April 2014

New York Senator Michael Gianaris released the following statement on April 24, 1014, regarding the Astoria and Long Island Q103 Bus line.

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, the European Left’s candidate for European Commission president, will not take part on Monday night in a televised debate between other hopefuls for the top post in Brussels.

Things are really picking up for acclaimed Greek director George Lanthimos this year. After his Oscar nomination for foreign language film with “Dogtooth” a few years ago, he has been shooting his first English-speaking feature film debut “The Lobster” starring international performers Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz.

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades, stated that the island received an improved Standard and Poor's and Fitch grade due to its continued financial efforts.

A new virus alert has Greek Facebook users worrying all day. Many Greeks woke up this morning to find zipped archives from Facebook friends in their inboxes. Most of them contained supposed photos or videos with provocative titles such as “this gave me a headache”, “check this out, you'll love it”, or “sexy pics inside”.

A new bill complementing the country's fiscal adjustment as per the Troika agreement is expected to be introduced to parliament on Tuesday. It will be less strict than the previous ones, in that it will not be reducing wages and pensions in the public sector like its predecessors, but it will keep slashing the state deficit.

Atlantic Bank's President Spiro J. Voutsinas passed away on Friday at Mt. Sinai Hospital, at the age of 80-years-old.

On Saturday in Sofia, the Cypriot national rugby team defeated Bulgaria 46-15 and won Division 2C of the European Nations Cup!

Συναρπαστικό παιχνίδι έγινε στον Βόλο, όπου ο τοπικός Ολυμπιακός έφερε 1-1 με τον Ηρακλή Θεσσαλονίκης.  Κοντά στη νίκη ήρθαν στο πέμπτο λεπτό των καθυστερήσεων οι γηπεδούχοι, αλλά ο Μάρκεθ Κριστομπάλ αστόχησε σε εκτέλεση πέναλτι, που κέρδισε ο Μόνχε και το οποίο είναι αμφισβητούμενο.

Today, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras declared that Greece has reached over three quarters of the fiscal alteration it required, in order for sustainable debt.