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Sunday, November 12, 2017

Greece v Croatia 2018 World Cup Play-Off: match report, goals, action

Greece had all the work to do in the second leg of the World Cup qualifier after losing 4-1 in Zagrab on Thursday night. They needed three goals to come back from that beating but they couldn't even manage one as Croatia managed the game perfectly with ...


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Here's what the sun will look like when it swallows the Earth in 5 billion years

[sun]Alma (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/W. Vlemmings The end is coming, and we even know when: In 5 billion years, the sun, our wholesome yellow harbinger of energy, is going to swell into a red giant and consume most of the inner planets of the solar system. It will also wreak gravitational and radioactive havoc on the outer planets and moons sitting in the farther reaches of the neighborhood. We’ll all be long dead before then, of course. But we also just got a good preview of what it might look like: a new set of telescopic images recently captured another red star that once possessed the same starting mass as the sun but has now ballooned in its old age. This star’s radius is now twice the length of the current distance between the Earth and the sun. And that staggering notion is also what we can expect from our own sun in the very distant future. The red giant, known as W Hydrae, is 320 light-years away, located in the constellation of Hydra (the ferocious water snake in Greek mythology). The new observations, reported in Nature and taken by astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, are some of the sharpest images yet of a sun-like star. [hydra]Digitized Sky SurveyThese types of stars expand in old age, shed off mass through stellar winds, and cool off by almost 50 percent. That means if a planet in the sun’s orbit isn’t already swallowed up, it will become an extremely cold and irradiated wasteland anyway. None of that is good news for the stability of star system, especially if we’re hoping to find worlds which could be home to life. But on the plus side, red giant stars release a ton of elements into space which are then cobbled together by other aggregations of gas and energy to create new stars. They also dispel materials which could be vital to the potential habitability of other planets and moons. So besides learning more about the impending annihilation of Earth at the hands of a reddening sun, scientists want to study red giants to see what type of role they play in star formation and planetary system development. Of course, there are plenty of other things that might destroy Earth way before the 5-billion-year timer hits zero. All things considered, death by red giant would actually be a win. NOW WATCH: There is a secret US government airline that flies out of commercial airports


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Fofi Gennimata Closes in on Leadership of New Centre-Left Party in Greece

Fofi Gennimata, the leader of Greece’s socialists PASOK, is in a commanding position to lead the new centre-left party after Sunday’s elections. With more than half of the ballots counted, Gennimata leads with 44.5% of the vote, followed in second ...


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Croatia secure World Cup 2018 place with victory over Greece

Croatia qualified for their fifth World Cup after following up their convincing play-off first-leg win over Greece with a dour goalless draw in Athens. The game only had one shot on target, with the tie over as a contest after Croatia's 4-1 win in Zagreb.


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Croatia stroll past Greece and into finals

Croatia strolled into the finals of the World Cup after a 0-0 draw in Greece handed them a 4-1 aggregate victory in their play-off. The first leg deficit was always going to be tough to overcome but the home side didn’t even make a dent in the lead as ...


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GREECE 0-0 Croatia (1-4 agg): Luka Modric and Co comfortably seal place in 2018 World Cup after ...

Croatia comfortably sealed their place in next summer's World Cup after drawing 0-0 with GREECE on Sunday to ensure a 4-1 victory on aggregate.


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GREECE 0-0 Croatia (1-4 agg): First leg thumping enough to secure Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic's ...

The goalless draw with GREECE on Sunday night was enough to secure their place at the competition, following their 4-1 win on the first leg.


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Political left in Greece tries revival through popular vote

Most international media outlets hardly picked it up as a story; and the few that did, devoted just a few lines to it. The Greek Socialists, who dominated political life in Greece after the return of the country to democratic rule in 1974, think that now ...


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Labor on the citizenship debacle: 'If Turnbull wants to fire this missile, we've got the ammo to go ...

The so-called foreign five are Julia Banks, who holds the Victorian seat of Chisholm, and has GREEK heritage but was cleared in July by the GREEK ...


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6 Reasons to Visit the Greek Islands All Year Long

This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page. The Greek islands in winter? With great ...


