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Greece΄s biggest lender, National Bank (NBG), said that Canadian investment fund Fairfax Holdings was interested in acquiring a stake in it by taking part in a planned recapitalization, Reuters reported. NBG has recently taken over its former biggest rival, Eurobank. Greece΄s central bank has estimated the two lenders΄ combined capital shortfall at almost 16 billion [...]

In his recent opinion letter published by the English language newspaper in Canada, The Globe and Mail, Senator Leo Housakos said he supports the integration of all ethnic groups and condemned policies profiling Canadian citizens based on their racial backgrounds as insulting. Housakos said he advocates a change in the past strategies of politically exploiting [...]

Internationally acclaimed Greek singer and UNICEF ambassador Nana Mouskouri and Dr Barré-Sinoussi, the acting Director of the Regulation of Retro viral Infections Unit in the Department of Virology at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, who shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2008, have been selected to receive an honorary degree from the historic McGill [...]

During Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos’ visit to Canada, the newspaper Ottawa Citizen published his interview regarding recovery plans for Greece’s economy. He said that the current Greek crisis in 10 years from now, will be “a memory which will act as a deterrent to repeating the mistakes of the past and will help us create [...]

According to “Globe and Mail“, Greek- Canadian Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis is accused of speeding up the passage of famous Greek singer Katerina Stanisi and her band to Toronto without having the necessary credentials. Katerina Stanisi traveled in the middle of February to give a performance in Toronto. The famous singer and her five musicians [...]

Georgios (George) Stroumboulis, the Greek-Canadian creator of the reality TV show Hellenic Home Hunting, responds to recent criticism he received by the Greek media and explains his intentions behind the show. By Georgios Stroumboulis* – There is a saying in Greek that goes like this: kane to kalo, na vris to kako. This translates into something [...]

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• 03 / 13 Nana Mouskouri to Be Honored by McGill
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