Greece’s Lamda, Backed by Chinese, Will Redevelop the Old Athens Airport

ATHENS — Greece’s state privatization agency has picked a Greek real estate company to develop a sprawling coastal Olympic complex and former airport, once earmarked as a metropolitan park but largely abandoned for the past decade. An agency statement Monday said its advisers submitted two separate positive opinions on Lamda Development’s 915 million-euro ($1.26-billion) offer […]

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Milk Fight Threatened Greek Aid as Lawmakers Granted EU Demands

KathimeriniMilk Fight Threatened Greek Aid as Lawmakers Granted EU DemandsBloombergDeputy Agriculture Minister Maximos Harakopoulos had opposed extending the shelf life of pasteurized milk saying that it would hurt Greek farmers without benefiting consumers, yet he was loath to jeopardize the country's funding by not voting for the ...Dijsselbloem says EU to decide Tuesday on pace of Greek payoutsKathimeriniall 11 news articles »

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Greek sailors stage strike over austerity plans

Greek sailors and technical crews have begun a two-day strike in opposition to the latest government austerity plans and in protest at their overdue back payment. The strike, which brought serious disruption to coastal shipping, was called by the ...

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RAHN: Greece shows how far an economy can fall

RAHN: Greece shows how far an economy can fallWashington TimesThere are 10 million Greeks living in Greece (and falling fast owing to migration), “organized” in around 2.8 million households that have a “relationship” with the Tax Office. Of those 2.8 million households, 2.3 million have a debt to the Tax Office ...

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Athens bans protests as Greece hosts EU meeting

Greek police have banned protests in central Athens ahead of a meeting of EU finance ministers in the capital. Demonstrators will be barred from areas including Syntagma Square, the focus of recent anti-austerity protests. EU finance ministers ...

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Greece concludes long-awaited ex-airport lease

Greece on Monday said it had leased a former Athens airport in a deal worth 915 million euros ($1.3 billion) -- a key goal in the cash-strapped nation's efforts to offload state-owned assets. The government's privatisation agency said it had accepted an offer from Greek-led consortium Lamda Development to take full control of the former airport site of Hellinikon near the capital. Hellinikon ...

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'Total Frat Move' Makes Millions By Celebrating And Skewering Greek Life

 

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The website Total Frat Move cleverly gamed social media to make it one of the web's top destinations for humor. 

The site offers an irreverent, and at times, openly-sophomoric brand of comedy that recalls the heyday of National Lampoon.Although its target demographic is the nation's fraternity and sorority members, the site's co-founder thinks this brand of humor has mass appeal.

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