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Monday, April 3, 2017

UAE engagement with Israel, Greece and Cyprus aids Egypt’s rising regional role

… ’s developing relationships with Israel, Greece and Cyprus ultimately serve to … , particularly Greece and Cyprus. The UAE’s engagement with Israel, Greece and … its diplomatic relations with the Greek Cypriot government on the ethnically-split …


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The Sculpted River of Larissa Participates in European Contest

LARISSA, Greece – The work “The experiment of Larissa – the Sculpted River – developing water codes in the centre of the city of Larissa” […] The post The Sculpted River of Larissa Participates in European Contest appeared first on The National Herald.


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Shedding New Light on Ancient Greek Vase Painting at Worcester Art Museum

WORCESTER, MASS. – The Worcester Art Museum is opening a new exhibit that focuses on the ancient Greek art of pottery and reveals new findings […] The post Shedding New Light on Ancient Greek Vase Painting at Worcester Art Museum appeared first on The National Herald.


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AnastasiaDate Chooses Majestic Ancient Greek Capital Athens as its Feature City for April

AnastasiaDate has turned the spotlight on majestic Athens as its city of the month for April. AnastasiaDate, the popular online dating service with a large and active membership, has announced its choice of feature city for the month of April. The dating ...


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Eight Turkish aircraft violate Greek airspace 33 times!

Turkey steadily escalates provocations


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Craftsmanship in Greece Today

For centuries craftsmanship, the predecessor of industry, has shaped culture and everyday life. Crafted products show region-specific, social, political and economic conditions as well as cultural and religious characteristics. During several trips ...


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ABBA, a GREEK Island, a Dancing Queen. Mamma Mia and Music History

I am a big ABBA fan and the movie (and play) uses their best songs to help tell a charming fictional story set on a GREEK island. My fortunes improved ...


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GREEK consumer confidence in tatters

Greece is stuck between a rock and a hard place. The extended negotiations between the government and the representatives of the eurozone and ...


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UK weather: School holidays set for temperatures of 19C

Today the south of England was hotter than popular holiday haven Santorini in Greece, but while people soaked up the early morning sun - the rest of the week may be a different story.


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Pen pals: St. Vincent Ferrer students exchange letters with pupils in Greece

St. Vincent Ferrer Elementary School fifth- and seventh-grade students have been exploring a new culture through letter writing. "The students have been writing to a sixth-grade class in Athens, Greece," middle school social studies teacher Hilary ...


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Greek Barley Salad

In a large serving bowl, add the first five ingredients through parsley. In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, vinegar, garlic, mustard, oil, salt and pepper. Pour over barley salad. Add additional salt and pepper, to taste. For best flavor ...


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Buying viagra in greece

Taking one day get dementia with buying viagra in greece lobar atrophy of hippocampal tissue in or out. Kacie Vavrek, MS, RD, spokesperson for the Drug Enforcement Administration. xray viagra Norovirus was often buying viagra in greece widely criticized ...


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Ex-Mexico star Nery Castillo retires, opens store for anglers in Greece

… ;s Fishing, a store in Greece dedicated to anglers. Castillo, 32 … successful seasons were spent in Greece from 2000-07 with Olympiakos, where …


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One Year Stranded & What’s Changed? An Update to the October 2016 Joint NGO Policy Brief on the Situation for Displaced Persons in Greece

… Greece. This update provides an overview of the current situation in Greece … the local authorities. Positively, the Greek Government has made efforts to … are available on account of Greece’s depleted economy. Thus, people …


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Wheaton College Hosts Free Public Screening of “Modern Christian Martyrs”

WHEATON, IL – The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago was honored to join with Wheaton College to offer a free public screening of the new […] The post Wheaton College Hosts Free Public Screening of “Modern Christian Martyrs” appeared first on The National Herald.


