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Updated: November 24, 2009 at 08:50 AM EST

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Three-country initiative for protection of Prespes Lakes region

Nov 24, 2009
The prime ministers of Greece, Albania and FYROM will hold an informal meeting on Friday in the Prespes Lakes region in northwestern Greece, at the initiative of Greek premier George Papandreou... »

Is the Greek economy heading for the rocks?

Sofia Echo - Nov 24, 2009
A Daily Telegraph commentator fears that Greece could be on the verge of bankruptcy with no room for manoeuvre.... »

Bomb explodes outside Greek anarchist club (eTaiwan News)

College anger as licenses revoked (eKathimerini)

Detainee pulls gun on officers to aid escape (eKathimerini)

Thessaloniki Fest honors 'Ajami' (Variety)

Fresh round of flu shots begins (eKathimerini)

New force for organized crime (eKathimerini)

Support For Athens-Skopje Talks (BalkanInsight.com)

Greek print media: Bilateral Papandreou-Gruevski on name dispute

Bulgarian President Purvanov on official visit to Greece (Sofia Echo)

Talks on reforms blocked (eKathimerini)

Samaras keeps lead in ND race (eKathimerini)

Greece, FYROM Expected to Resolve Name Dispute in 10 Days (Novinite.com)

What Happens to Immigrants Who Don't Make It? (Spiegel Online)

Greek Orthodox church sues Turkey over access to religious sites in Cyprus (Guardian)

Fox CEO wants US to join France on Internet piracy (Associated Press)

Can Cyprus overcome its bloody history? (BBC)

Match-fixing claims 'stun' football body (BBC)

Belgian chosen as EU’s first president (MSNBC)

Climate change fears spark ‘new nuclear age’ (MSNBC)

China executes tainted milk pair (BBC)

FIFA calls emergency meeting to discuss playoffs (Sports Illustrated)

Greek bulk carrier escapes capture (Sofia Echo)

New olive planting method prompts Calif. oil boom (Associated Press)

Philippines election attack leaves 21 dead (BBC)

One in five Greek businesses cut their workforce this year

TomTom introduces car navigation products in Greece

OECD calls for urgent changes (eKathimerini)

Closed shops set to open (eKathimerini)

Greek economy to recover in 2011

Greek tourist arrivals fall 7.8% y/y in Jan-Oct (Forbes)

Alkmaar must beat Olympiakos to keep Champions League qualification hopes alive (Canadian Press)

Alkmaar looks for 1st CL win against Olympiakos (USA Today)

Results set up soccer derby (eKathimerini)

Panathinaikos draws 1-1 with Asteras, remains atop Greek league standings (Canadian Press)

Giannena striker Bakayoko scores late goal in 2-2 draw with Olympiakos in Greece (Canadian Press)

Greece team at World Cup 2010 (Telegraph.co.uk)

Toronto developer snaps up vacant Pontiac Silverdome (Toronto Star)

Turkey, Lamb On Greek Restaurant Chef's Table (NPR)

Greek Orthodox: Utahns learning from 'Green Patriarch' (Salt Lake Tribune)

Scientology is a criminal organisation rife with beatings, abortion and fraud, claims Australian senator (Daily Mai)

John Aniston hosts premiere screening of Greek American documentary, The Promise of Tomorrow (Examiner.com)

Greek community outraged by priest's beating (MyFox Tampa Bay)

Opinions/Articles/Editorials

A new service by Phantis, featuring opinions, articles, editorials and user feedback

Grey theories in the Aegean (by Nicolas Mottas) - 19 November)

New role for Athens in Middle East (by Nicolas Mottas) - 3 November)

Greece’s ’terrorist hunter’ launches war against crime (by Nicolas Mottas) - 30 October)

Grey theories in the Aegean

by Nicolas Mottas

Contrary to bilateral negotiations, the appeal to the International Court of Justice consists Greece’s best option for solution in the disputes with Turkey over Aegean.

Daddy's War:
Greek American Stories
Author Irene Kacandes
reconstructs what happened to her
paternal family in Greece during the
Second World War and Occupation,
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On this day...

November 24

1901: The National Theater (Royal Theater at the time) was established on St. Constantine Street in Athens
1908: An unknown disease destroyed oak trees in Crete. Inhabitants performed a litany and brought the Holy Belt (Αγία Ζώνη) from Mount Athos (Άγιον Όρος) for that purpose.
1940: The Greek army liberated the town of Moschopolis (known in Albanian as Voskopoja and in Aromanian as Moscopole) of Northern Epirus (southern Albania) during the counter-offensive operations against the Italians in WWII
1953: Spiros Markezinis, unofficially the Finance Minister of the Alexandros Papagos government, announced that he will proceed with "cutting off three zeroes from the currency bills." The value of the drachma against the dollar becomes 1 to 30 and not 1 to 30,000 as it had been.
1996: Miss Hellas, Irene Skliva, was crowned Miss World.