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Saturday, February 11, 2017

EU chief: 'Substantial progress' on GREEK program review

Greece and its creditors made “substantial progress” on the state of play over Greece's second program review and the two sides are close to ...


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EU President Juncker says GREEK plan "on shaky ground"

Tsipras making it clear that he won't be wanting more cutbacks (to services, pensions etc.) as a condition of more aid. He may have to backtrack on ...


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Greek authorities evacuated 72,000 people after World War II-bomb found in Greek city of Thessaloniki

Military officers unload sacks of sand next to a hole in the ground, right, where a 250-kilogram World War Two bomb was found during excavation works at a gas station, before an operation to defuse it that will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece, February ...


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Olympiakos scores early, beats Larissa 2-0 in Greek league

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Defending champion Olympiakos scored twice in the first nine minutes, then missed several chances for a wider victory against Larissa in the Greek league on Saturday.


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GREECE Debt Crisis Outrageous Malevolence

The reason to do all this would have been -should we say ostensibly or allegedly?-, to get GREECE in a situation where the Germans and the French ...


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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urges IMF to revise its forecast

Greece has warned the International Monetary Fund and Germany to “stop playing with fire" in the handling of the country's debt crisis. Opening a meeting of his Syriza party, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he was confident that a solution would ...


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GREEK taxpayers with hidden incomes are not coming clean

Some 13,000 declarations of incomes from previous years have been submitted to tax authorities so far this year, but they do not include any from ...


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China's honored country role for Greek top trade fair hailed

THESSALONIKI, Greece, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Greek officials hailed on Saturday China's expected contribution to local and regional economy as China officially assumed the honored country role of the 2017 Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF).


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Octopus clings onto diver's face and refuses to let go

The diver in Greece is seen trying to shake the sea creature off his goggles, before managing to pull it away with his hand. Later on, the octopus manages to attach itself to his leg.


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Iran's Nima Daghestani Joins Panegialios

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian defender Nima Daghestani has joined Greek Football League side Panegialios. The 18-year-old left defender has penned an 18-month contract with Panegialios for an undisclosed


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Greece: Kurdish activists march in honour of slain DHKP-C member Bilgehan Karpat

Greece: Kurdish activists march in honour …


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Huge WW2 Greece bomb evacuation begins

… a Greek city At least 70,000 people in the Greek city … a densely populated area of Greece and the disposal operation should … September 1944. German forces occupied Greece from 1941 until October 1944.


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Greek FM meets U.S. Ambassador over Greek-U.S. relations and Cyprus

The prospects for Greek-American cooperation were the main focus of a meeting between Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and U.S. Ambassador in Athens Geoffrey Pyatt on Friday. They also discussed the situation in the surrounding region and the latest ...


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Remainers should look at the sorry state of GREECE before they sing the praises of the EU

Last week's news that, despite the special measures and bail-outs, GREECE'S economy remains catastrophic should come as no surprise. Its debts are ...


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Manhattan Da’s Office Returns Ancient Sarcophagus to Greece

The post Manhattan Da’s Office Returns Ancient Sarcophagus to Greece appeared first on The National Herald.


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Turkish Cypriots decry Greek Cypriot teachings on 1950 vote

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots on ethnically divided Cyprus has decried a new law making the annual commemoration of a 1950 plebiscite in support of union with Greece mandatory in Greek Cypriot schools.


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Greece orders mandatory evacuation of thousands around WWII bomb

Greek officials are evacuating some 70,000 people ahead of an operation to defuse a huge World War II bomb. The device was unearthed during road works and is scheduled to be removed in the coming days.


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Greek capital Athens elected fourth best destination in Europe for 2017

Greece's capital Athens was voted as the fourth Best European Destination for 2017, according to the results of the eighth online competition organized by the European Best Destinations (EBD) organization. Twenty selected destinations have just competed ...


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Tsipras confident on bailout review but urges no more burdens for Greece

An all-important review of Greece’s latest bailout will end well, Alexis Tsipras told a meeting of his Syriza party in Athens on Saturday. But the Greek prime minister warned international lenders not to heap new burdens on a country he said had been ...


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Tsipras hits back at IMF, Germany over debt impasse

Opening a meeting of his far-left Syriza party, Tsipras said he was confident a solution over repayments would be found, despite talks between GREECE ...


