An ancient Greek city has been discovered sunken beneath the Aegean Sea. The settlement dates back around 4,500 years (2,500 BC) and was the ...
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How the world sees Greece
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Massive Ancient Greek city discovered submerged in Aegean Sea
PANEPIROTIC FEDERATION OF AMERICA CONDEMNS ALBANIA'S RUTHLESS DESTRUCTION ...
The Panepirotic Federation of America vehemently condemns the brutal destruction by Albanian authorities on August 26 of a Greek Orthodox Church ...
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Theodore Spyropoulos Honored with Statue
CHICAGO – Chicago friends and admirers of the late Theodore Spyropoulos honored him by erecting a statue in the Kalavryta Forest, near his birthplace, that has benefited from the reforestation efforts of “Plant Your Roots in Greece, Inc.,” which he founded. The base of the statue bears an inscription in Greek which calls him “The […] The post Theodore Spyropoulos Honored with Statue appeared first on The National Herald.
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Turkey detains over 400 migrants trying to cross to Greece
Greece said on Monday its infrastructure was insufficient to cope with the waves of refugees flowing into the country in one of the worst humanitarian ...
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Refugee Children Found In Critical Condition Inside Van In Austria
VIENNA, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Three young children suffering from dehydration and close to death have been rescued from a van crammed with 26 refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, Austrian police said on Saturday. The two girls and a boy, aged five and six, were found in a dire state when police stopped the vehicle after a chase near the Austrian town of St. Peter am Hart on the border with Germany, a police spokesman said. They are recovering in hospital. "The emergency doctor told us they would not have made it much longer - two, maybe three hours," said David Furtner, police spokesman for Upper Austria province. The incident follows the discovery of the corpses of 71 refugees in an abandoned lorry on an Austrian highway on Thursday - victims of an unfolding tragedy as refugees and migrants escaping conflict and poverty in Africa, Asia and the Middle East flock to Europe in unprecedented numbers. The International Organization for Migration estimates a third of a million people have crossed the Mediterranean so far this year, leaving from Libya, Turkey and other countries to land in Europe. Hundreds have drowned in shipwrecks but the recent deaths on land have exposed another horrific side of the people-smuggling racket. "The driver did not give a damn about the people in the back. We would not transport animals under these conditions on our roads in Austria," said Furtner, refering to Friday's discovery. Austria lies on the way from poorer countries in southern and eastern Europe where many refugees first land, such as Greece, to more prosperous nations in the north and west. DRIVER ARRESTED The 29-year-old Romanian driver of the van found on Friday, registered in Romania, was arrested. The children and their parents were taken to the hospital in Braunau, where they are now in a stable condition. Among the dead found in the lorry on Thursday, four were children, one of them a baby girl, police said on Saturday. They were presumed to be from Syria - in the grip of a four-year-old civil war - or possibly Afghanistan. Three Bulgarians and an Afghan arrested in Hungary in connection with the deaths made their first appearance in a court in the central Hungarian town of Kecskemet on Saturday. They were given one month's detention pending further proceedings. A prosecution spokesman told journalists the truck had left Kecskemet and picked up the migrants near Hungary's border with Serbia, before taking them through Hungary to Austria. Police hoped to identify the dead refugees by examining mobile phones found on some of the bodies. Searches of backpacks, luggage and clothing had provided few clues apart from one Syrian travel document, said Helmut Marban, a police spokesman in Burgenland province. Marban was speaking in front of a former customs hall where the lorry was parked on a tarpaulin to catch fluids, with investigators in protective suits gathering forensic evidence. Police estimated the refugees could have been dead for up to two days and the truck might have been standing on the hard shoulder of the highway for as long as 24 hours. "It seems unbelievable," said Marban, asked about how 71 people could have fitted into the medium-sized refrigeration lorry. "At first when they got in they were of course standing, but when we had to bring them out they were (entangled) all together." In nearby camps, refugees said the news had left them stunned, but they saw little choice but to flee to Europe. "We had to walk so much, it was so dangerous, in the forest and in the water," said 21-year-old Qariburahman, who