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Where is homeschooling legal in Europe?
Homeschooling is legal but highly regulated in Europe. It is legal in Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Lusembourg, Ireland, United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic (until the age of 12 years), Hungary, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, San Marino, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Andora and Sweden.
Omnibus bill
The Greek government is due to vote on the omnibus draft bill on prior actions that the country is obliged to implement as part of the bailout deal. Greek lawmakers are set to vote on the bill on Friday after heated debate. The implementation of the reforms will release about 2 billion euros worth of bailout money benchmarked for Greece.
Athina Onassis is nothing like Greece remembers her!
Athena Onassis de Miranda, the French-Greek heiress of the Onassis fortune and the only surviving descendant of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis has pretty much abandoned Greece after marrying Brazilian Olympic showjumper Alvaro de Miranda Neto in 2005. This, of course, comes as no surprise as she had stated that she felt “great aversion to anything Greek” from a young age.
Govt submits omnibus bill with tough reforms to Greek Parliament. What’s next?
The Greek government submitted the omnibus draft bill with 48 prior actions the country is being called to implement as part of its bailout deal with international creditors (EC, ECB, IMF, ESM). Lawmakers will now need to study the bill presented to them on Monday and vote for it on Friday so that 2-bln euro tranche can be released for Greece.
PM Calls on US to Follow Bulgaria's Example of Fiscal Discipline
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has advised the United States to use the example of Bulgarian Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov and his policy of discipline.
Speaking at a conference of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria (AmCham), Borisov also urged Washington ro revoke visas for the Bulgarian businesses as other EU member states did.
Welcome to the dark side of antiquity!
Are you interested in the dark side of antiquity? You can find out more about the ghoulish side of Ancient Greece as presented by Peggy Ringa at the Zo-Grafi-Zo workshop at 8 p.m. on Friday, October 30. She presents another side to Greece… The workshop is unsuitable for children as it focuses on prostitution, child molestation, slavery, crime, magic etc.
Moscovici to visit Greece
European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici will visit Greece the following days, as he announced today via his personal account on Twitter.
Mr. Moskovisi will arrive in Athens on Wednesday and remain until Thursday. He will meet with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the Greek authorities so as to work together on the bailout program.
Bulgarian Appointed as Viber's CEE Business Development Manager
Messaging company Viber announced on Monday it has appointed Daniela Ivanova as business development manager for Central and Eastern Europe.
The company said in a statement Ivanova's initial focus would be on Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Greece, and Hungary - the biggest Viber markets in terms of statistics and development potential.
Hydra, a lovely car-free city
Business Insider journalists wandered about that on the occasion of the car-free day Paris has enforced.
Fasolada (bean soup)
Fasolada is considered Greece’s national dish and is definitely one of the most traditional recipes of Greek cuisine. Every Greek family eats this dish at least once per month, especially during winter.
Serves: 6 Preparation time: 10 mins Cooking time:1.20 mins Ready in: 1.30 mins
INGREDIENTS
Tourist arrivals up 20.8 % for Jan-Jun period
According to the Frontier Statistical Survey conducted by the Bank of Greece, in the period January-June of 2015, arrivals of non-residents from abroad increased by 20,8%, compared with the corresponding period of the year 2014.
Moscovici: There is no appetite among eurozone countries to cut Greece’s debt
Speaking to The Wall Street Journal on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, Pierre Moscovici said that a discussion on debt relief for Greece could start when the program review by its creditors was completed.
Merkel for Greece: “Traffickers do whatever they want in Aegean Sea”
German Chancellor Angela Merkel talked to Bild about the refugee crisis and the actions required to address the problem.
“In the Aegean sea, at sea borders between Greece and Turkey, traffickers do whatever they want,” the German chancellor said.
PM Tsipras receives UN High Commissioner for Refugees Guterres
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras received on Monday UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres and talked about the refugee crisis.
Mr. Guterres referred to his visit to the island of Lesvos where he had the opportunity to observe the conditions and management of the refugees’ problem and also referred to the Greek people’s solidarity towards the refugees.
Why is the White Tower of Thessaloniki white? (pics)
The White Tower in Thessaloniki is a monument and museum on the Thessaloniki waterfront in macedonia, northern Greece. The tower stands on the site where an old Byzantine fortification once stood, according to texts from the 12th century.