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Monday, March 5, 2018

GREECE economy expanded by 1.4% in 2017

GREECE economy expanded by 1.4% in 2017 after nearly a decade of decline, show the initial data of the National Statistics Office, Elstat. However, the rate of growth is weaker than expected. The outlook for this year is better, with a growth of 2.5%. GREECE fell into financial crisis in 2010 and was forced to ...


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Golden Dawn protests in march on Turkish Embassy in Athens (photos)

They protest arrest of Greek soldiers by Turkish authorities while a priest burnt a Turkish flag


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Fraternity members seeking to change the image of GREEK life

Sims and Byrum are working individually within their chapters to address these issues and break the stigma towards GREEK Life on college campuses. They plan on tackling the problem before it starts— during formal recruitment. “Our philosophy on pledging is to build men up, rather than tear them down ...


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SF Eats: 'GREEK Town' Opens In SoMa, Inner Sunset 'Tea 4 You' Debuts, More

In this edition; a new GREEK eatery quietly opens in SoMa, a Taiwanese tea chain arrives in the Inner Sunset, a new sushi restaurant is giving it a go ... As we reported last month, the Gyro King space South of Market was undergoing renovations with plans to reopen as a new eatery called GREEK Town.


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Turkish court rules against release of 2 Greek soldiers

… 2015, along with terror threats. Greece and Turkey had improved their … year but hostilities re-emerged recently. Greece was accused of provocation by … been critical of Athens after Greek courts rejected extradition of putschist …


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Greek GDP Rises for Fourth Consecutive Quarter

New data has revealed that Greece’s economy grew again last October-December, a fourth consecutive period of quarter-on-quarter growth. ELSTAT, Greece’s official statistics agency, said on Monday that GDP went up 0.1 percent in Q4 2017, but the speed ...


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US trade panel backs probe into welded pipe imports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission on Monday voted to continue anti-dumping and subsidy investigations into imports of large-diameter welded pipe from Canada, China, GREECE, India, South Korea and Turkey, it said in a statement. The U.S. Commerce Department ...


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Greek Court Suspends €44Mln Fine for Tobacco Company

The First Instance Administrative Court of Komotini suspended the enforcement of a €44 million fine imposed on SEKAP tobacco company for actions allegedly made prior to its acquisition by the Ivan Savvidis group. The court in its decision N22 / 2018 ...


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The Greek soldiers remain in Edirne prison

The Turkish government dismisses scenarios of their exchange with the 8 TurksThe appeal against their remand in custody was rejected this afternoon thus the two Greek military


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GREEK retailer Jumbo six-month profit up 11 pct

Jumbo, Greece's biggest listed specialty retailer, posted on Monday an 11 percent rise in net profit for the six months to December last year thanks to fast growing sales in Romania and Bulgaria. Net profit in the July-to-December period came in at 90.4 million euros ($111.29 million), up from 81.4 million ...


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Cyta will receive little from sale of GREEK operations

Only a fraction of the €118m raised from the sale of Cyta Hellas to Vodafone will end up in the coffers of the parent company, the state-run telecoms corporation said on Monday. Speaking in parliament, Cyta chairwoman Rena Rouvitha said that of the €118m, €18.5m would go toward paying off current ...


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'Anarchists' threaten violence in Greece's Athens

IN A STATEMENT released on March 1, a group identified only as 'Anarchists' claimed responsibility for a number of attacks across Greece - including one on a police station - and threatened further attacks in the capital Athens, The Times reported.


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EasyJet passengers delayed in GREECE bussed 235 miles to ANOTHER COUNTRY to catch ...

Bad weather led to the flight being diverted on its way to Kavala in GREECE to pick passengers up. The convoy finally arrived at a hotel with space and were given a 5.30am wake-up call to fly from Skopje in Macedonia - an eight-hour drive including border delays. Leon, who is married to accupuncturist ...


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75th Anniversary of Archbishop Damaskinos’ Letter of Protest against the Holocaust

DES MOINES, IA – On March 23, the Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines, the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, St. George Greek Orthodox Parish of […] The post 75th Anniversary of Archbishop Damaskinos’ Letter of Protest against the Holocaust appeared first on The National Herald.


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Analysis: How the Next Archbishop Will be Elected

All that has been revealed about the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America’s dire financial situation, bringing it to the brink of bankruptcy, including the very […] The post Analysis: How the Next Archbishop Will be Elected appeared first on The National Herald.


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Greek Government’s Atheist Progressives

The inauguration of the new ministers and deputy ministers of the Greek government, which recently took place at the Presidential Palace in the presence of […] The post Greek Government’s Atheist Progressives appeared first on The National Herald.


