Provides the latest RSS feeds for Greece News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Greek Herald.com http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/cat/48158b5a5afd369b/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 06:28:14 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:28:14 -0400 30 sse ls in Chinese shipyards. The bank signed agreements with three Greek shipping companies, Diana Shipping, Angelicoussis and Dynagas, to provide them with loans to order "high-end vessels" in Chinese yards, according to an emailed statement from the bank. The bank plans to ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214657503/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Tue, 21 May 2013 05:12:12 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214657503/scat/48158b5a5afd369b By Alastair Marsh Bank of America Corp. sold the first structured notes tied to ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214657902/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Tue, 21 May 2013 05:09:30 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214657902/scat/48158b5a5afd369b "Greece LNG Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers, Challenges, Infrastructure, Supply- demand and competitive landscape" report to their offering. Greece LNG industry research work from OGAnalysis is a compulsory report for all analysts involved in the LNG sector. It is a complete source of information and analysis on Greece LNG industry. It provides insights and ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214657903/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Tue, 21 May 2013 05:03:05 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214657903/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The Greek government bond yield curve returned to an uphill shape on Tuesday, as investors continued to price out default risks after last week's sovereign ratings upgrade by Fitch.The difference between Greece's 30- and 10-year yields turned positive to last trade at 3 basis points, with the curve disinverting again for the first time in about three years.When short-term yields trade ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214657904/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Tue, 21 May 2013 05:02:55 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214657904/scat/48158b5a5afd369b In the last years, the number of Greeks that commit suicide has risen dramatically. The suicide rate in Greece increased by 26.7 percent in 2011 compared to 2010. The number of suicides reported in 2011 is the highest in the last fifty years. According to estimates of the non-governmental organization Klimaka based on data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) and the World ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214657905/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:52 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214657905/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Appearing with Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece’s major opposition party the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRZA) at a Croatian film festival, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek said anyone who doesn’t support the party should be sent to a gulag, political prisoner detention camps. That would be the majority of Greeks who oppose SYRIZA. The pair were at the Subversive Festival where ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214657907/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:52 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214657907/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The Region of the Peloponnese in order to support and promote its touristic product to new tourism markets, invited South-Korean journalists and tour operators, as well as the general director of Turkish Airlines in Greece, Gulay Ozturk, and the airline’s director in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. The vice governor of Lakonia, Dia Tzanetea and the vice mayor of Monemvasia, Yioryos ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214657906/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:52 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214657906/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The election of extreme right Golden Dawn members to Greek Parliament led to an increased expression of anti-Semitism in Greece in 2012, according to the annual US State Department's report on international religious freedom released on May 20.The report noted that members of Golden ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214656879/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Tue, 21 May 2013 04:02:52 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214656879/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was expected to meet with Greek President Karolos Papoulias on Tuesday in order to inform him of his recent visits to China and Azerbaijan.The meeting was scheduled to take place at 2.30 ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214656880/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Tue, 21 May 2013 04:02:52 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214656880/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Nipomo High School Drama Department will end its season this week with a musical smorgasbord of dancing, music, comedy and videos exploring ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214656881/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Tue, 21 May 2013 03:56:54 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214656881/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Government officials appeared upbeat Monday that Azerbaijan will choose to transport its natural gas via the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), which will pass through Greece, following Prime Minister Antonis ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214655976/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Tue, 21 May 2013 02:58:22 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214655976/scat/48158b5a5afd369b As austerity bites harder in Greece, the far right Golden Dawn party is gaining in popularity, and drawing increasing comparison with the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214653239/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:06 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214653239/scat/48158b5a5afd369b By BRIAN M. JOHNSONCORRESPONDENT NEW BRITAIN - Saint George Greek Orthodox Church will host its 30th annual Dionysos Greek Festival May 24, 25 and 26 on the church grounds, 301 W. Main St. Admission is free.There will be traditional Greek food and beverages, live music, Greek youth dancers, and a raffle."We usually get a good sized crowd of people, especially Greek people, coming in from ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214653321/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 23:41:46 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214653321/scat/48158b5a5afd369b , Evan Williams reports from Athens on the party’s rise to become the third biggest force in Greek politics, but also the stark