How the world sees Greece
Some observers have lately been advising foreign governments not to worry too much about Turkey’s (President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s) increasingly aggressive irredentist rhetoric because it is largely targeted at domestic consumption rather than addressing the relevant foreign audience. Well, yes and no.
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ATHENS Nov 3 Greece's National Bank (NBG) , …
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Despite the dust that is thrown by the Tsipras government to mislead the Greek people, some positive decisions are made which most likely will turn out to be significant for... The post A few positive steps in Greece appeared first on The National Herald.
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GREECE Leader: Queen Gorgo of the Spartans. Her ability Thermophylae gives her culture whenever her troops emerge as victorious. Fun fact: Lena ...
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Nobody actress Chika Ike is enjoying the countdown to her birthday and she isn't letting a little thing like recession stop her from touring the world for a ...
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In terms of Section 66 (1) of the Monetary Law Act, the Monetary Board is responsible for the management of the international reserves. In keeping with such authority and responsibility, the Monetary Board has approved Foreign Exchange Reserve Management ...
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias sent a joint message to Ankara on Wednesday following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent statements rejecting the Lausanne Treaty. Lavrov stated that Turkey is ...
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When the GREEK coast guard finally pulled them out of the water six hours later, the doctor on board the rescue mission pronounced the girl dead, with ...
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Greece's main opposition party New Democracy is aiming to attract a large section of undecided voters – which recent polls suggest account for nearly ...
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Despite a show of confidence by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the EU-Arab World Summit on Thursday regarding the prospect of GREEK debt relief ...
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Modus Vivendi has always had a really interesting design sense. They have always said they were influenced by their Greek Heritage. We wanted to ask them some questions about some of the more iconic lines they have released over the years. The truth is ...
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The European School Survey on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) study was released following surveys on 96,000 school students in 35 countries. The study found that teenage smoking and drinking is slowly on the decline, however, there are problems regarding ...
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras speaks with former President Bill Clinton during the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York on Sept. 27, 2015. President Bill Clinton attempted to be a back channel for talks with both Greece Prime Minister ...
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The annual BRW Young Rich list features four young wealthy GREEKS among the 100 wealthiest Australians. Top of the list are Atlassian co-founders ...
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Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras called on Greece’s EU partners to urgently outline debt relief measures to boost economic recovery and facilitate Greece’s returns to the financial markets in 2018. Though Greece’s EU creditors had promised earlier this year to specify debt restructuring that would help make the country’s public debt sustainable, such measures […]
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The controversial TV licensing law was amended by the government on Thursday. The change now stipulates that the National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) is required to give its agreement when determining the starting bids for broadcasting ...
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… flourishing business making a popular Greek yogurt, has become the target …
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… . Mr Lavrov was received by Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Prime Minister … and held talks with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kodzias. The officials … Russian President Vladimir Putin and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras have …
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Greek authorities extended the detention period for eight Turkish soldiers linked to the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) failed coup attempt on Thursday ...
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[image 20161103 25319 l5odrr]Courtesy Aditee Mitra Have you ever wondered where the foam in the ocean comes from? Or why the sea can look clear on some days and green, brown, or even pink on others? And how fish get the ingredients to make those omega-fatty acids that we’re told are so good for us? Well, the single word answer to all of these questions is: “plankton”. Plankton are organisms that inhabit all water bodies – from lakes and ponds to oceans. The word plankton is derived from a Greek word – πλαγκτός (planktos) – meaning “I drift”, and so while plankton can move between deeper waters and the surface and vice versa, they cannot swim against the current. So sometimes we have vast numbers of planktonic jellyfish, fantastic swimmers within the water columns but helpless against the tide, stranded on our beaches. In size, plankton range from microscopic, single-celled organisms to multi-celled animals such as krills, jellyfish, crab larvae and juvenile fish. We often think of the sea as being dominated by fish and whales. But microscopic, single-celled plankton are, in fact, the main drivers of life in Earth’s oceans. But how well do we really understand them? For decades, the accepted view has