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Monday, March 27, 2017
Panel to feature student journalists who traveled to Greece to explore refugee crisis
The panel "Reporting on the Front Lines in Greece — and New Jersey" will take place at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6, in the Simpson International Building, Room 144. Panelists will include Joe Stephens, the Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence and ...
I Love The 90’s Feat: TLC is coming to The Greek Theatre
The highly successful I Love the 90’s Tour continues this summer at The Greek Theatre on Friday, July 14. Featuring TLC, Blackstreet, Montell Jordan, Kid’ N Play, and Tone Loc. Tickets on sale now. Click here to purchase!
Israel, UAE to fly together in Greek air force exercise
Pilots from Israel and the United Arab Emirates will fly alongside one another as part of a Greek air force exercise that kicked off on Monday. The Jewish state does not have formal diplomatic ties with the UAE, though Israeli officials regularly boast of ...
Italy, Greece reach migrant saturation point, Italy says some NGO boats work with smugglers
The two southern European countries that absorb nearly all boat-borne refugees from North Africa and Turkey are taking steps to halt the arrivals, with both saying they have reached their limit. The United Nation’s International Organization for ...
Christos Marinos Talks to TNH about Music and Inspiration
By Eleni Sakellis NEW YORK – Christos Marinos, Greek pianist, vocal coach, music researcher, and Staff Accompanist at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, […] The post Christos Marinos Talks to TNH about Music and Inspiration appeared first on The National Herald.
British Auditors Profile Typical Greek Tax Cheat: Rural Doctor With Children
ATHENS – A study by the London-based auditing firm Ernest & Young said the type of person most likely to be a tax evader in […] The post British Auditors Profile Typical Greek Tax Cheat: Rural Doctor With Children appeared first on The National Herald.
Greek central banker: End to uncertainty imperative
Mr. Stournaras sounds alarm during conference on economy and growth at Greek parliament event
Turkish man arrested by Greek police at Komotini
Suspect had international arrest warrant on drug trafficking
Stronger cooperation needed to improve situation of refugees in Greece: UNHCR
Joint efforts and strengthened cooperation are crucial for improving the situation of asylum-seekers and refugees in Greece, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has urged. The agency issued eight recommendations on Monday aimed at putting in place a sustainable ...
Stronger cooperation crucial to ensure sustainable refugee response in Greece – UNHCR
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said today that joint efforts and strengthened cooperation are crucial to improving the situation for asylum-seekers and refugees in Greece and issued eight recommendations* to help ensure a sustainable refugee response in the ...
BoG Governor Stournaras Warns: Delays in Evaluation Adversely Affects Greek Economy
Governor of the Bank of Greece Yannis Stournaras has once again requested the immediate completion of the second evaluation, warning that delays bring into question “every single goal this year — development, fiscal and financial.” This could be ...
Using Latin to analyse other languages
Using Latin, the translators had more freedom," elaborates Glei. Representing linguistic structures The philologist refers to this method as epilanguage; the Greek word epi translates as "on" or "above." Latin was superimposed over the foreign language.
The Monkees playing in Greece for July 4th holiday
Greece, N.Y. (WHAM) - Micky Dolenz and the Monkees will be this year's featured performers at Greece's Fourth of July Celebration. Town Supervisor Bill Reilich announced the band's performance Monday as part of the Old Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration.
Heavenly Greece
Not one but there are so many places which for sure give us a glimpse of what heaven would be like. The amazing geographical features and the just perfect human touch makes Greece no less than a Paradise. It becomes difficult to make out where the blue sea ...
PPC Labor Union Announces Strikes Against Sale of Power Production Units
The labor union of Greece’s power utility PPC announced on Monday it will call strikes against the government’s decision to sell some of the company’s lignite plants, its president Giorgos Adamidis told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, after a meeting with Energy Minister George Stathakis. Adamidis confirmed that the lignite units – but not the hydroelectric […]
Brexit & Beyond: Merkel’s Party Wins Saarland Vote, Brexit Stirs Northern Ireland Politics, Greece Receives Port Bids
Brexit & Beyond: Europe in Flux is The Wall Street Journal’s round-up of news and analysis of how Brexit will affect global business, economies and finance. You can sign up here. MUST READS Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, top candidate of the Christian ...
