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Repeating a four-year-long mantra, Greece's major opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras told an Italian newspaper austerity has failed. The post Tsipras Assaults Austerity Yet Again appeared first on The National Herald.
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Led by Bogdan Bogdanovic and a balanced offensive attack that saw five players score in double digits, Serbia upset previously undefeated Greece ...
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Latest updates from the Group D match Email nick.miller.casual@theguardian.comOr get in touch via Twitter: @NickMiller79Check out all todays live scores 9.04pm BST 61 mins: Save! Reus suddenly finds himself behind the Scottish defence and tries to slip it under Marshall, but the keeper does well to get something on it and turn it behind. Meanwhile, one of the German coaching staff (Andreas Köpke, I think) straightens Jogi Löws shirt collar. 9.02pm BST 59 mins: Oh Steven. The ball reaches Naismith in space and at an awkward height in the box, and he takes his shot first-time, high around his hip with his left foot, and it skews well wide. He probably had time to take that one down, but he perhaps got a little giddy. 9.00pm BST 58 mins: And those subs are Steven Fletcher for Bannan, while James McArthur replaces skiper Darren Fletcher. Imagine Naismith will move out to the right and McArthur will sit deep, allowing Morrison to push even further on. 8.59pm BST 56 mins: Höwedes advances up the pitch and tries a shot, but its easily blocked. Meanwhile, some subs are afoot... 8.58pm BST 53 mins: Oli Senior has a lookalike suggestion:Something of the Klaus Kinski about Mr Naismith dontcha think? Not to get too liberal arts about the whole football thing , but lets face it, whatve we got left to keep our spirits up? 8.54pm BST 50 mins: Hanley gets the softest yellow card you ever did see after a push on Turkey-Like Angelface. A foul, sure, but a yellow card...not a chance. The free-kick is swung into the box, its half-headed clear but Schürrle finds himself in a stupid amount of space, only for him to blaze his shot over the bar. 8.51pm BST 48 mins: SO CLOSE FOR SCOTLAND! The German defence seem convinced Hutton is actually Javier Zanetti and give him a baffling amount of space in which to power forwards, he lays it inside to Naismith who creates some space with some excellent smart footwork, then drags a shot which looks like its going to creep in at the far post, but instead just tails away and clips the outside of it. Ooof. 8.48pm BST 46 mins: The football has begun again. Meanwhile, Konstantin Richter writes, about Mario Götzes weirdly chubby face (weird in that the rest of him doesnt appear to be chubby):In Germany we say that he has a puttenhaftes engelsgesicht, which loosely translates as turkey-like angelface. Very common in Germany. 8.47pm BST The players are out for the second half, greeted by what sounds like a Euro-rock version of Ode To Joy. Jah! 8.45pm BST Stats!Toni Kroos: Completed 3 more passes in the final third of the pitch (17) in the first half of #gersco than Scotland managed as a whole (14) 8.39pm BST A favourite image from the first half... 8.38pm BST Elsewhere in this group, Poland are 1-0 up over Gibraltar, with Ireland of course beating Georgia earlier on. Other scores include the Faroe Islands leading Finland 1-0 at half-time, Romania 1-0 up over Greece, while Portugal havent managed to break Albania down. 8.37pm BST David Wall raises something interesting to ponder:Just a thought raised by your opening preamble, how would independence affect the progress of players for the Scottish national team? A great number of potential internationals earn their keep in the English top couple of divisions, and currently arent subject to any constraints due to nationality. But even putting to one side issues about being non-English squad members which might discourage English clubs from signing them, if theyre not automatically admitted to the EU (and Spain in particular might have the odd objection to that), then theyll be subject to work permit issues as well. That could really reduce the opportunities for Scots to play in England and, given the current standard of the SPL, could have a knock-on effect for the national team, couldnt it? 8.33pm BST Well, Germany are in the lead, but it hasnt been the hosing that you might have feared playing the world champions. Germany have unquestionably been on top, but Scotland havent been too bad, some hairy moments at the back aside. If they can keep it tight, theres always a chance of Anya or Naismith causing a deeply skittish-looking defence an issue or two. 8.31pm BST 44 mins: Chance for Anya, as he scampers - and boy does he scamper - onto a loose ball, but so fast are his legs moving that hes sort of off-balance as he tries the left-footed shot, and Neuer makes an easy, almost casual save. 8.30pm BST 43 mins: Spoke too soon about the bagpipes: theres a set in the crowd, unfortunately attached to a human. 8.29pm BST 42 mins: A frantic minute or so. Firstly Anya chases a ball over the top, knocks it ahead of him only for Neuer to hare out of his goal to a place a goalie has no place being, and just about clear the ball away. From the subsequent counter-attack Schürrle delivers a low cross from the left, on which Reus and possibly one other gets a touch, but Marshall makes a fine scrambling save. Well played that man. 8.27pm BST 41 mins: Götze and his curiously chubby face advance into the area from the left, and with few options he manages to win a corner. More satisfying than scoring the winner in the World Cup final, no doubt. 8.25pm BST 39 mins: Hmmm. Some rather passive defending from Scotland as Reus and Müller run into each other on the right flank, but the latter is still allowed ample time to sort his feet out and deliver a cross. Which turns out to be bobbins, but the point stands. 8.24pm BST 37 mins: The pitchside effects mics reveal that German really is a beautiful language when screamed in an urgent manner. 