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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Greek Herald.com http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/cat/48158b5a5afd369b/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 16:10:35 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 16:10:35 -0400 30 By George Georgakopoulos Olympiakos will face AGO Rethymnou and Panathinaikos will measure up against Panionios in the semifinals of the Greek basketball league, as the quarterfinals of the playoffs saw AGOR upset PAOK and reach the league semis for the first time in its history.Olympiakos beat Apollon Patras 2-0 in the best-of-three series thanks to its 83-73 win that had the Reds sweat at ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214763037/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 15:07:25 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214763037/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Continuing to trade places with thin margins showing them barely leading each other in surveys, New Democracy has again gained the edge on the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) this time by a margin of 2.8 percent. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ ND party got a bump apparently from incoming foreign aid loans which are propping up the stagnant economy while SYRIZA ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214763038/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 15:00:10 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214763038/scat/48158b5a5afd369b With Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras vowing to roll out the red carpet for foreign investors to help the country get out of a crushing economic crisis, bureaucratic red tape that has vexed every government is keeping them away. As the government said it would cut through the labyrinthine of forms and go after civil servants demanding bribes to do their jobs, ministries are continuing to ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214762666/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 14:16:05 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214762666/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Already pummeled by big pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions that have cut their disposable income as much as 46 percent, Greeks are being hammered by some of the highest prices for products in the European Union, a study by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has shown. Into a sixth year of a deep recession with no end in sights, Greeks aren’t ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214762667/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 14:16:04 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214762667/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Greece agreed to change some terms in the planned privatisation of natural gas distributor DEPA, opening the way for Russian energy giant Gazprom to bid for the firm, a senior official directly involved in the sale talks said on Saturday.Privatisation agency HRADF finalised the terms of the sale contract late on Friday, lowering the amount that DEPA's buyer will have to deposit as a ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214761489/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 12:34:30 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214761489/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Guy Verhofstadt, President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Group in the European Parliament, on Saturday urged Greece to ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760966/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 11:34:15 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760966/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Twho people have been arrested in Mani in the Peloponnese for allegedly growing cannabis plants.Police on Saturday arrested a 73-year-old American woman and a 48-year-old man from Poland after searching a house in the coastal village of Nyfi, in eastern Mani. They were also seeking another Polish man, aged 46.During the raid on the property, police found 57 cannabis plants, 32 grams of hashish ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760965/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 11:34:15 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760965/scat/48158b5a5afd369b A forest fire in the Aghia Triada area on the island of Hydra has been brought under control with firefighting planes, authorities said on Saturday.The fire, which broke out on Friday, spread quickly as it was stoked by strong winds. It is not known what caused the blaze.Reports on Saturday said the firefighters remained stationed in the area to prevent the blaze from ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760964/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 11:34:15 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760964/scat/48158b5a5afd369b European leaders have decided youth unemployment and the risk of social breakdown are among the toughest challenges they face and finding solutions will be a top priority for the coming months.In a letter released late on Friday, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said youth unemployment was one of the most pressing issues for the 27-member European Union."The June European Council ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760963/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 11:34:15 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760963/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Police over the weekend were looking for three armed men who robbed a gas station in Vrachati, in the Peloponnese, late on Friday. The incident happened about 11 p.m., when the unidentified men entered the gas station on the Corinth-Patra highway, and demanded money from the two clerks. The suspects got approximately 1,300 euros in cash before fleeing, police said. The clerks, and one customer ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760967/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 11:34:13 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760967/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Former Education Minister Anna Diamantopoulou is giving up on PASOK and breaking away, mulling formation of a rival party, more bad news for the Socialists. ATHENS - After winning the 2009 elections under George Papandreou with 44 percent of the vote, the once-dominant PASOK Socialists are down to 5-7 percent and fraying at the edges with one of its stalwarts, former Education Minister Anna ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760968/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 11:23:03 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760968/scat/48158b5a5afd369b In a bid to mend a widening rift in his fragile government regarding the fate of a contentious anti-racism bill, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is to meet with his coalition partners on Monday afternoon for talks that are expected to be heated amid reports that the smaller parties feel sidelined by conservative New Democracy.The meeting, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. at the Maximos Mansion, was ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760472/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 10:35:07 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760472/scat/48158b5a5afd369b A government initiative aimed at encouraging foreign