Incredible beaches, bustling nightclubs and gyros everywhere; this is Ios. We had arrived in paradise to swim, dance, drink, eat and live our "best lives" for the next four days. Located between Naxos ...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Classics Department Introduces Ancient Greek Minor
The Boston College Classics Department will now offer a minor in Ancient Greek. The department cited a need to incorporate the study of classics into other disciplines. Because Ancient Greek is deeply ...
Greek and Cypriot foreign ministers reaffirm support for Turkey’s EU bid
Greek Foreign Minister George Katrougalos met with Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides and Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades in Nicosia on Tuesday. Following the meeting, Mr ...
New restaurant brings authentic Greek food to Grimsby
The road to restaurant ownership was more of a slip ‘n slide for Tom and Klaudia Iliou. In just about four months, the Hamilton couple went from talking with friends about possibly buying a space to ...
Greece looking for Turkey to show hand on replacing guarantees
Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos said on Tuesday that he would seek to hear from his Turkish counterpart in their upcoming meeting this week about specific positions on the replacement ...
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill Prepares To Open First Franchise Location in Texas
The Colony, TX (RestaurantNews.com) The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill, known for its bold flavors, fresh ingredients, healthy food options, and customer friendly service is preparing for the Grand ...
Celebrate GREEK Independence Day with Jake and Telly's
Tzatziki, gyros, baklava...there's a lot to love about GREEK cuisine! It's really good, and there are many health benefits that go along with a ...
Leaders of Cyprus, GREECE and Israel to sign agreement on EastMed pipeline
In the presence of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the leaders of GREECE, Israel and Cyprus will today sign an agreement to construct a new gas ...
GREEK government, creditors still divided on borrower protection
The government will on Wednesday attempt via another conference call to find common ground with its creditors on a new protection framework for ...
Holy Cross School of Theology Observes Great Lent
BROOKLINE – The community of the Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts observed the start of Great and […] The post Holy Cross School of Theology Observes Great Lent appeared first on The National Herald.
Memory Eternal Presvytera Anastasia Karastamatis
SANTA CRUZ, CA – Presvytera Anastasia Karastamatis fell asleep in California at the age of 75. She was born in Nea Anchialos (near Volos), Greece […] The post Memory Eternal Presvytera Anastasia Karastamatis appeared first on The National Herald.
Greek Prosecutor Files Charges against Officials for Deadly Mandra Flood
The Athens Prosecutor’s Office filed four charges of misdemeanor against nine individuals – including Attica Governor Rena Dourou and mayors of regional towns – for […] The post Greek Prosecutor Files Charges against Officials for Deadly Mandra Flood appeared first on The National Herald.
Man wanted in Greece shooting caught after police chase
The suspect in a Greece shooting from over the weekend led police on a brief car chase Tuesday before he was finally caught and arrested. Phillip R. Holley, 34, of Rochester, was seen getting into a ...
Greece and Cyprus Reaffirm Support for Turkish Entry Into the EU
The Greek and Cypriot foreign ministers, who met in Nicosia on Tuesday, reaffirmed their countries’ support for Turkey’s European Union entry bid. Greek minister George Katrougalos noted that ...
Cruise: Best place in the world to go on a cruise revealed
This month it was revealed that GREECE was the best country in the world for a ... GREECE pipped Jamaica to the number one position in the awards.
2 men, including GREECE shooting suspect, arrested after police chase, crash
March 19, 2019 02:22 PM. ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) - A man suspected of shooting another man over the weekend in GREECE has been arrested ...
Greece: Q&A with Katerine Duska; “I’m very grateful!”
It’s mid-March, all Eurovision 2019 entries are now known and the 41 delegations are preparing to give all their best in May! That’s also the case for the Greek representative Katerine Duska ...
The GREEK Ethnic School of Saint Anna keeps busy with traditions
End of Year Concert 2018. Administrator of the GREEK Ethnic School, Anthoulla Nides, assistant to the Administrator, Eleni Paris and Principal of the ...