8.22pm BST 35 mins: Reus whips over the sort of cross that makes defenders weep and cry for mummy, but Hanley actually deals with it reasonably well. In the background however, Müller falls to the turf with legs and arms akimbo, although its not hugely clear who fouled him. Fouled he was, though. This ref is not having the best of games. 8.19pm BST 32 mins: Sorry everyone - Ive been saying its McGregor in nets rather than Marshall for most of the game. What a plank. Should be fixed now though. 8.18pm BST 30 mins: Some more anthem fun now, and the excellent Andi Thomas writes in:Somebody on Twitter just sent me the USA anthem on steel drums... 8.16pm BST 28 mins: Anya tries to make tracks down the left, but Müller chases back then absolutely wipes the Watford man out after the ball had gone, something again ignored by the referee. Naismith then earns a talking to after a very limb-y jump with Boateng, in which he caught the German defender with at least one leg and at least one arm. 8.14pm BST 27 mins: Reus cracks a shot at goal, but Marshall does well to get down and get plenty behind that. 8.13pm BST 26 mins: Playing the odd ball over the top might not be the worst idea for Scotland. Naismith isnt the quickest, but Boateng and Höwedes look more panicked than a male PE teacher when presented with a girls monthly note to get out of swimming, panicking at the very idea of defending any ball behind them. Mulgrew tries that theory, but Boateng just gets his head to that one. 8.11pm BST 24 mins: More danger for Scotland, as Müller and a few other German attackers try to shift the thing around in the box enough to create some space for a shot, but dont quite manage it, and in the end Kroos spanks one way over the bar. 8.09pm BST 22 mins: Yer man Schürrle really is quite a player. Götze, rather unusually, wins a header in the area and knocks it back to the Chelsea man, who displays absolutely textbook technique to scissor a volley towards goal, but he cant quite get enough power behind it and Marshall makes the save. 8.07pm BST 20 mins: Höwedes, who looks like a walking error, is a lucky puppy there, bringing down Naismith with a most cynical block/hug as he chased a diagonal ball over the top. The referee seemingly doesnt see it, so not even a free-kick is given, when it could have been rather worse for the defender. Its OK though - the ref was about ten yards away with a completely clear line of sight, so you can see why he missed it. 8.05pm BST 18 mins: Well, that was devastatingly simple. Rudy tosses in a cross from the right, and some rather wet marking from Hutton and Whittaker allows Müller to loop in a header over Marshall. Poor defending there, and the little bit of momentum that Scotland were starting to build is spanked with a wet slipper. 8.04pm BST Ah. Well the optimism was fun while it lasted. 8.02pm BST 15 mins: Charlie Mulgrew might just be a left foot on a vaguely mobile body, but what a left foot it is sometimes. From the corner, he fair lashes one against the post, but the flag goes up for offside. Everyone seems convinced it went in, for some reason. 8.00pm BST 14 mins: Chance for Scotland. Anya scampers after a ball on the left of the area and makes Boateng look like the muggiest mug youve ever seen, he cuts it back into the area where Barry Bannan fires in a shot, but its deflected wide. 7.59pm BST 13 mins: The Scottish fans are singing Flower of Scotland a capella. Sounds weird without a xylophone now. 7.57pm BST 10 mins: Anya seems to be the man offering most support for Naismith, although Morrisson is pushing on a fair bit too. A crossfield pass looks for the former at the far post, but its headed clear by Höwdes. 7.55pm BST 8 mins: Oh man, what a miss from Thomas Müller. Durm whips a cross over from the left, and Müller has an embarrassing amount of room about 12 yards from goal, with Steven Whittaker believing the big Germany was offside. Despite this freedom, Müller heads over and does the classic look around for the flag, in the hope it would make him look slightly less of a buffoon. No dice, Tommy. 7.53pm BST 6 mins: Andre Schürrle cuts inside from the left and launches a shot towards goal. I say towards quite loosely, because it was technically in the right direction, but so high it would have missed another set of goals atop the current, regulation one. 7.51pm BST 5 mins: Scotland have now touched the ball at least three times in the German half. This is the sound of progress. Fletcher tries a skimming long pass at head height for either Anya or Steven Naismith, but it goes betwixt the two and is as such good for neither. Mild surprise to see Anya start on the left flank, rather than his usual right. 7.48pm BST 2 mins: Not sure Scotland have touched the ball y....oh, no, Ikechi Anya puts it out for a corner. Small acorns... 7.46pm BST 1 min: Were OFF OFF OFF. Germany have DOMINATED the opening 18 seconds. 7.45pm BST On balance, more national anthems should be played on the xylophone. 7.45pm BST Kramers starting in midfield for Germany. 7.41pm BST Weird. The band playing Flower of Scotland appears to feature a xylophone. Weird.Better than bagpipes, I guess. While one never wants to give rugby any credit for anything, silly sport for brutes that it is, this rendition will be hard to beat. 7.40pm BST Our man in Germany Barney Ronay writes with a suggestion of how the supporters might have been passing the hours today:Im not sure if it counts as entertainment but there was a four-hour Rod Stewart singalong in the beer garden next to the stadium this afternoon. Still with the Rod Stewart these guys... 7.39pm BST Just time before kick-off to take a look at this magnificently appalling-looking biopic of late actress Brittany Murphy. Get a load of the wig on Alicia. 7.34pm BST Yer man on Sky genuinely just said this game is one for bravehearts. Oh boy. 7.32pm BST Not double wahey for Scotland, Nick. Far from it I fear, writes Seamus Devlin. Well, thats just, like, your opinion, man. Stop harshing the buzz. Bumming us out. Bursting the bubble. 