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  • Two cargo ships collide off Greece 10 missing

    ATHENS, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Two cargo ships collided early Monday off southwestern Greece, with 10 crew members missing, the Greek coastguard said. One ship under a Cook Islands flag was seriously damaged and sank, according to the Greece ...

  • Brisbane’s inner-Greek shines till last light

    View all 17 photos Tens of thousands of people have enjoyed the weather, fine food, wine and dance at the 2013 Paniyiri at Brisbane’s Musgrave Park this weekend. 
As the last of the autumn sun began to lose its warmth yesterday there was still sizeable crowd in Musgrave Park in front of the Greek Club at South Brisbane. It included those who are part and parcel of Brisbane’s ...

  • Pro-drachma party launches urging Greece to leave the euro

    A political party in Greece is calling for the country to leave the euro and go back to using the drachma as its national currency. Plan B held its first general meeting in Athens on Saturday and is headed up by the former leader of the left-wing opposition Syriza party. So far, Plan B is a small party with only around 400 members. Describing the party’s stance on leaving the euro, Plan ...

  • Greek Cypriot leader seeks more EU aid

    The cost of bailing out Greek Cypriot Administration has exceeded estimations. Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades asked for more money from Brussels ahead of a key meeting by Eurozone finance ministers.European Union finance ministers adopted a 10 billion Euro bailout package for the Greek Cypriot Administration. According to the EU sources, the Greek Cypriot leader asked the Bloc to ...

  • Greece enters sixth year of recession but prospects improving

    (ATHENS) - Data released last week showed Greece entered its sixth straight year of recession, but there is now cautious optimism about the economy's prospects although unemployment is still hitting record highs and consumers are squeezed by pay cuts and tax hikes.On Tuesday, Greece's battered debt ratings received a rare upgrade from Fitch which noted "clear progress" on ...


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Men in Black [Blu-Ray]

Men in Black [Blu-Ray]

Barry Sonnenfelds Men in Black has a lot in common with Ghostbusters (1984), even if Sonnenfeld likes to think of it as a sequel to The French Connection, except with aliens instead of drug dealers. Both films were substantial summer hits that derive the biggest laug ... ...

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  • Top Chinese political advisor meets Greek PM

    Top Chinese political advisor Yu Zhengsheng on Saturday met with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province.The meeting came ahead of the second annual conference of the World Cultural Forum (Taihu, China), which began in Hangzhou on Saturday.Yu, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative ...

  • Greece to buy 142 ships from China

    Greek Shipping Minister Kostis Moussouroulis said in Shanghai Saturday Greek shipowners have recently signed contracts to buy 142 new ships from Chinese shipbuilding ...

  • Greece eyes closer economic ties with China

    Greece pledges deepened cooperation with China with agreements in trade, shipping and tourism, said Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Beijing on ...

  • Arts | Long Island Review of Exhibition on Jews in Greece During the Holocaust in Glen Cove

    Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County reflect a vibrant community. But images from the 1940s, of sobbing people on their way to Nazi death camps and of postwar commemorations of the murdered, document a darker ...

  • Eurovision Results Denmark Wins Greece Comes 6th

    Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest won the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest – with Greece’s Agathon and Koza Mostra finishing 6th. Greece participated in the competition with the song ';Alcohol is Free,'; s a fusion between electronic dance and rebetiko sounds. The 20-year-old Danish singer won the annual competition with a barefoot performance backed by flutes and drums. ...

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