative investment …
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Greece has sought to calm fears of a summer default as economists warned that uncertainty surrounding the country's debt pile had put it on course for a fourth bail-out. Athens failed to reach an agreement with its international creditors following hours ...
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The Big GREEK Festival returns to St. Andrew GREEK Orthodox Church, 1447 Sussex Turnpike in Randolph Township Friday, June 9 through Sunday, ...
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One GREEK government spokesperson said postponing the agreement last night was better than having a bad deal. The same spokesperson said in ...
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Defense Minister Panos Kammenos lashed out against Ankara on Tuesday over two air space violations by Turkish jets that occurred during a ...
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The IMF has argued that the Eurozone forecasts underpinning the GREEK bailout are too rosy and that the country, as a result, should get substantial ...
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The soaring of the GREEK-owned merchant fleet's numbers since 2010 confirms that the nation is consolidating its position at the top of the global ...
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Euro-area finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund are exploring a compromise plan for Greece’s bailout that would provide much-needed funds this summer while delaying sensitive talks on debt relief. Diplomats said the proposal, put forward ...
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Greece faces default if euro zone ministers and the IMF fail to reach an agreement over the next tranche of loans. It appears they have struck a compromise. Greece has to repay some $8.2 billion in maturing loans by a July deadline and required fresh cash ...
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Dr. George Patoulis is Mayor of the northern Athens district of Maroussi & also presides of Greece’s Central Union of Municipalities
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Multinational energy giants ExxonMobil and Total, in cooperation with Hellenic Petroleum (ELPE), will bid for 20,000 square kilometers of sea stretching from south of the Peloponnese to Greece’s southernmost island of Gavdos. The agreement has been made ...
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We share the call to do good. That was one of the strongest feelings we had from our recent trip to Greece with IsraAid. We were a group of nine rabbis and three Muslim leaders. The Jews and the Muslims did not know each other prior to our meeting in a ...
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Until Monday, every monthly Eurogroup since last autumn was branded as “crucial” by the Greek government. Other than crucial, every meeting of the euro zone finance ministers was considered the meeting where creditors would concede to the “hard negotiating strategy” of Athens. In every Eurogroup, lenders would offer more debt relief measures. Yet, after every […]
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Decisions taken by the eurozone finance minister at the Eurogroup on Monday were supposed to be from ‘good’ to ‘excellent’. What really happened was a long meeting that ended in suspending the meeting and postponing the decisions for three weeks later. Not only there was no decision on debt relief. Even the second review was … The post Eurogroup: Greece talks break down, when Schaeuble and IMF fail to bridge the gap appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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GREECE and the European Commission must conclude a new agreement on a bailout next month after talks failed this week, economic and financial ...
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An artist's restoration of what the last monitor lizard in Europe might have looked like. A new fossil reveals this group survived in GREECE less than a ...
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… in security in Afghanistan and Greece. In Greece, he operated his own … , he arrived in Charleston from Greece as the Senate’s assistant … to Gazette-Mail. “I’m from Crete, Greece, a small island, about 700 …
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… sovereign debt crisis of 2007-8. Greece has been forced to increase … opposition to any progress on #Greece, Schäuble continues to be a … , which have exhausted the country. Greeks, from children to pensioners, have …
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… , was interviewed by the Greek newspaper Kathimerini. He spoke about the Hellenes … of the Greek-Turkish crisis, there is a danger that Greece will be … the only daily Greek-language newspaper outside the borders of Greece. K: What …
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BISHOP DEMETRIOS OF MOKISSOS WARMLY GREETED BY CONGREGATION AS HE OFFICIATED AT THE VESPER SERVICE AND DIVINE LITURGY. PARISH WILL HOST METROPOLIS OF CHICAGO 2017 CLERGY LAITY ASSEMBLY MILWAUKEE, WI: Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos, Chancellor of the Greek ...
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In-depth research by an international team of scholars of two roughly 7.2-million-old pre-human fossils discovered in Bulgaria and Greece demonstrates that the split of the human lineage occurred in the Balkans, and not in Africa, as conventionally thought.
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Greek government bond yields rose sharply and banking stocks fell on Tuesday after euro zone finance ministers failed to agree debt relief for Greece with the International Monetary Fund and did not release new loans to Athens. Greece had hoped for clarity ...
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MANCHESTER, England — A night highly anticipated by Ariana Grande fans ended in blood and terror after police said a suicide bomber detonated explosives at […] The post Ariana Grande, a Pop Idol of Greek Heritage appeared first on The National Herald.