GREEK Films at the 9th Annual Queens World Film Festival, March 21-31
Queens World Film Festival Executive Director Katha Cato and Artistic Director Don Cato posed for a photo with the filmmakers, MoMI Curator David ...
Greece violates human right of Turks in Thessaloniki, Rhodes and Kos, claims Turkey
The newly-elected President of the National Assembly addressed the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation
Man United could acquire Greek defender Kostas Manolas from Roma
According to reports, he is looking to leave the club in summer if Roma fails to win a Champions League spot
Meraki in Fitzrovia: A contemporary take on unmistakably Greek dishes
It could be fair to say that Greek cuisine doesn’t always get the recognition it deserves, with other European restaurants often swooping in for the spotlight. However, Meraki are here to challenge ...
Meraki in Fitzrovia: Authentic Greek cuisine made contemporary
It could be fair to say that Greek cuisine doesn’t always get the recognition it deserves, with other European restaurants often swooping in for the spotlight. However, Meraki are here to challenge ...
'Queer Lens in Focus' Explores LGBTQ+ Refugees Living in Athens, GREECE
California State University, Northridge's associate professor of sociology Moshoula Capous-Deyllas and co-researcher and activist Milia Akkouris, ...
My favourite place: the Peloponnese, GREECE
Even in the 1950s, however, this beautiful peninsula in southern GREECE wasn't quite as remote as Leigh Fermor presented it. When he wrote about ...
Requirements for Crete-Attica interconnection rule out GREEK firms
GREEK companies are de facto excluded from the project for the power interconnection of Crete and Attica, according to the technical standards ...
Salt Lake City GOYA Boys Basketball Teams Win Championships
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The Salt Lake City GOYA Boys Basketball Teams won the Championship at the recent Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Denver Basketball […] The post Salt Lake City GOYA Boys Basketball Teams Win Championships appeared first on The National Herald.
Security concerns flare up over Greek asylum centers
The EU's asylum agency is stepping up security measures at refugee facilities on the Greek islands, after recent incidents of violence have forced authorities to evacuate staff. The European Asylum ...
Brussels relieved at Greek result
EU politicians hailed Sunday's election victory for Alexis Tsipras as a sign that Greece is serious about implementing its latest bailout deal. Tsipras’s leftist Syriza party captured 36 percent of ...
'Divani Collection Hotels' Among GREECE'S Most Dynamic Enterprises
The Divani Collection Hotels group was announced as one of GREECE'S 19 most dynamic enterprises at the Growth Awards 2019, organized for the ...
Varoufakis calls Greek deal ‘new Versailles’
Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has denounced the new rescue plan for Greece as a modern version of the Versailles Treaty that heaped economic humiliation on Germany after its defeat in ...
Building bridges: Soccer diplomacy in divided Cyprus
An initiative to build bridges between the Greek and Turkish speaking communities of ethnically split Cyprus faltered after the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots skipped a soccer match over a dispute of the game's location.
On the Market / Greek revival home ideal for nature lovers
FAIRFIELD — The northernmost part of Fairfield’s bucolic Greenfield Hill may seem worlds away from modern conveniences. Its distance from the town center and train station is considered ...
Caitlyn Jenner arrives in Athens for television appearance
Caitlyn Jenner has arrived in Athens with her partner Sophia Hutchins, for their appearance on the GREEK television program “It's Show Time,” with ...
Istanbul’s earliest photos on display in New York
New York Metropolitan Museum of Art presents pioneer French photographer Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prang’s earliest photos of Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Jerusalem. Click through for the story in photos...
Greek ‘quadriga’ starts bailout talks
The Greek government and its European creditors opened talks on the new bailout agreement Tuesday, with technical staff tackling topics like pension and labor-market reforms ahead of high-level talks ...
Cyprus and Greece ‘exporters of stability’ in volatile region
President Nicos Anastasiades departs for Israel on Wednesday to take part in the sixth trilateral summit with the prime ministers of Greece and Israel that will also be attended by US Secretary of ...
