In efforts to facilitate business transactions, the GREEK government is reportedly considering easing capital controls – in place since June 2015 – by the ...
 |
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT news.gtp.gr |
How the world sees Greece
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
GREEK PM announces tax cuts ahead of triple polls challenge
GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday announced a swathe of tax cuts and benefits in a bid to boost his party's ratings ahead of a triple ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.thedailystar.net |
Roundup: GREEK professionals welcome tax debts repayment plan, VAT rates reduction
by Maria Spiliopoulou, Valentini Anagnostopoulou. ATHENS, May 8 (Xinhua) -- GREEK professionals welcomed Wednesday a government plan on the ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.china.org.cn |
Forty-nine lists for the EU elections in GREECE
Forty-nine political parties and mouvements have submitted lists of candidates for the EU elections in GREECE. Although the country has only 21 seats ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.europeaninterest.eu |
Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Sia Anagnostopoulou’s interview on TV5 Monde’s L’Invité with journalist Patrick Simonin (06/05/2019)
JOURNALIST: Good morning, Sia Anagnostopoulou. You are the Greek Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs, responsible for European Affairs in Alexis Tsipras’ administration. Thank you very much for being our guest on the occasion of your visit to France. The European elections are scheduled for 26 May. There’s actual distrust in your country, Greece. Is it reversible? S. ANAGNOSTOPOULOU: There’s a problem in Europe; in the way we can inspire the people, get them to vote and show their trust in Europe. To get them to vote because Europe is their own playground, where they can lay claim to their future. It is a difficult situation. Despite the crisis in Greece, despite the political austerity imposed by the European institutions as well, the Greeks are not so much against Europe as one would imagine. Around 50% continue to be pro-European. So we must increase this rate and inspire the citizens to come and vote for Europe. JOURNALIST: That is a huge bet. I suggest now we take a look at an excerpt from TV5’s Les Haut-Parleurs, a show that focuses on the problems of young people in Europe. It is an excerpt from Greece. Listen to what they have to say about Europe. [A story from Greece is screened as part of the show Les Haut-Parleurs on TV5]“JOURNALIST: Europe places restrictions without offering anything great when we are in need. That’s how Alexandra feels. ALEXANDRA: Another issue I cannot understand is how can I feel European when I cannot have benefits that are considered self-evident in other EU countries. JOURNALIST: It is a bitter feeling shared by 50% of the Greeks. Only 54% believe that the country benefits from being a part of the EU. The rate is lower only among the Italians, who, anyway, have chosen to be governed by the extreme right.” JOURNALIST: We’re seeing that the extreme right is quite powerful in your country. The Golden Dawn, a party resembling Marine Le Pen’s party, the National Rally, seems to be ahead in the polls. Is this another side of the reality in these elections? S. ANAGNOSTOPOULOU: Yes, certainly. It is a side of the reality in these elections and that is why they are crucial for Europe. On the one hand, there’s the austerity. We have to be done with the austerity policies in Europe; to become more of a social state in Europe. You heard what the young people are saying: Europe is not giving us what it should. JOURNALIST: What Alexandra said in the story. S. ANAGNOSTOPOULOU: Yes, Alexandra. Exactly. On the other hand, due to the austerity policies, due to the democratic deficit, the feeling of some that they cannot access Europe, that they cannot affect the European policies, the extreme right is on the rise. And this is something very serious. It is very dangerous because Europe has paid a high price due to the extreme right, fascism, Nazism. We do remember. It was not that long ago. JOURNALIST: You’re saying that this threat is real even in these days; the threat of the Golden Dawn, of the National Rally in France. Are you correlating them? S. ANAGNOSTOPOULOU: Yes, of course. This real danger is actually in our backyard; it not a far-off danger. Seeing the rise [of the extreme right], seeing the British leaving Europe, this proves something. It is a warning sign. We should not shut our eyes. If I’m going to say one thing to the people of Europe is for them to vote this time around. Our future depends on these elections. The future of all the European people. If we truly want to have countries with a social state, social claims, we have to lay claims at a European level. JOURNALIST: In France, for example, there’s the Yellow Vest crisis, we are eventually witnessing the doubts of the people of Europe. We are also witnessing our young people, who, in Greece for example, were subject to the austerity measures. We are witnessing Greece bearing the weight of the refugee crisis without necessarily getting the help it would have hoped for from Europe. Consequently, Europe did not respond to all the incidents, did not keep up its end. S. ANAGNOSTOPOULOU: That’s actually how it is. You said it very eloquently. Europe did not keep up its end with the citizens. Let’s look at the mass exodus from southern European countries, Greece, Portugal and Spain. The exodus of young people towards other European countries because they cannot imagine a future in their own country. Let’s look at the phenomenon of refugees and migrants. There was no solidarity on the part of Europe. As a consequence, the citizens are pulling away because they don’t