Further financial assistance for Greece depends on the successful completion of a review of its bailout program and the participation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a spokesman for the German Finance Ministry said on Tuesday. “Further payments depend on the successful completion of the program’s review and the participation of the IMF,” the spokesman … Read more
Ex-Ghana international Michael Essien has launched scathing attacks Panathinaikos President and Management, claiming they are collapsing the Greek club. The ex-Real Madrid, Chelsea and AC Milan star spent a season with the former Super League winners but exited after his contract ran out. Panathinaikos have failed to make impact in both European and domestic competitions. … Read more
Turkey has reacted with anger after a Greek court ruled against extraditing eight Turkish soldiers accused of involvement in an attempted coup. Turkey accused Greece of failing in the “fight against terrorism” and said the decision was “politically motivated”. The eight men fled in a helicopter to Greece after last July’s coup attempt but say … Read more
Andy Murray, Mo Farah, Lee Pearson, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katherine Grainger are all honoured British tennis champion Andy Murray and athlete Mo Farah have been knighted in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. Paralympic dressage rider Lee Pearson also becomes a Sir, while heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill and rower Katherine Grainger are made dames. There are … Read more
He was on vacation in Rio and was expected to return to Brasilia Greece’s ambassador to Brazil has been missing for three days, Rio de Janeiro state police said on Thursday. Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis was last seen Monday night in a poor northern suburb in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, the police said. … Read more
Five-time Olympic champion Sir Bradley Wiggins has announced his retirement from cycling aged 36. The 2012 Tour de France winner said he had fulfilled a “childhood aspiration” of making a career out of the sport. “I’ve met my idols and ridden with and alongside the best for 20 years,” he said. “2016 is the end … Read more
INTRODUCTION Historically Chieftaincy was the political and social institution that fully run and controlled various ethnic groupings before the advent of the white man and subsequent colonialism. They also ran as spiritual leaders within a cephalous arrangement. When the British colonized the Gold Coast, they decided to use the well structured Indigenous Chieftaincy Institution to … Read more
Greece defied its creditors and approved plans on Thursday to give its battered pensioners a one-off Christmas bonus after France’s president said it was wrong to prevent the country from taking “sovereign decisions”. A group of eurozone finance ministers on Wednesday said they were suspending a deal clinched earlier this month to offer Greece short-term … Read more
The Greek parliament has defied the international creditors providing Athens’ bailout funds and voted through a one-off payment to pensioners. Plans for the €617m (£517m; $656m) pre-Christmas handout were opposed by European bodies negotiating Greece’s financial lifeline. A deal agreed earlier this month to provide the next tranche of debt relief for Athens is now … Read more
On Monday, November 28, 2016, I visited the Ghana Embassy in Washington, D. C., to renew my passport. After submitting my application with an amount of $180, I was told the one in charge of taking the photographs for the biometric passport was unavailable. I waited for three hours for the officer on that schedule … Read more
Structural reforms rather than debt relief will help Greece to achieve sustainable growth and stay in the euro zone because rates and repayment are putting hardly any burden on its budget, Gerany’s finance minister was quoted as saying on Sunday. Euro zone finance ministers will meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss short-term measures to … Read more
The leaders of four major global cities say they will stop the use of all diesel powered cars and trucks by the middle of the next decade. The mayors of Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens say they are implementing the ban to improve air quality. They say they will give incentives for alternative vehicle … Read more
Sitting in a cafeteria in her middle-class neighbourhood of Ilioupoli, 43-year-old Anna Stamou says she soon hopes to be praying with her family at the new Athens mosque. “I’ll perform a duaa [prayer] for children caught in war – to make all the wars to stop,” says Stamou, a mother-of-two and a PR consultant based … Read more
President Barack Obama predicted in Peru Saturday that a Trump presidency won’t result in “major changes in policy” for the US-Latin America relationship, though he conceded that tensions are likely to rise on the subject of trade. But, Obama told the audience at the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative, once the incoming administration looks … Read more
New York’s mayor says he has told US President-elect Donald Trump people in the city are “fearful” of what his White House administration could bring. During a meeting at Trump Tower, Bill de Blasio said he warned the Republican he would aim to shield undocumented immigrants from deportation. He said Mr Trump’s plans would not … Read more
Athens, Greece (CNN)Six people have been arrested in the Greek capital after a group of anarchists started throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails following an anti-capitalism protest, Athens police told CNN. The trouble came as Barack Obama visits Athens on his final state tour as President of the United States. He gave a speech Wednesday after … Read more
Barack Obama has warned of a “rise in a crude sort of nationalism” following the Brexit and US presidential votes. Speaking in Greece on his final foreign trip, he said: “We have to guard against… tribalism built around an ‘us’ or a ‘them’.” He said the US was painfully aware of the danger of divisions … Read more
President Barack Obama issued a warning Tuesday against “crude nationalism” in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory, saying during a news conference on his final overseas trip that the President-elect had tapped into a “troubling” strain of rhetoric playing on Americans’ fears of globalization to win the presidency. Speaking in Athens, Obama said he recognized … Read more
President Barack Obama has sought to assure US allies that President-elect Donald Trump will honour the country’s international alliances when he takes office in January. Mr Obama told reporters that Mr Trump had “expressed a great interest” in maintaining the US commitment to Nato. During the campaign, Mr Trump said he might abandon a guarantee … Read more
Barack Obama seeks to calm US allies over Trump concerns Trump election: ‘Nobody said democracy’s supposed to be easy” President Barack Obama has sought to assure US allies that President-elect Donald Trump will honour the country’s international alliances when he takes office in January. Mr Obama told reporters that Mr Trump had “expressed a great … Read more