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Sunday, March 17, 2019

BC-SOC--GREECE-Clashes

ATHENS, GREECE (AP) — Greek league rivals Panathinaikos and Olympiakos had their soccer game abandoned on Sunday after fans from host ...


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Greek Super League match abandoned after violence

ATHENS, March 17 (Reuters) - Panathinaikos' match at home to Olympiakos Piraeus was abandoned on Sunday after their fans attacked players on the visiting team's bench during the Greek Super League ...


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GREEK Derby Abandoned Due to Crowd Trouble

The GREEK derby between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos at the Athens Olympic Stadium was abandoned on Sunday due to crowd trouble.


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Memorial march for 76th anniversary of “death trains” departed Thessaloniki

A silent march from Thessaloniki’s Freedom Plaza to the city’s old railway station was held in the city on Sunday to mark the 76th year since the departure of the first ‘death trains’ carrying Thessaloniki Jews to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Hundreds walked in silence, carrying white balloons bearing the message “Never Again”, while the … The post Memorial march for 76th anniversary of “death trains” departed Thessaloniki appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Christchurch mosque shooter visited Greece in 2017

New Zealand investigations are looking into the background of Brenton Harrison Tarrant after he livestreamed himself attacking a Christchurch mosque while people were at prayer. His rifle had the ...


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A Greek version of combating antisemitism

As you can imagine, more people are reading The Jerusalem Post than ever before. Nevertheless, traditional business models are no longer sustainable and high-quality publications, like ours, are being ...


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Thessaloniki march held to mark anniversary of first Auschwitz deportation

THESSALONIKI, GREECE (AFP) — Two thousand people held a silent march in GREECE'S second city Thessaloniki on Sunday, marking the anniversary ...


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Tall Blacks draw tough teams at 2019 World Cup

The NZ team have been places in Group F out of a total of eight pools of four teams each, alongside powerful sides GREECE, Montenegro and Brazil.


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Bank of GREECE head details risks and challenges for recovering local economy

Bank of GREECE (BoG) Gov. Yannis Stournaras stayed "on message" on Friday, saying the country's economic recovery depends on continued - and ...


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Ministry of Foreign Affairs announcement related to today’s statements by Turkey’s leadership

Greece is not going to be swept away in the instrumentalisation of foreign policy to serve domestic political expediencies, or use history with terms that are offensive to neighbouring countries. Such unacceptable references undermine the trust we hope to build between our countries and are not in line with the European perspective that the Turkish leadership claims to support.


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A new Greek concept experience is coming to D.C. What could that even mean?

For the past few months, there’s been a sign on a building at 15th and L streets NW announcing the upcoming arrival of a “New Greek Concept.” When I first saw the sign — “New Greek Concept. Coming ...


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Roundup: NZ terror suspect visits Greece in 2016: police

ATHENS, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The suspect in last Friday's terrorist mosque attacks in New Zealand, which resulted in 50 casualties, had visited Greece in 2016, Greek national news agency AMNA reported ...


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Creditors to insist on residence protection system improvement

GREECE'S creditors, and the European Central Bank (ECB) in particular, are determined to force Athens to improve the new framework for protecting ...


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Promitheas rising to the Top 4 – GREEK League Round 19 Recap

Promitheas Patras bounced back from the midweek elimination in Basketball Champions League by routing Cholargos 86 – 61 and climb to the GREEK ...


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'Just another day at the office': Sask-born boxer gloves up for world title

Undefeated in eight matches, Kandi Wyatt has earned a shot to compete internationally for a world title. Wyatt is heading to Athens, GREECE for the ...


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GREEK Startup Tops $28 Million in Funding, Continues US Growth

An Athens-based startup company received more than $20 million in new investments that will continue its rapid-growing global presence.


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4.5 Magnitude Earthquake Hit the Greek Island of Zakynthos

An earthquake with a revised magnitude of 4.5 has hit the western island of Zakynthos, but no damage has been reported, reported ekathimerini.com The Athens Institute of Geodynamics reported that the ...