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Greece, Croatia meet again

Switzerland had plenty of chances to put the tie away but in the end didn't need them, advancing thanks to their controversial penalty from the first leg. Gigi Buffon issues a rallying cry to Italy as they approach their must-win World Cup playoff …


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Live: Greece vs. Croatia for Spot at World Cup

SIX(!) CHANGES FOR GREECE Michael Skibbe was clearly very …


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SGA addresses FSU's culture in wake of recent events

GREEK and non-GREEK forums were held as well in response to the interim suspension of GREEK Life at FSU. At the forums, students were able to voice ...


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On the absence of GREEK Life

This past weekend, Phi Delta Theta was booked to have their semi formal in the Bahamian district of Bimini. Alpha Delta Gamma was scheduled to ...


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What about the sororities?

In light of recent events involving the Florida State community, all GREEK life on campus is undergoing an interim suspension. Although such events ...


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New casinos for Crete and Myconos following Parnitha's relocation

GREEK casinos' gaming tax liability ranges from 22 to 35 percent, but the new system will likely have a flat rate for games across all of the country's ...


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Skibbe makes six changes to the GREECE starting XI

GREECE manager Michael Skibbe is changing more than half of his starting line-up for the return leg of the World Cup play-off, according to the official ...


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Charlotte Dawson shows off her brand new smile after smashing her teeth in fall on holiday in GREECE

CHARLOTTE Dawson has been showing off her brand new smile following emergency surgery on her pearly whites. The reality TV star suffered a ...


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Global X MSCI GREECE ETF (GREK) Declines 1.21% for Nov 12

Nov 12 is a negative day so far for Global X MSCI GREECE ETF (NYSEARCA:GREK) as the ETF is active during the day after losing 1.21% to hit $8.96 ...


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Queens synagogue hosts 2nd annual chicken soup cook-off

But then we had those oh so yummy variations we all had to try like a GREEK lemon chicken soup from Kalamaki. “GREEK chicken soup had lots of ...


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The Hidden History of How California Was Built on Genocide

