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  • Greek coalition holds emergency meeting over state broadcaster ERT

    eurozone crisis hung over an emergency meeting of the country's coalition leaders on Wednesday as the prime minister, Antonis Samaras, sought to defuse the turmoil that followed hisdecision to shut down ERT, the nation's state-run broadcaster.After 48 hours of high-stakes brinkmanship by his junior partners, Samaras, whose centre-right New Democracy party narrowly won elections last ...

  • Fira a firm Greek holiday favorite

    By Stathis Kousounis The traditional settlement of Fira on the southern Aegean island of Santorini appears to be the most popular tourism destination among Greeks for the June 22-24 bank holiday weekend, according to travel search engine and hotel rate website trivago.gr.In a list published on Wednesday, the site showed that the resort with the highest occupancy rate is picturesque Fira, at 77 ...

  • Eurogroup to vote on separate funding for credit sector recap

    By Nikos Chrysoloras Greece and Cyprus are hoping to reap significant benefits from ...

  • Gov’t eyes tranche frontloading

    By Sotiris Nikas Provided that the inspection of its streamlining program comes to a successfully conclusion, Greece can hope that the next bailout tranche will total 8.1 billion euros, as the eurozone is examining the option of disbursing to Athens the installments for the third and the fourth quarter of the year immediately.That way a major part of the funding gap will be covered, allowing ...

  • Greek coalition signals state TV deal near to meet again

    View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Employees stand by the windows inside the Greek state television ERT headquarters at Aghia Paraskevi suburb in Athens June 18, 2013. REUTERS/John ...


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  • OKANA Addicts Wait Three Years For Help

    According to estimates of the Greek based drug rehabilitation organization OKANA, no less than 18,000 men and 2,500 women in Greece appear to be addicted to heroin. As Meni Malliori, president of OKANA (meaning Organization against Drugs) pointed out, about 1,200 women addicted to heroin have received OKANA's care to combat their problem and entered the rehabilitation program. The number ...

  • Greek coalition talks drag on to end TV crisis

    A protester stands in front of the Greek state television ERT headquarters in Athens, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. State TV channels in Greece remained off-air Tuesday as the political storm over the future of public broadcaster ERT rages on despite a court ruling that the prime minister's decision to pull the plug was wrong. The banner on the top reads in Greek "ERT is, and will remain ...

  • Thousands expected at St. Nectarios Greek Fest in Palatine

    Chris Marks and his son Matt Marks, 17, shave the meat used for gyros at the 2012 St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church's annual Greek Fest in ...

  • Angelopoulos’ Interview on “My Greek Drama”

    Gianna Angelopoulos’ interview on the occasion of her book , My Greek Drama, which is best seller in the U.S.A and is sold translated in Greek as well, was not limited only to the Olympic Games in 2004, but made clear statements on the current political and economic situation in Greece. Angelopoulos clarified that she does not attack any politician through her book, but she simply lists ...

  • Greek Coalition ERT Talks Break Off

    A 3 1/2-hour showdown between Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his coalition partners late on June 19 failed to reach an agreement on the court-ordered reopening of the national broadcaster ERT that the government summarily shut down on June 11, and talks will be resumed the night of June 20, leaving the fate of the administration in suspense. PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos ...

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