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Luxury travel network Virtuoso, using its data warehouse of more than $39.7 billion in transactions, named the top choices for U.S. travelers during the upcoming […] The post Virtuoso Names 10 Top Places for Summer Travel – Greece Among Top Romantic Spots appeared first on The National Herald.
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Syracuse, N.Y. - Empire Brewing Company is making Evzone, a special ale for St. Sophia's Greek Cultural Festival. It's a pairing the festival organizers and Empire's staff have talked about for years. In the past, though, the festival served Mythos, a ...
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A Greece woman whose shaken-baby murder conviction was overturned will be retried for the child's death. State Supreme Court Justice Judith Sinclair Tuesday morning denying a motion by Rene Bailey's attorney to dismiss the charges ...
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Mr. President,Ladies and Gentlemen MPs,Distinguished Guests,Ninety-eight years have passed since 19 May 1919.Since the day, that is, when the plan for the extermination of the Pontic Greeks was set in motion, in an endless death march, a "flowing Auschwitz," as professor Polychronis Enepekidis calls it.By 1924, the land of the Pontus had become the scene of an atrocity: 815 villages were ploughed under, 1,134 churches were destroyed, 960 schools were demolished, 353,000 Pontic Greeks were exterminated, while more than 400,000 had fled to Greece, leaving behind them a 3,000-year-old culture, ancestral lands, churches, cemeteries and schools, taking with them only their memories and the pain in their hearts:«Επήεν να δεαβαίν' ο νους ιμ'. Εκλίστα κά' κι εφίλεσα τό χώμαν καί τα χορτάρεα. Εσ'κώθα έφυγα και οπίσ' άλλο 'κι ετέρεσα. Τά δάκρεα μ' ετσουρώθαν και η καρδία μ' πολλά αιματώθεν.» (I almost lost my mind. I bent to kiss the soil and grass. I stood and left, not looking back. My tears ran dry and my heart bled profusely.) (refugee from the Pontus)«Την πατρίδα μ’ έχασα, έκλαψα και πόνεσα. Λύουμαι κι αροθυμώ, ν’ ανασπάλω κι επορώ». (I lost my homeland, wept and ached. I sob and reminisce, I can't forget.)The Pontic Greek's arrival in the New Homelands was the beginning of a difficult but creative course for Pontic Hellenism. They settled mainly in the prefectures of Drama, Kilkis, Kavala, Xanthi, Kozani, Preveza and in the urban centres of Athens, Piraeus and Thessaloniki, where they began a struggle for survival while at the same time trying to preserve their Pontian culture, music, language, customs and traditions.Their first years in the new homeland were certainly not the happiest of times. The mass arrival of thousands of refugees caused a shock, resulting in their being met initially with distrust. Their very 'Greekness' was disputed, and the Pontic Greeks said, bitterly:«Πατρίδα μ αραεύω σε αμόν καταραμένος. Σα ξένα είμαι Έλληνας και σην Ελλάδαν ξένος». (Homeland, I search for you as one cursed. In foreign lands I am a Greek, and in Greece I am a foreigner.)Despite the great difficulties, the Pontians, through hard work, will and strength of heart, in time managed to integrate themselves into Greek society and to contribute significantly to Greece's growth and progress on an economic, cultural and social level.At the end of 1922, the the country's economy had virtually crumbled and production had fallen to very low levels. With the introduction of new crops and the implementation of new techniques, the situation was turned around completely: Ten years later, arable land had increased by 55% and agricultural income had doubled. The refugees' contribution in the light and heavy industry sectors was equally beneficial. New branches of industry were developed (e.g. silk, ceramics, coppersmithing, silversmithing and tanning), and many new industries were established between 1923 and 1930. During the same time, the country's foreign trade transactions almost doubled. The refugees also made a huge intellectual contribution. Scientists and intellectuals from the Pontus shone in Greek letters.Dear Colleagues,Genocide means systematic extermination, whole or partial, of a national, ethnic or religious group. It is a distinct crime that is not a function of war. The perpetrator of genocide exterminates a group not for something they have done, but for who they are. In the case of the Pontic Greeks, because they were Greeks and Christians.And while the genocide of the Jews at the hands of the Nazi regime was recognized immediately not only by the international community, but also by chancellor Willy Brandt, who fell to his knees at the monument to the Warsaw Ghetto victims, acknowledgement of the Pontic genocide came in what were vacillating steps, and only in recent years has significant progress been made in creating global awareness of the genocide of the Anatolian Greeks.In a unanimous resolution, which entered into law (Law 2193/1994), the Hellenic Parliament established 19 May as a Day of Remembrance of the Genocide of the Greeks in Asia Minor Pontus.This recognition, despite the seventy-year delay, morally