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Meet the GREEK Jeweler that Created the BVLGARI Fashion Empire
After all, not many would have imagined that the small jewelry shop a hard-working GREEK silversmith named Sotirios Voulgaris founded in Rome back ...
Market sees no point in GREEK bond issue before next spring
The government should avoid tapping the money markets for at least another five months and aim at short-term paper rather than a benchmark issue, ...
Turkey hallucinates of “Greek research vessels” when none is around
Paranoia has reached an alarming level in Turkey and our neighbors see Greek vessels violating their narrow territorial waters… where none are. “A Greek research vessel for the Greek Navy entered Turkish territorial waters.” Turkish news agency IHA reported adding that the vessel was sailing towards Kusadasi coming from the island of Samos. “The movements … The post Turkey hallucinates of “Greek research vessels” when none is around appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Villa of War of Independence hero Miaoulis for sale for €4.5million
A legendary villa with historical significance is for sale by Sotheby’s real estate. Constructed in 1808 by Venetian architects it was the residence of famous Admiral Andreas Miaoulis,one of the most important men of the War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. Loaded with history, architecture and decoration that combines past and present, cultures and … The post Villa of War of Independence hero Miaoulis for sale for €4.5million appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Austerity has left GREEKS so poor that recovery is a distant dream
While the GREEK government waits for the latest developments on both the Macedonian front and its war of words with Turkey, the fallout from the ...
Merkel-Greece: A new affection in bilateral relations
A lot has changed in GREEK-German relations since the time when the greatest source of friction between the two countries was the matter of whether ...
Nick Calathes leads PAO to GREEK Cup semifinals
Nick Calathes pushed Panathinaikos past Promitheas and to the GREEK ... Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens secured the final spot in the GREEK Cup ...
The Greek Candidates in This Year’s Election
NEW YORK – With the November 6 mid-term elections just one day away, candidates are still knocking on doors and sending out text messages asking […] The post The Greek Candidates in This Year’s Election appeared first on The National Herald.
ND MP: Scrapping religious oath will “ban Christmas, remove cross from Greek flag”
Constitutional revisions with regards to religion reforms prepared by the government have triggered a religious frenzy of such level that even Greek Orthodox hardliners would envy. “Religious neutrality” and scrapping the religious oath for lawmakers and the President of the Hellenic Republic will end up in banning public celebration of Christmas and removing the cross … The post ND MP: Scrapping religious oath will “ban Christmas, remove cross from Greek flag” appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Petrounias undergoes surgery and posts a picture to thank his supporters
Greece’s Lord of the Rings, Golden athlete Lefteris Petrounias posted a picture from the bed where he lies just hours after the surgery in his left shoulder. The surgery was conducted in France on Monday morning, just a couple of days after Petrounias won his third Golden Medal in a row in Doha, last Friday, … The post Petrounias undergoes surgery and posts a picture to thank his supporters appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Four Ancient GREEK Kouroi Statues Come to Light in Atalanti Field
Four ancient GREEK statues of young males – known as Kouroi – have been found in a field in the central Greece town of Atalanti, the culture ministry ...
Avli Taverna, Lincoln Park’s Creative Greek Bar, Opened Over the Weekend
Avli opened over the weekend in Lincoln Park. Barry Brecheisen/Eater Chicago The ouzo lessons have already started in Lincoln Park. Avli Taverna, from chef/owner Louie Alexakis and a crew that ...
GREEK Archbishop asks for clarifications on state's 'religious neutrality'
GREEK Archbishop Ieronymos called on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to clarify what his proposal to establish the “religious neutrality” of the state ...
Opinion: LSU GREEK Life's pomping tradition harmful to members
GREEK Life at the University has made many positive changes in the last few years. However, sororities and fraternities practice of creating pomping ...
Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos’ interview for the newspaper “Ta Nea” with journalist A. Ravanos (3 November 2018)
JOURNALIST: Will the recent death by police fire of the Greek national negatively impact Greek-Albanian relations, and what developments does this lead to? G. KATROUGALOS: I would like to hope that the recent tragic death will not hinder the positive trajectory of Greek-Albanian relations. Unfortunately, on 28 October, we expected things to go differently; to witness, in Bularat, during a large celebration, our fallen soldiers on the Albanian front being honoured, finding peace after having been recently buried. There were Greek flags everywhere, hundreds of Greeks were there, together with the Minister of Culture, Ms. Zorba. Unfortunately, instead of this peaceful image, we were left with a bitter taste as a result of the death of our national. From the beginning, we clarified our priorities: to shed ample light on the case; to protect the rights of our Greek brothers; finally, with respect, and without making any concessions with regard to the first two priorities, to protect our bilateral relations.We did not stop at hoping for these things. We proceeded with the necessary demarches, and we continue to closely monitor developments, with the implicit respect for Justice. It is a positive thing that our request was accepted, for a Greek police officer to be present in Albania when the related investigations are conducted, and we are also awaiting that the human request by the family be fulfilled, that the remains be returned. With regard to how the investigation will be proceed, I do not wish to prejudge anything.We must be extremely careful, though, on both sides of the border, clearly not only on the level of government authorities. Banners such as the one raised at Partizan’s field about the “dead Greek bastard” or the front page of the well-known “newspaper” claiming that “we are thirsty for Albanian blood,” albeit that this originates and is expressed by few people, it nonetheless poisons the climate between the two nations. And clearly, the extremism of the former fuels the extremism and intolerance of the rest. JOURNALIST: Minister, with its stance, is the Albanian leadership helping for good neighbourly relations to exist? G. KATROUGALOS: As we have sought to do with all the countries in the region, we have worked systematically with Albania to resolve our bilateral issues, and we are very close to fully resolving them. The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the diplomatic authorities of both countries have consistently worked towards this goal, at least recently. I hope that we will continue, in the same atmosphere, in the future as well, with the obvious condition of showing reciprocal respect, refraining from making provocative statements, and not prejudging, as regards this tragic incident, the decisions of the justice system. JOURNALIST: Since much is being heard, how connected is the Greek State with the Northern Epirotes who live in Albania? G. KATROUGALOS: Systematically and over the long-term, one of the constants of our foreign policy is the protection of our nationals everywhere, and especially wherever we have historical minorities with an age-old presence, such as in Northern Epirus. A few days ago, I personally received the newly elected President of Omonoia at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and we spoke together in an especially warm atmosphere. Protecting the rights of this minority represents one of the goals we have set with our partners as a criterion for Albania's European perspective. In this context, we are awaiting, from the authorities of the neighbouring country, the establishment of regulatory acts for full implementation of the recent law on the protection of minorities. JOURNALIST: With regard to the major recent political issue, what does the Constitutional Revision represent for SYRIZA? G. KATROUGALOS: The first revision proposal of the Left already represents a significant historical event. Revision represents the pinnacle of our progressive reform work, with two main objectives: first, for the client state of the post Junta period to be structurally reformed, towards its democratization through strengthening of the Parliament and introduction of institutional balances that are not the property of the elite, but which will be activated through popular participation; and second, to strengthen the protection of personal and political freedoms and social rights, as well as the mechanisms of the social state, as a levee in the attack against these by neoliberalism. JOURNALIST: With your proposal for the election of President, is the country not held hostage? Isn’t a six-month electoral process extreme? G. KATROUGALOS: All political parties seek, and rightfully so, for the election of the President of the Republic to be separated from the dissolution of Parliament. On the other hand, we must maintain the symbolic unifying role of the President of the Republic in the Constitution. This second priority is not permitted if the latter can only be elected by a ruling majority. According to the old formula, the constitutional legislator sought to “force” the parties to reach a consensus with the threat of elections. This did not work. We therefore feel that the process we are proposing represents such an incentive, if the required majority of three-fifths is not reached, for it to be repeated every month until a majority of three-fifths is reached, or until a six-month period has elapsed from the beginning of the election process, at which point automatic election will take place. Precisely because six months is “extreme,” as your question phrases it, we feel that the parties will avoid this by selecting candidates who can garner a political consensus from the start. JOURNALIST: Following the proposal for revision, what is the relationship, at this point, between the Government and the Church? G. KATROUGALOS: The relationship between the State and the Church is at last as dictated by modern republics, as well as the Bible: "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's". The religious neutrality of the State is expressly protected, while the Orthodox religion continues to be recognised, for historical and factual reasons, as our country’s dominant religion. JOURNALIST: Did your fear complete failure? Is this why you hesitated in abolishing Article 3 of the Constitution? G. KATROUGALOS: On the contrary. We have proven, on many levels, that we do not lack courage. But we are also a mature power which exhibits prudence. Completely abolishing Article 3 would not have a different legislative effect than the amendment we are proposing, while it would create the danger of a war of symbolism and not substance. Beyond the obvious respect for the Church, we do not wish, under any circumstances, for there to be political expression on the part of the religious arena in Greece, as had existed during the period when the indication of religion on national identity cards was being abolished.