similarities with the German Nazis. As well as winning seats in parliament, they’ve also started handing out food aid and donating blood… but only to people who can prove their Greek citizenship. "The life of the Greeks has changed ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214652338/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 22:56:31 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214652338/scat/48158b5a5afd369b 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 Adiyaman ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214652434/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 22:23:22 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214652434/scat/48158b5a5afd369b It wasn't too difficult picking out the Fat Bastard in the crowd of Russian models, craven moochers and media mavens. Besides, Fat Bastard and I were both desperate for coffee and heading for the same empty urn. (We'd both signed on for Kazakhstan's annual Eurasia Media Forum, a kind of Burning Man festival for Eastern oilgarchs and their media camp followers.) Now, it is ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214650407/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 20:42:50 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214650407/scat/48158b5a5afd369b A year ago, Greece seemed on the verge of leaving the euro zone. Depositors were draining their savings from Greek banks and a radical left coalition that advocated a halt on debt repayments - default, in other words - seemed sure to win the election.You wouldn't recognize Greece today. Its credit rating has been upgraded, the Athens stock market is on fire and 10-year government bond yields ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214642790/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 17:22:30 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214642790/scat/48158b5a5afd369b By Prokopis Hatzinikolaou Less than 5 percent of fines imposed on taxpayers by administrative courts in recent years have reached public coffers despite efforts being conducted through changes in tax legislation.Finance Ministry data show that the fines imposed for tax cases add up to 14 billion euros, or 7.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). This concerns fines imposed by the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214642930/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 17:09:29 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214642930/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Greek shipowners have chosen Chinese shipyards for the construction of at least 60 percent of the new vessels ordered in the last few years, Merchant Marine Minister Costis Mousouroulis told journalists in China in the context of Greek Prime Minister Antonis ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214642929/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 17:09:29 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214642929/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The Finance Ministry confirmed on Monday that April was the first month this year that the targets for both direct and indirect taxes were achieved, as the budget deficit is less than half of what had been forecast.In the first four months of the year the balance of the budget showed a deficit of 2.425 billion euros against a deficit of 9.148 billion in the same period last year and a target for ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214642928/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 17:09:29 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214642928/scat/48158b5a5afd369b By Yiannis Papadoyiannis National Bank has announced a reverse stock split in the context of its recapitalization, whereby 10 old shares will be traded for a new one at a price of 4.29 euros each, from 0.429 euros before the reverse split.The governing board of National decided on Monday that with the reverse split the existing number of 1,226,601,200 shares will be reduced to 122,660,120 ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214642927/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 17:09:29 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214642927/scat/48158b5a5afd369b A contentious anti-racism bill appeared to be causing an ever-widening rift within the fragile coalition government on Monday, as the two junior partners, PASOK and Democratic Left, pushed for it to be submitted to Parliament without delay, conservative New Democracy insisted on key changes being made, while Justice Minister Antonis Roupakiotis appeared set to resign if his bill is watered ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214641720/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 16:05:35 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214641720/scat/48158b5a5afd369b A 34-year-old man charged with setting fire to a store in central Athens last week has told police that he is part of a ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214641719/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 16:05:35 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214641719/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Little Greek Restaurant franchise, which says it offers Greek food with an American touch, is coming to Little Rock, taking over the site that housed Cheeburger Cheeburger in ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214641721/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 15:59:28 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214641721/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The Laboratory of International Relations and European Integration of the University of Macedonia is organizing an event to honor the Greek-by-choice Perdo Olalla, with the main subject, The role of humanism (at 12.00, at the University's event hall). Pedro Olalla Gonzalez de la Vega, born in 1966, in Oviedo, Spain, has multiple qualities: Hellenist, philologist, translator and filmmaker. ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214641722/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 15:57:31 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214641722/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Piraeus Bank said on Monday day that profits surged in the first quarter, after a one-off gain on the book value of its Cypriot bank operations masked the effect of rising bad loans caused by the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640381/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 14:59:51 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640381/scat/48158b5a5afd369b A Thessaloniki court on Monday handed guilty verdicts to 21 of 24 defendants charged with participating in a usury ring that was one of three exposed during a police crackdown on loan sharks in northern Greece in January 2012.Among those found guilty are three brothers who are also believed to be the brains behind the ring. The ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640384/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 14:59:48 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640384/scat/48158b5a5afd369b A staggering 104.8 percent more women committed suicide in 