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Vartholomaios calls for reopening of Halki School
The Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios, the spiritual head of the world's Orthodox Christians, called at the weekend for the reopening of the Theological School of Halki, which Turkish authorities shut down in 1972.
EBRD's first agribusiness transaction in Greece
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Monday announced it has successfully completed its first transaction in the agribusiness sector in Greece by providing 10 million euros in long-term financing to Loulis Mills, a leading company in the Greek flour milling industry.
Schauble warns Greece against pushing for departure of IMF from program
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble said that if Greece failed to complete the second review on the current bailout program and the IMF decided to depart, this would render the plan obsolete.
On Discrimination | Athens | January 18
The Canadian Embassy in Greece, in collaboration with the City of Athens and with the participation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Solidarity Now and the Greek Film Archive, is hosting "Twice Trapped: Discrimination among Asylum Applicants," a special public event that will address the realities faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or intersex (LGBTI)
Bulgarian Carriers Ready for Counter Blockade in Case of Greek Farmers Protests
Bulgarian international carriers are ready for an immediate counter blockade in case official authorities in Greece allow the protests of farmers to close again the border between the two countries.
Greek auditors approve sale of railway operator to Italian railways
A Greek court of auditors approved on Monday the sale of Greece's railway operator Trainose to Italian railways Ferrovie dello Stato, an official at the country's privatization agency said.
Under a bailout deal signed in 2015, Greece has agreed to sell Trainose and other state assets aiming for total revenue of 5.8 billion euros by 2018.
Sexy Greek actress Klelia Renesi fully naked in Manu Chao video clip! (video-photos)
Hot Greek actress Klelia Renesi features in her partner’s, Manu Chao, new video clip called “Moonlight Avenue swimming naked in the sea. In underwater shots sexy Klelia can be seen enjoying the feel of eater on her incredible figure, while she is also seen topless in a sitting on a rock!
7 crazy things the ancient Greeks did! (video)
Ancient Greece is widely known for its immense contributions to western society and the world in general, from philosophy and sports, to theatre and medicine. But the amazing Greeks also did some pretty weired stuff, like anointing their bodies with a mixture of athletes’ sweat and dust with oil to “take” the energy of the gymnasts, or using sneezing and squatting to prevent pregnancies!
Schaeuble advises against IMF departure from Greek program
In comments to the Wall Street Journal published on Monday, just a few days after suggesting in an interview with German media that a potential withdrawal of the International Monetary Fund could necessitate a renegotiation of Greece's bailout, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble advised against such a prospect.
30-year-old frozen to death on Greek border crossing
The human-traders are not willing to slow down the refugee flows. Without hesitations they lead lightly-dressed people into the river of Evros in northern Greece. The result, as expected, is that people are running the risk of hypothermia or even death, unless they are found really fast by the authorities.
Bulgaria and the Migrant Crisis in Numbers
As the migrant inflow into Europe has come to a seasonal low due to the tough winter conditions, Novinite has looked into official statistics about the past few years since the crisis began.
It is difficult to measure how many people crossed the country inadvertedly with the help of smugglers.
A true journalist of past times
He missed the latest Cyprus round by days. Mr. Stathis Eustathiadis, the doyen of Greek journalism, one of the last of the old guard who took the profession as a serious passion, died in Athens at the age of 92. For many journalists who met him and worked with him in his long professional life, he was an example that many of us know that we could not surpass.
Athens tries to feel out Trump
As Donald Trump sets to assume the US presidency on January 20, Athens is turning its focus to the day after and on the stance Washington may adopt with regard to Greek-Turkish relations, the Cyprus dispute and to International Monetary Fund's (IMF) role in the country's bailout program.
More and more Turks buying Greek property
Turks acquiring property in Greece are mostly people with a high level of education, medium or high income, originating from western Turkey and mainly from the Aegean coast and Istanbul, and constitute one of the most dynamic group of buyers in the local market along with the British, the Germans, the French and the Italians.
Creditors say social solidarity benefit requires extra cuts
Greece's creditors - and particularly the International Monetary Fund - are raising fresh objections to the government's plans for financing its Social Solidarity Income.