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  • Piraeus Bank Acquires Millenium Bank Greece

    Greek lender Piraeus Bank has purchased Millennium Bank Greece (MBG), a subsidiary of Millennium BCP (BCP), following the receipt of all concerned regulatory approvals. BCP has recapitalized MBG by infusing EUR274m, apart from EUR139m already pumped by BCP into MBG in December 2012. Subsequently the total recapitalization touched EUR413m to date, which is in line with the requirements of Bank ...

  • Hundreds of young scholars are being held hostage by the Greek state | Varvara Trachana and Stelios Gialis

    The Greek government's accession to EU and IMF demands to curtail public spending has left young researchers out in the cold. Photograph: AFP/Getty ...

  • Greek coalition to resume crisis talks over state broadcaster

    ERT , but will continue talks later today. With Prime Minister Antonis Samaras at odds with the Socialist Pasok and Democratic Left parties, snap election remains a possibility. After a court ruling ordering the TV station back on air, the parties must agree on what form that will take. Reporting for euronews in Athens, Stamatis Giannisis said: ';This was the second in a row fruitless ...

  • James Gandolfini TVs Tony Soprano Dies in Italy

    (AP Photo/HBO, Anthony Neste, File) James Gandolfini as mob boss Tony Soprano, in an episode from the first season of the HBO cable television mob series, The Sopranos. HBO and the managers for Gandolfini, 51, say the actor died June 19, 2013, in Italy. No cause was given. LOS ANGELES (AP) -- James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally fragile mob boss in HBO's The Sopranos ...

  • Greek festival to start Friday in Camarillo

    Contributed photo Dancers perform at the 2012 Ventura County Greek Festival in Camarillo. This year’s festival will run from Friday to ...


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King Kong (2005)

King Kong (2005)

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  • Germans to help create savings banks

    German experts are preparing to help in the creation of savings bank networks in ...

  • Dispute over Greek broadcaster illustrates how essential public service broadcasting is

    Protesters demonstrate outside Greek state television ERT headquarters in Athens last week. Prime minister Antonis Samaras was forced to climb down over his decision to close the state broadcaster. Photograph: ...

  • Greek ERT remains off-air

    A banner hangs on the facade of the Greek state television ERT headquarters on June 16, 2013 in Athens. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) asked Greece to re-open public broadcaster ERT after the government's surprise decision to pull it off the air in a bid to cut spending, sparking a nationwide strike. Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on June 14 offered to partially reinstate state ...

  • 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 ...

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