The islands of Greece are known to be stunning and visited by many tourists throughout the year. Usually, for people coming from abroad, the islands provide a reasonably priced vacation, yet natural features and excitement that you’ve definitely been ...
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Friday, September 16, 2016
GREEK Press blast 'Mafia'
A GREEK newspaper has accused 'Mafia' of denying PAOK a late Europa League penalty against Fiorentina. The Group J match at Toumba Stadium ...
Pumpkin Spice Greek Yogurt Parfait
My family and I recently rediscovered Honey Bunches of Oats cereal and we are loving it! I received a sample box in the mail last week and my kids were so excited to try it! My kids think it’s the coolest when I partner with brands like Honey Bunches ...
'Turkish coastguards tried to drown us!' Fist fights and locals sprayed with tear gas in Greece as refugee arrivals DOUBLE to 1,000 in one week
Violent clashes between refugees and locals have broken out in Greece - as the number of migrants arriving from Turkey has doubled to 1,000 in just one week. On Chios, local residents were sprayed with tear gas by police after hundreds marched through the ...
Greek food & beverage sector up by 5% between January-July 2016
The food and beverage sector in Greece grew 5.0 pct in value in the first seven months of 2016, during a difficult period, Valissarios Dotsis, chief executive of Enterprise Greece said addressing an event on Greek exporters. Dotsis said that Greek products ...
ROB THOMAS And COUNTING CROWS Co-Headlined LA’s Greek Theatre!
On Thursday, September 8th, Grammy-winning musician Rob Thomas and multi-platinum selling band Counting Crows co-headlined the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. When Counting Crows front-man Adam Duritz and Rob Thomas first announced the summer tour, Adam ...
Greek firm Megas Yeeros continues growing rapidly, CEO says
Megas Yeeros SA sales grew 20 pct in 2015 and were currently rising by 10 pct, Nikos Loustas, chief executive of the company told ANA on Wednesday. He said that sales of its subsidiary in the United States -a US factory completed one year of operation ...
GREEK Prime Minister Warns of More Withdrawals From Bloc, Says EU in Deep Crisis
The European Union is in a profound crisis, and if no changes are brought about, more countries could opt for leaving the bloc, GREEK Prime Minister ...
How to Make Our Kids Love GREEK School: A Letter from a Parent
The following is a letter from an actual parent who toiled with her children's GREEK lessons and stumbled upon GREEK LOL, our GREEK language school ...
GREECE'S lenders leave negotiations with no progress in sight
According to information, most of the pending prior actions GREECE has agreed to implement will be included in an omnibus bill to be introduced in ...
Greek PM at Bratislava: Europe needs a vision to inspire citizens
Europe must develop a vision to inspire its citizens, otherwise it will be driven to an existential crisis and a deadlock, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday after a meeting of the EU’s 27 leaders in Bratislava. He noted that for the first time ...
Mother of missing UK toddler told he may have been killed in Greek digger accident
THE MOTHER OF missing UK toddler Ben Needham, who disappeared in the Greek island of Kos 25 years ago, has said police told her that her son may have been killed in a digger accident. Today South Yorkshire Police Officers said officers will be travelling ...
From The Issue: The Rise Of Greek Life
We bring you another piece from our Cool Older Sister publication, the Blue and White. Ben Schneider, CC ’17, writes about the increasing participation in Greek life and what this means for the War on Fun. “I never expected to be part of a sorority ...
Greece’s Creditors Reject Irreversible Fund But Work on Incentives to Legalize Hidden Assets
The first week of talks between Greece and creditors failed to prefer concrete results. The government’s efforts for the creation of a “special irreversible bank account” have been futile after representatives of Greece’s creditors (European ...
Fiscal discipline? Rules should have exceptions, says Greek PM
ATHENS, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The European Union should refocus its attention on ways to spur economic growth in the bloc, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday, saying flexibility was needed on fiscal issues. Tsipras, whose country has received ...
Time to evaluate campus GREEK systems
The buffoons of fratland intent on proving every rape culture thesis ever written struck again, this time at the University of Richmond. “Tonight's the type ...
GREEK festival comes to Milpitas today
The 11th annual Middle Eastern and GREEK Food Festival which starts today will offer the best of Middle Eastern and GREEK culture with food, music ...
Corruption raid raises concerns in Greece
Some see Syriza revenge as motive behind corruption prosecutors’ action
Bank that coined Grexit does not expect it
Citigroup analysts see Greece staying in the eurozone for the next three years
Human Smugglers Change Tactics to Convince Refugees to Undertake Perilous Aegean Crossing
Human smugglers trying to convince refugees and migrants to make the dangerous journey to Greek islands are up to new tricks. Taking advantage of the confusion caused in the row between Turkey and the European Union over the implementation of visa-free travel for Turkish citizens, the smugglers are telling migrants that the deal will fall […]
RAY LAMONTAGNE Shows A Different Musical Side At LA’s Greek Theatre With The Help of My Morning Jacket!
