18/06/17

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Got to be of Greek descent with the name Nikos Giannopoulos:



Story at www.npr.org

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Heard the police were busy at Kef airport on Friday, arresting five foreign nationals who tried to board aircraft using forged travel documents.

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Portugal forest fires kill 58

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40316934

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Spanish bullfighter gored to death after tripping on cape

...becoming the second Spanish matador to be killed in less than 12 months

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/17/spanish-bullfighter-gored-death-tripping-cape/

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The magic of Greece’s customs captured in stills

http://www.ekathimerini.com/219334/article/ekathimerini/life/the-magic-of-greeces-customs-captured-in-stills


Virgin Mary's snakes / Ag. Gerasimos day

(click on right of pic to move on one)

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Reasonably brief and fairly interesting comparison of health care in Greece and Germany:
http://www.dw.com/en/my-europe-the-eus-money-motivated-medicine-industry/a-39293054

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 Pete, this smiley's for you:

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Greece's prime minister has offered his Portuguese colleague Antonio Costa help in fighting the deadly wildfires in his country.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called Costa on Sunday afternoon to offer his condolences for the 62 victims of the forest fire northeast of Lisbon and to offer the support of the Greek people. His statement says Tsipras "also emphasized that Greece will offer any help necessary to fight the fires."

Greece experienced its deadliest fires a decade ago. From June to September 2007, 84 people died in Greek wildfires, including 67 in a blaze that torched 1,500 square kilometers (370,000 acres) of forest and farmland in southern Greece.

http://connecticut.news12.com/story/35689671/the-latest-greece-offers-portugal-help-with-forest-fire

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Greece blocks EU's criticism at UN of China's human rights record
Veto by Athens, which has benefited from huge Chinese infrastructure investment, labelled as ‘dishonourable’ by EU diplomat

Greece has vetoed a European Union condemnation of China’s human rights record at the UN, infuriating diplomats and rights organisations, who said the move undermined the EU’s position as a defender of human rights.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/18/greece-eu-criticism-un-china-human-rights-record

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German-Greek shipping clash explained by two new studies

The causes of a growing rift between Greece and Germany on the Greek institutional framework for ocean-going shipping are highlighted in the latest surveys by Clarkson-Platou and Deloitte.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble accused Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras a few days ago of failing to fulfill his promise about the taxation of shipowners. The European Commission, meanwhile, continues to urge Greece to reform its institutional framework for shipping.

So what do the latest data show?

Deloitte, the international consultancy company...... tax services department recently issued a comparative study of the tax frameworks in Greece and Germany and in Greece with other shipping forces. It showed that the Greek capacity tax on ships is far higher than in any other country in the EU and 10 times as high as Malta’s.

Deloitte has also calculated that a Greek shipowner has to pay an annual tax of 68,328 euros for a dry bulk carrier of 58,000 deadweight tons (dwt), while an identical vessel owned by a German shipper would see him pay German taxes of just 23,850 euros.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/219371/article/ekathimerini/business/german-greek-shipping-clash-explained-by-two-new-studies