vindicated Pontic Hellenism and connected modern Hellenism with its historical memory. Cyprus also recognized the Pontian genocide in a House of Representatives resolution of 19 May 1994; Sweden's Parliament did so on 11 March 2010; Armenia in March 2015, together with recognition of the Assyrian genocide; Denmark – also recognizing the genocides of the Assyrians and Armenians – on 9 April 2015. The U.S. and Australia have also recognized the Pontian genocide.But a very special moment for the global academic, scientific and research community was the resolution of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) recognising the genocides of the Armenians, Assyrians, and Pontian and Anatolian Greeks. The resolution was passed on 16 December 2007, by a majority of 83%.But images of extermination and violence are not gone from contemporary reality. The Orthodox Christian population – along with other populations, of course – in conflict zones needs our help and attention. Our country can be proud of the compassion and altruism that it continues to show and that is evidence of modern Greeks' connection with their historical memory.Our history, the history of Hellenism, is first and foremost a history of survival and distinction, contribution and responsibility, but also courage and national unity in the face of threats and challenges.Dear Colleagues,19 May, particularly for the Pontians among us, brings back memories and is an opportunity to reflect on our duty to the victims of the genocide, our relatives and today's Pontians: It is our duty to know and honour our history, to continue, united, to struggle for the survival of historical memory, but free of prejudice against or intolerance for those responsible for the genocide.Last year, from this podium, I asked: Can other steps be taken?Steps were taken.One step is the creation of a Museum dedicated to Pontian and Anatolian Hellenism, in a space provided at the Municipality of Pavlos Melas, in Thessaloniki, together with the Museum of the National Resistance, as announced by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.At this point – and since there is a comprehensive perception of all of the genocides perpetrated in the 20th century – I would propose the Education Ministry's looking seriously at creating a file of all the genocides of the 20th century, including that of the Anatolian Greeks. Beyond the genocide-related activities and speeches that take place at schools, there could be a supporting archive on all of these things, and our children could, in a more organized manner, be taught this material in their history lessons.Ladies and Gentlemen,To promote the demands of the Pontian movement even more effectively, there needs to be unity.I was dismayed to see that, today and over the past few days, the Pontian Federations did not manage to hold joint, centralised events. I hope – and we must all work for this – that on the hundredth anniversary of the genocide of the Pontians, two years from now, that is, all of us Pontians will hold joint events.And the statements made here in Parliament do not help in that direction of course. Statements that very rightly refer to the Pan-Pontian Federation of Greece (POE) and to the World Council of Pontian Hellenism. But you cannot forget the Panhellenic Federation of Pontian Associations (POPS) or the Panhellenic Federation of Association of Greek-Pontian Repatriates (POSEP).Steps of unity need to be taken. We all need to contribute to the Pontian movement's steps of unity. This is our strength, after all. That we Pontians be united.Ladies and Gentlemen,The difficult task of bringing about the acceptance of the historical truth by our neighbouring country – acceptance that must necessarily be accompanied by forgiveness – should be undertaken by our societies themselves, in direct, fruitful and constructive dialogue, so that a sincere consideration of the issue rules out the possibility of similar heinous acts being perpetrated anywhere in the world.This dialogue, in combination with acknowledgement and eradication of the taboo on the Pontian genocide, will contribute to the dawning of a new era and, as Kostis Palamas wrote 100 years ago: "Our Earth is broad, and vaunted by all. Glory to he who first lifted his hand not menacingly, but to take his adversary's hand!"Ladies and Gentlemen,You will allow me, in closing, to borrow an extract from G. Kalpouzos' book "Serra - The Soul of the Pontus":* .... , I choose people irrespective of race,"*"If one puts this mindset above all else, ... doesn't one leave off dwelling on the wounds of the past and look ahead?"*"You look ahead when you don't forget where you come from. I agree with the new terminology, ... in those years, genocide was perpetrated on the Greeks of the Pontus and, before that, on the Armenians and, in other places, the Assyrians. These are crimes against humanity and they must be recorded as historical truth.If you use these truths to fuel hatred, it is better that your voice not be heard. That you should gag yourself.But you must not be silent if you are striving to unmask evil so that it is not repeated. ..."Thank you.
