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Lonely Planet dubs Greece the "perfect Hollywood backdrop"

Greece is the ideal backdrop for Hollywood blockbusters, says an article published on the website of Lonely Planet, the largest travel book publisher in the world.

Highlighting the country's imposing mountains, dramatic coastlines and picturesque villages, the author of the article mentions several stunning locations from famous movies shot in the beautiful Mediterranean country.

OFI president announces Cretan club's withdrawal from Super League

By George Georgakopoulos

OFI President Nikos Machlas announced on Saturday the withdrawal of the popular Cretan club from the Super League, as the financial problems appeared too heavy to handle. He chose to say nothing about the recent years' mismanagement of the club he inherited, but accused soccer authorities and other clubs of waging a war against OFI.

Opposition parties slam outcome of mini-summit

Opposition parties on Friday reacted with skepticism to the results of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras?s late-night crisis talks with EU officials in Brussels on Thursday.

Sklavenitis to buy 60 pct of rival supermarket chain Veropoulos

By Dimitra Manifava

Supermarket chains Sklavenitis and Veropoulos have according to sources agreed to the acquisition by the former of a 60 percent stake in the latter, thereby creating a national champion in the local market. The formal announcements of the deal, reached a few days ago, are expected to be made in the next couple of weeks.

Govt in race against time to compile reforms list for creditors

Since the conclusion of the multi-partite meeting on the Greek issue that took place on the sidelines of the EU summit last week, the Greek Government has been in a race against time to compile the detailed list of reforms for its International creditors.

Philhellenism in Art: A fascinating exhibition about European solidarity

An interesting exhibition is currently running at the B. & M. Theocharakis Foundation, in Athens, focusing on Philhellenism, the European trend of sympathy for the struggling Greece during its war of Independence, as its was expressed through art.

Carrots for cashless transactions

By Evgenia Tzortzi

Lotteries with rewards for receipts collection by taxpayers, which could even include cash prizes, as well as free drinks and tickets to events and museums for tourists visiting Greece are among the incentives proposed by the General Secretariat for Public Revenues to combat tax evasion by promoting the use of electronic transactions.

Attention turns to reforms list following talks in Brussels

Greek officials met on Friday to begin the process of drafting a list of reforms that could help unlock further bailout funding for Greece after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras?s Thursday night meeting in Brussels resulted in key European Union officials demanding swift action from the coalition.

Study finds Greek crisis policies created huge inequalities

From 2008, before Greece signed a bailout deal with its creditors setting out a raft of cost-cutting measures, until 2012, the tax burden on lower-income Greek households skyrocketed by 337.7 percent compared to just 9 percent for high-income groups, a recent study by Athens-based professors Tassos Giannitsis and Stavros Zografakis found.

Greek foreign minister due in Berlin ahead of PM

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is due to travel to Berlin on Sunday, where he will meet with his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, at a time when relations between the two governments are especially tense due to disagreements over the progress of bailout talks. Bilateral relations are to top the agenda of talks.

Relief reflected in the Athens stock market

Athens and the eurozone both stepped back from the brink during the European summit following days of heightening tension and investors in Greek stocks responded on Friday with relief to the news by sending banks 11 percent higher, adding nearly 3 percent to the benchmark and almost doubling trading volume. However, the benchmark posted a 3.34 percent decline on a weekly basis.

Northern Greece gold mine protesters clash with police

Protesters calling for the closure of a Canadian-owned gold mine on the Halkidiki peninsula, northern Greece, clashed with police on Friday.

A group of anti-gold mine activists claimed they tried to enter the area of the quarry from a rural side road so they could make a record of the ?destruction? being wrought on the environment but were thwarted by riot police.

Novinite Invites You to 2014 Personality in the News Awards Ceremony on Monday

Bulgaria's largest English-language media outlet Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and the Bulgarian-language news service Novinite.bg kindly invite you to the awards ceremony of their 2014 Personality in the News annual polls.

The awards ceremony will take place at Sofia Art Gallery located at 1, Gen. Gurko Str.

The event will start at 6 p.m. on Monday, 23 March 2015.

PM Davuto?lu slams CHP and HDP leader over Gallipoli ceremonies

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has criticized the leaders of the main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) and the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) over their recent statements on the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign.

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