How the world sees Greece
A recent discovery at the site of the Temple Mount in Israel appears to confirm that Greeks also had a presence in the ancient city. The ancient Greek fort of Acra was discovered under a parking lot in the City of David, south of the Old City walls and the Temple Mount, reports the Times of Israel. Recommended: How much do you know about Israel?
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CHELMSFORD -- On Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m., the Chelmsford Center for the Arts, 1A North Road, will present A GREEK Musical Odyssey with ...
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A two-week survey of the waters around one collection of GREEK islands and islets in September turned into an archaeological bonanza when a joint ...
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* Emphatic defeat leaves Arsenal’s Champions League hopes in s 9.37pm GMT That was a fearful pasting for Arsenal, who felt the full force of an outstanding Bayern team and a wretched injury list. Wenger’s side were actually good in patches, going forward at least, but they were nonplussed for long periods, especially in the first half, and can have no argument with the result. They need to win their final two matches and hope Olympiakos lose both if they are to progress. Or they could deliberately lose both their final games, avoid the Europa League and concentrate on the Premier League, where, once they get some players back, they could yet salvage glory from the season. 9.33pm GMT 90 MIN: Arsenal’s night just got worse: Olympiakos have scored to take a last-minute 2-1 lead over Zagreb. One more point for the Greeks in their last two games puts Arsenal out. Time for Wenger to start wondering whether it’d be better to finish bottom of this group and avoid the Europa League. Continue reading...
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Greece's migrant crisis should notlead it to let up on reforms needed to comply with itsmulti-billion-euro bailout, European Economic CommissionerPierre ...
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The Greek government is under fire for its attitude toward the Pontic Genocide after the Education Minister’s comments were followed by revelations that high school students in Greece are no longer being taught about the genocide. New Democracy MP Miltiadis Varvitsiotis raised the issue of the genocide’s absence from high school teachings in the Greek parliament
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ATHENS, GREECE, Nov 4 (UNHCR) – It was the crack of dawn when 30 asylum-seekers from Syria and Iraq gathered around the departure gate at ...
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ATHENS Greece's migrant crisis should not lead it to let up on reforms needed to comply with its multi-billion-euro bailout, European Economic Commissioner ...
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest as tens of thousands of people flood into Europe in search of a new life. All times local.
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On 4 November 2015, the Foreign Ministry’s Secretary General for International Economic Relations, Giorgos Tsipras, addressed the Capital Vision multi-congress on “Extroversion and Greek Economy: Time of reconstruction”, which was organized by the Greek-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Greek daily “Capital”, the Capital.gr portal, and the Symeon G. Tsomokos S.A. company.Mr. G. Tsipras opened his speech with the efforts being made at the Foreign Ministry to develop Greek economic diplomacy based on successful international models and the concurrent rationalization of the relevant structures and actions. In this context, Mr. G. Tsipras stressed that the Foreign Ministry...
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Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias met in Luxembourg a short while ago, on the margins of the 12th ASEM Meeting of Foreign Ministers, with Singapore’s Minister of State for Defence and Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman.During the meeting, there was a consideration of economic cooperation and prospects for improvement of the trade, shipping and investment relations between the two countries, as well as of issues of bilateral cooperation in the sectors of culture, research, education and academic exchanges.Also discussed were issues concerning Singapore’s relations with the European Union and Greece’s cooperation with Singapore in international organizations.Finally, it was agreed...
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National Bank of Greece S.A. revealed its plan to divest its Turkish subsidiary Finansbank in an attempt to raise capital. The move comes after the results ...
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tsipras_ieronymos_filiσ GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with Archbishop Ieronymos at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday to reaffirm the ...
