How the world sees Greece
WHEELING — The parishioners of St. John the Divine Greek Orthodox Church, 2215 Chapline St., Wheeling, are hosting their 16th annual Grecian Food Festival on July 27-30 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day. Since the year 2000, the community of St. John the ...
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Source: minnesota.cbslocal.com - Monday, June 20, 2016 The Summer Solstice is here – the longest day of 2016 for anyone living in north of the equator. Here in Minnesota, and around the rest of country, we’ll expect to see 15 hours of sunlight. The solstice, or official first day of summer, will commence at 22:34 UTC (5:34 CT). The sun will be directly over the Tropic of Cancer, the farthest north the sun gets in the sky. This year’s solstice is also marked with a strawberry moon, the first since 1967. The strawberry moon is when the full moon occurs in late June. This moon is no different than any other full moon, but this moon officially commences strawberry season. The next time this will happen is 2062. The summer solstice has many links to ancient cultural practices as different cultures have celebrated it being symbolic of renewal, fertility and harvest. In Greek mythology, the summer solstice specifically pays tribute with the Prometheia Festival or gifting Athena’s statues. All around the world many cultures celebrate the summer solstice with feasts, picnics, dance, and music. Take Our Poll (function(d,c,j){if(!d.getElementById(j)){var pd=d.createElement(c),s;pd.id=j;pd.src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/shortcodes/js/polldaddy-shortcode.js';s=d.getElementsByTagName(c)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(pd,s);} else if(typeof jQuery !=='undefined')jQuery(d.body).trigger('pd-script-load');}(document,'script','pd-polldaddy-loader')); All Related
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[kitten] Sorry, sniffly cat lovers. Shares of biopharmaceutical company Circassia plunged 64% in London on Monday after it said its cat allergy drug was no more effective than a placebo. Circassia was conducting a late-stage trial of the drug, which means it had already shown some promise. Allergies are your immune system's response to a substance that may not be harmful to others. Circassia's treatment is an immunotherapy, which is meant to counter that immune system response and make allergies less severe. "We are surprised and disappointed by these results," Circassia's CEO Steve Harris said in a statement. "Such a dramatic placebo effect was not a feature of our earlier phase II studies. However, in this large-scale trial it eliminated the ability to identify a treatment effect despite dramatic improvements in subjects’ allergy symptoms and rescue medication use." The drugmaker makes other allergy treatments, including grass, dust mite and ragweed allergies, all using similar technology, which means this trial results could have major implications on the others. Harris said the next step will be to figure out what went wrong, and what it means for the other ongoing trials. [Screen_Shot_2016 06 20_at_9_45_23_AM] SEE ALSO: WE ASKED HEALTHCARE LEADERS FOR THEIR BEST CAREER ADVICE — AND WHAT THEY SHARED APPLIES BEYOND THEIR INDUSTRY SEE ALSO: A COMPANY IS DEVELOPING A NEW WAY TO GENETICALLY MODIFY CROPS — AND IT COULD BE THE FUTURE OF FOOD Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: FORMER GREEK FINANCE MINISTER: How I dealt with stress when Greece nearly defaulted
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Cyprus has appealed to the EU for help in fighting a forest fire raging on the island since midday Sunday. The appeal was made by Cyprus’ Agriculture Minister Nicos Kougialis at the EU Environment Council in Luxembourg on Monday. Cyprus needs additional fire-fighting aircraft to contain the blaze that has engulfed 15 square kilometers of forest and bushes southwest of the capital Nicosia. The AP reported that 13 aircraft, including two Greek and three Israeli planes, were helping with efforts to extinguish the flames.
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Democracies have struggled with the problem since ancient Greece
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Tuesday morning the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) chief Klaus Regling is due to visit Athens and meet with Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos. Tsakalotos and Regling are expected hold a conference following their meeting. Last Friday the ESM approved the release of the latest in rescue loans for Greece totaling 7.5 billion euros. Also expected in
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On Sunday the Swedish telecom giant, Ericsson, announced that Greek authorities have summoned seven unnamed former employees on suspicion of corruption. The announcement comes just days after the company stated that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is spearheading a separate probe into allegations of corruption in its operations in China in accordance to the
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So far the 2016 tourist season in Greece has exceeded expectations as well as previous year’s levels. Both domestic and international visitors have increased traffic at Athens International Airport (AIA). In May alone the traffic numbers reached 1.8 million passengers, a 8.9 percent increase from 2015. In May there was an increase of 11.7 percent for domestic passengers
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Greece has sent aerial support to Cyprus to help battle a major forest fire that has broken out in Cyprus’ Troodos mountain region on Monday. At this time it is believed to have been started accidentally by a 12-year-old boy playing with a cigarette lighter. The Soleas area has been hit hard by the fire
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According to zerohedge.com, the Amesi Dimokratia Pressa in Greece has penned an open letter in support of UK choosing a Brexit and leaving the EU. The group is made up of “political parties and groups, as well as from the cultural fields.” They said that the letter written came from a place of empathy, as the coalition
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Italian director Michele Losi, helped initiate a European Union-sponsored theater endeavor, to have a theater troupe sailing the Mediterranean, performing in various countries. Most recently they have performed for refugees on the Greek Island of Lesvos.
