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Thursday, July 22, 2021

Enjoy an interactive Greek dining experience at Theía

Theía’s executive chef Moises Placencia and Sophie Toporoff joined us live to share the interactive Greek dining experience their restaurant is offering. For more information on Theía, visit ...


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GREEK DTG printer manufacturer Polyprint appoints new GM for US

GREEK DTG printer manufacturer Polyprint appoints new GM for US. 22. Jul '21. Fernando Tissnes; Pic: Polyprint. Polyprint, a Greece-based ...


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Refugee NGO Denies GREEK Police Claim of Human Smuggling

ATHENS – GREEK police claims the Aegean Boat Report non-governmental organization (NGO) unlawfully helped refugees and migrants reach GREEK ...


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GREEK Police Bust Up Anti-Vaccination Protest With Tear Gas

ATHENS – Rabid anti-vaccination protesters who took to the streets of the GREEK capital to denounce a program that has worked to slow the spread of ...


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'Endyma Psychis' Exhibition of Historic GREEK Clothing Opens in Kalamata (Pics)

The George and Victoria Karelia Foundation, a staunch supporter of science and the arts but also of GREEK tradition and heritage, embraces the long- ...


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Upfest: GREEK goddess replaces Greta in street art project

Artist Insane51 has completed a 3D design at the Tobacco Factory in Southville, Bristol, to mark this year's Upfest Festival. Nyx, the GREEK goddess of ...


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Alumni News Essay: Looking Beyond Language as Classics Evolves

The ruler of one of the major GREEK city states in Sicily in the mid-sixth century BC (Akragas is the ancient name of Agrigento), he was no softy.


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Restaurant review: Parthenon's rooftop dining and its Yips are big summer draws

The GREEK fries ($6.16), with crumbled feta and GREEK spices, only come in a large size, and, as promised, they were “loaded” with feta Parthenon gets ...


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The Strange Case of the Climate Scientists Fighting a Wind Farm

An ecologically sensitive GREEK island is at the center of a battle over who gets to decide where wind farms are sited. Photo: Stav Dimitropoulos. By. Stav ...


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Aldi Shoppers Are Loving Its New GREEK-Inspired Hummus Flavors

But now, they have also just released a new, limited time hummus offering that is inspired by fresh, savory GREEK food in three tasty new varieties, GREEK ...


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The 7 Best Under-the-Radar GREEK Islands to Visit

End your day at Medusa in Mandarika for a sunset dinner or in the charming fishing village of Klima. Paros. GREEK islands. If you're looking for an island ...


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Popular GREEK Festival set for Aug. 21 at Pocatello church

He says the GREEK Orthodox community, which has been a presence in the Pocatello community for 106 years, has always had festivals, but they ...


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Scope sees GREECE on course for strong rebound

GREECE is on course for a strong economic rebound this year and next, supported by the release of pent-up demand, monetary and budget stimulus, ...


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Preparing for the Taste of GREECE Festival

The Twelve Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church is hard at work preparing for its 28th annual “Taste of GREECE” festival. At the Marshall School ...


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Get a Taste of Greece this weekend

Judd Johnson grills souvlaki, a type of Greek shish kebab, at Taste of Greece in July 2015. The annual event, which features Greek food, dancing and music, runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and ...


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Tokyo waits and the world watches as IOC gambles on the Games again

Massacres, doping and overspending have marred Games over the years and this time it is Covid that hangs overs Tokyo 2020 As it is now, so it has always been. Eighteen months after the first modern Olympic Games, at Athens in 1896, the entire organising committee resigned en masse because they thought the job was impossible. The country was, in the phrase of the prime minister, Charilaos Trikoupis, “regretfully bankrupt”. He told the fledgling International Olympic Committee that the economic situation meant there was no way the Games could go ahead. The IOC’s founder, Pierre de Coubertin, heard but didn’t listen. Instead he got to work, wheedling, cajoling, politicking, pushing ahead regardless. “To those who followed closely the preliminaries, it appeared certain that the Games would be a disastrous failure,” wrote the British competitor George Robertson, who took part in the discus. “This was not the case.” Coubertin won the support, and financial backing, of the Greek royal family. And Trikoupis lost a general election in 1895, to a rival who had publicly backed the Games. Continue reading...


