Georgios Bouglas ready to fly the flag for Greece at Road World Championships
Georgios Bouglas will make his World Championship debut as the sole representative for Greece today having been registered for the elite men’s road race 10 minutes before deadline last Friday. The Greek national road champion originally wasn’t going to ...
Hey Europe, Blame the Socialists
Opposition to greater integration has emerged, with anti-EU parties gaining support in countries as diverse as the United Kingdom, Greece, Germany and France. The new reality is epitomized by France’s ascendant far-right political figure, Marine Le Pen ...
Silk Road made great contributions to dialogue of civilizations: Forum
RHODES, Greece, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Silk Road has made great contributions to the dialogue of civilizations, economic development and cultural exchanges between Asia and Europe in the past, experts said on Saturday. During the 12th Rhodes Forum on the ...
A Mediterranean Fiesta in Mumbai
Discerning gourmets will be able to recognise some favourite dishes from Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt, UAE, Morocco and even Italy. It would be a good idea skip the more ‘European’ selections and try out the mezze platters and Middle Eastern mains ...
45-year-old Woman Who 'Died' Of Cancer And Was 'Buried Alive' Was Heard Banging And Shouting From Coffin
But when they opened her grave, she was dead. Before her rescuers could reach her inside, at the cemetery near Greece's Thessaloniki, they found that she had passed away. Why did the doctors treating her pronounce her dead, wondered the police. Her family ...
Greece to send ammunition to Iraqi Kurds
Greece has reportedly decided to send Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq ammunition to support them in their battle against advancing ISIL militants, who have taken swathes of land across Iraq and Syria. The supplies consist of bullets that are ...
Greece’s Fifth Troika Review En Route
Just a few days remain before troika inspectors return to Athens for their fifth review of Greece’s economic reform program. The chief aim of the talks is to determine how successfully the Greek state has kept pace with required economic reform.
Fearing political crisis, Greece plots escape from bailout
ATHENS (Reuters) - Four years after a messy descent into emergency funding to stave off bankruptcy, Greece's government is trying to pull the plug on a deeply unpopular bailout program to secure its own survival. Under growing pressure from anti-bailout ...
Political fears ruin Greece’s market honeymoon
Greece's cost of borrowing has risen sharply this week thanks to a return to political uncertainty and fears that next year's draft budget will not be approved by the country's international creditors. While nowhere near the dizzyingly high levels that ...
Unparalleled Global Pressures Tempered in General Assembly Debate by Appeals to Forge Bonds with Neighbours, Mitigate Man-Made, Natural Disasters
Source: UN General Assembly Country: Afghanistan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Fiji, Guinea, India, Iraq, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tonga, Tuvalu, Ukraine GA/11564 Sixty-ninth General Assembly Plenary 14th & 15th Meetin ...
