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Monday, October 31, 2016

Alternate Foreign Minister N. Xydakis met with Armenian Ambassador Fadey Charchoghlyan(MFA, ...

The Alternate Foreign Minister for European Affairs, Nikos Xydakis, today had a customary meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Ambassador of Armenia to Greece, Fadey Charchoghlyan.The meeting, held in a particularly friendly atmosphere, confirmed the excellent level of bilateral political relations between the two countries. Furthermore, Ambassador Charchoghlyan pointed out it is necessary for economic relations between the two countries to grow stronger as Greece was one of the very first countries to invest in Armenia.The Armenian Ambassador stressed the need for stronger cooperation in the private sector and, moreover, stated his intention to further advance bilateral...


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Deputy Minister D. Mardas’ visit to Kazakhstan (25-27 September 2016)

Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas is returning from Astana tomorrow, after the end of the proceedings of the 3rd Inter-Ministerial Committee between Greece and Kazakhstan. In that framework, a relevant cooperation protocol was signed by Deputy Foreign Minister D. Mardas and his Kazakh counterpart, R. Vassilenko. Parallel to the Inter-Ministerial Committee meeting, the first Kazakh-Greek Business Forum was also held in Astana and two cooperation deals were signed, at its sidelines, between respective enterprises working in the field of hi-tech products and medical rehabilitation services. A total of 15 Greek businesses  took part in the Forum, representing the food industry,...


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Meeting between Alternate Foreign Minister N. Xydakis and retired Navy Admiral J. ...

Alternate Foreign Minister for European Affairs Nikos Xydakis received, today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Admiral James G. Stavridis (Ret.), Fletcher School Dean. Mr. Stavridis, in his capacity as Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Massachusetts, praised the high level of knowledge of diplomatic personnel attending this year’s program at the Fletcher School in Boston through grants by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.The two gentlemen exchanged views on the crisis in the Mediterranean and the great challenges that Europe is facing. Furthermore, they discussed the economic crisis and the essential role Greeks abroad can...


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Meeting between Deputy Foreign Minister Y. Amanatidis and Turkish Ambassador to Greece K. Uras

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yannis Amanatidis, today, Wednesday 28 September 2016, met, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the outgoing Ambassador of Turkey to Greece, Mr. Kerim Uras.The Deputy Foreign Minister expressed his appreciation towards Ambassador Uras for his personal contribution to progress made in Greek-Turkish relations. Furthermore, Deputy Minister Amanatidis stressed the need to further enhance the current dynamics of bilateral relations, especially in sectors relevant to his scope of responsibilities, a remark that the Turkish Ambassador agreed with.


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Announcement by the Foreign Ministry on Commissioner Hahn’s response to the MEP question, ...

The reply Commissioner Johannes Hahn gave to the MEP question, with regard to Albania is untruthful and unacceptable. It is known that, there is no "cham" issue and nor has it been accepted as a topic in negotiations between the governments of Greece and Albania. Commissioner Hahn, through his untruthful response, demonstrates failure to exercise his duties on the basis of the principle of impartiality so that the common interest of the Union may be promoted, as stated in Article 17 of the Treaty of Lisbon. He has already been asked for, and is obligated by virtue...


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Deputy Foreign Minister D. Mardas meets with representatives of Greek pharmaceuticals

The Deputy Foreign Minister for International Economic Relations, Dimitris Mardas, had a meeting with the representatives of the Greek pharmaceutical sector, in the wider institutionalised framework of regular meetings with representatives from all productive sectors. Prior to this, there had been meetings with other extroverted sectors, such as construction and RES. At the meeting, there was a presentation of AGORA and its content, i.e. the portal providing data and info on the exporting activities of Greek enterprises (list of importers per country, statistical facts and figures on bilateral trade etc.), as well as a presentation of the Ministry’s new...


