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Saturday, August 13, 2016

Opa! The Best Names Of Greek Origin

When parents begin to choose names for their future children, they often think about which ones sound the best. However, there are many other factors to consider in this situation as well. Some of these include whether or not the name fits the baby’s sex ...


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Papachristou Jumps to the Final

Voula Papachristou will be in tomorrow’s final of the Women’s Triple Jump! The Greek athlete automatically qualified for the final round with her jump of 14.43 meters. In today’s qualifying...


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12: the Ubiquitous Ouzo

Is there really a need for a review of Ouzo 12? The brand of Ouzo 12, now produced in Volos but originally in Piraeus, is so commonplace in Greece, that...


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Greek Products Steal the Spotlight in ‘Great Taste Awards 2016’

Every year, the heart of the international gastronomy scene beats in London, where the international culinary contest “Great Taste Awards” takes place. This year, more than 400 skilled testers worked for over 49 days -from March to the end of July ...


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Four Firms Apply for Red Loan Management License in GREECE

Pedestrians walk past the bank of GREECE in Athen Four companies have submitted applications to the Bank of GREECE to obtain a license to manage ...


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Home Greek news economy PM Tsipras: FT's Article on Greek GDP Data is 'Best Response to...

GREECE posted a 0.3 percent GDP growth in the second quarter of the year, compared to the first quarter of this year, defying expectations for a ...


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Do you know about al-Farabi, the Great Second Teacher?

As a polyglot, A-Farabi could speak many different language namely Arabic, Persian, and Turkic, Syriac and Greek so it helped him travel and adapt with neighboring culture. He travel from Persia to Baghdad and live there for two decades where he met ...


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London Greek wins gold medal at Rio Olympics 2016

London Greek Constantine Louloudis wins gold medal at Rio Olympics for Great Britain in the Rio Olympics 2016. The British quartet of Alex Gregory, Mo Sbihi, George Nash and Louloudis became Olympic champions in the men’s four rowing. They beat Australia ...


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Former Olympian Nikki Kubes now protects and serves Fort Worth

Former Olympian Nikki Kubes had her eye on a medal in GREECE, but she ended up getting a different kind of hardware: a Fort Worth police badge.


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Latvia and Greece Kick Monsanto Out, Opt to Ban GM Crops!

Latvia and Greece have both stood up against Monsanto and have banned GMOs. We will soon see many more European countries doing the same, but the U.S. sadly remains at a GMO standstill. First Scotland opted to ban GM crops from its country, citing fear of ...


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Rio 2016: Voula Papachristou Qualifies for the Final

In one of the best times of her career Greek Olympian Voula Papachristou has qualified for the finals in jumping. Moving into the Rio 2016 Olympics women’s triple jump final was no small feat, Papachristou jumped 14.43m on Saturday to qualify for the finals scheduled to take place on Monday. Papachristou passed the 14.30m limit […]


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Greek yogurt, granola and Passion Fruit Drizzle

Hi friends, happy Saturday! As you may have seen here, we have a boatload of passion fruit coming from our vines right now and I’m looking for every way I can eat it. Which led me to trying this recipe for passion fruit curd- a divine creation I swear!


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2 millennials are disrupting the multibillion-dollar dessert industry

Yasso is shaking up the multibillion-dollar dessert industry with its low-calorie frozen GREEK yogurt bars. Two childhood friends, Drew Harrington and ...


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Turkish Cypriots worried about EU isolation as Erdogan mends ties with Putin: Don Murray

This was Andreas Kyriakides, a winemaker and the son of a GREEK Cypriot who fled from the north when a war in 1974 cut the country in half.


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2016 Census is a Bust as Greek-Australian Politicians are Calling for Action

The 2016 census has left much to be desired as it was plagued by data privacy compromises, website crashes, a cyber attack and lack of easy access for all Australian voters. The issues are so troubling that the Australian government is currently deciding ...


