How the world sees Greece
GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gives a press conference during the European Council Summit at the European Union (EU) Headquarters in Brussels on February 12, 2015. (AFP Photo). Technical work has begun to determine if Greece requires debt relief after its expected exit from a bailout ...
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The teen who pleaded guilty in the 2016 shooting spree in La Loche, Sask., will be sentenced as an adult, a provincial court judge decided Friday. People inside the courtroom began applauding as the decision was read by Judge Janet McIvor. The then …
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I just got back from Colombia where I ate my weight in carbs. There was so much bread and delicious fried empanadas. I ate it all up. No guilt. That’s usually my motto when I travel. I try and immerse myself in the experience. I hardly ever watch what I ...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently has Level 1 travel watches in effect for Americans thinking of visiting Britain, GREECE, Italy, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine. Travelers under age 60 are advised to have two doses of measles vaccine before going. (Everyone born before 1957 is ...
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Expressing a wish to put a speedy end to the 'name' dispute with GREECE, possibly by spring, Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev tells BIRN that he is ... toughest problem that stands in the way of Macedonia's Euro-Atlantic integration – the long-standing dispute with GREECE over Macedonia's name.
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A group of Greeks started a petition to convince Walt Disney World that GREECE should be the next pavilion that should be in the World Showcase in Epcot. Epcot's World Showcase is one of the more relaxing and scenic areas of Disney World in Florida and tries to provide an overview of the country ...
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GREECE, N.Y. (WHAM) - The first microbrewery to open in GREECE was celebrated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday. Wood Kettle Brewing is operated by Mark Miles and Jeff Allen, who worked with their late partner Bill Allen for 18 months to set up the brewery. Located at the corner of Manitou Road ...
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A little-known islet between Amorgos and Leros islands in the Aegean that is nevertheless protected under the Natura 2000 network, and its single permanent resident, have been "adopted" by the Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association (EENE), according to a report by GREECE'S ANT1 television on ...
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Union warned Turkey on Friday to rein in its navy after Turkish warships threatened and blocked a rig from reaching a site southeast of Cyprus where it was to drill for natural gas. EU leaders said they could abandon a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next month and expressed solidarity with Cyprus and Greece. Cypriot Energy Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis told local TV station Antenna that the rig's skipper showed "great determination" to reach the target where Italian company Eni was scheduled to carry out exploratory drilling.
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Gyromania, known for its Greek food truck, will soon have a permanent location in Santa Clarita. “It’s a great feeling of growth, pride and accomplishment… Something we’ve been working towards since we opened the truck,” said the restaurant’s ...
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Athens has repeatedly complained about Macedonia's claim over Alexander the Great, asserting that the historical leader as an exclusive part of GREEK hertiage. A total of 19 signs will be removed from the motorway, which runs from Macedonia's border with Serbia to the country's boundary with Greece.
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Once again without players from Panathinaikos and Olympiakos, or Fenerbahce's Costas Sloukas, who were involved in Euroleague action on Thursday and Friday, Greece coach Thanassis Skourtopoulos improvised with the rest of the GREEK league's cream and presented a competitive side on Crete ...
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Tilos is a small Greek island in the southernAegean Sea and it belongs to the island complexof Dodecanese Itspopulation is about 800 and if not reached from Kos or Rhodes the
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly expressed her country’s support to Greece in the face of Turkish provocations in the Aegean. According to Greek government sources, Merkel told Tsipras during an EU meeting on Friday in Brussels that Germany’s ...
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A Greek parliamentary inquiry will investigate allegations that Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras accepted illegal payments during his time as Greece’s finance minister. Stournaras strongly denied the allegations in official statements, accusing ...
