<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Greece News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=65&amp;catid=228</link><description>News Feed for - Greece</description><item><title>Greece to buy 142 ships from China</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235522280&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-19T02:19:00</pubDate><description>SHANGHAI, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Greek Shipping Minister Kostis Moussouroulis said here Saturday Greek shipowners have recently signed contracts to buy 142 new ships from Chinese shipbuilding companies.The </description><source>People.com.cn</source></item><item><title>Top Chinese political advisor meets Greek PM</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235506071&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-19T02:19:00</pubDate><description>Yu Zhengsheng (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meets with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang </description><source>People.com.cn</source></item><item><title>Thousands attend 41st annual Greek Fest</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235564421&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-19T02:51:00</pubDate><description>19 mins ago Special Projects Producer Share Update People immersing themselves in Greek culture today at the 41st annual Capitol Greek Fest. Thousands of people flowed through Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox </description><source>FOX 43</source></item><item><title>Greece eyes closer economic ties with China</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235565116&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-19T03:05:00</pubDate><description>Greece is pledging deepened cooperation with China with major agreements in sectors such as trade, shipping and tourism, said Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Beijing on Friday during his five-day </description><source>China.org.cn</source></item><item><title>So what happened to the European dream?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235562390&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-19T02:12:00</pubDate><description>IT'S a measure of how attitudes to Europe have changed in Britain over the last 20 years that anti-Europeans like Nigel Farage of UKIP, who was barracked in an Edinburgh pub last week, are now regarded </description><source>Herald Scotland</source></item><item><title>Update: Cause of Goose Greek Candle Co. fire undetermined</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235563689&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-19T02:38:00</pubDate><description>LIBERTY The odd, pungent combination of soothing aromas and smoldering debris filled the air as firefighters soaked what remained of Goose Creek Candle Co. with water Saturday morning. The first call </description><source>Advocate Messenger</source></item><item><title>School district voters to head to polls</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235560638&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-19T01:39:00</pubDate><description>No Monroe district is going above tax levy limit Monroe County voters will head to the polls Tuesday to weigh in on more than $1 billion in proposed school spending, dozens of school board candidates </description><source>Rochester Democrat and Chronicle</source></item><item><title>A Padlocked Place Called Pop's: Changing a Flushing Queens NYC neighborhood?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235562439&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-19T02:47:00</pubDate><description>Flushing Town Hall, now a cultural center[1] Flushing, Netherlands (Vlissingen) Population (2000) . Total . White . Black . Hispanic . Asian . Other . Median income ZIP code 718, 347, 917 Flushing, founded </description><source>World News Network</source></item><item><title>Pro-drachma party launches in Greece</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235532775&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-18T18:05:00</pubDate><description>Greece has seen the launch of a new political party, Plan B, which supports leaving the euro and returning to the drachma.  Its leader, Alekos Alavanos, told the conference in Athens that he opposed the </description><source>BBC</source></item><item><title>Greek party banks on drachma debt solution</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235557314&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-19T00:40:00</pubDate><description>Many Greeks believe their country is paying a high price to stay within the eurozone. Public spending cuts have fuelled a six-year recession. A new political party has been promising to turn Greece around </description><source>World News Network</source></item><item><title>Greek pro-drachma party to meet</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235517923&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-18T14:25:00</pubDate><description>A new political party supporting Greece's exit from the euro is due to hold its first meeting.  "Plan B" only has about 400 members but its leader, Alekos Alavanos, believes it can offer a new way out </description><source>BBC</source></item><item><title>9 holes with: Alexi Giannoulias</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235545651&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-18T21:53:00</pubDate><description>As golfer, former Senate candidate and Illinois treasurer a pretty good basketball player A golf day with Alexi Giannoulias does not begin at the driving range or Sportmart. If you're going to make him </description><source>Chicago Tribune</source></item><item><title>Oia - Santorini, Greece</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235543859&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-18T20:59:00</pubDate><description>CNN PRODUCER NOTE was traveling when he captured this photograph in Oia, a small city on Santorini Island in Greece in May 2012. 