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Friday, July 15, 2016

European backing to create new Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation to strengthen research across Greece

The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide EUR 180 million to support the creation and first operations of the new Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (ELIDEK). This reflects the crucial need to harness Greek strengths in fundamental ...


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Sustainable toys stores all over GREEK mainland and islands

PlanToys is the first company in the world that applies sustainable policy in all its activities and manufactures ecological, wooden toys from old rubber ...


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Athenos: It's All GREEK to Me

I still remember the first time I mustered the courage to try GREEK and Lebanese food. I was an upperclassman at Southeastern Louisiana University ...


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Greece France Truck Attack

Two men walk past the Athens' town hall, illuminated in the colours of the French flag, in Athens, Friday, July 15, 2016, in solidarity with the victims of Thursday's attack in Nice, France. As new details emerged Friday about the Tunisian man who drove a ...


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Famous buildings light up in support of Nice

Famous buildings light up in support of Nice People stand in front of Athens' town hall, illuminated in the colors of the French flag, in Athens, Greece. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/29X3RfX


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Look into This Dolphin’s Eyes and Tell Me That’s Not Grief!

For more than two decades, both of us have conducted scientific and conservation research on marine mammals in the wild; Gio in the waters of Croatia, Italy and Greece, and I, mostly off the California coast. Over the years, we’ve traded opinions and ...


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Yiannoulla Yianni the murder victim

Yiannoulla Yianni lived on the first and second floors of a four-storey house in Belsize Road, Hampstead, with her Greek-Cypriot parents George and Ellie, then both aged in their 50s, two brothers Erenaious (known as Rick), 21, and Petros (known as Peter ...


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Annual Greek festival strives to unite ethnicities (WITH PHOTOS)

SOUTH GLENS FALLS >> In an era marked by strife and violence, both in the U.S. and globally, one local event is bringing people together from various ethnic backgrounds. The seventh annual Adirondack Greek Festival is a celebration of food, music, dance ...


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Amber Heard Has the Most Beautiful Face, Kim K. Has Perfect Eyebrows, According to Science

This Greek-based number of Phi, or 1.618, represents aesthetically pleasing proportions and is long thought to be the secret of beauty. “The Greeks discovered that the ratio occurs everywhere in nature and for thousands of years it has been thought to ...


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Salisbury dental nurse helps treat refugees in northern GREECE

A SALISBURY dental nurse has been helping treat refugees in need of desperate care at camps in northern GREECE. Laura Westbrook, of Wilton Road, ...


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Washington Exhibit Shows Greeks, Agamemnon to Alexander

The exhibition The Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander the Great, at the National Geographic Museum is a different look.


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Another SYRIZA Crime: Giving Up Fight to Return Parthenon Marbles

Greece's ruling SYRIZA party has sadly given up the fight to return the stolen Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum.


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Hiking Samaria Gorge

Appreciating the beauty of nature is easy when visiting Greece. From the gorgeous beaches to the majestic mountains, the country is truly blessed with stunning scenery for all nature lovers....


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Greek festival in Missoula

The girl who went missing while swimming in the Huntley Diversion Dam on Saturday was found dead Thursday in the canal. The girl who went missing while swimming in the Huntley Diversion Dam on Saturday was found dead Thursday in the canal. Donald Trump has ...


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GREEK FM highlights prospects for cooperation at ASEM Summit

At a time of global changes, it had become more necessary than ever for states from different regions to discuss and reach understanding, Foreign ...


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First GREEK science agency is rare source of joy for beleaguered researchers

A massive loan from the European Union's investment bank gives GREEK researchers their first ray of hope since the debt crisis hit six years ago: a ...


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Refugees caught up in child prostitution in Athens

Daniel Howden, Refugees Deeply Refugee children have found themselves prey to a burgeoning sex trade in Athens by the promise of money and a way out of Greece.


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‘There’s Money!’ Former PM George Papandreou Stands By His 2008 Pre-Election Statement

Former Greek socialist PASOK prime minister George Papandreou was interviewed by Nikos Hadjinikolaou on radio show, Realfm 97.8. Speaking about his election campaign while Greece was on the verge of an economic crisis, he said that he had not realized the grave situation that the country was in when he uttered the infamous phrase, “There’s […]


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Nia Vardalos: ‘Nobody at the End of Their Life Is Going to Say, “I Wish I Worked More”’

Nia Vardalos knows the importance of family — and we’re not just talking about her big fat Greek one. It took 14 years for Vardalos to finally break out the Windex and deliver a My Big Fat Greek Wedding sequel because the Oscar-nominated actress and ...


