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Saturday, January 21, 2017

Feature: Life in Greece's largest state-run refugee camp

In the largest state-run refugee camp in Greece at Skaramangas, 11 km west of Athens, more than 3,500 people try to function as a community and overcome daily challenges as they wait to be relocated in other European countries. Run by the Greek navy and ...


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French Total preparing to drill off Cyprus for natural gas: ministry source

The news about the impending drilling comes as efforts to solve the Cyprus problem are nearing a peak, with guarantor countries Greece, Turkey and Britain joining in discussions about security arrangements. Turkey, which objects to drilling by Cyprus ...


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'Cosco effect' still not felt in Greece, port exec says at Naftemporiki's 3rd shipping conference; focus on maritime cluster

Cosco's efforts to boost investors' confidence in crisis-battered Greece and to attract other Chinese multinationals to the east Mediterranean county has so far not been exploited, according to Tassos Vamvakidis, the commercial manager at the Cosco-run ...


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Who Were the Residents of Mount Olympus in Greek Mythology?

Written by GreekBoston.com in Greek Mythology Comments Off on Who Were the Residents of Mount Olympus in Greek Mythology? Today, Mount Olympus, which is part of the Balkan range and is located somewhere in between Thessaly and Macedonia, is a popular spot ...


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There Were Hopes And Dreams Aplenty At Trump's Inauguaration, But Whose?

Some hope. These hopes I heard sounded like mine. None more than Leila Prelec of Medfield, Mass. She is an immigrant from Greece. She was there with 13-year-old Sergei Tourian, her adopted son from Russia. Trump had just delivered his first speech as ...


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Sakkari bows out of the Australian Open

Maria Sakkari bid farewell to the Australian Open on Saturday succumbing to in-form Croatian Mirjana Lucic Baroni in the third round of the Grand Slam tournament. The 20-year-old Greek champion... The post Sakkari bows out of the Australian Open appeared first on The National Herald.


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Inter Seal Agreement In Principle With Agent of Everton and Manchester United Target

Roma knocked back a bid for Manolas from Arsenal last summer, but the Greece international remains a popular player and both Everton and Manchester United have been linked with him this month. Inter are also keen and though Manolas is unlikely to move in ...


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Eurobank: Crisis slashed investments as share of GREECE'S GDP

One of the effects of the economic crisis - or 'Greek Great Depression' - was to markedly alter the composition of GREECE'S GDP, driving down total ...


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LeBron James: Gregg Popovich ‘factors a lot’ into 2020 Olympics decision

Popovich is replacing Mike Krzyzewski as the lead man for the U.S. men’s national senior team and has experience as an assistant for the 2004 team that won bronze in Athens, Greece. He has garnered plenty of praise from James in the past. Earlier this ...


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From Athens, Greece, to Park City, Utah: photos from Women’s Marches around the world

In Boston, event planners for a sister Women’s March were expecting around 25,000 participants. Come Saturday, more than 100,000 people filled the streets. At the main event in Washington, DC, crowds are estimated at half a million. It’s a story being ...


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Cryptic Realms Posts Full "Enraptured By Horror" Album

Cryptic Realms is an international collaborative death metal band, consisting of all active members of other bands such as Abyssus (Greece), Necrorite (USA/Mexico), Offal (Brazil) and Tritton (Mexico). New album "Enraptured By Horror" saw official release ...


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Mevlüt Cavusoglu: Greece cannot accuse us of anything regarding Cyprus

… Affairs Melvut Cavusoglu stated that Greece in the last country that … issue. As he said, Greece and the Greek-Cypriot side should be mature … want. He also called for Greece not to have an “aggressive … that he argued that the Greek side in Mont Pelerin left …


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Global Light Photography

Rhodes, Greece is one of those islands that has a little bit of everything — great food, great people, great nature, history, architecture. It makes it the perfect destination for the travel photographer yearning for variety in their shooting opportunities.


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Greek government: We will not accept unreasonable IMF demands

The debate on the terms of the IMF participation in the Greek economic programme has not yet been concluded, State Minister and government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos on Saturday said in an interview with Alpha radio station. "Either the IMF will ...


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Bank of Greece to pay €1.08 billion dividend to State

The Bank of Greece will support state revenues with 1.08 billion euros this year after the central bank announced that from a dividend payment scheduled for 2016, it will pay 1.079 billion euros to the Greek state. The central bank said profits fell to 1 ...


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Greek PM to keep lid on SYRIZA dissent as FinMin seeks to restart review

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is bracing for a Eurogroup summit on Thursday where he is expected to present a set of concessions on thorny issues that have stalled bailout negotiations in a bid to restart the review so the prospects for debt ...