'Santorini is quite possibly one of the most beautiful places on this planet. </description><source>CNN</source></item><item><title>Greece's Piraeus hire banks to advise on share issue-sources</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235516084&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-18T14:04:00</pubDate><description>Greece's second-largest lender Piraeus Bank has hired four international investment banks as advisers on its 7.33 billion euro ($9.4 billion) share issue, two bankers close to the procedure told Reuters </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>China, Greece pledge closer parliamentary exchanges, economic cooperation</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235477845&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-18T02:20:00</pubDate><description>BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- China and Greece pledged to strengthen parliamentary exchanges and boost economic cooperation during a meeting between top Chinese legislator Zhang Dejiang and Greek Prime </description><source>People.com.cn</source></item><item><title>[LIVE BLOG] Denmark wins Eurovision, Malta places 8th</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235550346&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-18T23:06:00</pubDate><description>After eight years, Malta places once again amongst the top 10 with Gianluca Bezzina's Tomorrow Denmark wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with Emmelie de Forest's Only Teardrops Teodor Reljic 00:28: </description><source>MaltaToday</source></item><item><title>Crisis not all that bad for Greek mothers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235377085&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-18T17:42:00</pubDate><description>For mothers whose children are living independently, there is still the option to dote on their offspring, thanks to one young start-up. Founded in September, the small family-run company Vanakias has </description><source>Philippine Daily Inquirer</source></item><item><title>Comics, statues and Star Wars Shelf Porn from Greece</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235538772&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-18T21:25:00</pubDate><description>Hello and welcome to Shelf Porn! Today's shelves come from Chris Makro, a comic artist in Greece, who shows us his collection of both Greek and American comics, statues, artwork and more. Hello, my name </description><source>I4U</source></item><item><title>Eurovision 2013 final underway amid lesbian kiss controversy</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235537507&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-18T19:19:00</pubDate><description>The Eurovision 2013 final has begun. As ever, voters and judges will have a wide choice of glitz and kitsch, as well as a song inspired by the Greek debt crisis and a gay marriage anthem featuring a lesbian </description><source>Deutsche Welle</source></item><item><title>Greece joins festivities for International Museum Day</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235535702&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-18T18:50:00</pubDate><description>ATHENS, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Greece celebrated the International Museum Day on Saturday with a series of events, extended opening hours and free entrance for visitors to all museums across the country. </description><source>Xinhua News Agency</source></item><item><title>Muslim Association of Greece receives letter containing sick threats</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235518692&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-18T18:16:00</pubDate><description>. ? «?pt?µe??? ???a?d??» st? ???de?? ap? t? ?????? . ????µ?? ?tepa?t?? ??a ???t?? . ?e d????a sta µ?t?a «??p??se» ? 12?????? ??s?? st? «???a?a ????a???»! . ?e ap??s?e? ? ?st??a? . ?? µ???µa t?? ???a ???a </description><source>New Post</source></item><item><title>Greek defense minister to meet Russian counterpart in Moscow</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235418947&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-18T18:16:00</pubDate><description>Greek Defense Minister Panos Panayiotopoulos is due to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu in Moscow next week in what is being seen as a precursor to an official visit to Russia by </description><source>New Post</source></item><item><title>Top officials call to overhaul euro institutions</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235414389&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-18T15:01:00</pubDate><description>Officials say the International Monetary Fund, which has contributed financial expertise and billions in emergency loans, may no longer be needed as a key decision-making partner. And they say that the </description><source>Investors Business Daily</source></item><item><title>The World's 5 Most Debt-Ridden Countries</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235514530&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-18T13:30:00</pubDate><description>Filed under: Investing     No economic conversation has captured the public's eye quite like the explosion of national debt. From the U.S. to Europe to Asia, leading economies have staved off the worst </description><source>Daily Finance</source></item><item><title>Trademark exhaustion, unfair competition and consumer interests: a recent ruling</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235504090&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=228</link><pubDate>2013-05-18T06:17:00</pubDate><description>A recently published Athens Court of Appeal judgment (4304/2012) provides an interesting example of the interplay between the areas of trademark, unfair competition and consumer protection law. Japanese </description><source>Lexology</source></item></channel></rss>