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Anti-Planned Parenthood Protest, counter-protests gather in GREECE

Locally, protesters met across the street from the Planned Parenthood on West Ridge Road in GREECE. Many who were against the health clinic, like ...


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Sneakers, marijuana reported stolen from Greece home

Scam: On Feb. 2, someone sent a fraudulent check to a resident of Summit Circle and phoned her. The woman was told to deposit the check and send money back to the suspect, to supposedly collect a prize. A caregiver told the woman that this was a scam.


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Greek Prime Minister Hits Back at IMF, Germany Over Debt Impasse

'The IMF is playing a game of poker by dragging things aside because it does not want to blame the intransigence of the German minister' Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday warned the International Monetary Fund and EU economic powerhouse ...


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Interview: U.S. president's economic agenda may trigger trade war, says Greek expert

ATHENS, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Ten years after the start of the biggest international economic calamity in post-war history, U.S. President Donald Trump's economic agenda is likely to bring a new circle of debt crisis and threatens to trigger a trade war ...


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US must understand that Greek default could lead to global crisis

One has to hope that the new administration is not complacent about the latest episode in Greece's ongoing economic crisis. Unlike earlier episodes, there is every reason to think that this episode will not easily be resolved. There is also reason to fear ...


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Nothing but a fig leaf

We are increasingly witnessing the realization that GREECE is not in crisis exactly, but in a state of constant decline. This opinion was also expressed at ...


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Greek PM urges IMF to revise its forecast

GREECE has warned the International Monetary Fund and Germany to “stop playing with fire" in the handling of the country's debt crisis. Opening a ...


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Greek WW2 bomb forces Thessaloniki evacuation

At least 70,000 people in the Greek city of Thessaloniki are being evacuated so that a 500lb World War Two bomb can be defused, officials say. It is thought to be one of the largest wartime bombs to be found in urban Greece in addition to being one of the ...


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Tsipras slams Schaeuble as “pyromaniac playing in store full ammunition”, the IMF as “coward”

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras slammed both the International Monetary Fund and the German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble for their policies leading to delays in the conclusion of the second review of the third bailout program. Speaking at the central committee meeting of SYRIZA on Saturday, Tsipras said that those […]


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Increase in Arrivals at Athens Airport is Due to Greeks Who Moved Abroad

Traffic growth at the Eleftherios Venizelos airport is attributed mainly to Greeks who have moved abroad and visit their homeland, said Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) President Andreas Andreadis. Andreadis made the comment via Twitter, where he wrote, “But all the traffic growth of the Athens airport came from the Greeks who now work abroad and […]


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Avramopoulos: EU Member-States Must Speed Up Pace of Relocation

Greece is fulfilling its obligations in managing migration and now it is time for EU member-states to show solidarity and accelerate the rate of relocation, EU Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Friday after a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens. “The implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement should be accelerated by […]


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Midtown Gallery Returns Greek Artifact to Athens Museum

… back an ancient artifact to Greece after it was stolen and … Greek and Trojan warriors. Investigators found it was taken illegally from Greece …


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WWII-bomb evacuates 72k in Greek city

Greek authorities have forced the evacuation … ’s underground tanks in Thessaloniki, Greece, February 8, 2017. (Photo by … train networks in the city, Greece’s second major economic, industrial …


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Tsipras warns IMF and Germany over bailout talks

Greek prime minister says negotiators ‘playing with fire’ for domestic gain


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World View: Grexit Risk: Greece May Refuse Another Round of Austerity

Years before the term “Brexit” was invented, referring to Britain leaving the European Union, people were talking about a possible “Grexit,” referring to Greece leaving the euro currency and returning to its old drachma currency. As Greece enters ...


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Greece says bailout deal close, Juncker says it's on shaky ground

ATHENS/BERLIN Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras warned international lenders on Saturday not to heap new burdens on his country but said he believed the drawn-out bailout review with them would end well. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker ...


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Greece won't accept "illogical" demands from lenders, PM says

Greece's prolonged bailout review will be completed positively, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said today, but he added Athens will not accept "illogical" demands from lenders. Speaking to his leftist Syriza party, Tsipras said the review would be ...


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72000 people being evacuated after WWII-bomb found in GREEK city

GREEK authorities have forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people to safe places in the country's second largest city of Thessaloniki after a ...


