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Sunday, December 13, 2015

GREECE Police investigating stabbing at Denny's

The GREECE Police Department is investigating a stabbing that happened just before 3:30 a.m. Sunday at the Denny's restaurant at 2890 W. Ridge ...


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Regavim files criminal complaint against Greek Orthodox ...

Regavim files criminal complaint against Greek Orthodox Church for violating High Court injunction. Israel, US examining F-35B sale 'The Bat' to take flight in TA


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Greek Director Yorgos Lanthimos Wins Screenwriting Award ...

The Lobster by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos was nominated for four European Film Awards in which Lanthimos picked up the Screenwriting award for the ...


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Funds price GREEK NPLs at very low rates

Investment funds preparing to profit from GREEK nonperforming loans are offering rates of between 5 and 15 cents per euro for the purchase of bad ...


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Market concerned about gov't stability

Even so, capital market participants have taken either a negative stance or a wait-and-see attitude toward GREEK assets. This development hides a ...


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Tsipras expecting protest after Greece paves way for further privatisations

Greek government agrees deal to reform energy sector and facilitate raft of state sell-offs to meet conditions for €1bn in loans The Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has warned that his government faces a new storm of protest after jumping another reform-for-aid hurdle with international creditors. After a week of rigorous negotiations with foreign lenders, Tsipras’s leftist-led government finalised a deal foreseeing further privatisations, reforming the energy sector and opening up the market to non-performing loans. The agreement is slated to unlock another €1bn (£720m) in loans for the debt-stricken country next week. Related: Euclid Tsakalotos: Greek finance minister on the hard path of post-bailout reform Continue reading...


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Greece resident stabbed Saturday night

… AM WHEC.com A 19-year-old Greece man is recovering today after …


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Obsessed with Grexit – ESM chief Regling: Grexit option remains, if reforms neglected

There are these officials, obsessed with Grexit. They don’t let Greeks take a breath even in the time before Christmas. One of these notorious fun-spoilers gave an interview to To Vima Sunday edition. The chief of European Stability Mechanism, German Klaus Regling said that the possibility of a Greek eurozone […]


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World Press View: Greece Crisis Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over

Greece's crisis looks like it could ease - on paper - but the statistics and politics are proving otherwise, especially with the IMF hanging tough. The post World Press View: Greece Crisis Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over appeared first on The National Herald.


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GREEK-Australian Community Language Program Cut by SA Government

simaies_ellines-australia The South Australia Weatherill Labor government has decided to cut the GREEK Language Maintenance and Development ...


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Church brings a taste of GREECE to Missoula

Last year vendors from GREECE, Syria and Iraq had sold out of everything before noon, however this year vendors doubled their recipes to allow for ...


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Warning Shots Fired During Russian Turkish Episode in the Aegean

Russia announced on Sunday, December 13 that the Turkish military attaché was invited to the defense ministry in Moscow after an incident that occurred in the Aegean Sea in Greece. During the episode, a Russian destroyer had just enough time to avoid crashing into a Turkish vessel. “On December 13, the crew of the Russian


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‘Black Hole’ in Funds Causes Deficit in Pensions

The insurance funds’ deficit has reached 13.88 billion euros and it is threatening the pensions of Greek citizens. Out of the total 1 billion euros came from delayed lump sums, as well as main and supplementary pensions that the funds owe to 330,000 citizens who applied for temporary pension. The remaining 12.88 billion euro deficit


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Greek Demands for WWII Reparations ‘Still Legally Active,’ Pavlopoulos Says from Kalavryta

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Sunday referred at length to the issue of German war reparations and a forced occupation loan demanded by the Nazi administration, during his speech at an event in the town of Kalavryta, a scene of war-time atrocities in WWII. He noted that Greece ‘s demands were still


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Draft Bill on Prior Actions Needed for 1-bln-euro Bailout Tranche Tabled in Parliament

A draft omnibus bill legislating for the prior actions and milestones Greece must implement in exchange for a 1.0-billion-euro tranche of bailout loans has been tabled in Greek Parliament, following an agreement reached with Greece’s creditors late last week. The omnibus bill was tabled on Saturday using emergency fast-track procedures and deals with the management


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Homeowners upset with students parking in neighborhood

The decision of walking or driving to class due to the fear of losing a spot, driving laps around the GREEK parking lot until someone else leaves or ...