7.27pm BST I do hope the Scotch supporters found something to do in Dortmund today. Your fearless correspondent can tell you from rather tedious experience that its, well, something of a hole, having spent a day trudging around the town. The description Sunderland of Germany was mentioned. There is a smashing steak restaurant, mind. Hope they got reservations.The ground is proper, though. Obviously. 7.24pm BST This guy makes a reasonable point...@NickMiller79 Who needs outfield subs when you've got Neuer in goal? 7.23pm BST The last time Scotland beat Germany was back in 1999, when Don Hutchison bagged the only goal. Enjoy. 7.16pm BST The last time these two faced each other was the qualifiers for Euro 2004, when a Germany with significantly less jazz than the current one beat the Scots once and the other a draw. The first game ended 1-1, with Kenny Miller equalising Fredi Bobics opener at Hampden. Listen out for the cartoon German reaction to Bobics headed goal in the commentary of this one. 7.01pm BST Double wahey! Ireland are victorious too! Aiden McGeady got their winner in the 90th minute to beat Georgia. Hit, son. 6.57pm BST Wahey! Northern Ireland have won! A couple of goals in the last ten minutes from Aidan McGinn and Kyle Lafferty have secured a 2-1 success against Hungary in Budapest. Their first success on the road in four years, apparently.Incidentally, mention of Lafferty affords the opportunity to share the assessment of him by Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini, in explaining his sale to Norwich earlier this year: Lafferty is sold as a result of a precise request from my coach Beppe Iachini. He is an out-of-control womaniser, an Irishman without rules. He is someone who disappears for a week and goes on the hunt for women in Milan. 6.52pm BST Po Scotland.3 - Scotland have faced the World Cup holders in their last 3 European Championship qualifying groups (ITA 2008, ESP 2012, GER 2016). Test. 6.50pm BST Incidentally, those benches are right as per the UEFA website. Scotland have named 12 subs, Germany just seven, two of which are goalkeepers. Jogi Löew taking his Pep Guardiola copying to a new level, there. 6.46pm BST Neuer (C); Rudy, Boateng, Höwedes, Durm; Kramer, Kroos; Müller, Reus, Schürrle; Götze.Subs: Zieler, Weidenfeller, Ginter, Rüdiger, Grosskreutz, Sam, Podolski. 6.45pm BST Theres something approaching optimism surrounding the Scotland team at the moment. Thats perhaps partly down to the impending conscious uncoupling with auld pals/historic oppressors England (incidentally, the news that the Queen is apparently in favour of the Union is a shocker, innit?), but also because the football team is in danger of actually being decent, after some years of being...well...not so much. Steven Naismith is suddenly a pretty decent Premier League player, Darren Fletcher is back and badder than ever after properly recovering from those utterly brutal-sounding stomach problems, Ikechi Anya is one of the most fun players to watch you could wish for, on the basis that the Premier League is under such constant scrutiny that its difficult to find a genuinely underrated player there, Craig Bryson is quite possibly the most underrated player in England, theyve got three pretty decent goalkeepers and Chris Martin has spent the last couple of seasons merrily bagging goals left, right and quite literally centre. 6.45pm BST Nick will be here shortly. In the meantime, heres Ewan Murrays preview: Now for the real stuff. As Gordon Strachan will readily admit, the improvement in Scotland under his management is partly offset by only being visible in friendly matches and a World Cup qualification section that had degenerated into dead-rubber territory by the time of his appointment.On Sunday night in Dortmund, Scotlands latest bid to end a wait for a major finals appearance, which stretches back to 1998, begins and Germany, the world champions, will not provide a smooth European Championship start. Continue reading...
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During the 1600s, coffee as a beverage and the coffeehouse as a location to gather for avid conversation were gradually introduced to Europe from the Middle East. Various Greeks living in the diaspora during this period are credited with being among those individuals who first brought coffee and coffeehouses to Western Europe. While on the […] The post Greeks and the Story of the Introduction of Coffee to the Western World appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greece's hopes of advancing in the World Cup Basketball tourney ended in the round of 16, beaten badly by Serbia, 90-72. The post Serbia Ends Greeks Hoop Dream, 90-72 appeared first on The National Herald.
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Against a well-prepared Serb team, that had studied Greece's game, the players of coach Fotis Katsikaris were nervous, error-prone and often ...
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Two finely carved female figures called Caryatids have been unearthed inside the mysterious tomb-in Amphipolis, which dates from the time of ...
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Serbia shocked Greece with a perfect game and advanced to the FIBA World Cup quarterfinals. Guard Bogdan Bogdanovic made four 3-pointers and ...
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Saint George Greek Orthodox Church celebrated Greek culture with its annual Greek Food Festival this Saturday. There was live music and many traditional Greek dishes for festival-goers to enjoy. The event was a two-day festival ...
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Guard Bogdan Bogdanovic made four 3-pointers and scored 21 points to help Serbia rout Greece 90-72 and advance to the quarterfinals of the Basketball World Cup on Sunday. Serbia will meet the winner of the other round-of-16 game between South American powers Argentina and Brazil to be played later in Madrid. In Barcelona, Jonas Valanciunas scored eight of his 22 points in the fourth quarter as ...
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Over the past month, since Greek archaeologists first unveiled the entrance of the tomb, the largest ever discovered in Greece, they have managed to ...
