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  • Greek PM pledges to contain unemployment

    Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (c) arrives at the entrance gate of the Presidential Palace, or Maximos Mansion, for a meeting with Greek President Karolos Papoulias (not pictured) in Athens, on Tuesday. Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Tuesday pledged to battle unemployment by attracting outside investment in the debt-hit ...

  • MINOS-EMI Greek Universal Subsidiary

    Following the recent acquisition of MINOS- EMI by Universal International, MINOS has now become the Greek subsidiary for all Universal Music’s international releases under the continuing leadership of Margarita Matsa and her excellent team. According to the official announcement by Universal International’s President, Max Hol, MINOS-EMI is one of the longest established record ...

  • Former Greece basketball coach appointed to lead China to Rio 2016

    May 21 - Panagiotis Giannakis, the man who led his native Greece to European glory in 2005, has taken over at the helm of the Chinese national men's basketball team, who parted company with American coach Bob Donewald Jr after they lost all five of their ties at London 2012. "The former Greek national team boss will be the national team coach," confirmed the Chinese Basketball ...

  • Greek suicides are up 27. These charts explain why

    The pain in Greece continues. The latest update is a troubling 26.5% rise in suicides in Greece in 2011, according to the latest numbers published ...

  • Dannon touts Oikos Greek yogurt to protein-hungry ‘fitness-minded men’

    Dannon has begun targeting "fitness-minded men" with its Oikos Greek yogurt brand, and is "exploring the possibility" of marketing its Greek yogurt portfolio to men in the ...


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Movie Review

Rushmore [DVD]

Rushmore [DVD]

There is a moment near the middle of Wes Anderson's "Rushmore" when a character makes a statement that essentially sums up the appeal of the film itself. Speaking to the film's protagonist, 15-year-old extracurricular prodigy Max Fischer, a young schoolteacher with whom he has fallen in love says, "I've never met anyone like you." ...

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  • Ilias Kozas We went to Eurovision with only €5

    Ilias Kozas made a guest appearance on the Greek TV show Proino mou, on May 21 and talked about his participation in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The lead singer of the band Koza Mostra, which has become one of the most famous Balkan ska bands in Greece, stressed how good the experience was and that everyone gave it their best shot. He also said that he did not like Denmark’s ...

  • Gazprom Plays Hardball With DEPA Bid

    ATHENS, May 21 (Reuters) - Gazprom is squeezing Athens for better terms to buy DEPA, Greece's sole retail gas distributor, a Greek official said, as the Russian gas export monopoly leverages its strength position as the only major player in the running. Binding bids are due to be submitted on May 29 for DEPA, which posted a net profit of 106 million euros ($136.33 million) last year. ...

  • Foreigner Families Charmed by Sikinos

    It seems that Sikinos, a small Greek island in the southern Cyclades, has charmed many Germans, Norwegians and Swedish, who have bought abandoned houses and renovated them to enjoy the island's serenity in spring and autumn. About 15 foreigner families who own property on the island feel at home there, while its beauties and calmness have played a key role in choosing this specific ...

  • Crews Dig Through Rubble Of Oklahoma Tornado

    (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Chris Landsberger) Gene Tripp sits in his rocking chair where his home once stood after being destroyed by a tornado hit the area near 149th and Drexel on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Okla. The death toll has mounted with discoveries of more bodies. MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Spotlights bore down on massive piles of shredded cinder block, insulation and metal as ...

  • Suicides up 26 in crisis-hit Greece

    SUICIDES have jumped by 26 per cent in Greece over the past year, with the country's economic crisis blamed for the trend, officials say. Greek statistics agency Elstat said 477 people committed suicide in the country in 2011, an increase of 26 per cent over the previous year. Although 82 per cent of those who committed suicide were men, the rate of women taking their own lives doubled to 84 ...

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