(1) 2010 2 May : In a move that signals the start of the eurozone crisis, Greece is bailed out for the first time , after eurozone finance ministers agree to grant the country rescue loans worth €110bn (£84bn).
(2) For months, more than 170,000 mainly Syrian refugees travelling north from Greece have used Hungary as a thoroughfare to the safety of northern and western Europe.
(3) In Europe, for example, the basket of goods tested has fallen 18% in Greece (Corfu) to £57.50, making prices a third cheaper than Italy (Sorrento) at £87.06, the most expensive of six eurozone destinations surveyed.
(4) Samaras said: A "Grexit", as it is called, would be devastating for Greece and detrimental to Europe.
(5) There are no more parties, there is only Greece," said Markos Bolaris, the new deputy health minister and close ally of the former prime minister George Papandreou .
(6) The industry wants the health ministry to bring in a new pricing system so that Greece uses a basket of eurozone countries to calculate prices.
(7) Sadly, the bullet will not only kill off Greece’s future in Europe.
(8) In addition, the UK government will provide further resources to the European Asylum Support Office to help Greece and Italy identify migrants, including children, who could be reunited with family members elsewhere in Europe.
(9) All of the parties have been trying to use Greece to their advantage.” On Monday, the governing People’s party pointed to the referendum to justify their decision to impose austerity measures during the height of the economic crisis.
(10) Greece sincerely had no intention of clashing with its partners, Varoufakis insisted, but the logic of austerity was such that policies conducted in its embrace could only fail.
(11) While Greece struggled to find a new leader, the spotlight turn dramatically to Italy.
(12) As Greece pleads with its eurozone creditors for more time in meeting its fiscal adjustment targets, Dombrovskis is a fierce champion of surgical austerity applied quickly and ruthlessly.
(13) We performed a study of this type in the small town of Lari (Pisa) with the objectives of estimating the prevalence of mental disorders, including "minor" disorders, and of comparing our estimates with similar studies carried out in UK and Greece using identical methods (PSE-IX and CATEGO).
(14) Greece standoff over €86bn bailout eases after Brussels deal Read more But while the bailout chiefs are poised to agree on a route map, the journey for the Greek people seems no less long and arduous.
(15) Edwards pointed to Greece, which he said simply does not have the capacity to cope with the number of arrivals it is receiving and needs massive international help.
(16) That’s precisely the point made by Jubilee Debt Campaign: the reckless lenders that poured speculative cash into the country in the runup to the crisis escaped largely unscathed (though they were forced to accept some reduction in the face value of their bonds – known as a haircut – in the 2012 restructuring that accompanied Greece’s second emergency bailout).
(17) Couldn't the rest of the eurozone just let Greece default on its debts?
(18) The last major international bank with branches nationwide, Citi announced it would close all of its network presence outside of Greece’s two major cities, Athens and Thessaloniki.
(19) Then Greece has another chance.” But the intervention by the IMF will undermine EU leaders who argue Greece must submit to a fresh round of austerity measures to release funds for debt repayments.
(20) But Erik Britton, of City consultancy Fathom, said: "The LTRO [long term refinancing operation] and all those things, all it's done is bought a bit of time, but it hasn't addressed the structural problems, even slightly, even for Greece."
Ionian
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians; Ionic.
(n.) A native or citizen of Ionia.
Example Sentences:
(1) Antipaxos Morpheus, Ionian Villas, Antipaxos Where to stay: Ionian Villas Fewer than 100 people live on Antipaxos, and accommodation is hard to come by.
(2) The frequency of G6PD deficiency, ranging from 7.2% on the Ionian Coast to zero on the eastern side of the Lucanian Apennines, appears to be inversely related to the distance of each town examined from the Ionian Coast, suggesting that this geographic distribution may reflect, at least in part, gene flow from Greek settlers.
(3) A gun-metal grey speedboat powers across the still Ionian Sea until the cypress trees of the largest private estate in Corfu heave into view and the pilot kills the engine.
(4) Three subsamples were examined, two from the Tyrrhenian and the Ionian coasts, respectively, and one from the internal part of this province.
(5) The practice of empirical ophthalmology during the Ottoman domination of Greece is also examined, as is the earliest available evidence of modern Greek ophthalmological knowledge, deriving from the Ionian Islands.
(6) 20-26 August, reclaimyourself.co.uk BEST FOR SUN Hatha in Ithaca, Greece Facebook Twitter Pinterest International teachers lead different weeks between May and October at Itha108 , a gorgeous island retreat just five minutes from the Ionian sea, where accommodation is split between a Venetian-style house and five Mongolian-style yurts.
(7) The creditors would not get any money back and yet Europe would be obliged to come to the aid of Greece or risk a failing state turning into a failed state on the Aegean and the Ionian.
(8) Lastly, Kythira is strictly part of the Ionian islands, but is most easily reached from the Peloponnese.
(9) Zakynthos could act as a distillation of the whole Ionian - bits of the coast have been overtaken by package tourism, but away from these there are still isolated coves and a mountainous interior.
(10) Although chancellor Angela Merkel is not among them, the local media has been merrily listing German MPs who have elected this summer to holiday on sun-blessed Greek isles in the Ionian, Aegean and Mediterranean seas, including Richard Pitterle, of the Die Linke party, Green party MP Beate Muller-Gemmeke, and Erik Schwenkert, who represents the FDP party.
(11) The highest incidence of G6PD deficiency is on the Ionian Coast and along the Crati and Esaro river valleys, in good agreement with the distribution of the past malarial endemicity.
(12) jomason1 Ionian Islands Avli Taverna, Corfu Town, Corfu The Avli Taverna, in a secluded bay, is so beautiful you could sit there all day as the sun sets.
(13) Runs 12-19 and 19-26 March adventureyogi.com B Ionian inversions, Zakynthos, Greece Facebook Twitter Pinterest Soulfood London runs a creative retreat combining daily yoga and photography lessons at Villa Zaharoula , which overlooks the Ionian sea.
(14) All the Ionian islands reflect the influence of nearby Italy, but Corfu also has a distinct British tinge.
(15) It still manages to sport great beaches – some claim they are the Ionian's best.
(16) Greek island holiday guide: the Ionian islands Read more Chios and Lesbos also hug the Turkish coast.
(17) We missed out on the fine beaches (it has a coastline that bridges two seas – the Adriatic and the Ionian), the Greek and Roman ruins at Butrint, the town of Gjirokastra (Nobel laureate Ismail Kadare , who was born there, describes it as "the steepest city in the world … unbelievable [and] dreamlike"), not to mention the capital city, Tirana.
(18) There are some 6,000 Greek islands, scattered across the Aegean and Ionian seas, ranging from Crete, the biggest at more than 3,000 square miles, to tiny rocky islets barely big enough for a single sunbed.
(19) The PGM1*1S, PGM1*2S and PGM1*2F gene frequency estimates obtained for the population of the Ionian coast were significantly different from those of the tyrrhenian coast.
(20) Ithaka lacks the stunning sands of some of the other Ionian islands.