From 1846 to 1873, vigilantes, state militiamen and soldiers killed thousands of California Natives. But as historian Benjamin Madley shows in _An American Genocide_, man-made starvation, diseases and other factors caused tens of thousands more deaths. In this interview, the author tells Truthout why the treatment of Indigenous Californians counts as genocide, who perpetrated the genocide, and why it has wider significance today. _History professor Benjamin Madley has written the first comprehensive investigation of the catastrophe that befell California's Indigenous population from 1846 to 1873: a catastrophe that was entirely man-made. _An American Genocide_ catalogs the killing of tens of thousands of Native people during those years, and proves just how complicit the Californian and United States government were in the slaughter. Order this important book by donating to Truthout today!_ [Modoc chief Kintpuash photographed by T.N. Wood in 1864. Kintpuash and his family were among the Modoc removed from California by the United States in 1864; his leadership of Modoc and attempts to return and resist led to his capture and execution by the US Army in 1873.]Modoc chief Kintpuash photographed by T.N. Wood in 1864. Kintpuash and his family were among the Modoc removed from California by the United States in 1864; his leadership of Modoc and attempts to return and resist led to his capture and execution by the US Army in 1873. (Photo: Braun Research Library Collection, Autry National Center, Los Angeles; Public Domain)_[Editors' note: In his introduction, the author states "Where sources create uncertainty as to tribal identity, I follow the twenty-first-century California Indian practice of using the term Indian or California Indians." Truthout's policy is to use the terms Indigenous or Native for articles by non-Native authors and we have made that change in this interview.]_ The genocide of California's Indigenous nations was the foundation upon which settler colonialism built the "Golden State." In this interview, historian and author Benjamin Madley argues that understanding the 19th century genocide in California will assist scholars in "re-examining the larger, hemispheric Indigenous population catastrophe." MARK KARLIN: CAN YOU DEFINE WHAT CONSTITUTES "GENOCIDE" AND THE ORIGIN OF THE TERM? BENJAMIN MADLEY: In 1943, the legal scholar Raphaël Lemkin coined a new word for an ancient crime. Defining the concept in 1944, he combined "the Greek word genos (tribe, race) and the Latin cide," or killing, to describe genocide as any attempt to physically or culturally annihilate an ethnic, national, religious or political group. In 1948, the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide more narrowly defined genocide as: > Acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a > national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: >  > (a)  Killing members of the group; >  > (b)  Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; >  > (c)  Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life > calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in > part; >  > (d)  Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; >  > (e)  Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. PERPETRATORS COMMITTED ALL FIVE GENOCIDAL ACTS LISTED IN THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION. The Convention thus provides a clear, internationally recognized rubric for evaluating instances of genocide, including historical cases not subject to legal jurisdiction. First, perpetrators must evince "intent to destroy" a group "as such." Second, they must commit at least one of the five genocidal acts against one of the four protected groups. IN WHAT WAYS WAS THE KILLING OF CALIFORNIA'S NATIVE POPULATION THAT OCCURRED IN THE MID-1800S A GENOCIDE? HOW MANY INDIGENOUS CALIFORNIANS WERE KILLED? The California catastrophe fits the two-part legal definition set forth in the UN Genocide Convention. First, perpetrators demonstrated, in word and deed, their "intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group as such." Second, they committed all five genocidal acts listed in the convention. "Killing members of the group" occurred in more than 370 massacres, as well as in hundreds of smaller killings, homicides and executions. Sources indicate that from 1846 to 1873, vigilantes, state militiamen and soldiers killed at least 9,492 to 16,094 California [Natives], and probably many more. By way of contrast, California [Natives] killed fewer than 1,500 non-[Native Americans] during this period. TWO STATE GOVERNORS THREATENED ANNIHILATION, AND BOTH GOVERNORS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS COOPERATED IN BUILDING A KILLING MACHINE. But direct killing was not the only case of this demographic catastrophe. In the book, I argue that starvation, exposure, diseases and other factors also caused thousands of deaths while suppressing demographic recovery. In total, historical demographers and most historians estimate that California's [Native] population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000 during these years. Other acts of genocide proliferated, too. Many rapes and beatings occurred, and these meet the Convention's definition of "causing serious bodily harm" to victims on the basis of their group identity and with the intent to destroy the group. The sustained military and civilian policy of demolishing California [Native] villages and their food stores while driving [them] into inhospitable desert and mountain regions amounted to "deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part." Some Office of Indian Affairs employees administering federal reservations in California committed the same genocidal crime. Further, because malnutrition and exposure predictably lowered fertility while increasing the number of miscarriages and stillbirths, some state and federal decision-makers also appear guilty of "imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group." Finally, the state, slave raiders and federal officials were all involved in "forcibly transferring children of the group to another group." Three thousand to 4,000 or more California [Native] children suffered such forced transfers. By breaking up families and communities, forced removals also constituted "imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group." Sufficient evidence exists to designate the California catastrophe a case of genocide, according to the UN definition. WHO WERE THE PERPETRATORS OF THE GENOCIDE? Elected California officials were the primary architects of annihilation. State legislators created a legal environment in which California [Natives] had almost no rights, thus granting those who attacked them virtual impunity. THE US ARMY PLAYED A CRUCIAL PART IN THE CALIFORNIA GENOCIDE BY SETTING GENOCIDAL PRECEDENTS AND HELPING TO BUILD THE KILLING MACHINE. Moreover, two state governors threatened annihilation, and both governors and elected officials cooperated in building a killing machine. California governors called out or authorized no fewer than 24 state militia expeditions between 1850 and 1861, which killed a minimum of 1,342 California [Native] people. State legislators also raised up to $1.51 million to fund these operations. By demonstrating that the state would not punish [these] killers, but instead reward them, state militia expeditions inspired an even greater number of vigilante