If you love Greek food and culture, head to Sixth Street this weekend. The annual Montana Greek Festival is marking its fifth year on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 14-15. Each year, members of the ...
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How the world sees Greece
Friday, September 14, 2018
Missoula Greek Festival to offer 2 days of traditional food and music
Surveillance: Lehman Like a Greek Tragedy, Hintz Says (Podcast)
Brad Hintz, Former Lehman CFO & NYU Professor, says that from the 2008 financial crisis, we’ve learned that repo is not stable. Yousef Gamal el-Din, Bloomberg TV Daybreak Middle East Anchor, brings us ...
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Spirited dancing, delicious food? Welcome to Fitchburg Greek Fest 2018
FITCHBURG -- The 2018 Fitchburg Greek Festival will take to Main Street Friday and Saturday, promising another weekend filled with Grecian food and dance. "The excitement that we've brought to the com...
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The People, Photos and Stories That Defined the Greek Financial Crisis
This article originally appeared on VICE Greece. Last weekend, in his first major speech since his country was released from its debt obligations, Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras stepped up to the ...
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No Greek pensions deal yet as creditors end first post-bailout review
ATHENS, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Greece’s international creditors seemed likely on Friday to withhold instant approval for its plan to put mandated pension cuts on hold next year, as they wrapped up their ...
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Greece a good market for larger sizes
Large shipping companies don’t let their ships sail the Mediterranean for days. They’d rather moor the ships close to the Strait of Gibraltar, after which the containers have to continue their journey ...
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Debt relief will help Greece repay 'in the medium term': ECB chief
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The debt relief granted by euro zone governments to Greece will increase the country’s ability to repay its dues “in the medium term”, the president of the European Central Bank, ...
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EU Commission says Greece should deliver on promised pension cuts
BRUSSELS, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Greece should deliver on the promises it had made to its international lenders under its bailout, the European Commission said on Friday when asked whether Greece was fre...
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A GREEK Chorus for Today: Elia in East Rutherford
Do not enter Elia, a new GREEK restaurant in East Rutherford, expecting to order spanakopita or moussaka—although, if Elia made them, I'm sure ...
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GREEK Orthodox Church plans end-of-summer gyro sale
Saints Constantine & Helen GREEK Orthodox Church in Monroe will have a one-day End of Summer Gyro Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 20.
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Journalists Strike Over Far-Right Aggression on GREEK Island
Journalists on the GREEK island of Lesbos downed tools Thursday to protest aggression by far-right militants seeking to capitalize on the presence of ...
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WATCH: Part of GREEK cliff collapses and injures seven
The incident happened on Navagio beach on the island of Zakynthos. "We haven't found any trapped people but we will continue searching," a ...
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GREEK and Cypriot Foreign Ministers to Meet with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu
A joint meeting between the GREEK Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, the Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides, and the Israeli Prime Minister ...
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Thief spotted ripping flag down from outside GREEK Consulate - twice!
This suspect is #wanted for stealing 2 GREEK flags on two separate occasions (7/12 & 8/28) & causing $250 worth of damage to the flag pole of the ...
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Australian TV to host show about GREEK islands of Serifos and Milos
My GREEK Odyssey is a 13-part Television series in Australia that takes viewers to some of the most impressive and unique islands in Greece.
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GREEK life benefits community, students
GREEK life at Texas Tech is the participation in a fraternity or sorority. GREEK life is an umbrella term for different organizations such as the Panhellenic ...
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GREEK hoopsters beat Serbia and get closer to the finals
Yiannis Bourousis was spectacular for the GREEKS with nine points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, coming mighty close to a triple-double.
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Watch: Landslide hits popular GREEK beach packed with tourists
This is the horrifying moment a landslide hit the popular Navagio beach in Greece, injuring at least seven people. Dramatic footage captures the ...
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Tourists injured after rockfall at popular GREEK beach
At least seven people have been injured after a rockfall at a popular beach on the GREEK Island of Zakynthos. Video footage shows beach-goers ...