2011 compared with the previous year, while the overall rate of people taking their own lives grew by 26.5 percent (from 377 to 477) in the same period, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) and non-governmental organization Klimaka.According to ELSTAT, 477 suicides were reported in 2011, out of which 393 concerned men ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640385/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 14:59:48 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640385/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Doctors at public hospitals in Athens and Piraeus are expected to walk off the job from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday in protest at an appeal by the management of Evangelismos Hospital against compensation claims by specialized doctors at the Polykliniki clinic, whose back-pay demands have already been settled by a court.The action will continue on Thursday, when hospital workers are scheduled to ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640383/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 14:59:48 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640383/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The Turnover Index in Industry in March fell by 11.5 percent compared to a year earlier, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Monday.ELSTAT said that the drop was mainly down to a 51.1 percent decline in turnover in the mining and quarrying sector, while manufacturing turnover also fell by 10.7 percent.The Turnover Index in Industry for the domestic market decreased by 21.6 percent ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640382/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 14:59:46 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640382/scat/48158b5a5afd369b ATHENS, Greece - A surprise shell has caused a big stir at a popular Athens beach. Greek authorities evacuated the seafront Monday after a swimmer found a corroded artillery shell just 10 yards from dry land, fished it out and presented it to a lifeguard. A coast guard statement said army explosives experts were rushed to Vouliagmeni beach and safely disposed of the munition. The 30-centimetre ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640386/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 14:53:53 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640386/scat/48158b5a5afd369b A new menu item is the Greek Power Bowl -- a protein-packed bowl filled with Greek quinoa and vegetable salad and topped with grilled chicken. The Troy restaurant scene has just about every chain restaurant imaginable, making the dining options near endless. Those looking for a fast-casual lunch or dinner from an independent restaurant should put Kalamata on their list of restaurants to ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640387/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 14:52:08 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640387/scat/48158b5a5afd369b More than 20,000,000 liters of tsipouro are illegally imported to Greece from Albania, Bulgaria and other neighboring countries, according to the Greek Federation of Spirits Producers (SEAOP), and after being named Greek they are distributed in the market. This tsipouro is dangerous for the public health, because in most cases hygiene rules are not respected during its production and packaging. ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640390/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:20 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640390/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Thirty ambassadors of foreign states in Greece, from European, Asian and African countries, visited the archaeological site of Dodona, and in particular its internationally renowned ancient theater. During their one-hour visit they were guided through all the Dodona monuments and expressed their admiration for the brilliance of the ancient Greek civilization. The ancient site of Dodona is ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640389/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:20 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640389/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Dutch hotel employee in Hersonissos, Crete, Cirino Schrijver, who was accused of the violent attack on the 12-year-old Russian boy Nikita, was arrested and transferred to a special detention facility where he will receive psychiatric treatment until his trial. The 20-year-old allegedly stabbed Nikita twenty times last week after stealing his laptop and mobile phone. He faces court charges of ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640388/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:20 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214640388/scat/48158b5a5afd369b A late push led by Coca-Cola HBC contained the significant losses incurred by most blue chips during ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214639031/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 13:44:59 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214639031/scat/48158b5a5afd369b GREK ) surged over five percent on volume that was nearly six times the daily average. Much of that move can be attributed to the 19.5 percent gain by National Bank of Greece ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214639032/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 13:39:18 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214639032/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Two cruise ships with 4,000 tourists docked in the Souda port and in the old port of the city of Chania on May 17 receiving a very warm welcome by the Cretan municipality. The Navigator of the Seas sailed from Kusadasi, Turkey and arrived in Souda. According to AMNA, the vessel follows the same itinerary every Friday and departs at 3:00 p.m. weekly. The cruise ship Azamara, having sailed from ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214639033/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:16 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214639033/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether a New York town violated the Constitution by opening meetings with prayers that emphasized Christianity. The request for Supreme Court action in the religious expression case arises from the practice of Greece, N.Y., of opening town board meetings with a prayer, which two residents challenged as a violation of the Establishment Clause of the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214638665/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 13:23:30 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214638665/scat/48158b5a5afd369b By Nikos Chrysoloras A true giant of modern thought, Ludwig Wittgenstein believed that all problems in philosophy arise from the misguided use of language. Although this opinion, put forward in his early writings, seems far-fetched nowadays, Wittgenstein had a point.Since the start of the sovereign debt crisis, two false analogies have prevailed in the public dialogue regarding Europe: the first ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214637648/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 