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According to a recent report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Greece ranks very low in education. According to the report, Greece ranks in 27th place out of the 30 countries in the list. Specifically, Greece scored 60.04% in terms of efficiency, lagging behind countries such as Turkey, Portugal and Italy. Data published by “Eleftheros Typos” newspaper are referring to a report conducted by GEMS Education Solutions and specifically to the education system’s efficiency in relation to the money each country allocates for education, the teachers’ salaries and the student-teacher ratio per class. All Mediterranean countries had low scores in terms of performance, while the report also presented a list of students’ performance at the PISA 2012 contest. In three different subject-courses (mathematics, reading comprehension and science), which were examined in 15-year-old students of all OECD member countries, the performance of Greek students among 65 countries dropped to 42nd place and 26th among the 30 OECD member countries, down from 25th in 2009.
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Nearly three years after it was first brought to parliament, Greek MPs are poised to pass an anti-discrimination bill which human rights groups say still falls far short of dealing with an epidemic of racist and homophobic violence in the country.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo-- The 7th Annual Greek Festival is wrapping-up today traditional Greek food, music, costumes, and performances. The 7th annual Greek Festival will be held on the parking lot of St. Thomas the Apostle Orthodox Church in southwest Springfield Friday through Sunday, September 5-7, 2014. Hours are 12 pm to 3 pm Sunday. Last fall, about 5,000 people passed through the food tent ...
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According to a recent report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Greece ranks very low in education. According to the report, Greece ranks in 27th place out of the 30 countries in the list. Specifically, Greece scored 60.04% in terms of efficiency, lagging behind countries such as Turkey, Portugal and Italy. Data published by “Eleftheros Typos” newspaper are referring to a report conducted by GEMS Education Solutions and specifically to the education system’s efficiency in relation to the money each country allocates for education, the teachers’ salaries and the student-teacher ratio per class. All Mediterranean countries had low scores in terms of performance, while the report also presented a list of students’ performance at the PISA 2012 contest. In three different subject-courses (mathematics, reading comprehension and science), which were examined in 15-year-old students of all OECD member countries, the performance of Greek students among 65 countries dropped to 42nd place and 26th among the 30 OECD member countries, down from 25th in 2009.
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The problems created by the five-year economic crisis in Greek society are evident. A survey conducted by Kapa Research and published at “To Vima” newspaper reveals a lot. One of the survey’s main conclusions is that Greeks are willing to do anything to find work, from migrating to accepting undeclared work, meaning working “illegally”. 59.6% of those participating in the survey said they would change the field of their employment in order to find work. In the question “What would you be willing to do to get a job?” 4 out of 10 replied that they would agree in taking up a part-time job and 41.9% that they would accept to take up undeclared work. At the same question, a large percentage of respondents said they would seriously consider migrating to another country for work (38.2%). When they were asked what the main priority for the country should be nowadays, 79.1% answered “jobs creation” and 19.7% “reduction of public deficits and debt.” Apart from unemployment, most respondents said that the taxation imposed on them is unfair. Specifically, 80.2% of respondents said that the extraordinary solidarity levy tax is unjust, while the unified property tax (ENFIA) reached 66% and heating oil 75.5%. Farmers (73.8%), businessmen (72%) and young scientists (64.1%) are at the top three socio-professional groups that can contribute more to the country’s development in the coming years. When asked if they believe that the situation of the Greek economy is improving, deteriorating or remaining about the same compared to last year, 40.5% answered “worse”, 34.1% that it “remains the same”, while 25.1% said it is “improving.”
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Fourteen regional airports in Greece are expected to pass to private companies in the next two months, according to the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) schedule. The transfer of management from the state to private owners will have a duration of up to 50 years. As of September 30, binding offers from potential investors will be handed to HRADF. The procedure should take less than a month, although the competition has been held back from the original timeframe by candidates’ demand to be granted an extension in order to have more time to prepare their offers. The privatization concerns 14 regional airports that will be allocated to investors for 40+10 years and will be done in two groups. The first group includes the airports of Thessaloniki, Chania, Corfu, Zakynthos, Kefalonia, Preveza and Kavala, with an option for Alexandroupolis, Araxos, Kalamata and Nea Aghialos. The second group includes the airports of Rhodes, Kos, Skiathos, Mykonos, Santorini, Samos and Mytilene, with an option for Karpathos and Lemnos. The “Nikos Kazantzakis” airport of Heraklion on the island of Crete has been excluded from this competition, since there is a contract for building a new international airport in Kastelli instead of improving the existing one. The companies participating in the process are French company Aeroport De La Cote d’Azur, the J&P Avax – Zurich Airport consortium, Athens International Airport, the Fraport – Copelouzos consortium, the Vinci – ELLAKTOR cartel, the Corporacion America – Metka consortium and the Advent Group.
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Archaeologists have unearthed two sculpted female figures, known as Caryatids, as they slowly make their way into an ancient tomb recently discovered in Greece's northeast, the country's culture ministry said on Sunday.They mark a significant new finding in the tomb on the Amphipolis site, about 100 km (65 miles) from Greece's second-biggest city Thessaloniki, which archaeologists have hailed as ...
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Starbucks Corporation has fared extremely well in many overseas markets, but not in Greece. Why? Intense competition from local upstart, Mikel Coffee Company. Mikel seems to be a popular destination for young people in Greece, helping the company spread buzz and grow by leaps and bounds, beating Starbucks by a big margin. [...]
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The 2011 population census recorded a major reversal compared to data from other decades. According to data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), people coming to Greece until 1996 were mostly of Greek origin, while in 2011, most legal ...