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GREEK rescuers search beach after massive rockfall
GREEK rescuers have been searching the beach, which was packed at the time, for possible victims after the landslide left at least one woman injured.
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Tourists injured in GREEK Island rockfall
At least seven people were injured in Greece on Thursday after a huge piece of rock fell down into the sea, spreading panic on the island of Zakynthos ...
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Women in Power review – rude, raucous reboot of radical GREEK comedy
No fewer than seven female writers are credited with this reimagined version of a play by Aristophanes, The Assemblywomen, written around 392BC.
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On Celestyal Crystal, extended GREEK island time
The cruise departs from Athens' port of Piraeus and, in addition to Mykonos and Santorini, includes calls at the GREEK islands of Milos and Crete and in ...
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Landslide at GREEK beach on Zakynthos caught on camera
A landslide at a beach on the GREEK tourist island of Zakynthos has been caught on camera. Authorities have sent fire department rescue crews ...
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Massive rockfall in Zakynthos, GREECE as seen from a Chinese tourist's cell phone
This morning, a cliff collapsed as tourists were visiting the scenic “Shipwreck Beach” on GREECE'S Zakynthos Island. Footage of the massive rockfall ...
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GREECE'S Skyros Island Gaining Global Recognition as Top Tourist Destination
Skyros has seen a major increase in its visitors during the last three years at a rate that exceeds 40 percent, compared to 2015. The years when the ...
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EU's Mogherini urges Macedonians to vote on deal with GREECE
SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) - The European Union's foreign policy chief on Thursday added her voice to a string of western officials urging the people of ...
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Death toll of West Nile virus rises to 22 in GREECE
By Kostas Zaligkas. ATHENS, Sep. 13 (Xinhua) -- The West Nile virus has killed 22 people in GREECE so far this year, with 202 reported cases, ...
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Democracy returns: presenting MeRA25's electoral programme for GREECE
At the same time, however, the Bailout process has succeeded in persuading many that there is no alternative to this course that is bringing GREECE to ...
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Athena soccer stars Waniya Hudson, CJ Takatch remain hungry after college commitments
Waniya Hudson and CJ Takatch have come a long way since their days at Pinebrook Elementary. The pair have both become soccer stars at GREECE ...
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Zante beach in GREECE hit by tonnes of rock falling from cliff
Rescue services with sniffer dogs search for possible victims after landslide at packed tourist beach. Press Association. Thu 13 Sep 2018 13.15 EDT ...
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OECD: Unemployment in GREECE Affects University and High School Graduates Alike
Despite the fact that unemployment in GREECE has decreased to 19 percent, it continues to affect university and high school graduates alike, the ...
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19 NGOs Urge GREECE and EU to Improve Conditions of Refugee Camps
The NGO that support refugees and migrants throughout the world claim in their joint announcement that the capacity of GREECE'S camps is 6,000 ...
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Zakynthos rockfall: GREECE tourists film aftermath of cliff collapse
Tourists reacted in horror as they watched the aftermath of a cliff collapse on a popular beach on the Greek island of Zakynthos. At least seven people ...
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A massive sheet of rock sloughed off a cliff onto vacationers at a Greek island
... sunning themselves in the sand of Shipwreck Beach, or taking in the massive rock formation while bobbing in the remote cove in western GREECE.
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GREECE shuts down Serbia, stays undefeated in WC Qualifiers
With the quartet of Giorgos Printezis, Giannis Bourousis, and Nick Calathes, Kostas Sloukas doing work and a tight defensive effort, GREECE came one ...
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Israel, GREECE, Cyprus plan underwater gas pipeline
The three discussed, in continuation of previous meetings, the laying of a joint Israel-Cyprus-GREECE East-Med gas pipeline in order to export gas to ...
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Massive cliff chunk collapses onto beach in GREECE
Imagine the worst beach trip you possibly can. Now here's a worse one. Seven people were injured on Thursday when a cliff face collapsed onto ...
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EU commissioner calls for enhanced market competition in GREECE
by Maria Spiliopoulou. ATHENS, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Competition in the markets needs to be enhanced to show to people that the game is played on ...
