No postal vote, eligibility for those who have been living abroad for maximum 35 years but who had lived in Greece for two years and can prove it with public documents. The inter-party committee of the Greek Parliament has reached an agreement on the vote of Greeks living abroad, Interior Minister, Takis Theodorikos announced on … The post Vote for Greeks abroad: Political parties agree on strict eligibility criteria appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Hooligans attack Bayern fans ahead of Youth League match with Olympiacos
Olympiacos hooligans attacked Bayern Munich fans with sticks and fireworks ahead of the youth game between the two teams in Piraeus on Tuesday evening. At least four German fans of Bayern Munich were injured when dozens of men barged into Olympiacos’ training center in Rendi, Athens, during a game between the two clubs’ under-19 teams … The post Hooligans attack Bayern fans ahead of Youth League match with Olympiacos appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Tottenham v Red Star Belgrade: Champions League Group B – live!
* Updates from the Group B match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium * Pochettino fights on but accepts his job is in danger * Email Barry or tweet him with your thoughts on the game 8.26pm BST ELSEWHERE IN GROUP B: Olympiacos have taken the lead against Bayern Munich. It’s 1-0 in Greece. 8.25pm BST 22 MIN: Tanguy Ndomeble tries to curl a shot around Borjan and inside the far post, but the goalkeeper is wise to his caper. He saves and Spurs win a corner when Dele Alli tries to contest the follow-up at the far post. Nothing comes from the set piece. Continue reading...
Greek Orthodox priests refuse to bury cremated bodies
The clergy of the Metropolis of Thebes and Livadia said the practice is against the Christian faith of the resurrection of the body and the second coming
Pappas, Sarbanes, Bilirakis Introduce “Oxi Day” Resolution to Honor the Heroism of Greeks
WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01), John Sarbanes (MD-03), and Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), members of the Hellenic Caucus, introduced a resolution on October 22 expressing […] The post Pappas, Sarbanes, Bilirakis Introduce “Oxi Day” Resolution to Honor the Heroism of Greeks appeared first on The National Herald.
Nueces Brewing Company creates new, original beer for Corpus Christi Greek Festival
Nueces Brewing Company creates new, original beer for Corpus Christi Greek Festival Nueces Brewing Company partnered with St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Corpus Christi to create a unique beer ...
Greek and Turkish F16 fighter jets in dog fights over Aegean – Turkey violates Greek airspace over 50 times
The provocation comes a day after Turkish President Erdogan called for the revision of the Lausanne Treaty
The Lefteris Reef and the Most Historic Lighthouse You’ve Never Heard of
SKIATHOS, Greece – The straits between south Pelion and the island of Skiathos conceal many secrets in their treacherous waters – including one little-known fact […] The post The Lefteris Reef and the Most Historic Lighthouse You’ve Never Heard of appeared first on The National Herald.
Greek Gov’t spokesman: Prespes “Agreement is harmful as we said in the beginning”
“We signed an agreement whose implementation depends on the volition of others. This aspect proves that this agreement is harmful, as we have said from the beginning,” government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Tuesday commenting on the Prespes Agreement and the French veto to accession talks between North Macedonia and the European Union. Asked if … The post Greek Gov’t spokesman: Prespes “Agreement is harmful as we said in the beginning” appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Thessaloniki: Hour-old newborn abandoned outside apartment building
A young mother abandoned her new born baby outside an apartment building in Thessaloniki, North Greece, on Tuesday. The baby girl was just a couple of hours old and had still the umbilical cord attached. Police quickly managed to identify the mother and arrest her. She was transferred to a hospital. The labor reportedly took … The post Thessaloniki: Hour-old newborn abandoned outside apartment building appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Greece Moves More Migrants to Mainland, Warns Others to Stay Away
Nearly 700 migrants and refugees arrived in the port of Elefsina near Athens from the island of Samos, officials said. Earlier, 120 people arrived from Lesbos at Greece's main port, Pireaus. Greece is ...
The invisible violence of Europe's refugee camps
Refugees in Greece's Moria camp describe a 'psychological war' of lost hope, suicidal feelings and PTSD.
AI Has Learned to Decipher Damaged Ancient Greek Texts Better Than Humans
Artificial intelligence is now better at deciphering damaged ancient Greek texts than humans, scientists have said. A team of researchers has created the "first ancient text restoration model," which ...