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EU SHOCK: How Nigel Farage OPPOSED Brussels winning Nobel Prize

Since 2010, the EU and the IMF granted more than €300billion (£255bn) in bailout loans to GREECE and imposed hard fiscal terms on the country, ...


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Giorgos Koumoutsakos Visits the US

Apart from the White House event, GREEK community events and meetings, the New Democracy shadow foreign minister will also meet with United ...


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Greek city remembers first train that sent its Jews to Auschwitz

Two thousand people held a silent march in Greece's second city Thessaloniki on Sunday, marking the anniversary of the departure in 1943 of the first train taking members of its Jewish community to ...


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EU calls migrant hotspot conditions in GREECE 'a shame for Europe,' German paper reports

Three years after the common EU-Turkey statement addressing the migration crisis, the European Commission is severely criticizing conditions in ...


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Melito of Sardis on Christ in the Old Testament

At last year's SBL I picked up a GREEK/English diglot of Melito of Sardis, On Pascha, ed. and trans. Alistair C. Stewart (Yonkers, NY: St. Vladimir's ...


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Review / 'Incredible but unquantifiable' night of music at Mareel

At the centre of this incredible but unquantifiable performance were French-Iranian musicians (and brothers) Keyvan and Bijan Chemirani, and GREEK ...


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Santorini and the Most Beautiful Bookshops in the World

A two-room hobbit cave stuffed floor to ceiling with real books—mostly in English, but also in GREEK, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Chinese.


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Greek foreign minister due in Cyprus on Monday

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos arrives in Cyprus on Monday for his first official visit as minister. “The purpose of my first official visit to Cyprus is the mutual briefing and the ...


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NHSA Selects Chicago for Conference: Inspiring Next-Gen Leaders

The Spring 2019 event includes a day-long conference, GREEK nights, outings and city tours right in the heart of Chicago. On Friday night, the group ...


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Olympian Effort Returns Rock'N'Roll GREEK Gods Sculpture To Isle Of Wight

The 1992 work by Norman Gaches was commissioned by the estate's former owner and depicts GREEK Gods Dionysus and Ariadne, as well as a goat, ...


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Panathinaikos trolls Olympiacos on social media

Olympiacos decided to forego Sunday's game against Panathinaikos OPAP for the 19th Round of the GREEK Basket League's Regular Season.


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BWW Review: THE THREAD, Sadler's Wells

The pre-show literature makes much of the fact that Maliphant was inspired by the GREEK myth of Theseus's quest to best the Minotaur and how ...


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Raymond A. Rubenbauer

He loved to travel, especially to GREECE, where he vacationed at least once annually for twenty years. He detested winter, liars, and those who abused ...


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Georgian mafia leader detained in GREECE

Greek police have detained the leader of the local gang, a native of Georgia. According to the media, 38-year-old Georgian headed an OCG, which ...


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GREECE, Spain Raise Minimum Wage Despite High Unemployment

GREECE, like fellow euro member Spain, decided this year to sharply increase the minimum wage, despite the legacy of high unemployment left by ...


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Turkey claims airspace violations in the Aegean are “legal”

Turkey has claimed that airspace violations in the Aegean are “legal” and “no threat to Greece.” Calling Turkish flights over Aegean “a threat” is incompatible to good neighborly ties, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in response to a Greek Foreign Ministry statement. This is the latest “war of words” between the foreign ministries of the … The post Turkey claims airspace violations in the Aegean are “legal” appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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New Ticket Prices at Ancient Sites, Museums and Monuments Starting in 2020

ATHENS –  Numerous changes are coming to some of Greece’s highest-drawing sites starting in 2020. Among those changes are the abolition of the 2- 1 […] The post New Ticket Prices at Ancient Sites, Museums and Monuments Starting in 2020 appeared first on The National Herald.


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Erdogan Says Turkish Fighter Jets Will Patrol Aegean Skies

Keeping up his provocations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended violations of Greek airspace, saying, “We scramble aircraft in the Aegean, as long as the […] The post Erdogan Says Turkish Fighter Jets Will Patrol Aegean Skies appeared first on The National Herald.