been that these single-celled microscopic plankton can be divided broadly into two types. Food producing “phytoplankton” (also known as microalgae) are like tiny marine plants. “Microzooplankton”, on the other hand, eat the phytoplankton and are in turn eaten by bigger zooplankton, such as krills. This division of microscopic plankton is akin to the plant-animal split in terrestrial ecosystems. However we now know that, beneath the waves, there is another microscopic plankton group – “mixotrophs” that combine features of “plant-like” phytoplankton and “animal-like” microzooplankton. And their mode of feeding is, but for their microscopic scale, the stuff of horror stories. They are like miniature triffids, which can engulf living prey, suck out their innards, poison them, harpoon them, make them explode, and steal and reuse body parts. They can kill whole ecosystems in a matter of hours and alter the colour of the water – and yet they also shape the Earth’s atmosphere and support the growth of larval fish at critical stages of their life cycle. Youtube Embed: http://www.youtube.com/embed/QnJkmGW8FYQ Width: 560px Height: 315px For decades, these mixotrophs have been considered to be freaks of nature, prospering only when phytoplankton and microzooplankton are disadvantaged. Over the past five years, however, through a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust, we have established that the mixotrophs are far from freaks; indeed, mixotrophy is the norm rather than the exception. This has major implications – it means that the base of the oceanic food web doesn’t follow the traditional “plant-animal” pattern. Instead, it is dominated by the activities of the single-celled mixotrophs, microscopic “triffids” which can photosynthesise like plants _and_ eat like animals – all within the one cell. A NEW TYPE OF LIFE? Based on our findings, we have proposed a new model for life in our oceans, arguing that the traditional split between the “plant-like” phytoplankton (microalgae) and the “animal-like” microzooplankton used to describe the oceanic food-web is no longer tenable. This model could overturn a century’s worth of our understanding of marine biology. Indeed, mixotrophs have the potential to impact all of our lives, not least because they are major contributors to the food webs that support fisheries. This is especially true for the healthy growth of very young fish, which depend on them for food during the summer months. [toxic algae bloom]Courtesy Aditee Mitra Just like the triffids of John Wyndham’s classic sci-fi novel, however, mixotrophs can be dangerous, too – and to more than just other microplankton. The release of nitrates and organic nutrients, such as raw sewage or silage slurry, into coastal waters contributes to an imbalance of nutrient loads, which causes mixotrophs to produce toxins and mucus. The toxins can kill fish and close shell-fisheries. Muddy-coloured foam in estuaries during summer is the result of plankton secreting excess mucus – and this mucus can clog the gills of fish, effectively drowning them. Mathematical models are used widely to aid environmental management, to study fisheries and to investigate the impacts of fishing and climate change on them. But such models do not take into account the presence and activities of the mixotrophs that we now realise comprise more than half of all microscopic plankton. And this could result in serious flaws. We have shown that marine food web and climate change models that don’t include mixotrophs could be giving questionable results. Indeed, based on our modelling studies, we suggest that we start to take mixotrophs more seriously and include their remarkable impacts in mathematical models used to predict climate change and aid environmental management. They may be microscopic, but we ignore these little triffids at our peril. _Aditee Mitra, Lecturer in Biosciences, Swansea University_ _This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article._ NOW WATCH: This award-winning video reveals the most astounding Hubble images of our universe
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“The GREEK-German assembly opened a new way in Europe. The close cooperation between GREEK and German municipalities, communities and ...
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He noted that there were opportunities for investment in GREEK real estate and many Middle East residents would want a residence in an EU country.
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The occupation of the site in Votanikos where a mosque is to be constructed under the guise of offering hospitality to the homeless has caused fierce reactions. The racist action was carried out by a group claiming to be an association of “citizen ...
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Facebook users in GREECE number 4.7 million, of whom 3.8 million use their cell phone to access the world's most popular social network. The number ...
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The Bank of Greece has announced that the Governing Council of the European Central Bank has reduced the ceiling of Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) for Greek banks to €51.1 billion, up to and including Wednesday, 16 November 2016. The reduction by 0 ...
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A festival of gastronomy entitled “Window to Greece” was organized on October 13-30 by the Consulate General of Guangzhou in collaboration with China’s Tourism Office in southern China. It was an initiative of the Greek Consul K.Tassiopoulos that ...
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Pensioners in Greece have taken to the streets to protest against new pension cuts. The reductions are part of the austerity package the government agreed to with international lenders. More than 4,000 retired people rallied outside the Ministry of Labour ...
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A festival of gastronomy entitled "Window to Greece" was organised on October 13-30 by the Consulate General of Guangzhou in collaboration with China's Tourism Office in southern China. It was an initiative of the Greek Consul K.Tassiopoulos that aimed to ...