had been on the road for a month before Austrian police picked him up and brought him to the Nickelsdorf refugee reception center. "When I came from Afghanistan, about three people died on the way, the way is very dangerous," he said. His journey had cost him $5,000. A Syrian refugee in the camp of Traiskirchen south of Vienna said people had no choice but go with traffickers. "We didn't know what the car was, maybe it's a truck, maybe it's a van. And we had to follow (the trafficker) because in his area, he is the boss," he said, his pregnant wife and baby son close by. "My wife, she told me, oh maybe we were supposed to be one of them ... maybe it is one of my friends, maybe it is one of my brothers on that truck.'" "MASS GRAVE" On another front in the crisis, Libyan authorities arrested three people on suspicion of involvement in launching a boat packed with migrants that sank off the country's Mediterranean coast, killing up to 200 people, a security official said. The vessel, with up to 400 African, Syrian and Asian migrants on board, capsized on Thursday after setting off from the town of Zuwara, close to the Italian island of Lampedusa and a center of operations for people smugglers exploiting the anarchy in Libya, a country with two rival governments. By Saturday, 115 bodies had been recovered and about 198 migrants rescued, officials said. Arrests of smugglers are rare in Libya, where the judiciary has little power since the country is effectively controlled by former rebel groups which helped to oust Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The head of the European Parliament meanwhile said the "glaring failures" of some European countries to take in refugees were turning the Mediterranean into a mass grave. Martin Schulz, a German Social Democrat, said those European governments that had resisted European Union proposals to agree a common plan must do more to deal with the crisis. He did not single out any states. However, Hungary, which is part of Europe's passport-free Schengen zone, is building a fence along its border with Serbia to contain what it calls a threat to European security, prosperity and identity. "The Mediterranean becomes a mass grave, gruesome scenes play out at borders, there is mutual blame - and those in greatest need, seeking our protection, are left without help," Schulz told Germany's Die Welt newspaper. Germany's highest court on Saturday overturned a weekend ban on assemblies in an eastern town that was the scene of violent protests against refugees. More than 30 policemen were injured in clashes in the town of Heidenhau, near Dresden, last weekend. Chancellor Angela Merkel traveled to Heidenau on Monday and condemned the protests. Germany expects the number of asylum seekers to quadruple to about 800,000 this year. Also on HuffPost: -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. 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Pre-election campaign kicks off in Greece
ATHENS, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- The pre-election campaign ahead of Greece's early national elections set for Sept. 20 kicked off with uncertainty over the ...
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Greece backs bailout after all-night debate
“New loans of up to 86 billion euros ($96 billion) will be made available over the next three years to Greece”, the European Commission said after six ...
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Lagarde: Debt Cancellation for Greece Was Never Discussed
The IMF chief reaffirmed her commitment to helping Greece overcome its crisis but said that no debate on the debt cancellation had been initiated.
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Archaeologists Reveal Discovery of Lost Greece Palace Which Could Fill In Some Anthropological ...
Scientists have recently unearthed an ancient palace in southern Greece which is helping archaeologists and historians piece together much of the ...
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Greece's euro partners approve billions in new loans for third bailout
“I remain firmly of the view that Greece's debt has become unsustainable and that Greece can not restore debt sustainability exclusively through ...
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Austrian FM: Greece should not to let refugees through to Macedonia and Serbia
It is absolutely unacceptable for Greece to simply let the refugees through to Macedonia and Serbia. That should not be allowed to continue and we ...
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Greece: 1st woman appointed prime minister, to lead interim government
“I believe that this government will also have to handle crucial matters”, Thanou said in her first public comments in office, singling out for mention ...
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Greece vs Ukraine: The issue of debt restructuring
Kenneth Rogoff, Professor at Harvard University, claimed in favour of a debt restructuring. Greece will not be able to pay everything back. And offering ...