see Europe by their side in their everyday lives. That’s what politics is: being there in the everyday lives of citizens. You mentioned the claims of the Yellow Vests. In recent years, there has been disappointment on the part of society because they feel they have no access to power. The people are saying that decisions are made in Brussels; they cannot intervene, so they pull away, as they say. So extreme right parties are emerging with a made-up rhetoric that did not exist in the past. They are talking about a powerful state, a powerful nation-state; this vocabulary did not exist in the past. So instead of building the future, through these extreme right parties we are seeing a past that was never there anyway, and we are missing out on the future. That's why I want to tell the people of Europe that a vote in favour of the extreme right parties is tantamount to abstention from the future, to turning our backs on the future. That past does not exist. They aspire to restore a past that only exists in the realm of fantasy, rather than lay claim to the future. JOURNALIST: But Minister, we’re seeing that the issue of Europe has no place in a pre-election period when we are talking more about national issues. In France we are under the impression that it is a test for Emmanuel Macron. Europe is not interesting; it does not incite. S. ANAGNOSTOPOULOU: Look, Mr. Simonin. It is normal to an extent. If we keep talking about Europe in extreme technocratic terms, how will we inspire the citizens to look at Europe? Europe has turned into an entirely technocratic rhetoric with incomprehensible language, instead of showing them that this Europe is our common ground for laying claim to our social life, our cultural life, our economic life and eventually our future. Consequently, there are difficulties. We, the politicians, must change the way in which we approach Europe. JOURNALIST: Thank you very much, Sia Anagnostopoulou, Greek Minister of European Affairs, for being with us. S. ANAGNOSTOPOULOU: Thank you very much.
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.mfa.gr |
Palo Alto's Spalti closes, to become Greek-Turkish restaurant
Longtime Palo Alto Italian restaurant Spalti has closed, and the owner is partnering with another local restauranteur to open a new concept: Smyrna, a Greek-Turkish restaurant. Philliph Bulutogli ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.paloaltoonline.com |
Have your own GREEK Odyssey! Cruise to the country's most stunning islands with fascinating ...
What a place to start your GREEK odyssey! As the birthplace of democracy and cradle of Western civiliation, Athens is a charming mix of old and new.
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.dailymail.co.uk |
Opa! 2019 GREEK festival May 30-June 2
After weeks of gloomy, rainy weather, it's time to celebrate spring. The sun is shining, and Arlington's annual GREEK festival, a major annual fund-raiser ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.yourarlington.com |
MIT program coming to GREECE this summer
Mathisi Initiative, a non-profit organization which aims to introduce innovative and recognized educational programs in GREECE, is cooperating with ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.ekathimerini.com |
Long Odds on Katerine Duska delivering for GREECE at Eurovision
After GREECE failed to reach the Eurovision final in two of the last three editions, more is expected from the 2019 Greek entry, but bookmakers remain ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.bettingreporter.com |
MELISSIA Comes to National Theatre Of Greece 5/10
MELISSIA is playing at National Theatre of Greece from May 10 to June 9, 2019. It is a story as familiar as an Old Acquaintance. Maybe because we have experienced it ourselves; perhaps because we have ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.broadwayworld.com |
Year in review: Meningitis outbreak, GREEK life suspensions, racism on campus
Not long after the social moratorium was lifted, the GREEK system was hit with a slew of suspensions. On the weekend of Oct. 17, Kappa Alpha was ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT thedailyaztec.com |
GREEK MIT professor awarded new prize for his work
Constantinos Daskalakis, an MIT professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has won the 2018 Grace Murray ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.ekathimerini.com |
GREEK is great at special Hellenic film festival that runs until May 11
It's famous for democracy, philosophy, and heart-healthy cuisine. Plus, it's a great place to produce a movie. The New York GREEK Film Expo is ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT qns.com |
GREEK American Candidate for Philadelphia Judge Seeks Fairness for All
As Anthony Kyriakakis campaigns for Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge, he brings the wisdom of the ancient GREEKS with him. “I was interested ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT hellenicnews.com |
Opinion: GREEK bonds now yield less than Treasurys, and that's as irrational as it was in 2007
Yields on five-year GREEK government bonds are lower than those of U.S. Treasurys — and have been this way for the past month. Yes, on 3- and ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.marketwatch.com |
GREECE sells 812.5 mln euros of treasury bills
GREECE sold treasury bills (T-bills) worth 812.5 million euros (910 million US dollars) on Wednesday, its Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.ekathimerini.com |
LIVE GREECE U-17
UEFA European Under-17 Championship – Follow the Football match between GREECE U-17 and Czech Republic U-17 live with Eurosport. The match ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT au.eurosport.com |
Ajax v Tottenham Hotspur: Champions League semi-final, second leg – live!
