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  • Muslim Association of Greece ups security after receiving threatening letter

    The Muslim Association of Greece (MAG) is going to step up security at its premises in Athens after receiving a threatening letter last week, its president, Naim Elghandour, told Kathimerini on Tuesday.The letter, written on paper bearing the Golden Dawn symbol but not necessarily sent by the far-right party, warned Muslims to leave Greece ...

  • Ministry to hire doctors for Greek islands facing shortage

    Amid complaints about a lack of doctors on Greek islands, the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday that it is planning to hire 53 doctors on short-term contracts.The medics will fill positions at health centers on Syros, Naxos, Rhodes, Kalymnos, Limnos and Kythera. Eight of the doctors will work at hospitals on Crete.The doctors will be offered 12-month ...

  • Police seeking fugitive from Athens police precinct

    Police were seeking a 20-year-old Albanian man who managed to escape from a police precinct in Aghios Dimitrios, southeastern Athens, on Monday night following his arrest for riding a stolen motorcycle.A search on the man during the police inspection of the vehicle turned up a ...

  • Getting the best of both worlds on the island of Ammouliani

    By Natasha SinioriThe first time I visited Ammouliani, years and years ago, it had just a handful of hotels, tavernas and bars. There was little to choose from and the small island mostly catered to families looking for a quiet vacation. Today Ammouliani has taken off, with locals boasting that it has become the "Myconos of Halkidiki," as numerous hotels, eateries and nightlife ...

  • Gazprom squeezes Greece for better terms as sole major bidder for DEPA

    Russia Gazprom officials are in Athens for talks on acquiring Greece's public gas distributor DEPA. Gazprom is already DEPA's major supplier and there are concerns the EU could block the deal in an attempt to limit Russia's presence in its energy market. According to local media reports, Gazprom head, Aleksey Miller himself is taking part in the negotiations.Gazprom is trying to ...


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There is a moment near the middle of Wes Anderson's "Rushmore" when a character makes a statement that essentially sums up the appeal of the film itself. Speaking to the film's protagonist, 15-year-old extracurricular prodigy Max Fischer, a young schoolteacher with whom he has fallen in love says, "I've never met anyone like you." ...

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  • Greece to raise clean energy taxes to erase deficit in industry

    By Mary Roca Greece, suffering its sixth year of a recession, will increase renewable-energy taxes next month as part of measures to eliminate the deficit created by subsidies to the industry, a European Union report shows.Greece plans a tax of an average 7 percent on revenues from projects completed from June, according to the Second Economic Adjustment Program for Greece report. It will also ...

  • Greek Deputy PM blasts euro exit talk as immense stupidity

    (MADRID) - Greece's Deputy Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos has blasted suggestions that it would be better for his country to abandon the euro and return to the drachma as an "immense stupidity"."Those who say this are extremely stupid. While they may be analysts, university professors or economists, saying that is an immense stupidity," Pangalos told daily Spanish ...

  • AP Photojournalist Denounces Illegal Detention

    Nikolas Giakoumidis, photojournalist for Associated Press, filed a signed complaint against the way he was treated by the police in Thessaloniki on May 21. Giakoumidis complained that while he was taking photographs of a homeless man sleeping on a bench near Aristotelous Square, a police officer asked if he had permission to take photographs of the specific man. The photojournalist showed his ...

  • Greek PM pledges to contain unemployment

    Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (c) arrives at the entrance gate of the Presidential Palace, or Maximos Mansion, for a meeting with Greek President Karolos Papoulias (not pictured) in Athens, on Tuesday. Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Tuesday pledged to battle unemployment by attracting outside investment in the debt-hit ...

  • MINOS-EMI Greek Universal Subsidiary

    Following the recent acquisition of MINOS- EMI by Universal International, MINOS has now become the Greek subsidiary for all Universal Music’s international releases under the continuing leadership of Margarita Matsa and her excellent team. According to the official announcement by Universal International’s President, Max Hol, MINOS-EMI is one of the longest established record ...

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