Wyndham Expands Presence in Greece, Announces Four Hotel Openings by 2018
Wyndham Hotel Group announced on Monday that it is expanding its presence in Greece with the opening of four hotels by 2018. The announcement comes only four months after the opening of the five-star Wyndham Grand Athens on Karaiskaki Square, a project the ...
How to make The Real Greek’s lamb meatballs
… are really good with a Greek salad and houmous. Serves 4-6 … black pepper To serve: 300g Greek yoghurt 300g hot tomato sauce … Real Greek, published by Blink Publishing, £20. The Real Greek restaurant will …
Greek cenbaker warns delay in bailout review hurts economy
… Greece's bailout review risk dislodging growth forecasts this year, Greek … , of the coming year." Greek economic growth was flat last …
GREECE: "This year, we'll be able to supply 10% more strawberries"
This year, Greek strawberries have benefitted from the weather conditions. "We've had a good weather and especially good temperatures, which has ...
EU at odds on meaning of migrant 'solidarity'
Attempts to distribute refugees from GREECE and Italy to other EU states under the European Commission's relocation plan have failed to produce ...
The Monkees to perform at July 4 celebration
GREECE Town Supervisor Bill Reilich recently announced that Micky Dolenz and The Monkees will take center stage as this year's featured ...
Some ancient Greek gods forgotten except for their appearances on coins
A circa 500 to 450 B.C. electrum 12th stater (or hemihecte) coin from Cyzicus in Mysia depicts an unnamed river god. Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions. Ancient Greek mythology is rife with stories of gods and goddesses, many familiar today. But hundreds ...
Greek-Americans Help Fishermen Impacted by Refugee Crisis and Winter Storms
CHICAGO – As if the refugee crisis were not enough on the island of Lesbos, the fishermen who helped save people along its coasts had […] The post Greek-Americans Help Fishermen Impacted by Refugee Crisis and Winter Storms appeared first on The National Herald.
Cyprus Issue Dominates Meeting Between Kotzias, Anastasiades
NICOSIA (ANA/ A. Viketos) – Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, who is paying a visit to Nicosia, in a meeting […] The post Cyprus Issue Dominates Meeting Between Kotzias, Anastasiades appeared first on The National Herald.
SYRIZA Torn Between Waiting Game, Dealing With Troika, Seeing IMF Walk
ATHENS – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has found himself caught between trying to reach a deal international creditors he despises or trying to wait […] The post SYRIZA Torn Between Waiting Game, Dealing With Troika, Seeing IMF Walk appeared first on The National Herald.
Record bookings by Russian tourists to Greece
The data shows a 400% rise in early bookings for Greece and Cyprus
Greece Man arrested after incident at Gorge near Bausch Street Bridge
31-year-old Donnell Wilson from Greece has been arrested for Reckless Endangerment in the First Degree following an incident at a river gorge between Bausch St Bridge and Evergreen Street. On Sunday 11:20 AM, Rochester Police responded to #6 Woodford St ...
Israeli, Arab pilots take part in Greece air exercise
An international military air exercise was conducted on Monday in Greece with the participation of both Israeli and Arab pilots, according to reports on Israeli public radio. Hosted by the Greek air force, the exercise -- dubbed "Antiochus 2017 ...
