How the world sees Greece
Plans to legalize the growing of cannabis for medical use were submitted to GREECE'S parliament on Wednesday. Athens is fast-tracking the legislation after ministers attended a medical cannabis trade fair last month. The government last year authorized the import of several pharmaceutical products ...
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GREEK banks are placing emphasis on long-term debt settlements, particularly for mortgage loans, which under certain conditions would include forgiving part of the original amount owed. Senior sources from National Bank of Greece reveal that borrowers who face genuine problems in meeting their ...
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High property taxes and the difficulty in getting a mortgage loan resulted in a significant drop in Greek homeownership in 2016, according to Canadian ratings and surveying agency DBRS. Its European Home Ownership report, released on Wednesday, illustrated that GREECE still had a very high rate of ...
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Last Thursday evening at a town hall with the Greek community, 16 of the 19 eligible Greek organizations at FIU were reinstated and the announcement was made to ban alcohol for the rest of the semester. Zero tolerance is our new normal. Effective ...
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The Greek economy is expected to grow by 2.5 percent this year and in 2019, the European Commission said in its economic outlook estimates for the 2017-2018 period, released on Wednesday. The report said economic recovery was expected to strengthen in the ...
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For the eighth consecutive semester, grades for the fraternity, sorority and cooperative organizations have surpassed the all-undergraduate GPAs in the fall semester. The semesterly report of grades and accomplishments of the community were released on ...
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It’s the 1930s. There’s a depression. Things are grim. While history sent Franklin D. Roosevelt to the rescue, Wonderbound, Denver’s modern dance company, has decided to go with Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. In the company’s new production ...
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community outreach event displaying our Greek heritage and culture. We welcome our visitors with a genuine spirit of Orthodox Christian fellowship. The parish exhibits our Greek pride through delicious food, music, Greek Market, vendors, games, etc.
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Ramzy Baroud believes that the country’s growing alliance with Israel is not only a betrayal of the Palestinian cause but also spells new dangers for the whole region For a brief historical moment, Alexis Tsipras and his political party, Syriza, ignited ...
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Greek parents spend more time on social media than their children, a new study by the Greek Internet Security Center says. The study results were publicized on the occasion of the World Safer Internet Day, February 6. “We must necessarily be involved in ...
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A Greek football side from the island of Lesvos were winners both on and off the pitch in a recent game against a neighboring Turkish squad. Pallesviakos football club’s veteran team travelled to Ayvalik on Sunday for a friendly game against ...
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For a brief historical moment, Alexis Tsipras and his political party, Syriza, ignited hope that Greece could resurrect a long-dormant Leftist tide in Europe. A new Greece was being born out of the pangs of pain of economic austerity, imposed by the ...
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GREECE is the southeastern European gem that we all know and love for those sunny beach holidays, but it's also the perfect place for an exciting adventure motorcycling tour. The country is overflowing with glorious twisties, mountain roads with serious wow factor and gnarly off-roading opportunities, ...
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In news from Skopje, Macedonia's left-wing government renames Alexander the Great Airport to Skopje International in order to quell tensions with GREECE. Also, the main highway will now bear the name “Prijatelstvo,” which means friendship, as a gesture of peace toward the country's southern neighbor ...
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European Economic and Financial Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said that GREECE must become a "normal country" again, with full rights and ... what the supervision that GREECE will be after the programme," noted Moscovici, adding that his personal point of view has always been that GREECE ...
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After his ordination he served at Our Mother of Sorrows Parish in GREECE, St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Irondequoit, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Brockport and St. Lawrence Parish in GREECE. Although he had reached senior status in 2015, he continued to serve the GREECE parish until ...