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Texas State Announces Process To Reinstate GREEK Life To Campus

Texas State University suspended GREEK chapters from campus after the death of a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity pledge, Matthew Ellis, who died in an off-campus apartment last November. According to KXAN, emergency crews found him unresponsive at the scene, and he was pronounced dead shortly after ...


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No taxis in Attica from 8am to 9pm on Tuesday due to strike

Taxi drivers protest against illegal competition by Uber drivers and call on Greek authorities to pass law dealing with the matter


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Eileen Coyle, Monroe Ambulance founder and CEO, has died

Eileen Coyle, 81, died suddenly in her GREECE home, said company spokesman Jon LeRoy. Her cause of death was not immediately known. Coyle in 1975 formed Monroe Medi-Trans Inc., better known as Monroe Ambulance with 15 employees. Today, the Rochester-based company employs more than ...


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Novartis investors demand action amid 'swamp' of bribery allegations in GREECE

Novartis, facing allegations of bribery in GREECE, has said it will take quick action if the investigation proves wrongdoing. (Wikimedia ... But the allegations in GREECE are just the latest in a series of scandals that forced those changes, including bribery in North Korea and data-tampering in Japan.


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Evros River at risk of flooding in northern GREECE

Civil protection authorities on Monday warned of flooding in areas around the Evros River on GREECE'S northeastern border with Turkey, after the river swelled above danger levels at Pythio in Didymoteicho and Petalo on the Evros Delta, the region's deputy governor, Dimitris Petrovic, told the ...


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GREECE is the word at Birmingham Airport!

With our first anniversary at Birmingham Airport approaching, we are adding over 9,000 departing seats between July and September, including more than 7,500 departing seats to GREECE. This takes our total capacity to well over 1.2 million seats this Summer, more than double the capacity last summer.


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Greece’s Council of State gives spouses the right to submit separate tax declaration

Greece’s Council of State opened the door for spouses couples to separately submit their tax declarations. The CoS decision is also an attempt  to stop virtual divorce applications that have increased in last year, in an effort of couples to avoid or pay less taxes. This decision justified a taxpayer who had asked the tax … The post Greece’s Council of State gives spouses the right to submit separate tax declaration appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Taxi drivers in Athens/Attica to launch 9h work stoppage on Mar 6

Taxi drivers in Athens and the broader Attica prefecture will launch a work stoppage, on Tuesday, March 6th 2018, to protest the “Illegal operation of Uber” as they say in a statement.. The work stoppage is scheduled from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Taxi Drivers Union of Attica (SATA) said in a statement that they … The post Taxi drivers in Athens/Attica to launch 9h work stoppage on Mar 6 appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Turkey refuses to release Greek border guards in spy row

Turkey has refused to release two Greek border guards arrested on suspicion of espionage, in a move that risks inflaming already strained ties between the two Nato members. Lawyers had demanded that the two men – a lieutenant and sergeant – be freed on ...


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Greece completes consultation on 3400-3800 MHz band

Greek telecommunications authority EETT announced the … were received from Cosmote, Vodafone Greece, Wind Hellas and Ericsson Hellas …


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Turkey not to extradite Greek soldiers: Deputy PM

… : Turkey will not extradite two Greek soldiers who illegally crossed the … reported March 5. Bozdag said Greece did not demand the extradition … River on the border between Greece and Turkey. -- Follow the …


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2,000 Greek Protesters Outraged Over School Books They Say Threaten The Orthodox Church

… against the new textbooks. Greece includes Greek Orthodox religious instruction in each … . Past religious instruction textbooks in Greece have typically only given cursory … Orthodox Church. Greece has no religious private schools and Greek law does …


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PAOK punishment threatens Greek title hopes

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A sports court in Greece has punished league title contender PAOK for match violence, deducting three points from its tally and ordering the northern club to play its next two home matches without fans. A Feb. 25 match between PAOK ...


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Hellenic Statistical Authority: 1.4% development in Greece in 2017 

Based on the first estimations of the Hellenic Statistical Authority HSA development in Greece in 2017 stood at 14 of the GDP that is lower thanexpected However according t


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Review: In 'Women in Assembly,' time's up for the men of Ancient Greece

Classical Greek drama and comedy are rarities on South Florida’s professional stages. But to launch a 2018 season of “classical and classically inspired plays,” Fort Lauderdale’s Thinking Cap Theatre is taking on one wild comedy by Aristophanes.


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Financial Problems for the Rebuilted Greek Church in Montreal

MONTREAL – After a fire left Koimisis Tis Theotokou (Dormition of the Virgin Mary) on Saint-Roch St. in Park Extension in Montreal severely damaged in April […] The post Financial Problems for the Rebuilted Greek Church in Montreal appeared first on The National Herald.


