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Greek-Style Mahimahi

From Gourmet, 2009. -- posted by Vicki Kaye




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Greek-Turkish Border: The Killing of Muhammad Gulzar

On March 4, Pakistan national Muhammad Gulzar was shot and killed at the Greek-Turkish border. Evidence overwhelmingly suggests that the bullet came from a Greek firearm. An investigation into the tragedy at the edge of Europe.




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Coronavirus: Greek restaurateurs' empty chairs protest over social distancing plan

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Greek shops running out of stock

Greece's organization for medium and small businesses says the country risks product shortages as early as May, as businesses face liquidity problems and foreign suppliers will only accept cash for imports. Ciara Lee reports.




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Designer Destinations: Auree designer on her favourite Greek beach only accessible by boat

Auree designer Amelia Bainbridge tells Laura Hampson about childhood holidays to Italy, her favourite restaurant in Bangkok and her suitcase mantra




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Greek Shipping Company, Master and Chief Engineer of M/V Agios Emilianos Convicted for Intentional Cover-Up of Oil Pollution and Obstruction of Justice

Ilios Shipping Company S.A., pleaded guilty in federal court in New Orleans for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstruction of justice, announced Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno and U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.



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Greek Shipping Company Sentenced in New Orleans to Pay $2 Million for Intentional Cover-Up of Oil Pollution and Obstruction of Justice

Ilios Shipping Company S.A. was sentenced today in federal court in New Orleans for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstruction of justice.



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Greek elections: The first defeat of populism in Europe?

The liberal leader of the center-right New Democracy party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, was sworn in as Greece’s prime minister on July 8, after last Sunday’s snap elections in which he won 39.8 percent of the votes, while the ruling populist Syriza party secured a 31.5 percent share. The electoral system, which confers a 50-seat bonus to…

       




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Don't forget the humble Greek salad

Hurry, before the tomatoes set sail for the season, indulge in a big, beautiful Horiatiki salad.






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Inside a Greek coronavirus ward: how debt-ridden nation is beating the disease – video

Despite a decade-old financial crisis that has crippled its hospitals, Greece appears to be keeping its coronavirus outbreak under control, with a far lower death toll than many other European nations. Dr Yota Lourida, Infectious Diseases specialist at Sotiria hospital in Athens, explains how it dealt with the crisis, and the steps taken by the country to mitigate against potentially catastrophic outcomes

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Tax-News.com: Greek Shipowners Agree Extra Tax Payments

The Greek shipping industry has agreed to renew a tax agreement under which shipping companies pay additional tax to the Government.




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Tax-News.com: Greek Shipping Firms Unhappy With Tax Regime

Tax regime instability has been cited by Greek shipping companies as a reason why they would consider switching to an alternative jurisdiction, according to a report by EY.




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Tax-News.com: Greek 2020 Budget Submitted

On October 7, 2019, the Greek Ministry of Finance presented to parliament the 2020 Budget, which includes numerous tax cut measures announced recently by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.




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Reforming for the future: Building a stronger, fairer Greek economy

We understand how much Greek society has endured these past six years. Reform isn’t easy at the best of times, but it can be even more challenging in the face of a weak economy while at the same time trying to correct a budget deficit. But all crises come to an end. Growth does return. Now is the time to maintain the momentum of Greece’s reform drive, said OECD Secretary-General.




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Estimating the distributional impact of the Greek crisis (2009-2014)

This paper analyses the effects of the Greek crisis on inequality and poverty in 2009-2014 using the micro-simulation model EUROMOD.




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Enhancing Greek exports is key to jobs and growth

With weak domestic demand and a relatively low export share in the economy there is much potential to raise exports. Despite a recent pick-up Greek export performance deteriorated in the last decade particularly in the service sector and by much more than in the Euro area on average




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The Greek economy is recovering. Improving debt sustainability, tackling poverty and boosting investment are vital to sustaining the positive momentum.

Greece’s recovery from deep economic depression is finally gaining traction, according to the OECD. Economic growth has started to pick up led by a rise in exports while labour market reforms have improved competitiveness and are helping to create jobs.




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Reducing red tape in business would boost Greek productivity, OECD says

Greece could save its businesses hundreds of millions of euros a year and improve their competitiveness by reducing administrative burdens, according to a new OECD report.




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Greek bond yields drop below US Treasuries

Rally in Greece’s sovereign bonds comes after election victory for centre-right party




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Angelina Jolie dines at a Greek restaurant during a break from filming The Eternals in London

The screen star, 44, treated herself to a beak from the set of The Eternals as she stepped out for dinner at Greek restaurant Estiatorio Milos in London on Sunday evening.




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Robin Wright channels Greek goddess in white belted gown at Emmy Awards

She scored yet another nomination for her work on House of Cards this year. And Robin Wright arrived to the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles exuding




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Haul of pottery, coins and sculptures unearthed from 'lost' Greek city of Tenea

Mystery surrounds the city as archaeologists attempt to uncover why it was abandoned suddenly by unearthing artefacts from around 400AD when its inhabitants fled with no obvious explanation.




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Deported 'US ISIS militant' stranded between Turkey and Greece after Greek authorities refused entry

President Erdogan said today that a suspected American jihadist trapped in the no-man's land between the Turkish and Greek borders was 'not our problem'. The man has been deported by Turkey.




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Man who calls police to Surrey burglary is now facing extradition over Greek 'crime' 11 YEARS AGO

David Familton rang 999 after intruders ransacked his Surrey flat but was left stunned when cops later arrested him instead for beating up a holidaymaker in Crete in 2009 when he worked in a nightclub.