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“Food Expo” Exhibition Showcases Greek Gastronomy

The food and beverages exhibition “Food Expo 2019” – the largest of its kind in Southeastern Europe – opened its doors to visitors at the Metropolitan Expo Center near Athens on Saturday.


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Greek Army to Abolish Penalty for Draft Dodgers

The Greek government last week announced plans to abolish the 6,000 euro penalty for young Greeks who skipped on military service. Alternate Defence Minister Panagiotis Rigas said that the ...


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Craft beer flourishing in GREECE despite economic crisis

Tens of thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises were obliterated by the economic crisis in 2010 that brought GREECE to its knees and sent ...


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MAIL FILE CLERK Job in Souda Bay, GREECE – Department of the Navy

The opening is for a MAIL FILE CLERK in Souda Bay, GREECE Feel free to browse this and any other job listings and reach out to us with any questions ...


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GREECE investigate two visits by terror suspect in New Zealand mosque attacks: media

ATHENS, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Greek police have launched an investigation into the two visits the terror suspect in New Zealand Christchurch mosque ...


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Turkey's Erdoğan stoking tensions in Aegean

GREECE'S Foreign Ministry responded by issuing a statement saying it was unacceptable to compare the violation of Greek airspace by Turkish fighter ...


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4.5-Magnitude Quake Strikes Greek Island; No Damage Reported

ATHENS, Greece — Greek geological experts say an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 has hit the western island of Zakynthos, but no damage has been reported. The Athens Institute of ...


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New Zealand Mass Killer Visited Greece Twice; Reports

The man thought responsible for the killing of at least 50 people in the unprecedented terrorist attack in New Zealand that stunned the nation and the world, visited Greece twice, local media ...


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GREEK Karaiskos wins Athens Half Marathon

ATHENS, March 17 (Xinhua) -- GREEK Panagiotis Karaiskos won the 8th Athens Half Marathon on Sunday, setting a new record time for the course in ...


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Burgeoning 'Athenian Riviera' entails prospect of massive boost for Greek tourism

Two emblematic investments in the so-called "Athens Riviera", the coastline extending roughly from Neo Faliro southeast all the way to renowned Cape Sounion, will have a significant impact on the ...


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The Thread review – Russell Maliphant and Vangelis join forces in a Hellenic Riverdance

Sadler’s Wells, London Rooted in traditional Greek dancing, the choreography only blooms when it ditches folky footwork for more elastic moves The Thread has the hallmarks of a particular kind of artistic product: a concept thought up by a cultural production company that pulls together a team of creatives, including at least one big name, to design a backable and saleable package, preferably with crossover audience appeal. In this case, the Greek production company Lavris invited Russell Maliphant (who comes with his long-standing lighting designer Michael Hulls) to intertwine his own world of contemporary choreography with that of Greek folk dance; and asked Vangelis – the 1980s synth-rock sensation who famously scored soundtracks for Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner – to compose the music. Continue reading...


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Global Chestnuts Market 2018 Top Players are: China, Turkey, Italy, South Korea, Bolivia, GREECE ...

The top contenders China, Turkey, Italy, South Korea, Bolivia, GREECE, Japan, Portugal, North Korea, Spain, America, Australia of the global Chestnuts ...


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Weirton gets a taste of the world with Festival of Nations

Food included samples from the United States, African American culture, China, GREECE, India, Italy, Mexico and Philippines, while display tables ...


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Euroasia Interconnector 'very important' for Cyprus, spokesman says

In a statement to ANA-MPA regarding the electricity interconnection between GREECE and Cyprus via Crete, Prodromou said the project was very ...


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Middle Ages: Protesters cancel Rotting Christ gig due to “obscene name”

Middle Ages are apparently alive and kicking in Greece of 2019, with religious and nationalist groups to have managed to cancel a concert by black metal band Rotting Christ, a band that has been around for 30 years. The concert cancellation was an apparent response to protests over the obscenity of the bands name. Sakis … The post Middle Ages: Protesters cancel Rotting Christ gig due to “obscene name” appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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