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Again, top government and European Union officials were on hand Wednesday for the departure of a tiny batch of refugees from a southern EU nation to the heartland of the continent where they will likely be granted asylum. Last month small groups of Eritreans were sent from Italy to Sweden and Finland and on Wednesday 30 people from Syria and Iraq were sent from Greece to Luxembourg. The transfers are part of the EU's new relocation plan that aims to move refugees from EU countries on the front line of the migration crisis to other member states. But while solutions are discussed in terms of dozens, the problems facing the 28-nation bloc in dealing with the migrant crisis come in the hundreds of thousands. Here are some questions and answers about the issues surrounding the relocation program: WHAT WAS AGREED AND WHAT HAS BEEN DONE? In September, member nations agreed to relocate 160,000 refugees from Greece, Italy and elsewhere. By Wednesday, 14 member states had made 1,418 places available to receive them. So far, 86 of a planned 39,600 refugees have been relocated from Italy and 30 out of 66,400 from Greece. The Frontex border agency last month asked for 775 extra border guards to streamline the processing of migrants. So far, they have received pledges for 352 which is less than half. All that from a union that counts 508 million people. When Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia asked for help to deal with the flow of tens of thousands of people, the EU said this week that "so far, too few member states have responded to these calls." Contributions so far include things like extension cords and winterized tents. ___ WHY IS SO LITTLE DONE? The arrival of over 700,000 people to the EU this year came at a time when anti-foreigner feelings had already been on the rise for years in many countries. This made many governments reluctant to voice too much enthusiasm about welcoming migrants, fearing a political backlash among their publics. Several EU nations have also been angry with Germany for what they see as encouragement to people to seek shelter on the continent. A country like Greece has seen more than half a million arrive, but since it has been staving off bankruptcy for over a year it has not had the funds nor the attention that the crisis deserves. And even if EU institutions have been warning member states and making insistent calls for help, the decision-making powers are in the hands of the nations, not in Brussels. ___ WHY IS RELOCATION SO SLOW? Nothing about this refugee emergency is easy. For relocation to work, EU border and asylum experts must work out whether a person has a high probability of being granted refugee status before accepting them into the quota scheme. Many people arrive without travel documents, so it takes time to establish where they're from and if they are fleeing conflict or persecution. The expert 'hotspots' processing centers where this is planned to be done have only officially been up and running for a few weeks. Employees have to be found, hired and deployed, and protocols worked out which allow the experts to work smoothly with national officials in Italy and Greece. "We have full realization that this is just a start, that 30 people compared to thousands who have fled is just a drop in the ocean," said Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. "But we aim to make this drop a stream." ___ HOW TO MOVE FROM LIP SERVICE TO ACTION? EU institutions have been trying to drag member nations into more action for months now. At a summit with African nations in Malta next week, the EU will have its sixth meeting of government leaders on the issue so far this year. In a letter to government leaders last Friday, three top EU officials made it clear. "Above all, we must implement what we have said we will do," adding that "we are still falling short." It has become a very undiplomatic exercise to "name and shame" nations who have been slow to act. It is also why seemingly insignificant events like Wednesday's relocation transfer are seized on to keep it at the heart of the political debate. ___ Lorne Cook in Brussels contributed to this report. Join the conversation about this story »
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Refugees and migrants arrive aboard the passenger ferry Blue Star Patmos from the island of Lesbos at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Greece, ...
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Travel to Istanbul offers a Greek Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Princes' Islands, St. George, Istiklal Avenue, the Beyoglu District, and St. George Church.
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The departure of 30 refugees from Athens International Airport to Luxembourg was one of those events where the staging overshadowed, and spoiled, the symbolism. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras admitted that 30 people among the quarter of a million who have landed in Greece in 2015 alone was “a drop in the ocean”. It
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1. Come hungry Obviously this would be my first piece of advice because GREEK food. From whole-lamb cookery to saganaki (flaming cheese!), there's ...
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GREEK government officials say the EBRD, which took bank stakes in Cyprus, has indicated its willingness to take part in the GREEK banks' search for ...
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone may need to spend only 10 billion euros or less to help recapitalize Greek banks, a senior EU official said, after an ECB test showed the sector would need an extra 14.4 billion euros of capital if major risks materialized.
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Recently the online world has been filled with images of people in desperate conditions, images not from Pakistan or Syria but from the GREEK islands ...
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At least 580,000 refugees have crossed the sea from Turkey into GREEK territory over the past year, and the International Organisation for Migration ...
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A strange photo of what appears to be an unknown marine animal taken by a Scottish tourist in the GREEK islands is making headlines around the ...
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ATHENS: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday said he would visit Turkey for key refugee talks this month as he called for the faster release of ...
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Greece’s national Olympic committee said Wednesday that using a former velodrome in Athens to temporarily shelter thousands of refugees would cause ...
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As more Syrian refugees try to reach Europe, worsening weather is making their sea-crossing from Turkey to the GREEK islands more perilous.
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From Thailand to GREECE and from Bora Bora to Montana, wherever the Kardashians went, drama always followed and it was all caught on camera.
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Thirty refugees have been sent from GREECE to Luxembourg as part of the European Union's plan to relocate 160,000 people across the bloc.