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The Latest: Hungary leader: EU a battlefield due to migrants

... make their way out of the sea, as their boat, on which they crossed a part of the Aegean sea from Turkey, hit on rocks on the GREEK island of Lesbos, ...


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EFSF's Regling: 'The GREEK Program Will Not Proceed Without the IMF'

“The language of the Treaty is clear, I am convinced about the IMF's involvement in the GREEK program,” he stressed. The Eurozone countries' ...


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GREEK Archbishop: 'The Cohabitation Agreement Must Not Become Law'

Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens avoided making any comments regarding the extremist opinions that were expressed by certain people of the GREEK ...


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Turkish Prime Minister: GREEK Cyprus May Be Willing to Give Up Veto on EU Talks with Turkey

According to Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu, there are now "strong signals" that GREEK Cyprus is willing to remove its veto on five negotiation ...


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Thousands Of Migrants Headed To Western Europe Stranded In GREECE

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New EU border force plan targets migrants to Greece

… . The plan reflects frustration with Greek reluctance to seek help in …


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Greece's Former President of Parliament on Why Syriza Party Broke Its Pledge to the People

… fight against austerity that vaulted Greece into global headlines earlier this … were holding Greek bonds. The vast majority of the Greek bailout went … for banks to seize homes. Greece recently saw a general strike …


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GREEK Mythology Is Way Gayer Than You Think…

While many folks around the world know of GREEK mythology and its extensive pantheon, lesser known is the fact that most (if not all) of these gods ...


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GREECE Teen Stabbed After Leaving House Party

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A GREECE teenager was taken to the hospital following a stabbing after a confrontation at a house party overnight in Rochester.


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Europe and Migration: Five Challenges

