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  • Greece wants redistribution of irregular immigration burden

    Greece has asked its European Union peers to support its efforts to stem the tide of irregular immigrationSpeaking at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday, Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias urged for a revision of Dublin II regulations under which the debt-wracked country has to accommodate all foreign migrants entering the bloc via its borders; transit to other EU countries is not ...

  • High Noon in Greece Samaras Fires Blanks

    The man that Antonis Samaras could have been A good lawyer knows that you never ask a question unless you already know the answer. A good leader would know never to accuse someone of wrongdoing when they have a bag of evidence that you were in on it. Whatever scintilla of integrity that Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras had when he said he had to close down the national broadcaster ERT to ...

  • Update-MoodysGreek RMBS performance continued to deteriorate at beginning of 2013

    Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:32am EDT Greek residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) For the full text of this story please click the following ...

  • FYROM to be denied date for EU membership talks in upcoming summit report says

    The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) will not be given a date to start membership negotiations with the European Union in June, the MIA press agency in Skopje has reported.An official from the Irish EU presidency told the agency that a European Council summit on June 27-28 will only discuss the possibility of granting Serbia a date for talks and of signing a Stabilization and ...

  • No Greek Cypriot leader ever wanted to reach an agreement in Cyprus

    Turkish Cypriot president said Turkish Cypriots and guarantor state Turkey are running out of patience on Cyprus problem President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Dervis Eroglu on Saturday said that "no Greek Cypriot leader ever wanted to reach an agreement with the Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus".President Eroglu`s remarks came after a luncheon he attended at the ...


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King Kong (2005)

King Kong (2005)

Along with James Cameron and Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson is one of a select few Hollywood filmmakers who truly understands how to marry spectacle and emotion. This is not just a technical gift or a rote mechanical understanding, but rather a core feeling--an instinct--for how the two ... ...

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  • Eurozone wrangling may cost Greece 2 bln euros in 2013

    European foot-dragging could leave Greece short of 2.0 billion euros ($2.7 billion) this year as some eurozone creditors are reluctant to roll over their Greek debt holdings, Greek and eurozone sources involved in the matter told Reuters.Greece's ...

  • 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 ...

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