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Saturday, September 24, 2016

The Latest: Philippines defends crackdown on illegal drugs

Cyprus was split into a breakaway Turkish-speaking north and an internationally recognized Greek-speaking south in 1974 when Turkey invaded in the wake of a coup aimed at unifying the island nation with Greece. Akinci and Greek Cypriot leader Nicos ...


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USC President Nikias honored by Federation of Cypriot American Organizations

The FCAO is the leading organization dedicated to the promotion of GREEK Cypriot cultural heritage in the United States, promoting a wide range of ...


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Calais 'Jungle' to be closed 'within weeks' as migrants are moved across France

… few returns yet carried out, Greece is under severe strain, with … a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, forcing authorities … ;increase the pressure" on Greece's border with Bulgaria …


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Former Maryland swingman Dez Wells signs with Greek team

Dez Wells is headed to play in Greece. Former Maryland star Dez Wells has signed with a team in Greece. Wells will play for Doxa Lefkadas, a team based on an island off Greece’s West Coast. It marks the first time in its 35-year history that the team ...


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Desecrated Bulgarian Memorial Plaque 'Was Illegal', Skopje Says

Macedonia's Foreign Ministry has declared "illegal" a Bulgarian memorial plaque placed on Kaimakchalan peak, at the Macedonian-Greek border, which a journalist from Skopje claims to have demolished. In a statement [MK], the institution notes that it expects of Bulgaria to respect internationally recognized procedures used to place memorials on foreign territory. The plaque was set on the peak by a group of volunteers in May. Since then, Skopje had not produced any official response to warn Sofia it was illegal. Kaimakchalan, a peak serving as a border between Greece and Macedonia, is known for a historic battle between Bulgarian and Serbian troops in the First World War in which some 8500 Bulgarian and Serbian soldiers are estimated to have died. Bulgarian troops lost, but some historians in the country have described the battle as an act of unconditional bravery. A memorial plaque was put up earlier this year by a group of soldiers on their own initiative, purportedly without Macedonia's approval. Skopje had not undertaken any official reaction about the monument before the moment of destruction. Two days before the incident, an homage to the fallen soldiers was held on Kaimakchalan, with Chief of Defense Gen Konstanin Popov and a parliamentary delegation attending. Skopje has also said it expects Bulgarian institutions to "discourage all actors who illegally place landmarks on the territory of another country and and which could be the target of acts of violence or trigger negative feelings among citizens". The statement is dated September 23 - the day when news about the destruction of the plaque was widely communicated to the Bulgarian public. A day later, on September 24, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said he had been assured by his Macedonian counterpart that the country would respond to the development. Macedonia "cherishes good relations with all of its neighbors", while Bulgaria is "a friendly country with which [Macedonia has] true cooperation in a number of areas," according to the Foreign Ministry The statement urges joint promotion of "successful models of reconciliation and commemoration that exist in Europe, opposed to the unilateral setting of landmarks or celebrations in a neighboring country." Skopje's announcement comes a week after a commemorative ceremony staged by the Serbian delegation on Kaimakchalan, on September 16. Some Bulgarian participants in the September 22 homage ceremony, done by an official delegation, citing local sources, say the memorial plaque was probably removed prior to the arrival of the Serbian delegation, and not through the actions of Nedevski and his group.


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Hopes high about 'once in a lifetime' chance to reunify Cyprus

With the island’s Greek and Turkish leaders set for talks, many see this as the best ever chance to end the west’s longest running diplomat row The prospects of a breakthrough ending the decades old division of Cyprus could be delivered at a much anticipated meeting between the leaders of the island’s two estranged communities. Reunification hopes are expected to be reinvigorated on Sunday when president Nicos Anastasiades, who heads Greeks in the south, and Mustafa Akıncı, who heads Turks in the north, hold talks in New York with the United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon. Continue reading...


