In Greece, Alarming Rise in Number of Abandoned Babies

ATHENS – The latest heartbreaking byproduct of the Greek crisis is the alarming rise of abandoned children – particularly babies – throughout the country. Often left behind at maternity wards only days after being born, hidden inside pillowcases, or left inside cardboard boxes at the stoops of churches, clinics and charity centers, abandoned babies are […]

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Kiriakou: Letter from Loretto Jail

Our exclusive interview with John Kiriakou – the former CIA agent who is serving a 30-month prison sentence in Loretto, PA – which was published this weekend in our Greek and English editions, is significant if somewhat disturbing. Whether one agrees or disagrees with his words, they are indisputably thoughtful and rooted in a system […]

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Greece Reports 1.5 Million Euro Surplus – Three Times What Originally Expected

ATHENS – For the first time in more than a decade, Greece has a budget surplus of 1.5 million euro, said Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the International Business Times reported. Samaras said that the estimated surplus is three times as large as his government had originally anticipated, the Times reported. Under the bailout terms established […]

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Averoff Xinomavro, 2007 – Elegant and Expressive, Even Better the Next Day!

The Katogi Averoff winery is located in the picaresque mountain village of Metsovo, and produces a range of fine Greek wines with fruit sourced from vineyards in a number of wine growing regions throughout the country. This particular selection is produced from Xinomavro grapes grown in the Naoussa region, specifically Rountina, an area with a […]

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Ancient Egyptian School's Walls Bear Greek Texts, Graffiti, & Reference To ...

Greek ReporterAncient Egyptian School's Walls Bear Greek Texts, Graffiti, & Reference To ...Huffington PostThe three-room building contains several walls bearing handwritten Greek inscriptions. "In the main room there is a text on the wall, five columns of it, written in red ink in impeccable elegiac verses," Cribiore told HuffPost Science. "It was probably ...Greek Texts on Ancient Egyptian School WallsGreek Reporterall 3 news articles »

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Deutsche Telekom, Greece close to OTE stake deal: report

Deutsche Telekom, Greece close to OTE stake deal: reportReutersSelling the OTE stake has not been part of it so far because the government wanted to maintain a minimum say in the running of the former state monopoly, which is still Greece's biggest telecoms company. However, privatization revenues have been far ...and more »

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Greek Texts on Ancient Egyptian School Walls

In the main room there is a five-column text, written in red link in perfect elegiac verses that urges students to climb the hill of rhetoric with the help of Hermes, ancient Greece‘s god of rhetoric, and of other deities. In a second room ...

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