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JOINT COMMUNIQUÉThe 2nd Rhodes Informal Ministerial Conference for Security and Stability took place on the 22 and 23 of May 2017, under the theme “Living and Working together in Peace and Stability”. The participating Ministers of Foreign Affairs and High Officials from Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates as well as from the Gulf Cooperation Council and the League of Arab States, had the opportunity to reiterate their determination to promote, amid diverse security challenges for the Eastern Mediterranean, a positive agenda of cooperation for the benefit of their strategically, economically and culturally important neighbourhood, making it a safer place for its people to prosper. The participants, guided by the “Spirit of Rhodes“, as this emerged in 2016, at the 1st Rhodes Informal Ministerial Meeting and was ever since embraced and frequently invoked by states of the regionand other states, deepened their discussions at the 2nd Ministerial Meeting, on major issues of the Eastern Mediterranean. Their dialogue focused on developing joint initiatives, which will help restore the appropriate conditions for the stability and welfare of the region. The actions to be taken shall complement the work being done by international and regional organizations –such as the UN, the EU, the Arab Leagueand the Gulf Cooperation Council- and the efforts made within institutionalized structures of cooperation – such as the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Union of the Mediterranean.The participants addressed a broad spectrum of important issues in the Eastern Mediterranean, which due to their transnational nature, call for the joint action of regional actors. Namely, the discussions focused on three main thematic areas:1. “Common Challenges in our region” On migration, the participants acknowledged that the Eastern Mediterranean serves as a migratory route for a very large number of illegal migrants and refugees and agreed that it is imperative to address this phenomenon through an integrated approach and by making use of all tools provided for by foreign and security policies, including development assistance. At the same time, the participants agreed on the need to raise awareness among policy makers, law enforcement bodies and civil society with regard to human traffickingnetworks that take advantage of the massive migratory and refugee flows towards Europe and other countries of the region. Ontransnationalorganized crimeand drug trafficking, the participants recognized that regions in crisis serve as a breeding ground for such illicit activities threatening the economic, political and cultural development of local societies. In this respect, they stressed the fact that Da’esh and other terrorist groups, as defined by UNSC Resolutions,finances itself by exploiting this type of illicit networks. Regarding terrorism, the participants underlined the fact that its lethal action has taken a huge toll on human lives in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean, in Europe and beyond.Ongoing conflicts and increased radicalizationperpetuate the phenomenon. The participants agreed that special attention should be given to the stabilization of conflict-ridden areas’ once fighting is over. Special emphasis was placed by participants on religious tolerance and on preventing the radicalization of youth. The growing number of young and educated, albeit unemployed, people highlights the importance of providing equal opportunities for all to employment and thus to prosperity. Economic progress needs to be coupled with educational programs and initiatives that promote interreligious dialogue and civil solidarity. Once more the participants emphasized the need to adopt a collective and comprehensive approach to address this issue, including encouraging the exchange of students and professors, supporting the programs to develop the educational system in parallel with increasing the efficiency of the economic and technical assistance programs.2. “Education, Culture and Environment” The field of educationwas earmarked as a top priority of cooperation. Initial steps have been taken since the 1st Ministerial Conference, in view of establishing a university network for exchanging views and ideas as well as promoting contacts between youth and academia. The participants emphasized the role of culture in countering extremism and promoting religious and racial tolerance. The participants took stock of the environmental challenges with regard to the sensitive ecosystem of the Mediterranean region. The Mediterranean Sea was acknowledged as a unifying factor that largely contributes to the livelihood and welfare of the people. The participants identified the region as a major transit route for trade and an emerging energy producing center. Regarding maritime security in the strategically important Mediterranean Sea route, the participants agreed on the importance of freedom of navigation, and the protection of the sea environment. On energy, the participants highlightedthe positive prospects of new projects in the promising region of the Eastern Mediterranean that will secure energy supply and its diversification. Increasing the share of renewable energy sources in the “energy mix” will contribute to the alleviation of environmental pressures and the sustainable development of the region.3. “Enhancing security and stability” The participants agreed on the need to think and act jointly on a positive agenda, to promote deliberations that could result in the next generation of ideas and to facilitate the creation of conditions in which a stable security concept will prevail. In this respect, they discussed the perspective of bestowing the Rhodes Conference the character of a permanent dialogue forum, as a flexible, lean and «soft» instrument, with specific added value nonetheless. Its mission will be to channel common values rather than differences into joint and productive initiatives as a long-term investment for peace, security and stability in the region.As a general conclusion, the participants stressed theneed for respect of International Law, as a fundamental factor contributing to stability and security in international relations. Respect of International Law entails sovereign equality of states, inviolability of borders settled by Treaties, such as the Treaty of Lausanne,and abstention from interference in other states' internal affairs.