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Monday, November 27, 2023

Greek PM slams Sunak as row over Elgin Marbles escalates

ATHENS — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis lashed out at his British counterpart Rishi Sunak on Monday in what would appear to be a bitter ...


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Greek merchant shipping fleet rose in numbers during September

More specifically, the Greek fleet grew 0.1% in September compared with the corresponding month last year, totaling 1,827 ships, while the total ...


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UK government says no plan to return Elgin Marbles to Greece

Greece’s PM Mitsotakis said he would push for the return of the marbles when he meets UK PM Rishi Sunak this week. Athens says the marbles were stolen from the Parthenon in the 19th century, which Britain denies.


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Greece Ranks First in EU in Smartphone Recycling

… mobile phones. Eurostat findings highlight Greece, Austria (17 percent), … in recycling. As for Greece, the country also demonstrates … Greek Island as Recycling Leader The island of Tilos in Greece … Furthermore, Tilos stands as Greece’s first energy-self- …


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Bou Saab broaches general situation with Greek Ambassador

Deputy Parliament Speaker Elias Bou Saab welcomed in his office at the Parliament, Greek Ambassador to Lebanon Despina Koukoulopoulou.  Discussions between the pair reportedly touched on the overall general situation. 


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UK’s Sunak Annoys Greece by Scrapping Meeting Over Elgin Marbles

A meeting between UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Greek counterpart was abruptly canceled over a spat relating to the repatriation of the Parthenon marbles, which are housed in London’s British Museum and that both countries claim as their own.


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Climate change hits Greek olive crop

Zaharoula Vassilaki, a Greek organic farmer, is in awe of a massive olive tree that she believes to be over two centuries old. The tree is still producing after being struck by lightning a few years ...


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Sunak cancels Greek PM meeting in Elgin Marbles row

The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was due to meet Rishi Sunak in London, but No 10 cancelled it at the last minute. A spokesman for the Greek prime minister told the BBC that he was ...


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Two Greek PDO Olive Oils Receive Protection in India

Two Greek extra virgin olive oils with Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) certifications from the European Union, Sitia Lasithiou Kritis and ...


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Greek Oil Tanker Owners Avoiding Russia After Treasury Letters

The number of Greek-owned tankers going to Russia will fall by a quarter this month compared with last, and is down 60% from June, ship tracking data ...


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Holiday Greek Pastry Pre-Order

Wednesday November 29, 2023: Let us do your holiday baking! Complement your Christmas table with all your favorite Greek pastries!Pre-ordering...


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Greek Couple Return to Roots After Living American Dream

A Greek couple married for seventy years that has lived the American Dream has recently returned to their village near Kozani in northern Greece. This is where they first met and fell in love. Mike Daniel (Michalis Daniil), ninety-five years old, and his wife Eleni Nanopoulou returned to the village of Morphi Voiou, where they […]


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Poverty threatening children in Greece

Greece is one of the worst countries in the European Union for a child to live in.


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Rescue operation under way for crew after cargo ship sinks off Greek island

More than a dozen are missing after a cargo ship sank off the Greek island of Lesbos.


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Cargo Ship Sinks Off Greek Island: 1 Dead, 12 Missing

… of Lesbos, Greece, November 26, 2023. REUTERS/Elias Marcou ATHENS, Nov … the island of Lesbos, the Greek coast guard said.  The Comoros …


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Green transition is a major opportunity for Greece: Skylakakis

… constitutes a major opportunity for Greece to become an energy … as the electricity interconnection between Greece, Cyprus and Israel, which … of natural gas for both Greece and the neighbouring countries. … : Kuwait Airways returns to Athens after 25 years.


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Livadhi, Greece

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Greece and Turkey crack down on human traffickers

Greek police arrested six alleged migrant traffickers and are looking for seven others from the same gang. Meanwhile, the Istanbul Turkish police ...


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Exit Strategy: Naughty Greek

Naughty Greek founder Angelo Giovanis decided to invest in himself, but his ROI wasn't quite what he had planned.


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First Map of Known World Created by Ancient Greek Anaximander

The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander lent his prodigious talents to pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, and cosmology.


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Greece Continues Search For Missing Cargo Ship Sailors

Greece's coastguard on Monday said it was continuing a search for 12 sailors missing on a cargo ship that sank Sunday in gale-force winds off the ...


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Greek food truck owners opening restaurant on Asheville Highway

Owners of a popular Greek food truck are in the process of opening a Greek restaurant on Asheville Highway in Hendersonville.


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Greek Ex-Minister Admits Being Under Predator Surveillance

EU Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius and former Greek Minister for Agricultural Development and Food Makis Voridis (R) in Brussels, 16 December 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE ...


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Greek Cinema Club to Screen Vassilis Douvlis' Film '18'

The Ciné-club hellénique de Luxembourg (Greek cinema club) has announced that it is screening the 2021 Greek film 18 at Ciné Utopia in Luxembourg-Limpertsberg on Tuesday 28 November at 19:00 and on ...


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Greece calls for extension of Gaza humanitarian pause

ATHENS. Greece expressed support for the ongoing humanitarian pause in Gaza between Israel and Hamas and called for its extension on Monday.


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Rishi Sunak set to reject plea to return Elgin Marbles to Greece

Rishi Sunak will reject pleas to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece when he meets the country's prime minister this week, Downing Street has…


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Movie on Homer’s Odyssey Starring Ralph Fiennes Shot in Greece

A movie based on Homer's 'The Odyssey' is in a post-production phase after it wrapped up filming on the Ionian island of Corfu in the spring.