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Protest in Athens Against US President Trump

The citizens of Athens, Greece, along with a delegation of refugees protested on Saturday at Syntagma square against the new US President Donald Trump shouting slogans “no to the President of the war, racism, sexism, greed and the multinationals.” Refugee children were holding placards with slogans such as “We want to go to school”, “We […]


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US Ambassador to Greece Sends Positive Message for Greek-American Relations

US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt sent a positive message for the future of Greek-American relations following the swearing-in ceremony of the new American President Donald Trump. There is a dynamic and strong commitment by both parties – Republican ...


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Greek Scientist Heads Team that Developed HIV-Fighting Antibody

Researchers, led by Dr. Constantinos Petrovas of the Immunology Laboratory of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), have developed an antibody that enhances the power of the immunity system and can kill hidden cells infected by ...


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Greece: Antifa activists denounce far-right attack on refugee shelter school

… site. General Secretary of the Greeks Education Ministry Yiannis Pantis hit …


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Prepared remarks by Persis Drell at the 'Reinvigorating Community: An Inauguration Day ...

Are you GREEK? Are you Persian? And I always answer, well, the word “Persis” is GREEK and it means “a woman from Persia,” but I'm not GREEK and I'm ...


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ALCO latest poll: GREEK main opposition party leads by 9 points

Major opposition party New Democracy (ND) leads ruling SYRIZA by a 9-point margin the most recent poll. According to the poll, 26.8% of the ...


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Greek Gov’t Talks of New State Railway after Sale of Trainose

Kik The Greek government is talking about the establishment of a new state-owned railway system only days after the sale of Trainose to Italian state-run Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Kathimerini newspaper reports. The talk is about a new state-operated ...


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GREECE May Extend “Spending Cutter” through 2019

GREECE may extend the fiscal contingency mechanism until 2019 in order to restart negotiations with creditors over the bailout program review, Prime ...


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GREECE Appoints Former Business Leaders to Run Privatization Fund

The Greek government on Friday announced the names of two former business leaders to head the new privatization fund, as required by the ...


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Digital policy minister assures Greek-Americans Greece is doing better

"The country is doing better, that’s the absolute truth...We want all of you here tonight to become Greece’s ambassadors. It’s crucial for the new government of the United States to know the truth about Greece. To know our country is doing better ...


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Healthier Greek Yogurt Lemon Poppyseed Muffins

Soft lemon poppyseed muffins made with healthier ingredient swaps and lower sugar content than most muffins! The toddler has decided that yellow is his favorite color and it has remained his favorite for about a year now. (Which is impressive to me since ...


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The Latest: You snooze, you lose: Dimitrov OK with timing

2:15 p.m. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni has continued her unlikely run at the Australian Open with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over Maria Sakkari of Greece to advance to the Round of 16. Before this week, the 34-year-old Lucic-Baroni hadn't won a match at Melbourne Park ...


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AEK goes back to the future

His last point of reference with Greek football seems a lifetime away now, during a time when Greece – and its football product – was very different. Moreover, it seems comical to think that a manager who is essentially out-of-touch with modern ...


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Manolas agent: “Inter? Reports from Greece are exaggerated”

More and more reports from Greece surface stating that Inter are closing in on Kostas Manolas. The player’s agent, Ioannis Evangelopoulos, however denies this in an interview with TuttoMercatoWeb stating that “the situation isn’t accurately described ...


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GREEK farmers on standby

Farmers in the northern GREEK regions of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace threatened over the weekend to renew protest action against the leftist-led ...


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GREEK FM: Guarantees' continuation could open "Pandora's box" in Cyprus

GREEK Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in an interview with the German news agency DPA on Saturday pointed out Turkey's responsibility and ...


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Director Costa Gavras honorary guest of the GREEK Film Festival in Berlin

The GREEK Film Festival in Berlin presents modern GREEK productions. A total of 56 feature and short films, feature films and documentaries will be ...


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Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias' interview with the DPA News Agency

JOURNALIST: In recent months, intensive talks have been held between the involved sides. What is Athens pursuing? N. KOTZIAS: We want a solution to the Cyprus issue. But what's the problem? The problem is the occupation of the northern portion of the island by the Turkish army. We need a solution that ensures maximum security for the Turkish Cypriots, but also provides the maximum possible security for the Greek Cypriots. Cyprus must be a sovereign state, a member of the EU and the UN. So the Turkish army will have to leave. Turkey will not be allowed to have...


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'Battling' gods in Sanskrit literature

However, in many Sanskrit works, the contention is not so much with the notion of Ishwara or God, but the notions of Karma, Samsara or Moksha.Tim Whitmarsh spoke of atheism within ancient Greek traditions. So what was important was only the living of a ...