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Fourteen regional airports in Greece are expected to pass to private companies in the next two months, according to the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) schedule. The transfer of management from the state to private owners will have a duration of up to 50 years. As of September 30, binding offers from potential investors will be handed to HRADF. The procedure should take less than a month, although the competition has been held back from the original timeframe by candidates’ demand to be granted an extension in order to have more time to prepare their offers. The privatization concerns 14 regional airports that will be allocated to investors for 40+10 years and will be done in two groups. The first group includes the airports of Thessaloniki, Chania, Corfu, Zakynthos, Kefalonia, Preveza and Kavala, with an option for Alexandroupolis, Araxos, Kalamata and Nea Aghialos. The second group includes the airports of Rhodes, Kos, Skiathos, Mykonos, Santorini, Samos and Mytilene, with an option for Karpathos and Lemnos. The “Nikos Kazantzakis” airport of Heraklion on the island of Crete has been excluded from this competition, since there is a contract for building a new international airport in Kastelli instead of improving the existing one. The companies participating in the process are French company Aeroport De La Cote d’Azur, the J&P Avax – Zurich Airport consortium, Athens International Airport, the Fraport – Copelouzos consortium, the Vinci – ELLAKTOR cartel, the Corporacion America – Metka consortium and the Advent Group.
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Two caryatids (sculpted female figures) of exceptional artistic value were unearthed on Saturday during excavations by archaeologists in Ancient Amphipolis Casta tomb, northern Greece. Specialists noted on Sunday that the new discoveries further support the view that the monument is of major importance. According to a Culture Ministry announcement, the western caryatid’s face is saved almost intact whereas the eastern caryatid’s face is missing. The western caryatid’s right arm and the eastern caryatid’s left arm are both outstretched, as if to symbolically stop anyone attempting to enter the tomb. The technique used is the same as the two sphinxes already found during the excavations. Traces of red and blue color were found on the figures, referring to Kore female statues. The two Caryatids were built by marble from Thasos island with exceptional artistry, and according to specialists, this discovery is of enormous importance, as it points out that the person buried in the grave is probably someone high up in the Macedonian hierarchy. There is a second, 4.5 meters wide, sealing stone wall in front of the Caryatids, following the technique of the tomb’s entrance wall. It is another attempt on behalf of the manufacturer, to stop anyone attempting to enter.
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Serbia and Greece will square off Sunday afternoon in the round of 16 at the FIBA World Cup in Madrid. Be sure to catch current NBA players Giannis ...
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The flag of the European Union was burned as trade unions staged a demonstration against austerity measures, taxes and redundancies at the ...
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Archaeologists excavating a burial mound in northern Greece have found two marble sculptures of female figures and a large, colored marble panel in what appears to be the antechamber of the main room.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Archaeologists excavating a burial mound in northern Greece have found two marble sculptures of female figures and a large, colored marble panel in what appears to be the antechamber of the main room.
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In a press conference in Thessaloniki, Greece, on Sunday, held in the context of the city’s 79th International Fair (TIF), government Vice-President, Foreign Minister and PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos underlined that the sacrifices of the Greek people should not go to waste and the country back to zero. Venizelos further mentioned that the next few months, until the election of the President of the Republic, will be a critical period for the future of the country. He lashed out against the tactics of main opposition SYRIZA party, accusing them of opportunism and destructive policies concerning the country’s future. When asked to evaluate Antonis Samaras as a Prime Minister, PASOK’s leader avoided the question by talking about an “honest collaboration” between his party and the PM’s conservative New Democracy, “two completely different political entities.” Venizelos unveiled a five-pillar national strategy that includes: Exit from the memorandum, political and institutional stability, coming together of the country’s creative forces to raise employment, support for vulnerable groups and the country’s return to substantive self-reliance. As regards to the announcements made yesterday by Samaras during the inauguration of the 79th TIF, Venizelos noted that an agreement between them, on everything and in detail, had proceeded. He underlined that reductions on the unified property tax (ENFIA) will be noticeable in the case of apartments that have no electricity and are untenanted.
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The government, the opposition spokesman for tourism claimed, had broken promises like plates at a Greek wedding. He got in early with the quip on ...
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THE 2004 Greek Olympics was a “wake-up call” for Derval O'Rourke. A bout of severe food poisoning and appendicitus meant she was in hospital for ...
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It might seem odd but the liturgical experimentation in Greece is not all that different from the West. In fact, it seems it might be quite similar. Read the ...
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The 2014 FIBA World Cup rolls on Sunday afternoon with a matchup between Greece and Serbia at Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid.
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Its significance had not been realized until Mazza, a historian and classicist, examined it and translated it from the Greek to discover Old and New ...
