How the world sees Greece
Greece is one of those countries one must visit in their lifetime, thanks to its rich historic and cultural heritage, stunning landmarks and its natural beauty. Although there are many spots to photograph in Greece, I will guide you through some of the ...
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Written by GreekBoston.com in Greek Mythology Comments Off on Who Was Helen of Troy in Greek Mythology? The Trojan War is one of those events in Greek Mythology that seems to also be based on an event that really happened. Homer immortalized the war in his ...
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Electricity bills pile up. It is not the pure cost for electricity that makes it unaffordable to many Greek households struggling with unemployment. It is the extra charges incl. municipality taxes and state broadcast fees doubling the amount a consumer has to pay to the Greek Public Power Company. There are dozens, if not hundreds … The post Greek households struggle in the dark as unpaid electricity bills pile up appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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The borrowing ceiling from the ELA mechanism for Greek banks remained unchanged, the Bank of Greece said on Thursday. The Governing Council of the ECB, in a meeting on April 5, 2017, did not object to an ELA-ceiling for Greek banks of 46.6 billion euros ...
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The story of the Jewish transmission of Greek Bible versions has yet to be told. While it is recognised that the books of the Hebrew Bible were originally translated into Greek in Greco-Roman antiquity by Jews for Jews, it is generally supposed that at ...
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An artiste is reflected in a mirror as he applies make-up backstage before taking part in a celebration to mark Hindu festival of Ramnavami inside the ...
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As Greece continues talks with creditors over the next stages of its international bailout programme, Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, has warned that it is “no success story” yet. Further discussions will take place at the meeting of EU ...
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… emblematic of deepening poverty in Greece following seven years of austerity … . More than 40 percent of Greeks are behind on their utility … 50 percent by 2020 under Greece's third, 86 billion … he drew comparisons with the Greek state's brushes with …
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… sustainability. Most Directors agreed that Greece does not require further fiscal … their meeting, April 8. However, Greece disagrees, with Prime Minister Alexis … games" and damaging Greece. "The Greek economy is ready to …
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GREECE, N.Y. (WROC-TV) - A man from Greece has been found guilty in connection with the death of his girlfriend on Christmas Eve in 2014. Domenic Mineccia, 37, was convicted of drug charges, tampering with physical evidence, and endangering the welfare of ...
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ATHENS – Greece’s ruling Radical Left SYRIZA-led coalition has filed a measure to let farmers who unlawfully cleared state forests to either buy the land […] The post Greek Farmers Who Unlawfully Cleared State Forests Can Buy Land appeared first on The National Herald.
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ATHENS – Greece’s deal with Israel and Cyprus for a pipeline to bring gas to Italy means a step up to play a larger role […] The post Greece Wants Growing Energy Role, Jumps Into East Med-EU Gas Pipeline appeared first on The National Herald.
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ATHENS – Greece’s tiny Communist party, with only 15 seats in a 300-member Parliament, again said its phones were being wiretapped, including calls made to […] The post Greek Communists Renew Claims Party Phones Wiretapped appeared first on The National Herald.
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With pundits and analysts offering theories about why Greece needed three bailouts to stay afloat, Dutch Finance Minister and Eurozone chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said there […] The post Letter from Athens: Looks Like Cold Beer and Warm Women Weren’t Greece’s Demise After All appeared first on The National Herald.
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By Eleni Sakellis Author Paula Priamos was born and raised in Southern California by her late larger-than-life Greek father, a defense attorney, who raised her […] The post Paula Priamos Talks to TNH about Her Latest Book appeared first on The National Herald.
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Look for our list of finalists next week. Amy and I will visit about 35-45 finalists all over the state in the next few weeks and come up with a Top 10 list. Remember, we're looking for overall taste, fresh ingredients, great buns and that something ...
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Second graders at Barnes Elementary School recently held a “living” wax museum celebrating Greek Gods and Goddesses that took place on Friday, March 31. The event followed a month-long project that began with a research paper. Once the paper was handed ...
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Enjoy this stunning drone footage of the beautiful Voidokilia Beach, the old castle of Navarino, Glossa Beach and the Cave of Nestor in Messinia, Greece. Rest your eyes on this breathtaking view!
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Greek proptech startup Blueground has raised €5.5 million from a group of investors, including VentureFriends and the American fund Endeavor Catalyst. Blueground offers fully furnished and equipped apartments to company managers, ambassadors, and ...
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46 MEPS from different political groups and members of the Progressive Caucus of the European Parliament signed a common solidarity statement “Stop Damaging Greece” before the next Eurogroup meeting on April 7th regarding Greece’s economic adjustment ...
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Washington (AFP) - Bailout talks to help resolve Greece's pressing debt burden have made some progress but important matters remain unresolved, an International Monetary Fund spokesman said Thursday. Greece is awaiting the next installment of an 86-billion ...
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Since Greece's debt crisis exploded in 2009, creditors have demanded deep governance reforms. Greeks have so far resisted. In their eyes, there are good reasons for that resistance, reports Miltiades Schmidt.
