The application process for companies wishing to participate in the OAED employment program, which provides for the subsidization of seasonal hotel businesses outside Attica and Thessaloniki for the preservation of jobs during the winter season, will be finalized on Friday 23 March. The right to submit ...
Welcome, 77 artists, 40 different points of Attica welcomes you by singing Erotokritos an epic romance written at 1713 by Vitsentzos Kornaros
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Sororities seek to change GREEK culture
But this year, sororities at Penn State and on other college campuses are being called on by their national conference to do more: Drive critical change in the GREEK community, as schools crack down on out-of-control drinking, hazing, and other unruly behavior at fraternities. The very preservation of the ...
Greek Doctors, Nurses Get Ready for 24-Hour Strike
Medical staff from Greek state hospitals will go on strike on Wednesday, angry at government hiring practices and a lack of money they claim have led to a shortfall in doctors. Members of the OENGE union will go on a 24-hour strike and hold a rally outside ...
Only Venezuela Lost More Money Than Greece in 2007-2017
Police fire tear gas at protesters in Venezuela (courtesy of Andrés E. Azpúrua, Wikicommons) Only crisis-hit Venezuela was ahead of Greece in terms of losing money in the ten years prior to 2017, new research claims. According to New World Wealth ...
Greek Doctors Needed in Saudi Arabia
Recession is the source of financial desperation for all Greek labor, but it is particularly harsh for medical professionals who spend almost a decade studying, only to see their wages dropping below those of a public service employee. When an opportunity ...
The recovery is visible in investment increase
Every day that goes by data shows that the Greek economy is recovering while we are moving towards the intensification of discussions on further alleviating Greek debt which is
NPLs problem needs changes in mentality, speed, justice system
Before it can become a properly functioning economy with credit expansion, GREECE needs a shift in its borrowing culture, in its justice system, in the speed at which rules and decisions are implemented, and in the legislation that was meant to protect those genuinely suffering from the crisis but has ...
Conquer Your GREEK & Mediterranean Food Cravings At These 3 Philadelphia Newcomers
So you're hungry—and you're ready for some GREEK and Mediterranean food. Good news: we've found three places that will satisfy your appetite. Here are the newest places to check out the next time you're in the mood for Mediterranean food.
Phi Beta Lambda prepares to launch 'GREEK Week' activities
“So basically it's GREEK Week,” Shaheen said. “It's a week full of different activities just to get more students involved and basically just a way to get our name out there since we're a new organization.” President of Phi Beta Lambda Zac Seymour shared the organization has planned for this week for ...
Nowak leaves Hearts for Greek top-tier
… Krystian Nowak to move to Greek top-flight side Panionios. The versatile …
How to combat the populism that gave us Brexit? Active citizenship
There’s no mystery to this. The failure of a nation begins with the abdication of responsibility to political leaders Citizenship is one of the most vexed issues in the human story. From the ancient Egyptians to modern times, who is deemed a citizen of this or that city or state has been at the core of what constitutes a human being with rights in this world. The first thing that is done in any colonial or imperial enterprise is to redefine the idea of the citizen. Usually the colonising power revises downward the citizenship content of the indigenes, and revises upward their own status. During the colonial enterprise, the indigene was no longer quite a citizen as citizenship then was determined from the centre of power, with the queen or king at its head. The indigenes were deemed to be living on the periphery. They were outsiders in their own land. This was true with the Romans in Britain, with the Greeks in Persia, with the Spaniards in Peru, and with the English in India and Africa. Continue reading...
Working Lunch at Meraki: This GREEK restaurant on Great Titchfield Street has a friendly ...
This new GREEK establishment is a stone's throw from the BBC in the media heartlands of Fitzrovia. Expect bare, wooden furnishings, big windows for people- watching, a bustling open kitchen and a rather incongruous table football game. WHAT'S THE DEAL? Three courses for £25 or four courses for ...