investment by offering short-term residence permits to entrepreneurs from China, Russia and Arab states has reportedly fuelled strong interest, particularly from the Chinese market following high-level talks in Beijing and Shanghai by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras earlier this month.Less than two weeks after Samaras told a business conference ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760473/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 10:35:07 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760473/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Angry that the Greek government is paying to renovate a building that will become the country's first official mosque, the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party is reportedly planning to mobilize 100,000 protesters to try to stop it. The Macedonian International News Agency (MINA), which is located in FYROM, said the party's spokesman, Ilias Kasidiaris, told supporters at a rally that there will ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760474/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 10:28:00 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760474/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Greek authorities evacuated the seafront Monday after a swimmer found a corroded artillery shell just 10 yards from dry land, fished it out and presented it to a lifeguard.A coast guard statement said army explosives experts were rushed to Vouliagmeni beach and safely disposed of the munition. The 30-centimeter (12-inch) round dated to World War II, when much of the coastline around Athens was ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760475/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 10:14:01 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214760475/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Archaeology professor Nicholas Stampolidis (L) at the excavation site of Eleutherna, Crete, which has revealed many deep secrets of the Hellenistic past. NEW YORK - The archaeologist's dream is that his years of toil leads to discoveries that transform humanity's understanding of its past. Nicholas Stampolidis Professor of Archaeology, University of Crete and Director of Athens' ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214759911/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 09:23:02 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214759911/scat/48158b5a5afd369b ATHENS: Greece agreed to change some terms in the planned privatisation of natural gas distributor DEPA, opening the way for Russian energy giant Gazprom to bid for the firm, a senior official directly involved in the sale talks said on ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214759327/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 08:26:43 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214759327/scat/48158b5a5afd369b ATHENS - Between runaways and abductions, an average of a child a day in Greece so far is taken away from the family home, and 97 are still missing, the children's charity Smile of the Child has said, hoping to put a spotlight on the problem to coincide with International Missing Children's day on May 25. In the first four months of the year, the agency said that 138 minors disappeared, ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214759328/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 08:20:46 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214759328/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Greek police officers are doing a fine job despite considerable cuts in their salaries coupled by major shortages in equipment and infrastructure.Through their behavior and professionalism, members of the police force are proving every day that the notions of pride, dignity and duty have not disappeared from Greek society.These men and women ought to serve as an example to a portion of public ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214758288/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:26:41 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214758288/scat/48158b5a5afd369b While the country waits for an influx of major investment that is expected to create new jobs in the distant future, it is absolutely vital to bolster small to medium-sized companies as fast as possible. These companies were hit by the crisis harder than anyone else and probably generated the biggest number of unemployed people, and the most defenseless for that matter.Unfortunately both the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214758289/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:26:41 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214758289/scat/48158b5a5afd369b By Babis Papadimitriou Ducking constructive policy opposition, SYRIZA chief Alexis Tsipras recently chose to scoff at the first serious signs of Greek economic ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214758290/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:26:40 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214758290/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Showing how deep the disaffection with politics has become, with 64 percent of those under 25 unemployed because of crushing austerity measures, 47 percent of Greece’s young said they won’t even vote anymore and won’t go to the polls in next May’s European Parliament elections. That is far lower than their peers in the other 26 European Union countries, according to the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214758292/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:18:52 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214758292/scat/48158b5a5afd369b With his party sinking to the 5 percent level in the polls and 116 million euros ($150 million) in debt, PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos now has lost another former minister who has broken away to form a rival party. Former Education Minister Anna Diamantopoulou – who had gone along with Venizelos’ support of crushing austerity measures - said she wants to woo other ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214758291/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:18:52 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214758291/scat/48158b5a5afd369b For more than 600 years the ancient theater of Messene had hosted cultural and political events attended by major historical figures of the time, such as King Philip V of Macedonia and the Achean skilled general Philopoemen of Megalopolis. After a long period of silence and abandonment that lasted some 1,700 years, the theater will reopen its gates to the public this ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214758293/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:18:51 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214758293/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Greece is in need of radical reforms to its pension system if it is to cease being a burden on longer-term fiscal sustainability, and to prevent a rise in pension costs that would otherwise see these accounting for more than 20 per cent of GDP by 2050, warns the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214756920/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 06:35:36 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214756920/scat/48158b5a5afd369b (Photo/Myrto Papadopoulos) ATHENS - It wasn't just Myrto Papadopoulos, a photojournalist with a sharp eye and a deep desire to understand a society she grew up in but no longer recognized, who