A Greek actor has claimed that he has a striking resemblance with Alexander the Great. To prove his claim and -surprise! – also his Greekness, actor Spyros Bibilas posted a picture of his youth on his social media account. He wrote among others that when he was 25 years old he was asked to play … The post Greek actor claims “I look like Alexander the Great” – Does he? POLL appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Athens Stock Exchange CEO speaks on the surge in GREEK stocks
Athens Stock Exchange CEO speaks on the surge in GREEK stocks ... of the Athens Stock Exchange on the GREEK economy and global trade outlook.
Police respond to fight at GREECE Athena, Students pepper sprayed
Rochester, N.Y. - Police responded to GREECE Athena high school following a fight Wednesday afternoon. According to police, the fight involved ...
UNWTO Chief: GREECE Gets Kudos for Expertise, Experience and Innovation
Expertise, experience and innovation make GREECE a leading tourist destination, which can and will serve as an example for other countries to follow, ...
Officers dispatched to GREECE Athena after fight: Police
GREECE, N.Y. – Police were dispatched to GREECE Athena following a fight Wednesday. According to police, the fight involved juveniles at the school.
'The Trip to GREECE' is Finally Going to Serve Us Some Good Food (Again)
It's time to pack up to head for the sunny shores of GREECE, because Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are back for a fourth The Trip installment.
GREECE Sea Arrivals Dashboard (May 2019)
Overview. So far in 2019, a total of 9,748 refugees and migrants arrived in GREECE by sea. The majority are from Afghanistan (34%), Syria (15%) and ...
4 Airbnbs in Athens, Greece, that will make you forget all about Mykonos
A full third of my Instagram posts (seriously, I counted) are geotagged to Greece. I live in New York City, and the combination of those two facts—where I live and where I wanderlust—provides some apt ...
5th GREEK Maritime Golf Event at Costa Navarino Deemed a Success
“GREEK Maritime Golf Event” teams, consisted of distinguished executives of the GREEK shipping community (four people in each team), enjoyed the ...
Push to End Cruel Donkey Rides to Hit GREEK Embassy
The protest is the third of several PETA demonstrations taking place this week at GREEK embassies around the world. When: Thursday, June 13, ...
Rick Pitino: “GREEK basketball needs Olympiacos”
Panathinaikos is one win away from the GREEK league, however without Olympiacos in the playoffs and in the league, GREEK basketball is not winning ...
Refund for tests in diagnostic centers is”illegal”, says Health Minister
The dispute between the private diagnostic centers and the Health Ministry took a new turn after Minister Andreas Xanthos described as “illegal” the centers’ procedure to demand that insured patients pay 85% of the bill from their own pockets and claim refund by the National Health Insurance Fund EOPYY. He offered that insured can seek … The post Refund for tests in diagnostic centers is”illegal”, says Health Minister appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Holy Cross Whitestone Greek Festival
WHITESTONE, NY – The annual Greek Festival at the Holy Cross community in Whitestone once again drew crowds June 6-9 this year. Among those present […] The post Holy Cross Whitestone Greek Festival appeared first on The National Herald.
French interns train in GREECE
His school has chosen to collaborate with GREECE and, more specifically, its islands. “It is a conscious choice so that they learn to be effective in ...
GREECE raises 812.5 mln euros in treasury bill sale
ATHENS, June 12 (Xinhua) -- GREECE raised 812.5 million euros (918.13 million U.S. dollars) on Wednesday in a 52-week treasury bills sale, the ...
Syracuse's Jalen Carey scores 10 in USA East Coast's win in GREECE
Syracuse guard Jalen Carey scored 10 points in USA East Coast's 83-61 win over Amyntas in GREECE on Wednesday. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.
Tsipras apologises for job transfers and appointments of SYRIZA partisans
He said the Greek social welfare state would collapse if he lost the July 7 elections
How I Learned to Party at a Greek Panigyri
As daylight broke, in the tiny village of Pyrgi, on the Greek island of Chios, my friends and I followed a smell of cheesy baked bread through empty streets and vacant squares. I was moments away ...
Favorable wind for the 5th GREEK Maritime Golf Event: GREEK shipping actively supported “Together ...
The 5th GREEK Maritime Golf Event, the golf tournament of the shipping community, was held from June 8-9, 2019 with absolute success at Costa ...
Greek Cyprus calls for arrest of Turkish drilling crew
Ankara has vowed to continue gas exploration activities in disputed waters near Cyprus after Greek Cypriot authorities issued arrest warrants for workers on Turkey's gas-exploration ship. REUTERS/Umit ...
Braintree GREEK festival coming later this month
Braintree's annual GREEK festival will be back again this year with traditional GREEK food, crafts, music and dancing. “It's for everybody to learn the ...
AHEPA Hospital: Robbery with a “scent” of terrorism
A robbery attempt at the AHEPA hospital in Thessaloniki on Wednesday morning ended up in the arrest of two men with possible connection to the Greek terror organization “Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire.” The two men, aged 35 and 41, entered the hospital on Wednesday morning with the intention to rob the money from … The post AHEPA Hospital: Robbery with a “scent” of terrorism appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
The manager and captain of GREECE national team are “at war”
The defeat has aggravated the disputes within the GREECE squad. According to media reports, Papastathopoulos told the federation president that ...
Help for unaccompanied refugee children in GREECE
Hundreds of children in GREECE are in desperate need of the warmth and safety of a family. Some of them have lost their own parents on treacherous ...