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The remains of four missing persons, believed to belong to Greek Cypriots, have been found north of lake Galateia in the northern Turkish occupied are of Karpas peninsula. The Greek Cypriot member of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) Nestoras Nestoros ...
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… in Durban's newest Greek restaurant, but this was not … (and at Nikos Coal Grill Greek the crockery is trendy, indestructible … a more modern take on Greek cuisine - corrugated baklava, for … . Oddly, with a reasonably strong Greek community in Durban we had …
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… 39;s marketing powerhouses hit Greek limits Aldi, a no-frills … of questionable demands made by Greek officials and suppliers, and … of corruption and nepotism since Greece achieved independence in 1821 … real change to Greece - change that, in Greece, would be …
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A verdict has been reached in the bench trial of a Greece man charged in connection with the death of his girlfriend more than two years ago. A Monroe County Court Judge found Dominec Mineccia guilty of tampering with physical evidence ...
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By Theodore Kalmoukos Î’OSTON, MA – Tens of university professors, including many Greek-Americans, many students mostly graduate level, and a good number of Greek-Americans from […] The post Academic Dialogue at Boston University about Democracy appeared first on The National Herald.
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ATHENS (ANA) – The government is determined to lead Greece out of the crisis, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday, in statements at a […] The post Greece Regaining the Strength to Stand on its Feet, Tsipras Says appeared first on The National Herald.
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One of the shortest in the world
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Two leaders had phone contact Wednesday
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Ranked 11th
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Quite often, I think a simple Greek salad is perfect as is, no adornments needed. But you may notice that in many eateries, from diners to higher-end restaurants, you often get a choice of added protein, usually chicken, shrimp or steak. And it's true ...
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“We were the ones who threw the Greeks in the sea,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a speech on Thursday, in answer to an opponent’s statement. Speaking to his followers during the referendum campaign rally, Erdogan answered to a statement made by opposition MP Husnu Bozkurt. Erdogan’s opponent had said that they will […]
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The most dangerous part of the road between Athens and Thessaloniki, the Tempi valley, is bypassed with this work, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday during the delivery ceremony. It is replaced by a short road that meets the latest safety standards, he underlined and added: “The delivery of this part of the […]
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The quality of the hotels and the services provided by the Greek hotels made an improvement last year, according to research by TUI Germany. The results were presented by Elke Janssen, head of the TUI Hotel Consulting & Quality Management, during the “4th Meeting for Quality in Tourism” held in Rhodes. More specifically, on a […]
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Even though negotiations between Greece, the country’s creditors and the European Union have been ongoing for months, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble showed optimism that a deal would come to fruition soon, while also adding that he was unsure whether this would be achieved at Friday’s meeting with eurozone finance ministers. Differences between Greece, the […]
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Often heading to the bright lights of party towns such as Corfu, Kos, Zante or Crete - the popular holiday destinations are full of Brits who want a taste of sun, sand and party vibes. But where do you go if you want a slightly less oomph-oomph-oomph getaway?
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Christoulas's daughter says her father's suicide has become a symbol of the devastating effects of austerity in Greece.
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While the Greek government is making desperate efforts to have the additional austerity measures of further pension cuts and broader tax-free basis implemented in 2019 and 2020, the known ‘powers’ take to their favorite hobby: sabotage, boycott, hit and run and new obstacles. A day before the crucial Eurogroup meeting in Malta. Citing “sources” in … The post Eurogroup: Schaeuble plotting new coup, additional measures already in 2018! appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Today the Athens-Thessaloniki motorway becomes a reality, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis on Thursday said during the ceremony for the delivery of the new tunnel at Tempi Valley and the Maliakos-Klidi section of the Patras-Athens ...
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Greece participated for the seventh year in a row as an exhibitor in the international construciton and building materials’ fair BIG 5 Saudi 2017, held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 27-30 2017. Enterprise Greece was the organizer of the Greek ...
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Greece man who moved OD'd girlfriend guilty of tampering with evidence, drug crimes A Greece man who put the body of his overdosed girlfriend in a car and drove around before calling 911 was found guilty of all charges against him. Check out this story on ...
