How the world sees Greece
“The government, following a storm of anti-labor measures that have crushed the whole of GREEK society, now gives its last hit to working class, pensioners and the unemployed, with a bill that has as a pre-requisite the abolition of our right to strike,” the General Confederation of GREEK Workers said in a ...
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Greek Parliament approved a multibill including prior actions agreed with the countrys international lenders in exchange for fresh bailout funds as part of the ongoing adjustmen
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Greek Parliament approved a multibill including prior actions agreed with the countrys international lenders in exchange for fresh bailout funds as part of the ongoing adjustmen
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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2 has jolted Athens, but there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Seismologists at the Institute of Geodynamics in Athens said the quake that struck at 10:24 p.m. (2024GMT) Monday was centered ...
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ATHENS—Greece’s parliament voted on dozens of fiscal, labor and energy reforms late Monday, as the government seeks to wrap up the current review of its bailout program, leaving just one inspection before the end of the country’s bailout regime after ...
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OAK HARBOR - One backpacking trip through a Mediterranean country was spurred by love — first of a college student, then by an anxious parent. The year was 1986 and Tim Turinsky of Oak Harbor had been invited to join his girlfriend, a fellow student at the University of Cincinnati, on a sabbatical in ...
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AN earthquake has struck the island of GREECE tonight - with the impact felt in its capital city Athens. 0. By Paul Harper / Published 15th January 2018. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 4.4 magnitude quake struck 51 km (30 miles) south-southeast of Patras. Many residents and tourists reported feeling ...
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As lawmakers voted to approve more painful GREEK austerity measures, protestors clashed with police on the streets. Source: Associated Press. New Zealand. NCEA student results for 2017 are now live and available online. 10:47am. share. Source: NZN, 1 NEWS. Almost 168,000 NCEA students are ...
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Thank you for publishing the letter by Fr. Basil Papanikolaou- “A Different Kind of Abuse in the Greek Orthodox Church” that appeared in the Jan. […] The post Letter to the Editor: On Widowed Priests and Marriage appeared first on The National Herald.
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Athens. Greek police fired teargas at protesters outside Parliament in Athens on Monday, as lawmakers voted on a new set of bailout measures prescribed by the country’s international lenders in exchange for fresh bailout loans, Eathimerini writes.
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A moderate earthquake (σεισμός) with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 has struck Greece, centered just northeast of the capital Athens, seismologists and residents say. Shaking has been felt widely across the capital. (more) The earthquake, which ...
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ATHENS (Reuters) - An earthquake that rattled Greece on Monday night was felt in the capital Athens, a Reuters reporter said. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 4.4 magnitude quake struck 51 km (30 miles) south-southeast of Patras. (Reporting by Renee ...
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GREECE ranks rock bottom among 100 countries around the world in the future orientation of its government, and is the only Western European economy to be classified as "emerging" in terms of readiness to participate in the fourth industrial revolution, according to a report by the World Economic Forum.
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The state is speeding up the process for the integrated use and upgrading of the key transport infrastructures in northern GREECE, as sell-off fund TAIPED is aiming to quickly wrap up the privatization of Thessaloniki Port Authority (OLTH) by mid-March, as well as to enter the second stage of the tender for ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (LOCAL 33) (FOX 44) - The President's Task Force on LSU GREEK Life is set to meet on Tuesday in the LSU Student Union. Ernie Ballard III, Media Relations Director for LSU said, on January 16, at 4:30 p.m., the President's Task Force on GREEK Life will meet in International Room ...
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Greece's supermarket sector posted an increase in turnover in 2017, albeit small, marking the first annual rise since 2010, according to a survey conducted by Nielsen. The market research firm found that supermarkets posted a 1.6 percent increase in turnover compared to 2016, although this is largely ...
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A petrol bomb thrown by protesters explodes behind riot police during a rally outside the GREEK Parliament in Athens, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. GREEK lawmakers, eying the end of eight years of bailout programs, approved more painful austerity measures late Monday, as strikes and mass protests brought ...
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The online rental property platform brought an inflow of 770,000 guests into GREECE in 2016 and helped to accommodate 35,000 refugees in private ... GREECE is not the only country to start regulating the sharing economy due to accusations of tax evasion being leveled at both online platforms and ...
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ATHENS - Strikes and protests hit GREECE on Monday as parliament adopted controversial reforms demanded by the country's creditors, including curbs on industrial action. Over 6,000 people demonstrated in the capital in protests against the reforms, police said. Some protesters threw paint and pieces ...
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GREECE is due to receive another €6bn from its existing €86bn bailout deal in late January, for which the Troika (that is the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European finance commission, and the European Central Bank (ECB)) has mandated “reforms” as a condition to releasing the funds.
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Greek lawmakers on Monday approved an omnibus package of labour, energy and fiscal reforms needed to wrap up the penultimate review of its €86bn bailout, as police clashed with leftwing demonstrators outside the parliament building. The protests were ...
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As Greece gears up to approve medical marijuana program, many are hoping the foreign investment in legal weed can help dig the country out of its financial problems. Greece’s economy has been in a downward trend for the past several years. The country ...
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ATHENS (Sputnik) - Police used tear gas on Monday in clashes with protesters near the building of the GREEK parliament in the capital, Athens, the national AMNA news agency reported. Some 10,000 demonstrators gathered outside the Parliament to protest against the adoption of a package of laws on ...