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What 2,000 calories looks like at every major fast-food chain

[2000 Calories 5]Hollis Johnson The Food and Drug Administration recommends an average daily intake of 2,000 calories.  Healthier, more transparent practices are making their way into the fast-food industry, yet simple awareness isn't always effective. The Upshot took pictures of 2,000 calories' worth of restaurant food in 2014. We decided to do our own version and visit 13 fast-food chains to discover what ordering 2,000 calories looks like — it's shockingly easy. While many of these arrangements look like single meals, each one would be all you are recommended to eat in an entire day. _Marina Nazario contributed to this story. _ STARBUCKS Hollis Johnson Venti white-chocolate mocha, sausage and cheddar classic breakfast sandwich, dark cherry Greek yogurt, salted caramel cake pop, coffee cake. TOTAL CALORIES: 2,030. MCDONALD'S Hollis Johnson Bacon clubhouse crispy-chicken sandwich, large fries, mozzarella sticks with marinara sauce, Oreo McFlurry. TOTAL CALORIES: 2,010. PANERA BREAD Hollis Johnson New England clam-chowder bread bowl, chips, chocolate-chip cookie, bottled lemonade. TOTAL CALORIES: 2,160. SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDER


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Greek Styled / Roman Toga DIY

I used the Gold Braid belt for a Shoulder clasp originally. I have since used a old "D" ring, (As the belt went to a wizard outfit I am working on.) you can see the white 1/2" white patterned trim up the front & also around the bottom edge of hem.


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Children terrified to use toilets at Greek refugee camps for fear of being raped

Youngsters in Greece's refugee camps as young as seven are alleged to have been targeted by sexual predators, with charities and human rights groups claiming that the camps are unsafe. In one government-run camp in Greece, just outside Thessaloniki, women ...


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Refugees on Greek Islands Slowly Overcome Fear of the Sea

The summer months have always been a time of excitement in Greece. Greek citizens, expats, and tourists take long vacations near coastal areas, having carefree fun by the sea. However, since the refugee crisis started, the sea has become an enemy for many ...


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Human bones found on Zeus's altar in Greece. A human sacrifice?

Archaeologists have made a sinister discovery at the top of a Greek mountain which might corroborate one of the darkest legends of antiquity. Excavations this summer on Mount Lykaion, once worshipped as the birthplace of the god Zeus, uncovered the 3,000 ...


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EU Anti-Terror Forces to Search for Jihadists in Migrant Camps in Greece

Europol anti-terror experts are to travel to Greece in an effort to track would-be jihadists amongst the migrants stuck in the country’s camps, according to AFP, citing a Hellenic Police source. The team is expected to be in Greece by the end of the ...


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WWII humanitarian effort inspires family's relief mission

... Latifa and Colin Woodhouse returned to the island of Lesbos, GREECE, with one of their adult daughters on a humanitarian mission to help refugees ...


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Meet Leonidas of Rhodes: The second best Olympian of all time

As if the athlete's accomplishments alone weren't already extraordinary, Phelps also managed to break an ancient GREEK Olympian's record-- more ...


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Celebrating the splendor of Byzantine art in Kankakee church

Ken Dowdy installs six new icons at the Annunciation GREEK Orthodox Church in Kankakee. They are classic Byzantine icons, a contrast to the original ...


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Criminalizing Solidarity: Syriza's War on the Movements

… behalf of Greek society marked a moral victory for Greece's … solidarity collectives from all over Greece and Europe, prior to shipment … generating widespread resignation. Solidarity in Greece is now criminalized, declared contrary …


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Can Steemit Help me Retire to Greece

So back in 2006 I spent 10 days in Greece and fell in love with the country, the people and the Ancient ruins. The older I get and farther from those days I get the more I want to return to Greece to live out the rest of my life. It wasn't until today ...


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LIVE: Swimming

ATHENS, GREECE - JULY 31: General view of the Beach Volleyball Olympic Stadium at Faliro Olympic Complex in Athens, GREECE on July 31, 2014.


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3000-Year-Old Human Remains May Have Been Sacrificed To Zeus

Ancient GREECE was the birthplace of philosophy, rational thinking and democracy. But behind all these remarkable feats, the society may have ...


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Celestyal Crystal cruise: An odyssey of GREEK cuisine

Celestyal Crystal has a wealth of food-themed cruises that combine sunny GREEK ambiance with a stylish voyage. The ship carries 1,200 people, small ...


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Former Duck Alexi Pappas sets Greek national record in Olympic 10,000 final

This morning’s Olympic women’s 10,000-meter final in Rio wasn’t just fast, it was historically fast. When the 6.2-mile race was over, a world record and eight national records had fallen. One of those new national records now belongs to former Duck ...


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World Bank Calls on Greece to Cut Benefits, Tax Breaks

The World Bank has suggested that Greece cut a number of benefits and tax breaks in order to reform its welfare system, a Kathimerini report says. A list of tax deductions and welfare benefits is given to the Greek finance ministry which the World Bank ...