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Saint Maximus the Greek

St Maximos the Greek was one of the most distinguished monks and theologians of the 16th century, famed for his missionary activities and reforming achievements in the Russia of his time. He was born in Arta in around 1470 of respected and prosperous ...


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Best Hotels in Mykonos, Greece ( 720p HD )

A selection of some of the best hotels and suites in Mykonos Island in Greece. The video intention is just to give you a taste of them and is based on booking and tripadvisor average ratings. You can find more details about the best hotels and suites in ...


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S&P Affirms Greece’s ‘B-/B’ Ratings, Says Outlook Remains Stable

Standard & Poor’s affirmed on Friday Greece’s ‘B-/B’ ratings in its scheduled rating review. The outlook remains “stable”, reflecting its view that the risks to its ratings are balanced over the next twelve months. It also said it expects ...


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Reality Is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli review – physics versus certainty

The author of the million-selling Seven Brief Lessons on Physics rails against Richard Dawkins and the science-arts split Carlo Rovelli’s slim poetic meditation _Seven Brief Lessons on Physics_ managed to clarify the troubling uncertainties of Einsteinian relativity, quantum theory and other physical exotica. Less than 80 pages long, it became one of the fastest-selling science books ever, and has now sold a million copies worldwide. Not since Stephen Hawking’s _A Brief History of Time_ had there been such a consensual success in the science book market; in the author’s native Italy the lessons even outsold _Fifty Shades of Grey_. _Reality Is Not What It Seems_ – a deeper, more intellectually challenging meditation – outlines for the general reader some of the key developments in physics from the ancient Greek philosophers and the Roman poet Lucretius to the present day. In the Italian professor’s elucidation, physics goes deeper than any other science into the riddle of existence. The laws of physics – gravity, energy, motion – underpin those of chemistry, astrophysics and meteorology combined. So an understanding of the world requires some grasp of physics. This book aims to make that grasp easier for the layperson. Continue reading...


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Health Authorities on Alert as Deadly Flu Claims 14 Lives in Greece

Greece’s health authorities are on alert as 14 people have died of flu complications this winter, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO) said on Friday. The particular flu virus seems lethal for older people, as all victims were 58-91 ...


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14 Ways to Bake with Yogurt

Here's how to incorporate this wonder ingredient into your baking routine. Note: If a recipe calls for regular yogurt and you only have the thicker Greek-style, simply thin it with a little milk or water until it is the texture of regular-style.


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Pulpit: Prosper financially by obeying God’s commands

The next phrase is, "Be obedient to them that are your master according to the flesh." The Greek order is, "Be constantly obedient to those who according to the flesh are our masters." It is those to whom you owe service, according to human laws ...


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Cyprus leaders to meet on Thursday in Nicosia

Delegates from Britain – one of the island's three guarantor powers, along with GREECE and Turkey – who took part in the meetings reportedly backed ...


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Scaling Olympus: The similarity between Indian and Greek mythologies

Devdutt Pattanaik’s new book Olympus attempts to bridge the chasm between Indian and Greek mythologies. But behind the superficial similarities – the appearing of the Trojan horse myth in Greek and Jain tales – is there a conceptual dissonance in how ...


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Winter visit to Athens: See the cradle of civilization without crowds

Temperatures in January average 10 C. Here’s a suggested itinerary for a three-day visit. The Acropolis The centrepiece of ancient Greece and modern-day Athens, the Acropolis literally stands above everything else and looms majestically over the city.


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Turkey detains dozens in human smuggling operation

Each of the refugees were reported to have paid $4,000 to the smugglers. Disabled refugees 'overlooked' in Greece: Human Rights Watch Disabled refugees and migrants are not properly identified in Greece and have poor access to basic services such as ...


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Wales work hard for futsal breakthrough

Picked to stage Group B, Wales will face Moldova, San Marino and Greece from Thursday at thePoint4 in Hereford, just across the border. But confidence should not be a problem for the talented Welsh side, who last month won the inaugural Futsal Home Nations ...


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Journey to hell and back again

The Odyssey is GREEK stuff with the boring bits removed and is touring rural Dorset from February 16 to 26. This magical piece of brand new theatre ...


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The Latest: Gasquet, Dimitrov start match before midnight

2:15 p.m. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni has continued her unlikely run at the Australian Open with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over Maria Sakkari of Greece to advance to the Round of 16. Before this week, the 34-year-old Lucic-Baroni hadn't won a match at Melbourne Park ...


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Report suggests Sunderland could agree £17.3m buyout fee in Andreas Samaris loan deal

Sunderland are interested in signing Greek international Andreas Samaris from Benfica, according to a report from A Bola. It is reported that the Black Cats are keen on bringing the player to the club this winter on a loan deal until the end of the season.


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