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“Colors of Greece” Exhibit at the Kimisis Church of the Hamptons
SOUTHAMPTON, NY – A unique fine art contemporary art exhibition aiming to promote a vision of Modern Greek civilization to the American public opened last week under the auspices of the Muses of the Hamptons next to the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Church in Southampton. It opened on August 9 and will […] The post “Colors of Greece” Exhibit at the Kimisis Church of the Hamptons appeared first on The National Herald.
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Spike in antiquities looting seen during Greek crisis
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Greek Fest underway in Saanich
Greek Fest is into its thirteenth year in Victoria, which offers visitors authentic Greek food, live music and folk dancing from 25 different cultural groups.
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Search on boat carrying migrants to Greek island finds dead 15-year-old
The Greek coast guard said 60 migrants were found on the boat, including the dead youngster. Their nationalities have not yet been determined.
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Greek snap polls: Tsipras urges for mandate as Syriza's lead narrows
The former Greek premier urged his supporters on Saturday to give him a mandate to complete the country's political transformation. Tsipras abruptly ...
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Young migrant found suffocated in boat off Greek island
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities say a 15-year-old migrant has been found suffocated on a yacht that carried 59 others to a Greek island.
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15-Year-Old Migrant Dead After Saturday Noon Shooting In Symi, Greece
A 15 year old immigrant was found dead after an exchange of fire between port authority officers and traffickers in the southeastern Aegean island of Symi . An officer and a suspected smuggler were also injured during the incident on Saturday noon. When the Greek port authorities identified a boat approaching Greek territorial waters carrying suspected
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German Parliament Approves Third Greek Bailout
The first tranche will be €26bn – €10bn to recapitalise Greek banks and €16bn in several instalments, the first of which – €13bn – will be made by 20 ...
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Rochester's Greek Fest kicks off this weekend
The longest running outdoor cultural festival in the state kicked off Friday in Rochester. For 52 years, Greek fest has satisfied us with great cuisine and ...
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Eurogroup agrees to third Greek bailout after Athens endorses deal
The Eurogroup approval comes after Greek lawmakers finally voted through the country's third massive worldwide bailout Friday after a bitter, all-night ...
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Pop Artist. Provocateur. Catholic. Who was Andy Warhol?
Most readers may be surprised to learn that the gay icon – Andy Warhol - who made an immense impact on 20th century graphic arts - was throughout his entire life a devout Greek (or Byzantine) Catholic. We believe the article below will be of considerable interest to any fan of modern art, particularly our large Greek Catholic readership. Note: We recommend you consider this article your culture “Must Read” of the day. Editor
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Tsipras: We are moving forward to complete Greece's transformation
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Coffee Kiss by Jang Woo-Seok
Source: designyoutrust.com - Saturday, August 29, 2015 “Take ‘Kiss’ Out” is a coffee cup lid designed by Korean designer Jang Woo-Seok . It features puckered lips and a nose – as much human face as a lid needs for a kiss. So smooch your cup first thing in the morning! Jang Woo-Seok is interested in graphic, industrial and furniture design. To him, the cup is a fun, yet functional design, a symbol of urban culture and fashion! According to an artist: “I love both coffee and kisses. I always have coffee a day, but kiss can’t. So I began to sketch the idea at the cafe. Funny, I imagined people have a pure joy when walking around kiss lid in hand.” “Different from the other coffee lids which have a usual hole to put a straw or to drink directly, Take ‘Kiss’ Out looks like a human face. Therefore, a coffee drinker experiences a visually funny and emotionally different coffee-drinking when drinking. This is a disposable cup& lid for B2B (Cafe franchise) product. Polystylene Material. And It will produce first this week.” “There is only mouth on the lid to start with prototype. However I felt like there was something missing in our early design concept. I realized that touch the noses is essential point in order to feel realistically while i kissed. So I add the nose and face muscle to the lid. Finally, It has the lineaments of that of a Greek statue as well as a friendly face. I am sure that it is an important point to get public attention.” “Take-out coffee is a symbol of city culture andAll Related
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Panepirotic Federation Condemns Church Destruction in Albania
NEW YORK – The Albanian government’s destruction on August 26 of a Greek Orthodox Church in the Chimara region provoked a condemnation from the Panepirotic Federation of America and demands for a new sites and funds for the rebilding of the Chuech “The razing of St. Athanasius Church echoes the brutal actions of the Stalinist […] The post Panepirotic Federation Condemns Church Destruction in Albania appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greek opinion polls show Syriza leads by narrow margin
ATHENS (Reuters) - Former Greek premier Alexis Tsipras's leftwing Syriza party is leading the conservative opposition ahead of a national election next month but with a narrow margin, two new opinion polls showed on Saturday. The gap between Syriza and the conservative New Democracy party has shrunk to 1.5 percentage points according to a survey by pollster Alco for Sunday's proto Thema newspaper. The poll gave Syriza 22.6 percent against 21.1 percent for New Democracy, with 79 percent of respondents saying Tsipras had disappointed their expectations. ...
