How the world sees Greece
ATHENS, July 5 (Reuters) - A revamped Greek asylum appeal board will begin work next week in a government effort to speed up the return of migrants and refugees to Turkey under a European Union deal with Ankara, the Greek migration minister said on Tuesday.
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Three protest rallies in the center of Athens took place on the first anniversary of the Greek referendum on July 5. The protestors are sending the message to Europeans that despite the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government’s referendum calling for people to vote against the bailout terms, the government ignored the results. The Popular Unity […]
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A dozen six and seven-year-olds repeat "B for book, C for car..." in an English class taught by two refugee volunteers in a makeshift classroom at a Greek migrant camp. There will be no summer holidays for these pupils, who have to make up for lost time as ...
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My first opportunity to photograph Ringo should have been in 1965 at Shea Stadium, New York. My father had press credentials (which in those days meant a lot coming from an internationally respected newspaper like The London Daily Telegraph.) Apparently ...
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The Milky Way is the spiral galaxy that holds our solar system. It is our home in space. And the lens of photographer Alexandros Maragos captures spectacular views of this seemingly endless collection of stars above Greece. In the Northern Hemisphere, the ...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping described Greece as a “strategic partner” on Tuesday following talks in Beijing with GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, ...
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There remained a vibrant community nonetheless, even as the ethnocentric GREEK nationalist movement exerted pressure on minorities – Turks, Jews, ...
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For this to occur, however, the German official says, the GREEK government must stick to the reform program and, at the same time, make sure it attains ...
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Two GREEK hotels, Amanzo'e and Katikies Euro are among the 20 most expensive ones in Europe, according to a recent survey from ...
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It seems Jeff Nichols loves to write and direct movies about outsiders. It can be the family isolation of 2007's “Shotgun Stories” or the father with ...
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Italy's state railway is expected to bid for its Greek counterpart Trainose, but Russian Railways (RZD) is less likely to do so, sources with direct ...
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It is aimed not only at revamping and reviving two of GREECE'S most important cultural institutions, but also at providing a much-needed jolt for the ...
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If they have a parent, grandparent, or even great grandparent born in GREECE, they can pursue the goal of Greek citizenship first by searching for and ...
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TARPON SPRINGS – The Night in the Islands, a Greek cultural event series featuring outdoor dining and dancing, will continue Saturday, July 9, 6 to 11 p.m., on the Sponge Docks along Dodecanese Boulevard. Admission is free. Free dance lessons are offered ...
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Scores of students marched at the University of Alabama three years ago to protest racial discrimination in the school’s Greek system. Since then, the school’s administration has taken steps to eliminate racist practices. On Friday, the university ...
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[A flight recorder retrieved from the crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 is seen in this undated picture issued June 17, 2016. ]Thomson Reuters CAIRO (AP) — Pilots tried to extinguish a fire on board the EgyptAir flight that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in May, Egyptian investigators said Tuesday after analyzing a recovered cockpit voice recorder. The recordings were consistent with data previously recovered from the plane's wreckage that showed heat, fire, and smoke around a bathroom and the avionics area, they said, speaking on condition of anonymity because an official press statement has yet to be released. The crash of the flight from Paris to Cairo killed all 66 people on board. The pilots made no distress call, and no militant group has claimed to have brought the aircraft down, deepening the mystery surrounding its fate. The Egyptian investigators say no theories — including terrorism — are being ruled out, especially since it is rare for such a catastrophic fire to break out so suddenly. EgyptAir Flight 804 disappeared from radar about 2:45 a.m. local time on May 19 between the Greek island of Crete and the Egyptian coast. Radar data showed the aircraft had been cruising normally in clear skies before it turned 90 degrees left, then a full 360 degrees to the right as it plummeted from 38,000 feet (11,582 meters) to 15,000 feet (4,572 meters). It disappeared when it was at an altitude of about 10,000 feet (3,048 meters). Deep ocean search teams have been recovering human remains and bringing them to Egypt's port city of Alexandria. French authorities opened a manslaughter inquiry late last month, but said there is no evidence so far to link the crash to terrorism.
