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Friday, March 9, 2018

Flu fatalities reach 17 in Greece, measles cases near 2,000

ATHENS, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Seventeen people in Greece have lost their lives this winter as a result of the seasonal flu virus, while the measles epidemic has grown to almost 2,000 reported cases, according to the Greek Center for Disease Control and ...


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Reservations are open for the Hellenic Dancers of NJ 2018 Taverna Night Dinner Dance!

  HDNJ Celebrates its 46th Anniversary with its 2018 Annual Taverna Night! Join us for a night of great food, Greek and popular dance music by DJ Pegasus and a special performance by The Hellenic Dancers of NJ! The group is debuting several “new” traditional Greek folk dances to its 350+ dance repertoire like Perdikoula Imeriva from […] The post Reservations are open for the Hellenic Dancers of NJ 2018 Taverna Night Dinner Dance! appeared first on Hellenic News of America.


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Prominent GREEK Academic Brings Brexit Debate to Canada

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies will be presenting Professor Loukas Tsoukalis, President of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy and leading expert on European integration, for this year's Edward and Emily McWhinney Memorial Lecture, entitled: “Brexit ...


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Turkish Cypriots vow to launch gas search unless Greek side pulls back

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Turkish Cypriots will launch their own exploration for oil and gas around Cyprus if Greek Cypriots persist with their own plans, their foreign minister said on Friday, as an uneasy standoff lingered over offshore resources. Greek ...


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What greek goddess has a 6 letter name?

Answers.com ® is making the world better one answer at a time. The greek goddess Athena, goddess of wisdom, arts and crafts, and war strategy. Her sacred animal is the owl and she is known to have been an advisor (and daughter) of Zeus. The city of Athens ...


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Letter to the Editor: Leaving GREEK life unchecked enables entitlement among members

On Feb. 8, a friend and I arrived at the Pavilion early to get seats in the front row of the middle section for the anticipated basketball game between UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara. Because it was GREEK night, the fraternities and sororities had come together to grab seats in the front section, but were ...


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Canadian, US Students Urged to Apply for GREECE Trip

Twenty lucky students of Greek descent in Canada and the US are being invited to apply for a 10-day trip to GREECE this summer. The Philoxenia Program College Student Trip is scheduled to take place between July 9 and July 18. The General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad is accepting applications for ...


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You may be a genius if you can answer these 12 science trivia questions people always get wrong

[john tucker must die]Twentieth Century Fox * WHILE YOU MAY THINK OF YOURSELF AS A SCIENCE EXPERT, THE QUESTIONS BELOW WILL LIKELY HAVE YOU STUMPED. * MOST OF THESE ARE QUITE TRICKY, BUT SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT THE CORRECT ANSWER.  ------------------------- If you can answer 50 percent of these science trivia questions correctly, you may be a genius. WHAT WEIGHS MORE, A POUND OF GOLD OR A POUND OF FEATHERS? REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin You might think that this is a trick science trivia question. But, if you guessed that they weigh the same, you’re wrong. A pound of feathers weighs _more_. Why? Gold is weighed in the troy measurement system. Therefore, when you convert them both to a uniform system, a pound of gold weighs approximately 373.24 grams and a pound of feathers approximately 453.59 grams. Don't miss these history questions that people always get wrong. WHAT MOUNTAIN PEAK IS FARTHEST FROM THE CENTER OF THE EARTH? Kirsty barnby/Unsplash Many may think the answer to this science trivia question is Mount Everest. However, the peak of Chimborazo in Ecuador is the farthest from the center of the earth. Why? The earth actually bulges at the equator because it's constantly spinning. Since Chimborazo sits on top of the equator and right on this bulge, its peak is the furthest from the earth's core. Mount Everest is the tallest mountain if you measure it from base to peak, but its peak is not the furthest from the center of the earth. AT ONE TIME, DID PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THE EARTH WAS FLAT? NASA Humans have known that the earth is round since the time of Ancient Greece. Many believe that it was in the early Middle Ages that some people said the world was flat. Here are some science "facts" that have been proven wrong. SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDER SEE ALSO: * 15 pregnancy rules the royal family has to follow * Parents reveal the weirdest things they've caught their kids doing — and the stories are hilarious * 13 strange body facts you always wondered about but were too afraid to ask


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Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan for Europe (January to December 2017)

In 2017, the response by humanitarian partners focused on the relatively static populations in most of Europe and increasing populations in GREECE and Italy. The RMRP presents a set of measures that will enable the humanitarian community to contribute to the protection of refugees and vulnerable ...