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In a new raid to Novartis offices in Athens, authorities secured a list with the names of 300 private and public doctors. the doctors reportedly received 1,000 to 5,000 euros in order to prescribe medicines of the Swiss drug-maker. The payments were paid in the time period January 2016 to January 2017, that is while … The post 300 more doctors on Novartis payroll while company under investigation appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Outstanding debts? No settlement? Poverty? Sickness? Greek Public Power Company knows no mercy. The public company sent a crew and cut the power supply to a couple that has been living under the poverty line and furthermore the man has been suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a lung disease. The cut of the … The post PPC cuts power supply to poor Lung-Patient and sends him to hospital appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Since Greek Prime Minister and Looney Left SYRIZA leader Alexis “What? Me Worry?” has ignored The National Herald’s request for an interview to address the […] The post Letter from Athens: An Interview With His Inferiority, the Sub-Prime Minister of Greece appeared first on The National Herald.
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The prepare for that reality, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the GREEK government, and the National Technical University of Athens have teamed up to help museums protect their collections from earthquakes in a joint research project signed on Tuesday. The Getty and the Hellenic Ministry of ...
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Grivalia Properties on Friday announced that its board will seek shareholders' approval to a plan to offer a 0.35 euro per share net dividend to its shareholders for 2017, ANA reports. In an statement, the company said a regular general shareholders' meeting will be held in March 21, 2018. It should be ...
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Addressing an event organised by Enterprise GREECE, Ireland's Embassy in Athens and the Irish Food Board, titled "Greek & Irish Connections", the visiting Irish President noted that a priority for the state was to create conditions that will allow business creativity to flourish. He added that he has heard ...
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There's an additional reason to embrace Greek truffles
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"We want to bring GREEKS and non-GREEKS in this centre of the so-called 'elite' culture and tell them: this is your music, this is not only GREEK music, it's Australian music, it's world music," he says, pointing to the genre's history of migrating from Asia minor to the Piraeus and becoming the 'GREEK blues', the ...
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FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expresses a hard line on Greek demands for a constitutional change to eradicate vestiges of irredentism, and dismisses any deal that would challenge the existence of a “Macedonian” nation and language, in an interview ...
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Scientists have explained the mystery of the “Gate to Hell”, the phenomenon whereby birds fall dead when they approach a point in the ancient GREEK archaeological site of Hierapolis, or Pammukale in modern-day Turkey. It was said that it was Hades' lethal breath which killed those who came near.
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Yields of GREEK government bonds have declined to pre-crisis levels and the yield curve has largely normalized. The government has returned to international bond markets and earlier this month, despite market turbulence, it issued a seven-year bond through which it borrowed 3 billion euros at a yield ...
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GREEK lawmakers had their first opportunity to debate a draft bill to legalize medical cannabis production that was submitted to Parliament on Feb. 7. The draft law was taken up by the Committee on Production and Trade and the Committee on Social Affairs. Greece's government has said it wants to ...
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Two new spots draw visitors to this section of Tustin, where folks seeking authentic GREEK food and vintage treasures have long gathered. Ha Long Bay Pho and Grill The menu at this polished Vietnamese spot focuses on traditional dishes such as banh mi and rice vermicelli ($5.50 to $10) and includes ...
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Based in Rio, Stavros Tsompanidis' company manufactures a series of modern design products using phee-board, an innovative material made of seagrass
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So if he visits Greece he will wear a "fustanella"...
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Giannis demonstrates the depth and breadth not only of the Greek spirit, but also the commitment of the Greek Diaspora around the world in their solidarity for Greece
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EUSAIR was developed by the Commission, together with the Adriatic-Ionian Region countries & stakeholders to address common challenges
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Those who have worked in Greece and have paid social security contributions for pension, can now check with the new electronic platform of Greece’s e-government how many pension stamps they have collected. The ATLAS application give this possibility to those insured at IKA (employees and part of self-employed), OAEE (self-employed), OGA (farmers) as well as … The post Check your pension stamps in Greece with One Click on e-system ATLAS appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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The Pan-Hellenic Pharmacists Association warns that it will appeal in courts against any license granted to non-pharmacists. The warning comes just hours after the Council of State ruled in favor of the full opening of the pharmacists’ profession that will allow investors to open pharmacies in Greece. The pharmacists’ Association says it considers the CoS … The post Pharmacists’ Association warns of legal actions against every license obtained by non-pahrmacists appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Germany’s support is clear and given, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated on Friday when Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras raised the issue of Turkish provocations in the Aegean. Tsipras had pointed out that, while EU-Turkey cooperation on migration was effective – as admitted by all sides – it was necessary that there be no tensions … The post “Germany’s support is clear and given,” Merkel tells Tsipras on Turkey’s provocations appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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ATHENS – The 2018 Capital Link Greek Shipping Leadership Award was presented to Panos Laskaridis and Athanasios Laskaridis during the Luncheon at Capital Link’s 9th Annual […] The post Panos & Athanasios Laskaridis Honored with Capital Link Greek Shipping Leadership Award appeared first on The National Herald.