Greek Cops Remove Minors from Watching Joker Film
ATHENS – Greek police were sent to movie theaters on orders of two ministers to take out adolescents watching the violent film Joker that is […] The post Greek Cops Remove Minors from Watching Joker Film appeared first on The National Herald.
On Trial, Greece’s Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Coming Apart
ATHENS – Losing a re-election bid for Parliament, its finances in disarray and infighting and finger-pointing abounding, Greece’s once-soaring ultra-extreme right Golden Dawn, accused of […] The post On Trial, Greece’s Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Coming Apart appeared first on The National Herald.
Archbishop Elpidophoros Presides over His First Meeting of the Eparchial Synod
NEW YORK – The Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America convened for their regular fall meeting, October 15-16, for the first […] The post Archbishop Elpidophoros Presides over His First Meeting of the Eparchial Synod appeared first on The National Herald.
Haul of pottery, coins and sculptures unearthed from 'lost' Greek city of Tenea
The ancient city was thought to have been abandoned around 400AD and was then buried beneath the island until excavations began in 2013. A ministry statement last year said excavations in the southern ...
The Sea Of 60 Ghostly Wrecked Ships
Deep beneath the Black Sea, off the coast of Bulgaria, ancient Greek ships are revealing answers to the mystery of the Noah's Ark flood.
Juncker defends commission record on Greek crisis
The outgoing president of the European executive body, Jean-Claude Juncker, said on Tuesday that his commission tried the best it could to solve the Greek financial crisis. "We gave back Greece the ...
EBRD issues 150-mln-€ 'green bond' to Greece-based Terna Energy
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Tuesday announced a 150-million-euro "green bond" issuance to Greece-based Terna Energy as well as 18 million euros for further ...
3.3 Magnitude Earthquake Registered in GREECE
An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter Scale has been reported in northern GREECE in the Mount Athos region, BGNES reported. According to ...
Former Google Exec Vranakis Named GREECE'S Chief Creative Officer
Vranakis, known as one of the best in the business, will work with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Enterprise GREECE and across numerous ...
CEO of The HOME Project GREECE receives 2020 Child 10 Award for protection of refugee children
Sofia Kouvelaki, CEO of The HOME Project GREECE, an initiative that provides accommodation and integration prospects for hundreds of refugee ...
GPD: GREECE man charged with DWI after striking 6 cars on West Ridge Road
It was a busy Saturday night. The Mall at GREECE Ridge had just closed. Just after 9 p.m., Giardino had his mind on just one thing: Delivering a pizza by ...
44 things to add to your thrill-seeking bucket list
* Japan's pedal-powered coaster in Washuzan Highland has no guard rails. * Dinner in the Sky is available in cities across the globe. * Bungee jump from a giant crane at Star Beach in Greece. * Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. SEE ALSO: * Inside Delmonico's, the 180-year-old fine dining establishment that is credited with inventing Eggs Benedict and Baked Alaska * What street markets look like around the world * New Yorkers are swarming this international boba shop chain
A remote Himalayan lake holds up to 800 skeletons from people who died 1,000 years apart. The mystery remains unsolved.