Greece Gets US Sanctions Waiver for Iran Oil Imports
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s tough new sanctions on Iran took effect on Monday but eight major importers of Iranian oil were spared from […] The post Greece Gets US Sanctions Waiver for Iran Oil Imports appeared first on The National Herald.
Why today's Google Doodle is celebrating GREEK computer scientist Michael Dertouzos
Today Google celebrate the GREEK compute scientist Michael Dertouzos on what would have been his 82nd birthday, as he died at the age of just 64 ...
Debate on GREEK constitutional revision to start on Nov. 14
The parliamentary debate on the revision of the GREEK Constitution will start on November 14, according to a decision by the House's conference of ...
Moscovici: Commission will examine fiscal space in GREEK budget
He said the GREEK government will have to convince its European partners to adopt the measures it has proposed and the Commission will present its ...
Probe into Chinese buying Greek villas on credit cards
Greece’s central bank is investigating a series of unusual transactions by Chinese citizens who used their credit cards to buy property in Athens and join the EU country’s flourishing “golden visa” sc...
Greece among 8 countries exempted from US sanctions against Iran
Greece is among the countries to be exempted from the US sanctions against oil imports from Iran. Besides Greece, also China, India, Italy, Turkey, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan get US sanctions waivers for Iran oil imports. The exemption is limited to six months. The Trump administration’s tough new sanctions on Iran have taken effect, but … The post Greece among 8 countries exempted from US sanctions against Iran appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Greek TV bosses resign
The managing director and his deputy have resigned from ERT, Greece’s public broadcaster. Vassilis Costopoulos and his deputy Giorgos Thalassinos have quit according to local reports and following all...
Google Doodle honours GREEK scientist Michael Dertouzos who predicted impact of internet
Today, Google Doodle is honouring astonishing GREEK computer scientist Michael Dertouzos who predicted how the internet would impact the lives of ...
Xronia Polla to Mihalis Hatzigiannis who turns 39 today
After a successful soundtrack collaboration, Hatzigiannis released his first full-length GREEK album, quickly hitting the double-platinum mark and ...
Albania to Return Katsifas' Body 'By Tuesday'
The lawyer representing the family of Konstantinos Katsifas, the 35-year-old ethnic GREEK fatally shot by police in southern Albania on October 28, ...
#WFD – GREEK Salad with GREEK Vinaigrette
POLOKWANE – Who doesn't love a traditional GREEK sald? made with fresh ingredients, a salad can be a light alternative to a full meal. What's for ...
Space Hellas Founder dies
... 1985 marked a major milestone in his career, with the creation of Space Hellas by a GREEK company specialising in high technology projects.
Turkey's Eastern Med aggression violates international law: GREEK official
GREEK officials are pushing back against Turkey's resource aggression in the Eastern Mediterranean. In sending a drilling ship into the region last ...
GREEK government delivers free meals to every school in the country
Greece's Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Welfare has announced the commencement of its 'hot meals for schools' national programme for the ...
Southside Assembly of God, Harvest Baptist, St. John the Divine GREEK Orthodox make moves
St. John the Divine GREEK Orthodox Church filed plans for its new Beach Boulevard campus to the St. Johns River Water Management District.
Witness in GREEK scuttling case fears he will be killed
A UK court has ruled that the identity of a whistleblower in the controversial $77m Brillante Virtuoso scuttling case can be revealed, despite fears he ...
Diaspora Report: Discover your GREEK roots just by typing your surname
A search engine is promising to identify the region of Greece one may descend from by simply typing one's surname. Once the name is typed in GREEK, ...