killings. Finally, in 1863, after the US Army supplanted the state militia as the primary state-sponsored [Native]-killing force, California legislators passed a bill allowing the state to raise an additional $600,000 to encourage more men to enlist as California Volunteers. [But] the state of California did not act alone. The US Army played a crucial part in the California genocide, first creating the exclusionary legal system, then setting genocidal precedents, helping to build the killing machine, participating in killing and finally taking control of it. In total, US Army soldiers killed at least 1,688 to 3,741 California [Natives] between 1846 and 1873. A CAREFUL STUDY OF GENOCIDE IN CALIFORNIA WILL ALSO ASSIST SCHOLARS IN RE-EXAMINING THE LARGER, HEMISPHERIC INDIGENOUS POPULATION CATASTROPHE. If state legislators were the architects of genocide, federal officials helped to lay the groundwork, became the final arbiters of the design and ultimately paid for most of its official execution. By 1863, the federal government had given California more than $1 million for its militia campaigns. Of course, by 1863, the US Army had taken over as the primary state-sponsored killer, and Congress controlled that institution's budget. Indeed, federal legislators paid for some or all of many lethal campaigns against California [Natives] that began in 1846 and concluded in 1873. YOU STATE IN YOUR CONCLUSION, "THE DIRECT AND DELIBERATE KILLING OF [NATIVES] IN CALIFORNIA BETWEEN 1846 AND 1873 WAS MORE LETHAL AND SUSTAINED THAN ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OR ITS COLONIAL ANTECEDENTS." WHAT LED TO THIS APPALLING DISTINCTION? Based on available research, the direct and deliberate killing of [Natives] in California between 1846 and 1873 was more lethal and sustained than anywhere in the United States or its colonial antecedents. Yet, as I argued in the book, there remains a need for additional detailed studies addressing the question of genocide in other regions and among other peoples within and beyond the United States. The variables present in the California genocide did not recur in precisely the same combination, or at the same intensities, in the histories of other Native American peoples. We need to build on our existing knowledge, with new research, in order to understand the full picture for the United States, North America and the Western Hemisphere. That said, this book presents a workable methodology for examining potential cases of genocide in the Americas and beyond. WHY DO YOU THINK WE ARE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL ABOUT HISTORICAL EVENTS LIKE THE GOLD RUSH AND THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD, BUT SO LITTLE ABOUT THE MASSACRE OF CALIFORNIA'S NATIVE POPULATION? DID DEMOCRACY DRIVE MASS MURDER AND, ULTIMATELY, DID GENOCIDE PLAY A ROLE IN MAKING MODERN CANADA, MEXICO, THE UNITED STATES OR OTHER WESTERN HEMISPHERE NATIONS? This is a profoundly disturbing story with high stakes for scholars, California [Natives] and everyone living in the Western Hemisphere. If US citizens founded some regions of California, if not the state as a whole, on deliberate attempts to annihilate California [Natives], scholars will need to re-evaluate current interpretive axioms and address new questions. Scholars could, for example, re-examine the assumption that indirect effects of colonization, like diseases, rather than deliberate actions, like murder, were the leading cause of death in encounters between newcomers and California [Natives]. Exceptionalist interpretations of US history lose validity as researchers compare California to other mass killings around the globe. A careful study of genocide in California will also assist scholars in re-examining the larger, hemispheric Indigenous population catastrophe. Where scholars document a genocide, it will be necessary to evaluate what roles governments and private individuals played, as well as whether or not the event was part of a recurring regional or national pattern. Larger questions then follow. What tended to catalyze genocide? Who ordered and carried out the killing? Why do we not know more about these events? Did democracy drive mass murder and, ultimately, did genocide play a role in making modern Canada, Mexico, the United States or other Western Hemisphere nations? The genocide question is particularly urgent for California's approximately 150,000 [Natives]. Should they press for government apologies, reparations and control of land where genocidal events took place? Will tribes marshal evidence of genocide in cases involving tribal sovereignty and federal recognition? How should they commemorate victims of mass murder, while also emphasizing accommodation, resistance, survival and cultural renewal? The psychological issues related to genocide are also fraught. What happens if a tribal member learns that she or he is a descendant of both perpetrators and victims? How might California [Natives] reconcile increased knowledge of genocide -- sometimes at the hands of the United States -- with their often-intense patriotism? Finally, what role might acknowledgement of genocide have on the "intergenerational/historical trauma" prevalent in many California [Native] communities, and that trauma's connection to present-day physical illnesses, substance abuse, domestic violence and suicide? The question of genocide in California under US rule also poses explosive questions for all US citizens. Should government officials tender public apologies, as Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush did in the 1980s for the relocation and internment of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II? Should federal officials offer compensation, along the lines of the more than $1.6 billion Congress paid to 82,210 of these Japanese Americans and their heirs? Might California officials decrease their cut of California [Natives'] $7.3 billion annual gaming revenues (2014) as a way of paying reparations? TRUTHOUT PROGRESSIVE PICK ------------------------- [An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873] The decimation of California’s Indigenous population through state-sanctioned mass murder. CLICK HERE NOW TO GET THE BOOK! ------------------------- A better understanding of the California genocide might also impact the federal government's dealings with the scores of California [Native] communities currently seeking federal recognition. The question of commemoration is closely linked. Will non-[Natives] support or tolerate the public commemoration of mass murders committed by some of the state's forefathers with the same kinds of monuments, museums and state-legislated days of remembrance that today commemorate the Armenian genocide and the Holocaust? Will genocides against California [Natives] join these mass murders in public school curricula and public discourse? These questions are important, but can be addressed only in limited ways without a comprehensive understanding of relations between California [Natives] and newcomers from 1846 to 1873. WHAT IS THE MYTH OF INEVITABLE EXTINCTION? The myth of inevitable extinction conveniently displaced agency from human beings to amorphous forces, such as Providence, fate and nature. This myth falsely but convincingly absolved both individuals and white society as a whole of moral responsibility for the destruction of Native Americans in general and California [Natives] in particular.


