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  • Dateline Greeces Thug Politics

    , Evan Williams reports from Athens on the party’s rise to become the third biggest force in Greek politics, but also the stark similarities with the German Nazis. As well as winning seats in parliament, they’ve also started handing out food aid and donating blood… but only to people who can prove their Greek citizenship. "The life of the Greeks has changed ...

  • No Greek Cypriot leader ever wanted to reach an agreement in Cyprus

    Turkish Cypriot president said Turkish Cypriots and guarantor state Turkey are running out of patience on Cyprus problem President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Dervis Eroglu on Saturday said that "no Greek Cypriot leader ever wanted to reach an agreement with the Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus".President Eroglu`s remarks came after a luncheon he attended at the ...

  • My Big Fat Greek Minister

    It wasn't too difficult picking out the Fat Bastard in the crowd of Russian models, craven moochers and media mavens. Besides, Fat Bastard and I were both desperate for coffee and heading for the same empty urn. (We'd both signed on for Kazakhstan's annual Eurasia Media Forum, a kind of Burning Man festival for Eastern oilgarchs and their media camp followers.) Now, it ...

  • Greece’s big economic recovery – for investors

    A year ago, Greece seemed on the verge of leaving the euro zone. Depositors were draining their savings from Greek banks and a radical left coalition that advocated a halt on debt repayments - default, in other words - seemed sure to win the election.You wouldn't recognize Greece today. Its credit rating has been upgraded, the Athens stock market is on fire and 10-year government bond ...

  • Just 5 pct of tax fines cashed in

    By Prokopis Hatzinikolaou Less than 5 percent of fines imposed on taxpayers by administrative courts in recent years have reached public coffers despite efforts being conducted through changes in tax legislation.Finance Ministry data show that the fines imposed for tax cases add up to 14 billion euros, or 7.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). This concerns fines imposed by the ...


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Mission: Impossible–Ghost Protocol [Blu-Ray]

Mission: Impossible–Ghost Protocol [Blu-Ray]

Despite the unwieldy title, Mission: ImpossibleGhost Protocol, the fourth entry in the now 15-year-old franchise based on the cult 1960s television series, is an effectively enthralling back-to-basics action thriller. Moving away from J.J. Abramss ... ...

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  • Greek shipowners choose Chinese shipyards

    Greek shipowners have chosen Chinese shipyards for the construction of at least 60 percent of the new vessels ordered in the last few years, Merchant Marine Minister Costis Mousouroulis told journalists in China in the context of Greek Prime Minister Antonis ...

  • April meets revenue target from taxation

    The Finance Ministry confirmed on Monday that April was the first month this year that the targets for both direct and indirect taxes were achieved, as the budget deficit is less than half of what had been forecast.In the first four months of the year the balance of the budget showed a deficit of 2.425 billion euros against a deficit of 9.148 billion in the same period last year and a target for ...

  • National Bank announces reverse split and recap details

    By Yiannis Papadoyiannis National Bank has announced a reverse stock split in the context of its recapitalization, whereby 10 old shares will be traded for a new one at a price of 4.29 euros each, from 0.429 euros before the reverse split.The governing board of National decided on Monday that with the reverse split the existing number of 1,226,601,200 shares will be reduced to 122,660,120 ...

  • Anti-racism legislation divides coalition

    A contentious anti-racism bill appeared to be causing an ever-widening rift within the fragile coalition government on Monday, as the two junior partners, PASOK and Democratic Left, pushed for it to be submitted to Parliament without delay, conservative New Democracy insisted on key changes being made, while Justice Minister Antonis Roupakiotis appeared set to resign if his bill is watered ...

  • Arsonist in racially-motivated attack in Athens claims hes part of a citizens patrol

    A 34-year-old man charged with setting fire to a store in central Athens last week has told police that he is part of a ...

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