Turkish officials denied Friday a television channel’s claim that Turkey had reached a compromise with the European Union on opening its ports to Greek Cyprus, in return for the opening of negotiation chapters in Turkey’s EU accession process. “The news of a compromise with the EU to open our ports to Greek Cypriots is not [...]
Archive | 2010
Rival Cypriot Leaders Schedule New Meeting Regarding U.N. Negotiations
President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu will be holding a new meeting on January 12th. It will be in the context of U.N. led direct negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem. The meeting will be preceded by a meeting of the aides of the leaders of the two [...]
Financial Times Claimes Investors & Markets Expect Greek Debt Restructuring
The German issue of The Financial Times noted that investors and financial markets expect Greek debt restructuring. Christian Kirchner stated in a Financial Times article: “Even an expected restructuring of the Greek debt does not shock anyone, any more. On December 23th, Fitch Rating Agency downgraded the creditworthiness of Portugal and announced that it will re-examine [...]
Cypriot FM Kyprianou Condemns Turkey for Basketball Incident
Foreign Minister Marcos Kyprianou has condemned Turkish officials’ efforts to exploit politically against the Republic of Cyprus. This refers to the recent incident after an international men’s basketball match in Nicosia. The incident took place right after the end of the game for the last round of Eurochallenge’s group stage, when APOEL fans attempted to attack the [...]
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Against Apollo Statue in Sozopol
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has reacted strongly against the intention of authorities of the town of Sozopol to erect a statue of the ancient Greek god Apollo. The municipality of Sozopol has decided to re-build a 13 meter statue of Apollo that existed in ancient times at the entrance of the port of Sozopol. The [...]
“The Perfect Order: Selected Poems” by Nasos Vagenas Circulated in the U.K
The new poem book of Greek Nasos Vagenas titled: “The Perfect Order: Selected Poems” is now circulated in the U.K, by Anvil Press Poetry publishing house. The book includes several poems from the Parnassus of Nasos Vagenas translated in English. The poem book editing is by the English poet Richard Berengarten and by Paschalis Nikolaou. Nikolaou [...]
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05 / 21 Angelique Rockas: Strong, Bold and Unafraid
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05 / 21 Theodoros Aggelopoulos Honored at Cannes Film Festival
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05 / 21 Guardian: ‘Despite the Recession, Greeks Still Light the Olympic Flame’
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05 / 21 Portugal: European Award Given to Cretan Beaches of Ierapetra
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05 / 20 Victoria Hislop: ‘I Was at the Party in Greece, Now I’m Sharing the Hangover’
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05 / 03 Skopje: Streets Renamed With Ancient Greek Names
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05 / 27 Dutch Newspaper Mocks Greece’s Financial Situation
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05 / 09 London Recognizes Macedonian Language During Cultural Olympiad
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04 / 02 “Greeks will start begging soon” says Turkish State Minister
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06 / 15 Parts of Alexander the Great’s Statue Being Assembled at Skopje Square
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