Refugee Children Attacked by Masked Men in Greece
Five refugee children from Afghanistan have been attacked by masked assailants near a reception facility in the town of Konitsa in northwestern Greece. One minor was injured in the attack, which ...
A Greek power couple’s meteoric ascent stalls
ATHENS — Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and his wife, the artist Danae Stratou, were having dinner at a restaurant here last week when a band of masked anarchists burst in and hurled glass ...
Parliament demands Greek oversight role
Greece already has to answer to three institutional masters — the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and the European Central Bank — as it struggles to stay solvent. Now some ...
Europe gives Greece final ultimatum
European leaders gave Greece until the end of the week to propose an acceptable rescue plan, warning that the alternative was a “black scenario” of bankruptcy, the collapse of its financial system and ...
Breakthrough Digital Dyslexia Screening Going Public in Greece
A pioneering method, dubbed RADAR, which diagnoses dyslexia will soon be available in selected municipal centers across Greece and Cyprus. Developed by an international team of doctors, engineers ...
Statements by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Terens Quick in the context of his participation in the Informal Meeting of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers on Diaspora Issues convened by the Romanian Presidency of the EU (Bucharest, 18 March 2019)
“It is very significant that the Romanian Presidency of the European Union included, for the first time in the annals of our European family, a Ministerial Conference on Diaspora issues.Moreover, Greece is a country that has powerful and respectable Diaspora Communities in numerous EU member states, such as Italy, Germany, France, Great Britain, Sweden, and of course Romania, without failing to mention the countries of Central Europe.Especially here in Romania, the presence of Greeks historically begins from the period of the Phanariotes, and played a significant role in the Greek Revolution of 1821 and, with the passing of time, today, for more than two decades, there is a bustle of activity with Greek enterprises that surpass 7,000 and contribute to Romania in terms of investment, and also with a return as regards the Motherland; the economy of these enterprises contributes also to the Greek economy.”The above statements were made by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Terens Quick in Bucharest, in the context of his participation in the Informal Ministerial Meeting on Diaspora Issues convened by Natalia-Elena Intotero, Minister for Romanians Abroad, in the context of the Romanian EU Presidency. Prior to commencement of the proceedings of the Ministerial meeting, Mr. Quick had a bilateral meeting with his Counterpart, Presidential Commissioner Fotis Fotiou of the Republic of Cyprus and, subsequently, the two men had an unofficial trilateral meeting with Ms. Intotero, in order to look into issues where possibilities for collaboration exist on the part of the Diasporas of the three countries, on a European level, aiming towards a European Union as built and envisioned by its founders.
Masked attackers target refugee event in northeastern GREECE, one injured
A group of masked men assaulted refugees staying at a reception facility in Konitsa, northeastern GREECE, a non-government organization said ...
Suspect in GREECE shooting arrested after chase, crash in Rochester
GREECE, N.Y./Rochester, N.Y. - A man suspected in a shooting over the weekend in GREECE has been arrested following a vehicle pursuit that ended in ...
New shop in GREECE lets you sip wine while you paint, while Italian ice is free in Brighton
Sipping wine while you paint art is a growing trend across the country. The concept is expanding with the recent opening of Pinot's Palette at 2544 ...
Greek Islands on board the Celebrity Infinity
Explore Italy, Spain, Malta and the Greek Islands on board the Celebrity Infinity cruise ship, with a luxury 12-night voyage. Fly from the UK to Barcelona, Spain and spend the night before setting ...
Cyprus, Greece support Turkey's European Union entry bid
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Greece’s foreign minister says it’s in the best interests of his country, Cyprus and the European Union that Turkey’s faltering bid to join the bloc stays on track.
Greek pastries for a holiday party
I try to get ahead not only with sweet holiday baking in December, but also with savory hors d’oeuvres that I can freeze until I need them for a party. Baked Greek phyllo triangles — tiropites — are ...
Reload GREECE launches global call to start-ups
London – Reload GREECE has launched the global call for applications to its London based accelerator program, RG Challenge19. Taking place over ...