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  • Italy Spain And Greece Are There Any Opportunities

    Federico is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited. Following Fitch's upgrade of Greece's credit rating, ten-year Greek government bond yields fell below 8%, the lowest yield since June 2010. Meanwhile, Italian and Spanish bonds have also rallied strongly and then now yield 3.85% and 4.18% ...

  • Tsipouro Restaurants in Volos ISO Certified

    Following an initiative of the Catering and Entertainment Association of Magnesia, which aims at promoting gastronomic tourism and protecting the reputation of the tsipouro restaurants in the region that are the reference point for both locals and visitors, Volos' tsipouro restaurants will get ISO certification. As Apostolos Athanassos, President of the Catering and Entertainment ...

  • Turkish Combat Aircraft Over Agathonisi

    The news for the May 23 flight of Turkish combat aircraft over Agathonisi does not mainly focus on the fact that the aircraft possibly recorded and photographed the establishments on the island, but on the fact that for some reason the two Turkish RF-4 and the two F-16 that accompanied them stayed in the FIR (Flight Information Region) of Athens and in Greece's national airspace for 40 ...

  • Word To Tourists Greece Is Back

    (Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis/European Pressphoto Agency) Visitors enjoy a view of the Parthenon atop the Acropolis, an ancient view that still delights visitors who marvel at the spectacle of architecture, math and skill. ATHENS - The sun was blazing above the Acropolis, draping the ivory pillars of the Parthenon in a golden sheen. The red-tiled roof of the ancient Agora museum glimmered in the ...

  • Commission withdraws ban on olive oil jugs in restaurants

    By Charlie Dunmore The European Commission has decided to tear up new rules on how restaurants should serve olive oil less than a week after unveiling them, following widespread ridicule and accusations of unwanted interference.Last week, the Commission said restaurants would be banned from serving oil to diners in refillable glass jugs or dipping bowls from next year. Instead, to protect ...


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JCVD [Blu-Ray]

JCVD [Blu-Ray]

The opening shot of Mabrouk El Mechris JCVD is an astonishing long take in which the camera tracks the eponymous action star Jean-Claude Van Damme as he does what we expect him to be doing: taking out bad guys with round-house kicks, rescuing a hostage, and leaving a lot of fiery explosions and ... ...

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  • Ukrainians Flock to Crete

    After his participation in an economic-business forum in Kiev, Ukraine, Stavros Arnaoutakis, governor for the Crete Region, stated that the number of Ukrainian tourists to visit Crete will rise by 200 percent this summer. Arnaoutakis was invited by his Ukrainian counterpart, Anatolii Prysiazhniuk, to participate in the forum along with 30 regions in the EU, Russia and the rest of the world. ...

  • Samaras Ireland has shown us the way back to growth markets

    Ireland is an example of how Greece can overcome the ongoing debt crisis, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said Thursday after a meeting with his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny in ...

  • Famed singer Georges Moustaki dies at 79

    French singer and composer Georges Moustaki, who sang in several languages and whose romantic ballads won him global fame, died on Thursday at the age of 79.Born on May 3, 1934 to a Jewish couple from the Greek island of Corfu who had settled in Alexandria, Egypt, Moustaki -- whose real name was Giuseppe Mustacchi -- penned some 300 songs including the 1958 hit "Milord" sung by Edith ...

  • Political Feud Holds Up Anti-Racism Bill

    Greece’s coalition government is sharply divided over an anti-racism bill that is aimed at controlling the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party by imposing stricter penalties for assaults, primarily on immigrants, of which the extremists have been accused but which it denies. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, reportedly is going to meet with his partners, PASOK ...

  • UK Horror Over Machete Murder Of Soldier

    (AP Photo/The Sun) This image taken from video made available by The Sun newspaper shows what appears to be one of the attackers speaking to the camera after a brutal attack in broad daylight May 22, 2013 near a military barracks in a London neighborhood. LONDON (AP) -- The British government's emergency committee met May 23 after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a daylight ...

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