Since the last eruption of Greece’s long-running crisis in 2015, banks in Europe’s most troubled economy have shored up capital, staunched losses and set up a plan to reduce their mountains of bad debt. Now, fresh tensions over the country’s bailout are putting that progress at risk.
Category: Greece
The Simple Greek Brings Flavors Of The Mediterranean To Norwalk
John Pertesis, who is the chef, has over 40 years experience in the restaurant business. He is making some of the traditional Greek food that is served at the Simple Greek in Norwalk.
Strike closes Acropolis, ancient sites in Greece
Tourists stand on a hill under ancient Acropolis hill during a 24-hour strike by archaeological guards demanding unpaid wages and the recruitment of additional employees in Athens, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Greece has been struggling for months to conclude negotiations with its creditors on spending cuts and reforms demanded by European creditors and the International Monetary Fund as part of its third bailout program.
75,000 evacuated to defuse WWII bomb in Greece
Military personnel of the Hellenic Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team stand at the site of the bomb in Kordelio. Pic/AFP Thessaloniki: Authorities in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki evacuated an estimated 75,000 people yesterday so army experts could defuse a 227-kg unexploded World War II bomb found under a gas station.
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A novice Indian Sadhu smokes in a tent with other Sadhus during the Magh Mela festival Allahabad, India Sanjay Kanojia/Getty At this year’s Kumbh Mela religious festival in Allahabad, Sadhus sit and smoke. Magh Mela is a mass Hindu sacred pilgrimage, where Hindus bathe in a holy river to cleanse themselves of all sins.
.com | WWII bomb defused after 75 000 evacuated in Greece
Authorities in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki evacuated an estimated 75 000 people on Sunday so army experts could defuse a 227kg unexploded World War II bomb found under a petrol station. The evacuation started at 07:00 .
The biggest evacuation plan in peacetime in Greece is underway. Six bomb squat specialists are to remove the bomb’s detonator and then the WWII bomb which was found in the Kordelios area in Thessaloniki.
Greece evacuates 75,000 people to defuse WWII bomb
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Huge bomb find sparks Greek city’s mass evacuation
A huge bomb has been found in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, and authorities are scrambling to move about 75,000 people so it can be defused. Bomb disposal experts are to tackle the 500-pound unexploded World War II shell, found buried beneath a gas station, in an operation expected to last about six hours.
How Trump’s first counter-terror operation in Yemen turned into chaos
Greek special forces and US Navy Seals clear a stairwell during Sarisa 16, an annual Greek exercise, near Thessaloniki, Greece, last year. Photo / US Army Their aim was to detain Yemeni tribal leaders collaborating with al-Qaeda and gather intelligence that could plug a critical gap in US understanding of one of the world’s most dangerous militant groups.
Greek authorities probing 3 migrant deaths on island camp
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Turkish servicemen in Greece seek release from custody
Two of eight Turkish military officers, center, come out of a police van after their arrival at an Administrative Court in Athens, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017.
Judge Grants Refugees Stay From Trump’s Executive Order
Stranded Syrian refugees carry their children through a snow storm at a refugee camp north of Athens, Greece January 10, 2017.REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis A federal judge in Brooklyn, N.Y., ordered a stay for those in U.S. airports affected by President Donald Trump’s order halting immigration from certain Middle Eastern countries. The Saturday order comes one day after Trump signed a new order halting visas and immigration from seven Middle Eastern countries and suspending admission of all refugees for 120 days, except Syrians, who are suspended indefinitely.
Bitesize Happines: Coffee Shop Opens Doors to Stray Dogs
A coffee shop in Aegean, Greece opens its doors to stray animals after opening hours to shelter them from the cold. A local, Eustratios Papanis, shared a photo of dogs resting on the shop’s furniture to Facebook, and the post has now been shared over 8000 times.
Jewish and Israeli organizations deliver emergency aid to refugees on frozen Greek island
Rabbi Shu Eliovson receives a hug from Thanasis Voulgarakis at the Pikpa refugee camp in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece. January 19, 2017.
A winter visit to Athens offers a pleasant alternative
In this Dec. 11, 2016 photo, the Parthenon is shown, a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena. For travelers with more than beaches on their minds, there’s plenty of upside to a brief winter visit to Athens that avoids the crowds and heat of summer.
Fading French town offers hope of new life for Syrian family
Gray is a dying town, its residents lament. Big businesses have moved away, taking jobs with them.