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A noisy distraction

“The matter of the Church of GREECE is one for the Greek people and not for a minister,” Archbishop Ieronymos, the head of the Church of GREECE, ...


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Interview with Niki Bakogianni: 1996 Olympic silver medalist (Includes interview)

1996 Olympic silver medalist and Greek high jumper Niki Bakogianni chatted with me about her latest endeavors, and her silver medal win for GREECE.


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Greek PM warmly received at Saint Demetrios in Astoria

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday visited the Greek school Agios Dimitrios in New York's Astoria district and talked to the pupils, urging them to be proud of Greece not just for its past but also for its present. In its current handling of ...


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23 more regional airports and 10 port organizations to be privatized in Greece

President of Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund TAIPED Stergios Pitsiorlas revealed that by early October a plan will be implemented for the privatization of an additional 23 Greek regional airports as well as 10 port organizations. Mr. Pitsiorlas ...


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Cypriot Giorgos Vasiliou Takes Top Prize At CMAS World Spearfishing Championships

Giorgos Vasiliou from Cyprus took top individual honors at the most recent CMAS World Spearfishing Championship in GREECE. The competition was ...


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Maryland basketball alumni Dez Wells signs in Greece

Dez Wells has zig-zagged in his attempt to make an NBA team, and his latest contract brings him to Greece for the 2016-17 season. The former Maryland guard has signed with Greek club Doxa Lefkadas, the team announced on Friday. Wells signed a deal in ...


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Greece police urge caution after uptick in items being stolen from vehicles

The Greece Police Department is urging people to lock their cars following an uptick in the number of items being stolen. They emphasize those cases of items being stolen overnight from vehicles that are not locked. Police say that there are also cases of ...


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Turkish Cypriot leaders hope meeting leads to agreement

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci says he expects a meeting Sunday with his Greek Cypriot counterpart and U.N.


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Embattled Merkel wants migrant deals with other countries

Last year hundreds of thousands of people, many fleeing the Syrian war, trekked up from Greece through the western Balkans to northern Europe, in the continent's biggest migration crisis since 1945. Populist parties across Europe have stoked concerns about ...


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Gangs Of Syrian Traffickers Keeping Steady Refugee Flow Between Turkey And Greece

(The Real Agenda News) The end of the summer arrives accompanied by ghoulish rebates for refugee ‘clients’ wishing to cross from Turkey to Greece by the dangerous route of the Aegean. Gangs of traffickers cashing in with this crisis have decided to ...


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The Latest: Greek, Turkish Cypriot leaders to meet

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci says he expects a meeting Sunday with his Greek Cypriot counterpart and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to provide a road map for reunification of the ethnically split Mediterranean island. Cyprus was split into a ...


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This weekend: Atlanta Greek Festival

The tradition continues as, once again, the Atlanta Greek Community opens its doors, its arms and its kitchens to the city with the Atlanta Greek Festival. For its 41st year, the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation on Clairmont Road will host ...


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Balkan route nations say to focus on achievable ways to prevent new migrant influx

Tensions with Germany and Greece have since eased, partly because a deal between the European Union and Turkey has slowed the flow of migrants into Greece. Both German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Greek counterpart attended the talks. Working toward ...


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GREEK President: Repatriation of Parthenon Marbles a fair request

President of GREEK Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Saturday opened the International conference "The Parthenon Marbles: 200 years since their ...


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Europe Should Support GREECE in Resolving Migrant Crisis

VIENNA (Sputnik) – EU states should support GREECE following the closure of the Balkan route for migrants arriving in Europe, Austrian Chancellor ...


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One of Britain's 'most wanted' drug barons jailed after being tracked down in Greece after six years on run

… was finally tracked down in Greece in December, last year. The … northern Greek city of Thessaloniki When Dutton was caught, he told Greek … to a hotel in Thessaloniki, Greece. He was extradited in February …


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September 25, 1996: Simitis sworn in as Greek PM

… is a battle involving all Greeks, including those who did not … ideas and work to steer Greece into the 21st century, into … party founder and legend Andreas Papandreou as Prime Minister. September 25 …


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Merkel Says Germans Fulfill Refugee Duty, Now Time for EU to Act

Merkel suggested EU personnel could be dispatched to Greece to help manage the refugee buildup. Kern said legislation may be drafted to let military forces assist in some cases. “We all understood that we need to control our borders and that it’s we ...