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“Retouch” named best short fiction film at Tirana festival

“Glory” by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov from Bulgaria and GREECE was selected as best feature film while Gentian Koçi was picked as best ...


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Weather Warning: Low Euridike to strike Greece with rainstorms, strong winds up to 9B

Greece’s national Meteorology Service EMY warns of weather deterioration with rains, storms and hail as wells as Sahara dust due to strong South winds. Winds will be blowing wiht intensity of  up to 9 Beaufort in North Ionian and South Aegean Sea -see maps below. According to the warning, the bad weather front called Euridike … The post Weather Warning: Low Euridike to strike Greece with rainstorms, strong winds up to 9B appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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US gives GREEK Navy SEALs boats

Athens, Greece—The GREEK Navy SEALs are having an early Christmas. The US Navy just transferred four Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boats (RHIBs) to its ...


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Pi Kappa Alpha community service amid initiation scandal

We want to make a difference, we want to change people's perception of either us or GREEK life in general," Voss said. Voss said that they will be doing ...


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Different country, same world

It's good to get away from GREECE every once in a while just to be reminded of how big and complex the world is. Japan is a faraway country that is at ...


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Taxes, Transport Costs Force Closure of Historic Cosmetics Company in Chios

A historic cosmetics company at the island of Chios, GREECE has decided to close its operations and move elsewhere, citing rocketing transport costs ...


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Albania And GREECE Make Historic Agreement

On Saturday, 11 November, discussions between Albanian Foreign Minister Bushati and his Greek counterpart Kotzias, were held on Kreta island.


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Charlotte Dawson shows off her perfect pearly white teeth in busty jumpsuit…after smashing her ...

She had to take an emergency trip to the dentist earlier this month after suffering a horrific fall in GREECE and knocking a tooth out. But Charlotte ...


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Kotzias in talks with Bushati over ‘open issues’ between Greece-Albania

CRETE – Greece and Albania are discussing open issues in bilateral relations that will clear the latter’s path towards EU membership, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias […] The post Kotzias in talks with Bushati over ‘open issues’ between Greece-Albania appeared first on The National Herald.


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Kalalei Wins Athens Marathon Amid Kenyan Sweep of Top 5

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Samuel Kalalei has won the Athens Marathon, beating Milton Rotich by just over two minutes in a Kenyan sweep of the […] The post Kalalei Wins Athens Marathon Amid Kenyan Sweep of Top 5 appeared first on The National Herald.


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Sussex County Lost, Nov. 12: Swartswood Methodist Episcopal Church

The Swartswood church is a charming vernacular structure that reflects the influences of both the GREEK and Gothic Revival styles of architecture.


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Things to do: Nov. 12, 2017

JOHN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH GREEK DINNER/BAKE SALE: Noon to 5 p.m. at the church, 3512 MacCorkle Ave. Dinners are $17. Church ...


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Stay as fit as a fiddle

The GREEK word 'theos' means 'God'; a 'theist', therefore, is someone who believes in the existence of God. A 'theist' may or may not be religious.


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GREEK selection so far – ERT committed to a 2018 national final against calls for internal selection

Chorostalites (at the back), Duo Fina, Areti Ketime, Tony Vlachos and Yianna Terzi (left to right) are the shortlisted candidates for the 2018 GREEK final.


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President banks on improvement of relations

“My hope and expectation is that President Erdogan has among the key objectives of his visit to Athens the improvement of GREEK-Turkish relations, ...


