Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2014 |
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- 2014 concerts and music festivals in Athens and Thessaloniki
- US Army paratroopers deploy to Poland, Baltics
- Greece reaches milestone, opens way for assistance
- Greek man who lived in Saudi Arabia treated in critical condition with MERS respiratory virus
- Woman in her 30s leaps to her death in apparent suicide
- Greek primary surplus in 2013 was 0.8 pct/GDP-Commission
- Presidential hopeful Tymoshenko talks to Pro-Russian separatists
- VIDEO Scenes from Greece's liberation from the Nazis, 1944
Guardian: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Scramble for share of budget surplus highlights desperation of Greeks hit by spending cuts since start of debt crisis
Greece
Woman in her 30s leaps to her death in apparent suicide (Enet: Apr. 23)
VIDEO Scenes from Greece's liberation from the Nazis, 1944 (Enet: Apr. 23)
Fatal Easter traditions (Enet: Apr. 22)
Austerity in Greece caused more than 500 male suicides, say researchers (Guardian: Apr. 21)
Politics
Greece reaches milestone, opens way for assistance (The Olympian: Apr. 23)
Greek primary surplus in 2013 was 0.8 pct/GDP-Commission (Reuters: Apr. 23)
Samaras sees bond yields falling more as Greece rebounds (Business Week: Apr. 22)
Syriza attacked for using Turkish in election literature (Enet: Apr. 18) 
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2 comments Writer leaves new River party after doubting Holy Fire (Enet: Apr. 18)
Government looks to kick on (eKathimerini: Apr. 18)
Russian social network founder says he has been fired (BBC: Apr. 22) 1 comment
1 comment Cyprus accord 'possible this year' (The Courier: Apr. 22)
Easter marked across Turkey (Daily Sabah: Apr. 21)
'Ethnic slaughter' in South Sudan (BBC: Apr. 21) 2 comments
2 comments Ohio geologists link small earthquakes to fracking (Guardian: Apr. 11)
Business
Greece's Eurobank gets green light for 2.9 billion euro share issue (Reuters: Apr. 13)
Greek yields rise as market comeback euphoria fades (Reuters: Apr. 11)
Greece returns to international bond markets with a bang (The Daily Star: Apr. 10)
Huge investor demand for Greek five year bond (BBC: Apr. 10)
Greece to end its bond market exile on Thursday - sources (Reuters: Apr. 9)
Greece sells 6-month T-bills at cheapest cost in four years (Reuters: Apr. 8)
Sports
Olympiakos beats Real Madrid 78-76, avoids sweep (The Olympian: Apr. 21)
Talks lined up in wake of ‘shameful’ soccer scenes (eKathimerini: Apr. 18)
Police arrest Toumba stadium 'fishmonger' (Enet: Apr. 17) 1 comment
1 comment Greek soccer turns fishier than ever (eKathimerini: Apr. 16)
Defense lets Olympiakos down at Madrid (eKathimerini: Apr. 16)
Apollon is relegated, Xanthi to face survival play-off (eKathimerini: Apr. 13)
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Olympiakos beats Real Madrid 78-76, avoids sweep (The Olympian: Apr. 21)
Samaras sees bond yields falling more as Greece rebounds (Business Week: Apr. 22)
Fatal Easter traditions (Enet: Apr. 22)
Cyprus accord 'possible this year' (The Courier: Apr. 22)
Russian social network founder says he has been fired (BBC: Apr. 22) 1 comment
1 comment VIDEO Scenes from Greece's liberation from the Nazis, 1944 (Enet: Apr. 23)
Woman in her 30s leaps to her death in apparent suicide (Enet: Apr. 23)
Syriza attacked for using Turkish in election literature (Enet: Apr. 18) 2 comments
2 comments Talks lined up in wake of ‘shameful’ soccer scenes (eKathimerini: Apr. 18)
Greek soccer turns fishier than ever (eKathimerini: Apr. 16)
Video: How Greek Easter looked … in 1947 (Enet: Apr. 19)
Rocket ‘War’ Lights Up Greek Sky (NBC News: Apr. 20)
Pair get life for Pakistani worker's murder (Enet: Apr. 16)
German study belittles optimism over Greek recovery (EurActiv: Apr. 16)
Police arrest Toumba stadium 'fishmonger' (Enet: Apr. 17) 1 comment
1 comment Writer leaves new River party after doubting Holy Fire (Enet: Apr. 18)
'Ethnic slaughter' in South Sudan (BBC: Apr. 21) 2 comments
2 comments Syriza attacked for using Turkish in election literature (Enet: Apr. 18) 2 comments
2 comments Russian social network founder says he has been fired (BBC: Apr. 22) 1 comment
1 comment Police arrest Toumba stadium 'fishmonger' (Enet: Apr. 17) 1 comment
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'Ethnic slaughter' in South Sudanmuslims =garbage. (tieyetos)
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Russian social network founder says he has been firedSnowden - the man for the job (Jim Adams)
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'Ethnic slaughter' in South SudanIt's a shame (Irlandos)
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Turkey and Greece feud over Hagia Sophiare agia sophia (tieyetos)
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Police arrest Toumba stadium 'fishmonger'GREEKASTAN (tieyetos)
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Syriza attacked for using Turkish in election literaturetsipouras (tieyetos)
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Greek minister: migrant survivors of boat accident have changed accounts@Phantis: (Greco-Tex)
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Greek minister: migrant survivors of boat accident have changed accountsChose wrong Country (Greco-Tex)
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Greek leader urges education in mother tongue for TurksChoose Your Sellout Candidate (Greco-Tex)
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Syriza attacked for using Turkish in election literatureI find no fault... (Irlandos)
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On this Day
April 23
- 1910: 25 men and women farmers were indicted for the bloody events of March 6 at Kileler.
- 1941: King George II and the Greek Government fled to Crete as the Germans marched towards Athens.
- 1944: The revolt of Greek leftist troops in Alexandria was put down by force.
- 2003: Greek Cypriots were allowed to visit the occupied North for the first time since 1974. Turkish Cypriots were allowed to visit the South.
- Births: Melina Kanakaredes, Greek-American actress (1967).
- Deaths: Georgios Karaiskakis, hero of the Greek Revolution (1827), Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician (1998)
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VIDEO Scenes from Greece's liberation from the Nazis, 1944 (Enet: Apr. 23)
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Miners' descendants to gather for Greek Easter service on 100th anniversary of Ludlow Massacre (The Register-Guard: Apr. 20)
The Greek Economy, Privatizations and Foreign Investment: an Update
The Greek economy shows signs of recovery due to significant capital inflows in selected companies, although the rest of the eocnomy is in dire straights