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New art exhibition explores how a shared love of GREECE united and inspired creatives

Charmed Lives in GREECE: Ghika, Craxton and Leigh Fermor highlights the importance of a succession of Greek homes to the lives and work of the three men, who met just after the Second World War. And with the help of personal objects, drawings, letters and artworks, it re-creates something of that ...


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16-Year-Old Greek Restaurant Sails Away From The Original Farmers Market

Tableside fire preparations at the old Ulysses Voyage The Original Farmers Market/YouTube One of Los Angeles’s enduring Greek restaurants has closed, as Ulysses Voyage floats on after 16 years at The Original Farmers Market off Fairfax. Ulysses Voyage ...


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Greece: Export boom in January

An explosion in exports took place in the first month of 2018 which illustrates the improvement of the state Greece is in as well as its competitiveness According to the Hell


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Greece: Syrian family transfers to mainland after Samos ordeal

… CHIOS, Greece – Mohamad Alhajer was desperate to leave the Greek island of … north from Greece, the number of arrivals on the Greek islands fell … is focusing on life in Greece. Besides having his arm and …


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GREEK Parliament Rejects Inquiry for 3 Ministers

The GREEK parliament rejected on Thursday night a proposal by New Democracy to set up a special parliamentary committee to investigate a possible breach of trust by three SYRIZA ministers in connection with the ongoing investigation into the Novartis case. The proposal concerned Shipping Minister ...


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GREEK Tourism Minister meets with Egyptian and Cyprus' counterparts

GREEK Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura met with her Egyptian counterpart Rania Al-Mashat and the Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Cyprus Giorgos Lakotrpipis within the framework of the International ITB Tourism Fair in Berlin, ANA reports. During the meeting, they examined ...


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GREEK main opposition leader promises bold settlement of private debt

Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised on Friday a comprehensive, bold settlement of the private debt, according to ANA, while speaking at the 2nd International Meeting of small and medium-sized companies held by the Hellenic Confederation of Professionals, ...


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GREEK Music Festival to enchant Melbourne on Saturday

Musicians from Greece and Australia will pay homage to the so called "GREEK blues", or Rebetiko, in a festival at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Saturday. Pliri Ntaxei and Chrysoula K & Purpura from Greece, plus Australia-based performers Zourouna, the Melbourne Rebetiko Ensemble, Pascal Latra ...


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DefMin Fifor welcomes Greek counterpart Kammenos: Greece, an important ally of Romania in the region

Greece is an important ally of Romania in the region, Romanian National Defence Minister Mihai Fifor said on Friday, in a joint press statement with Hellenic Republic Minister of Defence Panos Kammenos. The two officials had talks at the National Defence Ministry (MApN) on Friday, followed by the signing of an agreement between the Defence […]


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Salam Aldeen's journey: From saviour in Lesbos to 'human trafficker'

He set out to rescue people fleeing conflict over the Mediterranean to Greece. But in less than two months' time he could be sentenced for people-smuggling by a Greek court.


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WATCH: GREEK Composer Yanni plays in solidarity with Syrians, Kurds

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) - GREEK composer Yanni has voiced his support for Syrians and Kurdish people by playing his music "Almost a Whisper" in solidarity. "Yanni-Almost a Whisper (Seléna's Theme)-Primary Form-4K Never Released Before. This is for all my Syrian and Kurdish friends ...


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Pentagon denies US fleet deployed in Mediterranean to protect ExxonMobil drilling operations

Tension between Turkey, Greek Cyprus and GREECE has been rising in recent months after Nicosia unilaterally accelerated its hydrocarbon activities around the island of Cyprus. It was reported that the Turkish naval forces blocked an exploration vessel of Italian energy company ENI off the southeastern ...


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GREECE heads for another record year

GREECE is expecting to set another new record in 2018 after international arrivals soared to 30 million in 2017 from 25 million the year before. The German market generated double-digit growth for the third year in a row, with visitor figures jumping 18 per cent to 3.7 million. Tourism minister Elena ...


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Lyons Township High School takes on Greek mythology with presentation of 'The Odyssey'

Someday is now for Ann Dudek, the Lyons Township High School language arts teacher who is directing the school's production of "The Odyssey" by Homer. "I saw it 20 years ago, and it was so delightful," Dudek said. "I knew I someday wanted to do this play ...


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Defense Minister Calls for Release of Greek ‘Hostages’ in Turkey

Greece’s defense minister has described the two junior army officers being held in Turkish custody as “hostages”. Panos Kammenos, speaking during a visit to Bucharest on Friday, said: “I ask for the Romanian defence minister’s support for the ...