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Positive outlook for 2018
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The year 2017 ended with a new historical record for Greek exports confirming the estimates of the PanHellenic Exporters AssociationDespite the unfavourable conditions that pr
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… All Star, known as the Greek Freak around the league, is … . Keep your eyes on the Greek-born, Nigerian-rooted superstar, this definitely won … 100 Continue reading Woah: The Greek Freak Jumps Over Opponent For …
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… a major corruption investigation in Greece as an "unprecedented plot … ;. Dimitris Avramopoulos is among 10 Greek politicians named by prosecutors in … ; Mr Avramopoulos, who belongs to Greece's conservative New Democracy …
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All the day’s economic and financial news, as shares rise in Europe after two days of heavy falls * Trump: stock market fall a “big mistake” * FTSE 100 opened 60 points higher * Analysts: Calm has returned * The agenda: Relief after US recovered last night * BUT... Dow Jones could fall almost 300 points * Asian shares rallied, then faltered * Sign up: All the business news you need 6.21pm GMT After their declines on Tuesday, European markets have taken their cue from the overnight rise on Wall Street and also the opening optimism in the US. The FTSE 100, which saw its biggest losses since the Brexit vote on Tuesday, has recovered more than half of the decline, and there was a similar picture elsewhere. Signs that Germany was putting its political differences aside also helped sentiment. The final scores showed: 5.29pm GMT Meanwhile, Greece is mulling pushing ahead with the sale of a seven-year euro benchmark bond - postponed on account of the sell-off - on Thursday, bankers say. Helena Smith reports from Athens: After years of exile, the debt-stricken county is keen to prove it can tap international markets again. The seven-year issue would be its boldest market foray yet, and was formally announced on Monday with trading expected to take place Tuesday. Instead, Greek finance officials took one look at the market rout and thought better of it. But depending on how the US markets perform, trade could begin Thursday bankers are now saying. Greece hopes to raise €3bn with the issue as part of efforts to build up a €19bn cash buffer that would allow the country to cover debt repayments independently when its third international bailout programme officially expires in August. Continue reading...
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CEO Gerogiannis says at least 50 new narrow-body jets required Aegean Airlines, the former island-hopper that’s expanded to replace defunct Greek flag-carrier Olympic Air, plans to order at least 50 new single-aisle jetliners in the next three or four weeks.
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NOTTINGHAM FOREST are close to signing Greek keeper Stefanos Kapino - just weeks after he was kicked out of owner Angelos Marinakis’s old club Olympiacos. Former international number one Kapino left his homeland when his contact was settled up early ...
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“IS GREEK LIFE Worth Saving?” asked a recent U.S. News & World Report article. It's a question others are asking since Indiana University became the seventh university to suspend the activities of its fraternities and sororities. Four deaths in a year attributed to the fraternity pledge process are a clear ...
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Greekcitytimes.com reports that GREEK American actor John Stamos and actress Caitlin McHugh, got married on the weekend at their home in Beverly Hills. According to the article, McHugh, 31, looked stunning in a strapless A-line gown with plenty of tulle. She wore her luscious locks swept to the side ...
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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America NEW YORK – The Holy and Sacred Synod of Ecumenical Patriarchate elected unanimously today the Very Reverend Archimandrite Nathanael Symeonides as Metropolitan of Chicago. Immediately following the election, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America stated: “I express my wholehearted congratulations on the election of Very Reverend Archimandrite Nathanael Symeonides as Metropolitan […] The post Archimandrite Nathanael Symeonides Elected Metropolitan of Chicago appeared first on Hellenic News of America.
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MARBLEHEAD, MA – Helen Thomas Macheras passed away peacefully on January 31 at the Lafayette Nursing Home in Marblehead, MA at the age of 96. […] The post Helen Macheras, Proud of Greek Heritage, Was 96 appeared first on The National Herald.