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Get Ancient Greek Sandals’ and Lalaounis’ Ophions on Your Feet Now

Designer and creative director Maria Lalaounis of Lalaounis has a new endeavor that would make Achilles proud. Maria runs Lalaounis—founded by Ilias Lalaounis—with her three sisters Aikaterini, Demetra, and Ioanna, and celebrates their Greek roots ...


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IMF: GREECE has not reached the growth and employment it should have

The Greek economy has not reached the level of growth and employment it should have, the spokesman of the International Monetary Fund (IMNF) ...


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Diplomatic appointments announced for WTO, UK, Germany, S'pore, Greece

… Shih-nan (郭時南) will become representative to Greece. Kuo also served as representative …


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Greek Support for Nice: Flags at Half Mast, Buildings Lit With Colors of French Flag

To express solidarity for France in the aftermath of the attack, Greek flags on all public buildings in the country will fly at half-mast for three days from Saturday. The gesture is a sign of mourning and a display of support towards the French people.


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Bartenders challenged to create cocktails with GREEK mastiha

Bartenders are being challenged to create a cocktail using mastiha for a chance to win a trip to the GREEK island of Chios where it comes from. Mastiha ...


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Okhlos is like Ancient GREEK Pikmin, but angry

Okhlos is a rowdy, light-RTS/action game with an Ancient GREEK theme and a heaping helping of chaos. You play as a little 8-bit philosopher, fed up ...


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Chelsea Linked with GREEK Centre Back

With the price for the Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly climbing north of the £50 million mark; could Chelsea be set to switch their attentions to ...


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Preparations underway for 3rd annual Montana GREEK Festival

Music, dancing and lots of food will be featured at the Montana GREEK ... Annunciation GREEK Orthodox Church is hosting the third annual festival this ...


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Greek Wedge Salad

I sure hope you all enjoy salads as much as I do. I wasn’t kidding when I said they’re all I want to eat this time of year. Since they’re all I want to eat, they’re all I want to make, and therefore, all I want to post on this vegetarian food blog ...


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Migrant Children and Abuse in Greece

Nearly 96,000 unaccompanied refugee and migrant children traveled to Europe in 2015 to seek asylum in the European Union. Now, many of the children living in migrant camps on the Greek island of Lesbos say they feel like prisoners and are being mistreated ...


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“Greek Freak” Giannis Antetokounmpo Reports for Mandatory Military Service in Greece (Pic)

Here’s something you don’t see every day. Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo, a.k.a. the Greek Freak, has reported for mandatory military service in his native Greece along with his brother, former D-League player Thanasis Antetokounmpo.


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Greek girl murderer found guilty after 34 years

A man believed to have horrifically raped and murdered 17 year old Yiannoulla Yianni in her home in Hampstead in the UK, has been found guilty, 34 years later. James Warnock strangled 17-year-old Yiannoulla Yianni in her own home in broad daylight, just ...


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Tsipras Says Referendum Brought Greece Good Deal

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said an anti-austerity he reneged on and cost the country 86 billion euros helped the country.


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The State of Europe’s Soul: a Refugee Camp in Piraeus, Greece

Two Afghani refugees at the Piraeus camp. Photo: Stan Hister. While I was in Athens last week I met up with an activist friend on a blazingly hot Saturday morning to go out to a refugee camp in the port of Piraeus. There’s a bus you can get from near the ...


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Greece trip provides training on caring for sex trafficking victims

Students from Liberty University’s Department of Psychology and Department of Social Work left for Athens, Greece, on Saturday, July 10. While there, the team of 31 students has been working to help sex trafficking victims. The team returns Tuesday, July 19.


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Trikala: Police arrests street vendor for selling pop-corn without license

The Law and nothing but the Law. And the Implementation of the Law. Police in the city of Trikala in central Greece, handcuffed a 34-year-old man because he was selling pop-con on the streets without having previously obtained a license. The ‘criminal’ was taken to the The man was taken […]


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Bob Weir & RatDog Conclude Tour With The String Cheese Incident In 2006

The two acts began the run at the Pozo Saloon in Pozo, California on June 24 and would play such famed venues as the L.A. Greek, Red Rocks, St. Louis’s Fabulous Fox Theatre and Radio City Music Hall in New York City as part of the tour. Every night ...