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Bahama leaks: GREEK businessmen's offshore secrets revealed

The names of the GREEKS who are associated with the Bahama leaks are more than 70, and some of them very well known. Between them, Lavrentis ...


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Silversmithing Museum Inaugurated in Ioannina, Greece

The Silversmithing Museum of Ioannina was inaugurated on Saturday to showcase the rich work of Greek silversmiths since the 15th century. President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos inaugurated the museum, which is the ninth museum established ...


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Hong Kong Customs Officers Seize 20 million Greek Cigarettes in Biggest Operation Since 2007

Hong Kong customs officers believe they have dealt a heavy blow to an international smuggling syndicate following the seizure of HK$54 million worth of contraband cigarettes which arrived from Vietnam. The 20 million Karelia cigarettes from Greece, hidden ...


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Austrian Leader: EU's Outer Borders Must Be Better Protected

Both Merkel and Kern stressed that the migrants' situation in Europe was better than a year ago, when thousands crossed the Mediterranean Sea each day from Turkey to Greece then trekked up the Balkans to northern Europe. About one million migrants entered ...


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Central Athens Closed to Traffic on Sunday for ‘8th Greece Race for the Cure’

Traffic police on Thursday announced that a series of roads in central Athens will be closed to traffic this Sunday, for the 8th Greece Race for the Cure Against Breast Cancer. The race begins at 11:30 on Sunday morning outside the Zappion building and ...


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EU Council Head Calls for Stricter External Border Control

European Council President Donald Tusk has said Europe needs to work out ways to achieve a more effective control on its external borders. "We have to guarantee in practice and politically that the Western Balkans route for illegal migrants is closed forever," Austrian daily Die Presse quotes Tusk as saying. Tusk's remarks have opened a meeting of Balkan countries with Germany, Austria and Hungary, initiated by the government in Vienna. Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern has said that the current pace of discussions among Central and Southeast European countries, which have different approaches to the issue, is not satisfactory. He has added the problem can be dealt in the best possible way if ways to enforce border controls and provide assistance back in protection seekers' countries of origin. EU migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos has warned for his part that the EU needs to find solutions for the much discussed resettlement of migrants from Greece to take part, with only 4140 of the 66 000 having been relocated. The latter figure refers to the number Brussels took on the commitment to relocated from Grece after the influx into the country peaked last summer. Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is also attending the conference.


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GREEK main opposition party 10 points ahead of SYRIZA in latest polls

The main opposition party New Democracy is about 10 points ahead of SYRIZA in a poll carried out by Marc for television station Alpha. Specifically ...


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Bank of Greece Report: Attica Bank Mired in Discrepancies

The Bank of Greece probe of Attica Bank uncovered at least 30 serious discrepancies in its administration and operations, and a report is submitted to parliament. According to the report, there are several shortfalls in Attica Bank‘s administrative and ...


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Fun Fact: Ancient Greek art and architecture

… rich and influential ancient culture. Greek sculpture often celebrated the human … civilisations to this day. Sculpture Greek sculptures were vulnerable to time … of the Classical period. Originally, Greek marble sculptures were brightly painted …


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Merkel meets Balkan leaders over refugee crisis

They included Hungary's premier Victor Orban, scornful of Merkel's "open-door" stance, Alexis Tsipras of Greece, home to 60,000 stranded migrants, and Boyko Borisov of newly under-pressure Bulgaria. Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern said that the aim of ...