-----With the certainty that current security challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean region call for concerted action, the participating countriesdecided toput together a working group composed of senior diplomats. The working group will study the international experience of security organisations such as the OSCE. It will also draw up a plan, in line with the UN resolutions and with the assistance of the regional organizations, in order to help tackle major challenges in the region, namely a) terrorism, b) authoritarianism in relations between states, c) ideological, religious, world view fanaticism and d) outside interference.The participants decided on a number of joint initiatives, namely:- To activatea Steering Committee by appointing a liaison at each of their Foreign Ministries, in order to facilitate coordination on all matters relevant to the Rhodes Conferences. The Steering Committee will form a network with the objective to promote the implementation of actionsagreed at Ministerial Conferences. The Committee will also plan thematic meetings in view of preparing the third meeting in Rhodes which will take place at the end of August 2018.- Topromote cooperation among foreign ministries' centres for analysis and among other competent ministries,with the aim of combating terrorism,extremism, organised crime anddrug trafficking networks.Lessons learned and best practices will be drawn by the HedayahCenter, the Muslim Council of Elders and the SawabCenter, in UAE, in dealing with, respectively, extremism, sectarian roots of conflicts and combating extremist propaganda via social media.The participants expressed deep appreciation of the role played by Al Azhar and the Egyptian Dar Al Ifta in countering extremists and terrorists narrative, including through their counter extremism observatories and by issuing edicts (fatwas) confronting extremists allegations and spreading moderate Islam messages. Participants acknowledged the potential contribution of specific NGO projects to de-radicalisation, as attested by the results of projects such as those pertaining to women empowerment in rural areas in Tunisia.- Todevelop a positive agenda on matters pertaining to the sea, and more specifically focusing on security, on the protection of maritime environment and on addressing water security. Moreover, to exploitrelevant innovative sectors that can impart momentum to the participating countries’ economies, including aquaculture, fish farming (pisciculture), coastal and cruise tourism and marine biotechnology.- To enhance and expand, as per Cyprus’ suggestion, existing bilateral cooperation schemes in the area of blue growth and blue economy including technical maritime education and training,bearing in mind the ongoing cooperation between the University of Nicosia and the Arab Academy of Sciences, Technology and Maritime Transport in Alexandria. Participants will promote the formation of a network of their institutes of marine/maritime training and research, in cooperation with the corresponding university departments –from biotechnology to shipping– for promotion of maritime/marine issues.- To explore further the idea of cooperation between national maritime search and rescue centres in the Eastern Mediterranean region focusing on the exchange of know-how and best practices in areas such as prevention and management of environmental disasters, safety of off-shore platforms and carrying out joint search rescue exercises.- To consider planning and carrying out a joint forum on migration. Its goal would be to analyse ways to deter human trafficking, trafficking in narcotics and weapons, as well as ways to combat organized crime, and especially criminal networks involved in migrant smuggling.- To continue work being done with regard to establishing a network of universities agreed at the 1st Rhodes Conference. Participants welcomed Lebanon’s willingness to take the lead in moving the process forward.- To design, with respect to education, intensive seminar programs for young researchers and post-graduate students of all participating countries covering a variety of relevant academic areas such as development, environment, counter-terrorism, religious tolerance, post-conflict reconstruction, civic education and democratic resilience. The location where these seminar programs will be held will be subject to rotation on a biannual basis.- Todevelop a more systematic cooperation on research activities with exchanges of pupils, students, educators and researchers, possibly with the aid of a small number of scholarships. In this context, the creation of a joint research programme for the Eastern Mediterranean region, its economy, societies and history could be examined.- To develop structured collaborations between national academies of science.- To promote synergies betweenregional and sub-regional cultural institute networks (i.e. EUNIC).- To facilitate the intensification of youth-to-youth contacts and exchanges between participants as means of promoting tolerance and mutual understanding and dispelling misconceptions and false stereotypes. In this context, participants took note of Cyprus’ proposal to host, with the help of the Youth Board of Cyprus in 2017, a Youth Forum.- To organize a meeting of ministers for international economic relations on any of the following three sectors of the economy: a) tourism, b) transport and c) an industry sector that involves new technology or existing capabilities, or both, as in the case of the pharmaceutical industry.- To elaborate a roadmap for encouraging cooperation among SMEs.- To hold in Athens a meeting of young diplomats of the participating countries, hosted by the Diplomatic Academy of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, focusing on exchanging views, on promoting mutual understanding and communication.- Τo intensify their collaboration in the culture sector, specifically in the areas of cinema and music. In that regard, the participants welcomed the announcement by Egypt of a special selection of films originating from participating states to the Rhodes Conference, which are to be projected in the framework of the upcoming Alexandria Film Festival, to be held 7-12 October 2017. They also welcomed the thematic round table discussion, which is also to take place during the aforementioned Festival, on how the film industry addresses current challenges such as migration.Finally, participants to the recently signed Convention on offenses related to cultural property of the Council of Europe, also open to non CoE members, invited the latter to sign the said Convention. It was decided that the next Rhodes Conference is to take place in the last week of June 2018.