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Moore Food: Greek-inspired sirloin dish

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) - What's for dinner tonight? Chef Georgios Kastanias and his guest Chef Paul from St. Louis Country Club show us how to prepare a beef sirloin dish with some Greek flair. Georgios Kastanias is the executive chef and sales executive ...


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Ditch the mayo and try this heart-heatlhy greek potato salad

This fresh Mediterranean take on a classic Summer side dish uses vitamin-rich potatoes, with heart-healthy olive oil and tangy red wine vinegar instead of gut-blasting mayonnaise. Simple to prepare, with wholesome ingredients, this filling, flavorful side ...


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A year after the crisis was declared over, GREECE is still spiralling down

Anti-austerity protesters staging a demonstration in May. GREECE'S government debt now stands at 180% of GDP. Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP.


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Greece today compared to a year ago. Any Better? A recent visit by an old Greek friend.

Yesterday I had a quick conversation with a friend of mine about his recent visit back to Ikaria Greece. Just west of Turkey. He was born and raised on the island for the first thirty six years of his life. Now, an old man, close to seventy, he still ...


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Learn Ancient Greek with Prof. Leonard Muellner

Ancient World Online shared the above playlist of videos for learning ancient Greek, courtesy of the Center for Hellenic Studies. I haven’t watched them, but I’m sure they’ll be useful to some readers!


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EU anti-terror police to track extremists at Greece camps

Anti-terror experts from European police agency Europol will travel to Greece in an effort to track would-be extremists amongst the migrants stuck in the country's camps, a Greek police source said Saturday. Its deployment is part of the "permanent ...


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‘Sexual assaults on children’ at Greek refugee camps

… in official government camps throughout Greece. One volunteer serving at the … had raised concerns with the Greek authorities. It said: “It is … house unaccompanied minors stranded in Greece, Italy and France under the …


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Greece Zeus Sacrifice Evidence Surfaces After Archaeologists Uncover Teen Skeleton

Greece Zeus sacrifice evidence surfaces after archaeologists made an unusual discovery at the top of a Mount Lykaion that was once worshipped as the birthplace of a God. It's being called a sinister discovery, one that might corroborate the darkest legends ...


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Tsipras Pleased with Greek Economic News

ATHENS— Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras responded to an article published in the Financial Times on Friday, August 12 which commented favourably on Greek economic data and titled “Greece surprises with...


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Bookshelf: From to GREECE to China, by way of Paris and New York

When he manages to get invited on a family holiday to GREECE with his latest love interest, he thinks he's in for a perfect summer. However, his past ...


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Taking a trip down the GREEK music path

On Wednesday anyone who loves a good journey through the history of GREEK music should head to the Technopolis 20 Cultural Centre in Paphos ...


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Greek PM: FT's article on Greek GDP data 'best response to doomsayers'

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras responded to an article published in the Financial Times on Friday, which commented favourably on Greek economic data and titled “Greece surprises with economic growth”, saying it is “the best response to ...


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Report: Europol to hunt for Islamic State members

Athens (dpa) - The European Union's police force is teaming up with the GREEK authorities to search for Islamic State members in the country's migrant ...


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Largest Greek port now in Chinese hands

China’s COSCO Shipping group has completed the acquisition of a 51 percent stake in the Greek port of Piraeus, becoming the controlling shareholder. The company has paid $311 million for its major stake in Piraeus and plans to increase its share to 67 ...


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Bones May Belong to Teen Sacrificed to Zeus

A 3,000-year-old skeleton of a teenager excavated recently at Mount Lykaion in GREECE may point to the practice of human sacrifices among the ...


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Transition to use of plastic money in GREECE up in the air

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras might have publicly promised that legislation for transitioning to the use of plastic money would be ready by August 5, but ...


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Sources: Greece's 'Cyprus file' at the forefront in September

September will bring to light more information on the ‘Cyprus file’ of Greece, as informed sources of SigmaLive have said that the process of opening the file is no longer ‘frozen’, and has for some time been archived. The same sources told ...


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Aid and Attention Dwindling, Migrant Crisis Intensifies in Greece

NEA KAVALA, Greece — As her young children played near heaps of garbage, picking through burned corn cobs and crushed plastic bottles to fashion new toys, Shiraz Madran, a 28-year-old mother of four, turned with tear-rimmed eyes to survey the desolate ...


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Olympic Update- Greek Water Polo Team Beats Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO— The Greek water polo team handed Brazil its first loss with a 9-4 victory and moved into a tie with the host country for the Group A...


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