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Illegally Trafficked Sarcophagus Fragment Returned to Greece

The Manhattan District Attorney's office has returned an ancient marble sarcophagus fragment to Greece that had been illegally trafficked into the United States. The item dates to 200 A.D. and depicts a battle between Green and Trojan warriors. It was ...


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Tsipras Warns IMF, Schauble To "Stop Playing With Fire" Over Greek Debt

One day after Greek 2Y bond yields tumbled following press reports that for the first time in the latest Greek mini-crisis, the IMF and Eurozone creditors finally agreed on a "common stance" regarding what the Greek fiscal surplus and debt profile would ...


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Bank For International Settlements Warns Of Looming Debt Bubble

GREECE! GREECE is making headlines once more for its inability to work out a debt deal with its lenders. There is now a rift between the European Union ...


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GREECE'S National Library prepares for transition to new era

The National Library of GREECE is making a bet on its future. From the historic neoclassical building in the centre of Athens, one of an iconic 'triplet' of ...


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Hypocritical Europe is Just Trump-Lite on Refugee Policy

Politicians in Europe are howling about President Trump's cruel and inept executive order on refugees, and comparing his scattershot treatment to Europe's which they argue is benign and in line with European values. Don't be fooled. Europe, if it can be said that there is such a cohesive entity, is full of efforts to curtail refugee and migrant flows in ways that (might even) make Trump blush. But for now, it is easier to take a holier-than-Trump stance than do what is necessary, both in Europe and Washington, to deal with the reality of refugee issues in the age of failed states: migrant flows are not going to end soon from all sorts of places and no one knows how to handle them. Europe's response is hardly a source of pride. To wit: • Germany, which opened its borders to almost a million refugees in 2015 and a 280,000 last year, is now deporting the newcomers at breakneck speed, especially from Afghanistan, which Berlin has decreed is a safe place to go back to. Sometimes Germany pays migrants money to encourage their exit. Chancellor Angela Merkel worked out a deal in which the European Union paid off Turkey to stop migrants from taking to sea to get to Europe. She has also floated the idea of banning burkas, the full body conservative covering of some ultra-conservative Muslim women. Even Trump hasn't thought that one up. • France's President Francois Hollande, whose opinion doesn't count much since he'll be out of power this year, has lambasted Trump for his refugee policies. He said Europe "must respond." In the meantime, his government blocked the borders with Italy to keep African migrants form coming north and arrested Frenchmen who have tried to guide them across the Alps. The top candidates who would replace him in this year's election have all taken tough stands on immigration. Conservative candidate Francois Fillon and nationalist firebrand Marine LePen are running on anti-immigration platforms. The socialist candidate Manuel Valls has said Europe should not accept any more refugees. He also suggested that full-body covering women's bathing suits should be banned. Only Emmanuel Macron, head of a new party, has expressed willingness to welcome more refugees. • Poor Theresa May, the British Prime Minister who rose to power atop the Brexit vote. Under public pressure, she had to criticize Trump, forgetting that the Brexit referendum was largely about with blocking immigration. Whoops, I meant controlling borders. Meanwhile, her government just reneged on a promise to accept thousands of unaccompanied minors languishing on the continent. • Denmark's Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen called Trump's decision "to block people from certain countries" extremely "unwise." Wait! Is this the same Denmark that has restricted family visits of immigrants from Syria? That took out ads in Middle Eastern newspapers advising refugees not to come? That limited access of asylum seekers to court? The same Denmark that seized money and valuables from refugees in order to make them pay for the cost of processing their requests? • Parts of Eastern Europe have been more receptive to Trumpism. Some of their policies and attitudes presaged it. Poland (no refugees allowed), Hungary (pioneer fence-builder), the Czech Republic (keep 'em out), Slovakia (Muslims don't fit in) comprise an anti-migration bloc in Europe that shows no sign of compromise. • In 2015, The European Union pledged to resettle 160,000 refugees marooned in Greece and Italy, the first points of arrival for large numbers of migrants. Latest figure: 12,000 resettled. That didn't stop the Financial Times from lambasting Italy's Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni for not joining in the European chorus to dump on Trump. Gentiloni's quiet approach, the FT intoned, would hinder forging a "common European response" to the US president. Maybe the Italian has seen enough of Europe's common response to things-- like not keeping its promise to resettle refugees across the continent. The refugee conundrum is not a temporary blip on the screen of global problems. Just look at the longevity of conflict in the the roster of countries that Trump tried to block: Somalia, on and off warfare since the 1980's; Sudan embroiled in intermittent civil conflict plus endless dictatorship; Iraq, civil conflict for the 14 years since the US-led invasion; warfare into its sixth year in Syria, Libya and Yemen. Iran is a kind of outlier in this group, though Trump's ban was aimed at reminding everyone that the US labels the Islamic Republic a sponsor of international terror. So enough of this moralistic grandstanding and breast beating. The EU and the US should look clearly at international law and what it requires, either for people who have a "well-founded fear" of persecution back home or those fleeing warfare. These laws, enshrined as they often are in domestic legislation, need to be balanced against the capacity for Western states to absorb refugees--possibly millions-- from countries in almost perpetual crisis. Neither Trump's unthinking policies nor Europe's ad hoc solutions are enough to confront that inconvenient truth. -- 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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Tsipras Urges Merkel to Prevent German Finance Minister From Anti-GREEK Rhetoric

GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called on German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday to prevent German Finance Minister Wolfgang ...


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Greece aid programme shaky as IMF undecided, EU's Juncker

BERLIN, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Greece's third bailout programme could fall apart as the International Monetary Fund has not yet made up its mind whether to take part in providng more aid, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said. "Yes, it is on a ...


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How to know if you're dating a narcissist

[narcissism]Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica Someone who is grandiose, has a lack of empathy for other people, and has a desperate need for admiration and attention is often described as having Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD.) In Greek Mythology, Narcissus was known for his own beauty and was in love with himself. In reality, narcissism is when someone is obsessed with an idealised version of themselves, which they project to avoid facing their real, damaged self. Dating someone new can be hard enough, but it can be especially challenging if you start seeing someone who believes they are superior or special to everyone else — because that probably includes you. This can bring a lot of different issues to the relationship that can be damaging if you don't know how to handle them. We've looked into the research and found the traits you are likely to encounter if you meet a narcissist, or the warning signs if you're already dating one. YOU MAY FEEL LIKE YOU'RE CONSTANTLY BEING USED. Diariocritico de Venezuela/Flickr Psychologist Dr Neil J Lavender wrote in a blog post for Psychology Today that narcissists are notorious for having a sense of entitlement, and so will have no problem with using you for whatever needs they want fulfilling. This could mean borrowing your things and not returning them, including your ideas, and using your own worth to make themselves look better.  THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO IMPRESSIVE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THAT HELPS WITH THEIR OWN SELF IMAGE. geralt / Pixabay Some research has suggested that narcissists are especially hostile during conflicts with their romantic partners, such as one study which followed 146 newlywed couples and assessed them six times over the first four years of marriage. This is because having a grandiose personality means they think they are the hero of the situation every time, which makes it hard for them to consider that they may be wrong. Another study looked at 190 couples at college, and showed that aggression between them was higher when a partner engaged in what they called "grandiose exhibitionism," or showing off. NARCISSISTS TEND TO SUCK YOU IN AND THEN ABANDON YOU. Allie Haroutunian / Unsplash Expect to be used by a narcissist and then dropped quickly and brutally. According to Lavender, they can make you feel like the greatest thing in the world when you first meet, but this will quickly turn into contempt when you inevitably disappoint them. This can lead to them completely devaluing you and your life, ending with them cutting you out of their lives completely.  SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDER


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Tornos News: ?8 million for tourism promotion of GREECE in international markets

Athnes. The programme “Advertising – Promotion of Tourism Programmes”, budgeted 8 million euros, was included in GREECE'S Public Investments ...


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EU relocation scheme failed: Less than 13,000 relocations in 2016

The relocation scheme of the European Union has blatantly failed. From the target of 6,000 relocations per month, less than 13,000 people have been relocated form Greece to other EU-member countries within the whole year 2016. According to data released by the Relocation Unit of the Asylum Service, the total […]


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Greek Opposition Leader to Meet with German Chancellor, Finance Minister

New Democracy chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis is to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in Berlin on Monday. Greece’s opposition leader will have extensive meetings with the German officials in order to present the party’s proposals on the issues of Greek economy, the migrant influx and the overall state of things […]


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64 Greek Documentaries in 19th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

64 Greek documentaries will participate in the 19th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival that will be held from March 3 to March 12. A total of 110 proposals were submitted to the committee. Three documentaries will participate in the international competition to be launched for the first time this year. Politics, social issues, personal stories, human rights, art […]


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