On Sunday, September 11th, the folk-rock musician Ray LaMontagne delighted a sold out crowd at LA’s Greek Theatre. In support of his latest RCA Records 6th studio album, “Ouroboros,” Ray and several members of My Morning Jacket jammed for about 2 hours.
Greek government to present omnibus bill on pending landmark issues
The Greek government plans to bring forward an omnibus bill next week including all landmark issues -needing a legislative action- pending from the first review of the Greek bailout program, a top Finance ministry official told ANA after completion of a ...
ESM Chief: Greece can return to borrowing from markets next year
Greece will be able to start issuing bonds and borrowing from the markets soon, possibly by next year, European Stability Mechanism Managing Director Klaus Regling said in an interview with the Slovakia's "Hospodárske noviny" newspaper published on Friday.
Greek Pavlos Mamalos bags gold medal in powerlifting at Rio 2016
The Greek Paralympic team continues to impress at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, with power-lifter Pavlos Mamalos winning his first gold medal in the Games and fourth overall for Greece. Mamalos won the gold medal in the powerlifting men’s 107 kg event ...
Government Fights Bank of Greece Chief Over Control of Attica Bank
Attica Bank has become the unofficial battleground in the war between Bank of Greece governor Yiannis Stournaras and the Greek government. The reason is that the BoG chief is doing his job and doesn’t allow the Alexis Tsipras administration to use the ...
British holiday rep goes for swim in GREECE and ends up in TURKISH refugee centre
Michael McCarron illegally entered the country by accident without any documentation after leaving his passport, iPhone, shoes and wallet on the Greek side of the riverbank. The 28-year-old had been working as a rep on the party island hotspot of Kavos in ...
GREEK Taverna Night
Enjoy the tastes of Greece along with music and dancing. For more information contact Tom Connally. Upcoming dates. Fri, Sep 16 @ 4:00 pm.
Furious locals in huge street brawl at island overwhelmed by migrants
Protesters voiced anger at the GREEK government's handling of the migrant crisis, which has left the cramped camp in Chios a whopping three times ...
Life jackets on NYC beach reflect refugee crisis
The group Oxfam America placed hundreds of life jackets on a beach in Brooklyn Friday to draw attention to the refugee crisis. The group says many of the life jackets were used by adult and child refugees and collected on beaches in Greece. (Sept. 16)
Europe Stops at Nothing to Hunt Down Terrorists in Refugee Camps
Al-Mahmod was in the same Greek camp where the men arrested this week first entered. At least one of the three just arrested also apparently had connections to the group responsible for the August 2015 attack on a Paris-bound train. German authorities say ...
Briton ended up in Turkish jail for swimming across border from GREECE
A BRIT holiday rep accidentally crossed the Turkish border while swimming off GREECE… and ended up banged up in a detention centre as a spy.
Uptick in Migrants from Turkey to Greece Not Yet a Surge
Aid agencies say bigger concern is condition of refugees stuck in Greece
57th Pensacola Greek Festival
The 57th Annual Greek Festival will take place on October 7-9, 2016 at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church located at 1720 West Garden Street. This 3 day event draws upwards of 30,000 people from across the Southeast. Festival hours are 11:00 am to 9:30 ...
More migrants stuck in Balkans as nations fortify borders
[A Serbian police officer stands in front of migrants who wait in line for lunch in the transit center for refugees in Sid, about 100 km west from Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. After the former Balkan migrant route leading from Turkey through Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia was closed in March, governments are looking for ways to fortify the borders fearing a new massive influx of people from the Middle East, Asia or Africa. Migrants keep on pouring in _ not in tens of thousands, but hundreds a day _ despite an EU-Turkey deal aimed at keeping the migrants away from Europe after more than one million people entered last year. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)]SID, Serbia (AP) — For Mohammad Ansar Al Mansouri, reaching the European Union has proved to be an impossible task. In the past two months, the 28-year-old from Pakistan has tried countless times to cross from Serbia into EU members states Hungary or Croatia, but was always chased back by police guarding their borders.
British holiday rep, 28, was held for weeks in a refugee detention centre after going for a swim in Greece and accidentally crossing the border into Turkey
A British holiday rep was held in a refugee detention centre after going for a swim in Greece and accidentally crossing the border into Turkey. Michael McCarron entered the country without any documentation after leaving his passport, iPhone, shoes and ...
Raid on office of central banker’s wife raises concerns in Greece
Lina Nicolopoulou was getting ready to go to work on Thursday morning when she took a call from her office in the leafy Athens suburb of Kifissia. “It was the cleaner . . . She told me there was a public prosecutor and half a dozen police ...
Body of GREEK journalist exhumed for tests
An Athens prosecutor and the chief of the GREEK Police's homicide division on Friday ordered the exhumation of the remains of prominent journalist ...