12:38:38 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214637648/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon May 20, 2013 12:31pm EDT (The following statement was released by the rating agency) LONDON, May 20 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has upgraded National Bank of Greece's (NBG, 'B-'/Stable/'B'), Piraeus Bank's (Piraeus, 'B-'/Stable/'B'), Alpha Bank's (Alpha, 'B-'/Stable/'B') and Eurobank Ergasias' (Eurobank, ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214638638/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 12:31:00 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214638638/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Students in Athens who are the children of Turkish-Greek or Greek parents have begun to attend a Turkish course in Athens to learn the language and get to know Turkish culture, the Turkish newspaper Today’s Zaman has reported, adding that ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214637650/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 12:30:23 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214637650/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The UN’s new envoy on the FYROM name dispute Matthew Nimetz, the United Nations ';special'; envoy on the tedious issue of what to call the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has a better job than even Joe DiMaggio did, although it was pretty special to play center field for the New York Yankees in the 1930′s and 40′s, live in a luxury hotel with room ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214637651/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 12:30:23 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214637651/scat/48158b5a5afd369b On the morning of May 20, an unexploded bomb (USB) shell was found in the waters of the public beach of Vouliagmeni in Athens, Greece. A civilian who was enjoying his swim came across the shell, which dates back to World War II. The man pulled the shell out of the water himself. The authorities were informed and headed to the spot. Army bomb disposal experts rushed to the scene to neutralize the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214637649/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 12:30:23 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214637649/scat/48158b5a5afd369b ATHENS | Mon May 20, 2013 10:36am EDT ATHENS May 20 (Reuters) - Greece's second-largest lender Piraeus Bank on Monday reported sharply higher profit in the first quarter after booking an accounting gain for its acquisition of the Greek units of Cypriot banks. The bank reported a net profit of 3.62 billion euros ($4.65 billion) compared to earnings of 46 million euros in the same ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214635674/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 10:36:58 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214635674/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The government is hopeful that Azerbaijan will choose to transport its natural gas via the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), which will pass through Greece, following Prime Minister Antonis ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214634703/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 10:31:15 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214634703/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Parliamentary speaker Evangelos Meimarakis has spoken to the representatives of all parties to remind them that no MPs should carry guns in the House, it emerged on Monday.Meimarakis acted after receiving a letter of complaint from New Democracy MP Fotini Pipili, who said that some lawmakers are armed when they enter Parliament.There have been reports in the past of Golden Dawn MPs being stopped ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214634702/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 10:31:15 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214634702/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Golden Dawn MP Panagiotis Iliopoulos ejected from Parliament last week A Member of Parliament from the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party who drove into the underground parking lot there with a gun on his passenger’s seat was asked by a police guard to put it away but drove on after telling him, ';I prefer to get someone first, before they get me,'; the newspaper Eleftherotypia reported. ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214634704/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 10:23:14 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214634704/scat/48158b5a5afd369b (AP Photo) While other prospective candidates for New York City Mayor try not to stay anything original or that might cause a flap, John Catsimatidis says what's on his mind, and a lot of people like that, even if critics deride some of his proposals as too far-fetched. NEW YORK - The contenders for New York City Mayor can be a predictable, cautious lot, sticking to familiar scripts at ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214634705/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 10:18:38 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214634705/scat/48158b5a5afd369b 29/04/2013 12:56 CET Two of Greece’s banks are set to be sold under the country’s plans to revive the finance sector. Smaller lenders Hellenic Postbank and Proton currently owned by The Hellenic Financial stability fund have been split into good and bad parts. The country’s four biggest banks are being recapitalised. Institutions deemed non-viable are being wound down The ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214634706/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 10:17:25 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214634706/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Investors may not be worrying quite so much about Greece at the moment but a new political party could change that. The Plan B party supports leaving the euro and returning to the drachma. Hayley Platt asks whether it's likely to do any harm to the country's ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214633411/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 09:41:34 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214633411/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek has caused controversy in Greece by suggesting that he would send anyone who does not support SYRIZA to ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214633513/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 09:28:15 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214633513/scat/48158b5a5afd369b By Emma Charlton Investors are snapping up long-dated bonds from ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214633514/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 09:28:15 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214633514/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Two of Greece’s shakiest banks, Hellenic Postbank and Proton, will have to be sold by mid-July as the country’s largest banks continue gobbling up smaller