Greek News
PM underlines the need for responsibility
2008-11-20T10:50:35Z
Beset by a range of scandals and with economic problems looming, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday told his MPs that Greece is faced with a clear choice of supporting the responsible policies of the government in a time of crisis or opting for th... ...
Suppliers appeased over hospital debts
2008-11-20T10:50:35Z
A first attempt was made yesterday to reduce the debts that have been crippling the National Health System, which has prompted some suppliers to stop providing goods to state hospitals. Following a meeting between Health Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos and... ...
Britain returns Byzantine icon
2008-11-20T10:50:35Z
A Byzantine icon that was stolen from a monastery in northern Greece 30 years ago and ended up in the hands of a London-based art collector a few years ago, has been returned to Greece, the Culture Ministry said yesterday. The 14th-century painting, which... ...
Habits in north less than green
2008-11-20T10:50:35Z
Most Thessaloniki residents are neglecting their environment and their health, depending on cars for their daily commutes, avoiding recycling and relying on fatty foods, a study by prefectural authorities has shown. Half of Thessaloniki residents hardly e... ...
Tria Pente Pigadia...
2008-11-20T10:50:35Z
Skiers enjoy a jaunt yesterday on the slopes of the Tria Pente Pigadia Ski Center in Naoussa, northern Greece. Snowfall and falling temperatures made roads treacherous in many parts. ... ...
Man abducted, beaten in Athens over debt
2008-11-20T10:50:35Z
A 22-year-old Egyptian national kidnapped by five armed men on Tuesday night and beaten up in a Kypseli basement had owed 1,000 euros to a motorcycle salesman, police said after detaining the five suspects. According to witnesses, the assailants grabbed t... ...
Terminating the agreement
2008-11-20T10:50:35Z
The fact that the government in Skopje has repeatedly breached the UN's so-called interim agreement does not really constitute a strong legal argument for Athens before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) - even less so given that the Greek governmen... ...
A global, national crisis
2008-11-20T10:50:35Z
It's more bad news for the conservative government on the economic front. The increase in the country's current account deficit is not directly related to the international economic crisis. Rather, it is closely related to the structural shortcomings that... ...
November 20, 1958
2008-11-20T10:50:35Z
KYRIAKOS MATSIS: Nicosia, 19 - According to an official announcement by the security forces, the Greek patriot Kyriakos Matsis has been murdered near the village of Dikomo in northern Cyprus. According to the British announcement, he was the deputy of Col... ...
Kosovo still as divided as ever
2008-11-20T10:50:35Z
GORAZDEVAC (Reuters) - Darko Dimitrijevic lives in a Serbian enclave of Kosovo that is protected by international troops and rarely interacts with the ethnic Albanians in surrounding villages. Better-stocked Albanian stores and cafes, as well as a cinema ... ...
A Cyprus town trapped by sea, mountains, politics
2008-11-20T10:50:35Z
KATO PYRGOS (AFP) - Trapped between the sea, mountains and politics, the Greek-Cypriot town of Kato Pyrgos is losing hope of an end to its isolation amid the slow progress made by rival leaders to reunify the Mediterranean island. Unlike other Cypriot bea... ...
Croatian leader warns Serbia against filing war crimes charges
2008-11-20T10:50:35Z
ZAGREB (AFP) - Croatian President Stipe Mesic warned Serbia yesterday it would be making a mistake if it filed a complaint against his country for alleged ethnic cleansing during the 1991-1995 war. «It is a mistake,» Mesic told national television, referr... ...
Iraq, Turkey and US seek ways to tackle Kurdish rebels
2008-11-20T10:50:35Z
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - US, Iraqi and Turkish officials held three-way talks in Baghdad yesterday, signaling a new joint effort to combat Kurdish separatists who use Iraq as a base for strikes on Turkey. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki received the Turkis... ...
Srebrenica victims exhumed from mass grave, official says
2008-11-20T10:50:35Z
SREBRENICA (AFP) - Bosnian forensic experts have completed their exhumation of a mass grave thought to contain dozens of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, prosecutors said yesterday. «Twenty-four skeletons and 238 detached human bones have been exh... ...