Republican Vice Presidential Nominee Mike Pence Meets with Archbishop Demetrios
NEW YORK – His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America received a visit on September 15 in his office at the Headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, from Indiana Governor...
Greece says adopting new credit measures for EU, IMF
[Greece's Prime minister Alexis Tsipras attends a round table session during the informal EU summit at the Bratislava Castle in the Slovak capital on September 16, 2016]Cash-strapped Greece will adopt before month's end a new package of measures designed to mollify EU and IMF creditors, Athens' finance ministry said Friday.
EconomyGrexit is off the table – Citi
The call comes as GREECE is struggling to meet the latest set of bailout ... “The political backdrop both in GREECE and in Europe has become less ...
French-Canadian pianist makes crisis-stricken GREECE his home
My first encounter with Alain Lefevre was back in 2002, when the French-Canadian pianist and composer visited Athens for a concert at the Greek ...
(Photos) Abandoned Greek Dog Brings “Light” to Rescuer
The Pappas Post is the personal news and blog site of Gregory C. Pappas and includes curated news of interest to Greeks and those who love Greece, as well as the personal blog posts from Gregory Pappas' personal and professional experiences. The Pappas ...
Update on Greek Archdiocesan changes to the Liturgy
In August I posted some new regulations to be used in the celebration of the Divine Liturgy for Greek churches in the US (see: "Changes a'coming to Greek parishes in the US"). I received a ton of email on the topic. In fact, I still am. By way of update ...
SWIRCA & MORE: Greek Alphabet Soup – The benefits of omega families
There is a lot of news hype about omega-3s and omega-6s. For most of us, these terms are confusing. Just what is this Greek alphabet soup? Omega-3s are a family of fats. The main family member is linolenic acid. Although the human body can make some fats ...
RIP Grexit: Citi says it no longer believes Greece will leave the EU
Remember Grexit, the EU-changing event that didn't happen before Brexit did (almost) happen? Citi, the lender whose chief economist coined the term, has said it is now so unlikely it is removing it from its baseline scenario. RIP Grexit. In a note today ...
GAC Delivers RIB To Greece
Breakbulk handler GAC Logistics has delivered a rigid inflatable boat, or RIB, from Gothenburg, Sweden to the port of Karlovasi, Greece. The RIB measured nine meters long and was transported 3,500 kilometer journey by road to the port of Piraeus, passing ...
Annual Greek Festival Kicks Off in Greensboro
GREENSBORO -- The Greensboro Greek Festival is back for three days. Organizers say it's rooted in family tradition and helps the Greek community in Greensboro hold on to their culture and share it with others. There's going to be dancing, a marketplace and ...
Theodoros Pantalakis New CEO of Attica Bank in Greece
With the consent of Bank of Greece and major shareholder TSMEDE, Theodoros Pantalakis will be the new executive director of Attica Bank, a problematic lending institution. Bank of Greece governor Yiannis Stournaras had previously turned down a proposal by ...
Deutsche Bank shares tumble; Mark Carney quizzed by children – as it happened
German lender says it has no intention of paying $14bn to the Department of Justice for mis-selling mortgage-backed securities before the 2008 crisis * Mark Carney has been quizzed by Coventry children * Carnage Carney on Brexit, Scotland... * ...and pets & pizza * Latest: US inflation picks up * Introduction: Deutsche Bank asked to pay $14bn * Bank shares are falling across Europe 3.46pm BST AND FINALLY.... THERE’S NO LET- UP ON THE ANXIETY IN THE BANKING SECTOR THIS AFTERNOON. DEUTSCHE BANK shares are hitting new lows, down almost 9% in late trading, in its worst day since Britain voted to leave the EU. “The decline in DB shares was the biggest since the day after the Brexit vote. The fine would be to settle an investigation into the mis-selling of US mortgage backed securities. The $14bn would be about 80% of Deutsche Bank’s market cap and may dissuade employees from following CEO John Cryan’s recent advice to “be more daring.” Deutsche Bank -8.8% Credit Suisse -5.2% RBS -4.5% UBS -2.9% Barclays -2.8% Latest update: https://t.co/rWZTgW9Urq pic.twitter.com/qybyq9uMT8 3.42pm BST GREXIT IS NO MORE!! Wall Street firm Citi has told clients today that it no longer thinks Greece will leave the eurozone in the next three years. Despite the latest tensions between Athens and its creditors, they reckon its bailout programme will remain intact. GREXIT NO MORE. Citi no longer thinks Greece will exit the eurozone, after years of predicting it will happen. pic.twitter.com/ZHS5Wlpa1C @RobinWigg uh oh Continue reading...
GREECE & THE BALKANS WARM UP TOUR
Like all athletes do before the final race, we felt like it was compulsory for us to head out before our next big overland exhibition and do a warm up. Having limited time we quickly planned a 2-week trip around the Western Balkans, an area that is ...