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LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - One of the world's biggest bond investors, PIMCO, has been cutting its Greek government debt holdings and is unlikely to be interested in any new bond issue from the country, the firm's head of portfolio management in Germany ...
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Greek police say they have arrested two Albanian men in a border region for allegedly illegally harvesting herbs growing wild on the mountainside. A police statement Tuesday said the men aged 20 and 22 had gathered 16 kilos of ironwort, a herb used for a ...
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The Greek government has signaled its intentions to adopt a public private partnership model drive in order to improve critical port and air infrastructure required to help the country optimize its full potential as a destination of choice for global ...
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The Greek government on Tuesday appeared calm after its lenders failed to agree on debt relief for the crisis-hit nation, saying it was confident a deal could be brokered in the next three weeks. Athens's creditors, including euro zone lenders and the ...
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Greece has failed to secure a deal to unlock the next instalment of its multi-billion-dollar bailout after talks with eurozone finance ministers broke down. Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem said there was still a gap “between what could be done and ...
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Euro area finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund are exploring a compromise plan for Greece’s bailout that would provide much-needed funds this summer while delaying sensitive talks on debt relief. Diplomats said the proposal, put forward ...
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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stated that Russia is in talks with Greece and Bulgaria regarding an entry point to Turkey for the “Turkish Stream”, reports RIA Novosti. "We, within the framework of negotiations that are being conducted with a number of ...
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Revenue and tourist arrivals to Greece in the first quarter of the year have fallen below expectations, according to tentative data released on Monday by the Bank of Greece. According to the central bank’s figures, tourism receipts for the January-March ...
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… bailout funds that will let Greece repay 7.0 billion euros … eurozone on debt relief for Greece before it could accept joining … deadlock could be broken after Greek lawmakers last Thursday adopted a … commitment to debt relief that Greece will adopt at the end …
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… tourists going on holiday to Greece. Convenient direct regular flights operated … the rest on arrival to Greece. NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport (Tolmachevo) is … million passengers. Ellinair is a Greek air carrier based at the …
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… streets of central Athens in Greece yesterday, Wednesday, as the country … Wednesday, grounding scheduled flights across Greece. The Poesy journalists’ union organised … newspaper of Socialist Worker in Greece, by Stelios Michailidis and Kyriakos …
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I read how they would rather die in their own country (Syria) in an airstrike than die of cold and malnutrition (on one of the Greek islands),” said Rasha Al Riyami, one of the compassionate women, who is making efforts to visit the refugee camps in ...
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ATHENS/LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Greek government bond yields rose sharply and banking stocks fell on Tuesday after euro zone finance ministers failed to agree debt relief for Greece with the International Monetary Fund and did not release new loans to ...
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The euro area's finance ministers again failed to come to an agreement on debt relief for Greece. No surprise there. Hammering out the details would force them to accept an uncomfortable reality: Greece won't be ready to tap private debt markets for ...
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Greece has condemned a terrorist attack that took place Monday night at the Manchester Arena following an Ariana Grande concert killing 22 people and leaving at least 59 injured. “We firmly condemn the brutal terrorist attack that took place last night ...
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"What we want is to keep the rules"
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The healthy tastes of Greece!
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The spokesman said that a difference of opinion between the IMF and Berlin as regards the level of debt relief for GREECE and the size of primary ...
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The International Monetary Fund, European finance ministers, and Greek authorities have fallen short of securing more debt relief for Greece, according to EU officials. Greek parliament passes austerity cuts as Molotov-throwing protesters clash with police ...
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MANCHESTER, England – Saffie Rose Roussos was at the Ariana Grande concert last night when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device – killing at […] The post Greek-Cypriot Saffie Rose Roussos Among Victims of Manchester Suicide Bomb appeared first on The National Herald.
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