institutions as part of plans to help the beleaguered economy begin to recover, envoys from international lenders have directed. Proton was taken over when it became insolvency in the wake of bad loans and a scandal involving its ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214633515/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 09:20:05 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214633515/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon May 20, 2013 8:56am EDT (Adds details, effects of financial crisis on Hellenic) LONDON May 20 (Reuters) - Hellenic Petroleum, Greece's largest refiner, has issued a tender to buy an 80,000 tonne cargo of Russian Urals crude oil for early June delivery, a trading source said, the first in months as its finances improve. The tender was issued on Friday and closes today. The payment will be ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214633418/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 08:56:18 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214633418/scat/48158b5a5afd369b By Evi Voutsina*Pies are household favorites nationwide, though the greatest variety is probably found in Epirus, northwestern Greece, whose mountains are covered in a wide variety of wild greens, herbs and mushrooms that are used in an equally vast array of pies. The most common of these pies made with wild greens is "blatsara," where, instead of a simple phyllo pastry, the filling ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214632370/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 08:29:08 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214632370/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The 20-year-old Dutchman accused of a violent attack on a 12-year-old Russian staying at a hotel in Crete has remanded in custody and ordered to undergo psychiatric examination.Cirino Schrijver faced a magistrate in Iraklio on Monday but during the 15-minute session his court-appointed lawyers said it was not possible for his client to answer any questions.The lawyer said Schrijver suffered from ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214632369/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 08:29:08 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214632369/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Terence Quick Former TV presenter Terence Quick has resigned as Parliamentary spokesman for the Independent Greeks, a minor political party that has almost no influence and is an offshoot of the ruling New Democracy Conservatives. In a letter to party leader Panos Kammenos, Quick said that he would remain as a lawmaker. He did not cite any motives for his decision although the party is lagging ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214632371/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 08:20:27 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214632371/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The life and times of Spyros Merkouris, who was Mayor of Athens in 1930, were featured at the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) celebration that visited the Greek capital for a third time, and drew 1,20o delegates. The historical documents of the meeting between Merkouris and the delegation of the Greek immigrants were presented by the Chairman of AHEPA Athens ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214631278/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 07:22:34 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214631278/scat/48158b5a5afd369b This week the Benaki Museum will host the event Gastronomy Days – Destination of Origin: Greece, aiming to highlight Greek cuisine and to promote the authentic and unique products of Greece. This event will have a different approach for the Greek data, seeking for the modern formulation of the identity of Greek taste, which pursues to maintain and continue a cultural tradition of thousands ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214631277/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 07:22:34 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214631277/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Greece’s highest court has appointed two new financial prosecutors to replace the outgoing investors Spyros Mouzakitis and Grigoris Peponis who have been digging into a slew of scandals and produced cases against high-level former government officials. Panayiotis Athanasiou, who has in the past investigated the Siemens cash-for-contracts scandal, will become the main financial prosecutor. ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214631276/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 07:22:34 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214631276/scat/48158b5a5afd369b (Photo/Andy Dabilis) Greeks protest in the street during one of 20 general strikes against austerity measures imposed by the government on the orders of international lenders. The demonstrations have failed to do anything to stave off more reforms that have worsened a deep recession and created a record 27 percent unemployment. Unemployment in Spain is at 27%. Young people are fleeing Portugal ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214631279/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 07:18:45 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214631279/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The page of the Heydar Aliyev Center on Instagram has published photos of Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in the Heydar Aliyev Center and Heydar Aliyev Museum created here. "It is a great honor for me to visit this grandiose museum and to get familiar with merits of the great statesman for his nation which is friendly to us," Greek Premier wrote in a memory ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214629951/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 06:41:51 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214629951/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The Financial Police, set up in July 2011, has handled more than 5,000 cases until now, Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias told Parliament on Monday.The Financial Police also handles electronic crime, including matters relating to child pornography, Dendias assured MPs who were concerned that such issues were being overlooked since the electronic crimes department was shut down.He said that the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214629952/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 06:33:40 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214629952/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The practice of installing photovoltaic panels on rooftops will be severely damaged by the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214629953/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 06:33:39 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214629953/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Greek shipowners have ordered 142 newbuildings at Chinese yards recently according to the country's Shipping Minister Kostis Mousouroulis. Official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported Mousouroulis as saying that the orders were placed in April and accounted for 60% of newbuilding contracts by Greek owners worldwide. The Minister was speaking in Beijing on Saturday towards the end of an ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214629955/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 06:26:13 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214629955/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Greece is in need of radical reforms to its pension system if it is to cease being a burden on longer-term fiscal sustainability, and to prevent a rise in pension costs that would otherwise see these accounting for more than 20 per cent of GDP by 2050, warns the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214629265/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 06:11:08 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214629265/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Former TV presenter Terence Quick has resigned as parliamentary spokesman for the Independent Greeks.In a letter to Panos Kammenos, the leader of the nationalist party, Quick said that he would remain as a lawmaker. He did not cite specific reasons for his decision.Quick, who has been involved in Greek television since the 1970s, joined the party in early 2012, when Kammenos founded the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214628746/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 05:37:53 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214628746/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller is due back in Athens on Monday, his third visit to Greece since March, as the gas giant steps up its interest in the Greek privatization process.Gazprom is one of the suitors for the Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) and Miller visited Greece twice in March to discuss the matter.He met Prime Minister Antonis Saamras and Development Minister Costis Hatzidakis during his ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214628749/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 05:37:53 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214628749/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The Supreme Court named two judicial officials on Monday to replace outgoing financial prosecutors Spyros Mouzakitis and Grigoris Peponis.Panayiotis Athanasiou, who has in the past investigated the Siemens cash-for-contracts scandal, will become the main financial prosecutor.Galinos Bris, who has been involved in probing former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, will be ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214628747/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 05:37:53 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214628747/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Greeks will be able to begin filing their income tax returns online later this week, the Finance Ministry said on Monday.The ministry has completed technical changes to the Taxis Net system to allow for some changes to the details that need to be submitted this year.Taxpayers, for instance, will have to include any interest earned on savings in their returns this ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214628748/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 05:37:53 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214628748/scat/48158b5a5afd369b The Dutchman accused of stabbing a 12-year-old Russian boy during his vacation in Crete last week is to face a magistrate on Monday.Cirino Schrijver, a 20-year-old who worked as a ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214627672/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 04:41:50 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214627672/scat/48158b5a5afd369b President of European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso (R), President of European Council Herman Van Rompuy (C) and Greek Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou attend the press conference after the Eurozone Emergency Summit in Brussels, Capital of Belgium, July 21, 2011. Eurozone leaders Thursday agreed on a second bailout package for Greeece, with a total official financing of an estimated 109 ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214627674/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 04:16:55 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214627674/scat/48158b5a5afd369b By Megan Greene Judging from the markets and English-speaking news media this week, ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214626323/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 03:48:54 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214626323/scat/48158b5a5afd369b A recently conducted DNA analysis on the remains of Minoans’ skeletons found mainly in a cave in Lassithi, Crete, suggest beyond any doubt and previous speculation that the ancestors of the major Minoan civilization of the Bronze Age did not originate either from Africa or Asia, as archaeologists assumed so far, but rather from Europe. The study was published in the journal, Nature ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214626324/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 03:41:42 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214626324/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Greece -- 4.2 billion euros at the weekend, and the remaining 3.3 billion euros in June, provided that Greece first completes a number of measures. The following day, Fitch Ratings upgraded Greece to B- from CCC. That is still six levels below investment grade, yet the improvement inspired one of the biggest sovereign-bond market rallies we have seen in Greece since the beginning of the crisis. ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214624058/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 01:06:30 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214624058/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Greece has taken emergency action - for the third time this year - to ward off a strike by secondary school teachers timed to coincide with university entry exams.The emergency order to work on Monday follows similar steps taken against metro workers in January and seamen in February as the conservative-led coalition government fights to minimise labour unrest.'What kind of teachers choose ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214624059/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 01:06:27 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214624059/scat/48158b5a5afd369b President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today met Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras who is in Baku for a working visit. They said relations between Azerbaijan and Greece were developing successfully in political, economic, cultural spheres. They stressed good prospects exist for further expansion of bilateral energy cooperation. The sides also underscored the importance of relations ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214623405/scat/48158b5a5afd369b Mon, 20 May 2013 00:27:15 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214623405/scat/48158b5a5afd369b