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Head of the new management will be Captain Fu Chengqiu, CEO, while Aggelos Karakostas will take over as deputy CEO in charge of administration ...
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The local market is looking forward to European Union subsidies adding up to 330 million euros destined to strengthen entrepreneurship and ...
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The Governing Council of the European Central Bank approved a request by the Bank of Greece to lower the ELA-ceiling for Greek banks to 51.1 billion euros, up to and including Wednesday, November 16, 2016. The reduction of 700 million euros in the ceiling reflects an improvement of the liquidity situation of Greek banks, amid […]
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The missions of the institutions will return to Athens in mid-November, with “all sides committed to finalizing the negotiations for the second review of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) program as soon as possible,” European Commission spokesperson Annika Breidthardt said on Thursday. Breidthardt, the spokesperson for European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici, […]
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While the Eurozone’s unemployment rate is at a 5-year low, Greece continues to be the unemployment champ of the euro area with 23.2 percent unemployment in September. The EU’s statistics watchdog, Eurostat, reported on Thursday that joblessness is decreasing with seasonally adjusted unemployment in the euro area at 10 percent, down 10.9 percent since September […]
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Greek Environment and Energy Minister Panos Skourletis rejected the appeal submitted in September by the Greek company, Hellas Gold concerning the operation of its processing plant. The action was taken against the ministerial decision that led to the suspension of work at the sites, with Hellas Gold arguing that the complaint filed to the Council […]
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The eight Turkish officers who entered Greece illegally after the failed coup attempt in Turkey last July were arrested anew on Thursday, as part of the legal procedure to decide whether to extradite them to the neighboring country. An asylum committee ...
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A very optimistic Greek Prime Minister appeared before high-ranking officials from Arab states and representatives of ten chambers of commerce, fifteen investments funds, forty companies and financial institutions from the Arab world. Speaking at the first “EU-Arab World Summit-Partners for Growth and Development” in Athens on Thursday, Alexis Tsipras said […]
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Would you love to visit a English-speaking theater performance in downtown Athens? The very original theater stage in a railway carriage “Railway Carriage Theater” – Treno sto Rouf – offers one: every Saturday, all through the season, until Easter 2017. “Women of Passion, Women of Greece” According to the Press […]
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… Proposal for Generation Panel for Greek Script Label Generation Ruleset for … to the Greek script community for volunteering to develop the Greek script … underway by Chinese, Cyrillic, Ethiopic, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Neo-Brahmi and …
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… the Island of Lesvos in Greece, but that the Al-Imdaad Foundation … they had come across a Greek caterer who shared their vision … the situation of refugees in Greece was desperate. The Al-Imdaad Foundation …
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In his speech, the Prime Minister stressed the importance of the summit taking place in Greece, a country that is emerging from a six year crisis, steadily upgrading its role as a pillar of peace, stability and security in our region. The Greek PM focused ...
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WINNIPEG – An artist from GREECE is using her knowledge of traditional European aesthetics to put a modern twist on scented creations made from ...
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Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras attends the annual ordinary general meeting of the bank's shareholders in Athens February 26, 2015.
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Open spaces in ancient Greece where men trained, often nude, to compete in public games.
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Gretchen Ferguson (Hernandez) is just back from a working trip to Greece where she was helping to foster leadership for building sustainable local communities. Ferguson is an associate director of SFU’s Centre for Sustainable Development (CSD), which ...
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With Europe's migrant crisis having sparked a shutdown of borders, thousands of people fleeing conflict and poverty have been left stranded in GREECE ...
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Turkish military personnel who were aboard a Blackhawk military helicopter are transferred to a prosecutor's office in the city of Alexandroupolis, ...
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But GREEK food is in his blood. At different points in their lives, Tony and his wife Mary emigrated from a tiny GREEK village called Skoura, just outside of ...
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Ieronymos II (left), Archbischop of Greece, celebrates a mass with Bartholomew I (right), Fener Patriarch, in the Church of St. Mary of the Spring in ...
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A Greek foreign ministry official has warned that plans to demolish the homes of Greek families in the Albanian coastal city of Himare will affect Tirana's progress towards European Union membership. EU leaders are expected to decide later this month ...
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Public funds from Europe’s carbon trading programme – set up to help poorer countries reduce emissions – will help build two plants that will emit about 7m tonnes of CO2 a year The town of Megalopoli, bottom left, shrouded in fog, and smog from the ...
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