[Roopkund Lake,_Trishul,_Himalayas 2]Ashokyadav739/Wikimedia Commons * A remote lake nicknamed "Skeleton Lake" sits moRE THAN 16,500 FEET UP IN THE INDIAN HIMALAYAS. * The lake, which is actually called Roopkund, is the final resting place of up to 800 human skeletons and frozen bodies. * One researcher who traveled there said visitors "can't take a single step without stepping on bones." * DNA analysis has shown that some of the remains were from groups of people who died about 1,000 years apart. * Scientists still don't know what killed the people buried at the lake or how they ended up there. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Nestled high in the Indian Himalayas, a tiny body of water has earned a macabre nickname: "Skeleton Lake." Officially named Roopkund, the lake's edges are rimmed with human bones and frozen bodies — some with frozen hair and flesh still attached. Bold hikers have stacked some of the remains into morbid shrines. On a rare summer day, when parts of the lake melt, more scattered skeletal remains sometimes float to the surface. Researchers have determined that up to 800 people are buried there. "It's a small, enclosed space, and there are bones everywhere," William Sax, an anthropologist who visited Roopkund in 1978 and consulted on a 2004 National Geographic documentary about the lake, told Business Insider. "It feels scary and disturbing." Anthropologists like Sax are interested in the area because nobody knows what killed the people buried there. A forest ranger named Hari Kishan Madhwal came upon the lake in 1942, yet more than 75 years later, researchers are no closer to pinpointing how or why these people perished. The mystery of the lake deepened this summer, when a DNA study of 38 skeletons revealed that people from three genetically distinct groups had died at Roopkund in at least two waves, about 1,000 years apart. _READ MORE: Hundreds of skeletons were found in a mysterious Himalayan lake. A new analysis shows that some of them died 1,000 years apart._ "We expected that this analysis would help resolve the mystery of Roopkund Lake by determining the ancestry of these skeletons," Eadaoin Harney, the lead author of that recent study, told Business Insider. "While we did accomplish this goal, I think we have instead revealed that this site is even more mysterious than we ever expected." Here's what it's like to visit Roopkund, and a few scientists' best guesses about what might have happened there. FOR THE RECENT ANALYSIS, HARNEY AND HER TEAM DRILLED INTO THE FEMURS AND LONG ARM BONES OF DOZENS OF SKELETONS FROM THE LAKE TO EXTRACT DNA. Wikimedia Commons They found that of the 38 skeletons examined, 23 had ancestry related to people from present-day India and died between the seventh and 10th centuries, during several events. Fourteen of the skeletons, meanwhile, were most closely related to people from the Mediterranean islands of Crete and Greece, and one had Southeast Asian ancestry. That group of 15 individuals died between the 17th and 20th centuries, likely in a single event. THAT DISCOVERY CHANGED SCIENTISTS' UNDERSTANDING OF SKELETON LAKE, SINCE PREVIOUS RESEARCH HAD SUGGESTED THAT MOST OF THE BONES AT THE SITE DATED BACK TO THE YEAR 800 OR SO. Wikimedia Commons Sax said the new data about a second wave of deaths was "a real stunner." "The timing of that most recent event — which happened sometime in the last few hundred years — makes it a really interesting puzzle," he added. CONDUCTING THIS KIND OF RESEARCH AT THE LAKE ISN'T EASY. ROOPKUND, WHICH MEANS "LAKE OF FORM" IN HINDI, IS MORE THAN 16,500 FEET ABOVE SEA-LEVEL. Spattadar/Wikimedia Commons SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDER SEE ALSO: * Archaeologists discovered 30 ancient sarcophagi in Egypt with perfectly preserved mummies inside. Photos show the biggest coffin find in a century. * We kayaked to an abandoned fort in Portland, Maine, that's only accessible by private boat, and it's now completely overrun by nature * The best wildlife photos taken this year reveal a horde of interlocked ants and a vicious stand-off between a fox and a marmot SEE ALSO: IN A LOST LAKE 3,500 FEET UNDER THE ANTARCTIC ICE, SCIENTISTS JUST FOUND THE CARCASSES OF TINY CREATURES
Greek Deputy Defence Minister: The defence sector is also a lever of growth
The target is for Greece to turn into a reconstruction center for Chinook helicopters
The Latest: Greece pledges to toughen asylum procedure
Greece's government has promised to toughen the asylum application procedure for migrants and speed up deportations as authorities struggle to cope with a surge in new arrivals
Bones Discovered at Ancient Greek 'Antikythera Mechanism' Shipwreck
A new haul of discoveries can be added to the list of treasures found at the Antikythera Wreck, the remains of an ancient Greek vessel that dates back to the first century BCE. An underwater ...
New Obstacle for New Democracy Plan for Greeks Abroad Vote
ATHENS – Just when it seemed the new New Democracy government had enough support from rivals for a plan to let Greeks living in the […] The post New Obstacle for New Democracy Plan for Greeks Abroad Vote appeared first on The National Herald.
After Court Ruling, Greek Pensioners Will Get Supplemental Boost
ATHENS – Greek Labor and Social Insurance Minister Yannis Vroutsis said up to 465,000 pensioners receiving supplementary benefits would get an increase after a Council […] The post After Court Ruling, Greek Pensioners Will Get Supplemental Boost appeared first on The National Herald.
