How the world sees Greece
Being an opening act can be tough. People are often still arriving to the venue and aren’t always familiar with the music, but while performing at The Greek Theatre as the opening act for Meghan Trainor Friday night, Hailee Seinfeld didn’t seem to have ...
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The Greek Navy has begun a $141.9 million upgrade of four Orion P-3B maritime surveillance aircraft, including the reactivation of one disabled aircraft, the defense contractor Lockheed Martin announced in a press release on Monday.
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In 2005, Thomas teamed with George Fytas, a materials scientist at the University of Crete and the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Greece, on a project to define the properties of hypersonic ...
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The Greek government has been forced to make some changes in the single property tax (ENFIA) in order to prevent citizens’ reactions and inner-party disagreements. One of the pre-election pledges of Alexis Tsipras and his SYRIZA party was to abolish the ENFIA altogether. Now, a year and a half later, the tax is still here […]
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The EBRD has signed two €50 million ($54.9 million) loans under its Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) with Greek banks Alpha Bank and Eurobank. The TFP loans are meant to help the banks increase their trade finance activities despite facing economic ...
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… directing a criminal organisation in Greece, is the potential buyer. Marinakis … he will face trial in Greece. Al Hasawi says he is … surrounding a match-fixing conspiracy involving Greek domestic games between 2011 and …
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About 83 thousand Russians visited Greece in January-May 2016, which is … report of the Bank of Greece. The report says that Russian … of foreigners who came to Greece in January-May this year fell …
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Earlier this month, actress Lena Headey traveled to Greece with the International Rescue Committee and her co-stars, Maisie Williams and Liam Cunningham, to meet with refugees fleeing from Syria. She heard their stories of searching for a better life—and ...
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The GREEK-Cypriot sector has already seen to the restoration of four mosques, and Ottoman watermill and a heated bathhouse. Archaeologists and ...
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“The transition from the collapsing military dictatorship to a Democracy – model for that time – was a real feat,” main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in...
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In a country currently suffering from both debt and refugee crises, Greece may be in a weakened state, but not so weak that it won’t fight about an issue regarding another equally complex (but slightly more innocuous) culture: yogurt. In April 2015, the ...
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Greek police announced on Monday the dismantlement of a criminal organization involved in illegal football e-gambling internationally during an operation conducted last week in Athens. A total of 127 suspects - 126 of Asian origin and a Greek national ...
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ATHENS, July 25, 2016 –The Hellenic Navy, Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI) hosted a ceremony today at HAI’s facilities here to recognize the official launch of the Hellenic Navy P-3B maritime patrol aircraft ...
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The team behind mini-chain GRK GREEK Kitchen and chef Christos Fasseas will join forces for the opening of DOX Quality GREEK in fall 2016. The new ...
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Greek Salmon Burgers Become a salmon burger believer! Zesty lemon-laced patties are topped with a creamy cucumber sauce for a fresh and summery Greek-inspired dinner. Zesty lemon-laced patties are topped with a creamy cucumber sauce for a fresh and summery ...
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Greece has suffered in recent years. The country that gave us Homer and Apollo, the Olympics and feta cheese, Doric columns and toga parties is still experiencing well-documented economic woes. And yet even when haunted by the spectre of Grexit and after ...
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… say Greece makes the best olive oil in the world. Greece has … Gruyère, should only come from Greece, France, and Switzerland, respectively. These …
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… say Greece makes the best olive oil in the world. Greece has … Gruyère, should only come from Greece, France, and Switzerland, respectively. These …
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Lay’s did us a flavor by coming out with flavors we don’t have to vote for. (Spotted by Lindsay A at Meijer and Josh C at Walmart.) If you’re out shopping and see an interesting new product on the shelf, snap a picture of it, and send us an email ...
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From ancient Greece to some of the world’s main religions, fasting has long been promoted as a path to spiritual enlightenment. In the early 1900s, fasting took on an important role in medicine; it was used by physicians to treat everything from diabetes ...
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Damascus, SANA – Speaker of the People’s Assembly Hadiyeh Abbas on Monday met a Greek delegation headed by member of the Hellenic Parliament Nikolaos Nikolopoulos. Abbas discussed with the delegation members means to enhance parliamentary relations ...
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The firm stated in a Friday filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange: “As advised by the company's lawyer in Macau, under the law of Macau, GREEK ...
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Veg Out! with vegetarian nutrition coach Susan Hart, from West Bridgford: Yiannis GREEK restaurant, Beeston. To celebrate a friend's birthday we went ...
