Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, talking to the Hellenic-Chinese business forum in Shanghai, called Chinese entrepreneurs to invest in Greece and to increase their business transactions with Greek entrepreneurs. “Those who invested in Greece’s failure were disappointed. We are fighting and we will win the battle, there’s no other choice for us. Greece writes its [...]
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Greece Recession Will Ease, Joblessness Won’t
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ prediction that the country’s staggering economic crisis will start to abate and that a slow recovery will begin next year seems like, the country’s international debt inspectors said, but the record 27 percent unemployment rate will take years to come down and will probably stay above 20 percent for three [...]
Anti-Racism Bill Splits Greek Government
An anti-racism bill aimed at the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party by imposing tougher penalties for assaults has caused a rift in the coalition government led by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative party leader, and his partners, the PASOK Socialists and tiny Democratic Left (DIMAR). Shortly after Justice Ministry sources told the newspaper [...]
Greek Teacher Exam Strike Fizzles
Greek teachers who had been ordered not to strike on the first day of university entrance exams, showed up to monitor the tests on May 17, giving up their plans to protest requirements for extra work without pay. They had said they would not work the exams but Prime Minister Antonis Samaras again invoked a [...]
Troika Anxious Over 2015-16 Fiscal Gap
With Prime Minister Antonis Samaras predicting a recovery for Greece’s economy as soon as next year, the country’s international lenders are more worried about 2015-16, saying the outlook is “inherently uncertain” and will be the focus of negotiations with the government later this year, the European Commission said. The Troika of the European Union-International Monetary [...]
SYRIZA MP Yelled “Heil Hitler!” In Parliament
After a contentious confrontation in the Greek Parliament that led to a member of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party being ejected for violating rules against insulting colleagues, it was reported that it was a leftist MP who yelled “Heil Hitler!” in mockery. Panayiotis Iliopoulos, was removed from a session on May 17 after using derogatory [...]
Samaras Woos China For Partnerships
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ five-day trip to China is quickly paying dividends with burgeoning deals and closer relations and he used it to urge the Chinese to use Greece as an entry to invest throughout Europe. While foreign investors often complain about typical rounds of endless bureaucracy-and-bribes and many have given up on the [...]
Boutaris Likes Gay Pride, Hates Golden Dawn
The Mayor of Thessaloniki Yiannis Boutaris talked in an interview in the radio station Palmos 96.5 and said he supports the Gay Parade in Thessaloniki but not the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party that has 18 seats in Parliament. “I have repeatedly said that the Golden Dawn should not be in the Parliament. This party is [...]
Greece To Adopt IRS Methods
With antiquated record keeping, court cases backed up a decade, and tax cheats still running rampant during a crushing economic crisis, Greece is planning to use the same kind of cross-referencing and collection techniques that make the American Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the most efficient – and feared – in the world, although it’s now [...]
New Democracy Takes Slim Lead Over SYRIZA
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s New Democracy (ND) Conservatives continued to hold a lead over the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) but by less than 1 percent in a poll conducted by the Marc/Alpha agency. ND had 21.6 percent with SYRIZA at 20.7 percent. The poll showed the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn still [...]
Samaras Tells Chinese: Join “Success Story”
Greek Prime Antonis Samaras, hitting the ground running on his first day in China on a trip to secure investors, trade and tourists, invited the Chinese business community to invest in Greece and take part in what he called the “Greek success story,” downplaying his country’s crushing economic crisis which has a record unemployment rate [...]
Oliver Stone Wishes Tsipras Luck
US. film director and radical political activist Oliver Stone met Greece’s major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras at Croatia’s Subfersive film festival in Zagreb. The two shared an idolatry of the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. Tsipiras was at the festival to talk about the role of the Left [...]
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Calendar – Exhibits, Concerts, Fun
- Greece Celebrates International Museum Day on May 18 May 18, 2013
- Edessa Cherries, Wine For Gastronomy Fair May 17, 2013
- Greek Choreographers Festival In Thessaloniki May 17, 2013
- Taxidi Exhibit 2013 Opens in Cyprus May 16, 2013
