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Thursday, May 12, 2022

Italian Open: Zverev, Tsitsipas, Sinner advance to QFs

Rome [Italy], May 12 (ANI): Second seed Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jannik Sinner won their respective matches to advance to the quarter-finals of the Italian Open. Second seed Alexander Zverev of Germany beats Alex de Minaur of Australia 6-3 7-6. With this victory, the reigning Olympic men's singles champion seals in Rome his win number 100 at Masters 1000 level. Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece came


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Prevention key to reducing wildfire risk in Greece: WWF

Between 2016 and 2020 Greece allocated 8395 percent of its total state expenditure on fighting wildfires and only 1605 percent on ...


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Greek Peak looks ahead to next ski season

A $700,000 snow-making upgrade and new trail project, along with replacing and upgrading chair 3 in a $600,000 project are in the works at Greek Peak Mountain Resort.


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Greek opposition wants suspension of ratification process of defense deal with US

The Greek opposition on Thursday wanted suspension of the ratification process of the bilateral Mutual Defense and Cooperation Agreement (MDCA) between Greece and the US that was signed in October ...


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Greek parliament approves defence pact change on eve of PM's visit to U.S.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's parliament approved the renewal and amendment of a defence cooperation agreement with the United States on Thursday, days before Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ...


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Qatar Airways Holidays’ travel packages to Greece are back

Qatar Airways Holidays (QRH) is bringing back "exciting" summer holiday travel packages to Greece this summer, due to "popular demand".


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PM Mitsotakis: The specific agreement is a vote of confidence in Greece

“The American writer Mark Twain said that patriotism is to support your country all the time and your government when it deserves it,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday, opening his speech to the Greek parliament during the debate on the bill “Ratification of the second revision protocol of the US-Greek Mutual Defense Cooperation […] The post PM Mitsotakis: The specific agreement is a vote of confidence in Greece appeared first on Hellenic News of America.


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State Department: Greece an essential ally for the security of NATO’s southern wing

The decisive role played by Greece in NATO’s southern wing, especially in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, was underlined by US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Erika Olson, ahead of an official visit by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Washington. As she explained in statements on Wednesday, the […] The post State Department: Greece an essential ally for the security of NATO’s southern wing appeared first on Hellenic News of America.


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230 projects of 10.2 bln euros in ‘Greece 2.0’ plan, Economou says

Government spokesperson Yiannis Economou in a post on Twitter on Wednesday referred to the projects that have been included and will be implemented within the framework of “Greece 2.0”. “57 new projects, with a budget of 1.7 billion euros, have been included in the Recovery & Resilience Fund,” he said. “According to the plan, the […] The post 230 projects of 10.2 bln euros in ‘Greece 2.0’ plan, Economou says appeared first on Hellenic News of America.


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Jet2 sale sees flights to Spain, Greece and Italy from £29

Jet2 has launched a huge sale just in time for spring and summer getaways. The tour operator recently added thousands of extra holidays and flight seats to cope with surging summer demand from people ...


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Derveni Krater: A Masterpiece of Metalwork in Ancient Greece

The Derveni Krater exhibited at the Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki is one of the most elaborate metal vessels from ancient Greece yet discovered. Found in 1962 in an undisturbed Macedonian tomb of the late 4th century B.C. at Derveni, not far from Thessaloniki, the krater is a tour de force of highly sophisticated methods of […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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Three Children in Greece Diagnosed with Acute Hepatitis

The Greek National Heath Organization (EODY) announced on Thursday that three children had been diagnosed with acute hepatitis in Greece. The EODY announced that after conducting a thorough investigation, they found three children who fit into the World Health Organization’s criteria as likely cases of acute hepatitis. Out of the three children, two had stomach […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet Comes to Greece

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites have officially brought high-speed internet services to Greece on Thursday. Although the company’s plan to provide internet via satellite was approved by Greece in fall of last year, Starlink internet was made available on Thursday. The Starlink project involves a fleet of flat-paneled broadband satellites flying over the Earth, which then […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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Mass brawl with drunken passenger breaks out on WizzAir flight from London to Greece

Watch: Moment mass brawl breaks out on Wizz Air flight to Greece A video showing an aircrew intervening in a brawl with a drunken British passenger who was later arrested has been shared online. An ...