* Champions League updates from the 8pm BST game (first leg: 1-0) * Dutch player sacked for throwing sickie to watch Ajax at Spurs * And you can email Scott here with your thoughts 3.28pm BST HERE’S THE BAD NEWS FOR TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR. Of the 17 teams to lose the first leg of a semi-final during the Champions League era at home, only one has turned it around to make the showpiece event. It’s none other than Ajax, back in 1996, when the reigning European champions went down 1-0 against Panathinaikos, only to win the second leg in Greece 3-0. BUT HERE’S SOME BETTER NEWS. While the aforementioned turnaround is one of only four instances of a team going through after losing at home in the first leg of a Champions League knockout, two of those results have happened this season: Ajax against Real Madrid, and Manchester United against PSG. It’s in vogue. These kind of things come in threes ... sometimes. Continue reading...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.theguardian.com |
Annual GREEK Gathering
Every year, the GREEK Senate hosts the annual GREEK Senate banquet for all the fraternities and sororities to attend. It is here that the GREEK ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.cougarsbyte.com |
Casino Permit Bidding for Hellenikon Pushed Back Again
Those were set by the developers, GREECE'S Lambda, which is working in a consortium with China's Fosun and Abu Dhabi's Eagle Hills company.
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.thenationalherald.com |
MR&H Forum Returns to Athens, Aims to Explore GREECE'S Tourism Opportunities
GREECE'S dynamic tourism growth and investment activity will take center stage at the Mediterranean Resort & Hotel Real Estate (MR&H) Forum, ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT news.gtp.gr |
Fener GREEK Patriarch offers greetings for Ramadan
Fener GREEK Patriarch Bartholomew officiated a service Wednesday at the Saint John Church in memory of the youngest apostle of Jesus and he ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.yenisafak.com |
GREECE to host MIT's two-week summer STEM program for students
Mathisi Initiative, a not-for-profit organization which aims to introduce innovative and recognized educational programs in GREECE, is cooperating with ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.ekathimerini.com |
Russia ready to expand gas cooperation with GREECE, says expert
ATHENS, May 8. /TASS/. Russia is keen to supply energy to GREECE and is ready to expand cooperation in the gas sector with the country, Executive ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT tass.com |
Tsipras cheerleaders forgetting the crisis
The GREEK Orthodox Easter period is gone and there was much talk of ascension, of rising from the dead to sacred heights. This formidable ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.ekathimerini.com |
GREECE celebrates Arbor Day with tree planting
The town of GREECE plants a tree each year on the Town Hall campus in observance of Arbor Day. For the 22nd year in a row, the town was named a ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.mpnnow.com |
GREECE Among The Regions Benefitting Least From EU Single Market
A study conducted recently by the Bertelsman Foundation found that regions in GREECE are among those benefitting the least from the EU's Single ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT greece.greekreporter.com |
Experiencing GREECE
Thirty students from Elk River and Zimmerman high schools took the trip of a lifetime this spring to GREECE, where they soaked up the culture, enjoyed ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.hometownsource.com |
Dombrovskis : GREECE must stick to agreed fiscal targets
GREECE must attain the fiscal targets is has agreed with its creditors, European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Wednesday, ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.ekathimerini.com |
Panathinaikos Suspends Participation in GREECE'S ”Basket League”
GREECE'S Panathinaikos basketball team issued a statement on Wednesday afternoon informing the public that it is suspending its participation in ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT greece.greekreporter.com |
183-Year-Old Greek Revival Building Faces Uncertain Future
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A 183-year-old Greek Revival building in Vermont's capital city is facing an uncertain future. The City Council last week declared it a public nuisance because of its ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.usnews.com |
V.A.T. reduction from 24% to 13%: Which sectors and items it affects
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced on Tuesday the reduction of Value Added Tax on food items and catering services. The reduction from 24% to 13% is expected to contract a relief for millions of Greek households who have been paying a high price to staple food items since 2015. Which items are affected: Coffee, cocoa, … The post V.A.T. reduction from 24% to 13%: Which sectors and items it affects appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.keeptalkinggreece.com |
Phantom Gourmet: Great 8 Spots For Greek Food
Moussaka, pastichio, gyros and more. When it comes to delicious food, it’s all Greek to me. These are 8 of the Greatest Greek restaurants that Phantom has found across the region. Angelo’s ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT boston.cbslocal.com |
Review: 'The Oresteia' by Shakespeare Theatre Company
To theater historians, dramaturgs, and lovers of all things GREEK, the promise of a production of Aeschylus' The Oresteia is enough to drive one mad ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT dcmetrotheaterarts.com |
Eagle Bulk Shipping sells supramax to GREEK owner to extend renewal effort
Eagle Bulk Shipping has confirmed the latest step in its fleet renewal programme with the sale of its last Diamond 53 supramax.