As Europe seeks to absorb a massive wave of newcomers, the challenges are becoming strikingly apparent. First, with no advance planning, European countries have had to move quickly to address the immediate issues of shelter and other urgent needs, all the more so as winter arrives and options like tents for housing become unfeasible. The task is formidable. More than one million new arrivals have come to Germany, the preferred destination, in 2015 alone. Each individual, as I know from my own experience working with refugees from behind the Iron Curtain, is a world unto his or her own, often with medical or psychological issues, concerns for family members left behind, anxiety about the uncertainty of what lies ahead, and a ton of questions about a new and totally unfamiliar country. Second, EU member states, especially in Central Europe, are at loggerheads over the migration issue. Several countries - some openly, others quietly - blame Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel for triggering the wave of newcomers by her unexpected message of welcome in September, spurred by a humanitarian impulse to help people clearly in need. Indeed, The Times (of London) referred to "Merkel's Migrants" in a page-one headline. Meanwhile, within her own political party, the CDU, and its Bavarian sister party, the CSU, debates surrounding her action have been robust. Notwithstanding calls for EU unity and solidarity in "burden sharing," the feuding persists. In AJC's recent meetings in Berlin and Brussels, it emerged that of the 160,000 migrants to be allocated by the EU Commission to various other member states, under a proposed plan of mandatory quotas, only a tiny handful have actually gone to their new homes so far. The resistance to resettlement by some, though not all, EU nations has been fierce. They insist that they were not consulted in the original decision and, in any case, already have enough social and economic difficulties without adding to the list. Third, the security dimension of the migration wave cannot be ignored. The migrants were not part of an orderly process that began in third countries where they filled out applications for refugee status, were screened by officials, and then, if approved, sent to a country prepared to receive them. Rather, the process has been quite chaotic. Overwhelmingly male and young, the migrants have reached Europe's shores in unprecedented numbers, often after harrowing journeys, with identity papers that may or, in some cases, may not be authentic, or with none at all. How can receiving countries establish in each and every case who they are and verify their stories? For instance, according to reports, a certain percentage who claim to be Syrian are not, but declare themselves to be because an informal pipeline, using social media, has conveyed that Syrians have the best chance for filing successful asylum applications in Europe. Moreover, there are fears that ISIS and other groups are infiltrating terrorists into the human wave, perhaps even providing them with stolen or counterfeit IDs. These fears have been intensified by the November 13th attacks in Paris that killed 130 people. Two of the perpetrators reportedly arrived in Europe via the migration wave through Greece. Further, there is concern that if disillusion should set in among some newcomers - because, say, reality does not match expectations - jihadist cells will try to lure them as foreign fighters or local operatives. As it is, many European security agencies are quite overwhelmed by the current challenges of tracking thousands of suspects, especially those who have traveled to Iraq and Syria and returned, and their recruiters. Generally speaking, there is inadequate staff for 24/7 monitoring and surveillance; insufficient information-sharing among EU member states; years-long, inconclusive debates between advocates of privacy rights and data protection versus more intrusive security measures; outside, at times tolerated, funding (by Saudi Arabia, for instance) of Salafist and other extremist religious activity; and limited intelligence cooperation from Turkey, the preferred route for Europe's foreign fighters heading to and from Iraq and Syria. Adding new dimensions to Europe's security agenda will prove an enormous burden for stretched agencies. Fourth, acculturation of the newcomers looms large. Until now, many EU member states have had difficulties in integrating waves of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa. Going forward, they will have to do better. While there have been many remarkable success stories of integration, there have also been notable failures. Examples abound. Molenbeek in Belgium, Malmö in Sweden, and several "banlieues" (suburbs) of Paris illustrate the phenomenon of marginalized, forlorn communities that too often have resulted in parallel societies; cycles of high student dropout rates, unemployment, and violence; and the blossoming of extremist religious groups. Apropos, it's noteworthy that a number of foreign fighters are second-generation, born in France, Belgium, the U.K., etc. In addition, the new migrants come from overwhelmingly non-democratic societies - Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Eritrea, etc. They often have had little experience with norms of Western countries, including gender equality, faith as a private choice, separation of religion and state, and pluralism and mutual respect, and may or may not find the transition easy to embrace. In a meeting with Yazidi refugees in Germany last week, an AJC delegation heard not only horrific accounts of the persecution they endured in Iraq, but also of difficulties experienced in Europe at the hands of other migrants who brought with them their prejudices against this oft-targeted, non-Muslim community. And Europe's Jews may wonder whether anti-Semitism in the countries of origin will also transfer with the migration, adding to rising levels of Judeophobia. Finally, the migration appears to have no end in sight, given the hope of millions more to escape endemic war, poverty, and despair in the Middle East and Africa, not to mention the desire of those who have already made it to Europe to reunite with family members left behind. In turn, this has created a troubling backlash, most recently in France, fueling populist movements that assail the political establishment and the concentrated power of the EU, question Europe's ability and will to control its own borders, and advocate nationalist, at times stridently nativist, platforms. Thus, Europe, which has achieved such an extraordinary degree of postwar peace and cooperation, is now buffeted by large-scale migration; growing security concerns; internal feuding; invigorated extreme right-wing movements; and questions about the EU's capacity to respond effectively to issues that may well define the character and cohesion of European nations in the years ahead. In other words, the stakes could not be higher. Whether the EU and its 28 member states will pass the test of their most severe crisis to date remains to be seen. As a long-time transatlanticist and Europhile, I fervently pray they will, as they must. -- 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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Eurozone won’t exclude IMF from Greek bailout

… from Greece’s third bailout programme review, Eurozone officials told Greece on … President Thomas Wieser told the Kathimerini weekly newspaper. “This is not … ,” he said. Earlier this month Greek finance minister Tsakalotos told Reuters …


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Greece: National Economic Collapse and the Neoliberal Backlash, Syriza Holds On, The Left Is ...

The GREEK tragedy of national economic collapse appeared to be turning into farce with the re-election of Syriza at the end of September. The leftist ...


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EU says IMF will not be excluded from third bailout programme for GREECE

Another EU official, European Stability Mechanism (ESM) head Klaus Regling, said the IMF would participate in GREECE'S bailout with a small ...


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GREECE Teen Stabbed in Fight on Lake Avenue

GREECE Teen Stabbed in Fight on Lake Avenue ... of young people on Lake Avenue led to the stabbing of a 19-year-old GREECE man late last night.


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Gov't seeks help with migrants as tensions rise

As tensions peaked at temporary reception facilities for migrants, Citizens' Protection Minister Nikos Toskas said over the weekend that GREECE was ...


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Syrian Migrants Held Up In GREECE

Thousands of asylum seekers are stranded in GREECE as Macedonia is only allowing Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans to enter. They are being housed ...