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[zeus greek gods olympus]Wikimedia Commons Even in the space age, a little knowledge of the classics comes in handy sometimes. If you're a fan of Greco-Roman mythology and NASA, you may have noticed that the space probe now orbiting Jupiter has a name with a familiar ring: Juno. In myth, Jupiter (Zeus for the Greeks) was king of the gods, and Juno/Hera was his queen. Their marriage was a troubled one, mostly because of Jupiter's rampant infidelity. When a Renaissance astronomer named Simon Marius claimed that he had discovered that the planet Jupiter had four large moons (we've since found several more), he took Johannes Kepler's suggestion to name them for four of the god's most famous lovers: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. He said the naming should be taken "as a jest." (Galileo, who published this discovery first, is generally given credit for the find — but his proposed names didn't stick. He simply called them the "Medicean planets" and gave them each a number.) When NASA named their solar-powered spacecraft for Jupiter's jealous wife, Juno, it could be seen as all in favor of this grand joke, some people on reddit (where we first saw this idea) and Twitter observed: Tweet Embed: https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/728761772107124736 @NASAJuno boy will Jupiter and his mistresses be in trouble after the wife shows up! Thanks for ruining the party NASA! Jupiter would also drape himself in clouds to hide his, um, extracurricular activities. So Juno, in return, would scour the heavens, hoping to catch that cheating son-of-a-gun in the act. Planet Jupiter, a gas giant, has also mostly been hidden from view by local cloud cover. By skimming the tops of the clouds, NASA is hoping Juno gets a (less salacious) view of what's really going on with Jupiter in unprecedented detail. NOW WATCH: A NASA spacecraft just recorded these haunting sounds around Jupiter
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St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church's annual Lake County Greek Fest will be from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday through Sunday, July 8-10. The festival will feature food; live Greek music and folk dancers; inflatables and games; raffles; and Greek jewelry ...
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The recently re-elected head of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, Simos Anastasopoulos, has issued a fresh call on the government to ...
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With GREECE as the epicenter of the crisis, I decide early on to make that country my target. I soon learn the smartest way to prepare for such a trip is by ...
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Greek sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou was named Greece's flag bearer for the upcoming 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games, the Hellenic Olympic Committee announced on Tuesday in Athens. Bekatorou thereby becomes the first female athlete in Greek Olympic history ...
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The fact that the original “My Big Fat GREEK Wedding,” at Nia Vardalos' hand, was a hit stage play before it became a movie says a lot, warts and all ...
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PARIS (AP) — A French parliamentary investigation found multiple intelligence failures before the Islamic extremist attacks that killed 147 people in Paris last year, lawmakers said Tuesday, urging the creation of a U.S.-style counterterrorism agency to better prevent further violence. All the extremists involved in the 2015 attacks — on newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a kosher market, the national stadium, Parisian cafes and the Bataclan concert hall — had been previously flagged to authorities, said conservative legislator Georges Fenech, who headed the investigation commission. Pietrasanta noted that the attack that killed 49 people in Orlando, Florida, shows that "there is no zero risk," and said France remains under threat even if it overhauls its intelligence services. The parliamentary report is based on six months of interviews with nearly 200 people and visits to Turkey, Greece, Belgium and Europol police agency headquarters in The Hague, as well as to the United States and other destinations. The lawmakers said security measures put in place after the attacks were ineffective, and accused Belgian authorities of being slow to stop the only surviving member of the Paris attack team, Salah Abdeslam, now in isolation in a French prison.
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Greece family of four displaced after fire A Greece family of four are being assisted by the Red Cross after a fire heavily damaged their home early Tuesday. Check out this story on DemocratandChronicle.com: http://on.rocne.ws/29uibw4
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A 82-year-old woman received a junior high school diploma with an overall grade 19.6 out of 20 from the Second Chance School in Kozani, in northern Greece. Soultana Gesou excelled in her ninth grade classes and got her diploma. During her studies she learned to use a computer for the needs of her courses and […]
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A year since the anniversary of the Greek Referendum on July 5, 2015, when Greeks rejected the terms of the bailout conditions that were subsequently imposed on the country anyway, American economist James Galbraith explained Plan B for Greece that had been drafted by former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis in the event bailout negotiations failed. His book, “Welcome […]
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Wales boss Chris Coleman believes working in the Greek second division on Sir Alex Ferguson's advice was the best thing that ever happened to him ...
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ΑΤΗΕΝS– The suicide of Kyriakos Mamidakis, the founder of leading Greek fuel supplier, Mamidoil-Jetoil has troubled the Athens business community already upset by the financial struggles and collapse of several...
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LYON, July 5 (Reuters) - Having reached the Euro 2016 semi-finals without winning a game in 90 minutes it is probably time for Portugal fans to stop worrying about their misfiring forwards and instead give credit to the coach and defenders who have got the ...
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A family in Greece woke up to a fire in their home on Tuesday. We're told everyone got out thanks to a neighbor and no one was hurt. Firefighters were called to this home on Nantucket Road near Fetzner and Ridge Road around 6:45 a.m. Fire officials believe ...
