How the world sees Greece
as soon as he was 18, he joined the army, and his communication skills were put to use for the war effort in the Royal Signals, where he served in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, GREECE and Egypt. Now, two days after he turned 93, the great-grandfather has been awarded the National Order of the ...
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M alaysian former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad says “Malaysia's national debt has already reached up to RM900 billion ($225 billion).” He suggested that if the government fails to pay its debts, “the country could go the way of GREECE. We have more debt than GREECE, but we are poorer than ...
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According to the paper, Germans were the most attracted to GREECE and occupied the top spot for tourist arrivals in 2016, with 3.6 million visitors. The main attractions for Germans, it said, were the Greek antiquities and the sun, warmth and amazing blue seas that could not be enjoyed in Germany.
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Greekcitytimes.com reports that the cyber hacking group 'Anonymous GREECE' has claimed responsibility for taking over the official website of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and bringing it down for over 12 hours. Taking to their social media pages, the group on their Facebook page revealled ...
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Greekcitytimes.com reports that the cyber hacking group 'Anonymous GREECE' has claimed responsibility for taking over the official website of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and bringing it down for over 12 hours. Taking to their social media pages, the group on their Facebook page revealled ...
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Deputy Education Minister Kostas Zouraris submitted his resignation on Sunday after he made insulting comments on a radio program against two Greek prominent football clubs. Zouraris, a controversial figure and Member of Parliament with the Independent ...
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GREEK Coast Guards announced on Wednesday that they seized a ship with the flag of Tanzania carrying materials used to make explosives while sailing to Libya. The ship's cargo record indicates that the cargo was loaded at the Turkish ports of Mersin and Iskenderun before heading to Djibouti and ...
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The people in the town of Kozani in northern Greece have been mobilizing to save the life of a 12-year-old boy who suffers from a rare and serious health condition and is required to travel to Houston, Texas for specialized treatment. Greek media report ...
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That GREECE has to play what is by and large a European game – something that both the prime minister and the head of the opposition are well aware of. Europe and the US want FYROM in NATO and in talks (along with Albania) for EU accession within the year. This is no easy feat as the domestic ...
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In Mykonos, the wind blows all year-long. This is the reason why bushes are more abundant than trees, this is why yards are surrounded by high walls, and this is also the reason why its windmills have become the island's landmark. There is no more iconic postcard of GREECE than the magnificent ...
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In the meantime, Turkish officials said they were investigating the seizure of the vessel, which departed from Turkey, by the GREEK Coast Guard over allegedly carrying explosives to Libya, Turkey's Embassy in Tripoli announced Friday. The embassy also stressed that the ship had permission to transport ...
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Jean Baptiste Moliere, French dramatist (1622-1673); Mary MacKillop, Australian nun now known as St Mary of the Cross (1842-1909); Aristotle Onassis, GREEK shipping magnate (1906-1975); Lloyd Bridges, US actor (1913-1998); Martin Luther King, American civil rights leader (1929-1968); Mario Van ...
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In April 2016, Francis visited the GREEK island of Lesbos, a main entry point to Greece for migrants travelling from the Turkish coast, and returned home with three families of Syrian refugees aboard the papal plane. “Every stranger who knocks at our door is an opportunity for an encounter with Jesus ...
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... Democracy 29% and SYRIZA 18.9%. Center-left Movement for Change is in third place with 9.1%, followed by extreme right Golden Dawn with 6.7%. The Communist Party with 6.4% is in fifth place. No other party scores above the 3% threshold required for representation in the next GREEK parliament.
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The GREEK Orthodox Hellenic Folk Dance Festival Ministry is dedicated, through Orthodox Christian Fellowship and committed leadership, to promoting, encouraging and perpetuating the Orthodox faith, GREEK heritage and culture among individuals, families and communities by expressing it through folk ...
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GREEK god Hrithik Roshan emerges as most handsome actor in the world ... The GREEK god had ranked at No.3 in 2016 after Robert Pattinson and Tom Cruise. ... According to a list revealed by worldstopmost.com, the GREEK god has defeated not just Bollywood's tiger Salman Khan but also International ...
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When I was growing up in Massachusetts, you weren't allowed to drive other people or be on the roads past midnight in the fist six months you had your license. So, on the day I got mine, I naturally put a few friends in my car, went to IHOP at 11:30 p.m., and ate pancakes slathered with overly sweetened ...
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The annual Edinburgh GREEK Film Festival takes place every December and aims to introduce Scots to Greece through film, and simultaneously strengthen the city's growing GREEK community. And they've done a remarkable job, bringing contemporary GREEK films and filling the cinema to an almost 90% ...
