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  • Greece Family Escapes Fire Safely

    Greece, N.Y. – A family is OK after a house fire Saturday afternoon on Fox Meadow Road.Firefighters said the kitchen caught on fire, but the family escaped and the rest of the house was not damaged.They said the family will have to stay elsewhere temporarily while the kitchen gets cleaned ...

  • 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 ...

  • New chicken wing Baked not fried with plain Greek yogurt

    Nutritionist suggests lower-fat chicken wings and other ways to shave off calories from summer snacks and picnic meals. (UPI Photo/Alexis C. ...

  • Rethymno completes PAOK upset sets up clash with Reds

    By George Georgakopoulos Olympiakos will face AGO Rethymnou and Panathinaikos will measure up against Panionios in the semifinals of the Greek basketball league, as the quarterfinals of the playoffs saw AGOR upset PAOK and reach the league semis for the first time in its history.Olympiakos beat Apollon Patras 2-0 in the best-of-three series thanks to its 83-73 win that had the Reds sweat at ...

  • Now New Democracy Leads SYRIZA

    Continuing to trade places with thin margins showing them barely leading each other in surveys, New Democracy has again gained the edge on the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) this time by a margin of 2.8 percent. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ ND party got a bump apparently from incoming foreign aid loans which are propping up the stagnant economy while SYRIZA ...


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Suzanne's Career (La Carrière de Suzanne) [DVD]

Suzanne's Career (La Carrière de Suzanne) [DVD]

Suzannes Career (La Carrire de Suzanne) is a tight, brief excursion into dawning self-awareness. The main character is a college student named Bertrand (Philippe Beuzen) who, like all college students, thinks he knows himself and others much better than he does. His ... ...

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  • Greek Red Tape Blocks Investors

    With Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras vowing to roll out the red carpet for foreign investors to help the country get out of a crushing economic crisis, bureaucratic red tape that has vexed every government is keeping them away. As the government said it would cut through the labyrinthine of forms and go after civil servants demanding bribes to do their jobs, ministries are continuing to ...

  • OECD Says Prices High In Greece

    Already pummeled by big pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions that have cut their disposable income as much as 46 percent, Greeks are being hammered by some of the highest prices for products in the European Union, a study by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has shown. Into a sixth year of a deep recession with no end in sights, Greeks aren’t ...

  • Greece changes term of gas privatization to accomodate Gazprom source says

    Greece agreed to change some terms in the planned privatisation of natural gas distributor DEPA, opening the way for Russian energy giant Gazprom to bid for the firm, a senior official directly involved in the sale talks said on Saturday.Privatisation agency HRADF finalised the terms of the sale contract late on Friday, lowering the amount that DEPA's buyer will have to deposit as a ...

  • Verhofstadt urges Greece to take reforms

    Guy Verhofstadt, President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Group in the European Parliament, on Saturday urged Greece to ...

  • Two arrested one sought in Mani for growing cannabis plants

    Twho people have been arrested in Mani in the Peloponnese for allegedly growing cannabis plants.Police on Saturday arrested a 73-year-old American woman and a 48-year-old man from Poland after searching a house in the coastal village of Nyfi, in eastern Mani. They were also seeking another Polish man, aged 46.During the raid on the property, police found 57 cannabis plants, 32 grams of hashish ...

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