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Reply by Deputy Foreign Minister Y. Amanatidis to a Parliamentary Question (Hellenic Parliament)

Deputy Minister’s first statement ‘I should admit that I was surprised by recent reports suggesting to a change in the practice of granting visas to FYROM passport-holders. Let me clarify that these reports fail to reflect reality. And that any other claim suggesting otherwise is simply and solely aimed at creating false impressions on a very sensitive issue as is the stance of Greece vis-à-vis the neighbouring country. These are issues which we have to be very careful with and not rush into conclusions. Since 2009 the citizens of FYROM are exempt from the obligation to get a...


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Oh My Greek Week Gala Dinner

This is the first time you have logged in with a social network. You have previously logged in with a different social network. To connect with your existing social network account: To connect with your existing account, click below: The grand finale for ...


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Classics Fest; a Campus Classic

“Classics Fest is a celebration of the study of ancient GREEK and Latin language, literature and culture at ISU. Its purpose is to bring together students, ...


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Ben Needham: Witness admits sex smear on mum as kidnap theory emerges

A former GREEK official who investigated Ben's disappearance on the holiday island of Kos has revealed a witness reported seeing foreigners ...


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Pi Kappa Phi chapter shut down following email leak

GW’s Greek life official said in a message sent to students that the chapter was shut down after officials found information that showed the group had violated University standards. Christina Witkowicki, the director of student involvement and Greek life ...


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Lighthouse restaurant owner Nick Doumas dies in ATV accident

Nick Doumas came from Greece to America with two wooden suitcases and a baked chicken when he was 12 years old, and followed his family's instructions to make it here and never go back. Doumas learned the restaurant business in Winston-Salem and with his ...


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Do you really know what the bible says?

The new testament was written firstly in Greek, and then, translated into Latin, Syriac, Coptic, and many other ancient languages until it was translated to the modern languages of nowadays. Thus, it means that your English new testament, or my Portuguese ...


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Women's football on the rise at Lakeside

The Lakesiders join two other Greek-based clubs, Heidelberg United and Box Hill United, which are foundation members of the NPL-W competition. Director of women's football at SMFC, Gabrielle Giuliano, speaking on the club's site said: "We are extremely ...


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Patras, Greece: Posters Pasted in Solidarity with Prison Strike

On the 20th of October, during the week called for renewed action in solidarity with the prison strike, we posted these posters in Patras’ streets. The slogans of banners were: “Solidarity with the struggle of prison strikers in USA, against slavery ...


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The mother lode

Mothers bear the brunt as they are traditionally seen as the family caretaker. They are the ones who stop working to look after the child and can become isolated from the Greek community and the broader Australia community for decades. I write this ...


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GREECE'S trade unionists stand against fascists

AN IMAGE of Adolf Hitler, his right hand upturned giving the fuehrer's salute. “Millions stand behind me!” — his boastful slogan. To complete the ...


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Mariah Carey's friendship with her backing dancer reportedly infuriated her fiancé James Packer

The couple are currently on a break after a fight in GREECE one month ago and TMZ claims James did not approve of Mariah's friendship with Brian ...


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Time and Cosmos in Greco-Roman Antiquity Exhibit Opens

NEW YORK—  When someone obsessively checks the time on their watch, cell phone or mobile device, you can say the ancient Greeks invented that. Of all the ancient civilizations, ancient... The post Time and Cosmos in Greco-Roman Antiquity Exhibit Opens appeared first on The National Herald.


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Witches' marks: public asked to seek ancient scratchings in buildings

She was prosecuted for fraud and witchcraft, and served nine months in Holloway prison. The witches’ marks are properly known as apotropaic marks, from the Greek word for avoiding evil. Duncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England, said ...


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Watch the Complete Documentary 4.1 Miles: A Coast Guard Captain on a Small Greek Island is Suddenly Charged with Saving Thousands of Lives

The Pappas Post is the personal news and blog site of Gregory C. Pappas and includes curated news of interest to Greeks and those who love Greece, as well as the personal blog posts from Gregory Pappas' personal and professional experiences. The Pappas ...


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Vacation homes for Greeks living abroad could be the key

With 90 per cent of all property sales in Greece being made to foreigners, mostly Germans, it's entirely possible that there will be very few Greeks left in their own country in the years to come. Many Greeks have moved overseas already. More than a third ...