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ND chief aims to change EU minds about GREECE

New Democracy chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses a party gathering in Ioannina, northwestern GREECE, earlier this month. Mitsotakis is launching a ...


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Kalelei wins 35. Athens Marathon, two Greeks among the top 10

Kenya’s Samuel Kalalei finished in the first place at the 35th Athens Marathon at Panathenaikon stadium in Athens, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017. Kalalei has won the Athens Marathon, beating compatriot Milton Rotich by just over two minutes. Samuel Kalalei broke away from the pre-race favorite Rotich after the 35-kilometer mark to win the hilly course … The post Kalelei wins 35. Athens Marathon, two Greeks among the top 10 appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Tensions mount between Eldorado Gold and Greek government

A battle of jobs versus the environment is raging in northern Greece, as one of the country's largest foreign investors threatens to pull out. Canadian mining group Eldorado Gold almost suspended operations last month, saying the government is not meeting ...


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US team taps GREECE teen for World Championship competition

There won't be any lounging around for 14-year-old Kathryn “Katie” LaRuez of GREECE after the turkey is eaten on Thanksgiving. The GREECE Arcadia ...


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Emergency weather bulletin by EMY

Heavy rain and possible hailstorm to affect areas of Greece


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Clampdown on illegal parking in northern GREEK city of Thessaloniki

The GREEK city of Thessaloniki is on Monday launching a new scheme restricting parking in the downtown area in a bid to curb traffic congestion.


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Reports: Capital controls to be fully lifted on imported cash to GREECE

The latest loosening of capital controls still imposed on deposits held in Greek banks is expected to allow full access to cash repatriated from abroad, ...


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British father dies when rainstorm sweeps away family car in Corfu

A 57-year-old British tourist lost his life when rushing waters swept away the car he was driving during a thunderstorm. The tragedy occurred during the time a thunderstorm with torrential rains was striking the island of Corfu in the Northern Ionian Sea on Saturday evening.  In the car were also his wife and two underage … The post British father dies when rainstorm sweeps away family car in Corfu appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Convicted 17November terrorist Koufodinas returns to prison

Dimitris Koufodinas, the convicted gunman of terror organization 17 November, returned to prison following a 48-hour-furlough. Koufodinas arrived at Korydallos prison an hour and a half  ahead of the Saturday noon deadline, accompanied by his wife and son. He looked relaxed and waved to the press. Koufodinas, 59, is serving 11 life sentences plus 25 … The post Convicted 17November terrorist Koufodinas returns to prison appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Joint announcement of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Greece and Albania (Crete, 12 November 2017)

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Greece and Albania, Nikos Kotzias and Ditmir Bushati, held talks in Crete on 10-12 November, 2017, focusing on open bilateral issues. Substantial work was carried out during the talks, which were conducted in a friendly and constructive atmosphere. Both sides acknowledged the importance of dialogue in resolving outstanding issues and agreed on further steps that need to be taken in order to reach positive outcomes on the basis of European values and norms, to the benefit of the two countries and their peoples. The talks amounted to an important step forward and efforts to find viable solutions to longstanding problems will continue. In that light, it was agreed that the Ministers will meet again in the coming period, in Albania, in order to evaluate the progress achieved and decide on further concrete steps forward.


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Polls Opened in Greece for Leader of New Centre-Left Party

Thousands of Greeks are expected to go the polls on Sunday to elect a leader for the new party of the centre/ centre-left. Nine candidates are running to lead the new party which politically hopes to fill the void between conservative New Democracy and ...


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GREECE vs Croatia 12 November 2017: World Cup Qualifier Preview and Predictions

Croatia takes on GREECE in the second leg of their tie to determine which team makes it to the World Cup in Russia next year. The first leg saw this ...


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Thousands Follow the Footsteps of Pheidippides in Athens Authentic Marathon

The 35th Authentic Marathon is taking place in GREECE bringing together more than 51,000 runners from GREECE and around the world, who are ...


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Bodies of Three Refugee Children Found on Lesbos Befuddle Officials

LESVOS – Greek police aren’t certain what to make of the baffling cases of three dead refugee children found on the island of Lesbos, overrun […] The post Bodies of Three Refugee Children Found on Lesbos Befuddle Officials appeared first on The National Herald.


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