was enraged at the sight of 12 HIV-infected women plastered over the front pages of Greek newspapers and labeled prostitutes in April 2012. The names, faces and personal information of the women - ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214756146/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 04:44:44 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214756146/scat/48158b5a5afd369b President of European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso (R), President of European Council Herman Van Rompuy (C) and Greek Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou attend the press conference after the Eurozone Emergency Summit in Brussels, Capital of Belgium, July 21, 2011. Eurozone leaders Thursday agreed on a second bailout package for Greeece, with a total official financing of an estimated 109 ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214756147/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 04:29:50 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214756147/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras yesterday presented a 14 billion-euro package of spending cuts to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, Athens-based newspaper Ta Nea reported, without citing anyone. The package, which includes cuts of between 2 percent and 20 percent to pensions and as much as a 35 percent reduction in pay for employees in state-run companies, will be finalised in talks ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214753898/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Sat, 25 May 2013 01:30:15 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214753898/scat/48158b5a5afd369b ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KSDK) - The St. Louis County Greek Fest is underway right now in Town & Country. There's Greek music and dancing, a market place, and of course fantastic Greek food. The festival runs through Sunday at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church on Des Peres Road. For more information on the Greek ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214749023/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 18:58:19 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214749023/scat/48158b5a5afd369b After six years of recession and three years after bailout, the Greek economy is finally showing some level of growth in 2014. In return for its international bailout, Greece has imposed several rounds of stringent austerity measures, including sweeping spending cuts and a series of tax hikes, in an effort to reform its economy. Since the recession, the country whose growth contracted more than ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214748005/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 17:35:00 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214748005/scat/48158b5a5afd369b This Greek wines goe great with simple, grilled fish. When it comes to light and refreshing summer wines, the white wines of Greece remain below the radar but are well worth considering. Although Greek wine prices have edged up in the last few years, making them not quite the bargains they once were, it's still possible to find some very good values.One of them is ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746835/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 16:41:05 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746835/scat/48158b5a5afd369b IMF chief Christine Lagarde says a Paris court has named her as a key witness in an investigation into a controversial payoff to an outspoken businessman arranged while she was Frances finance minister.The status ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746836/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 16:31:55 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746836/scat/48158b5a5afd369b By Chryssa Liaggou Energy-intensive industries on Friday protested a delay in measures announced a couple of months ago for reducing energy costs and for ironing out the electricity market distortions that significantly jack up the price of each kilowatt/hour of ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746837/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 16:31:55 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746837/scat/48158b5a5afd369b By Stathis Kousounis The first official data on tourism have vindicated expectations for a record year, as Bank of Greece figures show a 4.6 percent increase in the number of arrivals to Greece in the first three months of the year.The total number of arrivals exceeded 1 million in the off-season.Despite the increase in total arrivals, however, the number of tourists coming by air declined by ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746841/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 16:31:54 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746841/scat/48158b5a5afd369b TaxisNet, the electronic portal for submitting tax declarations, opened on Friday afternoon after a delay of four days, in a year when almost all taxpayers will need to use the web to file their income tax statements.The official deadline for submissions is June 30, but the delay in the opening of the portal and the fact that virtually all 6.5 million taxpayers have to go through TaxisNet (at ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746838/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 16:31:54 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746838/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Ex-Education Minister Anna Diamantopoulou became on Friday the latest member of the PASOK cabinet serving when Greece signed its bailout deal with the troika in May 2010 to make plans to create a new party.Speaking to state-run NET TV in an interview, Diamantopoulou suggested that the Socialist party had run its ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746840/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 16:31:53 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746840/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Young Greeks are less interested in European politics and less likely to vote in next ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746839/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 16:31:53 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746839/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The European Commission was attempting on Friday to untangle a bureaucratic jumble threatening to scupper the Greek ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746843/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 16:31:52 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746843/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The president and the board of the Green Fund, which raises revenues from building violation penalties, have been dismissed via an amendment passed through Parliament recently, Kathimerini has learned.The fund was created in 2011 with the aim of using the money it received, now close to 2 billion euros, for urban regeneration projects.Last year, the government decided that its revenues could be ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746842/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 16:31:52 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746842/scat/48158b5a5afd369b A 57-year-old Greek patient was able to see again after his sister donated him germ cells, which were transplanted in his eye. The ophthalmic surgeon, Dr. Ioannis Mallias, who performed the pioneering transplantation, said that