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Greek-Australian Labour’s Georganas Reclaims Seat of Hindmarsh

Labour‘s Steve Georganas has a lot to smile about as the results of the Federal election 2016 clinched him the honor of reclaiming the Adelaide seat of Hindmarsh. As there is more than 87 percent of the total votes counted and a lead of more than 50.1 ...


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Dannon takes a stance on GMO, but still hesitant on organic

Dannon joins the food industry shift toward the healthy side as executives announced the release of its Dannon and Oikos Greek yogurt brands touting more natural and non-GMO ingredients. This also marks the start of the company highlighting non-GMO ingredients on all Dannon products’ packaging. By the end of 2018, [...]


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Foreign Minister Kotzias’ interview with ANA-MPA

JOURNALIST: Mr. Minister, you’re in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia for the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit, but some news that came from Nice, from the south of France, has overshadowed all other events on the planet. What is your assessment, what is your view of the attack in France?N. KOTZIAS: It think we are living in a transitional period, when many people think that human life has no value or other punishers have the right to strike what is most dear to our society: life itself. I condemn and we condemn – as the Greek government and all of...


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Foreign Minister Kotzias’ statement on the EU Announcement regarding the ruling of the Court of ...

Greece responsibly negotiated the EU announcement regarding the Court of Arbitration’s ruling on the South China Sea. Greece believed and believes that such serious and, at the same time, long texts (475 pages in all) should be an object of serious study on the part of the competent Union institutions.The Greek Foreign Ministry agreed with the EU announcement. Thanks to improvements that were made following proposals from the Greek side, the importance and role of international law – and, more specifically, of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea – is rightly underscored.I believe that, following this announcement,...


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Farmers market report: Eggplant is in season (and we'll tell you some ways to prepare it)

Purée cooked eggplant to make a classic baba ghanouj, tapenade or other dip, stuff it, or toss the cooked fruit with aromatic oil, fresh herbs and feta cheese for a Greek-inspired salad. You can also salt eggplant to remove excess moisture and make for a ...


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Felon wanted by Greece Police

Greece police are searching for a felon who is wanted on multiple charges including strangulation. Thirty-one-year-old Deondray Warren is wanted on charges including strangulation, aggravated family offense, criminal obstruction of breathing, endangering ...


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Mental Health Symptomatology Amongst Health Care Providers Working With Syrian Refugees In Greece

Syrian refugees both in the Middle East and Europe face harrowing adversity from escaping war and persecution to being resettled to ill-equipped, often uninhabitable, refugee camps and urban communities. As a direct result of this adversity, Syrian ...


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My big fat Greek real estate buying spree

When the big bad real estate wolf pondered what he would have for his next meal, he must have been a Russian bear looking for some tasty tenderloin fixes located in the Greek Mediterranean. Hence, he wasn’t disappointed when he saw the heaps of luxury ...


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Ajax to meet PAOK Saloniki in Champions League qualifier

Amsterdam football club Ajax will face Greek side PAOK Saloniki in the third qualifying round for the coming season’s Champions...


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Heat Wave Wraps Athens in Unsafe Ozone Layer

A simmering heat wave in Greece that pushed temperatures to 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) has covered Athens in ozone.


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Italian Operator Buys Greek Railways for 45M Euros

Italy's state rail operator is set to buy Greece's railways in a 45 million-euro deal that is part of Athens' bailout commitments.


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Greek pipeline project receives thousands in EU funding

Argentina-Russia: Framework on energy and... A Greek project to aid its inter-connectivity with a pipeline running across the Adriatic will receive over 200,000 euros of EU funding, reports said on Friday. Specifically, the EU has decided to mobilise € ...


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Town of Greece, insurer settle over sex abuse claims

Town of Greece, insurer settle over sex abuse claims The town of Greece and its insurer have reached a settlement over the costs to resolve lawsuits. Check out this story on DemocratandChronicle.com: http://on.rocne.ws/29W2s9u


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Mr. Tsipras Reveals Yet Another ‘Mr. Hyde’ in TV Interview

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras showed yet another of his many faces during his interview on Skai television on Thursday night. The particular face was that of the affable, sincere politician who has succeeded on his difficult program and turns to his people to recount the many glories of his administration. If an outsider was […]


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