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.tradewindsnews.com |
Harvard Library marks acquisition of Gatsos archive
Harvard Library has held an event to mark its acquisition of the archive of GREEK poet and lyricist Nikos Gatsos, originally announced in June last year.
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.ekathimerini.com |
Short time fame for the new GREEK Tourism Minister?
GREEK Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura submitted her letter of resignation to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras last week. She resigned to win a seat in ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.eturbonews.com |
Survey Finds GREEKS Are More Empathetic Toward Refugees Than Other Europeans
A new report published recently shows that the GREEK people are more empathetic toward refugees compared to other Europeans. The report, titled ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT greece.greekreporter.com |
Panathinaikos withdraws from action in the GREEK League
Panathinaikos announced its withdrawal from action in the GREEK League as a protest to the referee change in Olympiacos' game against Promitheas.
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.eurohoops.net |
Wind falters in first GREEK joint tender
GREEK developers are warming up for a tender for up to 300MW of wind capacity, following disappointing results for wind in the country's first joint ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.windpowermonthly.com |
Europol to Install Unit in GREECE'S Evros to Tackle Migrant Smuggling
It was announced on Wednesday that Europol will dispatch a mobile unit with a number of expert officers to assist the local Greek Police (ELAS) in ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT greece.greekreporter.com |
Bulgaria, Cyprus, GREECE, Romania, Slovenia fail to submit air pollution reduction plans to EC
Half of the European Union's 28 member states, including Bulgaria, Cyprus, GREECE, Romania, and Slovenia, had failed to prepare their air pollution ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT balkangreenenergynews.com |
Greek Police Station Attacked in Athens’ Anarchist Stronghold
ATHENS – Stepping up brazen attacks in the capital city’s neighborhood of Exarchia known as an anarchist center, hooded youths threw Molotov Cocktails at a […] The post Greek Police Station Attacked in Athens’ Anarchist Stronghold appeared first on The National Herald.
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.thenationalherald.com |
Europol Will Patrol Greece’s Turkey With Border for Human Smugglers
With warmer weather leading more refugees and migrants to keep coming across the sea from Turkey to Greek islands, reports that more of them are […] The post Europol Will Patrol Greece’s Turkey With Border for Human Smugglers appeared first on The National Herald.
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.thenationalherald.com |
Greece Accommodation Update – April 2019
The Accommodation Scheme1 provides rented housing to vulnerable asylum-seekers and refugees in Greece. Urban accommodation helps restore a sense of normalcy and provides better access to services ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT reliefweb.int |
GREEK PM Offers Relief Measures as Elections Loom
GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday unveiled several “relief measures,” including reinstating a benefit for pensioners who had their ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT greece.greekreporter.com |
GREEK PM Tsipras promises tax-relief measures before upcoming elections
The economy is expected to grow by 2.2 percent this year, but more than a third of GREEKS still live in poverty or at risk of poverty, AP said.
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.rt.com |
GREEK PM presents permanent social welfare and relief package
Prior to the announcement Tsipras acknowledged that a large part of GREEK society has endured a disproportionate burden in the years of the financial ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT greekcitytimes.com |
GREEK President blasts Turkey for illegal oil drilling
The GREEK President praised AHI's role in defending the national issues and rights of Greece and Cyprus and said their visit coincided with a need to ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT greekcitytimes.com |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)