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Agravanis helped Olympiacos to the GREEK Basketball League title recently and Eriksson played for FC Barcelona Lassa of Spain's ACB League.
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In the months that have passed since then what has changed and to what extent is the EU satisfied with the pace of reform taking place in the GREEK ...
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… of a preliminary investigation in Greece that relates to possible corruption … ’s former Microwave Systems business. Greek authorities have been conducting investigations … an airborne radar system to Greece in 1999. Ericsson Microwave Systems …
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N. KOTZIAS: I started my intervention today, in the Foreign Affairs Council, with an observation: Council meetings aren’t held on the Monday of the Holy Spirit or Easter Monday. Because I asked whether the same is the case for the Catholic and Protestant dates and feast days, and of course the answer was no. And I said there needs to be equal treatment of nation states as well as convictions, and I told them that, as is well known, I am an atheist, but one who respects and honors Greek Orthodoxy.Subsequently, I explained that in 1997, when we vetoed Turkey...
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[byron wien] Blackstone's vice chairman and investing guru, Byron Wien, believes in concentrated bets. He learned that from his mentor, Edgar de Picciotto, the founder and chairman of Union Bancaire Privée, who passed away in March. De Picciotto taught him "diversification is for the weak minded," and that "concentration in the ideas that you're really excited about is the way to make some serious money," according to a podcast Blackstone released Friday. Wien has written a series of market commentaries on "The Smartest Men in Europe" over the past few years. This June, he eulogized his late mentor by noting that, after de Picciotto's death, there would be "no essay on The Smartest Man in Europe this year." In Friday's podcast, Wien also elaborated on investing lessons from de Picciotto he has been sharing with his own mentees (emphasis ours): "I don't think I originated this but I've been lucky enough to build up a significant personal net worth, and I've done it by taking risk. I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN TAKING RISK BY CONCENTRATING (that's the lesson I learned from Edgar), and by cutting my losses quickly and letting my winners run. So I have some stocks in my portfolio that I've literally made 100 times my money on and I've used those stocks to make charitable contributions. I've never sold them but took the capital gains to use them as kind of a charitable piggy bank. But that's been very satisfying for me. SO IT ISN'T AN ORIGINAL IDEA BUT TAKE RISK, CUT YOUR LOSSES QUICKLY AND LET YOUR WINNERS RUN — AND THAT'S THE WAY TO MAKE A SIZEABLE NET WORTH." That may sound counterintuitive, given how top hedge fund managers are still reeling from losses from big concentrated bets on companies like Valeant. Wien mentioned how a herd mentality is also present in technology stocks such as Netflix and Facebook, and he asked investors to heed de Picciotto's warning: Crowded trades are almost always dangerous. YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE PODCAST HERE. SEE ALSO: HERE ARE THE 10 BIGGEST ACTIVIST MONEY MANAGERS AND SOME OF THEIR MOST IMPRESSIVE BETS Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: FORMER GREEK FINANCE MINISTER: How I dealt with stress when Greece nearly defaulted
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Savory GREEK lamb spiced with oregano and rosemary is the highlight of the food offerings. There's also pork souvlaki and GREEK chicken, along with ...
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A pair of GREEK Super Puma helicopters are on their way to join up with 14 Cypriot, GREEK and Israeli aircraft to help battle the fire that continues to ...
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Edward Sharpe, the enigmatic character born out of the death of Alex Ebert's ego, is dead. Or dying. That's one of the possibilities Ebert is OK with fans ...
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As reported on the GREEK government portal Diavgeia.gov.gr that publishes such contractual agreements, the project involved implementing the ...
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More than a million people fled to Europe last year, causing a political crisis in the EU - with Greece and Italy facing the initial wave, Germany welcoming in hundreds of thousands, and some eastern European countries erecting barriers to block the flow.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - As the European Union squabbled over refugees, Greek bailouts and austerity in past years, it showed striking unity in another area: its resolve to punish Russia for the annexation of Crimea and support of separatists in eastern Ukraine.
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Aircraft from Britain and Greece have joined Cypriot firefighters in the battle to control some of the worst forest fires to have hit the island in years, officials said Monday. Israel had already sent aircraft to Cyprus when a fire broke out on Saturday ...
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Following pressure by he European Union, the Greek Government changed the composition of the Asylum Appeals Committees last week. The EU has been claiming that the existing committees were not sending refugees back to Turkey, because they did not consider Turkey a safe third country for each applicant as the […]
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In Greece, they build tents where new moms can rest and feed their babies, via breastfeeding or formula, in a protected environment. In emergency situations like the refugee crisis, formula feeding can be hard to do safely, without access to clean water ...
