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'Blue Voyagers' at Istanbul's Sismanoglio Megaro
The Consulate General of Greece in Istanbul and Columbia Global Centers Turkey will host the ?Blue Voyagers: the Art of Romare Bearden and Bedri Rahmi Eyübo?lu? exhibition from April 15 to May 17 at Istanbul?s Sismanoglio Megaro.
Nina Ricci heiress slapped with jail time in HSBC-related tax evasion case
No "Lagarde List" idleness on the part of French prosecutors this week, as the heir to the Nina Ricci perfume and fashion fortune was convicted of tax fraud in a Paris court after stashing millions of untaxed euros in a HSBC bank account.
Santorini resort amongst National Geographic Society’s Top 24 ‘unique lodges’
The National Geographic Society this week announced its “Unique Lodges of the World” list, which includes one resort in Greece, the Kapari Natural Resort on the iconic volcano island of Santorini.
The list includes three sites in South Africa out of a total of 24 properties around the world.
Tsipras says Greece has lost 'valuable friend' after death of writer Guenter Grass
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Monday that the death of German author Guenter Grass meant that Europe had lost a ?cultural point of reference? and that Greece had lost a ?valuable friend.?
Nobel laureate Guenter Grass dead, aged 87
Nobel laureate Guenter Grass died at the age of 87. The author of works such as “The Tin Drum” died on Monday at a clinic in the city of Luebeck where he was taken during the weekend. He died of pneumonia, report German media.
11 people detained for human trafficking in Turkey's northwest
Eleven people allegedly operating human trafficking activities have been detained in Turkey?s northwest, Do?an News Agency has reported.
Greek fans eager to download leaked Game of Thrones episodes
Greece was amongst the top countries where fans of the hugely successful Game of Thrones series rushed to download the first four leaked episodes of the new season.
News that the first four episodes of the fifth season were available in pirated form over the Internet caused millions of fans to use their PCs to watch the versions.
Are these the folks who'll pull off Greek debt write-off?
A group of economists mostly described as leftist and far-left activists from Europe and Latin America comprise the group of volunteers recruited to serve as advisers to Parliament's "committee of truth for the Greek public debt", a "brainchild" of controversial and outspoken Parliament president Zoi Konstantopoulou.
Greece casts shadow as ECB money printing buoys eurozone
By John O'Donnell
European Central Bank policymakers gathering on Wednesday will examine possible further emergency funding for Greece's banks as they take stock of a wider economic picture showing early signs of improvement.
Serbia "in principle" interested in joining Turkish Stream
Serbia "in principle" interested in joining Turkish Stream
MOSCOW -- Serbia is interested in joining the Turkish Stream project, Serbian Ambassador to Russia Slavenko Terzic has said.
The planned pipeline would ship Russian natural gas to Turkey via the Black Sea and would represent a supply channel for consumers in Southeast Europe.
Commissioner Dombrovskis tells Bloomberg: Greek talks with Union 'very complicated'
European Union Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis on Monday called technical negotiations with the radical leftist government in Athens "very complicated", while much more work needs to be done so that an agreement to extend a loan agreement for cash-strapped Greece is achieved before or during an April 24 Eurogroup meeting.
Bild warns of new snap election in Greece if EZ negotiations stall
The German tabloid Bild on Monday raised the spectre of a new snap election in Greece, of all things, publishing comments by an "unnamed minister" who opines that the radical leftist government in Athens has "nothing to lose" in heading back to the ballot boxes in case of an impasse with Eurozone creditors.
EC's Dombrovskis says Greek talks complicated, still lots of work to do
European Union Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis admitted on Monday that technical negotiations with Greece over its bailout program are ?very complicated? and that much ground needs to be covered before the April 24 Eurogroup.
European bond buyers find negative doesn't necessarily mean bad
By Lukanyo Mnyanda
Giving away your money doesn?t mean losing it these days.
Investors who held shorter-dated European debt have managed to eke out a positive return in 2015, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch indexes. That was even as price increases pushed yields in Germany and Austria below zero.
Illegal migrants that landed on Gavdos transported to Athens
Roughly 100 migrants that "landed" on the small island of Gavdos, south of Crete, last week will be transported by ferry boat to Athens from Crete and then simply ? released to go where-ever they please, according to authorities.