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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Violinist Stirling plays the Greek

Greek Theatre, 2001 Gayley Road, Berkeley. (510) 548-3010. www.apeconcerts.com/greek-theater. Also: Outside Lands 2015. 3:40 p.m. Friday, Aug.


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Famed Greek marathon running on empty

The federation statement said it invites “runners from around the world to run the Athens Marathon in solidarity with the Greek people at this testing ...


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Greece rolls over 6M T-bills at steady yield

#economy


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Greek festival offers authentic food and culture

Michelle Chikos (l.) and Tasi Anese (r.) serve customers manestra, a vegetable stew with orzo and fasolakia, green beans in a red sauce at the Greek ...


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Will Britain leave EU? How lessons from Greece could sway voters.

The Labour Party has been more prominently associated with favorable sentiment toward the European Union. Pro-Europe liberals and labor unions long saw European law as a way of achieving their objectives by the back door, says Pawel Swidlicki, a policy analyst with Open Europe, a London think-tank seeking EU reform. Recommended: Keep calm and answer on: Take our United Kingdom quiz.


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Hope fades as search continues for lost free diver Natalia Molchanova

For record-setting Russian free diver Natalia Molchanova, plunging headfirst into 100 feet of water with a weight tied around her neck could hardly have seemed like a daunting task. According to the Times, she is also the only female diver ever to plunge deeper than 100 meters (about 328 feet), which she did at the world championship in Greece in 2013, the same year her son, Alexey Molchanov, set a men’s depth record at 128 meters (about 420 feet).


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Greece Says Deal Almost Done

Greece's Prime Minister said his country was in the "final stage" of talks for a new bailout and the talks would end soon. The post Greece Says Deal Almost Done appeared first on The National Herald.


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House Speaker Konstantopoulou Insists Greece Should Default

House Speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou said that Greece should default on its sovereign debt payments while indirectly accusing the prime minister and certain cabinet members for not utilizing the findings of her committee on the debt. The Parliament President gave a press conference to review her work after six months in government. She spoke a lot


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Greek Stocks End Lower on Third Day of Bourse Reopening

After the third day of reopening of the Athens Stock Exchange, bank shares took another dramatic dive reaching a cumulative 63.81 percent loss. The banking index lost 27 percent at closing on Wednesday, dragging all Greek stocks down. The market value of the four systemic banks — National Bank of Greece, Eurobank, Piraeus and Alpha


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Greece’s Most Pristine Beaches in Photos

Sapounohoma Beach – Ios “Sapounohoma,” situated at the west part of the Greek island of Ios, is a fantastic small beach with plenty of sand, a few small pine trees and a tiny church, that you can only reach by sea. Milokopi Beach – Loutraki “Milokopi” is situated near the area of Perachora in Loutraki. You will need


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Rout continues for Greek banks

Greek banks extended a rout that has wiped out more than half their value this week, sending the nation’s stocks lower for a third day. Piraeus Bank and Alpha Bank plunged at least 29 per cent, while Eurobank Ergasias plummeted 15 per cent. National Bank ...


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Trade-Ideas: National Bank Of Greece (NBG) Is Today's Pre-Market Mover With Heavy Volume Stock

Trade-Ideas LLC identified National Bank of Greece ( NBG) as a pre-market mover with heavy volume candidate. In addition to specific proprietary ...


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Greece Needs €100 Bln Debt Relief to Come Out of Perpetual Recession

823012-greece-parthenon Greece needs a generous 100-billion-euro debt haircut in order to be able to come out of a perpetual financial slump, says ...


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The Greek Banking Collapse Continues

Since the Greek stock market reopened this week after five weeks of closure, it's been in freefall — well, as free as it can fall in Athens, with one-day ...


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Greece hopeful of avoiding depositor bail-in

… the end of the year, Greece's finance minister said … stress tests and asset-quality reviews.                Greek banks have seen billions of … year as the potential for Greece being thrown out of the …


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Greece bailout deal expected in days with elections "likely" in fall

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has indicated a deal with the country's creditors should be made before the next payment on its current debt is due. The head of the EC was equally sanguine.


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Greek stocks sink further 2.5%

Greek stocks have closed 2.53 per cent down in a turbulent week on the Athens exchange, after the end of a five-week shutdown sparked the biggest ...


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Greek sources: Deal is feasible before key August 20 date

Juncker also hopeful for deal before August 20


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In Greece, Reliance On Public Funds Is The Central Problem

Greece is a hot topic at the moment, mostly with the continued negotiations over bailouts from the European Union and, through institutions like the ...