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In terms of the sheer number of words, the great German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel devotes as much attention in his capacious writings to India and its thought as he does to the GREEK world. Indeed, Hegel writes more on what he described as the “oriental” world than he does about the ...
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Italy's biggest bad-loan manager, doBank, will undertake the loans of some 400 GREEK small and medium-sized enterprises which owe GREEK banks a total of 2 billion euros. Greece's four systemic lenders (Alpha, National, Eurobank and Piraeus) are in the final stage of talks with doBank, a subsidiary of ...
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The area remained under Ottoman control, with the exception of a brief period of renewed Venetian rule in 1685–1715 and a Russian occupation in 1770–71, until the outbreak of the GREEK War of Independence in 1821. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt recovered it for the Ottomans in 1825, but the defeat of the ...
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… and Greece. In 2015, Iannicca and his wife travelled to the Greek …
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… and West Brom. Leganes' Greek defender Dimitrios Siovas (left) vies … Argentinian forward Lionel Messi The Greek centre-back, who can also play …
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Crowds headed to Athens for the first-ever International Cannabis Expo, where marijuana-based products filled the arena on Jan. 14, 2018. The event comes as Greece is on its way to approving medical use of marijuana in the coming weeks, according to a ...
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Two hobby fishermen have been missing in Mikri Volvi Lake in Halkidiki peninsula in Northern Greece since Sunday morning. The two men, aged 40 and 70, went out to collect the nets despite the bad weather and the strong winds blowing in the area and the lake. When hours later the boat did not … The post Two missing fishermen, infrastructure damages and floods as bad weather sweeps across Greece appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Greece is braced for industrial action as its MPs prepare to vote on implementing some of the most politically sensitive measures attached to its 2015 bailout. On Monday, MPs will be called to endorse a “multi-bill” of emergency reforms that includes ...
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… anger among Greek nationalists, as would letting Macedonia – a Greek province abutting … criminal gang. The Church of Greece also jumped into the fray … that would include Macedonia for Greece’s northern neighbor, if Kammenos …
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… famous in Greece and America the fact that the first Greek officer … was happening was Greece, led by Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Greece, Damaskinos and … . And, many Greeks, including my great uncle in Crete, lost their lives …
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He had worked in public broadcaster ERT and other private TV channels. He had worked as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' press office manager and he was a close associate of Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos. He had also participated in SYRIZA's …
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Greeks on the island, which has become the second.largest concentration of migrants in the last two years, are fed up with waiting for relief.
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[hospital ]Stefan Wermuth/Reuters * SUPPORT FOR ASSISTED SUICIDE IS GROWING AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC. * YET PHYSICIANS WHO CARRY OUT ASSISTED SUICIDE DISPLAY A WIDE VARIETY OF EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSES. * MOST DOCTORS SAY THEY FEEL "COMFORT" FROM ASSISTING THEIR PATIENTS IN THIS WAY. YET SOME ALSO REGRET THEIR ROLE. ------------------------- When my mother was in her final months, suffering from a heart failure and other problems, she called me to her bedside with a pained expression. She took my hand and asked plaintively, "How do I get out of this mess?" As a physician, I dreaded the question that might follow: Would I help her end her life by prescribing a lethal drug? Fortunately for me, my mother tolerated her final weeks at home, with the help of hospice nurses and occasional palliative medication. She never raised the thorny question of what is variously termed "medical aid in dying" or "physician-assisted suicide." As a son and family member who has witnessed the difficult final days of parents and loved ones, I can understand why support for MAID/PAS is growing among the general public. But as a physician and medical ethicist, I believe that MAID/PAS flies in the face of a 2,000-year imperative of Hippocratic medicine: "Do no harm to the patient." Studies point out that even many doctors who actually participate in MAID/PAS remain uneasy or "conflicted" about it. In this piece, I explore their ambivalence. ASSISTED SUICIDES In discussing end-of-life issues, both the general public and physicians themselves need to distinguish three different approaches. MAID/PAS involves a physician's providing the patient with a prescription of a lethal drug that the patient could take anytime to end life. In contrast, active euthanasia or "mercy killing" involves causing the death of a person, typically through a lethal injection given by a physician. Finally, the term "passive euthanasia" refers to hastening the death of a terminally ill person by removing some vital form of support. An example would be disconnecting a respirator. INCREASING INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE [Pro ]Thomson ReutersIn the US some form of legislatively approved MAID/PAS (but not active euthanasia) is legal in five states and the District of Columbia. In my home state – following a passionate debate – the Massachusetts Medical Society recently decided to rescind its long-held opposition to the practice. MMS has taken a position of "neutral engagement," which it claims will allow it to "serve as a medical and scientific resource … that will support shared decision making between terminally ill patients and their trusted physicians." In a few countries, MAID/PAS has grown increasingly common. In Canada, for example, MAID/PAS was legalized in 2016. In Belgium and the Netherlands, both active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are permitted by law, even for patients whose illnesses may be treatable, as with major depression; and whose informed consent may be compromised, as in Alzheimer's disease. In the Netherlands, a proposed "Completed Life Bill" would allow any persons age 75 or over who decide their life is "complete" to be euthanized – even if the person is otherwise healthy. US PHYSICIAN RESPONSE Among US physicians, MAID/PAS remains controversial, but national data point to its increasing acceptance. A report published in December 2016 found 57 percent of doctors agreed that physician-assisted death should be available to the terminally ill – up from 54 percent in 2014 and 46 percent in 2010. Perhaps this trend is not surprising. After all, what sort of physician would want to deny dying patients the option of ending their suffering and avoiding an agonizing, painful death? But this question is misleading. Most persons requesting PAS are not actively experiencing extreme suffering or inadequate pain control. Data from the Washington and Oregon PAS programs show that most patients choose PAS because they fear loss of dignity and control over their own lives. [PHYSICIANS DOCTORS SCRUBS QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL OFFERS THE LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN ITS CARE]CHRISTOPHER FURLONG/GETTY IMAGES SOME PHYSICIANS FEEL CONFLICTED Physicians who carry out assisted suicide have a wide variety of emotional and psychological responses. In a structured, in-depth telephone interview survey of 38 US oncologists who reported participating in euthanasia or PAS, more than half of the physicians received "comfort" from having carried out euthanasia or PAS. "Comfort" was not explicitly defined, but, for example, these physicians felt that they had helped patients end their lives in the way the patients wished. However, nearly a quarter of the physicians regretted their actions. Another 16 percent reported that the emotional burden of performing euthanasia or PAS adversely affected their medical practice. For example, one physician felt so "burned out" that he moved from the city in which he was practicing to a small town. Other data support the observation that MAID/PAS can be emotionally disturbing to the physician. Kenneth R. Stevens Jr., an emeritus professor at Oregon Health and Science University, reported that for some physicians in Oregon, participation in PAS was very stressful. For example, in 1998, the first year of Oregon's "Death with Dignity Act," 14 physicians wrote prescriptions for lethal medications for the 15 patients who died from physician-assisted suicide. The state's annual 1998 report observed that: > "For some of these physicians, the process of participating in > physician-assisted suicide exacted a large emotional toll, as > reflected by such comments as, ‘It was an excruciating thing to do > … it made me rethink life's priorities,' ‘This was really hard > on me, especially being there when he took the pills,' and ‘This > had a tremendous emotional impact.'" Similarly, reactions among European doctors suggest that PAS and euthanasia often provoke strong negative feelings. WHY THE DISCOMFORT? [assisted suicide protest]Associated Press/Charles DharapakAs a physician and medical ethicist, I am opposed to any form of physician assistance with a patient's suicide. Furthermore, I believe that the term "medical aid in dying" allows physicians to avoid the harsh truth that they are helping patients kill themselves. This is also the view of the very influential American College of Physicians. I believe that the ambivalence and discomfort experienced by a substantial percentage of PAS-participating physicians is directly connected to the Hippocratic Oath – arguably, the most important foundational document in medical ethics. The Oath clearly states: > "I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked for it, nor > will I make a suggestion to this effect." In 5th century BC Greece, Hippocrates was something of a revolutionary in this respect. As the classicist and medical historian, Ludwig Edelstein has pointed out some non-Hippocratic physicians probably did provide poisons to their dying patients, in order to spare them protracted suffering. Hippocrates opposed this practice, though he did not believe that terminally ill patients should be exposed to unnecessary and futile medical treatment. Palliative care specialist Ira Byock has observed that: > "From its very inception, the profession of medicine has formally > prohibited its members from using their special knowledge to cause > death or harm to others. This was – and is – a necessary > protection so that the power of medicine is not used against > vulnerable people." Indeed, when patients nearing the end of life express fears of losing control, or being deprived of dignity, compassionate and supportive counseling is called for – not assistance in committing suicide. To be sure, comprehensive palliative care, including home hospice nursing, should be provided to the subset of terminally ill patients who require pain relief. But as physician and ethicist Leon Kass has put it: > "We must care for the dying, not make them dead." NOW WATCH: I tried the 7-minute workout for a month — here's what happened
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ChicagoLand Popcorn first popped up on U.S. 30 across from the popular Albanese Candy Co. in Hobart in 2013, and now the gourmet popcorn place has planted a kernel in St. John. The specialty popcorn shop, which carries more than 250 flavors like Sea Salt ...
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Defense Minister and leader of Independent Greeks Panos Kammenos has demanded that a referendum should take place after an agreement is struck between Athens and Skopje on the name of the former Yugoslav Republic. “The Greek people should be able decide ...
