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  • News Summary Greece in talks to end TV crisis

    THE TALKS: Greece's governing coalition parties met for the second time in three days to try and end a political crisis triggered by the closure of state broadcaster ERT.THE TRIGGER: Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras decided to switch off ERT's signal and fire its 2,700 employees as international pressure grows on Greece to speed up long-term cost cutting reforms.THE CRISIS: The ...

  • Big Fires in Crete and Elis

    On June 19, at 13.35 a fire broke out in a greenhouse at Makrimaliana, near the beach of Kokkinos Pyrgos in the Mesara Plain, an illuvial plain in southern Crete. Winds of Beaufort force 6 were blowing in the region making the situation even worse for the firefighters. The fire was put under partial control shortly before 17:00. Ten greenhouses and agricultural areas in Mesara were completely ...

  • Greek PM bids to break deadlock on media

    Announced eight days ago, the shock closure will result in the loss of 2700 jobs and has sparked national and international uproar.Centre-left newspaper Ethnos warned that the coalition allies were "playing with fire" as failure to break the impasse could lead to early elections, the third in a year."No sane person can recommend elections when the country is still waging a fight ...

  • Euro zone wrangling may cost Greece 2 billion euros in 2013 - sources

    Reuters © A protester wearing a Greek flag stands outside Greek state television ERT headquarters in Athens June 13, 2013. REUTERS/John ...

  • 17 Million Tourists To Visit Greece This Summer

    According to data published by the Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises, from January to May, Greek tourism has been running with a 6.05% increase in air arrivals compared to last year. In absolute numbers, in the first five months this year 2,441,276 tourists arrived, while in 2012 there were 2,302,107 tourist arrivals. There has been a significant increase to all Greek destinations. There ...


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  • Meet John Negroponte Old School Diplomat

    John Negroponte (3d from left) drew a crowd of distinguished guests to hear about his lengthy diplomatic career, including (from left) Archbishop Demetrios of America and John Stratakis, and Nicholas Kourides on his left. He had a captive audience. NEW YORK - Ambassador John Negroponte spoke about his remarkable career in a lecture titled Life in Public Service at the second presentation of the ...

  • Menounos Shines In Big Slim Greek Christening

    Beautiful in Greece: Maria Menounos (far right) cut a striking figure in her purple floral frock to attend the christening of her friend's baby girl in Athens, where the American TV host showed her style and said she was happy to be in Greece. It looks as though Maria Menounos has got it right once again. The television personality lent a festive air as she attended the June 15 christening ...

  • Obama Tabs Costos For U.S. Ambassador to Spain

    (Photo/Getty Images) James Costos could be moving from HBO where he is a top executive, to be the U.S. Ambassador to Spain after having been nominated by President Obama. President Barack Obama has nominated HBO executive James Costos, a Greek-American who is a prominent fundraiser for him and whose partner redecorated the White House, to be the American Ambassador to Spain. If confirmed, Costos ...

  • Greek coalition parties meet to try to settle state TV row

    ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's ruling party leaders met on Wednesday to try to agree when and how to resume state TV broadcasts, two days after a top court ordered the immediate reopening of the state broadcaster ERT, abruptly closed by the government a week ...

  • Behold Classical Greek Statues Dressed Up Like Hipsters

    symposium on the topic averred, "All descriptions of hipsters are doomed to disappoint." Even so, everyone has the image of a hipster in their head: large sunglasses, stylized haircuts, old-timey barbs, skinny jeans, pastel shirts. Sure, that's reductive and it doesn't necessarily encompass the entire demographic, but you know you know someone (or several people) who fit the ...

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