… Central Bank’s treatment of Greece as “quite disgraceful”. He said … towards Greece. Indeed, I had a very long meeting with [the Greek … Europe. Because clearly poverty in Greece has increased more than anywhere …
Welcome, 77 artists, 40 different points of Attica welcomes you by singing Erotokritos an epic romance written at 1713 by Vitsentzos Kornaros
Sunday, May 29, 2016
The squalid Idomeni refugee camp in northern Greece which became a symbol of Europe's migrant crisis has been fully evacuated, police said Thursday, as another 30 died crossing the Mediterranean.
… in the industrial outskirts of Greece's second city Thessaloniki …
Putin visits Greek monastic community
Putin visits Greek monastic community Arkadelphia Siftings Herald … 6:48 PM Putin visits Greek monastic community Arkadelphia Siftings Herald …
John McDonnell Praises Immigrants' Contribution To Britain At Pro-EU Event
Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk - Saturday, May 28, 2016 John McDonnell has delivered a strident defence of immigration as he helped set out the "progressive" cause for Britain staying in the EU . The Out campaign has repeatedly attacked the EU's free movement rules but the Shadow Chancellor said Britain had gained from European free movement and said the Tories threatened to drag the debate into "the intellectual gutter". The level of immigration to Britain has been a difficult issue for the Remain camp. Writing in The Sun today , Brexiteer Priti Patel said a new immigration system would "control the chaos and help the economy", saying increasing immigration hurts the wages of the low-paid. The latest figures show around net migration is at around 330,000 to the embarrassment of David Cameron, who infamously pledged to reduce it to less than 100,000. At 'Another Europe Is Possible', an event held at London's Institute of Education on Saturday that also featured ex-Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, McDonnell said: “Inwards migration often keeps our own economy afloat, filling the skills gaps and supporting our ageing population to pay its way. "I speak as the grandson of an Irish immigrant and I have to tell you that it’s been the case for almost a century and a half that migrants have supported this economy and kept it afloat. "I’m proud that it was mostly Irishmen who built most of the infrastructure on which we travelled to get here today, many of the buildings we work in an All Related | More on Britain
Migrants cleared from Idomeni camp take to fields to avoid state-run facilities
Some aid groups are expressing concern that migrants and refugees have been moved to several sites with "sub-standard conditions" after being evacuated from a makeshift camp near Greece's border town of Idomeni.
Tomb Of Aristotle? Not So Fast, Say Classics Scholars
A Greek archaeologist claims to have found the tomb of Aristotle. But classical scholars are raising important questions about this identification.
GREEK refinery ELPE signs MoU with Russian giant Rosneft for supply of crude
GREEK refinery Hellenic Petroleum (ELPE) signed a memorandum of cooperation to obtain crude by Russian oil giant Rosneft, which, in turn, will buy ...