the patient had been repeatedly operated on, but the disease was relapsing and as a result he could not see at all. The only solution for the patient was the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746844/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 16:24:01 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214746844/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Preparations for a Greek-Israeli high-level ministerial council will be at the center of Foreign Minister Dimitris ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214745543/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 15:20:18 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214745543/scat/48158b5a5afd369b By Ioanna Fotiadi Can Greece find a way out of the economic crisis? A success story on the other side of the Atlantic, in Canada, provides some interesting food for thought.Dr David Zussman is a professor of public sector management at the University of Ottawa and president of ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214745542/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 15:20:18 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214745542/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Finansbank , keeping the group profitable. NBG, Greece's largest bank, on Friday said Finansbank had earned 155 million euros ($200 million) in the first three months of 2013, a 23 percent increase from that quarter in 2012. Group's modest profit compared to a loss of 731 million euros ($945.8 million) in the first quarter of 2012. NBG also operates in Bulgaria, Romania, ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214745544/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 15:13:40 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214745544/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The Greek Festival weekend kicked off in Vineland Thursday night during a ribbon-cutting event attended by Mayor Ruben Bermudez. Every Memorial Day weekend from Thursday to Sunday, St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Community celebrates its most popular Greek Festival with homemade authentic Greek foods, greek music and dancing, Greek artifacts and groceries, rides for the kids, raffles, church ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214745545/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 15:13:33 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214745545/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The police broke up the gang which had stolen more than 3,000 cars over the last four years. Ten people were arrested, four others are still wanted. Ten people – three Greeks and 7 Pakistani- aged from 19 to 24 years old were arrested in the region of Ano Liosia in Athens, while four other Greeks are wanted as members of the gang who have been stealing cars, dismantling them and selling ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214745546/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 15:11:40 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214745546/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The new touristic profile of the Greek city of Thessaloniki includes a number of foreign tourists more than double, new airline connections with 34 Russian cities, daily flights from and to Istanbul, attempted opening to China's market, as well as the city's professionals who are learning Russian. Visitors from Russia, Turkey, Israel and the Balkans are arriving massively in a city ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214745547/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 15:11:40 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214745547/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Naxos . We are having a few days of half-term father/son bonding and reading Greek myths together. On this island, Dionysus wooed Ariadne away from Theseus, giving her the stars as a wedding crown. Felix has never been this far from home, and so much of the surrounding culture and geography is being experienced as new and extraordinary. Our friend Dimitrios explains to him the Greek alphabet. He ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214745045/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 15:07:46 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214745045/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Two taxi drivers were behind three armed robberies on Athens pharmacies on Friday morning, which led to them trading fire with the police and, finally, their arrest.The suspects, aged 42 and 44, were not named but officers said they held up pharmacies in Neos Cosmos, Ymittos and Vyronas before the taxi they were using was spotted by police. The robbers exchanged a total of 10 shots with ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214744259/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 14:08:47 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214744259/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Greek Justice Minister Antonis Roupakiotis met with the head of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Mario Silva, in Athens on Friday.According to the ministry, Silva noted the increasing number of racist attacks in Greece, in particular against Jews and Jewish religious symbols, as well as cases of holocaust denial.The IHRA chair also asked to be informed on developments ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214744261/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 14:08:46 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214744261/scat/48158b5a5afd369b A 35-year-old Bangladeshi was arrested on human trafficking charges on Friday while another three of his compatriots were being sought after 27 migrants were discovered in an apartment in Ano Poli, Thessaloniki.According to police, the migrants were expected to pay 700 euros each to the members of the ring to be taken to various central European countries.Out of the 27 migrants, 21 were residing ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214744263/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 14:08:46 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214744263/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Pro-business Drasi is holding its party conference in Athens this weekend with the aim of refreshing its reformist agenda.The party, which gained 1.8 percent of the vote in last ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214744260/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 14:08:46 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214744260/scat/48158b5a5afd369b A Thessaloniki court decided on Friday that seven fans of Austrian soccer club Rapid Vienna have to stand trial in the northern Greek city in connection to violence at a game with local club PAOK last August.Several arrests were made ahead of the Europa League play-off match and the seven, aged 18 to 31, are accused of throwing flares and a Molotov ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214744262/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 14:08:46 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214744262/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Tax offices in Greece have shown a mixed picture in the first four months of the year as far as revenue collection is concerned.Official figures released by the Finance Ministry on Friday showed that the revenue total is within the budget target, but eight out of 10 tax authorities have been off target, with only the big tax offices in the country making