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Bucking the EU, GREECE Keeps Tight Ties With China, Investments

Even GREECE'S former ruling anti-business Radical Left SYRIZA snuggled up to China and the current New Democracy is also reaching out for more ...


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GREECE Urges UK Not to Put the Country on Amber Plus Travel List

GREECE'S Tourism Minister, Harry Theoharis, has called on the United Kingdom's authorities not to put the country in the UK's amber category for ...


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Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari are ready to represent GREECE in the Olympics

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari will defend the colors of GREECE at the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo. Given all the challenges these ...


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MYTILINEOS and PPC sign last agreement marking "Aluminium of GREECE" transition to a green ...

By 2030, Aluminium of GREECE will cover all its electricity needs from RES. After the signing of the contract, Chairman and CEO of MYTILINEOS, Ev.


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UPDATE: Changes to GREECE'S entry requirements for tourists

Countries of whose nationals are allowed to enter GREECE has increased from 30 to 34, with the addition of San Marino, Andorra, Vatican and Monaco.


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Betty M. GREECE

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James R. GREECE; daughter, Suzanne R. (GREECE) Prymak, who passed away ...


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American tourists are back in Europe, but so are covid restrictions

Destinations like GREECE, France and Spain have instituted curfews and banned nightlife again as cases climb. (iStock/Washington Post illustration).


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GREECE Is Accused of Illegal Pushback Against Asylum Seekers at Sea

Turkish Coast Guard officials have described GREECE'S authorities' latest move as a “clear case of illegal pushbacks.” This is not the first time that both ...


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Work Begins on New Fire Corps Training Center for GREECE

ATHENS - It's been three years since deadly wildfires swept through the Attica region of GREECE, exacting a terrible toll in human life. In the wake of this ...


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GREECE sixth for most expensive gas in Europe, survey finds

GREECE emerged on Wednesday as the sixth most expensive country for gasoline in Europe with an average rate of 1.67 euros per liter, according to ...


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“Mykonos is the example how the Gov’t failed in pandemic management,” says Tsipras

Leader of main opposition party SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, accused the government for the mini lockdown on Mykonos saying that the island is the most characteristic example of the government’s total failure in dealing with the pandemic. Visiting the island’s health center and meeting with the mayor of Mykonos he noted that “the Greek tourism and … The post “Mykonos is the example how the Gov’t failed in pandemic management,” says Tsipras appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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A year ago today, in pictures: Greece wildfire and more moments you may remember

Also on this day in 2020 Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler stood at a fence guarding a federal courthouse as tear gas drifted by in Portland Oregon, during another night of ...


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The Greek Genocide as Recorded in US Navy Diaries

The Smyrna Catastrophe and other acts of the Greek Genocide were witnessed by US Navy officers; their diaries document the atrocities. Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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Canada Border Opens to Vaccinated Americans on August 9

Canada announced that it will finally reopen its borders to Americans beginning August 9, and reopening to those from the EU in September. Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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Coronavirus Pandemic Changed Eating, Food Shopping Habits

A new survey in the United States shows that 85% of people said the coronavirus pandemic changed our eating and food shopping habits. Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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Greek president meets Qatar's ambassador

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, received ambassador of Qatar to Greece Abdulaziz Ali al-Naama, on the occasion of the end of his tenure.


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Ask the Vet: Dr. Greek gives tips on traveling with pets and reducing stress

Our resident veterinarian Dr. Tom Greek gives pet owners tips to help reduce their pets’ stress and anxiety levels when left alone. Plus, is traveling with our pets a good idea? It may be ...