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Greek island of Crete is hit by 6.0-magnitude earthquake 

A powerful undersea earthquake has rattled Greece's island of Crete and was felt in the southern mainland.




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Thousands of Greek protesters demand asylum seekers are removed from their islands

Lesbos, Samos and Chios staged a general strike, shutting down shops and public services and rallying in central squares, with protesters shouting: 'We want our islands back, we want our lives back.'




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Greek locals accuse migrants of trying to 'Islamize the western world'

The coastal area of Makrygialos is one of many areas in mainland Greece where the government is locked in a tug of war with local communities over the housing of migrants.




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Greeks fear an influx of migrants after thousands clashed with police

More than 13,000 migrants have gathered on the Turkish side of the river which runs 125 miles along the frontier and separates them from Greece, and therefore the EU.




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Battle at the border: Fire, smoke, and tear gas fill the air as Greek police fight back migrants

Migrants, most of them Middle Eastern and African men, were seen hurling back canisters of tear gas on Wednesday morning, setting fire to fences near the village of Kastanies.




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Millennial couple in their 30s quit their jobs to live out their retirement dreams on a Greek island

Steph, 30 and Matt Trott, 34, from Sussex, decided to leave their jobs as dog walkers to move to the small village of Houmeri, in Rethimno on Crete, where they only for during the summer months.




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Greek police launch tear gas at migrants as Turks fire back at border crossing

More clashes erupted on Saturday between Greek police and Europe-bound migrants gathered on the Turkey side of a border crossing near the Greek village of Kastanies.




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'Greek police beat us, stole our money and our shoes then dumped us on a truck back to Turkey'

This young man said he had walked for several hours through Greece before police 'took everything from us - including all our money, clothes and phones' and started to beat them.




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Turkish President Erdogan compares Greek treatment of refugees to the Nazis

Photographs of the apparent camp, located in farmland between Poros in Greece and the Evros River, show three red-roofed warehouses arranged in a U-shape.




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Oxford graduate, 26, fell 150ft to his death from a Greek mountain

Robert Frome, 26, from Hampshire, died after falling from Mount Tymfi in north western Greece. The Oxford graduate got disorientated in the dark and plunged to his death.




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Married At First Sight's Stacey Hampton shares a throwback of her Greek holiday amid COVID-19

Married At First Sight star Stacey Hampton has vowed to never take travel for granted amid the coronavirus pandemic. 




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First coronavirus case in Greek migrant camps as asylum seeker tests positive

The woman tested positive after going to the Athens hospital from a camp in Ritsona, 50 miles north of the Greek capital (file photo, a woman at a different camp helps a child put on a mask).




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Coronavirus: Judge rules mother was 'wrong' to take son to Greek island of Paros to flee outbreak

The mother made the decision to board a flight from London to the Greek island of Paros on March 20 with her 11-year-old son, three days before Boris Johnson began a lockdown in the UK.




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Coronavirus spreads to Greek island of Lesbos

Greek authorities have expressed concern over the possibility of the virus spreading on islands such as Lesbos, where thousands of migrants are crammed in overcrowded camps or living rough.




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Greek hotel where son of Diana's lady-in-waiting died is blasted by coroner

A coroner has blasted the lack of safety measures at an exclusive resort on the Greek island of Zakynthos, after the son of Princess Diana's lady-in-waiting died in a free-diving accident in August 2017.




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Roman Abramovich's ex Dasha Zhukova to celebrate wedding to Greek heir Stavros Niarchos at £5m bash

David Beckham and Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow are expected to lead the A-listers among 500 guests who have been invited to help toast the couple at the five star Kulm St. Moritz Hotel.




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Greek police fire teargas on protesting teachers trying to storm the prime minister’s office

Protesting Greek school teachers have clashed with police in central Athens during a demonstration against government plans for hiring new teachers.




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MARK ALMOND: Crowds of migrants at Greek border is Turkish despot's cynical ploy to detonate chaos

MARK ALMOND: Turkey's president announced that his country would no longer enforce the deal struck with the EU in 2016 to prevent millions of refugees from leaving for Western shores.




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EU tells Turkey's Erdogan to pull migrants back from Greek border if he wants support in Syria

It came as Erdogan jetted into Brussels for a high-level meeting aimed at shoring up the 2016 migrant deal, where the EU agreed to hand over €6bn in exchange for migrants being held back.




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Wolves captain Conor Coady admits concern about playing Olympiacos amid Greek coronavirus outbreak

TOM COLLOMOSSE IN ATHENS: Wolves travelled to Athens on Wednesday, after UEFA rejected their request to postpone the fixture after Olympiacos' owner tested positive for coronavirus.




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ASK TONY: We cancelled our Greek villa but insurer refused to pay the bill

My husband and I booked and paid for a villa for a week in Corfu, and invited our four daughters and families to join us at our expense. The villa cost £2,391. We paid £96 for insurance with Get Going.




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Family on £4,000 Greek holiday leave early due to vile conditions

Upon arrival the family were shocked to find the resort had a strong smell of sewage radiating from the nearby tip, swarms of ants in their bedroom, rat traps in every corner and unclean sheets.




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'Sexy' star defends Greek supporters kicked out from Australian Open

Up to 20 Greek supporters were ejected from Melbourne Park for disruptive behaviour following Greece's Maria Sakkari's match against Japanese player Nao Hibino on Court 8.




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ASK TONY: We cancelled our Greek villa but insurer refused to pay the bill

My husband and I booked and paid for a villa for a week in Corfu, and invited our four daughters and families to join us at our expense. The villa cost £2,391. We paid £96 for insurance with Get Going.