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Top 10 International Films Shot in Greece
The place of the stars is in the sky and they are there to inspire imagination and romance… But when the “stars” decide to come to Greece, they set off a frantic explosion among the cinephile public. From Sophia Loren on “Boy on a Dolphin” film ...
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Greek Leftists hold marginal lead over conservatives ahead of early elections: surveys
At the final stretch of the negotiations with international creditors capital controls were introduced to avert the collapse of the Greek banking system, ...
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What will China’s Black Monday mean for the UK?
As jittery investors brace for more shockwaves after last week’s rout on world markets, we look at the impact, from property to petrol pricesThis was supposed to be the year when normality returned to the global economic landscape. Growth was looking more established and the legacy of the financial crisis was dimming. The US central bank and the Bank of England looked poised to affirm the recovery by finally starting to raise interest rates after keeping them for years at emergency levels. Even the eurozone, having come close to unravelling once again, by this month appeared to have put the latest Greek crisis behind it.All that changed on China’s “Black Monday” last week, when the stock market sell-off that had been rumbling along for weeks turned into a rout. A near 9% fall in the main Shanghai Composite index, its biggest one-day drop since 2007, reverberated around global markets, sending other bourses from Sydney to Wall Street tumbling. In London, dramatic moves on the FTSE 100 were reminiscent of the worst days of the last crash. Continue reading...
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Greek economy: Surprise return to growth
Recent growth figures show the Greek economy grew by 0.9 percent in the second quarter - three times as much as the Eurozone as a whole.
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Greek Festival set Saturday in Pocatello
POCATELLO — The words spanakopita, loukániko and loukoumathes may sound like a mouthful to people who don't speak Greek, but those who are ...
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Matt Damon Says New Bourne Film Inspired By Edward Snowden & Greek Financial Crisis
It has been 8 years since Matt Damon (EuroTrip) played Jason Bourne -- 2007s The Bourne Ultimatum. Since then, the world has changed quite a bit ...
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Greek Vacationers Rescue Syrian Refugee Stranded at Sea for 13 Hours Wearing Only a Life Vest
The Greek Coast Guard immediately initiated a search and rescue mission which lasted for over five hours but didn't find Mohamed, presuming that he ...
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Syrians fleeing civil war find European safety via Arctic Circle
Dozens of Syrian refugees have trekked to the far north of Russia this year in an unlikely bid to reach a little-known Arctic border crossing with NorwayThey tried the shores of Libya, the islands of Greece, and the plains of the Balkans. Now it has emerged that Syrians fleeing civil war have found another route to the safety of Europe: the Arctic Circle.Dozens of Syrian refugees have trekked to the far north of Russia this year in an unlikely bid to reach a little-known Arctic border crossing with Norway. Continue reading...
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Greece edges closer to EU migration funds
Greece took a much-delayed step on Friday for the release of European Union funds designed to help the country deal with a record number of ...