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ATHENS, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Greece gave the green light to its gaming committee to launch a tender for a new casino licence, removing another obstacle for a major tourism project in Athens, which is a key conditionality of the country’s international bailout.
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MOUNT WASHINGTON — Though it has evolved greatly over the past thousands of years, ancient GREEK culture still plays a large part in today's society. Students at Eastside Middle were given the opportunity to learn about it first hand: creating a museum for their classmates to visit.
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Australia's first all-vegan GREEK eatery is expanding, just two months after it opened its first location. In October last year, Pavlos Katsivardas, his wife Fioroula and son Dimitris opened a regular pizza shop in Revesby, a suburb on the outskirts of Sydney.
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Plans for the development of the site of the former Hellinikon airport were approved on Thursday by GREECE'S Council of State, which included provisions on the construction of high rise buildings. The judges approved the investment plan as fully compliant with the country's constitution and legislation, ...
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Turkey's provocations against GREECE escalate. A Turkish ship rammed into a Greek coast guard vessel off Imia, a Greek islet that Turkey now insists is its own. Dozens of Greek airspace violations are carried out by Turkish warplanes every day. Turkish officials threaten to break the legs of any Greek ...
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King Constantine of GREECE has a long list of connections to the Olympic Games. Aside from being an Olympic athlete and International Olympic Committee member himself, Constantine's family is full of other Olympic competitors. His Majesty is currently an Honorary Member of the International Olympic ...
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He eventually brought in other experts from Poland, as well as from Sweden, GREECE, the U.S. and England, to help him analyze the footprints and the sediments surrounding them. Together, they determined the tracks were left by ancient human relatives 5.6 million years ago. That would make them the ...
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NICOSIA - 23 February 2018: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will support the stance of Cyprus on Turkey`s interference in Cyprus's economic zone after a coordination meeting with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades last night in Brussels, a Greek government source told the Cyprus News ...
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This week we heard several expressions of concern from important regional powers about the developments in the GREECE-Macedonia/FYROM Name Dispute. The strategy used by Skopje of scheduling high-level political visits to Ankara and Berlin is steadily increasing pressure on Athens to consider ...
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ATHENS, Feb 23 (Reuters) - GREECE cancelled the transfer of minority stakes in utilities Athens Water and Thessaloniki Water to the country's privatisations agency HRADF, the finance ministry said on Friday, meaning the state will retain majority stakes. The two utilities are on the government's state ...
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Don’t expect to find red-trouser-wearing Brits or lads on tour here – this is not Corfu or Zante, this is Mykonos, the chicest of all the Greek islands. It’s where the jet-set Euro toffs come to play, docking their superyachts in Ornos Bay and ...
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Two leaders talked about FYROM name dispute
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Finally a government official admitted the obvious: that the average citizens does not see the improvements in economy as they are been recorded in spread sheets and in the upgrades of the contry’s credit ratings. Touring the island of Crete and meeting with local authorities, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said “Some things are done, there … The post FinMin Tsakalotos admits “Citizens do not see the economy improvements” appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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A serious incident took place at 10 a.m. on Friday morning, when five Turkish warships threatened to sink the drillship SAIPEM 12000 commissioned by the Italian energy company ENI. The drillship had set to reach block 3 of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in a new effort to reach Soupia target. SAIPEM could not reach … The post Turkish warships threaten to sink Italian drillship SAIPEM in Cyprus EEZ appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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