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Greece: Dozens of migrants rescued from stranded ship

Greece’s coast guard says 30 migrants have been rescued from a boat stranded in high winds off the island of Crete ...


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Eurozone crisis: Public debt soars to as high as 209% – euro on brink

EUROZONE debt has soared above Gross Domestic Product for the first time - with the ratio in Greece rising to an astonishing 209 percent.


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The British Army’s Greek Tragedy

The British Army has spent £3.2 billion on its Ajax family of vehicles, but as major problems beset the programme and its role in the force remains poorly defined, the Army faces a stark choice ...


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Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.2 just reported 25 km northwest of Ioannina, Greece

An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred early evening on Thursday 22 July 2021 at 7:49 pm local time near Ioannina, Epirus, Greece, as reported by the National Observatory of Athe ...


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2021 Tokyo Olympics: Women's 10m Air Pistol Gold Medal Winner Odds Favor Greece's Anna Korakaki on FanDuel

Tokyo Olympic Games are set to begin on Friday, July 23 and sports fan ...


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Greece launches e-platform for the residence protection of indebted vulnerable households

Greece’s Finance Ministry on Thursday launched an e-platform on Thursday where economic vulnerable households can protect their first residence and settle their debts through a series of favorable measures. Vulnerable households can make : a) settlement of debt through an out-of-court mechanism in 240 tranches for arrears to the state and in 420 tranches in … The post Greece launches e-platform for the residence protection of indebted vulnerable households appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Greece: 2,604 coronavirus cases; geographic distribution; 5 deaths; live briefing

Greece’s health authorities announced on Thursday 2,604 new coronavirus cases and 5 Covid-related deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals Intensive Care Units stands at 126. As the infections today are little over 2,500, it looks as if the head of EODY was just scaremongering earlier today when he … The post Greece: 2,604 coronavirus cases; geographic distribution; 5 deaths; live briefing appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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British Airways, TUI, easyJet, Ryanair and Jet2 on alert as Spain and Greece risk joining 'amber plus' list

… are set to decide whether Greece and Spain should join France … for sunseeking Brits Spain and Greece are now at risk of …


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From Monday, quarantine hotel requirements could be introduced for travelers from Spain and Crete

… Agency changed Spain’s and Crete’s color to a “dark … that travelers from Spain and Crete to Norway must go to … Control (ECDC) make Spain and Crete “dark red,” which could mean … the northern Aegean islands in Greece. Switzerland and Estonia are also …


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Greece receives first Rafale combat aircraft

Alessandra Giovanzanti . The Hellenic Air Force (HAF) has officially received its first Dassault Rafale combat aircr ...


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Ancient Greece and Modern America

One of history’s lessons is that big government undermines the character of the people.  They get used to handouts from politicians and clamor for more.


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WHO warns of 'long term' Covid-19 impact on mental health

1 hour 20 min agoATHENS (Greece) — The mental health impact of the pandemic will be "long-term an


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Mithridatis: How a Rapper Shook Political Normalcy in Greece

Greek musician Mithridatis rocked the establishment by releasing via YouTube a 12-minute rap "manifesto" which criticizes the government Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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Rapid Spread of Delta Variant in Greece Causes Concern Among Officials

The rapid transmission of the Delta variant of the coronavirus in Greece, particularly among the unvaccinated, is "terrifying." Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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Quantum Theatre season opens with Greek tragedy at Schenley Park ice rink

Quantum Theatre will kick off its 30th anniversary season with the contemporary treatment of an ancient Greek classic. Outdoor performances of Jay Ball’s “An Odyssey,” based on Homer’s epic poem, ...


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Merkel says not discouraged by setback in Turkey-Greece talks

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday the most recent disagreement between Turkey and Greece over Cyprus had made the relationship more difficult and patience was required to settle ...


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Greece extends regular testing for unvaccinated tourism staff

Greece said on Thursday all unvaccinated restaurant and tourism workers nationwide must undergo regular COVID-19 tests, extending an obligation that previously applied only on some popular holiday ...


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