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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:21 PM

Greece

Type: Country

Name: Greece

population: 11,212,470

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 9 Documents

Last 6 qualifiers secure places for World Cup 2010

The last six FIFA World Cup qualifiers were decided on a big day of soccer. Four qualifiers came via the play-offs from the European Qualifying section of the World Cup. Algeria qualified after beating Egypt and Uruguay defeated Costa Rica. November 18th, ... [Digital Journal - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Greece, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ireland

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents

Vuk Jeremic

Jeremić, Greece's Droutsas meet in Belgrade

Foreign Minster Vuk Jeremić says all the conditions for unblocking of an interim trade deal with the EU have been fulfilled.Serbia’s bid to become candidate for membership in the EU should follow, he said in Belgrade on Wednesday after his meeting with ... [B92 - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Vuk Jeremic, Belgrade, Greece

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents

Greece files official complaint with Ankara about overflights

AEGEAN TENSION The Greek Embassy in Ankara yesterday lodged an official complaint with the Turkish Foreign Ministry after Turkish fighter jets that had been participating in a NATO-supervised training flight abandoned their formation and violated a region ... [eKathimerini.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Ankara, Greece, Athens

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 Documents

European Commission

European Commission Refers Greece to ECJ over Unjustified...

- The Commission decided today to refer Greece to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) because the Member State has implemented national rules on milk import controls which are incompatible, in the Commission's view, with existing Community legislation. ... [FLEXNEWS - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Greece, European Commission, Infringement, European Court of Justice, Later Stage

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

UniCredit SpA

Fiscal woes hammer Greek bonds

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Greek government bonds were left behind in Europe this week, as pressure mounted on policymakers to plug a massive hole in the government's budget.The yield on 10-year benchmark Greek bonds on Friday rose to 178 basis points above ... [MarketWatch - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Greece, Ben May, UniCredit SpA, European Central Bank, Eurozone

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 8 Documents

Hand of Frog rules while Guus misses out (AAP)

Thierry Henry sparked a storm by taking matters into his own hands while Guus Hiddink's golden touch finally went missing as next year's World Cup line-up was finalised.The Socceroos learned exactly which 31 teams they'll be up against at the tournament ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Slovenia, Uruguay, Ireland

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Explosive days in Athens

Menace and discontent hang in the air as the anniversary approaches of the shooting of a 15-year-old in Greece's capitalGreeks mark their anniversaries with a gravitas rarely seen elsewhere. Celebrations commemorating the 17 November 1973 Athens Polytechnic ... [Guardian.co.uk - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Athens, Explosive, Greece, Athens Polytechnic uprising

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

CDS report: Is Greece the only sovereign on a slippery slope?

Gavan Nolan of Markit wrote this CDS report The difference between sovereign and corporate CDS spreads in Europe this week reached its smallest level since February as public finances came under increasing scrutiny. The Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe ... [FT Alphaville - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Markit Group Ltd, Greece, Gavan Nolan

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Suspect in Athens murder arrested after standoff in Decatur

The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionThe man taken into custody following a standoff with police in Decatur is the main suspect in the murder of an Athens woman.Kent D. Johnson, kdjohnson@ajc.com An officer retrieves gear from a truck during the SWAT sta ... [Atlanta Journal And Constitution - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Athens, Athens-Clarke County (United States), Sarah Meyers, Murder

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

UNICEF Greek National Committee celebrates 20th anniversary of Children's Rights Convention

Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponCelebrating the 20th anniversary of the Convention of Children's Rights, UNICEF's Greek National Committee held a prize awarding ceremony in ... [People's Daily Online - 11/20/2009]

Entities: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF/ICEF), Children's rights, Athens, Natural History Museum

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Piraeus Bank 9M profit down 50%, better than expected

ATHENS, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Piraeus Bank, Greece's fourth-largest lender, said on Thursday nine-month profit fell 50 percent to 219 million euros ($326 million), less than expected, on slower loan growth and higher provisions.The average forecast in a ... [Interactive Investor International - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Piraeus Bank S A, Albania, Net Earnings, Cyprus

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Citizens urged to keep garbage indoors as landfill workers strike

Trash woes City Hall yesterday appealed to citizens not to take their trash to garbage dumpsters over the next few days as workers at the capital's main landfill at Fyli, northwestern Attica, declared a series of work stoppages that are to continue through ... [eKathimerini.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Landfill, Karolos Papoulias, Athens, ATEBank

Quotes

...'I think what is at stake is the rulerule of law', she told the BBC. "Over the last few years we have seen a lot of attacks against anti-corruption bodies and attempts to change the anti-corruption framework. There have been attempts by parliament to block investigations. What is important is the position of the candidates in relation to these issues." In its Corruption Perceptions Index for 2009, Transparency International ranked Romania the most corrupt EU country, along with Bulgaria and Greece

Romania set for presidential vote [BBC - 5 hours ago]

...leaders' summit on Thursday when he hailed as "a great success" the controversial choices for the Union's first president and foreign policy chief. "I have chosen a person who has made a big contribution to Greek political life, with many struggles for democracy, and I am sure that she will make a contribution to Europe, whichever position she takes up on the Commission" said Papandreou of Damanaki. Greece's current commissioner, Stavros Dimas, holds the environment portfolio...

Damanaki gets Brussels post [eKathimerini.com - 8 hours ago]

...He seems to have always devoted himself to a search for the truth behind the accepted view; sometimes, as one story goes, to his detriment: "A witty and attractive Thracian servant is said to have mocked Thales for falling into a well while he was observing the stars and gazing upwards; declaring that he was eager to know the things in the sky, but that what was behind him and just by his feet escaped notice" (Baird/Kaufmann)

Thales of Miletus [Suite101.com - 16 hours ago]

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Blogs

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Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up [Daily Kos - 10 hours ago] Saturday punditry as we eagerly wait for Thanksgiving. If I have to fly, I just hope Capt. Sully is my pilot. What are you thankful about? NY Times: The [stimulus] ...
CDS report: Is Greece the only sovereign on a s... [FT Alphaville - 11/20/2009] Gavan Nolan of Markit wrote this CDS report The difference between sovereign and corporate CDS spreads in Europe this week reached its smallest level since February ...
CDS report: Is Greece the only sovereign on a s... [FT Alphaville - 11/20/2009] Gavan Nolan of Markit wrote this CDS report The difference between sovereign and corporate CDS spreads in Europe this week reached its smallest level since February ...
Europe’s Peripheral Players Worry Investors [WSJ.com: MarketBeat - 11/20/2009] Worries about Europe’s weakest economies may be resurfacing after a period of relative calm. One sign of concern: Prices are rising on so-called credit-default ...
WHO: Update 75 [H5N1 - 11/20/2009] WHO has published Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 75. Excerpt:The situation remains similar since the last update. In temperate regions* of the northern hemisphere, ...

Audio/Video

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Psychologists have been watching us on the subw... [Slate Magazine - 11/17/2009]
Architecture of Greece and Trends in American A... [UC Television - YouTube - 11/13/2009]
Modern Greek Architecture [UC Television - YouTube - 11/13/2009]
Doxiadis and Architect Konstantinidis [UC Television - YouTube - 11/13/2009]
Greek Architecture and Urban Design: 3000 Years... [UC Television - YouTube - 11/13/2009]

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