Statements of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Kotzias, following his meeting with UN Secretary General'sPersonal Envoy, Matthew Nimetz (Athens, 30 January 2018)
N. KOTZIAS: Mr. Nimetz and I had a very creative and productive meeting. I explained our proposal concerning the pact and I told him what it could and should contain. I told him what I think: where I find his proposals to be positive, which ones we could adopt, and where we have concerns. And where we do have concerns, I proposed alternative solutions and methods. I think that we need to work, in good faith, in this direction. Everything else I leave to those who chose to criticize without reason. JOURNALIST: Will you be seeing Mr. Dimitrov soon? N. KOTZIAS: I won’t see him now. I’ll see him when we have prepared our proposal. JOURNALIST: Does the other side know about the pact? Because, they have issued an announcement. N. KOTZIAS: The other side knows about the pact, but we are the ones preparing its content. We haven’t announced it yet. JOURNALIST: Will they be able to make proposals? N. KOTZIAS: Of course, this will be our proposal. They might ask to alter it completely, or they may have an alternative solution of their own, amendments. It isn’t a “take it or leave it,” proposal. It is, rather, a proposal for discussion, for dialogue, to facilitate the negotiations. JOURNALIST: Do we have any time frame for the pact? N. KOTZIAS: The faster the better. It needs a lot of work. It depends on whether the proposals they make are reasonable and can be accepted by the other side, or whether we need to start the whole discussion on the pact from the beginning. JOURNALIST: Will you have enough time? N. KOTZIAS: For what? JOURNALIST: For the time frame ... N. KOTZIAS: We don’t have a time frame. JOURNALIST: Is it something that can be continued with ... N. KOTZIAS: If we aren’t able to reach agreement, we will continue. We have said this, not in relation to third players, but for the purpose of reaching an agreement with countries like Albania or fYROM; not to get caught up in the Greek elections that are to be held in 2019, as you all know. JOURNALIST: What did Mr. Nimetz think of the pact? N. KOTZIAS: Mr. Nimetz is an extremely capable interlocutor and always finds our new proposals to be very interesting.
Greek banks continue on road to recovery
Greek banks are improving their liquidity quality of assets and profitability but are still far from full recover Standard amp Poors saysAccording to SampP analyst Reg
Kotzias speaks of a 'creative' talk after his Athens meeting with Nimetz
Greek FM Nikos Kotzias spoke to reporters after his Athens meeting with the UN envoy Matthew Nimetz who is being handling negotiations on the name issue between Athens and Skopje
The delimitation of maritime borders is in the best interest of both countries, Albanian MFA says
The Albanian Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs issued a press release today following the recent debates on the issue the delimitation of maritime borders with Greece as part
OPINION: Georgiou: a Greek injustice that's lingered for far too long
JOHANNESBURG - Ian Hacking opines that “The quiet statisticians have changed our world, not by discovering new facts or technical developments, but by changing the ways we reason, experiment and form our opinions.” This reasoning is consistent with ...
GREEK ban Zing!s
Submit your Zing! here. (Note: Zing!s on this blog are unedited for spelling, grammar and style.) Bill Montford is wasting our precious time and his God given political talent running for Mayor! MONTFORD FOR GOVENOR!, Who really is shocked by longtime friend and frequent golf partner, LPGA legend ...
GREEK Church Officially Backs Athens 'Macedonia' Rally
The GREEK Orthodox Church does not often change its mind, but in the case of Sunday's second rally over the use of 'Macedonia' in FYROM, it appears to have reconsidered its original position. After a meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ahead of the massive Thessaloniki rally earlier in January, ...
Cypriot children's 1974 journey into the unknown
As uncertainty gripped Cyprus in late 1974, hundreds of boys and girls were sent to a safer environment in Greece.
Greek national library begins 10-million euro move
Greece's national library on Tuesday said a 10-million-euro relocation to new facilities, designed by famed Italian architect Renzo Piano, had begun this month and is expected to take three months. The library of 700,000 volumes is relocating to the ...