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The GREEK restaurant was given a sumptuous write-up in Eater, which paid particular attention to its greens and cheese pie before complimenting the ...
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The first thing that hit Philip Holt when he visited his son's fraternity, Delta Upsilon, at Clarkson University in 2006 was the mess. Then it was the smell.
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After an election law defeat, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras wants voters to have a hand in changing the Greek Constitution.
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Thirty people will be tried on fraud charges in connection to the sale of orthopedic equipment to a number of Greek hospitals.
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Greece's ruling SYRIZA party will set up offices where citizens can file anonymous corruption complaints to cut the practice.
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There’s nothing like dipping a spoon into a tub of thick strained yogurt and knowing that not only are you in for a tangy treat, but your food-trend game is on point, too. Perusing the dairy aisle, you’re bound to see more varieties of yogurt than you ...
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Stelios Haji-Ioannou’s charitable programme “Food from the heart” constantly expands its work.It has been offering, since its inception three years ago, 4,000,000 snacks “from the heart” through 19 distribution points in Greece and Cyprus.
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The 104m-long frigate, which has visited ten different countries on its latest voyage, will set sail for Dublin on Tuesday ahead of visits to Spain, Italy, Greece and Uruguay. She has already called ports in Brazil, United States, Holland and France as ...
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Why Bavaria? Many of these attacks, including the Munich shootings, happened in or near the southeastern German state of Bavaria, which is the first point of contact in the country for many Middle Eastern migrants arriving through Greece and then the Balkans.
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A flight to GREECE was delayed on Sunday after the cabin crew refused to fly because there were claims of a passenger having an ISIS flag tattooed on ...
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The migrants reached Turkey, then crossed the Aegean Sea to reach GREECE and travel to the border with Macedonia. They would cross Macedonia, ...
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The seven-year-old lad was swimming in the sea when a runaway speedboat ploughed into him, leaving him “covered in blood”. Fortunately, Stockport nurse Julie Burkitt was on the beach at the time and rushed to save the young boy’s life. The 51-year ...
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He was doing just that for her birthday – he and Lindsay and a group of friends and family all went on a sun-soaked vacation in Greece. The problem was that Lindsay started a fight with him about something, threw his phone into the ocean, and he in turn ...
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The first school for autistic children has been established in Southern Australia thanks to efforts of Greek-Australian parents wanting the best for their children, and is due to open late July. In fact, the Greek community has become very involved in the ...
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Vintage clothing store by Studio 201, Tokyo - Japan This plan is for the interior of a vintage clothing store along the Cat Stre... QWSTION store, Zurich - Switzerland Called QWSTION invites, it features a shop interior of subtle understatement..
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It appears as though times are changing in Greece, or at least the sentiment of the Greek people towards the EU and a possible Grexit. According to a survey by Public Issue, the people of Greece have spoken, and overwhelmingly, want to stay in the EU. This is quite a contrast to the atmosphere in […]
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After following her Greek-Australian husband back to Australia to pursue all that life has to offer, Greek actress Victoria Haralabidou has made a breakthrough to be the first Greek woman on Australian television to represent a woman in her age group.
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GREECE has declared a state of emergency on the Aegean island of Chios, engulfed by a wildfire raging out of control, authorities said on Monday.
