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GREECE News, Dec 03, 2011

Greeks find it hard to trust anyone promising salvation
The Guardian
The bickering of Greek politicians goes hand in hand with the deep distrust of Greeks in their republic. Occidental governments have always been presumed to be legitimate but the Greek view of government remains partly Byzantine in the sense that ...
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Greece speeds up budget debate amid euro turmoil; court mulls draconian new tax
CanadianBusiness.com
Unions staged a general strike against the new budget this week , arguing that it continues to place an unfair burden on low-income and middle class Greeks. "Unfortunately, the new budget contains additional burdens that exceed €11 billion....
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Greece draw Poland, Russia and Czech Republic for Euro 2012
GREEKSOCCER.COM
Greeks all around the globe are very optimistic with the group that has been drawn for the Ethniki in what is one of the best scenarios possible and gives the team a chance to make a much needed splash following ordinary performances at major ...
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GREEKSOCCER.COM
Diversification possible without global funds
Tucson Citizen
01, 2011, under USA Today News You may like Greek food. You may be grateful for ancient Greek democracy. You may even have read the Iliad. So what did you do to Greece, you wonder, that made it play such havoc with your 401(k)? ...
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What Is Happening In Europe, And Why We Should Care
Sunday Leader
If Greece doesn't pay up, the banks will collapse. And the potential collapse is so great that several big European banks were in danger. There was also the aspect of Euro zone unity to consider, and alarm bells about a possible Greek default could...
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Jars of Plenty Ancient Greek trading vessels carried much more than wine
Science News
The findings, reported in an upcoming Journal of Archaeological Science, suggest that the ancient Greeks produced and traded a wide range of foods. The economy of the time was much more sophisticated than previously thought, says Brendan Foley, ...
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Greek-Style Cuts Widen Lithuanian Income Gap: Chart of the Day
BusinessWeek
2 (Bloomberg) -- Lithuania's austerity measures, which are similar in size to those facing Greece, boosted income inequality to the widest in the European Union. The CHART OF THE DAY shows how the proportion of people at risk of poverty in Lithuania ...
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Greek Debt and Ratings
New York Times
“Ratings Firms Misread Signs of Greek Woes” (front page, Nov. 30) overlooks the strong track record of Standard & Poor's in assessing the creditworthiness ofGreece and other southern Eurozone members. For many years up until the recent crisis, ...
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Eyewitness to the destruction of Greece under IMF/ECB rule.
Anarkismo.net
Misery, poverty and fear are the gifts of Greek governments/ EU-IMF to the people of Greece! This year as every year I went back to the place of my birth, Greece. I go back to Greece once, sometimes twice a year if I can. The experience of my last and ...
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Anarkismo.net
Yehuda Poliker Sings Along with Greek Officials Visiting Israel
Greek Reporter
Being the son of Greek-Jewish Holocaust survivors who were deported from their home in Thessaloniki, Greece, to Auschwitz, Germany, Poliker has been actively involved in strengthening Israel-Greek relations in the past. Poliker spent the evening dining ...
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Biden to meet with top Greek, Turkish officials
CNN International
On Sunday afternoon, he is to fly to Athens, where he is to meet with GreekPresident Karolos Papoulias and Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and other politicians "to continue close dialogue and cooperation with the Government ofGreece," the statement ...
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Sovereign debt from a socio-political perspective
Financial Express Bangladesh
There must exist some compelling reasons for taking on foreign currency loans. Take Greece, for example. In early 2000's, the Greek economy was doing very well. Cheap loans flowed in as consumers had greater buying power, thanks to their currency, ...
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IMF to decide on funding Monday ahead of Greek budget vote as EU summit looms
EMportal
The next 10 days will be crucial for Greece with the International Monetary Fund – one of the country's three foreign creditors to approve the release of its share of the next 8-billion-euro loan tranche on Monday, December 5, and officials of the IMF, ...
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Greek high court hears appeals on emergency tax
BusinessWeek
He told Parliament that his interim coalition government will ease payment terms for disadvantaged householders. To secure vital international rescue loans, Greecehas imposed a raft of harsh austerity measures over the past 20 months.