Athens about to make concessions on energy market reform – reports
According to local reports that emerged over the last few hours, it appears that the Greek government is ready to offer concessions on the energy issue, in return for exchanges by the creditors in regards to labor relations. Regarding the electricity market, the country’s European creditors reportedly believe the goals set for the latest […]
Statements of Foreign Minister N. Kotzias and the President of the Cypriot House of Representatives, D. Syllouris, before their meeting (Nicosia, 27 March 2017)
D. SYLLOURIS: I would like to welcome you to my office for the first time, and I would like to believe that you will come more often, because there are issues, beyond the Cyprus problem and our region, on which Greece and Cyprus – through the relations we have in the region – can work together and become real catalysts for new developments. It is certainly a given that I, personally, and the House of Representatives and the whole of Cyprus, depend on Greece. We are grateful for Greece's support and the support we get from you, personally, as an expert on international developments and issues and as someone very well versed in the Cyprus problem. We believe that we have a true support in you, without my wanting to personalise things – because institutions, not individuals, must function – but personal support sometimes makes the difference.I believe that the biggest issue in the Cyprus problem, due to its special nature as a problem of invasion and occupation, has always been security. The catalyst for the disaster cannot become the catalyst for peace and the resolution of the Cyprus problem. The catalyst for the disaster was the guarantees and the particular way in which Turkey used the guarantees to invade an independent state. In my opinion, this cannot exist in the future, and the Cypriot people cannot accept it. You are in Cyprus while we are celebrating the two anniversaries, 25 March and 1 April, when EOKA faced the foreign yoke with great self-sacrifice from the youth of Cyprus, we took our independence, and, despite the fact that this independence, which was injured by our own mistakes and, in particular, by Turkey's expansionist policy, we need to bring it back for the whole of Cyprus. Thank you for coming.N. KOTZIAS: Mr. President, I thank you for your invaluable positive attitude. I thank the Cypriot people, whose embrace has always been open to Greece, with our mistakes and weaknesses. You know that the Cyprus problem – for me and our government, and for the institution of the Foreign Ministry – is a central, fundamental issue whose solution we want and seek, and we always hope for a unified, independent, sovereign Cyprus, free of foreign troops and occupation forces.You know that it was during my first weeks as Foreign Minister that – emerging from the office of the UN Secretary General, where we discussed, among other things, mainly the Cyprus issue – I was asked by a Turkish journalist why Greece wasn't helping to resolve the Cyprus problem in the same way Turkey wants to see it resolved. And I answered him that Greece wants the Cyprus problem to be resolved more than anyone else, and that if Turkey is really in a hurry, as you say – as we are – the Turkish army should hurry up and leave. That was the first statement I made in an international environment, on my first visit to New York. Since then, I have firmly believed, and I always believed, that those who violate international law – those who use violence outside the UN Charter and the UN resolutions, and those who think they have rights over third countries – should not be vindicated.Cyprus is a wound to the heart and soul for us Greeks, because I will never forget the criminal conduct of the Greek junta, for which I always ask forgiveness. Not for what it did, but because we did not succeed in stopping it from opening the way to the invasion, the illegal and violent invasion, the murderous invasion of Cyprus by Turkish forces. And I think that the people of my generation, the people of the current government, like the Cypriots, dream of making it part of our lives that we contributed to the resolution of the Cyprus issue in a just manner, through a functional and viable solution, and not of calling something that perpetuates what we want to resolve – the illegal occupation, that is – a solution. I thank you for finding the time for us to talk. It is a twofold pleasure for me to be in Cyprus and at the home of the Republic of Cyprus, so you do me a double honour. Thank you very much.
Postwar Agony in Greece
Following three and a half years of German occupation, Greece suffered four more years of atrocious civil war as communists, collaborators, monarchists, rebels, ex-partisans, and death squads—backed variously by Yugoslavia, the United Kingdom, the United ...