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Minister: Major highway projects to be finished in GREECE by March next year

The five major highway construction projects currently underway are making rapid progress in order to be finished by March next year, according to ...


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Cyprus authorities at 'full stretch' battling fires across Limassol

Limassol Fire Services also had to extinguish a fire that engulfed two vehicles, reportedly set off on purpose, reported SigmaLive GREEK on Sunday.


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Ben Needham case has hallmarks of cover-up with cops wanting probe closed quickly and sex lies ...

The Ben Needham case has all the hallmarks of a cover-up, a Mirror probe has found. The Mirror can reveal GREEK police were pressured to close ...


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'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' review: This revival is more lukewarm than sexy

Schreiber generates little in the way of chemistry with McTeer, and even less with the actresses who play his two conquests, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (HBO's "Vinyl"), as the virtuous Madame de Tourvel, and Elena Kampouris ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2"), as ...


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M'Poku gets his 1st goal for Panathinaikos in win vs Iraklis

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Panathinaikos kept the pressure on rival Olympiakos after grabbing two second-half goals in a five-minute span to beat last-placed Iraklis 2-0 in the Greek league on Sunday.


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Gluten-free Carrot Muffins

So, I created this Gluten-Free Carrot Muffins few days ago and when I tried it I couldn’t believe that finally I found out the correct measurements to make these muffins fluffy and soft thanks to the Greek yogurt. The best part of this recipe is ...


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Devotion to Poseidon

It also addresses the multiplicity of the Gods, which is an element of polytheism I intuitively struggle with. Is a Greek sea God somehow the “ruler” of a North American river? That’s not the point. The point is that when Poseidon is acknowledged ...


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Former Greek minister and psychiatrist Kostas Stefanis dies, aged 88

A former Greek health minister and internationally acclaimed professor of psychiatry Costas Stefanis passed away in Sotiria hospital on Saturday, at the age of 88. His funeral will be held on Tuesday at the 1st cemetery in Athens. Messages marking his ...


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Sunday, October 30, 2016

Air quality worsens in Greece as recession bites

The ban on diesel cars in Athens and Thessaloniki has been lifted and the price of heating oil has tripled. Hard-pressed Greeks have turned to burning logs – and other things Greece’s financial recession is leaving its footprint on the environment. This follows twenty years of huge improvements in Greece’s air pollution. While most European countries struggle with the consequences of failure to control exhaust pollution from diesel vehicles, Greece benefitted from long-standing bans on diesel cars in the two biggest cities, Athens and Thessaloniki. This allowed the country to reap the full benefits of technologies to control petrol exhaust, without these being offset by the poor performance of diesel cars. As a consequence nitrogen dioxide from traffic approximately halved alongside Greek roads between 1996 and 2006, in contrast to the lack of improvement elsewhere in Europe. Related: Europe's problem with diesel cars Continue reading...


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The Hissing Tongue of the Serpent

Aristotle – Greek philosopher believed that “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” Some would beg to differ strongly with this opinion. CHRIST said unequivocally, “For where a man’s treasure is, there his heart ...


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Konstantaras baptise their son in Greece

Actress Lizz Njagah and producer husband Alex Konstantaras shared the baptism of their son Georgios Apolo on social media. They baptised their son over the weekend at a church in Greece. “His moment in the sun. He was such a champ, he didn’t cry when ...


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Ancient Egyptian Art

The somewhat static, usually formal, strangely abstract, and often blocky nature of much Egyptian imagery has, at times, led to unfavorable comparisons with later, and much more ‘naturalistic,’ Greek or Renaissance art. However, the art of the ...


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GREECE offers assistance to earthquake-stricken Italy

GREECE'S foreign ministry on Sunday expressed the country's support and solidarity with the Italian people, in the wake of a destructive earthquake that ...


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New attempt to form NCRTV at GREEK parliament presidents' meeting on Monday

There will be another attempt to arrive at consensus and the formation of a new National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) on Monday ...