Hoopsters delight fans
2008-11-20T10:50:35Z
Olympiakos, Maroussi, Panionios and Panathinaikos will be the teams to contest the semifinals of the Greek basketball cup after yesterday's quarterfinal results. Olympiakos had a relatively easy time beating AEK 81-66 at home, scoring its second win over ... ...
AEK to unveil coach Dusan Bajevic today
2008-11-20T10:50:35Z
Dusan Bajevic has already started work as the new coach at AEK, although the official announcement is still pending and is expected today. The Serb manager, who resigned from Aris Thessaloniki on July 1, is about to start his third stint on the bench of t... ...
PAOK to face Aris in the Cup?s fifth round
2008-11-20T10:50:35Z
The fifth-round draw of the Greek Cup was kind to Athens's giants yesterday, but not so with the Thessaloniki clubs. PAOK will face Aris in the most appetizing encounter to emerge from the draw, with the game set for January 14 or 21, around the time when... ...
OFI reaches deal with manager Matzourakis
2008-11-20T10:50:34Z
OFI agreed upon a deal with former Xanthi coach Yiannis Matzourakis yesterday. After the sacking of Frantisek Straka, OFI had played three games with former assistant coach Pavlos Adamos as caretaker. The wins at Panserraikos for the league and at Agrotik... ...
Euroleague campaign...
2008-11-20T10:50:34Z
Olympiakos's water polo team had a successful start to its Euroleague campaign in Piraeus yesterday when it defeated Italy's Brescia 10-7 in the first game of the competition's group stage. Stefanos Santa, pictured with the ball, scored one of the Greek c... ...
Feeling robbed of their club
2008-11-20T10:50:34Z
Hundreds of fans as well as many veteran players of second-division soccer club Ilisiakos staged a rally in the eastern Athens district of Zografou yesterday to protest against what they call the «usurping» of their club. The issue has even been referred ... ...
Selections
2008-11-20T10:50:34Z
Body of Lies Action thriller directed by Ridley Scott, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong and Golshifteh Farahani. An undercover CIA agent in Jordan comes up with a plan to infiltrate a terrorist cell. To achieve this, he needs the hel... ...
A panorama of Greek prints on display at Technopolis complex
2008-11-20T10:50:34Z
Conveying the hopes of many, as well as the dream of establishing a museum to permanently house the works of Greek printmakers, the large «Panorama of Greek Prints» opened yesterday at the Technopolis arts complex. The exhibition is jointly organized by t... ...
Images of mid-19th-century Corfu on permanent display at Mon Repos
2008-11-20T10:50:34Z
The island of Corfu boasts its own Shakespeare - minus the final «e.» John Davenport Shakespear, a British officer, lived on the island along with his family sometime during 1856 to 1860 and fell in love with the medium of photography. His wonderful colle... ...
Stocks sink on low turnover
2008-11-20T10:50:34Z
Stocks again moved southward yesterday as early gains were not maintained, due to the negative climate on most European markets. The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) general index closed at 1,897.07 points yesterday, dropping by 1.46 percent from Tuesday. The blue... ...
Inflation estimate raised for 2009
2008-11-20T10:50:34Z
National Economy and Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis revised upward Greece's inflation forecast for next year yesterday, warning that there are no easy solutions to the global financial crisis. Alogoskoufis said that the headline consumer price inde... ...
Banks well positioned for slowdown
2008-11-20T10:50:34Z
Greek banks are well positioned to weather the country's economic downturn as the chances of consolidation activity taking place in the sector in 2009 increase, according to investment bank UBS. «Although the environment will be far less supportive than i... ...
Attica on target for 2008, sees drop-off next year
2008-11-20T10:50:34Z
The Attica department store, which operates one of the city's largest retail outlets, expects to meet its full-year 2008 targets but revised expectations lower for next year. The retailer said sales in the first 10 months of the year rose by an annual pac... ...
Survey: One in two Greek workers spend all they earn
2008-11-20T10:50:34Z
Almost half of all workers in Greece say they are unable to put aside any savings each month while 52 percent report that they have a second job to make ends meet, according to survey results made public yesterday. The survey, commissioned by job-finder w... ...
In Brief
2008-11-20T10:50:34Z
September current account deficit grows Greece's September current account deficit grew by 912 million euros year-on-year to 2.602 billion euros, reflecting an expansion in trade and income shortfalls, the country's central bank said yesterday. Bank of Gr... ...
