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Thursday, August 29, 2024

The losing battle against Greece's tumbling birthrate

Army sergeant Christos Giannakidis was planning to have a second child when Greece’s debt crisis exploded last decade, straining his finances and erasing hope of extending the family. Worldcategory A ...


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100-Plus Tons of Dead Fish Swamp a Greece Port

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Hallgrímsson names 23-man squad for England & Greece matches

Republic of Ireland Head Coach Heimir Hallgrímsson has named a 23-man squad for the upcoming UEFA Nations League matches against England and Greece.


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FM Fidan holds meetings with Greek, Spanish counterparts in Brussels

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met his Greek counterpart George Gerapetritis on Thursday on the sidelines of an EU meeting in Brussels.


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First-year carnival welcomes new students to WMU Greek Life

Western Michigan University Fraternity and Sorority Life hosted a new student carnival on Aug. 27 to introduce incoming students to Greek Life.


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Thousands of dead fish blanket Greek tourist port after flooding

Greek authorities are collecting hundreds of thousands of dead fish that poured into a tourist port after being displaced from their habitats.


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Netflix's KAOS: What Greek mythology is the characters based on?

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, there were 12 Olympians who lived on Mount Olympus: Zeus; Hera; Poseidon; Demeter; Athena; Apollo; Artemis ...


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Unforgettable Travel Company Launches 2025 Greece Itineraries

Unforgettable Travel Company has launched its collection of small-ship cruise and land itineraries for Greece in 2025. | The company has launched its collection of small-ship cruise and land ...


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Lorient’s Tiémoué Bakayoko set to join Greek side PAOK

According to a report from L’Équipe, the former Chelsea and AS Monaco midfielder is set to join Greek side PAOK. After successive loans away from Stamford Bridge, Bakayoko’s contract at Chelsea was ...


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Finance ministry questions viability of Cyprus-Greece power link

The finance ministry reiterated on Thursday it’s not in a position to evaluate the mooted Cyprus-Greece electricity interconnector project as several parameters remain unknown, while the cost-benefit ...


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Greece, Saudi Arabia Coordinate to Avert Oil Tanker Disaster

(Bloomberg) -- Greece is leading an effort to empty and tow away an oil tanker that was attacked last week in the Red Sea, according to people familiar with the talks. The Greek-flagged Sounion was ...


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Individualism Brought Advancement and Ruin to Ancient Greece

The same force that paved the way for the Greek Golden Age sowed the seeds of its political collapse: individualism.


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Greece PD: Two men found in stolen car with drugs and weapons

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Two men were arrested in Greece after they were allegedly found inside a stolen car with weapons and drugs. Officers were told about a stolen car on Center Place Drive and ...


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Feature: Greece struggles with water shortages

Equally disheartening figures have been reported for water resources across Greece, with several islands already facing water shortages. However, the problem is also looming on the horizon in other ...


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Greek Port Inundated by Stinking Dead Fish Struggles to Clean Up

Shop and hotel owners in the port city of Volos accused the Greek authorities of inaction after local waters were unexpectedly deluged by tens of ...


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This Hotel Might Convince You to Book a Trip to Rhodes, One of Greece's Most Underrated Islands

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When I used to picture my first time in Greece, I'd imagine it as one of two experiences: (1) a girls' ...


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Turkish, Greek top diplomats meet in Brussels

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Greece’s Foreign Minister Yorgos Yerapetritis held a bilateral meeting on Aug. 29 on the sidelines of the EU’s informal gathering in Brussels.


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Housing crisis for teachers reaches breaking point in Greece

As the housing crisis continues to escalate, particularly for teachers on the Greek islands, the situation has become dire. A recent investigation into online home rental platforms reveals that ...


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Greece Advises Tourists to Prepare for Extreme Weather

Vsit Greece this weekend are being urged to take precautions as the national weather service,EMY, has an emergency bulletin warning of violent ...


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Fast, fresh, and inviting food at Eat Greek Gyros in Somerville

Where to Eat Greek Gyros in bustling Davis Square, Somerville, where you’d think they don’t need yet another restaurant. But they need this one. Why There’s nothing like a perfectly made pita gyro and a real Greek salad (no lettuce!).


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Rescue of refugee baby moves Greece

Ionas, the 50-day-old refugee baby, following his rescue on the island of Tilos, Greece, on August 17, 2024. MARIA KAMMA / FACEBOOK On August 17, Maria Kamma, the mayor of Tilos, a small Dodecanese ...


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Kaos review: Jeff Goldblum is an obnoxious Greek god in Netflix's not-so-heavenly comedy

Revisionist retellings of ancient Greek myths have been having something of a moment lately, in everything from video games (the fiendishly great ...


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Greek shipping in transition: steady growth amid consolidation

The Greek dry bulk fleet grew by 5.0%, while the container vessel fleet saw a 6.2% increase in dwt terms. The LNG sector experienced the largest ...


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Agrafa, the Switzerland of Greece

The following story is a tale of traditional Greek hospitality and natural beauty in Greece's Switzerland: The Agrafa mountains.


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Climate change, crowd: Should Greece rethink its tourism model?

As temperatures soar and tourist numbers increase, Greece is under pressure to rethink a tourism model that climate change is making increasingly.


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🚨 Ireland name squad for September games vs England and Greece

Heimir Hallgrímsson has named his first Ireland squad ahead of September’s Nations League games against England and Greece. The squad is packed with familiar faces, but there is space for a new ...