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Stock market predictions for second-half of 2015 – nasdaq. com usd vs aud forecast

In the next six months, despite this morning’s relief rally at the prospect of a deal, the specter of Greece will continue to hang over the market. Video editor windows 10 free What is being talked about today is simply a temporary fix . . . Binary chart ...


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Crete – Extreme weather warning: Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone Oct 31/2016

A rare meteorological phenomenon ins expected to hit the island of Crete. The barometric low with features of a tropical cyclone (medicane*) will initially strike the south-west of Peloponnese on Sunday night with strong rainstorms. According to the latest forecasts of the Greek National Observatory, this cyclone will then move […]


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Notes

Amorella Psychopomps (literally meaning in Greek the "guide of souls") are creatures, spirits, angels, or dieties in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife. Their role is not to judge the deceased ...


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F1: Mexican Grand Prix – live!

“We want Rosberg to win, but we want a championship finish and Hamilton to go through too.” And from Greece: “we heartily root for LEWIS, all the way from the island of Crete in Greece,” say Leslie and Anders, also on email. Meanwhile, the stewards ...


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Who Were the Gorgon Sisters of Greek Mythology?

Written by GreekBoston.com in Greek Mythology Comments Off on Who Were the Gorgon Sisters of Greek Mythology? Most of us know about the tragic story of Medusa, the Gorgon who had a deadly gaze and venomous snakes instead of hair. Medusa began as a young ...


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Positive outcome for Greece on debt issue soon to help Europe: deputy PM

A debt settlement for Greece by early 2017 was essential to help the debt-laden country return to sustainable growth and would also help stability across Europe, Greek Deputy Prime Minister Yannis Dragassakis said on Sunday, ruling out the prospect of a ...


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The UK has no choice on 'hard' or 'soft' Brexit

The refugee crisis is collapsing the Balkans, Greece and Italy into chaos, the Syrian civil war could last for years to come, and the level of resentment that the UK generated by creating another problem for the EU elite, at a time of such massive crisis ...


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Greek Riots bringing energetic show to Fernie's Northern Bar & Stage on Nov. 4

The Northern will be host to Greek Riots on Nov. 4. This band combines their lighthearted and goofy approach with their punk/rock influences to create a fast, energetic and loud show. A guitarist for the band, Jacques Richer said, “You really just have ...


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Luke Steele "really enjoying" life in GREECE

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Luke Steele reveals that he is relishing life in GREECE after swapping English football for Panathinaikos in 2014.


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Alliance has 'gay 'ol time'

The Out and GREEK panel provided attendees with knowledge on what it's like to be a part of both the LGBT+ community and GREEK Life on campus.


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Government's Efforts to Appoint Vyron Polydoras as NCRTV Chief at Deadlock

GREEK State Minister Nikos Pappas said that the transfer of power to the NCRTV gives the main opposition New Democracy (ND) party no excuse for ...


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In chapter 9 what are the fates in Greek mythology? Explain the statement she rose and groomed above him like a fate

Roxy is revealing the truth to Tom about his true heritage. Tom's fate was supposed to be that of a slave child. "I means dis—en it's de Lord's truth. You ain't no more kin to ole Marse Driscoll den I is! dat's what I means!" and her eyes flamed with ...


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Best Day Trips in Thessaloniki Area

Here is a list of some of the best day trips that you can do that are near the Thessaloniki, Greece area: Thessaloniki isn’t the only city in the region that is worth a visit. Although Kavala isn’t nearly as big, it is an historical place, which makes ...


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Foreign Ministry announcement on the threat of demolition of homes belonging to members of the ...

We are following with great concern developments in Himara (Albania), where 19 families belonging to the Greek National Minority received notices according to which they have a deadline of five days to evacuate their homes, which are intended to be demolished.It is unacceptable that Mayor Gorοs, while executing a government policy, put his signature on notices for imminent demolition of residences, which were then handed to the owners on the very day of our National Day.The Albanian authorities must proceed immediately, on one hand, to the cancellation of the demolition order and, on the other hand, to meaningful consultations with...


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