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European Stability Mechanism (ESM) board member and funding chief Kalin Anev Janse on Friday reiterated that still bailout-dependent Greece would have to continue reforms even after it exits the current - and third consecutive - memorandum next August.
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A senior EU official has warned that additional debt relief for Greece will require a new agreement with the creditors. In an interview published by Kathimerini on Sunday, Thomas Wieser, outgoing president of the Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) said that ...
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… forced out after he slurred Greek soccer teams and used profane … the pro-austerity, marginal, jingoistic Independent Greeks (ANEL) who are junior partners …
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… of joining the European Union. Greece has challenged the name since … Proto Thema newspaper asked if Greece should agree on a compound … of Greece’s largest province and of the ancient northern Greek kingdom …
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… dissension and open bickering in Greece, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is … a permanent name for Greece’s neighbor. A Greek government in 1992 … Greek nationalists and rejection of that idea by the Church of Greece. Greek …
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With an email consisting of three lines, deputy Education Minister Costas Zouraris submitted his resignation Sunday afternoon, following immense political pressure not only by opposition parties but also by his own party, conservative Independent Greeks (ANEL). Zouraris, a fierce supporter of red lines in MAcedonia name dispute, did not have to resign because he disagreed … The post Greece boots out minister Zouraris over vulgar remarks about football fans appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Greece's parliament is expected to approve the medical use of cannabis in the coming weeks, a deputy minister said Sunday, adding that the change would attract investment to the country. "In a few weeks' time, an amendment will be brought to parliament to ...
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It comes from GREEK 'allo' meaning different, 'dox' meaning opinion and 'phobos' which comes from the GREEK God of fear. People with phobia live in constant fear and anxiety of hearing people's opinions about them. “First, we want Governor Dickson to know that the green and rice revolution, embarked ...
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ATHENS – The forbidden subject of Greek debt relief – but with new measures attached – was raised by Eurozone officials at a meeting but […] The post No Clean Exit: Eurozone Talks Greek Debt Relief, New Monitoring appeared first on The National Herald.
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ATHENS – The lingering effects of Greece’s economic crisis, which will enter an eighth year later in 2018, are so bad that some 30 percent […] The post Unable to Afford Cost, Many Greeks Skip Doctors, Treatment appeared first on The National Herald.
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The suspects were allegedly helping migrants trying to cross into Europe via the GREEK islands. So far, hundreds of thousands of migrants have made the journey across the Aegean to reach northern and western Europe. Nearly 2,000 refugees cross into GREEK islands every month, according to UNHCR ...
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Hassan Whiteside averaged 17.5 points, 14.3 rebounds in the four games while Giannis 'The GREEK Freak' Antetokounmpo averaged 19.8 points and 8.3 rebounds. Antetokounmpo is second in the league in scoring with a 28.5 average and 11th in rebounding with 9.9 per game. Khris Middleton is ...
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ATHENS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - A majority of GREEKS do not want the term "Macedonia" used in any solution to a long-running dispute over the former Yugoslav republic's name, a poll showed on Sunday. The dispute over the name of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), as it is formally ...
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We unequivocally condemn the heinous and ungodly terrorist attack that took place yesterday morning at the Coptic Church of Saint Mina, in the Helwan district of Cairo. This attack – the organizers and perpetrators of which did not even respect the sacredness of the Christmas season – is unfortunately one of a series of similar attacks on religious communities suffering the disastrous repercussions of terrorism and religious bigotry in the wider region of the Middle East and North Africa. We express our undivided support for and solidarity with the friendly people of Egypt, the sincere condolences of the Greek people and the Greek government to the Egyptian government and the families of the victims, and our wishes for a speedy recovery to the injured.
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Leader of conservative right-wing Independent Greeks (ANEL) and Tsipras’ junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos calls for a referendum on Macedonia name dispute while the government is holding negotiations with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). In an op-ed article publish on newspaper Kyriakatirki Dimokratia, Kammenos said “the Greek people will have to decide on … The post Kammenos calls for a Referendum on Macedonia name dispute appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Greece is poised to strike a critical blow against its notoriously Byzantine bureaucracy with the introduction of a new electronic Register of Citizens. The plan is scheduled to go online on January 22, and will act as a central database for registry offices and municipalities throughout the country. According to athensnewsagency, the interior ministry’s nationwide … The post Greece introduces electronic Citizens’ Register to get rid of bureaucracy appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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At the same time he assured that he is making an effort, through the UN Security Council permanent members, so that Ankara is influenced in such a way that it realises not only that a solution of the Cyprus problem would be to the benefit of the people of Cyprus, GREEK Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, and ...
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