Grecia
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Perfect people don't fight, they don't lie, they don't make mistakes and they don't exist.
— Aristotele
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Euro membership
ONE BIG QUESTION has lurked throughout the euro crisis: should one or more members quit? The most obvious candidate is Greece, the country where the trouble began. It never met the criteria for joining, but its deficit and debt figures were misrepresented. And the crisis has inflicted agonies on the ...
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Only a trickle of stolen Russian billions ended up in Malta
Illicit money flowing out of Russia via Moldova and Latvia ended up in almost every single EU state, an investigation has found, posing questions on the integrity of Europe's banking systems.Beneficiaries in Estonia received $1.6 billion out of a total of some $20 billion uncovered in the money trail by journalists ...
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Minister Carmelo Abela visits refugee camp on Greek island of Lesbos
On behalf of Malta’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Minister for Home Affairs and National Security Carmelo Abela visited the Moria migrant camp on the Greek Aegean island of Lesbos. He was joined by European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos and Greek Minister ...
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More than 160 NGOs call on EU to lead by values in migration response
Source: ActionAid, Danish Refugee Council, CORD, Amnesty International, CESVI - Cooperazione e Sviluppo Onlus, Welthungerhilfe, Gruppo di Volontariato Civile, Habitat for Humanity, Jesuit Refugee Service, Trócaire, Islamic Relief, INTERSOS, CARE, Terre des hommes, Caritas, International Aid Services, Concord, Cordaid, Handicap International, Action Contre la Faim France, Human Rights Watch, International ...
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Migration: NGOs blast EU plans on returns and detention
Ninety human rights organisations have blasted the European Union’s plans to return or detain irregular migrants, saying that the plans unveiled this week ahead of next week’s EU summit will simply create more harm and suffering.Bowing down to political pressure to be “tough” on irregular migration, the European Commission has ...
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Grecia, l'economia si contrae più delle attese
(Teleborsa) - Brutte notizie per la Grecia, che ha visto il PIL contrarsi negli ultimi tre mesi del 2016 dopo due trimestri consecutivi di crescita. Il Prodotto Interno Lordo di Atene è...
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Bekerfinale als bron van mooie herinneringen
Sparta-Vitesse (vanavond) en AZ-Cambuur Leeuwarden (morgen) zijn de verrassende halve finales in de KNVB-beker. ‘Welke speler kan nou zeggen dat hij een bekerfinale heeft gespeeld?’, vertelt AZ-veteraan Martin Haar aan Jan-Cees Butter.
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No debt relief for Greece, Germany’s deputy minister says
Greece must not be granted a “bail in” that would involve creditors taking a loss on their loans, Germany’s deputy finance minister said in an interview broadcast on Feb. 26, reiterating the German government’s opposition to debt relief for Athens.
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Turkish FM says Greece should not try Turkey’s patience, calls counterpart ‘spoiled child’
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has warned Greece not to try the country’s patience amid fresh tension between the two countries over remarks by Greek Foreign Minister Nicos Kotzias, which he described as “provocative.”
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Turkish FM slams Greece over refusing to extradite coup-plotter soldiers
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Feb. 25 slammed Greece’s refusal to extradite eight former soldiers allegedly involved in the July 2016 coup attempt.
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England champions Leicester fire Ranieri as relegation looms
Masterminding one of the greatest upsets in sporting history wasn't enough for Claudio Ranieri to keep his job at Leicester.Ranieri was fired by Leicester on Thursday, nine months after the 65-year-old Italian manager guided the club to the English Premier League title at preseason odds of 5,000-1.Leicester's Thai owners took the drastic measure with ...
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Updated: Italy faces potential EU censure for rising debt levels
Italy's government was put on notice Wednesday that it may face a fine from the European Union for not getting the country's debt levels down.In a report on Italy's debt, the executive European Commission urged Rome to take more cost-saving measures, worth up to 0.2 percent of its annual GDP. That's unlikely to ...
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Turkish Cypriot leader refuses to attend talks
Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akıncı has refused to attend a scheduled leaders’ meeting on Feb. 23 on the grounds that Greek Cyprus has done nothing to repeal a recent law to permit schools to mark a vote to unify the island with Greece
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Turkish FM to visit Turkish Cyprus amid crisis in peace talks
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will visit Turkish Cyprus on Feb. 20-21, as peace talks on the divided island hit a snag following the Greek Cypriot Parliament’s decision to celebrate a 1950 referendum aimed at unification with Greece
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The human rights impact of the EU-Turkey deal
Source: Amnesty International Country: Afghanistan, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Libya, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, WorldAccording to Amnesty, the deal has certainly stemmed the flow of migrants across the Aegean, but at a considerable cost to Europe’s commitment to refugee protection. In the absence of safe and legal routes into Europe, hundreds of thousands ...
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Dollar revival takes shine off asia stocks
Recap: Asian markets fell early last week amid worries about Donald Trump's protectionist stance, uncertainty about France's political outlook, another crisis brewing in Greece and falling oil prices. However, sentiment picked up following Wall Street's climb to record highs after President Trump said he planned to overhaul business taxes. The ...
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Grecia, UE e FMI in accordo su piano da presentare al Paese
(Teleborsa) - La Grecia crea ancora grattacapi all'Unione Europea. Tra la penisola ellenica, il Fondo Monetario Internazionale (FMI) e i partner europei la tensione rimane alta. Ieri, per...
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PM says point of migrant deal from informal summit is to send ‘strong signal’, genuine refugees welcome
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that the point underpinning the deal signed in the informal EU summit on migration which took place in Malta last Friday was to send a “strong signal” that genuine refugees are welcome however people are not to use illegal channels to circumvent visa procedures.He said ...
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EU decides against visa validation at Turkish ports for Greek islands: Report
Greece’s Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos has told deputies from the country’s Eastern Aegean Region that the European Commission will not approve of visa validation at island ports, Greek media reported on Feb. 8
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Once-conservative Malta leaps ahead on LGBT rights
At age 24, Alex Mangion became Malta's first transgender politician when he won a local office on the conservative Nationalists' ticket, a striking combination in a country that until recently had been a last bastion in western Europe of social norms largely dictated by the Catholic church.The Nationalist Party recruited Mangion to ...
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Aid agencies use new rapid response fund to tackle Mediterranean migration emergencies
Source: Start Network Country: WorldMembers of the Start Network can now respond to acute need among refugees, including thousands enduring freezing weather, with funding on its way within 72 hours of an alert first being raised.Aid agencies have begun tackling sudden humanitarian crises involving migrants in the Mediterranean region through a ...