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by Associated Press WORLD SPORTS at 1330 GMT Associated Press - 7 September 2014 09:31-04:00 TOP STORY: TEN--US OPEN-WOMEN'S FINAL NEW YORK — Top-seeded Serena Williams and No. 10-seeded Caroline Wozniacki meet in the final of the US Open at the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday. Good friends off the court, their appearance in the final marks a resurgence for both players, who are back at the top of their games. By Howard Fendrich. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos. By 2300 GMT. WITH: — TOKYO — BC-TEN--US OPEN-NISHIKORI-JAPAN. By Jim Armstrong. Japanese fans rejoice in Nishikori's US Open win. SENT: 543 words, photos. DEVELOPING/NEW: CAR--F1-ITALIAN GP MONZA, Italy — Lewis Hamilton pressures Nico Rosberg into a mistake and overtakes his Mercedes teammate and rival to win the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday. By Andrew Dampf. SENT: 123 words, photos. Will be updated. WITH: — MONZA, Italy — BC-CAR--F1-WILLIAMS-DRIVERS. SENT: 125 words. SOC--GERMANY-SCOTLAND DORTMUND, Germany — World Cup winner Germany opens its 2016 European Championship qualification campaign against Scotland. Also in Group D, Ireland plays Georgia in Tbilisi and Gibraltar hosts Poland at the Algarve stadium in Portugal. Expected by 2230 GMT. 500 words. FOOTBALL: SOC--SPAIN-MACEDONIA PREVIEW BARCELONA, Spain — The once mighty Spain used to waltz past minor European teams like Macedonia. But after the embarrassing exit from the World Cup, Spain's first qualifier for the 2016 European Championship will be an important test of its rebuilding project as the team opens its campaign to win a third straight European title. By Joseph Wilson. SENT: 658 words. ALSO: — HARRISON, New Jersey — BC-SOC--MLS ROUNDUP. Red Bulls top Sporting KC in Major League Soccer. SENT: 328 words, photos. — SANTA CLARA, California — BC-SOC--CHILE-MEXICO. By Rick Eymer. Mexico settles for 0-0 draw with Chile. SENT: 222 words, photos. — FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — BC-SOC--ECUADOR-BOLIVIA. By Paul Gereffi. Ecuador beats Bolivia 4-0 in friendly. SENT: 130 words. GOLF: GLF--BMW CHAMPIONSHIP CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colorado — Billy Horschel makes a 32-foot birdie putt Saturday to close out the third round of the BMW Championship with a bogey-free, 7-under 63 and take a three-shot lead over Ryan Palmer heading into the final 18 holes. By Eddie Pells. SENT: 752 words, photos. GLF--CHAMPIONS TOUR QUEBEC CITY — Defending champion Esteban Toledo shoots a 6-under 66 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Brad Faxon in the Champions Tour's Quebec Championship. SENT: 189 words, photos. GLF--EUROPEAN MASTERS CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland — Graeme Storm of England leads the European Masters with a 16-under total of 194 that puts him one stroke clear of fellow Englishman Tommy Fleetwood, who shot 63 on the sunbathed Severiano Ballesteros course in the third round. By Graham Dunbar. UPCOMING: 300 words, photos. By 1500 GMT. ALSO: — PERTH, Australia — BC-GLF--LEE TURNS PRO. Top-ranked women's amateur Minjee Lee turns pro. SENT: 141 words. TENNIS: TEN--US OPEN-WOMEN'S DOUBLES NEW YORK — Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina win their second Grand Slam women's doubles title, ending Martina Hingis' run at the U.S. Open. SENT: 304 words, photos. ATHLETICS: ATH--RIETI RIETI, Italy — Justin Gatlin aims to extend his unbeaten streak in sprint races to 19 against a stellar field in the 100 meters at the IAAF world challenge meeting. Asafa Powell, who set a then-world record of 9.74 seconds in Rieti in 2007, is also entered, as is Nesta Carter, who won in Stockholm last month, and Christophe Lemaitre of France. Allyson Felix headlines the field in the women's 100. UPCOMING: 300 words, photos. By 2000 GMT. CYCLING: CYC--SPANISH VUELTA LAGOS DE COVADONGA, Spain — Alberto Contador aims to protect his lead in the Spanish Vuelta from Alejandro Valverde and Chris Froome during the 15th stage, a mountainous 152-kilometer (94-mile) ride from Oviedo to the Lagos de Covadonga special-category peak. UPCOMING: 300 words. By 2000 GMT. CRICKET: BC-CRI--ENGLAND-INDIA BIRMINGHAM, England — India looks to wrap up its tour of England with victory in a one-off Twenty20 international at Edgbaston. UPCOMING: 400 words with photos. By 1900 GMT. ALSO: — MELBOURNE, Australia — BC-CRI--AUSTRALIA-BAILEY. Bailey resigns as Australia's Twenty20 captain. SENT: 124 words. BASKETBALL: BKO--WORLD CUP ROUNDUP BARCELONA, Spain — Brazil plays Argentina in a clash of South American rivals, while Greece faces fellow European power Serbia with spots in the quarterfinals of the Basketball World Cup on the line. Also, Lithuania plays New Zealand and Turkey takes on Australia in the round of 16. By Joseph Wilson. UPCOMING: 700 words. By 1800 GMT. ALSO: — CAEN, France — BC-EQU--WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES. Exell wins driving comp at World Equestrian Games. SENT: 84 words. — SYDNEY — BC-RGL--AUSTRALIAN ROUNDUP. Roosters finish first in NRL after Manly loses. SENT: 437 words. — MELBOURNE, Australia — BC-FBO--AUSTRALIAN RULES ROUNDUP. Port Adelaide win easily in AFL playoff match. SENT: 128 words. — ARLINGTON, Texas — BC-BBO--MLB ROUNDUP. Mariners pad wild-card lead with win over Rangers. SENT: 713 words. — EUGENE, Oregon — BC-FBC--COLLEGE ROUNDUP. Oregon tops Michigan State in college football. SENT: 555 words. — RICHMOND, Virginia — BC-CAR--NASCAR-RICHMOND. By Jenna Fryer. Keselowski routs Richmond field to grab top seed. SENT: 737 words, photos. — PHOENIX — BC-BKL--WNBA FINALS. Rejuvenated Sky challenge Mercury in WNBA Finals. By Bob Baum. SENT: 619 words, photos. — EDMONTON, Alberta — BC-CYC--TOUR OF ALBERTA. Dutchman wins fourth stage of Tour of Alberta. SENT: 81 words. 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A British businessman organized a fundraiser to rescue a neglected tiger kept in a Greek zoo. David Barnes, owner of a book store in the UK, has almost raised the £11,500 required to save the 485lb tiger, named Phevos, from a bankrupt Greek zoo in the city of Trikala. Phevos, the 15-year-old tiger, has been alone in his cage since March, when his companion Athena died after an infected wound on her paw was left untreated. The tiger was rescued from a travelling Italian circus by the Greek authorities in 2001 and was transferred to Trikala zoo. However the zoo went bankrupt due to the financial crisis and the tiger was left alone and neglected. Since then, the 62-year-old Barnes, who used to work for the Animal Welfare Fund in Greece and has saved dozens of exotic animals during the past 20 years, has been trying to find a new home for Phevos. Eventually, he managed to raise the money required and Phevos will be transferred to a sanctuary near San Diego, California, in the US. “I have raised just over £10,400, so just £1,100 to go. Whatever I’m short of, will go on my credit card,” reported Barnes who is waiting on the necessary paperwork for the tiger’s transportation. Barnes thanked everyone who donated and helped Phevos find a better home.