China, Japan, India among those exempt from Iran oil sanctions, says US
The United States will exempt China, India and Japan from oil sanctions on Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday, while at the same time vowing to be “relentless” in pressuring Tehran. Pompeo listed eight places that will enjoy temporary waivers from a ban on all oil transactions with Iran: China, Taiwan, India, Italy, Greece, Japan, South Korea and Turkey. Earlier in the day, the administration reimposed sanctions on Iran’s energy, banking, shipbuilding and...
Greece Neither Provokes Nor Retreats from Its Rights, Kammenos Says
ATHENS – Greece respects international law, protects its national sovereignty and seeks the co-existence of all based on international rules; it does not provoke but […] The post Greece Neither Provokes Nor Retreats from Its Rights, Kammenos Says appeared first on The National Herald.
Commercial Visitors from 30 Countries at 3rd Fur Shopping Festival
KASTORIA, Greece – A total of 365 commercial visitors from 30 countries attended the 3rd Fur Shopping Festival held in Kastoria, November 1-3, of which […] The post Commercial Visitors from 30 Countries at 3rd Fur Shopping Festival appeared first on The National Herald.
US Sec. of State Pompeo: Temporary oil waivers granted to China, India, S. Korea, Turkey, Italy, Greece, Japan and Taiwan
The United States' Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, recently crossed the wires announcing that temporary oil waivers are granted to China, India, S. Korea, Turkey, Italy, Greece, Japan and Taiwan. ...
China, Greece, India, Italy, Turkey, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey get US sanctions waivers for Iran oil imports
WASHINGTON (AP) — China, Greece, India, Italy, Turkey, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey get US sanctions waivers for Iran oil imports.
Buchaniec: Anti-Semitism is not returning; it never went away
This story is not a new one; it is one ingrained in humanity's history, the United States's history. From the ancient empires of Babylonia, GREECE and ...
Visiting GREECE'S Magical Meteora
Spiritual, magical, mystical, extraordinary, breathtaking, peaceful. These are only some of the words people use to describe beautiful Meteora.
Teenage son of slain gangster John Macris was too scared to travel from Sydney to GREECE for his ...
The teenage son of John Macris was too afraid to travel to GREECE for his father's funeral over the weekend, but he may soon be reunited with his half ...
Global Pancake Coil Market 2018 – HALCOR Metal Works SA (GREECE), KME AG (Germany ...
Global Pancake Coil Market 2018-2025 report delivers a comprehensive research based study of the market along with the market share, forecast ...
What Starving Greeks Ate During the German Occupation
As German forces marched into Athens in April 1941, the citizens of the capital and, subsequently, the rest of GREECE, had little idea what was to follow.
Debate: Is Italy going the way of GREECE in 2015?
The Italian government elected this summer has a number of similarities with the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition that came into office in GREECE ...
Nurturing a valuable friendship
More than 3 million Britons visit GREECE each year and tens of thousands of Greeks live in Britain (among them some 11,000 students and about 3,000 ...
CORRECTS: China, GREECE, India, Italy, Turkey, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan get US sanctions ...
CORRECTS: China, GREECE, India, Italy, Turkey, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan get US sanctions waivers for Iran oil imports. (Corrects APNewsAlert that ...
The Albanian authorities try to intimidate the Greek national minority
It's been nine days since Katsifas' execution and the Albanian authorities are still denying to return his body to his family
Preliminary findings on Health Scandals: Four former ministers to be held liable
Initial findings of the Greek Parliamentcommittee on Health scandals from 1997 to 2014 were presented to the the political parties This part regards the forced divestmentof th
Diseases Center infected by Corruption Virus: Thousands invoices in hidden depot
Inspectors investigating corruption in Greece’s “Disease Control and Prevention Center” (KEELPNO) have found thousands of important documents in a room behind a plasterboard wall in the offices in a suburb of North Athens, newspaper documento revealed on Sunday. The “secret depot” was discovered in an joint operation by public administration inspectors and police on October … The post Diseases Center infected by Corruption Virus: Thousands invoices in hidden depot appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
How to prevent Alzheimer's: Disease is rare on Greek island Ikaria
Millions of people live with Alzheimer’s in the U.S., but the disease is almost non-existent on a remote Greek island nicknamed “the place where people forget to die.” Residents of Ikaria stay healthy ...