GREECE sells one-year T-bills at lower 0.47pc yield
ATHENS: GREECE sold 812.5 million euros ($919.99 million) of one-year treasury bills, its fourth such issue since it emerged from its last bailout in ...
GREEK broiler farm tests power of disinfectants
However, to conclude on which product is amongst the best for a given farm, on-the-spot farm testing is essential. A field trial done on a GREEK broiler ...
GREEK tragedy and hazardous space objects inspire new and exciting compositions
It begins as a lecture about these ancient plays, noting that much of GREEK drama has not survived, except for tiny fragments. Soper moves from ...
A snap poll and Syriza on the slide-what next for Greek politics?
Greece in crisis has been a looking glass in which observers saw what they wanted. The outsider’s view typically contained a flourish of Ancient Greek in the lede and an argument to suit the author’s ...
Why did GREECE just call snap elections?
Why did GREECE just call snap elections? Well I think probably that Tsipras was forced to go earlier. There was supposed to be elections anyhow in the ...
What the fight against far-right violence in GREECE tells us
For two days in January 2013, Faisal Luqman moped around his home in Lala Musa, Pakistan. He was unable to eat. He fell into sudden fits of ...
Greek energy company interested in oil and gas auctions, could invest EUR 1.2 mln
The Greek energy company Flow Energy & Environmental Operations S.A. is interested in Ukrainian electronic oil and gas auctions and is ready to invest up to EUR 1.2 million in hydrocarbon deposits, ...
The Trip to Greece: Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan begin filming new series
A brand new series of comedy series The Trip has begun filming. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan will both return for the next instalment that will see the duo venture to Greece. Earlier this year, Brydon ...
GREEK Airspace Violations by Turkish Jets Escalate
In a major escalation of provocations, Turkish jets violated GREEK national airspace a total of 99 separate times on Tuesday, according to the Hellenic ...
Jewish organization wins 14-year legal battle against GREEK Orthodox Church
Israel's Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling from 2017 honoring Ateret Cohanim's lease of three church properties in Jerusalem's Old City.
Santorini Hot List: The Best New Hotels For A Greek Island Getaway
If I could snap my fingers and suddenly appear anywhere in the world this summer, it would be in Santorini. One of the most Instagram photographed locations; the tiny Santorini Islands are also among ...
Southern Kings snap up ‘Greek God’ Demetri Catrakilis
The prodigal son is coming home. Demetri Catrakilis, aka ‘the Greek God’, is returning to the Southern Kings ahead of the new PRO14 season. Catrakilis, who made his Super Rugby debut for the Eastern ...
Greek Airbnb’s Hosted 1.8 Million Foreigners During 2018
The Bank of Greece recently published its final, official figures on Greece’s tourist performance for 2018, bringing to light some interesting figures regarding the short-term rental sector ...
EOPYY patients to pay 85% from own pockets as diagnostic centers re-open
Private diagnostic centers in Greece will go back in operation as of Thursday, June 13th 2019, however with a ‘punishment’ for insured patients. They will have to pay 85% of the bill from their own pocket and then claim refund by the National Health Care Insurance Fund EOPYY. Under the law, patients pay just 15% … The post EOPYY patients to pay 85% from own pockets as diagnostic centers re-open appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
6 Places Offering Shelter From the Crowds
A more authentic GREECE — the one that Santorini offered before the crowds — can be found in the Cycladic haven of Tinos. With its own enchanting ...
GREECE: national election officially scheduled on July 7
(ANSAmed) - ROME, JULY 7 - An early national election in GREECE has been scheduled on July 7, as expected. The president's decree affixed in ...
Much-in-love couple Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan are enjoying their time off in Greece
Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan have been quite open about their relationship for a while now and needless to say, the two of them are setting goals for every couple! This director-actor duo has been ...
Most GREEKS Don't Trust Agenda-Filled Media
ATHENS – With most GREEK newspaper and electronic media having admitted political biases, only a third of people who watch or read news reports ...
Taste buds rejoice as GREEK Festival opens in Steubenville
STEUBENVILLE — Susan Gossett stood in front of a table lined with trays of spanikopita, galatobouriko and katiafi, looking at the growing mound of ...
GREEK Award Winners Already Looking to Repeat
With the historically poor harvest season behind them, GREEK producers who managed a win in New York are setting their sights on brand building ...
Britons travelling to GREECE issued with financial warning amid new euro currency rule
GREECE welcomes more than three million Britons to its idyllic county and collection of islands every year - yet new banking rules are set to impact all ...
Learn about Great Ionia and the Chinese connection at the GREEK Centre
A lecture about Great Ionia and the Chinese Connection will be presented by Dean Kalimniou on Thursday, 13 June 2019, at the GREEK Centre, ...
GREEK State Broadcaster Cancels News, Shows Tsipras Rally Instead
“Mr. Tsipras and four to five ministers today (June 10) attempted, in a nationwide broadcast, to persuade the GREEK people that for the past ...
Three Out of Four GREEKS Do Not Trust the News, Reuters Study Suggests
Only 27 percent of GREEK citizens said that they trust the news the country's media broadcasts, with a whopping 73 percent saying that they do not trust ...
Athens without Tram for 4 hours on Friday, June14
Commuters in Greek capital Athens will not be able to use the Tram for four hours on Friday, June 14th 2019. From 10 o’ clock in the morning until 2 o’ clock in the afternoon, the Tram operation will be halted. It is neither a strike nor a work stoppage. It is the general assembly … The post Athens without Tram for 4 hours on Friday, June14 appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.