But with a new recruitment seasons comes new opportunities. Spring recruitment offers the chance for many men to enter into GREEK Life in their own ...
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How the world sees Greece
Friday, February 3, 2017
Mike Yardley: My big fat Greek week
… still be explored afloat a Greek-owned and crewed cruise line, Celestyal … hop-scotched our way around the Greek Islands and Turkey aboard Celestyal … into a kaleidoscope of lesser-trafficked Greek islands and Turkish coastal gems …
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IMF Report on Greece Shows Contingency Fiscal Measures are Unavoidable
The International Monetary Fund report on the progress of the Greek economy in 2016 and in subsequent years shows that contingency fiscal measures will be necessary for the country to reach its bailout program targets. According to the final document to be ...
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Singer Athena Andreadis Launches Latest Album on Feb. 3 in NYC
NEW YORK – Greek-British Londoner Athena Andreadis will be performing on Friday, Feb. 3 at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3, located at 185 Orchard Street in New York City. Doors... The post Singer Athena Andreadis Launches Latest Album on Feb. 3 in NYC appeared first on The National Herald.
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St. Paraskevi Sunday School Students Giving Back
GREENLAWN, NY – The students of St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Shrine Church in Greenlawn, NY were inspired by the words of the Bible and their teacher Gus Constantine to help... The post St. Paraskevi Sunday School Students Giving Back appeared first on The National Herald.
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Two people rescued from burning home in Greece
Two people were rescued Friday afternoon from a house fire on Apple Creek Lane in Greece. The North Greece Fire Department says that when they arrived on scene a civilian was pulling two people from the house. Those people suffered burns on their ...
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Greek PM to Turkey: There are No Gray Zones in the Aegean
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday sent a message to Turkey saying that “there are no gray zones in the Aegean” in light of recent Turkish provocations challenging Greece’s sea borders. Tsipras was in Malta for the informal EU summit.
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Foreign ministry slams GREEK defense minister's Turkey remarks
The Turkish Foreign Ministry slammed on Friday the recent remarks made by GREEK Defense Minister Panos Kammenos about Turkey, saying the ...
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An Ancient GREEK Computer
Near an island about halfway between the Peloponnese and Crete, two boats of GREEK divers sought shelter from a storm. The year was 1900, and the ...
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IT'S GREEK TO ME: Is KeePass password manager safe or not?
A: I discussed password managers in the column late last year (I.G.T.M. No. 492 - Dec. 25, 2016), so I won't waste space in this issue rehashing what ...
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Tsipras: There are no grey zones in the Aegean
There are no grey zones in the Aegean and Greece is determined to defend European law and its sovereign rights, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday, on the sidelines of an EU summit in Malta. “I want to be clear: there are no grey zones in the Aegean. What exists is Greece’s firm […]
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Extremists in Albania attack the Greek National Minority of the country!
There has been detected a increased presence of Islamists in areas where the minority resides
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MICE Organizers Seek One-of-a-Kind Experience in Greece
Meetings and incentives planners are expressing more and more interest in organizing events in Athens, Thessaloniki and now on the island of Paros, combining events with destination-inspired themes and ensuring a one-of-a-kind experience, according to ...
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It's Shaping Up To Be The Deadliest Winter On Record For Migrants
Migrants and refugees are dying on land as well. Several migrants attempting to reach Greece via Turkey, including one who walked across a frozen river, have died of hypothermia in recent weeks. At least three refugees died in the Moria refugee camp ...
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UPDATE: Frontex Officers Begin Patrolling GREEK-Macedonian Border
So far, nine Frontex officers are assisting the GREEK border agency, with more due to join them in the coming weeks. The operation is initially planned ...
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GREEK Online Sports Betting Monopoly OPAP Inks New Deal With Betgenius For Its Sportsbook ...
Greece's largest gambling operator, OPAP, has struck a deal with Betgenius that will see the new Betgenius Sportsbook Platform replace the existing ...