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Exxon, Total, Repsol among bidders for oil exploration off Greece

ATHENS (Reuters) - Oil majors Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), Total (TOTF.PA) and Repsol (REP.MC) are among members of two consortia that have submitted bids to explore for oil and gas off Greece. Greece's oil and gas resources management company (HHRM) said on ...


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Turkey refuses to release Greek soldiers in ‘espionage’ probe from custody

A Turkish court has rejected lawyers’ requests for two Greek soldiers arrested in Turkey to be released from custody. The two were arrested last week for allegedly entering a Turkish military zone and on suspicion of attempted espionage. Greece said the ...


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Greek soldiers to remain in Turkish prison after appeal rejected

The two will remain incarcerated until a trial date is set


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PAOK Thessaloniki penalised with a 3-point deduction in Greek football league!

AEK Athens become clear favourites for the title


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Greek soldiers under investigation for spying, says Turkish government spokepserson

Turkish media reports pushing for spy charges against Greek soldiers


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Turkey blocks off Greek island of Kastelorizo with Navtex

Tensions between countries on the rise


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Growth is Greece at 1.4% in 2017, says ELSTAT

Greece's economy grew for a fourth straight quarter in October-December, driven by stronger investment spending, but the pace was slower than in the previous quarter, the statistics service ELSTAT said on Monday. Seasonally adjusted data showed gross domestic product rose 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017, the expansion decelerating from an upwardly revised … The post Growth is Greece at 1.4% in 2017, says ELSTAT appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Exxon-led consortium, Spain's Repsol submit interest in Greek oil and gas tenders

ATHENS, March 5 (Reuters) - Greece has received two expressions of interest for oil and gas exploration and exploitation tenders off Crete and in the Ionian Sea, the country’s oil and gas resources management company (HHRM) said on Monday. HHRM said a ...


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North seeks tax to finance Greek Cypriot property claims

The head of the north’s Immovable Property Commission (IPC), Ayfer Erkmen, has called on the ‘government’ to introduce a type of capital gains tax to help pay off mounting compensation claims submitted by Greek Cypriot property owners, Turkish ...


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Turkish court rejects lawyers’ request to release two Greek soldiers

A Turkish court on March 5 rejected a request to release two Greek soldiers, who were detained “after crossing the Turkish border during bad weather,” private broadcaster CNN Türk and other local media have reported. The lawyers formally requested ...


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Objection to arrest of Greek soldiers rejected

A court dismissed an objection to the detention of two Greek soldiers in northwestern Edirne province on Monday, according to a judicial source. Lt. Aggelos Mitretodis and Sgt. Dimitros Kouklatzis were remanded in custody on March 2 after they ...


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Turkey court rejects appeal to free Greek soldiers: report

A Turkish court on Monday rejected a request for the release of two Greek soldiers arrested last week for illegally entering the country, local media reported. Load Error The pair were arrested on Friday for entering a prohibited military zone in the ...


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Threats of military strike against Greece, Cyprus by Erdogan advisor

YiÄŸit Bulut, a senior advisor to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is once again unleashing statements against Greece and Cyprus, this time with regard to the Imia islets and Cyprus’ EEZ. “Test our resolve. We are kindly asking Greece to set ...


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Greece Readies Launch of The Good Fight Season Two

Cosmote TV has licensed the second season of The Good Fight, which is slated to debut tomorrow, 48 hours after its U.S. premiere. Season two will be airing on Cosmote Cinema 4HD in Greece. Each episode will also be made available for a certain period of ...


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Greek Investment Surge Helps Economy Just About Avoid Stagnation

Economy recorded only second full-year growth in a decade Greek economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter, with a long-awaited surge in investment ensuring the country just managed to avoid stagnation. Gross domestic product rose 0.1 percent, down from ...


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Caught in debt and conflict, Lebanon wants a GREEK-style rescue

Lebanon, the world's third most-indebted country, is starting to look more like Greece financially. And if Greece's survival as part of the euro was crucial to the European project, Lebanon is key to keeping what's left of peace in the Middle East. “I don't think the gravity of the situation is understood by ...


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Turkish judge rejects appeal for release of two GREEK soldiers

A Turkish judge on Monday rejected an appeal by the lawyers of two GREEK soldiers, who accidentally crossed the border last Thursday, for their release from custody in Edirne. The two soldiers had been remanded in custody pending trial on charges of illegal entry. But the lawyers had appealed against ...


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Greek-American Stories: Celebrating March’s Women’s History Month

The Irish have a toast, “Here’s to the ladies! Bless ‘em all!” March celebrates Women’s History Month and there have been women who have changed […] The post Greek-American Stories: Celebrating March’s Women’s History Month appeared first on The National Herald.


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