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  • New 5-euro banknotes no good for transport tickets

    They may have the image of Greek goddess Europa on them but for the next few weeks commuters in Athens will feel the frustration of mere mortals if they try to use new 5-euro banknotes to buy transport tickets as the software in machines has not been updated to accept the fresh tender.Transport Ministry general secretary Nikos Stathopoulos said the companies that have installed the ticket ...

  • Coalition chiefs to tackle anti-racism bill on Monday

    With divisions widening in the coalition over the fate of a controversial anti-racism bill, sources close to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the issue will be discussed on Monday at 6 p.m. between the premier and his coalition partners, PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos and Fotis Kouvelis of Democratic Left.The ...

  • IMF team due in Greece on June 4 for new round of talks

    The International Monetary Fund will send a team to Greece early next month for talks with Greek authorities and the IMF's bailout partners, following a meeting of the IMF executive board to discuss a review of Greece's program, the IMF said on Thursday.The IMF has joined Greece's euro zone partners in providing billions of euros in bailout aid to help the nation avoid crashing ...

  • Banks extend losses for a fourth session

    Bank stocks led the fourth consecutive day of decline on the Athens bourse on Thursday, with their index wiping out the gains that had been made so far this year by shedding 8.64 percent of their value, putting them 6.18 percent in the red for 2013.The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) general index closed at 1,038.39 points, giving up 3.91 percent from ...

  • A child goes missing ‘every day’ police says

    A child disappears in Greece every day and 97 minors are currently missing, including 23 victims of abduction, according to statistics of the Greek Police made public during a joint press conference with the Hamogelo Tou Paidiou ...


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Movie Review

The Three Marias (As Três Marias)

Brazilian director Aluisio Abranches The Three Marias (As Trs Marias), his second feature film, begins in grisly fashion with the murder of the three men of the Capadcio family. The first two killings we dont witness, but we see the bloody aftermath: a father is disemboweled and hung by his own intestines and a son has his eyes and heart cut out. The third murder, of another son, we ... ...

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  • Irish model inspires Samaras as Stournaras eyes primary surplus more debt relief

    Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Thursday that he sees Ireland as ...

  • Greeks to see no tax relief until budget improves

    Ireland as a model for Greece in repairing its public finances. "We will follow the exactly the same successful example set by Ireland -- both for the EU presidency and an exit from the crisis," Samaras said. "It has been my stated aim for years now that I want a unified rate, a flat-rate tax of 15 percent. As we reach our targets that moment draws closer." Corporate ...

  • B.U. Greek Studies Gets $2.5M Gift

    (Photo/Vernon Doucette) David Roochnik has been named the inaugural Maria Stata Professor in Classical Greek Studies at Boston University. His specialty is a Greek favorite: philosophy. BOSTON - A 1962 alumnus of Boston University has given the school a $2.5 million donation to support a faculty member with scholarly and teaching expertise in the classical period of Greek history. B.U. Today ...

  • Greek children increasingly living in poverty says UN report

    Children in Athens look at a Christmas tree made of milk tin cans, after donating some on December 14, 2012, during an event organized by Medecins du Monde, a non-governmental humanitarian aid organisation. Child poverty has been skyrocketing in the debt-ridden country. (Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty ...

  • Parliamentary speaker vows action against deputies carrying guns

    Parliamentary speaker Evangelos Meimarakis claimed on Thursday he would personally remove from the House any MPs refusing to comply with regulations that forbid them carrying firearms into the building.Earlier this week, Meimarakis told parties that MPs would have to pass through metal detectors and any guns would have to be left in a designated room. Some MPs had recently complained about ...

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