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By Andrew Chugg Author of The Quest for the Tomb of Alexander the Great and several academic papers on Alexander’s tomb says that in the recently discovered Greek tomb might be buried the mother of Alexander the Great. The recently discovered sphinxes guarding the entrance to the Lion Tomb beneath the great mound at Amphipolis in Macedonia were unveiled on August 12th 2014 during a visit by the Greek prime minister, Antonis Samaras. They may be telling us more than has yet been realised about the occupant of this newly excavated tomb and its connections with other important Macedonian tombs of the period. That they are indeed sphinxes, rather than griffins or winged lions, is shown by the fact that both originally had human female breasts in the chest area. Despite the fact that these breasts, together with the heads and wings, were removed by deliberate mutilation at some time in the past, published photos clearly show the stone starting to protrude at the rims of the damaged patches The tomb has been dated to the last quarter of the fourth century before Christ (325- 300BC) by the archaeologists, led by Katerina Peristeri. This was the period immediately following the death of Alexander the Great in 323BC. Sphinxes are not particularly common in high status Macedonian tombs of this era, but, significantly, sphinxes were prominent parts of the decoration of two thrones found in the late 4th century BC tombs of two Macedonian queens in the royal cemetery at Aegae (modern Vergina) in Macedonia. The first of these was found in the tomb attributed to Eurydice I, the grandmother of Alexander the Great. Carved sphinxes were among the decorations of its panels until they were stolen by thieves in 2001. Secondly, a marble throne was found in another royal tomb close by the tomb of Eurydice I by K. A. Rhomaios in 1938. It was in pieces, but has since been reconstructed (Figure 4) and it has sphinxes as supporters for both arm rests and also royal Macedonian starbursts at the head of its back panel. Archaeology has shown that this tomb was never covered by the usual tumulus, so it may never have been occupied. It dates roughly to the end of the 4th century BC. Both of these tombs are from a section of the royal cemetery dominated by high status female graves and therefore known as the “Queens’ Cluster”. Figure 4: The throne of a late 4th century BC queen from the Rhomaios tomb at Aegae It therefore seems that sphinxes were a particular symbol of late 4th century BC Macedonian queens. But why might Macedonian queens have associated themselves with sphinxes? One possible answer emerges from Greek mythology. Apollodorus 3.5.8 wrote: Laius was buried by Damasistratus, king of Plataea, and Creon, son of Menoeceus, succeeded to the kingdom. In his reign a heavy calamity befell Thebes. For Hera sent the Sphinx, whose mother was Echidna and her father Typhon; and she had the face of a woman, the breast and feet and tail of a lion, and the wings of a bird. So the sphinx was the creature of Hera, Queen of the Gods and wife of Zeus. It is well known that the kings of Macedon traced their descent from Zeus via Heracles (e.g. Diodorus 17.1.5 and Plutarch, Alexander 2.1), that they put depictions of Zeus on their coinage and that they associated themselves with Zeus quite generally. They celebrated an important festival of Zeus at Dion and the people of Eresus in Lesbos erected altars to Zeus Philippios (M. N. Tod, A Selection of Greek Historical Inscriptions 2, 1948, no. 191.6) – possibly indicating the divinisation of Philip II in the guise of Zeus. If the Macedonian king posed as Zeus, it would consequently hardly be surprising if his senior queen became associated with Hera, the mistress of the sphinx. The sphinxes at Amphipolis may therefore be interpreted as suggesting that the occupant of the tomb was a prominent queen of Macedon. Do we know from the historical record that any such queen died at Amphipolis in the last quarter of the 4th century BC? There are in fact two such candidates: Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great and Roxane, his wife. The situation regarding Roxane is straightforward: she was killed on the orders of Cassander together with her 13-yearold son, Alexander IV, whilst imprisoned at Amphipolis in 310BC (Diodorus 19.52.4 & 19.105.2). The location of the death of Olympias is less clear, the only good evidence being the account of Diodorus 19.50-51. After Olympias surrendered to Cassander in the spring of 316BC at Pydna, he immediately sent troops to seek the surrender of her troops at Pella and at Amphipolis. Pella duly capitulated, but Aristonous at Amphipolis initially refused compliance. Therefore Cassander had Olympias write him a letter ordering him to surrender. After he had done so, Cassander immediately arranged the murders of both Aristonous and Olympias. Although Olympias’s whereabouts at this point are ambiguous, it would seem very unlikely that Cassander did not himself go to Amphipolis with his army, given that these events took weeks to transpire. If so, it would seem likely that he took Olympias with him, rather than leave her alone in another part of freshly re-conquered Macedonia, potentially to be rescued by her supporters. Therefore there is a good chance that Olympias too died at Amphipolis. The tombs of Alexander’s father, Philip II, and of his son Alexander IV, were unearthed under another enormous mound in the royal cemetery at Aegae by Manolis Andronicus in the late 1970s. There are some interesting parallels between this pair of tombs and the new finds at Amphipolis. Firstly, elements of the painted decoration of the architectural elements at