Tag Archives: Greece

GREECE: Voters Reject Bailout

Via the New York Times: Greeks delivered a shocking rebuff to Europe’s leaders on Sunday, decisively rejecting a deal offered by the country’s creditors in a historic vote that could redefine Greece’s place in Europe and shake the Continent’s financial stability. As people gathered to celebrate in Syntagma Square in central Athens, the Interior Ministry reported that with more than …

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GREECE: Government Declares Plan To Enact Civil Partnerships Law

ILGA-Europe reports: The Greek government has signaled its intention to legislate for civil partnership rights for all couples, almost 18 months after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Greece must widen its civil partnership law to include same sex couples. This announcement is very encouraging and ILGA-Europe are pleased to see that Greece is finally taking steps to …

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Eurovision 2015: Greece’s Entry

Via Eurovision: In tonight’s programme from the Enastron Music Hall in Athens. The hosts presented the five songs that were in contention for EuroSong 2015, a 50/50 mix of Jury and televoting determined that Maria-Eleni Kyriakou would represent Greece in the First Semi-Final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Tuesday the 19th of May. Maria-Eleni Kyriakou is of Cypriot origin, …

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GREECE: New Government To Extend Civil Unions Recognition To Gay Couples

Via the Associated Press: Greece’s new left-wing government has promised to grant same-sex couples legal status, in response to a 2013 international court decision condemning the country for discrimination. Justice Minister Nikolaos Paraskevopoulos told parliament Monday that civil partnerships, first legislated in 2008, would be extended to gay couples but did not say when the changes were planned. The pledge …

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GREECE: Atheist Prime Minister “Politely” Rebuffs Clergy For Swearing-In Ceremony

Via the Economist: Greece’s new prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, made history within hours of his victory by informing the Archbishop of Athens, very politely, that clerical services would not be required for his swearing-in ceremony. An avowed atheist who has nonetheless made a point of dealing courteously with senior clergy, Mr Tsipras lost no time in making known that his …

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GREECE: Archeologists Find Possible Remains Of Alexander The Great’s Lover

Via Discovery News: A skeleton has emerged from the Alexander the Great-era tomb in Amphipolis in northern Greece, according to a news announcement by the Greek Ministry of Culture on Wednesday. At least one archaeologist has suggested that the remains, if male, could belong to Hephaestion, a close friend and possible lover of Alexander the Great — or someone like …

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World’s Oldest Erotic Graffiti Found, Text Boasts Of Gay Love Affair

The world’s earliest erotic graffiti has been found on a remote Greek island. Amidst two phalluses is a line that boasts of a gay love affair. Chiselled into the outcrops of dolomite limestone that dot the cape, the inscriptions have provided invaluable insight into the private lives of those who inhabited archaic and classical Greece. One, believed to have been …

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Greece Reinstates Forced HIV Testing

Greece’s new minister of health has reinstated a measure that allows the police to detain and test any person for HIV. Health organisations say the decree stigmatises drug users, sex workers and undocumented migrants in particular. The text also states that any occupants of housing which “may cause danger to public health” should be evicted from their homes, without any …

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Anti-Austerity Riots Rock Athens

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Greek Pride Festival Attacked By Crowd

Via Associated Press: Police say about 50 people threw eggs and plastic bottles of water at about 400 people holding a gay pride parade in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. Police moved in to restrict the attackers on Saturday, but no injuries were reported. In recent days, Anthimos, the senior Greek Orthodox cleric in Thessaloniki, had publicly criticized the …

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Stereotyping In Europe

Via Andrew Sullivan.

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Greece May Leave Euro Zone

It appears that Greece may leave the Euro Zone and return to a national currency by June 18th, a move that may spark banking panic in other nations where only the first 100,000 Euros on deposit are insured. “Preventing bank runs in Italy, Spain and Portugal should be the top priority,” said Berenberg Bank economist Holger Schmieding. “Policymakers need to …

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Eurovision: Greece’s Eleftheria Eleftheriou

A Greek Cypriot, Eleftheria Eleftheriou (real name) competed to represent Cyprus in 2006, finishing seventh. In 2009 she was favored to win X Factor Greece but was voted off in the final to the shock of many. As for the song, it’s forgettable Greek-tinged pop disco.

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Major Austerity Measures For France

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Greek Referendum Dominates G20

It’s a snowballing mess.

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Markets Tumble Over Greek Crisis

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World Markets Sagging As Financial Crisis In Greece Worsens

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Chaos In Greece Over Financial Crisis

Greece is seeing its worst civil unrest in decades as the government imposed new austerity measures to combat the spiraling financial situation. Greece’s crisis is threatening markets around the world. Stock futures fell Wednesday, a day after major indexes posted their biggest losses in months on worries that Europe would not be able to contain Greece’s debt problems. Strict austerity …

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Eurovision 2010: Greece’s Giorgos Alkaios

Eurovision just posted this beefcake-y performance clip from Greece’s entry, Giorgos Alkaios & Friends. We like the friends. Giorgos ain’t too shabby either.

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Greece Near Bankruptcy

Greece is perilously close to defaulting on its debts, putting the solvency of the euro at risk as well. If no buyers can be found for its securities, Greece will have no choice but to declare insolvency — just as Mexico, Ecuador, Russia and Argentina have done in past decades. This puts Brussels in a predicament. European Union rules preclude …

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