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Greek Regional Airport Workers Refuse to Help Incoming Private Staff

Staff at 14 Greek regional airports due to turned over to private companies are balking at helping the new staff. Greek aviation industry professionals told […] The post Greek Regional Airport Workers Refuse to Help Incoming Private Staff appeared first on The National Herald.


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Austerity-Crushed Greek Households Keep Cutting Food Purchases

ATHENS – More than seven years into a brutal economic crisis worsened by austerity measures hitting workers, pensioners and the poor, Greek households are continuing […] The post Austerity-Crushed Greek Households Keep Cutting Food Purchases appeared first on The National Herald.


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Most Greek Unemployed Out of Work More Than a Year

ATHENS – Greece’s unemployment rate of 23 percent includes a staggering number of people whose year-long benefits have ended: five in seven of the jobless. […] The post Most Greek Unemployed Out of Work More Than a Year appeared first on The National Herald.


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U.S. Ambassador Pyatt, Econ. Min. Papadimitriou Meet on 6th Greek Investment Forum

ATHENS (ANA) – Greece’s Economy Minister Dimitris Papadimitriou and U.S. Ambassador in Athens Geoff Pyatt on Monday attended a working meeting organised by the Athens […] The post U.S. Ambassador Pyatt, Econ. Min. Papadimitriou Meet on 6th Greek Investment Forum appeared first on The National Herald.


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Arrivals Picking Up, Greece Will Push Refugee Deportations to Turkey

ATHENS – Seeing arrivals increasing from Turkey, Greece will prevent refugees and migrants whose asylum applications who appeal rejected asylum applications from a voluntary repatriation […] The post Arrivals Picking Up, Greece Will Push Refugee Deportations to Turkey appeared first on The National Herald.


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Co-Curator of A World of Emotions Professor Angelos Chaniotis Talks to TNH

By Eleni Sakellis NEW YORK – Co-curator of A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 BC – 200 AD at the Onassis Cultural Center, Professor […] The post Co-Curator of A World of Emotions Professor Angelos Chaniotis Talks to TNH appeared first on The National Herald.


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Penn State Changes Greek Life Rules After Fraternity-Related Death

Pennsylvania State University has implemented new restrictions for Greek life organizations after an investigation following a student's death at a fraternity revealed numerous social problems with the college's sororities and fraternities, the school ...


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SC Johnson Greece Named Top 2017 Best Workplace

RACINE, Wisconsin, April 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SC Johnson, maker of trusted brands like Baygon®, Autan®, Duck® and Raid® today announced SC Johnson Greece has been recognized as the number one 2017 Best Workplace by the Great Place to Work® Institute.


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Greece expresses condolences to St. Petersburg attack victims

Statement released by Greek Foreign Ministry


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IMF head disagrees with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble

Lagarde says only debt reduction along with reforms can help economic recovery in Greece


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Economy Min Papadimitriou, U.S. Ambassador Pyatt at Meeting on 6th Greek Investment Forum

Greece’s Economy Minister Dimitris Papadimitriou and U.S. Ambassador in Athens Geoff Pyatt on Monday attended a working meeting organized by the Athens Stock Exchange and the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce. The meeting was held to coordinate ...


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Foreign Ministry: Greece Shocked by Deadly Blasts at St Petersburg Metro Station

Greece is shocked by the deadly blasts at the metro station in St Petersburg on Monday afternoon, the foreign ministry said in a statement issued shortly after the incident. “Greece stands by the people of Russia and their government, sends sincere ...


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GREEK Life raises money for fellow student

NSU's sororities and fraternities will perform to help NSU alumnus Devin Potts who was hurt in a recent accident. The theme for GREEK Sing this year is ...


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GREEK Households Spent 13 Percent Less Per Month in 2016, 9 Years Into Crisis

ATHENS - Salary and pension cuts, as well as a growing tax burden, have meant that GREEK households continued to cut down on purchases to make ...