Amphipolis are a near exact match to such decoration in the tomb of Alexander IV at Aegae . Secondly, a spaced line of 8-petal rosettes newly discovered in the Amphipolis tomb provide a close match for the similar lines of rosettes that decorate the edge bands of the gold larnax from Philip II’s tomb at Aegae . Olympias will of course have been involved in arrangements for the entombment of her husband. Thirdly, the lion monument that once stood atop the great mound at Amphipolis was reconstructed on the basis of its fragments by Jacques Roger and his colleagues in an article published in 1939 (Le Monument au Lion d’Amphipolis, BCH 63, pp. 4-42). There are close parallels between the façade of this monument and the facades of the tombs of Philip II and Alexander IV . Note also that the simulated roof edge at the top of the façade of the tomb of Alexander IV matches the simulated roof edge above the rosettes in the Amphipolis tomb . Finally, it is interesting to note that the freshly revealed floor of white marble fragments fixed in a matrix of red cement in the vestibule of the tomb at Amphipolis has an exact match in a patch of flooring revealed in the late 4th century BC royal palace at Aegae. On this evidence I consider Olympias to be the leading contender at the time of writing (6/9/2014) for the occupant of the magnificent tomb at Aegae currently being excavated with Roxane also a strong possibility. It should be recalled that the tomb mound has a diameter of 155m, larger even than the Great Tumulus at Aegae and posing the question of whom the Macedonians would conceivably have spent this much money and effort upon commemorating, Olympias is by far the most convincing answer at present. Although it is true that the ancient accounts say that she was unpopular at the time of her death, it is nevertheless clear that she was only really unpopular with Cassander’s faction, whereas Cassander himself was sufficiently worried about her popularity as to arrange her immediate death in order to prevent her addressing the Macedonian Assembly (Diodorus 19.51). Furthermore, her army under Aristonous stayed loyal to her cause long after she herself had surrendered. Ultimately, her cause was seen at the time as identical with the cause of Alexander himself, so it was in a sense Alexander whom they honoured by building his mother a spectacular tomb. If it were objected that Cassander would not have allowed the construction of a magnificent tomb for his enemies, Olympias and/or Roxane, I would note that Cassander probably did permit the entombment of Alexander IV at Aegae, since his tomb seems to have been constructed during Cassander’s reign. I also see no cardinal reason for Cassander to have denied his enemies burial and it does not appear generally to have been the practice that rulers did not allow the entombment of dead enemies at the time. Counter examples are numerous, e.g. Arrian 3.22.1 wrote: Alexander sent the body of Darius to Persepolis, with orders that it should be buried in the royal sepulchre, in the same way as the other Persian kings before him had been buried. It is especially interesting and pertinent that another pair of monumental late 4th to early 3rd century BC freestanding female Greek sphinx sculptures was uncovered by Auguste Mariette in excavating the dromos of the Memphite Serapeum at Saqqara in Egypt in 1851 (Figure 9). These sphinxes are a very good parallel for the Amphipolis sphinxes and Lauer & Picard in their 1955 book on the Greek sculptures at the Serapeum argued that they date to Ptolemy I. A semicircle of statues of Greek philosophers and poets was also uncovered by Mariette in the dromos of the Memphite Serapeum near to the sphinxes (Figure 10) and Dorothy Thompson in her 1988 book on Memphis Under The Ptolemies suggested that the semicircle had guarded the entrance of the first tomb of Alexander the Great at Memphis. I elaborated on this idea in my article on The Sarcophagus of Alexander the Great published in Greece & Rome in April 2002. Later, in the 2nd edition of my book on The Quest for the Tomb of Alexander the Great (May 2012), I wrote in the context of discussing the semicircle: “In 1951 Lauer discovered a fragment of an inscription in the neighbourhood of some other Greek statues [including the pair of Greek sphinxes] standing further down the dromos of the Serapeum. It appears to be an artist’s signature in Greek characters of form dating to the early third century BC. It therefore seems likely that all the Greek statuary at the Serapeum was sculpted under Ptolemy I, hence these statues were contemporaneous with Alexander’s Memphite tomb.” These monumental pairs of sphinx statues from the late 4th to early 3rd century BC may prove to be virtually unique to the Amphipolis tomb and the probable Serapeum tomb. (The only similar sphinxes I have yet discovered are the pair decorating an end of the lid of the “Lydian sarcophagus” found together with the “Alexander sarcophagus”, belonging to Abdalonymus, in the royal necropolis at Sidon.) If so, it greatly reinforces the connection of both the Amphipolis tomb and the Serapeum with Alexander. It potentially reinforces the dating of the Serapeum sculptures to Ptolemy I (which has been much disputed, though on scant evidence). It also directly connects the Greek sphinxes of the Serapeum with a royal Macedonian tomb of the late 4th century BC located in Macedon, thus boosting the candidacy of the Serapeum as the site of Alexander’s initial tomb, later moved to Alexandria. It is even possible that Olympias commissioned the sphinxes found at the Serapeum in order to decorate the tomb of her illustrious son at Memphis.
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