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Romantic landscapes of Felix Ziem at Pera Museum
Pera Museum's "Félix Ziem: Wanderer on the Sea of Light" exhibition presents the works of one most original landscape painters of the 19th century: Félix Ziem.
The exhibition focuses on Ziem as an artist who left his mark on 19th century painting and who is mostly known for his paintings of Istanbul and Venice, where the city and the sea are intertwined.
Considerable gap between skill supply and demand
The skills that the Greek education system offers the country's young people do not match the market's requirements, according to seven out of every 10 entrepreneurs surveyed by Adecco.
IMF awaits short-term measures for Greek debt easing
The International Monetary Fund on Thursday linked the subject of debt-easing measures to the implementation of reforms in Greece, while central banker Yannis Stournaras stated that the country will need more than just short-term debt lightening measures to be allowed into the quantitative easing program (QE).
Security slipping
There appears to be an almost lackadaisical approach to security in Greece and, needless to say, this has cost the country. Just yesterday, we witnessed an attack on the embassy of one of the country's closest friends and allies in what should be the safest part of the Greek capital.
The Cyprus issue and Greece
The talks between Nicos Anastasiades and Mustafa Akinci in Switzerland, far from the pressures of Cyprus, allow us to hope that a solution may be near. The road will be long but the fact that the thorny issue of territory is being discussed is encouraging.
Greek deflation slows in October
Greece's headline consumer price index fell by 0.5 percent year-on-year last month, with the annual pace of deflation slowing from -1.0 percent in September, Hellenic Statistical Authority data showed on Thursday.
This is the 44th consecutive month of deflation for the Greek economy.
TOB: 12 pct more tourists visited Belgrade in September
BELGRADE - Twelve percent more tourists visited Belgrade in September compared to the same month last year, a Tourist Organization of Belgrade statement said, noting Serbia's capital had 95,636 visitors that month.
Seven drug arrests made in two separate cases
Police at Athens International Airport confiscated 3 kilograms of cocaine from the luggage of a 33-year-old man who arrived in Greece on Thursday on a flight from Sao Paolo via Zurich.
The drugs had been concealed in four packages in the outer casing of his suitcase, police sources said.
Traffic stop leads to crackdown on forgery workshop
Police found document forging paraphernalia in a car in Nafpaktos, western Greece, on Thursday, and arrested two men, aged 64 and 44.
The pair were reportedly stopped by local traffic police for a routine check.
A search of the car yielded civil service seals, forged IDs and machines to make fake documents.
NATO Operation Sea Guardian kicks off in the Mediterranean
NATO, with the participation of a Turkish frigate, has begun a new standing maritime security operation in the Mediterranean Sea named Operation Sea Guardian.
Stournaras to Reuters: Reducing Greece’s debt vital for growth
The governor of the Bank of Greece, Yiannis Stournaras, told Reuters in an interview today that there would be a gradual easing of capital controls, but that full liberalization would depend on progress with respect to Greece’s debt relief, which is also a precondition for entering the ECB’s asset buying scheme. ”We gradually lift capital controls and the next step will take place soon,” Stour
Greek unemployment rises to 23.4 pct in August
Greece's jobless rate rose to 23.4 percent in August from an upwardly revised 23.3 percent in the previous month, statistics agency ELSTAT said on Thursday.
The number of officially unemployed reached 1.126 million people. Hardest hit were young people aged 15 to 24 years, with their jobless rate dropping to 46.5 percent from 48.3 percent in the same month a year earlier.
Greece Rocked by 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake
A 4.8-strong earthquake has hit the north of Greece, the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre has said.
The quake's epicenter was at a depth of 10km and located 12 km north-east of Polykastron.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damaged buildings.
BGNES wire service reports the quake was also felt throughout southwestern Bulgaria.
Stournaras: Greece to ease capital controls soon, needs debt measures
Greece will soon ease capital controls further but full liberalization will depend on progress in easing the country's debt burden, which is also a precondition for entering the ECB's asset buying scheme, central bank chief Yannis Stournaras said.
European court accepts Commission's appeal against Greece over Caretta caretta
Greece was found guilty on Thursday by the European Court of Justice of failing to comply with European Union rules concerning the protection of the endangered loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) in the Bay of Kyparissia, in the western Peloponnese.