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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Greece won't recognize Kosovo, Athens office not diplomatic

Kotzias explained that the trade office of Kosovo in Athnes will not be a diplomatic office. "That's neither been agreed, nor envisaged," he told a joint news conference with Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic. Asked whether the Community of Serb ...


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'A historic humiliation for Barcelona' – Roma win stuns Spanish press

The Spanish media, like Barcelona, were struggling to come to terms with the 3-0 defeat at Roma. It was ‘a failure with no excuses’ “And the worst thing,” said El Mundo, “is that it was deserved.” The “disaster” – deserved. The “disgrace” – deserved. The “humiliation” – deserved. The “ridicule” – that too. All of it. Barcelona had deserved it all. Roma’s Edin Dzeko, Daniele De Rossi, and Kostas Manolas had as well. All three had scored in the first leg, De Rossi and Manolas in their own goal, and now all three had scored in the second leg, the road leading to redemption and a historic result. The Greek stood, tears welling in his eyes while they went wild at the Stadio Olimpico. Continue reading...


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INFE Poll 2018: Ready for the votes from Greece?

Down south we go to the Mediterranean for the next votes! Returning for a second year in a row, the results of the INFE Poll 2018 are set to be unveiled here at ESCToday in collaboration with the INFE Network, with votes to be gathered and combined ...


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Ellis Island: Thousands of GREEKS' First Sight of America

“At the New York Harbor they put us in quarantine for a day and then they took us to Ellis Island. There they treated us like sheep to examine us. “We were all frightened that they would not find us completely healthy and turn us back. My father called Ellis Island 'the island of tears and fear'.” These are the ...


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Stalled GREEK Church Project Prompts Legal Investigation

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan is investigating the finances of the rebuilding of St. Nicholas GREEK Orthodox Church and those of the GREEK Orthodox Archdiocese of America, the New York Post reports. The project of the resurrection of St. Nicholas GREEK Orthodox Church — destroyed on 9/11 ...


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Turkey ‘will not accept fait accompli’ in Aegean and East Med: Top soldier

The Turkish Armed Forces are ready to perform every task in the seas but Turkey wants the Aegean Sea to be “a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation,” Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar said on April 10, referring to recent tensions with Greece.


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Greek official says compromise needed in Macedonia dispute

Greece's foreign minister says a compromise is needed in a decades-long dispute with Macedonia over the former Yugoslav republic's name. Nikos Kotzias said Wednesday in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, that a compromise would benefit both sides in the dispute.


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