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Europe heatwave: New maps shows Greece and Turkey battered by 39C September heat bomb

Greece and Turkey look set to be battered by a scorching spell of hot weather with the mercury forecast to rise up to 39C, the latest weather maps show. Charts show top temperatures steadily rising in ...


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Greece Dead Fish

Vaggelis Kousioras - stringer, ASSOCIATED PRESS Aug 29, 2024 18 mins ago A bulldozer collects dead fish from a river near the port city of Volos, central Greece, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, following a ...


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Greece: Increase in LNG imports to compensate for ENR shortfalls

Greece is increasing its LNG imports to offset a drop in renewable production, affecting gas prices on the spot market.


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Greece and Australia looking to shine at Paris Paralympics

The Summer Paralympic Games makes its triumphant debut in Paris with a wonderful Opening Ceremony that launches the official Games, with Greece ...


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Taste of Greece Homer Glen

Saturday August 31, 2024: Assumption Greek Orthodox Church is having their annual Taste of Greece Festival on Saturday, August 31 2:00pm-9:00pm...


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Greek port grapples with flood of dead fish

Authorities in central Greece are racing to deal with an inundation of tons of dead fish at a popular port that locals say could threaten their ...


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I'm an expert in Ancient Greece

Last year, one of my child's English assignments was to rewrite a traditional fairy tale with one major plot difference, to see how the story might play out differently. New Netflix series Kaos feels like its creator, Charlie Covell, was given the same instruction for Greek mythology. He decided to see what would happen if Zeus was a tasteless, egotistical, paranoid and overly controlling deity, whose best frien


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'Kaos' review: Can Netflix’s Greek myth series go the distance?

If you're a scholar of Greek mythology, froth over The Iliad, The Odyssey, and Metamorphoses, couldn't put Hades or Assassin's Creed: Odyssey down, or love movies and TV shows like Blood of Zeus, Xena ...


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Kaos gods explained: The true stories from Greek Mythology

Kaos also features other figures from Greek Mythology including Medusa (Debi Mazar), who covers her head with a scarf to hide her snake hair. Ari's (Leila Farzad) brother Glaucus (Fady Elsayed) is also from Greek mythology as he was a prophetic sea god ...


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'Kaos' review: Can Netflix’s Greek myth series go the distance?

From The End of the F***ing World writer Charlie Covell, with directors Georgi Banks-Davies and Runyararo Mapfumo, Kaos is a deadpan, dark, soapy take on Greek myths, staying mildly true to their ...


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Tag Archives: Head of Greece

(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has appointed Angeliki Kalligiannaki as its new Head of Greece, starting 1 September. Kalligiannaki, who has been with the EBRD ...


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Greek tourist port flooded with dead fish

Greek authorities have started collecting hundreds of thousands of dead fish that poured into a tourist port in the central city of Volos this week after being displaced from their usual freshwater habitats during flooding last year. The floating carcasses ...


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Greece: Towards an upgrade in September by Moody’s as well

September for the First Memorandum loans, but also by an additional €2 billion from the reduction in Greek government treasury bill debt. – The complete achievement of the 2023 fiscal targets with a ...


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Netflix's 'KAOS' Review: Jeff Goldblum Is a Hilarious Greek God

Netflix's new Greek mythology-tinged drama KAOS bases its wide-ranging story in legends most of its audience likely already knows, but don't expect a ...


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Kaos review: Jeff Goldblum is an obnoxious Greek god in Netflix’s not-so-heavenly comedy

But the series strains at points under the weight of its arch, high-concept premise. It might not all be Greek to me – but some of it definitely was.


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Dead fish blanket Greek tourist port of Volos after flooding

Hundreds of thousands of dead fish have blanketed a Greek tourist port, leaving authorities scrambling to clean up. Last year, the fish were ...


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Greek, Turkish FMs to meet in Brussels

The Cyprus problem and Euro-Turkish and Greek-Turkish relations will be among the issues to be discussed in the meeting on Thursday in Brussels ...


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Netflix brings Greek mythology to life in new series ‘Kaos’

The long Labor Day weekend is ahead, and this week, Netflix is releasing a new series, “Kaos,” starring Jeff Goldblum as Zeus, King of the Gods, for all Greek Mythology lovers wanting to kick back and tune in. While bringing the timeless stories of ...


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Water trucks keep olive trees alive in drought-hit Greece

Six weeks before harvest, there is no water left in the ground for farmer Dimitris Papadakis's olive grove in northern Greece, so he has started a new ...


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In drought-hit Greece, water trucks keep crops alive

GREENWIRE | NEA SILATA, Greece — Six weeks before harvest, there's no water left in the ground for farmer Dimitris Papadakis' olive grove in ...


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Thessaloniki Metro to Begin Operations on November 30, Says Greek PM

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday announced the official opening date for the long-awaited metro in Thessaloniki.


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St. Nicholas Greek Festival returns to St. Louis this weekend

Celebrate Greek culture at this family-friendly event held at the St. Nicholas Orthodox Christian Church at 4967 Forest Park Ave., just off ...


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Woman Set Fires in Greece "to Watch Firefighters and Flirt"

A woman in Tripoli, Greece intentionally set fires to farmland because she enjoyed watching firefighters and wanted to meet a man in uniform.


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It's all Greek at Rock Island's 'Our Big Fat Greek Festival'

The annual cultural ...


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