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NEW YORK – The American Farm School of Thessaloniki, the premier educational and research institution in Southeast Europe for agriculture, food systems, and the environment raised more than $280,000 for scholarships at its annual New York Gala in the Empire Ballroom of Manhattan’s Grand Hyatt hotel on October 22. AFS grand benefactress Aliki Perotti, […] The post U.S. Friends of AFS Raise $280K for Scholarships, Help Build New Greece appeared first on The National Herald.
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Thirty refugees left Greece for Luxembourg on Nov. 4, the first from Greece under a new EU relocation plan, a fraction of the 590,000 who've arrived. The post Greece Ships Out Refugees appeared first on The National Herald.
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LESBOS, Greece – As this Greek island struggles with a huge migrant surge, a close-knit group of volunteers works alongside Greek fishermen to rescue ...
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The PNO announced it will extend the strike by 48 hours on Tuesday evening. The strike is set to end on Friday at 6 pm. The impact of the strike in conjunction with the refugee crisis, which peaked in October with 210,000 arrivals on the Greek islands during that month alone, is highly visible on the East Aegean
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Greek telecommunications company OTE is to play a key role in the development of a network providing broadband internet connection on flights over Europe. British Inmarsat has chosen the center of satellite communications in Nemea area in Peloponnese to install the ground satellite infrastructure of the European Aviation Network (EAN), according to a Proto Thema
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with European Parliament President Martin Schulz in Athens on Wednesday to discuss the refugee crisis as well as the bailout that the Greek government is attempting to implement. Tsipras reiterated the Greek government’s position and that there needs to be a relationship between creditors’ demands and the refugee crisis that has overwhelmed Greece. The
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LESBOS, Greece (AP) — As this Greek island struggles with a huge migrant surge, a close-knit group of volunteers works alongside Greek fishermen to rescue people at ...
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The U.S. is pressing euro-area countries to agree to an overhaul of Greece’s debt to give private-sector investors confidence that the nation’s ...
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Greece’s coalition government suffered its first crack or its first beet bath, if you’d prefer so. The parliamentary group of Independent Greeks (ANEL) rejected the bill aiming to raise taxes for beer produced by small Greek breweries. The bill was under the Parliamentary Committee for Commerce, only SYRIZA lawmakers voted […]
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Hop! Hop! Hop! Run! Run! run! The Loan Lottery is awaiting for you! OK. Not for you but for …Greece! An EU official anonymous told foreign media in Brussels that the Greek government might win [sic] a delayed 2 billion-euro aid disbursement by Nov. 9. “Win”? Win a loan? Win a […]
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Every day, boats carrying vulnerable migrants arrive at the shores of the GREEK islands. On Lesvos, the Hellenic Red Cross has deployed a rescue ...
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TCU GREEK students are collaborating to make the Special Olympics a positive experience for athletes with intellectual disabilities. The TCU ...
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Honeoye Falls-Lima's Kieran Papalia, right, shields the ball from GREECE Athena's Matt Dellario during the Section V Class A State Qualifier played at ...
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GREECE has relocated six asylum-seeking families to Luxembourg, the first such transfer from its soil under a European Union plan to ease the burden ...
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At least 129 refugees, mostly Syrian, have been rescued off the coast of Turkey’s western province of Muğla
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Why the Greek Bank Nightmare Isn’t So Scary Lenders should need much less public money than feared
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Greece’s Education Minister Nikos Filis rejected the notion that the slaughter of Pontian Greeks by the Turks was a genocide. The leftist minister ...
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The Latest: Volunteers on Greek island of Lesbos help save refugee lives everyday
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Migrants continue to set off by boat from Turkey in hopes of reaching Greece. More than 600,000 have made the trip this year, testing the limits of the government and humanitarian response.
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A migrant disembarks with a child from a dinghy after they cancelled their journey because of bad weather to travel to the Greek island of Chios from ...
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GARDEN CITY, NY – First-time political candidate Madeline Singas won a stunning victory in the race for Nassau County District Attorney. With more than 99 percent of precincts reporting, the Greek-American who was named Acting DA in January led veteran politician Kate Murray, Hempstead Town Supervisor, 58-42 percent. There was a long delay before the […] The post Madeline Singas Wins Big in Nassau DA Race appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greece won't get relief from reforms demanded by international lenders because it's dealing with an influx of refugees and migrants. The post No Migrant Break for Greece appeared first on The National Herald.
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