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  • The classical legacy How the West used Greece and Rome to justify empire

    In larger part, however, European concern for the plight of the Kafirs was motivated by the peculiar and widespread notion that these rugged tribesmen were, in fact, Greeks. Throughout the 19th century, travellers and colonial officials spread word of the existence of a fair-skinned, blue-eyed people in the high passes of the Hindu Kush. Many believed that these mountain-dwellers were ...

  • Greece not doing enough to combat trafficking report says

    Greece should intensify its efforts to combat human trafficking on its territory, according to the State Department's ...

  • Russian Rail Monopoly in Greek Asset Consortium Talks

    ST. PETERSBURG, June 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia’s rail monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) is negotiating a consortium with Greek and Western companies to buy rail assets in Greece, RZD CEO Vladimir Yakunin said on Thursday. "We are holding talks with Greek and Western companies," Yakunin said, when asked if RZD would participate in the privatization of Greek assets on its own or ...

  • Global Voices An immigrants uphill push for a greener Greece

    Sixty years after leaving destitute Greece to pursue the quintessential immigrant’s dream of striking it rich in America, Eftichios "Van" Vlahakis is back trying to do business in his again-impoverished ...

  • Another Greek Coalition Showdown Set

    For third time this week, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will try to persuade his reluctant coalition partners, PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos and Fotis Kouvelis of Democratic Left (DIMAR,) to go along with his closure of the national broadcaster ERT, although they are insisting he obey a court order he has ignored to restore the signal until a pared-down entity, NERIT, replaces it later ...


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Movie Review

Ratcatcher [DVD]

Ratcatcher [DVD]

Lynne Ramsey's feature debut Ratcatcher won't win any awards for originality of subject matterafter all, the pains of adolescence in the lower economic strata depicted in a social-realist manner is hardly new in British filmmakingbut it is done so deftly, with such a exquisitely poetic touch and keen understanding of the paradoxical coexistence of filth and beauty in the world, that you ca ... ...

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  • Greeces Dilemma Austerity and Demons

    (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Protesters outside the main entrance of Greek state television ERT headquarters in Athens, on June 19, 2013. Fired ERT employees have continued unauthorized broadcasts since the broadcaster's June 11 closure, streamed mostly online and on disused analog frequencies. The government ignored a court order to restore it. The Greek government's closure of the ...

  • Samaras In Another Showdown With Partners

    (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis) Socialist party leader Evangelos Venizelos (R) and the leader of Democratic Left party Fotis Kouvelis (L) leave the Prime Minister's office after a meeting with Antonis Samaras, in Athens, June 19, 2013. Greece's governing coalition parties failed to end a political crisis triggered by the closure of state broadcaster ERT, but said talks would continue June ...

  • 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 ...

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