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Greece to extend military base deal with US for 5 years

Greek authorities announced that they are extending a bilateral military agreement with the United States for another five years, as officials ...


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Greece bans barbaric conversion therapy – but copies harmful UK ‘consent’ loophole

Greece has become the latest European nation to outlaw barbaric conversion therapy – but the ban will not cover “consenting” adults. On Tuesday (10 May), parliamentarians in Greece voted to ban LGBTQ+ ...


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Pytheas of Massalia: The First Greek to Reach Britain and the Arctic

Pytheas of Massalia, an ancient Greek geographer, was the first Mediterranean person to reach Great Britain and the Arctic Circle.


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Greece, Bulgaria, Romania trilateral meeting on Thursday in Athens

The trilateral meeting of Greece, Bulgaria and Romania will be held on Thursday, May 12 in Athens at an initiative of Alternate Foreign Minister responsible for European issues Miltiadis Varvitsiotis. Bulgaria’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Vasil Georgiev, and Romania’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Daniela Grigore Gitman, will also participate in the meeting, according to a Greek foreign […] The post Greece, Bulgaria, Romania trilateral meeting on Thursday in Athens appeared first on Hellenic News of America.


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Acute Hepatitis: Three cases in children identified in Greece

Three children with symptoms of acute hepatitis have been detected in Greece, the National Health Care Organization EODY announced on Thursday afternoon.  It is the first cases of acute hepatitis in children in the country. “Following an active search for cases, three cases of children with acute hepatitis were identified that meet the criteria of … The post Acute Hepatitis: Three cases in children identified in Greece appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Winston-Salem Greek Festival organizer shows how to make authentic souvlaki

RETURNS TO WINSTON-SALEM THIS WEEKEND. THIS IS A CELEBRATION OF GREEK CULTURE FRO ARTSM TO ALL OF THAT DELICIOUS FOOD. IF YOU CAN’T WAIT FOR TOMORROW YOU CAN GET INTOHE T SPIRIT THIS MORNING WHIT US.


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Live: An Evening of Ancient Greek Music

Join the Science Museum for an evening of live music showcasing long-lost sounds from the Ancient Greek world brought to life by some of the world’s best performers of ancient instruments. Using ...


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Greek Tragedy in Action

A reissue of Greek Tragedy in Action couldn't be more timely: here is a book that championed new trends in the study of Greek drama, offering fresh readings of old texts and above all a dynamic sense ...


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Ancient Greek urns unearthed during trench dig in Odesa

Ukrainian soldiers have unearthed a set of ancient Greek urns while digging a trench near Odesa. Servicemen in the territorial defence discovered the two amphorae, ceramic containers used across the ...


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First Image of the Black Hole in Our Own Milky Way Galaxy Revealed

The first image of Sagittarius A*, the gargantuan black hole spinning away at the center of our own galaxy, the Milky Way was released on Thursday by scientists collaborating on the massive Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project. Located roughly 27,000 light-years from Earth, Sagittarius A*, or Sgr A*, is thought to be roughly 4 million […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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Drunk Passenger Attacks Pilot on UK to Greece Flight

A British passenger was arrested by the Greek police after attacking the pilot and causing carnage on the plane, which flew from the UK to Greece on Tuesday evening. The fight broke out shortly after a Wizz Air flight from London’s Gatwick airport touched down in Chania, Crete, with the British man allegedly throwing punches […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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25 Marble Bathrooms That Will Make You Think Of Ancient Greece

Marble was deemed for special places, but today, we can easily get it into our home design. Here are a few marble bathrooms that will make you want this stone.