Asylum bill goes to Parliament
GREEK MPs were presented with a draft bill in Parliament on Tuesday, aimed to change the country's asylum system. The government hopes that the ...
TUI launch new flights to Florida, Greece and Turkey from Glasgow Airport
TUI will also introduce new 10 and 11 night holidays to eight destinations including long haul family favourite Orlando Sanford plus mid-haul hotspots Antalya in Turkey, and Zakynthos in Greece.
Greece’s Asylum bill: Drastic changes to facilitate “fast track” deportations
The new Asylum bill is heading to the Greek Parliament by the conservative New Democracy government despite objections by human rights organizations. The bill introduces a series of measures and drastic changes aiming to restrict access to asylum, reduce asylum procedure times or terminate stages of procedures and proceed with “fast track” deportations. The bill … The post Greece’s Asylum bill: Drastic changes to facilitate “fast track” deportations appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
GREEK 10-year bond falls to record low
Yields for the GREEK 10-year benchmark bond fell to a record low of 1.268 percent on Tuesday, while the five-year benchmark bond also dropped to ...
GREECE is installing wind farms for electricity production
Enel Green Power Hellas has consolidated GREECE'S biggest wind farm to the main grid for dependency. The utility's new 154MW Kafireas wind farm ...
Seven new hotels with 5.000 beds to be constructed by Costa Navarino in Greece
The direct and indirect impact on Messinia's economy from Costa Navarino's operation during the last 10 years is estimated at over 2 billion Euros
UPDATE 1-Greece moves more migrants to mainland, warns others to stay away
Nearly 700 migrants and refugees arrived in the port of Elefsina near Athens from the island of Samos, officials said. Earlier, 120 people arrived from Lesbos at Greece's main port, Pireaus. Greece is ...
Bayern Munich play in Greece, with injuries
Marko Marin was once lauded as a future Germany star and featured for the country at the World Cup. Now 30, he returns to Germany to take on Bayern Munich with Red Star Belgrade following a largely ...
Minor quake jolts Mount Athos in northern GREECE
A light earthquake was recorded early on Tuesday in the area of Mount Athos, in northern GREECE. According to the Seismological Station of the ...
Garbage piling up due to municipality workers’ 48-hour strike
Municipality workers across Greece have launched a 48-hour strike in order to protest government plans to hand over to private investors part of municipality services. The strike on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 22-23, 2019, already shows its first impact with garbage bags to piling up especially in the big cities of the country. Rubbish pile … The post Garbage piling up due to municipality workers’ 48-hour strike appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
German ratings agency 'upgrades' Greece
an acceleration in the reduction of a very high ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) in GREEK banks via envisaged portfolio sales and/or a carve-out ...
Pyrgos Vasilissis (Queens Tower)
This wood flooring is considered by experts to be among the best preserved in GREECE. The walls were painted in vivid blue, red, and gold with several ...
Greece moves more migrants to mainland as arrivals increase
ATHENS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Authorities in Greece moved more asylum-seekers to the mainland on Tuesday as part of a strategy to reduce the refugee population on outlying islands after an increase in ...
Moscow Patriarchate penalizes pro-Ukrainian Greek bishops
Directives for the faithful to go only to Greek churches where the metropolitan of Kiev is not mentioned. The "Eucharistic blackmail" also has consequences on tourism and pilgrimages. According to ...
Joker movie opens a Pandora’s Box in Greek politics
Greek politicians have been bickering for two days over a police raid at a cinema to remove almost 20 underage children that were watching Joker, a blockbuster psychological thriller film. The ...
Sandeep Marwah Honored with The Alexander Award in Greece
Halkidiki: Renowned International media personality Sandeep Marwah of Republic of India, with seven World Records to his credit in films television and media, titled as "Sandeep Marwah The Great" and ...
Greek Fashion Designer Sophia Kokosalaki Dead At 46 - What We Know
Rest in peace, Sophia Kokosalaki. Although she was of Greek origin, Sophia Kokosalaki was known for being a groundbreaking London-based fashion designer. Considered a "feminist fashion icon," she ...
GREEK government against implementing 'green' tax
A Finance Ministry official on Monday confirmed that the Government was against 'green' tax on air and sea transport. Proposals for the tax were put ...