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Poll lead for Greece's Syriza narrows as election nears
Poll lead for Greece's Syriza narrows as election nears. By Reuters. Published: 04:47 EST, 29 August 2015 | Updated: 04:48 EST, 29 August 2015.
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Police investigate early morning home invasion in Greece
Greece police say they know of three suspects; they are working to piece together what happened. We're told one of the residents at the home ...
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Greece – A new Beginning? – New Hope? New President. The Legality of the Austerity Bailout ...
Appointed on 27 August by Greece's President, Prokopis Pavlópulos, Ms. Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou, President of the Supreme Court and mother ...
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Was the inclusion of Greece in the Eurozone a mistake?
With increasing debt, Greece has set an example for many indebted nations across the world and unfortunately it's the wrong one. The country has ...
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September 20 Vote In Greece May Lead To New Coalition Govt
Greece’s outgoing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is likely to strike an alliance with the opposition and other political parties forming a new coalition government, after the September 20 vote, experts claim. University of Athens political scientist Theodore Couloumbis commented on Tsipras’ decision to get rid off the dissenters of his radical left Syriza party and call the election last week,
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Poll lead for Greece's Syriza narrows as Tsipras presses for new mandate
By George Georgiopoulos and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) - Former Greek premier Alexis Tsipras urged supporters on Saturday to give him a mandate to complete the country's political transformation, as a poll showed his leftist Syriza party's lead slipping ahead of elections next month. Tsipras abruptly resigned last week, days after clinching an 86 billion euro ($97 billion) bailout package from Greece's euro zone and International Monetary Fund lenders, aiming to crush a rebellion by far-left lawmakers and tighten his grip on power. Hopes the lenders might soon resolve differences over how to tackle Greece's existing debt rose on Saturday, when IMF head Christine Lagarde told a Swiss newspaper a form of restructuring rather than outright forgiveness should enable the country to cope.
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IMF's Lagarde says restructuring should suffice for Greek debt
ZURICH (Reuters) - A form of debt restructuring rather than outright forgiveness should enable Greece to handle its "unviable" debt burden, the head of the International Monetary Fund was quoted as telling a Swiss newspaper.
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Syriza leading opinion polls ahead of new Greek elections despite rebellion and Alexis Tsipras ...
The leftist Greek party Syriza has come out ahead in an opinion poll, despite defections following arguments over the country's debt crisis and just one ...
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Greek Capital Controls Can Work If Fair, Iceland’s Expert Says
… banking collapse in October 2008. Greece, which teetered on the edge … are significant differences, because in Greece these are more controls on … ” gross domestic product, he said. Greece became the second country in …
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Police operation nets 37 suspects in Western Greece
A wide-scale crime crackdown in the region of Western Greece led to 37 arrests from a total of 670 investigations into the activities of suspicious ...
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Fire alert in Greece due to strong wind, rising heat
Civil protection authorities on Friday warned of a high chance of wildfires on Saturday due to rising temperatures and strong winds. The areas that are ...
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The Odyssey: The Musical!
Source: www.wnyc.org - Saturday, August 29, 2015 Lear deBessonet conceived and directed the community-based Public Works musical adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey at The Public Theater . Inspired by the historical pageantry movement of the early 1900s—known for blending mass spectacle with community engagement—this latest work in deBessonet and Todd Almond ’s three-part cycle reimagines the Greek epic. Man-eating Cyclops, a sorceress that turns sailors to beasts, and the deadly sweet song of the Sirens are all part of this musical about finding your way home. This original musical adaption will run for four nights only through Sunday, September 7 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. deBessonet and Almond will be joined by Karen Olivo , who stars as Penelope.All Related
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Greece-FYROM Border Migrant Clash
Scuffles and limited fights broke out Aug. 28 among more than 1,000 people at Greece’s northern border with FYROM as migrants tried to get through. The post Greece-FYROM Border Migrant Clash appeared first on The National Herald.
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