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Brussels is launching a new wave of EU expansion. The initiative should, however, exclude Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova, even though the countries have been waiting for their "hour of triumph" for years and years. Instead, however, Brussels is going to invite fragments of the former Yugoslavia, including Kosovo, to join the EU. There are six contenders: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. Formal difficulties already exist for Kosovo and Metohija, which EU old-timers - Spain, Cyprus, Greece, Romania and Slovakia - do not recognise as an independent state.Will Macedonia change its name in favour of Greece? What will Cyprus say that has an unresolved problem with the "independence" of Northern Cyprus? Most importantly, will Serbia recognise Kosovo's independence? Brussels suggests it will by 2025.There are many questions as far as the popular sentiment is concerned. According to Eurobarometer, 68% of the population of Germany spoke against further expansion in 2014, 67% - in Austria and Luxembourg, 65% - in France, and 60% - in Belgium.There are many skeptics in candidate countries as well. According to the monitoring of the Regional Cooperation Council, only 26% of respondents in Serbia believe that being a member of the European Union would be good. The number of EU supporters in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina is 44 and 31 percent respectively, which is not large at all. Why does the EU need to expand? The draft strategy of the association, quoted by Eurobserver, says that the reliable prospect of expansion is a key factor in the transformation of the region that has geostrategic significance.That is, in case of success, Germany and France will receive sales markets of the above-mentioned countries, as well as cheap skilled labor force, plus a part of natural resources of the Western Balkans.In addition, Serbia and other Orthodox countries of the Western Balkans will be withdrawn from Russia's influence. "The European Union will not leave abandoned the countries that Brussels does not control, especially against the background of Russia's growing influence," Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, Timofei Bardachev, told Pravda.Ru. The strategy of Brussels is as follows: more countries - more money. The West has the political elites of the Western Balkans under control for a long time already. They willingly dance to the tune of Washington and Brussels, but the state of economic affairs in those countries leaves much to be desired. The European Union project is in crisis, and the crisis may trigger its disintegration, Igor Shatrov, deputy director of the National Institute for the Development of Modern Ideology, told Pravda.Ru. "Even if Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania are admitted to the European Union, they will not have full-fledged membership, but a special status with limited rights, without participation in the euro zone," said Timofei Bardachev. By 2025, the European Union will have two camps with the center and the periphery. Indeed, the Netherlands and Denmark, where eurosceptics won elections, may revise their presence in the EU, while nationalist governments of Hungary, Poland and Slovenia may suspend their membership.Lyuba Lulko (Stepushova)Pravda.Ru Read article on the Russian version of Pravda.Ru
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The world premiere at Moxie Theatre is the perfect play for this #MeToo moment. An arrogant, narcissistic man cannot begin to fathom why any woman wouldn’t want to sleep with (and worship) him. Okay, he is a god — Apollo, in fact, scantily clad and ...
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Wooster School fourth grade students recently completed their study of Ancient Greece. Throughout the fall months, the students learned about the history and contributions of Ancient Greece. They created a large map, read history books and websites ...
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Soak up the energy. Athens today is what Berlin was like 20 years ago—or at least, so say my middle-aged Berlin friends. GREECE'S financial troubles are not over, but the city keeps humming along, and is attracting the young and ambitious. Compared to some European capitals, rent in Athens is dirt ...
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The Winter Olympics kick off this week in Pyeongchang, South Korea, but the headlines leading up to the international games are dominated by a doping scandal. The International Olympic Committee banned Russia's team as punishment for systematic state-sponsored doping. A fight continues about ...
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The EU's migration chief has denounced a major corruption investigation in GREECE as an "unprecedented plot". Dimitris Avramopoulos is among 10 Greek politicians named by prosecutors in a probe involving the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis. Novartis is accused of paying top politicians ...
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GREEK hopes of debt relief were boosted on Wednesday with the likely appointment of a center-left finance minister in Berlin, as German politicians finally agreed on a new grand-coalition government. Following more than four months of deadlock, Chancellor Angela Merkel will remain in power but will ...
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The Greek economy looks set to maintain positive momentum on the way to the conclusion of the countrys bailout program in August 2018On Wednesday the European Commission ma
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President of ND accuses Greek PM of slandering opposition party over Novartis case
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FYROM government decided to rename airport and highway as a concession to Greek demands
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On January 6, 2018, the Department of Financial Policy at the Ministry of Finance published a draft law on the detection and prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing, incorporating almost all provisions of the EU 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (4th AMLD). The bill aims to replace the ...
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The minister will meet with her counterpart, Giorgos Katrougalos, Minister for European Affairs. The discussions will notably focus on the main issues relating to the agenda for the re-founding of Europe, for which GREECE is a major partner of France; France has a strong convergence of views with GREECE ...