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Greek Foreign Minister to meet UN’s Eide in Athens
Eide’s meeting comes few day after the meeting of President Nicos Anastasiades meeting with the Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci. Both leaders have requested the UN to prepare the continuation of the Conference on Cyprus in early March. Their next ...
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German government says united on Greece, plays down talk of splits
[Greek flag flutters in the wind as tourists visit the archaeological site of the Acropolis hill in Athens, Greece]Germany's government said on Friday it remained united on the need to stabilise the Greek economy despite indications of divergent views between Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democratic coalition partners. Spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer declined to comment on a newspaper report that Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel had criticised the government's handling of Greece in a letter to Merkel last month and had suggested easing a surplus requirement. Greece needs a new tranche of financial aid under its 86 billion euro bailout by the third quarter of the year or it faces the risk of defaulting on its debts.
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AGAPW Vasilopita and Agapi Stassinopoulos’ New Book Presented
NEW YORK – The Association of Greek-American Professional Women (AGAPW) presented their first event of the year on January 30 at Coco-Mat, in Manhattan’s SoHo. The annual cutting of the Vasilopita... The post AGAPW Vasilopita and Agapi Stassinopoulos’ New Book Presented appeared first on The National Herald.
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When We Were Refugees
Most days, I drive to work. It's just a three mile distance, but Connecticut Avenue at rush hour provides countless outlets for spasms of misanthropy. Within the metal confines of my car, I have bellowed all manner of expletives at my fellow travelers. The last minute, left-turn signal engager who makes me miss the light. The beer delivery guy commandeering an entire lane of 19th Street to unload his truck. The Metro bus driver who can't be bothered to look left before cutting back out into the stream of traffic. Some days I've leaned on the horn. Other days I've idled in the standstill, knocking my forehead lightly against the steering wheel. It is rare that I keep front of mind that we are all just trying to get where we need to go, to work our day and get back home again. From time to time, my husband needs the car, and I commute via bus and Metro. This of course means closer contact with whatever portion of humanity happens to board these transports at the precise moment that I do. There's plenty here to irk one into a foul temper, too. The woman reading her paper who won't move to the center of the train so more passengers can board. The guy who pretends no one else might want the seat occupied by his bag. Most of the time, we don't bother speaking up about it. We avoid eye contact and position for a modest amount of personal space. But on occasion, the train stops short without warning, lurches, and bodies are thrown against one another. And in the moment in time that follows that jolt, we apologize to the person behind us who just took a backpack to the face. We ask the woman who fell because she hadn't held on to the metal pole if she's all right. We vent to other nodding heads about how Metro needs to get its damn act together. When the train begins to move again, by any objective measure we are the same miniscule subset of the species that began the trip. But not quite the same. Amidst the shared experience of a force that stood to harm us all, we are not exactly the same. I rode one of the last Metro trains that ran on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, the morning of the day that an entire nation was stopped short. I had been scheduled to attend a conference at a Capitol Hill hotel, but when I entered the lobby it was packed with heads craning up at television screens. I don't remember who told me I should probably leave, but I took the advice and - without even thinking about it - descended back into the Metro station. The ride was smooth, while high above bodies hurled on bodies, a mighty skyline was laid low, a landmark synonymous with our might was battered, and for that day and many days to follow we all forged a new relationship with fear. But in spite of - perhaps because of - that fear, millions of us lived and gave and received and retold countless acts of love and selflessness. Blood banks had to turn away donors who arrived by the thousands. In New York, strangers pulled each other through smoke and ash, or took in the shellshocked who had no way to get back home. Here in Washington, as people emptied out of office buildings and walked shoulder to shoulder, unsure even where we should go, I knew I would never leave this city. But lest we forget, it was not just Americans who took care of our own that day. When the FAA shuttered American air space, there were dozens of aircraft already making their way toward our shores. Many of