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Greek PM Tsipras: Migration and Refugees Issue Should be Approached with Solidarity

The Greek premier called on the countries that have objections and believe that the refugees should be sent back to the sea “to state it openly to the European bodies and to Frontex” According to government sources, Tsipras noted that “Greece comes ...


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Greek island rocked by migrant clashes set to be without air link to Europe as tourism dives

The Greek island of Chios could lose its air link to Europe as tourist visits plummet. Violent clashes between migrants have spilled out from the island’s camp, intensifying fears among locals that the island could slip into a lawless, impoverished ...


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Hundreds Of Thousands Of Migrants Owe Their Lives To One Number Saved On Speed Dial

Most of them were Syrians, making the trip from Turkey to Greece in an attempt to get inside the borders of the European Union.


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The Prime Minister of Greece visits the Saint Demetrios school in Astoria

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CoE adjourned examination of enclaved Greek Cypriots’ property rights until June 2017

Examination of the issue of property rights of enclaved Greek Cypriots and their heirs was pushed to June 2017, following a decision by the Council of Europe`s Committee of Ministers. The body, which convened between September 20-22, in Strasbourg ...


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What to Pack for a Vacation in Greece

Flip Flops: Seriously bring a pair of comfortable flip flops to wander around the Greek islands in. The key word here is comfortable as there will be a lot of walking involved. Yes, you could wear tennis shoes everywhere for optimal support, but Greece is ...


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Wounded Merkel meets over migrants

They included Hungary's premier Victor Orban, scornful of Merkel's "open-door" stance, Alexis Tsipras of Greece, home to 60,000 stranded migrants, and Boyko Borisov of newly under-pressure Bulgaria. Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern said that the aim of ...


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IMF's Velculescu sees economic recovery from 2017 in Greece

Greece needs further cuts to pensions and a fairer distribution of the tax burden but should see its economy begin to recover from the following year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded on Friday. "In light of the impressive fiscal ...


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European leaders discuss ways to solve migrant crisis

[Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern, center, poses for a group after a meeting with his counterparts from Germany and West Balkans on strategies to deal with Europe's migrant crisis in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)]VIENNA (AP) — Austria's chancellor has convened a meeting of his German, Greek and west Balkans counterparts on strategies to deal with Europe's migrant crisis.


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Greek air traffic safety electronics personnel announces stoppages and strikes

The air traffic safety electronics personnel of the Greek Civil Aviation Authority will hold work stoppages and strikes as of Friday and until September 29 to protest the “assigning of Greece’s national airspace to private interests”, according to a ...


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Greek minister calls for temporary suspension of TTIP negotiations

Greek Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis called for a temporary suspension of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) during his speech at the Foreign Affairs Council on trade in Bratislava on Friday. Stathakis said that ...


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Greek positions on refugee crisis reiterated at Vienna mini-summit

Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be among the Balkan and European Union leaders that gather in the Austrian capital on Saturday for a mini-summit on the issue of migration along the “Balkan corridor.” Greece has a clear agenda that was ...


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FMs of Greece, Cyprus and Egypt take part in New York meeting

The Foreign Ministers of the three countries met on Friday in New York and agreed to continue and promote their cooperation. "Today we held, yet again, a trilateral meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Cyprus and Greece, said Foreign ...


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Doctor developing dementia diagnosis test for GREEKS in Australia

Workers at nursing homes and hospitals in Melbourne often have trouble helping elderly GREEK-Australian patients as the two parties don't speak ...


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Venezuela's Maduro: Fighting a losing media war?

Protests in the streets and a battle of media narratives in Venezuela. Plus, the Greek newspaper with nine lives.


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'Dangerous and violent' cocaine baron who was one of Britain's most wanted is finally jailed after six-year manhunt tracked him down to Greek hotel

One of the country's most wanted men - who tried to flood Greater Manchester's streets with cocaine - has been jailed for 14 years following a six-year manhunt. Simon Dutton was described by the National Crime Agency (NCA) as 'dangerous and violent' and ...


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