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Greek Panorama: The Best of Greece in Manhattan

“We are targeting high-end American tourists and we will find them in right the heart of Manhattan where they work,” says Leonidas Babanis, the man behind ‘Greek Panorama‘, the tourism and gastronomy fair that is due to open in New York’s Grand ...


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Greek Police Arrest Two Violent Burglars, One Dead During Chase

Greek police on Monday arrested two burglars, while a third one plunged to his death during the chase, after they tied an elderly couple up in their home in Palaio Faliro According to the police, four men of Georgian origin entered the couple’s home in ...


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Israel, Greece, Cyprus & Italy to move forward with undersea gas pipeline

East-Med gas pipeline to be world’s largest gas pipeline; Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Israel sign joint declaration to move forward with project expected to be operational in 2025 Israel signed a joint declaration with three European states to move forward ...


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Historic Greek Island Ferry ‘Express Skopelitis’ to Retire in October

The legendary “Express Skopelitis” ferry will voyage out to Greece’s Small Cyclades islands for the last time in October. The ferry is owned by the Small Cyclades Lines shipping company, which said was seeking ways to continue the route. Run by ...


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Sorority girl, 20, dies after choking during a Greek Life pancake-eating contest

A Sacred Heart University sorority girl died this week, three days after choking during a Greek Life pancake-eating competition at the Fairfield, Connecticut school. Caitlin Nelson, 20, of Clark, New Jersey, passed away Sunday at Columbia University ...


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Sacred Heart mourns death of student after eating competition

Nelson was a prominent volunteer for GREEK Life Gives, according to SHU seniors Brandon Gilliam and David Dechent-Robertin, who founded the ...


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Top Travel Agents from Abroad Explore Veria in Greece

Veria’s main attractions and cuisine were at the center of a recent familiarization trip attended by representatives from 25 leading travel agencies from abroad. Veria is a city in Macedonia, northern Greece, located 511 kilometres from Athens and 73 km ...


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Industry Experts Usher In Smart Contracts Day in Greece

On March 31 experts in cryptography and law convened in Athens, Greece for Smart Contracts Day. This program featured presentations from experts whose research is directed toward the nature, challenges, and future of smart contracts. The event was ...


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Revival of the Silk Road can boost Greece’s tourism industry

The Silk Road. Two words that always had a magic attraction on me. I am not sure when I first heard about it. Possible in the last years of the elementary school. Most likely I had also seen some pictures or rather paintings in encyclopedias and historical ...


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We finally know the answer to the mystery on 'Big Little Lies,' and it was so satisfying

[Big Little Lies]HBO Warning: There are spoilers ahead for the "Big Little Lies" series finale. If you haven't been watching "Big Little Lies," watch it right now and stop reading — there are seriously big spoilers ahead.  On Sunday night, we finally found out the resolution to the big mystery that "Big Little Lies" has been leading up to ever since the first episode.  Every episode provided some clues via the Greek chorus of school moms, dads, and teachers — and Madeline (Reese Witherspoon) going up and down some stairs despite the caution tape — but it was all vague enough that we could never tell who murdered whom, and how.  The intense, thrilling, and chilling series finale answered every question we had in a completely satisfying way. (Just as satisfying as watching Sansa Stark leave Ramsay Bolton to his hounds on "Game of Thrones.") Most importantly, the murder didn't take away from the show's best and arguably most important storyline: Perry's (Alexander Skarsgård) abuse of Celeste (Nicole Kidman) and Jane (Shailene Woodley). Perry's death puts the women at the forefront and doesn't diminish the domestic-abuse storyline that the show so impressively pulled off. The twist that Perry was the man who raped Jane and was Ziggy's father was expected. But the wordless and beautifully acted scene in which this is revealed was the perfect way to tell the audience. We didn't need an explanation, because we've pretty much known the whole time. We just needed a confirmation with some of the best facial acting HBO has ever seen.   A lot of people also expected Perry to be the one to die, but expected Jane, Celeste, or Madeleine to be the one pulling the trigger. But there was no trigger, and none of the leading ladies killed him. Instead, it was Bonnie (Zoë Kravitz), a secondary character who, up until murdering Perry, mostly minded her own business. At some point, everyone who watched the show probably asked themselves, "What is Zoë Kravitz doing here?" Well, Zoë Kravitz was there to push Perry down some very violent stairs.  Another satisfying thing about the "Big Little Lies" finale, and the show in general, was the sense of female unity and empowerment. The limited series ends with all the women (Madeleine, Celeste, Jane, Bonnie, and Renata) on the beach with their kids, smiling and laughing and having a good time, as if they didn't murder anyone. So often women in television and film are pitted against each other. And while throughout the series some of these women hated each other, it ends with them being friends — something that is sadly rare and a delight to see on TV. Sure, it took an abusive man getting impaled by some stair construction to get there, but here we are.  NOW WATCH: Actor Kal Penn shows scripts that reveal racial stereotypes Hollywood wanted him to play