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The term utopia was first coined by Sir Thomas More when he described a fictional island society in the Atlantic Ocean. What does it mean 500 years on? Utopia. The-magical sounding term comes from the Greek οὐ (“not”) and τόπος (“place”) and is used to describe imagined communities or societies that appear to be perfect. It was first coined by Sir Thomas More from the Greek language in 1516, in a book that described a fictional island society in the Atlantic Ocean. But what does it mean today? In celebration of 500 years since the launch of More’s book, and to coincide with Somerset House’s utopia fair (24-26 June), we want to get our readers to share their ideas on this topic. Continue reading...
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… day, media reported that two Greek planes were also helping on … Netanyahu] and Prime Minister of Greece [Alexis Tsipras]. We have already …
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Kevin MacRitchie surveyed the inferno spreading across Diavata refugee camp. From his vantage point on the roof, where he had been fixing a satellite dish, he could see a column of thick black smoke twisting toward the sky above two rows of incinerated tents.
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Nine years ago, when Hamdi Ulukaya founded Chobani, GREEK-style yogurt made up only 1% of the market. Today, 50% of all yogurt produced in the ...
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Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have helped date a 2,500-year-old GREEK poem using the university's planetarium. (Published 31 ...
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“Patriarch Ignatius Ephrem II, the supreme leader of the Syriac Orthodox Church, has been missing after a terrorism attack in North-Eastern Syria on Sunday,” Greek media report descriging the case as a “thriller”. At least three people were killed and several injured in Qamishli in northeast Syria when a suicide […]
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Is theater what people in desperate situations need? An EU-funded theater group is traveling around Greece on a sailboat - and has been well received among refugees on the island of Lesbos.
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Like many of the 57,000 refugees in Greece, Ahmed is waiting to have a future. We are in Northern Greece in Alexanderia at one of the many refugee sites run by the Greek government and supported by the UNHCR. After the borders with Macedonia closed in ...
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… stuck in refugee camps in Greece live in desperate conditions with … poverty - are stranded in Greece and forced to live in … 't only serious in Greece, which is why Oxfam launched …
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… was stopped and returned to Greece on Saturday amid suspicions it …
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Greek villagers welcomed the migrants — until Athens got involved.
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A coalition of “Greek personalities from political parties and groups, as well as from the cultural fields” have signed an open letter encouraging the UK to leave the European Union (EU) after their own national experience with the anti-democratic ...
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Visiting the Greek island of Lesbos, which has become migrants` entry point to Europe, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the countries in the region to respond with a humane and human rights-based approach, instead of border ...
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The GREEK island of Kos is really where the past meets the present as ancient ruins sit happily alongside karaoke bars, restaurants and fabulous ...
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ROME - Migrants stuck in refugee camps in Greece live in desperate conditions with violence, scarce access to food, heath care and information, ...
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Chief among the countries that has reason to be anti-EU is Greece. Beggared by the economic crisis, Greece elected the radical left party Syriza that said it would fight the EU tooth-and-nail. In the end, despite mass protests on the streets, Syriza backed ...
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Abu Dhabi: Dr Panayota Zarmakoupis has been in the UAE for just three years, and its Ramadan traditions have never failed to impress her. The day-long fast, drive towards charity and a focus on patience and acceptance is something the Greek doctor and ...
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More than a million people fled to Europe last year, causing a political crisis in the EU - with Greece and Italy facing the initial brunt, Germany welcoming in hundreds of thousands, and some eastern European countries erecting strict barriers to block ...
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… region of Epirus in north-western Greece. No beaches, no trendy nightclubs … stills kept in churches. Very Greek. After my hike I headed … and unspoiled part of ‘secret’ Greece has so much to offer … & Villas in Aristi, Epirus, Greece, start at €120 pn B …
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… 20, 2016 4:30 pm Greece and Israel send out areal … aerial assistance from Israel and Greece. The blaze, possibly triggered by … a precaution and Israel and Greece have been contributing air assets …
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LoveGreece, the creator of authentic GREEK lifestyle products, has designed a limited edition of Metaxa 7 Stars which is being unveiled this month ...
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On Thursday, the Vatican brought over the nine refugees from Greece with the help of the Holy See's police forces, the “Gendarmerie,” the GREEK ...
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They survived smugglers, brutal cold and the crossing to gain a toehold in Europe. Now, some 60,000 refugees and migrants are 2,000 kilometres ...
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In a statement, Ericsson said seven current and former employees, which remain unnamed, are part of an investigation by GREEK prosecutors involving ...
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Greece and Cuba are not comparable. The problem in Greece is that the austerity measures won’t contribute to the development of the country unless a smart strategy will be designed...
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