up for the smaller laggards.In the period ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214744264/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 14:08:44 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214744264/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Cypriot authorities have lifted restrictions on money withdrawals and transfers for international clients of another two foreign banks active in the crisis-hit country.The Finance Ministry said on Friday that limits no longer apply to ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214744265/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 14:08:42 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214744265/scat/48158b5a5afd369b My Greek Drama: Life, Love and One Woman's Olympic Effort to Bring Glory to Her Country (Greenleaf Book Group) by Ambassador Gianna Angelopoulos which debuted at #18 on the New York Times Nonfiction Bestseller for the May ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214744266/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 14:02:26 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214744266/scat/48158b5a5afd369b A six-week streak of gains ended for the Greek bourse as the index on Friday suffered weekly losses of 10.19 percent after a fifth straight day of decline.The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) general index closed at 1,035.12 points, shrinking by 0.31 percent from ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214742762/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 12:55:09 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214742762/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Folegandros is one of the many undiscovered islands in Greece located in the southern Cyclades of the Aegean Sea. Its nature can offer visitors tranquility and solitude. Stories with pirates, legends and enemy raids set the scene and the wild beauty of this island. For decades ago, there was no electricity, a single telephone, no tourists and hotels. Now, things have changed. Many visitors flock ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214742763/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 12:47:05 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214742763/scat/48158b5a5afd369b A special appeal has been sent to the Diaspora by the head of the Land Registry, Dimitris Kaloudiotis, who invites all Greek immigrants from around the world to take care of their property so as to guarantee the best use of it. If the property isn’t registered, it could be seized by the Greek State within a few years. To avoid such incidents and risk losing their property, Greek citizens ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214742764/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 12:47:05 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214742764/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Germany and France are to tackle mass youth unemployment gripping southern Europe with a ‘New Deal’ aimed at curbing the mounting anger that is threatening to tear the eurozone ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214740767/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 11:54:59 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214740767/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri May 24, 2013 11:19am EDT * Slowdown in new non-performing loans * Profit in Turkish operations grows 23 pct (Adds Finansbank earnings, details) ATHENS May 24 (Reuters) - Greece's largest lender National Bank (NBG) posted a profit for the second consecutive quarter on Friday, helped by strong earnings from its Turkish unit Finansbank, lower funding costs and reduced provisions for bad ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214742582/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 11:19:27 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214742582/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Some 34,000 Greeks relocated to Germany last year, an increase of 43 percent compared to 2011 when 23,800 Greeks moved there, according to German government statistics.It is not only Greeks who are increasingly seeking a better life in prosperous Germany but an growing number of people from other debt-hit countries in southern Europe. Last year, 29,000 Spaniards, 42,000 Italians moved to Germany, ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214739467/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 10:45:41 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214739467/scat/48158b5a5afd369b What a difference a year makes, especially for Greece. That’s how the financial magazine The Economist has characterized the country’s slow recovery, although with caution that it came at a heavy social price in joblessness and human misery. Greece has performed better than expected, but still has much to do,'; according to the article Up, But Not Out. It reported that, ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214739469/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 10:37:47 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214739469/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Central Bank Gov. George Provopoulos With international loans pouring in and talk of Greece being forced out of the Eurozone – a so-called Grexit – ceased, the country’s slow rebound from a crushing economic crisis should earn it the moniker Grecovery, Bank of Greece Governor George Provopoulos told a seminar organized by the central bank with the participation of European ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214739468/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 10:37:47 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214739468/scat/48158b5a5afd369b (Photo collage by Anna Cobb) Immigrant Spyros Skouras became a top Hollywood executive and American philanthropist, but his life story was buried for years in the Stanford University Libraries' Department of Special Collections until Ilias Chrissochoidis dug them out. Spyros Panagiotis Skouras escaped childhood poverty in Greece to become a top Hollywood executive and organizer of a ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214739470/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 10:33:00 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214739470/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Firefighters on Corfu responded to an emergency call early on Friday from Sidari in the Ionian island's north to find a trailer van on fire and discovered the charred body of a man after extinguishing the blaze.The dead man is believed to be a 65-year-old British tourist, according to local reports.The local fire service was seeking to establish what caused the fire to break out in the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214738596/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 09:51:09 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214738596/scat/48158b5a5afd369b A 25-year-old Cretan was sentenced to 16 months in jail – but then released on appeal – after being convicted of the rape of his neighbor’s goat, after he was caught in the act and reportedly had been engaging in frequent sexual relations with the animal. The finding of a provincial court was reported by mellon.gr which said that according to the indictment, the young man ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214738598/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Fri, 24 May 2013 09:42:17 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214738598/scat/48158b5a5afd369b