them were rerouted to Gander, Newfoundland, to an airport that began operating in 1938, and in its heyday had been the primary staging point for the deployment of Allied aircraft to Europe during World War II. But Gander International Airport had quieted over the succeeding decades. The jet age made it unnecessary to stop to refuel, so the major carriers bypassed Gander altogether. Not so on this day, when 38 aircraft holding 7,000 bewildered souls touched down, one after the other. Gander's entire population was 10,000. What happened next has gained some modest renown, inspiring a book called T_he Day the World Came To Town _and even an offbeat musical, _Come From Away_, the term that Newfoundlanders apparently use to refer to, well, everyone from everywhere else. Gander had no hotels to speak of, and so churches, schools, and community centers were repurposed into hostels for unexpected refugees who quite literally had descended upon the native citizenry. They became known as the "plane people." Many were American, but in a telling snapshot of who is bound for this country on any given weekday in September, the plane people hailed from 100 different nations. The stories from Gander have been playing over and over in my mind these last few days. When my kids are tucked in to sleep, I've watched the You Tube videos, some made in real time in 2001, and others capturing the reunion of the "plane people" with their hosts a decade later. An American couple who had been bound for their honeymoon in Las Vegas recalled how an older couple from Gander insisted that sleeping in a church pew would simply not do for two newlyweds. They opened their home and gave them their bed. Another American recalled the women of this tiny hamlet arriving with fresh linens, and collecting laundry to wash, and how in that moment the comfort of a clean towel meant more than she could have imagined. Another couple would learn that their son, a firefighter, perished that day. Imagine being in a foreign land and in the hands of strangers when you are living the unimaginable. What would it mean to be comforted? What would it mean to be the one giving comfort? Sixteen years later, it is hard to grasp how in those first hours and days we had no notion of when life might return to normal, now that normal would always be a little worse. But I do remember feeling sorrow for Americans who couldn't get home, even if just to absorb the reality, mourn, and cling tightly to family and friends. Some of those people had become Gander's Come From Away's. By all accounts, the people of Gander didn't consider what they did to be in any way extraordinary. Not a one would accept a dollar for the food, shelter, clothing, blankets they gave freely to 7,000 strangers. I can't stop wondering, what really happened here? Did centuries of peaceful friendship on a shared continent make it more compelling to answer the call for help? Was the sheer excitement of an overnight flashmob immigration wave enough to spur everyone to leave their homes and take all of it in? Do they simply make better people in Newfoundland? Maybe. But I'm guessing that even the Ganderites fume and curse and resent and cower from time to time, just like I do from inside my car. But for that span of days, because these living and breathing bodies were cast upon them, some light we each carry within us compelled the people of Gander to make sure they were all right. In her book_ Love Warrior_, Glennon Doyle Mellon reflects on the word "crisis," and how the Greek root of the word is "to sift." She offers: "_That's what crises do. They shake things up until we are forced to hold on to only what matters most. The rest falls away._" To compare the relatively short displacement of those 7,000 people to the refugee tragedy playing out on a global scale would take reductionism to a grotesque extreme. Last year, our spinning planet reached a grim milestone, as the UN High Commission on Refugees announced that there were more forcibly displaced people around the world than at any time since World War II: enough mothers and fathers, grandparents, teenagers and toddlers, infants and newborns to comprise the entire population of the United Kingdom. The scale of the suffering and need is so daunting that it risks crushing the spirit. The desire to look away is almost irrepressible. For two centuries, though no one would say we've done it perfectly, we have not looked away. It is a fluke of our geography that our nation borders only two countries, but it was the animating spirit of what formed us into a people that drew millions of fellow riders on the storm, from virtually every corner of the globe, _here_. Many made the decision freely, though leaving family and all that was known to them is no less displacing. Many have the choice forced on them, that simplest of analyses - life or death - hurtling them toward the hope of what we so proudly call America. Last Saturday, a Syrian family who had survived against all odds, passed every screening, and had a new chapter within their sights instead found themselves detained at Dulles Airport. They were headed to Ohio. Somewhere in the heartland, a community stood ready to be