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… recipes with two delicious dishes! Greek Avocado Toast 2 avocados, pits …
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[Emirates Economy class Athens flight review]Benjamin Zhang/Business Insider * THE INTRODUCTION OF EMIRATES' NEWARK-ATHENS-DUBAI FLIGHT WAS MET WITH PROTESTS FROM UNITED AIRLINES EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN 2017. * WHILE MEMORABLE, THE PROTESTS WERE BUT A SINGLE CHAPTER IN THE FEUD BETWEEN US LEGACY AIRLINES AND THEIR MIDDLE EASTERN RIVALS. * I HAD THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE FLIGHTS ON THE WAY HOME FROM A TRIP TO DUBAI LAST MONTH. ------------------------- Last month, at the end of a trip to Dubai, I decided to fly Emirates to Newark, New Jersey with a stopover in Athens, Greece instead of a quicker non-stop affair to JFK International in New York. In many respects, Emirates' Newark service by way of Athens is the most controversial flight in the world. This is because Newark Liberty International isn't just any airport, it's the New York-area hub for United Airlines. It's also the only other airline to offer any kind of non-stop flight between Newark and Athens. The Newark-Athens flight is what people in the airline industry call a fifth-freedom flight. It involves an airline operating flights between its home country and a foreign country with a stopover in a second foreign country. This effectively allows an airline to operate international flights between two foreign nations. It also tends to rub airlines in these foreign countries the wrong way because it feels like Emirates is muscling in on their turf. So, when Emirates launched its non-stop daily service between Newark, New Jersey and Athens, Greece in March 2017, the inaugural flight was greeted by hundreds of protestors organized by United Airlines. Several members of the US Congress were also present at the protest advocating for the job security of their constituents. The protests were but a single chapter in the long-running feud between America's three major legacy carriers (American, Delta, and United) and the Middle East's trio of mega-airlines (Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar Airways). So without further ado, here's my experience in economy class onboard Emirates Flight EK209 from Dubai to Newark with a stopover in Athens. AKA, the most controversial flight in the world. AFTER GRABBING A QUICK BREAKFAST AT THE BUSINESS CLASS LOUNGE,... Benjamin Zhang/Business Insider ... IT'S TIME TO BOARD MY FLIGHT HOME. EMIRATES USES BOEING 777-300ERS FOR ITS NEWARK-BOUND FLIGHTS. Benjamin Zhang/Business Insider I FLEW ECONOMY CLASS. LOOKING AROUND, THE ENTIRE ECONOMY SECTION WAS FULL. IN FACT, THE SECTION WAS OVERSOLD BY A DOZEN OR SO SEATS. THAT MEANS A FEW LUCKY FOLKS GOT BUMPED UP TO BUSINESS CLASS. Benjamin Zhang/Business Insider SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDER SEE ALSO: * These images show how traffic is spiraling out of control around the world * This is the most annoying — and potentially dangerous — thing about new cars * We drove a $52,000 Kia Stinger to see if it's good enough to take on BMW and Audi — here's the verdict SEE ALSO: EMIRATES' BUSINESS CLASS LOUNGE IN DUBAI HAS SHOWERS, BEDS, AND A FULL BAR — TAKE A LOOK INSIDE FOLLOW US: ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE CAR AND TRANSPORTATION CONTENT!
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Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo has proven once and for all he is not human with this ridiculous dunk over the head of his opponent.
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Romantic Getaway to Greece (Courtesy: Tour specialist). Two Greek cities have made it onto a list of the most-affordable destinations for romantic trips — coming in handy as St. Valentine’s Day gets closer. Both cities won their place on the list ...
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"It is the first time since 2008 that the GREEK economy is growing for three successive quarters," the Commission report stressed, noting that real GDP in Greece grew by 0.3 pct in the third quarter of 2017, for an annual growth rate of 1.1 pct for the first three quarters of 2017. The Commission estimates ...
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A scandal of major proportions is breaking over GREECE'S political establishment, as two former prime ministers and eight ex-ministers have been accused of taking 50 million euros in bribes from Novartis, the global pharmaceutical giant. The bribes are alleged to have been taken between 2006 and ...
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ATHENS, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Greece sold nearly 1.14 billion euros (1.4 billion U.S. dollars) worth of treasury bills on Wednesday, the Greek Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) announced. The three-month treasury bills were sold at an interest rate of 0.99 ...
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Love or hate it, the GREEK system's tight grip on American universities is undeniable. Perhaps nowhere is this more apparent than here at San Diego State, where approximately 15 percent of the population belongs to either a fraternity or sorority. For better or worse, the image of blonde heads and toned ...
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The letter reminds the committee that the GREEK government has pledged to work diplomatically with the British government to reach an agreement regarding the Parthenon Marbles. “Passing the resolution would send a clear signal to both countries that the United States is committed to the fair return of ...
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It has been suggested he is in England to undergo a medical, although his release by the perennial GREEK champions, who, like Forest, are owned by Evangelos Marinakis, is yet to be officially confirmed. The 23-year-old joined Olympiacos for £2m in 2015 from German club Mainz after starting his ...
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