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The New Region of the Eastern Mediterranean

The Eastern Mediterranean has existed geographically throughout the ages. However, developments in the 21st century have necessitated viewing it conceptually as a distinct "new" region with specific characteristics. Comprised by Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Turkey, the region is assuming increased significance in world affairs. This reverses a long period of relative decline for the entire Mediterranean, known as the Great Sea. Beginning in the 16th century, the Mediterranean gradually lost out in importance to the Atlantic rim. Not anymore. To quote Stratfor's Chairman George Friedman: "What happens anywhere along the Mediterranean's shore has the potential to influence and shape events on any shore." The Eastern part of the Mediterranean is indeed witnessing some of the most intriguing, worrisome and dangerous events in today's world. Consider the civil war raging in Syria, the rise of ISIS, the unraveling of Libya, the strength of Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, the outbreak of Islamic sectarian conflicts, the uncertainty about Egypt's future (and that of the Arab Spring more generally), the ambition (and some would argue unpredictability) of Turkey, substantial new energy findings and, more recently, a refugee crisis. As regards the role played by the various Great Powers in the Eastern Mediterranean, what is being evinced is a less engaged United States (though still the most powerful actor in the region), an ambitious China, a tenacious Russia and a perennially weak European Union. Quite possibly, there are operative conditions of multipolarity at a regional level. Almost certainly, the Eastern Mediterranean is becoming a big "laboratory" where balance of power policies are being tested. Thinking of the Eastern Mediterranean as a separate "new" region (and not as merely an extension of the Middle East or of South Eastern Europe) has several advantages. First, regions are becoming a more useful analytical concept for the international relations of the 21st century. The world is simply too diverse for "one size fits all" policies like that of containment in the past. Secondly, there is the issue of energy. The United States Geological Survey estimates that some 122,378 billion cubic feet of natural gas exist in the Levantine Basin. The exploitation of such resources produces incentives for cooperation. Already, Israel, Cyprus and Greece have created an "energy triangle" of sorts (with plans for a natural gas pipeline and an electricity cord linking all three). There is also the tantalizing prospect of Egypt joining them soon through the use of its idle LNG facilities. The region's new-found energy wealth may ultimately contribute to the lessening of Europe's energy dependence to Russia. At the same time, the possibility of friction and conflict over these resources among regional actors cannot be discounted. These energy politics are best understood through an Eastern Mediterranean prism that facilitates the focus on a specific set of relevant issues. In such a framework, the Palestinian Question is only of marginal importance while the delimitation of Exclusive Economic Zones and the potential construction of pipelines at the very heart of developments. There is one other reason that requires the region to be viewed separately: It constitutes possibly the most important border within East and West. In today's Eastern Mediterranean, the forces of modernity democracy, secularism, peace and toleration--let us say the best of the "West," meet (and inevitably clash) with the forces and ideologies of authoritarianism, theocracy, terrorism, intolerance, fundamentalism and perpetual conflict--the worst of the "East." Ultimately, understanding the Eastern Mediterranean as a "new" region with the aforementioned characteristics can lead to more prescient analyses of shared regional challenges and, perhaps more importantly, actions and initiatives aiming at cooperation and stability. The United States will inevitably be required to play an even more active role given these circumstances. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.


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Greek banks plunge 64% in three days

“It's only been open three days, so investors have to reassess the risk in terms of Greek banks and the risk of their holdings. It is obviously not a ...


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European Stocks Rise, Pushing Against Cratering Greek Bank Stocks

LONDON (TheDeal) -- European stock indices rose on Wednesday as investors reacted to some positive earnings reports and better-than-expected ...


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British Think Tank Calls for Haircut on Most of Greek Debt

An increasing number of individuals and agencies are acknowledging the necessity for a hair-cut on the Greek debt. The National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) published a report on Tuesday that calls for the biggest Greek debt haircut that has been argued for yet. “If the “troika” continue to insist on unrealistic fiscal targets, the


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Greek stocks continue free fall, Tsipras says bailout talks on 'final stretch'

The bloodbath on the Greek stock market continued for the third day in a row, after the exchange reopened following a five-week shutdown. The Greek ...


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Greece says loan deal with lenders close

ATHENS - Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday that Greece was close to concluding a deal with lenders on a multi-billion-euro bailout, ...


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Greek economy to be one third smaller than at peak level: think tank

A leading economic think-tank forecast Wednesday that Greece's GDP will shrink this year by three percent and 2.3 percent next year. Thus it will eventually be nearly a third smaller than it was at its peak.


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Greece's Debt Relief Bill Rises To €100 Billion: And The IMF Ain't Helping

After we all thought that the Greek debt crisis was over we're seeing disturbing signs that it isn't, not at all, quite over as yet. It's not just the absence of the fat lady in the horned helmet signing as yet that indicates it either. We have two rather different [...]


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Greek Retreat Helps Rajoy Extend Poll Lead Before Spain Election

… political and economic contagion from Greece fades. Support for Rajoy’s … the side of Syriza during Greece’s standoff with creditors, slipped … hurt by the situation in Greece and how Syriza dealt with … in the euro area after Greece. “We are doing what we …


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National Bank of Greece (NBG) Stock Falls in Pre-Market Trading as Greek Stock Market Plunges

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- National Bank of Greece (NBG - Get Report) stock is decreasing by 7.80% to 75 cents in pre-market trading on Wednesday, ...


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On Greek island, tourists come for the sun and stay to help refugees

With their four children, the Dutch couple had taken full advantage of the first-class amenities on the picture-perfect Greek island of Lesbos: They ...