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Update on Alex Triantaphyllis’ Run for Congress in Texas

HOUSTON, TX – Greek-American Alex Triantaphyllis was running for Congress in Texas’ 7th District, but failed to advance in the primary election that took place on […] The post Update on Alex Triantaphyllis’ Run for Congress in Texas appeared first on The National Herald.


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Greek Deli Owner and Chef Kostas Fostieris in Washington, DC

WASHINGTON, DC – Kostas Fostieris is not only a good restaurateur and chef, but also a true Greek patriot. His restaurant, Greek Deli, located a few […] The post Greek Deli Owner and Chef Kostas Fostieris in Washington, DC appeared first on The National Herald.


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Opinion today: From Brexit to John McDonnell

Democracy in GREECE: Antonis Samaras, a former prime minister of GREECE, argues Syriza is undermining democracy. The government has abolished the independent anti-corruption watchdog while Alexis Tsipras is mounting attacks on his political rivals. World Cup woes: Robert Shrimsley imagines ...


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Malta among EU countries spending least on social protection

The ratio of government social protection expenditure to GDP varied across EU states from less than 10% in Ireland (9.9%) to over a quarter in Finland (25.6%). Eight states – Finland, France, Denmark, Austria, Italy, GREECE, Sweden and Belgium – devoted at least 20% of GDP to social protection, while ...


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Gun Suspect Linked to GREEK Far-Right

A Facebook post by a 32-year-old man arrested in Rethymno, Crete in possession of several firearms points to his membership of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party. When police searched the suspect's house they found a MG1 machine gun, two Kalashnikov rifles, one Uzi, nine grenades, several ...


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Neo-Nazi Suspects Revealing All About C18 Group

ATHENS – Greek police said three of 11 suspects of the militant neo-Nazi group Combat 18 have opened up and providing key details about its […] The post Neo-Nazi Suspects Revealing All About C18 Group appeared first on The National Herald.


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Mike Moustakas, Royals Αgree to $6.5M, 1-Υear Contract

Greek-American Mike Moustakas is staying with the Kansas City Royals in a surprising turn dictated by a historically slow free-agent market. Kansas City agreed Thursday […] The post Mike Moustakas, Royals Αgree to $6.5M, 1-Υear Contract appeared first on The National Herald.


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New York mourns passing of financial district's iconic GREEK cobbler

For more than four decades, Lower East Side New Yorkers have been trusting their shoes to the hands of a GREEK legend. Minas Polychronakis. The GREEK-American cobbler passed on Wednesday, at the age of 76. Born in Heraklion, Crete, Minas trained as a shoemaker alongside his father, before ...


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GREEK Australian BBQ dinner at Cam's by the hand of Ella Mittas

As part of Melbourne Design Week, GREEK Australian chef Ella Mittas creates a dinner around the theme of 'Australianness', inspired by the ubiquitous Aussie BBQ. The dinner event coincides with the exhibition 'How Much Can a Koala Bear' in the adjacent gallery, featuring the works of 15 ...


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Turkish leader angers GREEKS as he attempts to trade captured soldiers for military officials

Angelos Mitretodis, 25, and Dimitris Kouklatzis 27, a lieutenant and sergeant in the GREEK army, followed the path, stopping only to take photographs as ... In a turn of events viewed with incredulity in the West, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought to trade the captive GREEKS for a group of ...


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'Best Drama' Award for GREEK-themed Short Film at Toronto Festival

The twenty-minute long short film called “Eleftheromania,” stars Oscar-winner Olympia Dukakis as an octogenarian Holocaust survivor who recounts the “whispers” in the camp about the GREEK men with her journalist friend, portrayed by Anthoula Katsimatides. David Antoniuk directed the film which was ...


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GREEK soldiers are hostages in Turkey, minister says

Turkey is holding two GREEK soldiers as hostages in its prisons, Defence Minister Panos Kammnos said on Friday. Kammenos made the remarks after a meeting with his Romanian counterpart Mihai Fifor in Bucharest, Ekathimerini reported . “I am asking the support of the Romanian defense minister for ...


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ND says coalition divided on issue of detained GREEK soldiers

Opposition New Democracy on Friday accused the SYRIZA-Independent GREEKS (ANEL) coalition of being divided over the issue of the two servicemen detained by Turkey. Turkish authorities detained the two servicemen last week after they crossed the shared border during a patrol. In comments made ...