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3 tourists injured during rock slide at island of Zakynthos in GREECE
Photo taken on Sept. 13 shows the rock slide site on the island of Zakynthos, western GREECE. Three tourists were slightly injured during a rock slide at ...
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Zante landslide: British tourists inches away from death as rocks tumble on to GREECE beach
British tourists were inches away from death after a landslide at the popular Navagio beach in the Greek island of Zakynthos. At least seven people, ...
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Tourists seen trying to escape as rocks crash onto packed GREECE beach
HOLIDAY-makers broke down in tears as rocks collapsed onto a packed Greek beach on Thursday, triggering whirlpools and injuring seven. Terrifying ...
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Photos: GREECE 1, Brighton 0
GREECE Athena's CJ Takatch, right, clears the ball away from Brighton's Mat Ochs during a regular season game played at GREECE Athena High School ...
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Statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Kotzias, following his meeting with the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy on Cyprus, Jane Holl Lute (Athens, 11 September 2018)
“We met with the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Cyprus, Mrs. Lute. Mrs. Lute is not a mediator. She is here more to get a sense of the views of all of the sides participating in a potential settlement of the Cyprus problem. I set out our views for her. I underscored that the Cyprus issue is first and foremost a problem of occupation. I set out our views on the rights of the Turkish Cypriots, the Greek Cypriots and the three small minorities. I told her that the main issue for the Greek Cypriots is for them to feel secure on their island and, consequently, the need for the two small treaties – the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Guarantee – to be abolished. Beyond that, we discussed our outlook on the timeframe and methodology of a discussion of the Cyprus issue, and I underscored that, whenever the Secretary-General decides we should proceed to a substantial discussion and negotiations on the Cyprus problem, there first needs to be substantial and effective preparation. We first need to see if there is real will, capability and potential for substantial and productive solutions to the Cyprus issue. Thank you.”
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Statements of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Kotzias, following the meeting of the National Council on Foreign Policy (Foreign Ministry, 12 September 2018)
N. KOTZIAS: Good afternoon. We had another meeting of the National Council on Foreign Policy. As you know, each time we meet, I want us to have a specific and in-depth discussion on a single topic. In Parliament and in the Standing Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs, during this past year we have had detailed discussions of the issues concerning Greek-Albanian relations, the issues concerning fYROM – in the future, ‘North Macedonia’ – and Greek-Turkish relations. You also know that the country needs more coordination and planning on crisis issues, on major national problems; that we need to prepare for alternative scenarios. In our assessment, to do this successfully we need an institution that exists in many other countries in the world. This institution is a National Security Council, headed by a National Security Advisor, which coordinates the various Ministries, the various services, and, under the proposed law we have begun preparing, will, along with the Prime Minister, consult with and brief the heads of the other parties. The discussion flowed creatively, and I thank the representatives of all the parties for their observations, criticisms and thoughts. We have decided to work on these in collaboration with them in order to prepare a law that is as good as possible and reflects the country’s needs, and in order for there to be consensus with the opposition parties. Unfortunately, as always, New Democracy did not share in this good climate and has decided not to discuss the issues we are called upon to resolve – such as the national security issues – and prefers to limit itself to criticism. The invitation we sent out is being distributed to you. It is dated 16 August 2018. I’ll also give you the table of recipients, which each recipient signed on the day they received the invitation. What I want to say is, Mr. Koumoutsakos, and not some representative of his, signed for his receipt of the document on 17 August 2018. Since 17 August, he has had time to either send his thoughts or make observations on the agenda, or even propose that we change the topic of the meeting. He did not do so, stating falsely that he received the invitation only two days ago, while his signature – which he himself dated – proves that he received it a month ago. And he did this solely to avoid taking a stance on National Security Council issues and to follow a policy that is unprecedented in Greek foreign policy and has never been seen before in the National Council on Foreign Policy, which I have had first-hand knowledge of since the day it was created, because I participated in the planning of the relevant law with Mr. Liakouras at that time. Simply in order to criticize, to walk out and make statements, having nothing specific to propose in foreign policy. To state falsely that