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Now and Then: Anti-Greek Riots

In August 1918, Canada was still in the midst of the the Great War, which dragged on for four long years. Over a hot summer weekend, tensions in the city boiled over in nights of violence and destruction as Torontonians rioted against Greeks. It all began ...


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Eating Your Way Through Loutraki, Greece

An hour from Athens, Loutraki is a beach town with fine seafood and olive oil. The Club Hotel Casino Loutraki is right on the beach. Image Kurt Winner When I learned that I’d be visiting the Greek Corinthian Riviera, it was all I could do to ignore the ...


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Open to those who can pay: the hypocrisy of how Hungary treats asylum seekers

The Hungarian government of Viktor Orbán is intent on making life as tough as possible for asylum seekers. In March 2017, Hungary’s parliament approved the automatic detention of all asylum seekers in camps built from shipping containers at the country’s borders. The government says it has built 324 shipping container homes at two locations along the border with Serbia. Both new arrivals and those already in the country will be detained in these “transit zones” while their asylum applications are being processed. Hungary’s treatment of refugees and asylum seekers has received much criticism. The European Court of Human Rights recently decided that Hungary’s border-zone detention of two asylum seekers was unlawful and that their removal from Hungary to Serbia exposed them to the risk of inhumane and degrading conditions in Greece. International human rights agencies such as UNHCR and Amnesty International have long been critical of the Hungarian position on asylum seekers. They argue that Hungary’s detention legislation infringes on the country’s obligations under international and European human rights law. Médecins Sans Frontières has also documented the wounds caused by the inhumane treatment of refugees at the Serbian border by the Hungarian police. The government justifies this by emphasising its role in keeping Europe safe; and Orbán himself has suggested that immigration is the “Trojan horse of terrorism”. The question is what benefit Orbán and his Fidesz party gain from generating moral panic about immigration in Hungary. Hungary is listed as one of the most corrupt countries in the EU by Transparency International, likened to Central Asian states where the party is the main culprit of corruption. BONDS FOR RESIDENCY One particular issue surrounds a programme of Hungarian Residency Bonds. Introduced in 2012, the scheme rewards foreign citizens who invest €300,000 in Hungarian government securities with Hungarian resident status and a path to citizenship. But the programme has turned into a Achilles heel for a government that, on the one hand, frames all immigration as a threat to security, yet maintains an open door for those with enough money on the other. My research has shown that while these bonds were initially aimed at Chinese traders and investors, others, particularly from the Middle East, have also purchased bonds. According to the Hungarian weekly HVG, 4,700 non-EU nationals have purchased sufficient Hungarian bonds since 2012, with their family members included, with an estimated 16,000 people gaining residency in Hungary through this route. There are also strong indications that rather than contributing to the Hungarian economy, the bond programme has been used for enrichment by a number of politically influential Hungarians and companies they cooperate with. By 2015, the overall sum collected through residence bonds was around €900m whereas the total central government debt stood at around €78 billion. ORBÁN’S HYPOCRISY The Hungarian government is compromising the security of the country and the EU border through the unaccountability of these residency bonds. Yet at the same time the government has developed a clear anti-immigrant discourse. In October 2016, although 90% of those who voted in a referendum backed a block on EU quotas for settling refugees in Hungary, the turnout was not sufficient for it to pass. In the aftermath, the Fidesz government needed two opposition votes in parliament to pass a constitutional amendment to proceed with the block. The anti-immigration Jobbik party demanded that the government scrap the Hungarian Residency Bonds programme, but the government refused and lost the vote. Orbán called this blackmail and the Fidesz parliamentary faction leader Lajos Kósa insisted that residency bond purchasers go through vigilant security checks. However, one of the private companies that handles bond purchases has indicated on its website that the issuing of Hungary Residency Bonds would placed under moratorium on March 31, 2017. This suggests that ahead of Hungary’s 2018 parliamentary elections, the Fidesz government has realised how much of a political hot potato the bond issues have become. Orbán insists that Muslim asylum seekers are at the roots of terrorism, crime, anti-Semitism, and homophobia in Hungary and Europe – and has generated moral panic to justify their detention in containers. But this is hypocritical while immigration to Hungary has been turned into a lucrative business. In response to the container camps, the EU Commission decided to send Dimitris Avramopoulos, its Commissioner for Migration Home Affairs and Citizenship, to Budapest for “serious” talks. During his visit on March 28, Avramopoulos said that “we don’t want to have a Fortress Europe”, adding curtly that “we are a union based on fundamental principles to help those in need of protection, in a human, dignified and respectful way.” But his remarks had little teeth and he did little to publicly remonstrate with Hungary for its container camps. Meanwhile, the Hungarian government continues to compromise the fundamental principles of the EU and its laws by the way it is treating asylum seekers. [The Conversation] _Umut Korkut does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond the academic appointment above._