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Greece, Guns, Bankers, & Gold

..there was an element of hypocrisy..being leveled at Greece by France and Germany. It's hypocritical to ignore the fact that a not insignificant amount ...


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India's exports to Greece fall 15% on debt crisis: Government

NEW DELHI: The financial crisis in Greece has led to a 15.45 per cent fall in India's exports to the European nation during the first quarter of this fiscal, ...


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Greece in 'final stretch' of deal with creditors

Greece is in the “final stretch” of talks for a deal with creditors on a new bailout, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday in a television ...


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Greek stocks fall close to 4% in early trade

Greek stocks are nearly four per cent down on Wednesday in a turbulent week on the Athens exchange, after the end of a five-week shutdown sparked ...


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Sexy Greek celebrities and their…assets (hot pics)

Feast for the eyes..


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Greek stocks end 2.5 percent lower, banks shed 27 percent as rout persists

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek bank shares ended with sharp losses for a third day in a row on Wednesday, pulling the broader equities market lower. The Athens bourse's main index unofficially closed down 2.5 pct, after shedding 1.2 percent on Tuesday. Bank shares fell 27 pct as selling pressure continued. (Reporting by George Georgiopoulos Editing by Jeremy Gaunt.)


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OMONIA’s founder in Albania dies in a road accident

Tirana, 5 August 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency Founder and the first chairman of the political organization, OMONIA in Albania, died today in a road accident. Theodhori Bezhani, 75 years old, resident in Gjirokaster, found death in the Kakavija road section, near the Greek border, IBNA’s correspondent reports. Police of Gjirokastra official, Enerjeta Camani, told IBNA […]


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Greek markets fall for a third day as bank shares plummet

Greek stocks were nearly 4% down in midday trade in a turbulent week on the Athens exchange, after the end of a five-week shutdown sparked the biggest drop in its history. The ATHEX index was losing 3.96% and stood at 633.78 points, with Greek bank ...


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Opinion: Why grandma should be buying Greek stocks

If you're a regular Joe, Joanna, or Grandma Jones, and you think the collapse in the Greek stock market is nothing to do with you, think again.


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Greek PM says loan deal in 'final stretch'

The comments were the latest in a series of unusually upbeat assessments by Greek and European officials of progress in talks towards up to 86 ...


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High Yield Bond Issuance Stalls In July As Market Eyed Commodities, Greece, China

The high-yield primary market slowed to a crawl in July, as the $10 billion in issuance marked the lowest monthly volume total since December.


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Greek police free Dutch child from island cult

Greek police have freed a four-year-old Dutch girl from a religious cult, over a week after she was taken from...


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White House to Host Community Leaders Aug. 6 for Greece Discussions

In an message of solidarity and support for Greece, the Obama Administration has invited community leaders to a discussion at the White House with senior Administration officials on Aug. 6 to discuss their homeland's crushing economic crisis. The post White House to Host Community Leaders Aug. 6 for Greece Discussions appeared first on The National Herald.


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Greek PM Says Deal With International Creditors Is Close; Speaks on Farmers’ Future

The farming industry needs growth and fair conditions, according to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Tsipras expounded on future policies he wants to apply in the farming industry, after a meeting he had at the Greek Ministry of Rural Development on Wednesday. He argued that Greece and its international creditors are very close to finalizing a bailout deal. The prime


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ECB Does Not Alter ELA to Greece

The European Central Bank decided on Wednesday for the second straight week to keep Emergency Liquidity Assistance to Greece at around 91 billion euros. The decision was expected considering that the Greek government seems to not have made any formal requests for an increase in the ELA. On Tuesday, Bloomberg cited a senior official at the National Bank of Greece


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Greece wants existing privatisation agency to handle announced tenders

By Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece wants its existing privatisation agency to handle current tenders because setting up a new one will take time, a senior privatisation official said on Wednesday. The issue -- described as minor by Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos on Tuesday - has held up final agreement on privatisation in talks with lenders this week. Under the deal, the country has pledged to wrap up a series of privatisations that were halted when the leftist government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras came to power in January.


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Greece, lenders want bank recapitalisation done by year-end

Greece and its international lenders want the country's banks to complete their recapitalisation by the end of this year, the country's finance minister said on Wednesday after talks with creditor representatives. "We discussed the recapitalisation issue of Greek banks. "They also agree that there must not be a haircut (charge) on bank deposits," he said.


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Greek ‘likely’ to hold early elections in fall: official

Early elections are "likely" in Greece in the fall, a government spokesperson said Wednesday as Athens races to hammer out a new bailout deal with its creditors by August 20.


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Greek Bank Stocks Plummet For Third Day

Turmoil on the Athens Stock Exchange continues for a third day following the reopening of the market on Monday.


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US trade gap with Europe soars to record amid Greek crisis

The U.S. imported a record amount of goods from Europe in June, worsening the trade deficit. By. JeffryBartash. Reporter. WASHINGTON ...


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