Gander, choosing to share the ride on the train and stop shouting from the car. And yet, consider that Gander welcomed 7,000 - no screening, no background checks - and a country of nearly 320 million has given refuge to just 15,000 Syrians trying to escape nearly certain devastation or slaughter. Beneath that number, and in the bewilderment of this moment, lies not just the shame of failing to save as many souls as we can. Far worse is an extension of the Good Samaritan story, where the high priest asked, "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" The Good Samaritan famously flipped the question, and asked "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?" This moment confronts us with the third question, perhaps the defining one: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen _to me_?" Who will we be when it all falls away, when the sifting is done? In answering that question, we would do well to think about a small place that would never be the same, even after its Come From Away Americans made their way home. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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The Latest: Greeks protest winter migrant camp deaths
[A police officer speaks on his cell phone during a rally outside the Migration Ministry in Athens, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, to protest against camp conditions after the deaths of five migrants this winter at the refugee camps in Greece. European Union leaders at a summit in Malta on Friday embraced a plan to stem a relentless flow of smuggled migrants through Libya toward the continent, insisting the approach will save lives. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)]VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — The Latest on the flow of migrants into Europe (all times local):
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Merkel Said to Deflect Tsipras to Greece’s Bailout Auditors
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Alexis Tsipras to cooperate with Greece’s bailout auditors, leaving the prime minister to face his country’s creditor institutions without political intervention by the government in Berlin. Meeting before a ...
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Chef Secrets: Coffee and GREEK yogurt panna cotta
Then, whisk in GREEK yogurt and orange zest. 4. Pour and divide panna cotta mixture into five-ounce ungreased ramekins. Place in refrigerator until set ...
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A GREEK BOX OFFICE SENSATION LEAPS INTO CHICAGO MOVIE THEATRES
After setting a new box office record in Greece as one of the country's highest grossing films, “Worlds Apart,” is now showing in Chicago! WGN's ...
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Ankara accuses Greece of violating the refugee readmission treaty
Ankara is accusing Greece of using the ‘push-back manoeuver’ in order to send refugees back to Turkey in violation of the international human right rules and of the readmission treaty signed between the two countries. According to allegations made by ...
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Greek Travel Agent Federation Meets with Opposition ND Tourism Head
The challenges facing the tourism sector were at the center of talks between the Federation of Hellenic Associations of Tourist & Travel Agencies (FedHATTA) and opposition party New Democracy’s (ND) head of tourism, Dodecanese MP Manos Konsolas.
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Police ID 2 killed in Greece
Police ID 2 killed in Greece Greece police on Friday identified the couple killed in an apparent murder-suicide this week. Check out this story on DemocratandChronicle.com: http://on.rocne.ws/2l09QoE
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Going GREEK: An Ancient Jewell Tradition
About two weeks ago, the fraternities and sororities of William Jewell College held its 131st recruitment and brought in brand new GREEK students.
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Nick's Place owner's son reopens Kenmore GREEK restaurant
This branch of the Buffalo GREEK restaurant family tree goes like this, Ananiadis said: he is the son of Peter Ananiadis (Nick's Place, 504 Amherst St.), ...
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Schaeuble: “Greece must meet commitments or end up in impossible condition”
Our Wicked Witch of the West, the malevolent ruler of the Euro Wonderland. Finance Minister Wοflgang Schaeuble who believes that a positive word slipping for his lips would bring his fragile world into collapse. But today, the believable and the unexpected happened: he forgot to say one of his favorite […]
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Visit CNN Greece
Head over to CNN Greece for all the latest news and updates in Greek
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Greek commerce calls for decrease in bank charges on POS
Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE) begins a new round of meetings with government ministers, Hellenic Bank Association and the Bank of Greece to discuss a drastic reduction of charges by Greek banks and their harmonization with ...