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Latest rift in Greek bailout talks dashes hopes for deal in Malta

ATHENS A new rift between Athens and the International Monetary Fund over pensions and labor reforms has dealt a blow to an initial accord, dashing hopes for a bailout review deal before a meeting of euro zone finance ministers this week. Talks between ...


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Crisis-weary Greeks to get phone, email prompts to pay taxes

Recession-weary Greeks are set to receive more frequent telephone and email warnings to make timely tax payments in 2017, while the government plans to create an annual day of tax awareness.


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Israel signs gas pipeline deal in EU exports push

Cyprus, Greece and Italy join $6bn-$7bn project to build world’s deepest subsea route


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Israel, European states advance plans for world's longest underwater gas pipeline

… four Mediterranean countries – Israel, Cyprus, Greece and Italy,” National Infrastructure, Energy … Italy.” Echoing Calenda’s remarks, Greek Environment and Energy Minister Giorgos … of its geographical position, obviously Greece has a central role in …


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World's longest underwater gas pipeline from Israel to Europe set to run by 2025

… four Mediterranean countries – Israel, Cyprus, Greece and Italy,” National Infrastructure, Energy … Italy.” Echoing Calenda’s remarks, Greek Environment and Energy Minister Giorgos … of its geographical position, obviously Greece has a central role in …


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Greek tales of love go modern: Challenging MSUM production transforms Gaede Stage into 20-ton pool of water

The play, which tackles love from several perspectives, is one of the most acclaimed plays of the 21st century, according to director Patrick Carriere, an associate professor of theater at MSUM. However, it rarely gets produced. "The production's …


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Famous Greek singer admits he urged lovers to have abortions!

I want to have a child with my wife in natural way


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Greece expresses solidarity with Russia after St. Petersburg metro blast

Greece expressed solidarity with Russia after the blast at St. Petersburg metro system that caused ten deaths on Monday. "Shocked at today's deadly explosion in the St. Petersburg metro, Greece stands with the people of Russia and their government ...


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