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GREECE, Cyprus and Israel are the United States' three most dependable allies in the Eastern Mediterranean and form the front line of defense for significant American interests, at a time when relations between Washington and Turkey are particularly tense, says American Hellenic Institute (AHI) ...
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GREECE erupts: Chaos in Athens as demonstrators clash with police. Greek protestor spraying police with paint th1an1/Twitter. Protestors sprayed officers with red paint. The leftist-led government is also considering reforms which would limit the rights of workers to strike. The Greek economy was plunged ...
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Greek lawmakers on Monday night passed a series of controversial economic reforms amid strikes and protests in the capital, Athens. After hours of debate, lawmakers eventually backed the so-called omnibus bill with 154 voting in favor and 141 against.
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ATHENS -Greek-American and Jewish American representatives paid a visit to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday as part of their biennial visit to Greece, Israel, […] The post Greek-American, Jewish American Leaders Visit Greek President, Premier appeared first on The National Herald.
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Thousands of transport workers in Greece struck on Monday of this week against the left wing Syriza government’s plans to bring in harsh new anti-union laws. Workers on the Athens metro, trams and buses, as well as airport baggage handlers joined the strike.
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Qatar Airways is the first airline to ever fly the state-of-the-art Airbus A350 to Greece. The airline temporarily upgraded its current triple-daily service to Athens to an ultra-modern A350 on Monday (January 15), with the arrival of the flight greeted by ...
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ATHENS, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- GREEKS hit the streets here again on Monday to protest austerity as Members of Parliament (MPs) were due to vote on the latest omnibus bill legislating on dozens of prior actions required by the country's international creditors to conclude the third program review.
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After January 22, the question of the implementation of medium-term relief measures is expected to be put into effect just after the end of the GREEK programme. It appears that, either the IMF keeps funding the programme or not, the above-mentioned measures will be implemented as this has been ...
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ATHENS, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Greece’s parliament approved a bill for fiscal, energy and labour reforms prescribed by the country’s international lenders in exchange for fresh bailout funds. The draft legislation was approved by a majority of lawmakers in ...
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… visiting delegation on foreign issues Greece is working on now, including … and Albania. He added that Greece was committed to improving relations … paramount. Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos meets with visiting representatives of Greek American …
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Like most children of immigrants, I grew up speaking a half-and-half combination of languages. My Dad was the only immigrant in his family to become fluent in English; aside from him, I had an entirely and only Greek-speaking side. The other side of my ...
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Mikis Theodorakis' answer to Blagoj Nacoski's open letter to the Greek composer
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It is no secret that if it was not for tourism, the Greek economy would be in even worse shape than it is today. Greek tourism has been experiencing a boom which is getting bigger as the financial crisis evolves. Greece has been experiencing a tourism boom ...
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Greece has suspended the asylum granted to a Turkish helicopter pilot who fled his country after the failed coup. But his case is far from over, says Nikos Alivizatos, a law professor at the University of Athens. Athens has revoked asylum for the officer ...
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Sandy is not your typical dog. He was abandoned by his owner in Greece early on as pup, presumably because of his special condition – his bowed legs – that made it difficult for him to move around and standing up-right seem like a distant dream.
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Sandy is not your typical dog. He was abandoned by his owner in Greece early on as pup, presumably because of his special condition – his bowed legs – that made it difficult for him to move around and standing up-right seem like a distant dream.
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ATHENS – Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will be in Vancouver on Tuesday to participate in the Vancouver Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Security and Stability […] The post FM Kotzias in Vancouver for Μeeting on Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula appeared first on The National Herald.
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Winter is a great time to curl up with a good book. No need to feel cabin fever when Greek writers can transport the reader […] The post Poetry, History, Myths to Add to Your Reading List appeared first on The National Herald.
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A new application created by a Greek entrepreneur gives visitors the chance to have 3D virtual tours of archaeological sites and see them the way they were in ancient times. According to a Lifo magazine report, Mihalis Kokkinos founded Moptil in 2015, a ...
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Athenians were without public transport Monday and services nationwide faced disruptions as Greek labour unions went on strike to protest further creditor-demanded austerity measures due to be voted on in Parliament. The new reforms include tougher ...
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… by air traffic controllers in Greece taking place from noon until …
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VANCOUVER—A Greek shipping firm accused of operating a vessel that spilled thousands of litres of fuel into Vancouver’s English Bay will be prosecuted regardless of whether it participates in the legal proceedings. A decision filed Friday in British ...
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The Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) has announced a new partnership with Polish sportswear brand 4F. The deal will see the company produce kit for Greek athletes competing at next month’s Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, which is ...
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The foreign minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Dimitrov, has said that the use of the term ‘Macedonia’ is not the exclusive privilege of Greece. In comments aired by local television station TV21 Dimitrov said the term should ...
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A new bill tabled in the GREEK parliament on Monday could allow casinos to lend money to reliable customers to gamble. In an omnibus bill being voted on today amid strikes and protests, there is a provision which will enable casinos to lend over 50,000 euros to select customers to continue playing if ...
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MELBOURNE—Canadian Denis Shapovalov advanced to the second round of the Australian Open with a 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over GREECE'S Stefanos Tsitsipas on Monday. It's the first main-draw win at the Australian Open for the 18-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont. Shapovalov won 57 per cent of ...
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Amman, Jan. 15 (Petra)- His Majesty King Abdullah II will take part on Tuesday in a trilateral summit held in the Cypriot capital, Nicosia, along with Cyprus President, Nicos Anastasiades, and Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras. The summit talks will ...
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