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Tourism recovering, but not back to pre-pandemic levels

Global tourism is roaring back to life despite Covid travel headaches and the effects of the war in Ukraine, but it has yet to return to its pre-pandemic health. International tourist arrivals worldwide have more than doubled, up 130 percent in January 2022 on the same period last year, according to the latest UN World Tourism Organization figures. Travelers are regaining confidence, and Europe and the Americas are leading the resurgence. Worldwide, there have been 18 million additional visitors, the UNWTO said, "equivalent to the total increase recorded over the whole of 2021". In 2019, global tourism revenues reached $1.48 trillion. That figure dropped by almost two thirds due to the pandemic the following year. While January confirms the recovery trend that began in 2021, the UNWTO highlighted how the Omicron Covid variant recently put the brakes on the rise. International arrivals in January 2022 were still 67 percent lower than before the pandemic. Most regions have seen travelers return and rebound from the low levels of early 2021, with Europe faring three times better and the Americas twice as well. That's still some way off pre-pandemic numbers, but Larry Cuculic, general manager of the Best Western hotel company, is optimistic. "I travelled earlier this week and I can tell you that the airports, the international terminals in the US are very crowded and there is a demand or an interest in traveling to Europe, because for several years we couldn't do that," he told AFP. "We miss going to Paris, Rome and Berlin." The Middle East is also experiencing a boom, with arrivals up 89 percent on 2021, and so is Africa, with numbers up 51 percent -- but these two regions are still very far from their 2019 totals, according to the UNWTO. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the number of travelers is falling in the Asia-Pacific region, where several destinations remain closed. In January, international tourist arrivals were down 93 percent from pre-pandemic levels. Travel by Chinese tourists, the world's biggest spenders before the pandemic, is also severely affected by China's zero-Covid policy. According to travel analyst ForwardKeys, the second quarter of 2022 still looks "more promising for international travel in the world than the first quarter". The Caribbean and South America are drawing tourists looking for sea and sunshine in the northern hemisphere summer. Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Aruba and Jamaica are among the 20 most popular destinations, even exceeding pre-pandemic levels. In Europe, tourists are flocking to France, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Iceland, but not in the same numbers as before Covid. THE FRENCH EXCEPTION France is doing well enough, though. In February, international tourism revenues in the country "came close to those of 2019", according to France's tourism minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. At 2.7 billion euros ($2.8 billion), revenues were up 1.5 billion compared to last year and down eight percent compared to 2019, he told reporters. In 2019, before the pandemic, the tourism sector in France represented 7.4 percent of GDP and 9.5 percent of jobs. According to Lemoyne, France is "very well positioned" as the "number one destination for travel in Europe for Americans, Belgians, Italians and Spaniards". The French, for their part, are "a European exception", the minister said, pointing out that 60 percent plan to stay in their own country over the holidays. "With a domestic base that will remain very strong and the return of international customers, this means that we are in for a summer season that can be very, very dynamic," he said. But Didier Arino, director of the Protourisme consultancy, warned there could be trouble ahead. "It is not the market that is going to be problematic, it is the cost of production of tourist stays, competitiveness, the suitability between the prices of products and purchasing power," he said. "The players are all increasing their prices, and right now it is going well because people want to enjoy themselves. But we are reaching the limit of what is acceptable for many customers."


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GREEK government bans conversion therapy for minors

On Wednesday Greece banned a practice aimed at suppressing a person's sexual orientation or gender identity referred to as conversion therapy, ...


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Tamales La Reina lands on Dirty Dining

GREEK Delights Mobile, a food trailer based in Henderson, is making its second appearance on Dirty Dining in just three months.


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Defense deal with US a 'vote of confidence' in GREECE, PM tells House

... of a vote later on Thursday on the ratification of the Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement (MDCA) signed between GREECE and the United States.


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Nargis Fakhri's "100% Real" Pics From GREECE Are Oh-So-Stunning

Nargis Fakhri's "100% Real" Pics From GREECE Are Oh-So-Stunning. Nargis Fakhri is seen in an all-white ensemble in the pictures. BollywoodEdited by ...


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Brawl breaks out on Wizz Air flight to Crete with British man 'punching PILOT' before being arrested

The mass fight started shortly after the flight landed on the Greek island and saw women and men injured in the melee on Tuesday night.


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Greek communists hold protest on Acropolis against US bases

Activists from the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) unfurled two large banners on the Acropolis in Athens on Thursday in protest at Greece's indirect participation in the war in Ukraine through its ...