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The genius poet
Cyprus Mail
Culture shock is inevitable, especially in a foreign language (herGreek is adequate for shopping and going to the playground, but not much more). “I think – and this is pretty common for foreign women who marry Greeks, and maybe it's true also in ...
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Cyprus Mail
Roarshocking events
RenewAmerica
The Philistines were Greeks; their pottery, armor, etc. show continuity with theGreek mainland, though in their new environs they adopted a Semitic language. The population of Athens grew, suggesting that many went there, maybe setting out to colonize ...
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Commerce Minister: Countries of the region can offer combined tourism product
Famagusta Gazette
Addressing an event titled “Investment Opportunities in a ChangingGreece”, organized by the Greek Embassy in Cyprus, Antoniadou said that cooperation between Cypriot and Greek businessmen, as well as with businessmen in other countries, ...
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Famagusta Gazette
Will week ahead derail hopes for 2012?
MSN Money
Right now, they think like Germans, French, Italians, Greeks, Poles and Finns. They are definitely not, to use Dumas' phrase, all for one and one for all. They need help to stave off the insolvency of a number of governments, especially Greece and ...
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MSN Money
Event to help Chinese shipyards
EastDay.com
China is now one of the major shipbuilders for Greek shippers, along with South Korea and Japan. China is enhancing closer cooperation with Greece in shipping. Last year, Cosco Pacific, a terminal operating subsidiary under the Cosco Group,...
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Eurozone crisis: 'Merkozy' tries to ride to the rescue
The Guardian
Greek banks lost €14bn in deposits in the two months to the end of October, as foreign investors withdrew their funds, and fearful Greekscleared their bank accounts and stashed the cash under the mattress – or overseas. In total, deposits in Greek ...
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The Guardian
Benzes With Brio
Barron's
The routes between Greece and Germany were quite forbidding 2500 years ago, after all, and at the end of such a trek, the Greek philosopher might have found nothing more than a tribe of baying barbarians. Nonetheless, his famous and much-mangled maxim ...
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Lucky Draw for Greece in Euro 2012
Greek Reporter
The undoubtedly favourable draw in Kiev for the European Championship finals, keeping Europe's giants off Greece's track, reminded players, officials and fans of the lucky draws that former coach Otto Rehhagel used to get when on the Greek bench, ...
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Greek Reporter
Religion Today: Dec. 3
Journal Times
Platis has been an avid researcher of Greek culture for nearly 10 years. He has done field work in Greece and has a degree in classics with a thesis on the evolution of Greek dance. Amidst the various sub-populations in Greece, the study of Pontic ...
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FM: EU leaders not focused on enlargement
B92
He thanked Greece on its strong support to Serbia's European integration, while his Greek counterpart Stavros Dimas reiterated the support to the EU-mediated dialogue between Belgrade and PriÅ¡tina. Considerable progress has already been made and we ...
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Watch GPS this Sunday: Zakaria's interview with Papandreou
CNN (blog)
We've got a great show for you this Sunday: The future of Greece & the euro zone; what's next in Iran; Washington's pivot towards Asia; and Pakistan's “memogate.” First, I talk to former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. Should Greecedrop the ...
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Endurance sports intrigues local athlete
Tbo.com
By CLIFF GILL | Special Correspondent The ancient Olympic games began inGreece more than 2500 years ago. They consisted of track and field, boxing, wrestling and equestrian events. Only free men who spoke Greek were eligible to compete. ...
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Europe's 'Illiberal Democracy'
American Thinker (blog)
Lowry bolsters his argument, citing among other efforts Europe's ruling class deposing prime ministers in Italy and Greece in favor of a European Central Bank veep and a former EU commissioner. Lowry might have added that in scuttling theGreek prime ...
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European Online Gambling Jurisdictions Challenged
Casino Advisor
Licensed online gambling operators would be required to have a permanent base inGreece. They would have to engage in financial transactions through Greekbanks. They must impose a higher age-limit restriction on online players than prevalent at land ...
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Longform.org's weekend reading list
Washington Post (blog)
... grossly underestimated the health of the Greek economy. It was a multi-billion dollar mistake: Moody's lapses before last year helped embolden Greece to heap on billions in sovereign debt and encouraged investors to invest more heavily in its debt. ...
