Public transport in Athens was disturbed Tuesday due to the strike of workers employed in transport services that are against planed public sectors reform. Bus and trolley bus workers are holding a two-day strike, while metro employees defied a court order to walk off the job, defying a court order to keep services running, the Associated Press reported.
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Greek parliament ratifies Serbia’s SAA with EU
January 31st, 2011 |
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The Greek parliament has ratified Serbia’s Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the European Union, the Greek embassy in Belgrade announced today.
Greek Ambassador to Serbia Dimostenis Stoidis pointed out that the ratification is a practical expression of the commitment with which Greece has supported Serbia’s EU membership, as part of its Agenda 2014 initiative, designed to accelerate the European integration of the countries in the Western Balkans.
Abhishek’s ‘Game’ to release on Fools’ Day
January 28th, 2011 |
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First time director Abhinay Deo’s upcoming action thriller “Game”, which has Abhishek Bachchan in the lead role, has been scheduled for an April 1 release. Produced under Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar’s banner Excel Entertainment, the film has been shot in Greece, Turkey, Thailand, Britain and India. Filmmaker-actor Farhan Akhtar has penned dialogues for the [...]
“Serbia plays key role in EU enlargement”
January 18th, 2011 |
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Greek FM Dimitris Droutsas has stated that Greece, which, along with Bulgaria, has assumed the responsibility of ushering neighboring countries into the EU.
Greece is doing everything in its power to promote the idea of the EU enlargement in the Western Balkan region, he said.
Greece: Border fence to keep out illegals
January 2nd, 2011 |
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Greece is planning to build a fence along its border with Turkey to keep out illegal immigrants, Citizen Protection Minister Christos Papoutsis said. “Greek society has reached its limits in taking in illegal immigrants,” Papoutsis told Athens News Agency. “Greece can’t take it anymore.”
Skopje optimistic about name dispute
January 2nd, 2011 |
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Macedonia President Gjorge Ivanov says that he is convinced there will be an agreement in the his country’s name dispute with neighboring Greece. Ivanov told reporters in Skopje on Saturday that his country believed there can be a solution, and that this was the reason they were taking part in negotiations.
Singapore says world outlook mixed after record 2010
December 31st, 2010 |
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Singapore’s economy faces a “mixed” global outlook after growing by a record pace this year, according to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Gross domestic product rose 14.7% this year, Lee, 58, said in his New Year message released in Singapore today. That compares with the government’s November forecast of a 15% expansion. The trade ministry predicts the economy will expand 4% to 6% in 2011, an estimate reiterated by Lee.
“The outlook for the world economy is mixed,” Lee said. “The U.S. economy is still weak. Europe faces serious debt crises in Greece, Ireland and a few other countries.”
Greece approves tough austerity plan
December 23rd, 2010 |
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Greece’s parliament has approved a tough austerity budget despite opposition from left and right, Dutsche Welle reports. The vote was accompanied by strikes and protests due to wage cuts and tax hikes.
Croat hooligans burn Greek bus
December 14th, 2010 |
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Unknown hooligans, most likely Dinamo Zagreb FC fans, have attacked and burned a Greek bus. The bus was used by the visiting supporters of Greece’s PAOK FC.
Greek FM: Serbia in EU in 2018
December 12th, 2010 |
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Foreign ministers of Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece expressed support to the EU integration of the Western Balkans at a trilateral meeting in Sofia on Saturday.
Bulgarian FM Nikolay Mladenov, Serbian FM Vuk Jeremić and Greek FM Dimitris Droutsas also adopted a joint declaration on the European future of the region.
The Economy Cannot Recover Until the Big Banks Are Broken Up
December 11th, 2010 |
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A lot of people still haven’t heard that the economy cannot recover until the big banks are broken up.But virtually all independent economists and financial experts say that it is vital to break up the giant banks, including:Nobel prize-winning economi…
China: U.S. In Worse Shape than Europe | Rogers: “Britain is totally insolvent”
December 8th, 2010 |
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Reuters notes:Li Daokui, an academic member of the central bank’s monetary policy committee, said that U.S. bond prices and the dollar would fall when the European economic situation stabilized.”For now, market attention is still on Europe and for t…
Reuters: Republicans Are Trying to Intentionally Bankrupt California and Illinois to Weaken Unions
December 7th, 2010 |
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The New York Times points out that some states like California and Illinois are at risk of default, and that a default could spread to other states:While next year could be even worse, there are bigger, longer-term risks, financial analysts say. Their…
Macedonia “awaiting name proposals”
December 6th, 2010 |
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Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski told B92 that a referendum on his country’s name would be announced “as soon as there was a proposal”. The former Yugoslav republic, formally admitted to the UN as FYROM, has the constitutional name of “Republic of Macedonia”. But neighboring Greece is contesting the country’s right to this name, considering that its northern province is also called Macedonia.
Regional energy projects declaration
December 1st, 2010 |
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Energy ministers of Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania and Greece signed in Sofia a declaration on joint cooperation in energy projects over the next 10 years.
The declaration, which was adopted to the proposal of Serbian Minister of Energy Petar Škundrić, is based on the conclusions of the ministerial conference on the need to develop regional energy strategies.
It’s Not Just the “Peripheral” European Countries … Financial Contagion Could Spread to “Core” Eurozone Countries and the U.S.
November 27th, 2010 |
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It’s not just the “peripheral” European countries which are in trouble.As Ambrose Evans-Pritchard reported yesterday:The escalating debt crisis on the eurozone periphery is starting to contaminate the creditworthiness of Germany and the core states of …
Greece → Ireland → Portugal → Spain → Italy → UK → ?
November 26th, 2010 |
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It is now common knowledge that there is a potential domino effect of European sovereign debt contagion in roughly the following order:Greece → Ireland → Portugal → Spain → Italy → UKWhile some people have been writing about this for well ove…
Waste from Albania washes up in Croatia
November 22nd, 2010 |
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A large amount of waste, including animal carcasses and hospital waste has polluted the shores of the Pelješac peninsula and Mljet island in Croatia.
Index.hr website reports that several hundred square kilometers have been littered, and that while even waste dumped into the sea in Italy and Greece could have washed up in Croatia, most of the labels that can be read were in Albanian.
Eating a variety of fruit cuts lung cancer risk by up to 23pc
November 20th, 2010 |
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Consuming a variety of fruit may reduce the risk of lung cancer by up to 23 percent, according to a new study. Eating five portions of fruit and vegetables per day is one of the means that experts most frequently recommend for preventing cancer. Now, the European EPIC study carried out by researchers from 10 [...]