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from www.shutterstock.com Hosting the Olympic Games can be a dubious honour. There can be significant and lasting benefits, but the burden of holding one of the biggest sporting events on Earth can also create and exacerbate problems such as debt, gentrification, city cleansing, militarisation of public space and environmental damage. And Rio is no exception: the government recently declared a state of calamity, as social and economic crises continue to deepen. Some 22,000 families were evicted in the lead up to the games. Meanwhile, more than 2,500 people have been killed by police in the city since it was awarded the games in 2009. Preparations have dominated spending priorities for the past seven years, meaning Rio has been unable to allocate enough funds to crucial services such as education and health. Teachers and students have been protesting against cuts to education, and the state will continue to experience a healthcare emergency during the games. A student spraying ‘take from the Olympics and invest in my school’, outside an occupied school in Rio. https://www.facebook.com/ocupaamaro The world is starting to recognise that these are the risks of hosting the games. Already, the citizens of cities such as Boston, Hamburg and Oslo have decided that the Olympics aren’t for them. It’s not surprising really – few people could honestly say that they prefer to see their tax dollars spent on velodromes, rather than hospitals. This has left the International Olympic Committee scraping the bottom of the barrel for host cities. The 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing, where there isn’t even any snow. And the 2024 summer games are no better off – potential hosts are dropping like flies, with Rome looking likely to bow out of the race after electing an anti-Olympic Mayor. WE HAVE A PROBLEM The IOC recognises that there is a problem, and has set out a package of reforms in its “Agenda 2020”, which contains recommendations for host cities to exhibit good governance and tailor their Olympic bids to fit long-term sporting, economic, social and environmental needs. But these efforts haven’t impressed everyone: Olympics scholar Jules Boykoff sums up Agenda 2020 by saying it represents “baby steps where bold strides are required”. The IOC’s Executive Director Christophe Dubi recently said that these reforms could clearly be seen at Rio 2016. But I’ve spent the past year conducting fieldwork on the preparations for the games here in Rio, and I’ve seen many instances of human rights abuses and corruption – it’s one of the major reasons that there are so many protests happening in Rio right now. So how can the negative impacts of the Olympics be softened? One common suggestion is to have a single host city for the Olympic Games – perhaps in Greece. The problem with the Olympics in their current form is the huge amount of spending on new construction in one location for one event. Even spending on new transport infrastructure is often not directed towards the long-term needs of citizens, instead seeking to serve tourists for 17 days, with little thought given to the needs of the taxpayers who ultimately foot the bill. But, as Boykoff rightly points out, saddling a city such as Athens with this behemoth every four years may not be a particularly appealing prospect for the people who live there – particularly given the dire state of the Greek economy at the moment. He suggests having five different host cities, and rotating the responsibility between them every five years. While this may be preferable for residents, it only really manages to share the pain around. A more radical reform is required. A suitable solution might arise through embracing technology. In the 21st century, the vast majority of people experience the Olympic Games through the media – mainly television. As Maurice Roche notes, the Olympics are a global media event, which create a unique cultural space where physical distance and time differences can be broken down. A GLOBAL SOLUTION So, why not host the games all over the world? Holding events in existing facilities around the world would allow the Olympics to capitalise on some of the world’s most iconic locations, while eliminating the excessive construction and disruption caused for host cities. This would also solve another problem: for years, the IOC has been unable to include sports like surfing, which require specific environmental conditions to run. But by making the games truly global, organisers could not only feature a surfing event in Hawaii, but also tennis at Wimbledon, football in the Maracanã and other events in iconic venues around the world. Holding sports where a fan base exists would also drive up ticket sales for events with embarrassingly low levels of attendance. And holding the events over the same time period would mean that very little changes for fans watching on TV. Most crucially, the degradation of human rights in Olympic host cities would finally be history. The Olympics have the potential to bring the world together. But the glow of the games has been tarnished by terrible abuses of power committed in host cities around the world. As a global civil society, we should all stand up for a better Olympic movement – a mega-event fit for the 21st century. And what better way is there for the global community to reclaim the Olympics than to spread it all over the world? [The Conversation] _Adam Talbot does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond the academic appointment above._
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The €82.6million European Commission funding brings the total amount of funding to about £288m (€345m) in just one year. The cash boost will increase the country's capacity to provide food, shelter and healthcare for migrants. Greece is one of the ...
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She's been enjoying a lavish break on Roman Abramovich's $1.5billion super-yacht in Antibes, South of France. And Kate Hudson seemed to be having an absolute ball as she showcased her sculpted abs in a tiny bikini while partying with a group of gal pals on ...
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This does not auger well for Prime Minister Renzi's dream of reelection. Italy has the 8th largest economy in the world, and unlike Greece, there is no possible way that Europe has the resources to restructure a meltdown of the Italian Financial System.
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It’s not a boring one, I swear. I mean, just look at this color down there. There is no denying that I can be a salad fiend in the summer. It’s way too hot to cook all day (even though I have to make cookies today – haaalp, I’m going to roast.
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A British nurse saved a boy from certain death after he ad been hit by a runaway speedboat in GREECE. Julie Burkitt, 51, from Stockport, jumped into ...
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Austria, GREECE, Luxembourg and Romania and the Czech Republic have already been referred to the court following bizarre disputes over red tape.
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In the Parade of Nations at the Opening Ceremony in Rio, Greece will enter first, as always. The other nations will enter in alphabetical order in the language of the host country (Brazilian Portuguese). Thus, Macedonia -- officially known as the "Former ...
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