Detroit’s Greektown Casino to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit for $140K
… ) reported that its lawsuit charged Greektown Casino LLC with unlawfully failing … stress-anxiety-related collapse on the job. Greektown denied the request and subsequently … consent decree settling the suit, Greektown will pay $140,000 to …
Who gets to use the name 'Macedonia'? A decades-old row still to be resolved
A giant rally in Thessaloniki and another in Athens show the strength of feeling in Greek Macedonia – and all over a country's name.
The Anguish of a Reporter: Four decades in Greek journalism
During Cyprus’ struggle for liberation from British colonial rule in the 1950’s , a five-year-old Greek-Cypriot boy had the insane audacity, accompanied by some friends, to take a pocket knife and cut off a British flag from its school flagpole.
What can you get for €195k in Greece, France, Italy, Spain and Castlebar?
In a village with a bakery and 12km from the medieval town of Terrasson, this marble-floored house measures 193sq m (2,077sq ft) and comes with 2,900sq m (31,215sq ft) of land. Inside is a kitchen, a living/diningroom with fireplace and glazed double doors ...
Greek-American Jim Bidzos Rings Nasdaq Opening Bell
NEW YORK – VeriSign founder, Executive Chairman, President and CEO Jim Bidzos rings Tuesday the Nasdaq Opening Bell, to celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary of […] The post Greek-American Jim Bidzos Rings Nasdaq Opening Bell appeared first on The National Herald.
Michael Psaros Honored at Three Hierarchs in Brooklyn (Vid & Pics)
BROOKLYN – Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church in Brooklyn honored the eminent businessman and philanthropist, Archon Ostiarion, Michael Psaros, with the Hellenic Heritage Award for […] The post Michael Psaros Honored at Three Hierarchs in Brooklyn (Vid & Pics) appeared first on The National Herald.
Report urges Greece to stick with 35% online gambling tax
A new government-commissioned study has suggested Greece stick with its controversial plan to impose a 35% tax on online gambling revenue. Last week, US consulting firm Grant Thornton delivered its report on Greece’s online gambling market, which the ...
Rivlin, GREEK PM lay foundation stone for Thessaloniki Holocaust Museum
President Reuven Rivlin joined GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday for a foundation stone-laying ceremony for a Holocaust museum in the GREEK city of Thessaloniki, which lost 97 percent of its Jewish community during the war. Rivlin and Tsipras symbolically planted two olive trees on the ...
American Hellenic, American Jewish Groups Hail Third Three-Country Leadership Mission
An 18-member delegation of leaders of the American Hellenic and American Jewish organizations completed a third, three-country Leadership Mission to Greece, Cyprus and Israel, to explore the major political, economic and security developments underway in the eastern Mediterranean and to advance the interests of the United States in the region. Meetings were held with more […] The post American Hellenic, American Jewish Groups Hail Third Three-Country Leadership Mission appeared first on Hellenic News of America.
Greece is second on Lost Wealth List for the decade 2007-2017
Greece comes second only to Venezuela on a recent list of countries that have seen their fortunes change dramatically in the decade from 2007 to 2017. The annual report for 2017 by South Africa-based research company New World Wealth found that Venezuela saw its wealth in US dollars shrink 48 percent in the 10-year period … The post Greece is second on Lost Wealth List for the decade 2007-2017 appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Hikes in mobile services although Greeks already pay the highest prices within OECD
As if we, Greeks, wouldn’t pay the highest charges for mobile phone services among the member states of the organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Now, one service provider will increase charges for sending MMS. and trust me, other soon will follow this hikes policy. A recent OECD report, revealed that Greek mobile phone users … The post Hikes in mobile services although Greeks already pay the highest prices within OECD appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Greece to abolish excise tax on wine after completion of third review
The government will abolish a duty on wine introduced in 2015 after the completion of the third program review, Agricultural Minister Vangelis Apostolou said at an event organized by the National Interprofessional Organization of Vine and Wine of Greece (EDOAE) in Athens. “After the completion of the third review we will abolish the excise tax … The post Greece to abolish excise tax on wine after completion of third review appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Israeli president visits Greek site of future Holocaust museum
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday announced the northern port city of Thessaloniki is to host a Holocaust museum, during a visit to the site with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. Greek shipping tycoon Stavros Niarchos and the German government ...