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[ocean cleanup]Erwin Zwart/The Ocean Cleanup A radical solution to ocean pollution just touched down in the North Sea. Developed by the Dutch nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup, the 328-foot-long barrier is designed to pull garbage from the surrounding waters so that it can be removed and recycled. The device uses a system of underwater barriers that are anchored to the sea floor. Over time, currents move trash toward the barriers, which trap the litter until it can be collected for proper disposal. The barrier is a prototype, and is currently being used in a pilot study. If successful, it could lead to a full-scale program in which the nonprofit brings a 62-mile-long barrier to the infamous Great Pacific garbage patch. [noaa garbage patch map]Erwin Zwart/The Ocean CleanupThis patch, known formally as a gyre, is located between California and Hawaii. Due to a phenomenon caused by Earth's rotation, tons of plastic makes its way toward the gyre every year, where it collects and circles around for years. Ocean Cleanup CEO Boyan Slat says he was just 16 years old when he realized during a trip to Greece how bad the problem of ocean pollution really was. He made it his mission to fight pollution on a global scale. Slat's latest prototype uses a V-shaped design to guide plastic toward the middle of the array. A collection bin then traps the garbage so cleanup crews can remove it and recycle it. [The Ocean Cleanup]Erwin Zwart/The Ocean CleanupSlat says his method could cut the size of the Great Pacific garbage patch in half over a 10-year period, but some scientists are skeptical about the scope of Ocean Cleanup's project. They say the mission distracts from the larger goal of getting people to stop polluting the oceans – and that Slat's solution could become a 62-mile-long excuse to dump more trash into the ocean, since there'd already be a barrier to catch it. [Ocean cleanup]Erwin Zwart/The Ocean CleanupSlat and his team will test the prototype until 2020. If the data shows proof of concept and the materials don't rupture, they'll bring it to the Pacific for full-scale application. Plastic pollution is an enormous problem, so perhaps that means it needs an equally sizable solution. NOW WATCH: What would happen if all the fish disappeared
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed a $20 million loan deal with Greece's privately-owned Energean Oil & Gas, the country's sole oil producer, to support existing and new projects, it said. Energean, 45% owned by U.S. hedge ...
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Two GREEK F-16 fighter jets were scrambled to escort an El Al Boeing 747 en route to Tel Aviv from New York on Tuesday morning after an anonymous ...
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Employees of the Hellenic Railways Organization, the Athens metro and ISAP electric railway will be holding a 24-hour strike on Wednesday as part of ...
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Two Greek F-16 fighters jets took off and accompanied through the Athens FIR a Boeing 747 of Israel’s national carrier EL-AL. The Boeing was flying the route New York – Tel Aviv. The Boeing entered Athens FIR at 11:02 am Tuesday and exited it at 11:12 am. According to Greek […]
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… SAMOS (GREECE), JULY 5 - The Mayor of the Greek Island of … both the European Union and Greece were failing to adequately help … Athens," Angelopoulos said. The Greek government has received 248 million …
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… the country illegally from neighboring Greece and were discovered by a … migrants in March. Last month, Greek authorities cleared a sprawling refugee …
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GREECE, N.Y. - A man and his daughter escaped a house fire Tuesday morning in GREECE. The fire happened around 7:30 a.m. on Nantucket Road.
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A brain drain of about half a million graduates and young professionals threatens to make GREECE'S path to economic recovery even more slow and ...
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berries and Greek yoghurt, fruit kebabs drizzled with maple syrup and danishes. Staff members dressed in full Hogwarts’ uniforms will join you in the Great Hall to snap some souvenir photos as you dine. After breakfast, Muggles can also explore other ...
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When held against the light, it reveals a portrait of Europa, a figure from Greek mythology. The bill's design includes features that "disappear" when viewed under infrared and ultraviolet lights, which should help cash handlers determine whether a ...
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The much-advertised proposal for a new electoral law the SYRIZA-ANEL government has tabled in parliament left out the vote of GREEKS living abroad.
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They include a hologram of Europa, a figure from Greek mythology, a new watermark, as well as a new emerald green reflective paint. The new banknote will come into circulation in April next year.
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The meeting will take place between July 10-20 and the Greek request will be discussed on July 15. “We are optimistic regarding our candidacy because the consulting body’s evaluation report is positive,” said Evgenia Geroussi, the national ...
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NBA talent is on display in almost every Olympic qualifying game in Italy, Greece and Iran was no exception. Greece took on Iran in the opening match of the Olympic qualifying tournament in Italy and it was NBA talent that provided most of the muscle for ...
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16815890 GREECE is an important strategic partner and China's most reliable friend in the European Union, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on ...
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LOWELL, MA – Marty Meehan, President of the University of Massachusetts (UMass) was honored in Athens on June 25 at the American College of Greece (AGC), UMass reported. President Meehan challenged...
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James K. Galbraith, an economist, academician, and prolific author on economic matters, has written a new book, Welcome to the Poisoned Chalice: The Destruction of Greece and the Future of...
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China and Greece vowed Tuesday to well implement the Piraeus port project and make it an important support for their bilateral cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative. The pledge came as Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Greek Prime Minister Alexis ...
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But to reach Turkey a pipeline would have to traverse the territorial waters of Cyprus, which was split into ethnic Greek and Turkish enclaves by a Turkish invasion in 1974. "Everyone understands that it's not possible for a state under occupation to ...
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