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Black Student Union and Center for Student Involvement will host “Black GREEK 101”

On Wednesday, March 14, the Black Student Union and the Center for Student Involvement will be hosting “Black GREEK 101.” The event is an informational conference about historically African American fraternities and sororities. It is a free event, and participants should go to the Redwood Auditorium in ...


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Foodie Friday "Zorba the Beef" Greek-Inspired Strip Steak

Foodie Friday Greek-inspired steak is a quick but … . "Zorba the Beef", Greek-Inspired Steak (prep. time about 45 …


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Archaeology a “Privileged Field of Intense Collaboration” with Greece, Says Swiss Envoy

… Ambassador to Greece Hans-Rudolf Hodel noted the close cooperation between Greece and … Greek authorities in 1975 as the “Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece”. Ever since, it is considered an archaeological research institute under Greek …


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International ocean drilling expedition obtains unique record of plate tectonic rifting and changing climate in Greece

… from the Corinth Rift in Greece. Credit: University of Southampton Core … Gulf of Corinth in Central Greece. The samples provide a continuous …


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Pamela Anderson calls Tommy Lee 'a disaster' after fight with son

Former Mötley Crüe musician Tommy Lee was born as Thomas Lee Bass, Oct. 3, 1962, in Athens GREECE. 01 / 20. Former Mötley Crüe musician Tommy Lee was born as Thomas Lee Bass, Oct. 3, 1962, in Athens GREECE. 01 / 20. Copyright 2017 USATODAY.com. Terms of Service · Privacy Notice · Your ...


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Greek DM refers to Greek 'hostages' in Turkish prisons; opposition rails against Tsipras personally

Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos on Friday more-or-less broke his “radio silence” on the continued incarceration of two army servicemen, who allegedly strayed into Turkish territory last week, referring to “Greek hostages in Turkish prisons”.


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Army Moves Commanders of Greek Soldiers Held in Turkey

The commanders of the two junior Greek army officers who are in custody in Turkey have been transferred to other posts. The commander of the 16th Motorized Infantry Division and the head of the ‘Rimini’ 3rd Mountain Brigade have been ordered to move to ...


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Kammenos calls for immediate release of GREEK 'hostages'

Defense Minister Panos Kammenos on Friday asked for the immediate release of the two GREEK soliders detained after accidentally crossing the ... “At this moment, there are two GREEK hostages in Turkish prisons,” Kammenos said after a meeting with his Romanian counterpart Mihai Fifor in Bucharest.


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Greece to re-issue annual treasury bill after 8 years

ATHENS, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Greece will issue 12-month treasury bills on March 14 for the first time after eight years, the Greek Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) said Friday. The amount to be auctioned is 625 million euros (768 million U.S. dollars ...


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Turkish national enters Greece seeking political asylum

He crossed the Evros River Friday at dawn


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Giannis Antetokounmpo among NBA’s top 10 earners! (infographic)

The Greek Freak in 7th spot


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Donal Ryan: ‘Writing is like being gloriously drunk, and it’s always followed by a hangover of guilt’

The award-winning author made headlines when he went back to his day job in the civil service. He talks about seeing ghosts and almost giving up writing Donal Ryan made his name with his debut novel _The Spinning Heart_, a portrait of recession-hit rural Ireland in 21 voices, which won the Guardian first book award in 2013 and was longlisted for the Man Booker prize. Two other novels and a short story collection quickly followed, set around the same fictional village, a composite of various places in Limerick and Tipperary. Ranging from the boom years of the Celtic Tiger to the experience of Irish Travellers, they dug deep into the psyche of Irish communities, with marginal voices summoning the intensity of small-town loves and hates to uncover a complicated history and uncertain present. His fifth book, _From a Low and Quiet Sea_, begins with a very different story: that of Farouk, a Syrian doctor who with his wife and daughter flees a country collapsing into war in the hope of safety in the west. They discover too late that the boat they are crammed on to with other desperate families has no captain and no life jackets: and then a storm hits. Ryan took the story, he explains, from a news report about a Syrian doctor who paid what he thought was a high-end smuggler to get him out of the country, then lost his family at sea. “It really happened, the boat went down. What happens in the book happened in real life.” In the novel, the traumatised Farouk drifts through refugee holding camps, unable to process his loss. The real Farouk was employed on one of the Greek islands as a brain surgeon, says Ryan. “There was a line in the report where he says that he spends the time after his shifts looking out across the water, because that’s his family’s grave.” Continue reading...


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Expectations about Kotzias’ visit to Skopje

The head of the Greek diplomacy Nikos Kotzias is soon expected to visit Skopje as part of the agenda to solve the issue of the name dispute that exists between the two countries


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