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  • Samaras Will Follow Ireland’s Lead

    Irish leader Enda Kenny After meeting his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny in Athens on May 23, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said Greece could use the Irish model for getting out of an economic crisis. Like Greece, Ireland needed the help of international lenders and imposed hard austerity measures. But, unlike in Greece, the Irish didn’t protest, go on strike or riot. "Achieving ...

  • Dairy farmers are drowning in Greek yogurts acidic byproduct

    Greek yogurt is a booming $2 billion a year industry -- and it's producing millions of pounds of waste that industry insiders are scrambling to figure out what to do ...

  • Greek Yogurt Fad Not Fading

    America's Test Kitchen host, Chris Kimball, on a recent broadcast. He's talking about yogurt, a food that can feel less like breakfast and more like penance. That is, until Greek yogurt came along. It's the Farrah Fawcett of dairy, going from nowhere to everywhere seemingly overnight. You can't swing a cat these days without hitting Greek ...

  • Your Healthy Greek Yogurt Harbors A Deadly Secret

    Greek yogurt is healthy and good, but the process of making it creates something called acid whey. Acid whey is very bad: accidental spills of it have killed thousands of fish. But Greek yogurt is booming, so what to do with its dangerous ...

  • Greece could earn more debt relief Eurozone chief

    "Eurozone countries are prepared to do more if necessary to help Greece, on the condition that the programme is fully implemented," Dijsselbloem ...


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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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  • 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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