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... opening semi-final while the winners of the Russia v Serbia and France v Greece quarter-finals, scheduled for Thursday, will clash in the other semi. Macedonia entered the 24-team tournament in Lithuania ...
Greece has a 98 percent chance of defaulting on its debt in the next five years as Prime Minister George Papandreou fails to reassure investors his country can survive the euro-region crisis. “Everyone’s ...
3. The Trouble With French Banks
(Economy/Finance)
... following a period of huge volatility in the markets as investors fretted about their exposure to Greece's debts. Some sort of move by Moody's had been widely expected this week since the agency had ...
4. Back to the Balkans again
(Economy/Resource)
... Albania. To one side, across the Mediterranean, is Italy, with its unique brand of game-show politics; to the south, over the mountain ranges, lies bankrupt Greece. If this is what it means to be an EU ...
... join it? It might be the case, but how is one to explain that Greece, despite being neither communist, nor nonaligned, provided shelter to Arafat and his commandos fleeing Lebanon, and was the last EU ...
... future were hurting not only Kosovo but were affecting the region's stability as well. She saw the reason for this stagnation in the refusal of five EU member states (Spain, Romania, Slovakia, Greece and ...
... been made anywhere in the world, he said. "If we made it in another country, it might be something different that you saw. But there was no intention ... to convey anything specifically about Greece," ...
... however, almost dealt Apoyevmatini the fatal blow. "From January 2011, when almost all of our ads from Greece disappeared," explained Vasiliadis, "it seemed there was no way out and I had decided to ...
... in the island's Rethymno district has turned green again as fields have been cleared and put back to use as farms. Recent data on farming in Greece show that the number of jobs in the sector has gone ...
10. Athens mosque gets green light
(News/Newsflash)
Finally, one good news from Greece! Parliament's approval on Wednesday of a law regulating illegal buildings paved the way for the construction of the Greek capital's first modern mosque in the Athenian ...
... about public deficits in Greece and Italy and a regional election rout for Germany's ruling party cast fresh doubt on the euro zone's ability to tackle its debt crisis. Wall Street was closed for a holiday ...
... to sit for more hours in a shadow under cypresses, drinking ouzo, or we want to work more," Klaus said. "If Greece decides to devote more hours to ouzo or cypresses, it is absolutely all right. Nevertheless, ...
... is also under fire for being incompetent when it comes to resolving an ongoing name dispute with Greece. The interesting thing is that the name crisis can also have negative influences on the ethnic ties ...
Indian Samvardhana Motherson Group (SMG) will lay Wednesday a cornerstone for construction of two plants at the Technological and Industrial Development Zone Skopje 1. Earlier, a memorandum of understanding ...
15. Maginot Line is Moving South: Greece to Build 120km Anti-Tank Trench Along its border with Turkiya
(World/Balkans)
After the announced fence along its border with Turkey, Greece is now planing to built 120km giant anti-tank trench, probably to stop illegal immigrants in case they decide to cross over the border using ...
16. Greece is on Fire, literally
(News/Latest)
... amid high summer temperatures and strong winds. New fires were reported on Friday in rural Athens and near Salonika, adding to pressure caused by previous outbreaks in western Greece. The biggest ...
17. Germany fires cannon shot across Europe's bows
(Economy/Finance)
... Joe Stiglitz told the forum that the euro is likely to fall apart unless Germany accepts some form of fiscal union. “More austerity for Greece and Spain is not the answer. Medieval blood-letting will kill ...
18. Greece forced to tap emergency fund
(Economy/Business)
... politicians to come up with convincing solutions to the financial crisis. Traders argued that the worsening crisis in Greece was the real driver of market concerns. There are particular concerns that ...
... Kosovo, Bosnia needs a stable Government, while Macedonia should work on solving their problem with Greece", stated Merkel in the interview for HRT. Greece's media is angry and disappointed with Merkel's ...
20. Turks of Western Thrace demand educational autonomy
(World/Balkans)
The Turks of Western Thrace are demanding increased educational rights in Greece in line with international agreements which the Greek government is party to. Sami Toraman, the head of the Western Thrace ...