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UK Rules Out Return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece

UK’s PM Rishi Sunak is unwilling to consider returning the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum to Greece, Downing Street said on Monday. The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set to meet with the PM and opposition leader Keir Starmer this week and is expected to bring up the Parthenon Marbles. Sunak’s spokesman told […]


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Interest rate on deposits still very low in Greece

For a term deposit of 50,000 euros, the interest rate given by European banks, in countries from Italy to Lithuania and from Germany to Sweden, is between 3.50% and 4.55%, while in Greece the corresponding interest rate is just between 1% and 1.5%. From the data collected by Kathimerini, it appears that Greece lies fourth … The post Interest rate on deposits still very low in Greece appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Search continues for crew of sunken cargo ship in Greek waters

… joined rescue efforts near the Greek island of Lesbos.  The Comoros … Indians and two Syrians, the Greek coast guard said. A 40 … patrol boat to join the Greek coast guard search.


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NJBIZ Conversations: David Greek

David Greek, the managing partner of Greek Real Estate Partners, talks about doing business in a high-cost, rising interest rate environment.


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Best 5 Online Casinos In Greece

Forget the plates and philosophy. Greeks also love to gamble. From the high-stakes players filling up casinos in Athens to folks on holiday looking for fun on the islands, Greece has a long history when it comes to games of chance.


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Rishi Sunak rejects Greek PM plea to return Elgin Marbles

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to challenge Rishi Sunak over the return of the 2,500-year-old Elgin Marbles during a meeting in London this week ...


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The Old Town of Xanthi: An Architectural Jewel in Greece

The Old Town of Xanthi in northern Greece is a beautiful destination steeped in history and characterized by rare architecture influenced by the many different cultures in its past. Amphitheatrically built on the foot of Rhodope mountain chain, the city is divided by the Kosynthos River, into the west part, where the old and the […]


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It's All Greek To Me: A Bite-Size History of Jewish Greek Food

… war on the ancient Greeks to defend their country … Jews then settled in Athens and Thessaloniki and established bustling Jewish … century the demographics of the Greek Jews changed drastically. Suddenly … of Hanukkah and Ancient Greece are remembered each year …


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Seatrium delivers Greek FSRU

… support Gaslog and contribute towards Greece’s energy future with … As the first FSRU for Greece, the INGS project will become … the Port of Alexandroupolis, Northern Greece, and will have an overall … first FSRU conversion under the Greek Flag for operation in …


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Migrant Went Missing while Returning to Albania from Greece

… from Erseka, who was in Greece for seasonal work, lost contact … near the border with the Greek state.  On Sunday, a part … of the border by the Greek police.


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Albanian Youth Found Hanged, with Hands Tied in Greece

… hanging from a tree in Greece this Monday morning. According to … hands tied, which is why Greek officers do not rule out …


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Get £250 off your Tui summer holiday to Turkey, Greece or Spain

… popular destinations such as Turkey, Greece or Spain. Currently, you can … luxury Blue Lagoon Resort in Greece it would be around £1 …


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1 dead, 12 missing after cargo ship sinks off Greek island

… the island of Lesbos, the Greek coast guard said. The Comoros …


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Greece Reportedly Skips Taiwan Events to Avoid Angering China

A report last week by Nikkei Asia said that Greece has warned its officials not to attend events organized by Taiwan to avoid angering China.


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Greece to ‘persist’ with UK over Parthenon Marbles

The sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, were taken from the Parthenon temple at the Acropolis in Athens in the early 19th century by British diplomat Thomas Bruce, the earl of Elgin. Greece ...


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Greece’s first FSRU heads out to site from Singapore

A first floating storage and regasification unit for Greece has left Singapore following GasLog’s conversion of an LNG carrier into an FSRU. Singaporean shipyard group Seatrium said the FSRU Alexandroupolis completed its near-shore testing works and set sail to Greece for final gas commissioning of the regasification system.


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Seatrium delivers Greece's first FSRU - energy-pedia

Greece: Seatrium delivers Greece's first FSRU. 27 Nov 2023. Seatrium has announced the successful delivery of the Floating Storage and Regasification ...


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Greece-China maritime partnership grows

… billion tons.  Related: Greek shipowners ramp up newbuilding … , society and finance of Greece,” said Yu Zenggang, executive … Association, has noted many Greek shipowners build their ships … of the newbuilding orderbook for Greek interests.   Copyright © 2023 …


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One dead, 12 missing as cargo ship sinks off Greek island

… coast of Lesbos island in Greece. The Comoros-flagged ship … on Sunday. According to the Greek coastguard, five cargo ships, … moored in numerous parts of Greece, with wind gusts reaching … Adriatic Sea toward Greece. 🔴 🇬🇷 Cargo Ship Sinks Off Greek Coast 13 of …


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Winter isn’t coming: climate change hits Greek olive crop

Polygyros – Greek organic farmer Zaharoula … region of Polygyros, northern Greece, was still over 15 … member of Doepel, the Greek national interprofessional organisation for table … of the arboriculture lab of Thessaloniki’s Aristotelio University, said …


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Greek PM urges return of Elgin Marbles collection

The Greek Prime Minister has compared the British Museum's possession of the Elgin Marbles to the Mona Lisa painting being cut in half. Athens has long demanded the return of the Parthenon Sculptures, which were removed from Greece by Lord Elgin in the ...


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Winter isn't coming: climate change hits Greek olive crop

Greek organic farmer Zaharoula Vassilaki looks with admiration at a huge olive tree on her property believed to be over two centuries old, still yielding despite a direct lightning hit years ago.


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Adelaide’s Semaphore Greek Festival 2024

… meticulously organized by the Greek Orthodox Community of the … It showcases the best of Greek culture, featuring delectable traditional … Adelaide’s most talented Greek-Australian artists. President John … each offering a taste of Greece’s rich culinary heritage. …


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