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Greece records trade surplus with Egypt in first 10 months of 2016
Greece recorded a surplus in its trade balance with Egypt in the January-October 2016 period, totaling 163.32 million euros, down 47.1 pct compared with the corresponding period in 2015 (308.56 million euros), the Greek embassy’s economic and trade ...
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German Chancellor and Greek PM agree to close 2nd review in February
Greek PM Alexis Tsipras agreed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that it was necessary to take steps to conclude the second review of the Greek fiscal adjustment program by mid-February during their meeting on the sidelines of the informal EU Summit in ...
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‘Breach of intl law, could trigger tensions’: Turkey warns Greece over drills on Aegean island
Military drills carried out by Greece on the Aegean island of Kos are against international law and could spark tensions between Athens and Ankara, a Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman said. “We call on our neighbor Greece to refrain from unilateral ...
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Greece: Greece data snapshot (1 February 2017)
… in Greece (Jan - Feb 2017):: 1,464 Total arrivals in Greece …
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Turkey denounces Greek military exercise on Aegean island
ANKARA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Turkey accused Greece on Friday of breaching international law by carrying out a military exercise on an island in the Aegean Sea. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said the exercise was a breach of the Paris Peace Treaties in 1947 ...
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German FinMin Warns Greece to Fulfill Bailout Program Commitments
Greece must fulfill its commitments under the bailout program or else it will end up in an impossible position, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday, according to Reuters. Schaeuble spoke at a business meeting in Saarbruecken in ...
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Greek National Tourism Organisation EOT present in New York Times Travel Show
The Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO) had a dynamic presence in the largest tourist exhibition in the US, NYT Travel Show, organised by the New York Times with the participation of representatives from 150 countries. Tourism Minister Elena ...
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New Shluchim to Rhodes, Greece
With perfect weather year round and a Jewish quarter dating back to the first century, Rhodes is one of Greece’s most popular tourist destinations. Last year, the island saw more than 150,000 visiting Israelis, and come March 2017, they and the island ...
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Nuggets look to slow GREEK Freak, regain eighth seed against the Bucks
The Denver Nuggets, desperate for a win before a Saturday night back-to-back matchup in San Antonio, will take on the struggling Milwaukee Bucks, ...
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GREEK opposition: Leftist government sold-off rail operator for price of taxi app
A battle of "communiqués" erupted late this week between the leftist government and the center-right main opposition, with the latter on Friday ...
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GREEK island of Milos in Vogue's top destinations for 2017
According to Vogue, Milos is perhaps most famous for being the location of the statue of Aphrodite, the ancient GREEK goddess of love and beauty, ...
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New provocation: Turkish PM says 130 GREEK isles in Aegean are in dispute
On the issue of the 8 Turkish military officers, whose extradition was blocked by GREEK justice despite Turkey's request for them to be sent to face trial ...
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GREEK Deputy FM: EU informed about European borders' violation
GREEK Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Amanatidis in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency's radio station Praktoreio 104.9 FM on ...
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US’ Greece Ambassador Pyatt Wants EU Energy Deal to Block Russia
The US will work with the EU to push energy projects and lessen dependence on Russia, Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt said. The post US’ Greece Ambassador Pyatt Wants EU Energy Deal to Block Russia appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greece Moves to Improve Deadly Lesbos Refugee Camp
Greece's embattled government said it will make more improvements to a refugee detention center on Lesbos where three died. The post Greece Moves to Improve Deadly Lesbos Refugee Camp appeared first on The National Herald.
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Turkey Says Greece’s Kos Military Exercise Breached International Law
With tension escalating, Turkey on Feb. 3 said Greece violated international law by carrying out military exercises on the island of Kos. The post Turkey Says Greece’s Kos Military Exercise Breached International Law appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greece vs. Turkey Military Strength
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New Greek restaurant opening downtown
DISCLAIMER: The information in this article was fact checked and accurate at press time, but 417 Magazine cannot guarantee its accuracy indefinitely. Springfield needs more gyros. This is a fact. Lucky for us, John Tsahiridis is leaving Galloway Station ...
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