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At this week’s Mar-a-Lago summit, Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are expected to negotiate a host of urgent issues, from trade terms and currency manipulation to the South China Sea and ― most importantly ― North Korea. But do not be surprised if their discussion takes a turn toward ancient Greece. That is because Xi is a noted student of Thucydides, the ancient historian who chronicled the devastating Peloponnesian War. Xi speaks often about Thucydides, has integrated the great strategist’s insights into his own thinking on the causes of war and has reflected on his counsel about how wars can be averted. In his book _History of the Peloponnesian War,_ Thucydides illuminated the causes of a war that destroyed Athens and Sparta and brought a golden age of civilization to an abrupt end. His work shows how these two leading city-states of classical Greece, which had managed to exist peacefully for decades, ultimately found themselves in a ruinous war that neither desired. In one of the most frequently quoted lines in the study of international relations, Thucydides explained, “It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable.” While other observers emphasized proximate causes, Thucydides went straight to the heart of the matter. What made war “inevitable” was the tectonic structural stress caused when a rising power threatens to displace a ruling one ― a phenomenon I’ve described as “Thucydides’s Trap.” > It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta > that made war inevitable. > Thucydides Xi has studied the parallels between Athens and Sparta on the one hand and the U.S.-China relationship on the other. With Thucydides’s Trap in mind, he has repeatedly affirmed his intention to do what he can to avoid the Greeks’ tragic fate. At a November 2013 meeting hosted by the Berggruen Institute’s 21st Century Council in Beijing, for example, Xi went out of his way to tell world leaders that the U.S. and China “need to work together to avoid Thucydides’s Trap ― destructive tensions between an emerging power and established powers.” When Xi met with former President Barack Obama during his 2015 visit to the U.S., he raised the issue of Thucydides’s Trap, and the two discussed it at length. In one of his public speeches during the trip, Xi warned that “should major countries time and again make the mistakes of strategic miscalculation, they might create such traps for themselves.” And earlier this year, Xi told an audience of foreign dignitaries — including United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres — that “as long as we maintain communication and treat each other with sincerity, Thucydides’s Trap can be avoided.” While the extent of Trump’s knowledge of Thucydides is uncertain, his national security team — including his national security advisor and secretary of defense — are fans. National Security Advisor Gen. H.R. McMaster is fond of quoting Thucydides, especially to remind us, as he did in a 2013 op-ed, that, “People fight today for the same fundamental reasons the Greek historian Thucydides identified nearly 2,500 years ago: fear, honor and interest.” Secretary of Defense James Mattis (whose personal library of more than 5,000 volumes earned him the nickname “warrior monk”) similarly identified these as “the root causes of why a nation chooses to go to hostilities” when asked during his confirmation hearing about his perspective on Thucydides’s Trap. Yet the biggest Thucydides fan in the White House is Stephen Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist and close assistant. Those close to him describe him as a man “almost obsessed with military history.” Bannon’s personal favorite of the genre is none other than Thucydides’s _History of the Peloponnesian War — _which he loves so much that his computer password before he came to the White House was reportedly “Sparta.” > As long as we maintain communication and treat each other with > sincerity, Thucydides’s Trap can be avoided. > Xi Jinping Bannon has a darker interpretation of Thucydides than Xi. He has said that he believes war between the U.S. and China is indeed inevitable within the next “five to 10 years.” And he has apparently mused to colleagues that too much concern about Thucydides’s Trap may intimidate U.S. policymakers into premature compromises that would undermine vital American interests. So why are so many people, from Beijing to Breitbart, talking about Thucydides’s Trap? Because, as Thucydides explained, there exists no better source of insight than “knowledge of the past as an aid to understanding the future.” He hoped his book would help future statesmen, soldiers and citizens understand and avoid the tragic errors made by their predecessors. As China threatens to surpass the U.S. and potentially set the world’s two biggest powers on a path to a cataclysm neither wants, we cannot help but remember the relentless rise of Athens and Sparta’s growing sense that this was undermining its position of predominance in Greece. This phenomenon, after all, has haunted diplomacy in the millennia since. > Of the 16 cases of Thucydides’s Trap over the past 500 years, four > have ended without violence. But war between the U.S. and China is _not_ inevitable. Indeed, Thucydides would agree that neither was the war between Athens and Sparta. Read in context, the book’s claim about inevitability is clearly meant as hyperbole: exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis. The point of Thucydides’s Trap is neither fatalism nor pessimism. Of the 16 cases of Thucydides’s Trap over the past 500 years, four have ended without violence — not many but still, not all. Thucydides’s insight points us beyond the headlines and rhetoric to recognize the immense challenge that Beijing and Washington must master to construct a peaceful relationship — just as he intended when he wrote, “I have written my work, not as an essay to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.” -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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Services at Greek hotels have improved in quality compared to a year before, according to a TUI Germany survey released last week by Elke Janssen, head of TUI Hotel Consulting & Quality Management, on Rhodes, during the 4th Conference on Quality in Tourism ...
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… plaza on the edge of Greektown. The city of Detroit has …
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… number of UAC currently in Greece based on analysis from referrals …
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… Chief of Staff of the Greek Army, Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, and …
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Every year since 2002, Unibic Anzac Biscuit tins have presented a new set of collectible tins which commemorate significant events of Australia’s service members in war and symbols of remembrance. For 2017, one of the tins is adorned with the iconic ...
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[April 6, 2017] Leading participants in today’s shipping industry gathered to pay tribute to some of the greats of Greek shipping’s past at the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Dinner 2017. Highlights of the gala dinner event included ...
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Greek unemployment rate was 23.5 pct of the workforce in January, unchanged from December 2016, but down from January 2016 (24.3 pct), Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Thursday. The statistics service, in a monthly report, said the number of ...
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