Greek News
Crisis may spread, PM warns US
2010-3-9T10:46:19Z
Commencing an official visit to Washington after high-level meetings in Berlin and Paris, Prime Minister George Papandreou said yesterday that the current economic crisis engulfing Greece, and the eurozone, also posed a threat to the US and stressed the n... ...
A yellow smog of desert dust engulfs the capital
2010-3-9T10:46:19Z
The normally spectacular view of the Acropolis from Mount Lycabettus was yesterday distinctly muted after a yellow-tinted smog engulfed the capital. Meteorologists blamed the smog on Sahara Desert dust that has been blowing in the direction of the eastern... ...
Internal disquiet unsettles PASOK
2010-3-9T10:46:19Z
PASOK's parliamentary spokesman Christos Papoutsis has been warned about his conduct, sources said yesterday, as the ruling center-left party struggles to contain internal unrest over its austerity measures. Papoutsis made an unprecedented verbal attack o... ...
Metro and electric railway in tandem
2010-3-9T10:46:19Z
Commuters could soon be enjoying a smoother-running Athens metro system after the government announced yesterday that the subway's operating company, AMEL, and the public firm that runs the Kifissia-Piraeus electric railway (ISAP) will merge at an adminis... ...
Crackdown on cellphone scam
2010-3-9T10:46:19Z
Police yesterday heralded a crackdown on companies believed to have swindled hundreds of millions of euros from mobile phone owners by sending them text messages which cost 2 euros each to open. Electronic crime squad officers said at least eight companie... ...
Women reversing sexual stereotypes
2010-3-9T10:46:19Z
Four in 10 women aged between 34 and 45 prefer sexual partners younger than themselves while more than six in 10 claim to have been unfaithful to their partners, according to the results of a new survey made public on the occasion of International Women's... ...
Where is the light?
2010-3-9T10:46:19Z
The government claims to be «crushed,» «torn» and «saddened» by the fact that it has had to stray from its ideology. Such laments have come from Prime Minister George Papandreou, Labor Minister Andreas Loverdos and PASOK's parliamentary spokesman Christos... ...
Lurking threat of chaos
2010-3-9T10:46:18Z
When government buildings and services are being held hostage, and main thoroughfares in the center of the capital are blocked day after day by protesters strangling commercial and residential activity in the heart of the city, we know we have reached a p... ...
Quake rocks eastern Turkey
2010-3-9T10:46:18Z
OKCULAR - A strong predawn earthquake knocked down stone and mud-brick houses, barns and minarets in eastern Turkey yesterday, killing 51 people in five villages, the government said. The earthquake surprised many residents as they slept, crumpling buildi... ...
Balkan women take to the streets in protest at inequality and violence
2010-3-9T10:46:18Z
BELGRADE (AFP) - Women's rights activists throughout the Balkans marched on International Women's Day yesterday to protest against inequality and violence. In Serbia, activists from several towns gathered in Belgrade where they joined a march organized by... ...
EU entry tips for Pristina
2010-3-9T10:46:18Z
PRISTINA - Authorities in Kosovo must crack down on government corruption, including pushing «tainted» officials from positions of power, in order to progress toward EU integration and lure investment, the bloc's top envoy said. Pieter Feith, EU special r... ...
Balkan Briefs
2010-3-9T10:46:18Z
Tirana says it is 'ready to cooperate' in inquiry into Kosovo organ trafficking TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania said yesterday it would assist any international inquiry into allegations of torture and organ trafficking during the Kosovo War, although it consid... ...
Rehhagel likely to stay on
2010-3-9T10:46:18Z
Greece soccer manager Otto Rehhagel appears increasingly likely to keep his job beyond this summer's World Cup in South Africa. The German hinted to a newspaper in his country on Sunday that he intends to continue coaching the 2004 European champion which... ...
No changes at top of basketball table
2010-3-9T10:46:18Z
Panathinaikos maintained its two-point lead at the head of the basketball league with its hard-fought 82-74 win at PAOK on Sunday, one of the few tricky places the champion still had to visit before clinching the top spot in the regular season. Olympiakos... ...
Depleted PAO wins at EA Patras
2010-3-9T10:46:18Z
The regular volleyball season ended yesterday with Panathinaikos edging out EA Patras 3-1 away in the top-of-the-table clash that gave the Greens the home advantage for the playoffs. In what was a very entertaining game played before a well-behaved capaci... ...
European water polo splash for Ethnikos women?s team
2010-3-9T10:46:18Z
The women's water polo team of Ethnikos Piraeus on Saturday reached the final of Europe's LEN Trophy by beating Widex Donk Gouda 8-6 at home. The Greek side also beat the Dutch team 10-8 in the Netherlands last month. Ethnikos will now face Khanty-Mansiys... ...
Selections
2010-3-9T10:46:18Z
The Hurt Locker In Iraq, an elite US Army bomb squad plays a deadly game of hide-and-seek in a country ruled by chaos. War drama directed by Kathryn Bigelow, starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes and David Morse... ...
Rodos Ecokids gets under way
2010-3-9T10:46:18Z
Ecokids, the «little brother» of the Rodos Ecofilms Festival has grown into a sturdy five-year-old. This year's festival is welcoming 6,000 schoolchildren from Rhodes and elsewhere in the Dodecanese to a program of films at Rhodes Municipal Cinema and the... ...
Stocks gain for third session
2010-3-9T10:46:18Z
Late-session selling in banks helped trim gains on the Athens bourse yesterday as the broader market advanced for the third straight session. The Athens bourse's benchmark general index firmed 0.26 percent to 2,087.45 points after touching on 2,113 points... ...
PM supports idea of EU rescue plan
2010-3-9T10:46:18Z
Prime Minister George Papandreou said yesterday Greece supports the creation of a European rescue fund to help the country, adding that he would turn to the International Monetary Fund only if the country could not borrow from markets. «What we are talkin... ...
OTE deal may have broken bloc rules
2010-3-9T10:46:18Z
The European Commission has asked Greece for more information on whether a deal involving Deutsche Telekom's (DT) acquisition of a stake in peer OTE shortchanged minority shareholders. Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier was cited by Greek MEP Nik... ...
?Kalimera? is country?s new tourism motto
2010-3-9T10:46:18Z
The Greek word for 'good morning' is the new motto of the Greek National Tourism Organization's campaign, unveiled yesterday by Deputy Minister for Tourism Angela Gerekou. The 2010 campaign will be based on the template of previous years, somewhat refresh... ...
Qatar eyes natural gas plant
2010-3-9T10:46:18Z
The State of Qatar is interested in investing in a 5- to 6-billion-euro liquefied natural gas plant to be built at Astakos in central Greece, according to the General Secretariat of Communications. State Minister Haris Paboukis contacted Qatar's Deputy Pr... ...
In Brief
2010-3-9T10:46:18Z
IMF: Crisis in Greece unlikely to spread NAIROBI (Reuters) - The crisis over Greece's debt mountain is unlikely to spread to other eurozone countries with high levels of public debt, International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn sai... ...