EU Commission Stresses Aim to Reach Staff Level Agreement by April 7
The aim is to reach a staff level agreement by the Eurogroup on April 7, European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas on Monday said. The spokesman said that the negotiations between Greece and the institutions continue with the view to concluding the second program review as soon as possible. Schinas reiterated the statement of the European […]
Production and Consumption of ‘Halal’ Meat in Greece on the Rise
Many Greeks don’t know what “halal” means, but the production and consumption of halal meat in Greece is steadily on the rise. The impressive increase in the number of Muslims living in Greece due to migration is accompanied by foods specially prepared for the Islamic market. Muslims are not allowed to consume meat that has […]
How to Make a Delicious Greek Salad Like Restaurants
There’s nothing like a delicious big plate of salad to satisfy your appetite when you’re hungry, but don’t feel like loading on junk food. With very simple ingredients that already exist in your fridge you can make a big delicious plate of Greek salad.
Greece: Asylum seeking man found hanged at Piraeus port
A makeshift refugee camp in the port of Piraeus [File: EPA] Greek authorities are investigating the apparent suicide of a man, believed to be a refugee, in the port of Piraeus. The man, who was carrying asylum application papers, was found hanged early on ...
Austria to begin migrant relocation from Italy and Greece
… asylum seekers from Italy and Greece, but out of obligation and …
CONTRIBUTES TO MODERNISATION OF GREEK REGIONAL AIRPORTS, Greece
… 968,4 million to Fraport Greece, a consortium of Fraport AG … Services Worldwide and a leading Greek industrial conglomerate Copelouzos Group, for … 's Country Strategy for Greece for the period of 2015-2018 …
Lenders Propose Sale of 40% of Greek Public Power Corporation Amid Debt Crisis
… the newspaper, lenders propose for Greece to sell up to 40 … the Greek government, is the biggest electric power company in Greece. In … in the country. In 2015, Greece's international creditors signed …
Goumenissa and the Greek Orthodox church
… was volunteering for in northern Greece lived. Dirk and Maria lived … a good relationship with the Greek Church ensures that he has … (Macedonia the country), Bulgaria and Greece. The snowline on this range …
Supports Private Investment in Greek Airports to Bolster Tourism Industry
… 14 Greek regional airports through two long-term loans to Fraport Greece, a … infrastructure and services at Thessaloniki, Kerkyra (Corfu), Chania (Crete), Kefalonia, Zakynthos, Aktion, and …
A consortium of lenders provides financing to Fraport Greece for the concession of the 14 Greek regional airports
… are: Aktion, Chania (Crete), Kavala, Kefalonia, Kerkyra (Corfu), Kos, Mitilini, Mykonos, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Skiathos, Thessaloniki - Greece… boost to the Greek economy and in particular Greece's …
UN refugee chief urges stronger cooperation to aid refugees' transfer from Greek islands
27 March 2017 – The head of the United Nations refugee agency today noted the need for more accommodations on the Greek mainland to help improve conditions at reception centres on the Greek islands. The effort is one of eight recommendations eight ...
What do Trump and Greece's Tsipras have in common?
At first glance, the two politicians seem worlds apart: firebrand businessman turned political upstart U.S. President Donald Trump, and left wing Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, elected in 2015 to turn his country's troubled, debt-ridden economy around.
Greece man arrested, charged after river rescue
Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) - A Greece man was arrested after police say he drove into a gorge near Maplewood Drive. Rochester Police said Donnell Wilson, 31, was taken into custody after officers searched for the person who fired shots near Woodford Street.
EU Commission is looking for staff level agreement on review by April 7
The aim is to reach a staff level agreement by the Eurogroup on April 7, European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Monday, as Greece and lenders continue negotiations in order to conclude the second review of the current Greek program. The spokesman said that the negotiations between Greece and the institutions continue with the … The post EU Commission is looking for staff level agreement on review by April 7 appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Investigation finds fire in 15th century Ottoman Mosque “was not arson”
The cause of the fire that destroyed the historic 15th century Bayezid Ottoman Mosque last week was not arson. According to the findings of fire brigades investigators, the cause was negligence by the workers team involved in the restoration works. According to state broadcaster ERT, investigation showed that the fire was caused by sparks during … The post Investigation finds fire in 15th century Ottoman Mosque “was not arson” appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.