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Finland’s Leaders Urge NATO Membership in Historic Move

Finland’s president and prime minister have called for the country to apply for NATO membership “without delay” in a joint statement on Thursday. Sauli Niinisto and Sanna Marin said they expected a decision in the next few days, amid a surge in public support for NATO membership following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Finland will formally […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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The Ten Best Beaches on Rhodes, The Island of Knights

Rhodes, the largest Greek island of the Dodecanese archipelago, has lovely beaches, as well as a wealth of ancient ruins and beautiful historical buildings to explore. The idyllic island has many iconic buildings left from the time of its occupation by the Knights of St. John during the Crusades. The main city on the island […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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Ancient Greek Jar From 2,300 Years Ago Holds Curse Against 55 People

Archaeologists believe that a 2,300-year-old jar from Ancient Greece containing chicken bones was likely used as part of a curse on 55 people. Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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14 things to do this weekend in Wilmington, including the Greek Festival and Patti LaBelle

Weather might be a tad iffy this weekend in terms of outdoor stuff but, as always, there's plenty to see and do in the greater Wilmington area, from Greek Fest and Goth Fest to the legendary Patti ...


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Greek President to pay official visit to Vietnam

NDO/VNA – Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou will pay an official visit to Vietnam from May 15-19.The visit will be made at the invitation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, according the Vietnamese ...


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Greece to extend base access deal with US military

Greece says it's extending a bilateral military agreement with the United States for five years ATHENS, Greece -- Greece is extending a bilateral military agreement with the United States for five ...


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New GREEK Letters at WPI

When Noelle Morgan '22 was younger, she was quick to notice that when she was out and about with her parents while they were wearing their GREEK ...


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Komvos, building crossroads for Hellenism

Many, and several worthwhile, efforts have been made over the years to create a body or agency that could transcend GREECE'S borders and overcome the ...


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Communist KKE unfurls banners on Acropolis to protest Greece-USA Defense Agreement

Greece’s Communist party KKE unfurled two banners over one of the walls of the Acropolis of Athens early Thursday morning. Written in Greek and in English, the banners read: “No to war. No to involvement. No to the bases of death.” Video: KKE has always called US military bases as “bases of death.” The protest … The post Communist KKE unfurls banners on Acropolis to protest Greece-USA Defense Agreement appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Netflix to Introduce Ads by End of 2022

Streaming giant Netflix is set to introduce a lower-cost subscription tier that includes ads, the company told its employees. The service is known to be completely ad-free, unlike competitor Hulu, but recent hikes in prices and drops in subscribers have signaled that providing a lower-cost subscription tier that features advertisements may bring customers back. From […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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Greece Braces for Fire Season Hoping to Prevent Repeat of 2021 Disaster

Greece is bracing for the fire season hoping to avoid a repeat of 2021 when it was hit by some of the most devastating fires in recent history in the Northern part of Evia Island and Western Attica. The new fire season started on May 1 and it will last until October 31. The New […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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Is Giannis Antetokounmpo Serious About “Disappearing” One Year in Greece?

Giannis Antetokounmpo dropped a bombshell on Wednesday saying that “he is serious” in thinking of taking a one-year sabbatical from the NBA to “disappear” with his family to Greece. After scoring 40 points to help the Bucks take a 3-2 lead over Boston in the Eastern Conference semifinals on Wednesday night, the two-time MVP asked […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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Spain, Greece, Turkey and Portugal update travel rules for Brits

Summer is just around the corner and Brits are looking at booking their Summer Holiday. And with coronavirus restrictions lifting in most countries, going abroad no longer seems risky. Airports have ...


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Russia's Eastern Mediterranean Partners Go Slow on War

As EU members, GREECE and Cyprus have endorsed an incremental, ... shift in GREECE'S historically sympathetic approach towards Russia and comes at ...


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GREECE Buy Now Pay Later Markets and Investment Opportunities Report 2022

Dublin, May 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "GREECE Buy Now Pay Later Business and Investment Opportunities Databook - 75+ KPIs on Buy Now Pay ...


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Here's how a tiny Greek island closed a landfill and recycled 80% of its trash

Tilos has been producing most of its own electricity since 2019, using a solar park and a wind turbine hooked up to trailer-sized batteries.


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Brussels back-tracks on shipping ban for Russian crude after Malta, Greece protests

A proposal targeting shipping that was introduced last week was dropped by the European Commission following hard lobbying from Malta and Greece, which is home to more than half of the EU flag tonnage ...


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