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China Greece pledge closer parliamentary exchanges economic cooperation

China and Greece pledged to strengthen parliamentary exchanges and boost economic cooperation during a meeting between top Chinese legislator Zhang Dejiang and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Friday.Samaras arrived in Beijing on Wednesday and is paying a five-day official visit to China.Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), said during ...
China to invest more in Greece

Containers are backlogged at the port of Piraeus, near Athens. China will expand its investment in the port, considered a vital gateway for shipping heading ...
China to invest more in Greece

Containers are backlogged at the port of Piraeus, near Athens. China will expand its investment in the port, considered a vital gateway for shipping heading to Europe. ...
The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession Spain France Italy Finland Netherlands Portugal Cyprus Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German govern

The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession: Spain, France, Italy, Finland, Netherlands, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German government of Angela Merkel is sinking Europe. Eurostat data was released on Wednesday (15th) and are relative to GDP in the euro area in the first ...
Congress Tourism in Greece Plummets

Greece was not included on the list with the 20 most popular congress destinations for 2012. The institution of congress tourism in Greece is moving downwards, according to the ICCA (International Congress & Convention Association) data. Athens ranked 35th with 55 conferences. Before 2011, Greece and Athens ranked 19th. The years 2011 and 2012 were indisputably very difficult for the Greek ...

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SME interest in subsidies beats forecast

The Development Ministry announced on Friday that a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises have expressed interest in the European Union-funded program for their support.A total of 23,045 applications had been submitted electronically by last Thursday, adding up to 3.7 billion euros, applying for subsidies totaling 1.5 billion euros, against a disposable budget of 456 million euros. ...
Golden Dawn MP first to be ejected from Parliament chamber for years

A Golden Dawn MP, Panayiotis Iliopoulos, on Friday became the first lawmaker to be ejected from Greek Parliament since democracy was restored to Greece when the junta fell in 1974.Iliopoulos was ejected by Deputy Speaker Yiannis Dragasakis after launching an attack on SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras instead of asking the question that he had been allowed during a debate. Iliopoulos then refused to ...
Russian Travel Agents Interested in Central Macedonia

Travel agents from Ekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth largest city, are looking for tourist destinations in Central Macedonia, Greece. The travel agents are in Thessaloniki with Russian journalists and Utku Yazan, director of Turkish Airlines in Thessaloniki. The Russian travel agents are going to visit Chalkidiki and Pieria, as well as the most important cultural and religious monuments and ...
Neurosurgeon Archontakis’ Guinness World Record

The surgery was conducted in 2002 on a young student who loved to harpoon fish in the sea. The student had a serious accident with the harpoon that could have killed him if not for Archontakis’ skill. The man is in perfect health now and still ...
Greece Not Gay-Friendly In Survey

The ILGA-Europe, the European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans & Intersex Association, has published its Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe 2013 and ranked Greece 25th out of 49 countries on its treatment of people with different sexual preferences. According to the review, "a wave of ...

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Russian boy stabbed 21 times at Greek resort

An 11-year-old Russian boy is in critical condition in a hospital in the Greek capital after he was stabbed 21 times while vacationing with his family on the island of Crete.

Nikita Onishchenko from Moscow, who was on vacation with his mother and his younger brother, went missing Tuesday. He was found hours later in a parking lot near the hotel with multiple knife wounds in his back, chest and hands.

He was airlifted from Crete to Athens, where he underwent surgery. The boy remains in a critical condition but his life is not in danger, doctors said.

Doctors said they were particularly concerned with a spinal injury the boy sustained in the attack.

Police have detained a 20-year-old Dutch man working as an entertainer at a hotel in the seaside town of Anissaras, where the Onishchenkos were staying.

Police said the suspect took the boy to a parking lot and stabbed him after Onishchenko realized the Dutchman had stolen his laptop and a mobile telephone.

The suspect was arrested on a charge of attempted murder.

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