he did not receive the invitation in good time. He has forgotten that he signed for this invitation. This is an example of New Democracy’s serving its narrow party interests, and we continue to have this phenomenon: rather than focusing on the country’s needs, on international developments or even on domestic developments, its focus is within the party itself. This isn't just politicking. It is politics limited to the row within New Democracy and how they can show that they can squabble without putting forward arguments and without content. This saddens me a great deal because – including from the standpoint we discussed today – Greece is about to take a bold step in institutional modernization and renewal through institutions that are vital for a country like Greece, which is located at the crossroads of many international crises and problems, in a time of great changes. We and I personally will do our duty to the country. I will not be dragged into name-calling – as you know, I am not inclined to that. I don’t think it is worth the trouble. The country needs a government and ministers, but it also needs an opposition that helps to resolve problems rather than hindering solutions.Thank you.JOURNALIST: Minister, who will be on the National Security Council? Will they be ministers? Will they be from the parties? N. KOTZIAS: First of all, we are at the initial planning stage, and what we want to create is a classical Security Council – classical in the sense of international models – that consists of Ministers as well as ministry officials whose work is related to new crisis phenomena or is related to the country’s security needs. And we have a second level, where the Prime Minister, together with the National Security Council, will brief the heads of the political parties on the discussions, planning and alternative scenarios formulated on the first level. This is an innovation of our legislation that doesn't exist in any other country.JOURNALIST: Will the National Security Advisor be a Minister or a new person? N. KOTZIAS: The National Security Advisor will not be some Minister in the form of Deputy Prime Minister; he or she will be able to coordinate the other ministries. The National Security Advisor will report to the Prime Minister of the country, but will be on the qualitative level of a Minister, in terms of scientific knowledge and duties. As in the rest of the world, because some people are acting like this is a new invention. The National Security Advisor – who will coordinate services and ministries, and communicate with the opposition parties – will certainly be appointed by the Prime Minister. But this is the innovation of our law. First he will get the approval of Parliament, in a manner to be provided for by Parliament itself. So he will have parliamentary coverage and confirmation. Thank you.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias to attend trilateral meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Cyprus and Israel (Jerusalem, 13 September 2018)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Kotzias, will carry out a working visit to Israel on Thursday, 13 September, to participate in a trilateral meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Cyprus and Israel. Following the trilateral meeting, Mr. Kotzias will have a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs M. Bolaris visits Istanbul (12.09.2018)
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Markos Bolaris visited Istanbul on 12 September, meeting with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Ecumenical Patriarchate. His All Holiness referred to the recent Synod of the Hierarchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as well as to issues concerning its work, and an exchange of views took place on current issues of common interest to the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Greek government. Mr. Bolaris also visited the Greek Consulate General in Istanbul and the Sismanoglio Megaro, where he was briefed by the Consul General, Ms. Soultanopoulou, and the Deputy Educational Coordinator, Mr. Gioltzoglou, on issues that are within the Consulate's competence, operation of the minority schools there, and the activity of the Sismanoglio Megaro. He was also given a tour of the Sismanoglio library, which houses a valuable collection of rare books from the collection of the learned Father of the Greek community Meletios Sakoulides. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs also met with representatives of the Board of Directors of the Rumvader Association (Association for the Support of Greek Community Foundations) who briefed him on issues that concern the members of Istanbul's Greek minority as well as minority foundation operating issues.
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Statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs, N. Kotzias, at the beginning of the trilateral meeting of Greece, Cyprus and Israel (Jerusalem, 13.09.2018)
Thank you Prime Minister for having us here. Thank you for the invitation. It is always a pleasure to be in Israel. It is a pleasure to have these discussions here with you and my friend Nikolas from Cyprus. We have to discuss about the situation in the Middle East. It is very important to discuss about Syria, about the need for a peace plan. We are three countries that love peace and democracy and that is the reason we want to develop our cooperation.We have many new ideas and many thoughts to discuss.
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