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Yehuda Poliker Sings Along with Greek Officials Visiting Israel ...
By Stella Tsolakidou
On Wednesday, November 30, Ιsraeli music star Yehuda Poliker met and sang along with a delegation of Greek officials visiting Israel this week through Project.... News from Greeks in Africa, Asia, and South America World.Greekreporter.com...
News from Greeks in Africa, Asia,...
Serbian Foreign Minister Meets with Greek Counterpart | Defence ...
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Defence news from Greece and Cyprus · Home · Air Force ... Jeremic met with hisGreek counterpart Stavros Dimas. ... On his part, Vuk Jeremic said that there are no different aspects concerning relations between Serbia and Greece. He also ...
Defence news from Greece and Cyprus
Lucky Draw for Greece in Euro 2012 | Greece.GreekReporter.com ...
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Selling olive oil to Greeks | Athens News
It would seem ironic that in a major olive oil-producing country like Greece there is a French luxury food merchant promoting Greek and French olive oil - in an ...
www.athensnews.gr/issue/13470/50624
Greeks strike to protest austerity measures - World - CBC News
Greek schools and other public services close while hospitals function on reduced staff and ferries are confined to port by another general strike against ...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/.../greece-strike-1201.html
Greeks strike over government's "starvation" budget - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: ATHENS (Reuters) - Emergency staff ran hospitals, schools closed and thousands of austerity-weary Greeks took to the streets on Thursday...
news.yahoo.com/greeks-hold-first-major-strike-under-govern...
Greeks Restart Bond Haircut Negotiations, Demand Lower NPV ...
And so the one thing that was supposed to be set (if only briefly) in stone, the terms of the Greek creditor haircut, has now fallen apart. From Reuters: "The ...
www.zerohedge.com/.../greeks-restart-bond-haircut-negotiatio...
Greeks Walk Out Over 'Unrelenting' Cuts - Sky News
Thousands of crisis-hit Greeks have walked out of their jobs to challenge " unrelenting" austerity measures.
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16121644
Greeks pin hopes to 'treasures' - Hurriyet Daily News
In a sign of desperation that comes as the Greek government implements the toughest austerity measures the nation has ever seen, many Greeks have placed...
www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=greeks-pin-hopes...
Greece in revolt over property tax | World news | The Guardian
Civil disobedience among Greeks grows after tax was incorporated into electricity bills. ... The Guardian, UK and World news, User comments, Web ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../02/greece-in-revolt-over-property-tax
BBC News - First strike in Greece since Papademos took office
Unions in Greece hold their first general strike in protest at austerity plans since technocrat ... Trade unionists gather near the Greek parliament in Athens, 1 December ... 55-year-old Evangelos Routsas, told Reuters news agency in Athens. ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15983733
Modern Greeks Return To Ancient System Of Barter : NPR
Across debt-ridden Greece, people are turning to a simpler form of commerce, ...NPR News and Shows ... Modern Greeks Return To Ancient System Of Barter ...
www.npr.org/.../modern-greeks-return-to-ancient-system-of-b...
Greeks strike over 'starvation' budget - Daily News | News | IOL.co.za
Athens - Emergency staff ran hospitals, schools closed and thousands of austerity-weary Greeks took to the streets on Thursday in a 24-hour general strike that ...
www.iol.co.za/.../greeks-strike-over-starvation-budget-1.1190...
GREEK NEWS AGENDA: Footwear in Ancient Greece
Footwear in Ancient Greece. What kind of footwear did Ancient Greeks use? The answer is: a large variety of shoes, depending on sex, wealth and the kind of ...
www.greeknewsagenda.gr/.../footwear-in-ancient-greece.html
Greece's high court opens hearings for appeals against resented ...
ATHENS, Greece — A Greek high court on Friday considered appeals against a deeply resented new property tax that has sparked anger across the country ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAvtS2GO_story.html
Greeks resume cuts protest strikes - World News - MSN News UK
Greece is braced for another wave of industrial unrest with the announcement of the first cuts protest since its interim government took over.. Customers of.
news.uk.msn.com/world/greeks-resume-cuts-protest-strikes

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