Krystian Nowak leaves Hearts for GREECE
Hearts have continued their January clear-out by allowing Krystian Nowak to move to Greek top-flight club Panionios. The versatile Pole made 25 appearances for the Jambos but only one since Craig Levein took charge in September. The 23-year-old follows Ashley Smith-Brown out of Tynecastle after ...
Krystian Nowak leaves Hearts to join GREEK side Panionios
Krystian Nowak has left Hearts and is expected to sign a two-and-a-half year contract with GREEK Superleague side Panionios. The Polish defender was told he could leave Tynecastle this month if he found a new club. He heads to Greece hoping for a fresh start after falling out of favour under Hearts ...
UN envoy urges Greece, Macedonia to solve name dispute
ATHENS, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- UN special envoy Matthew Nimetz, the mediator in the name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), on Tuesday urged the two sides to seize the momentum and settle the issue which divides them ...
Macedonia seizes large cannabis load amid trafficking spike
Customs officers in Macedonia say they have seized more than 300 kilograms of cannabis in a truck, hidden in pallets loaded with sacks of rice, at a border crossing with Greece.
Kalymnos: The Best Greek Island for Hanging Around
The Greek island of Kalymnos is considered one of the top climbing destinations in the world. It receives 10,000 climbers every year who normally spend about a week on the island. Since climbing is better enjoyed during cooler months, this also means that ...
Maritime Delimitation Agreement seems to have been reach between Albania and GREECE
According to the Greek media, an agreement for the maritime delimitation was reached between Albania and GREECE. The Greek Foreign Minister Kotzias in an interview for the Greek public television ERT stated that Albanian's government agreed to extend the Greek maritime border with 12 miles ...
Rivlin speaks against antisemitism in visit to GREECE
GREECE was the first among the several state visits that President Reuven Rivlin has lined up for 2018. Rivlin arrived in the country on Sunday night and has been using the private meetings with high-ranking personnel as well as the official events in Athens and Thessaloniki to speak out against GREECE'S ...
Victorian circus setting for Greek play Antigone
… legendary adaptation of the ancient Greek play, Antigone. The narrative of … same story as the original Greek tragedy. Yet the struggle between …
GOCO Spa, Retreat to open on Crete @GOCOHospitality
… Luxury Resort on the Greek island of Crete in April this year … sophisticated wellness experience to the Greek tourism offering,” said Ingo Schweder … team in creating what will Greece’s premier wellness hospitality destination …
Greek Foreign Minister Kotzias: There is no strict time frame for solution in name dispute with FYROM
Greek Minister expressed his reservations over name proposals
Greek, Israeli leaders attend foundation ceremony for Holocaust museum
ATHENS, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- "Never again," said Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and visiting Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday during the foundation ceremony for the construction of a Holocaust Museum in the city of Thessaloniki in northern ...
Greek Credit Card Lottery Offers €1M in Tax-Free Prizes
More than five million Greek taxpayers on Tuesday will be taking part in a lottery for December credit card transactions which will dispense €1 million ($1.2 million) to 1,000 lucky winners who will receive a €1,000 tax-free bonus each. It is the ...
Coast Guard Rescues Migrants Adrift off Greek Island
The Greek Coast Guard rescued 31 foreign nationals in the sea around the island of Samothrace on Monday. A rescue operation was mounted after a coast guard patrol vessel spotted a dinghy adrift east of the island with 31 people on board. The migrants were ...
JPMorgan Names 2 Co-Presidents Reporting to Greek-American Jamie Dimon
NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase says two of its top executives will share the role of president and chief operating officer of the financial […] The post JPMorgan Names 2 Co-Presidents Reporting to Greek-American Jamie Dimon appeared first on The National Herald.