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EU border force plan faces resistance from governments

By Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A proposal to give the EU's executive the power to send forces unbidden into member states to defend the common European frontier will face resistance from some countries when it is published this week. The European Commission wants to be able to deploy personnel from a new European Border and Coastguard Agency without, as currently required, the consent of the state concerned, EU officials told Reuters in early December, reflecting frustration with Greek reluctance to seek help with migrants. European Union officials call it a largely theoretical "nuclear option" and stress that any infringement of national sovereignty would be balanced by the power of a majority of member states to block Commission intervention - similar to checks agreed during the euro debt crisis.


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GREEK man wanted in Germany for fraud is arrested in Cyprus

A 57-year-old from Greece who is wanted in Germany for alleged fraud has been arrested in Cyprus pending extradition. The alleged offences date ...


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Six in 10 births in GREECE are via C-section

Around six in 10 women who give birth in GREECE do so via cesarean delivery, compared to an average of 25 percent in the 28-member European ...


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With Refugees Adrift, EU, Greece Lets NGO’s, Volunteers Rescue Them

As Greece’s Radical Left SYRIZA struggles to keep together a shaky coalition and impose more austerity, it has been ripped for failing to deal with a tsunami of refugees and migrants using the country as a way station to get to other more prosperous European Union countries. The post With Refugees Adrift, EU, Greece Lets NGO’s, Volunteers Rescue Them appeared first on The National Herald.


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Big Test for Greece’s Coalition

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' coalition comes under fire again when it must push through Parliament more tough austerity measures and reforms. The post Big Test for Greece’s Coalition appeared first on The National Herald.


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Greek Doctors Demand Bribes

One in three Greeks pays a fakelaki (“little envelope”), a bribe to doctors in state hospitals so they can be treated or operated on. The post Greek Doctors Demand Bribes appeared first on The National Herald.


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Greek Farmers Assail Ministers

Farmers angry they hadn't received state subsidies verbally assaulted ministers attending a convention in Feres in northeastern Greece. The post Greek Farmers Assail Ministers appeared first on The National Herald.


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IMF stays, Grexit risk not over: EU

From Yahoo News: Greece cannot remove the IMF from its economic bailout, the head of the EU's rescue fund said Sunday, adding that the possibility of a Greek eurozone ...


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LIVE Olympiacos

GREEK Super League – Follow the Football match between Olympiacos and Panaitolikós Agrínion live with Eurosport. The match starts at 14:00 on 13 ...


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GREEK agreement with creditors open way for EC's transfer of funds

GREEK agreement with creditors open way for EC's transfer of funds ... loans held by GREEK banks, to be approved without further defections by its MPs, ...


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Greek PM Tsipras On Recapitalization of Greek Banks

“Despite any difficulties, the new recapitalization of the banks was conducted in order to safeguard, in the best possible way, the interests of the Greek state,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stressed on Friday, addressing the Greek Parliament. Tsipras rejected main opposition New Democracy MPs’ charges over a sharp decrease in the domestic ownership of the


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Cyprus House President Says Turkish Stance Does Not Justify Euphoria

The expectations for a more positive approach by new Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci to the Cyprus problem are not justified, nor is the climate of euphoria over the Turkish stance, Greek Cypriot President of the House of Representatives Yiannakis Omirou has pointed out. He added that Cyprus could not remain the only divided country


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Review must be wrapped up with IMF on board

The man who has closely monitored, planned and negotiated over the GREEK program from day one, and knows it better than most, is Austrian ...


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GREEK Police Detain About 100 Migrants Involved in Mass Scuffle

"I was told that a group of Moroccans were blackmailing people to give them money, or be forced to leave," GREEK Alternate Minister on Migration ...


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Home GREEK news Business GREEK Government Has No Plan as Migrant Gangs Cause Trouble in ...

Migrant-Gangs-Cause-Trouble-in-GREEK-Capital The GREEK government is yet to make a plan on what to do with the hundreds of migrants and ...


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Christina Dimakou

… refugees have entered Europe through Greece this year, most of them … responsibility of officials from the Greek police and the European borders … the guardianship network is unclear. Greece’s well-documented economic woes mean …


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Watchung Hills Regional Students Treated to 'The Odyssey,' and the Study of GREEK Epics

WARREN TWP. – Freshman English students at Watchung Hills Regional High School received a bonus on Monday, Nov. 23: A lesson in the GREEK ...


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Trapped in GREECE by EU guidelines, migrants determined to get out

All are migrants trapped in GREECE after being barred from continuing their odyssey through Europe — and are desperate to get out. “We are looking ...


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