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Sunday, April 15, 2018

How GREECE residents dealt with the power outages

How GREECE residents dealt with the power outages. By Melanie Johnson | April 15, 2018 @11:38 AM. SHARE. SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO: The overnight ice storm did not pack as hard as a punch as originally thought, though many in GREECE woke up this morning to a glaze over cars and highways.


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Beyonce at Coachella: All of the hidden meanings explained

Meanwhile, her dancers were dressed in ethnic catsuits, which included an image of the ancient GREEK symbol, the Sphinx, before they all changed to perform, "Crazy in Love." PHOTO: Beyonce performs onstage during 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Weekend 1 at Larry Busacca/Getty ...


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GREEK Banks Pass ECB Stress Tests

Credit sector sources told Kathimerini daily newspaper that all four banks emerged successfully from the ECB exercise, even surviving the adverse condition scenario, Tornonews reported. This included Piraeus Bank, which many analysts were concerned would face problems due to its high volume of ...


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America's Downturn Explored In MCCC Art Gallery Exhibit

Kallianiotis' work has been extensively featured in solo and group exhibitions from local shows in Pennsylvania to galleries in Vermont, Arizona, New York, California, Israel, the United Kingdom, and his native GREECE. He has been featured in a long list of publications, including Focus on the Story, Edge ...


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Nikos Kotzias to participate in the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg

The Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias will take part in the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union in Luxembourg on Monday April 16According to the sch


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'Saturday Night Live' channels 'Les Mis' in 'Diner Lobster' sketch

Many diners seem to have absurdly long menus with far too many things on it, sometimes including lobster. And you should never get the diner lobster. In the "Diner Lobster" Saturday Night Live sketch, Pete Davidson orders a lobster at Big Nick's GREEK Diner, much to the surprise of his friend Chris ...


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NWI Business Ins and Outs: St. John home decor store, The Simple GREEK restaurant opening

NWI Business Ins and Outs: St. John home decor store, The Simple GREEK restaurant opening .... The Simple GREEK, a fast-casual GREEK restaurant that lets customers customize pita or bowl orders, will open its long-awaited Munster location in the new Centennial Village shopping center Monday.


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Why the Parade Must Succeed

In my years as a student, the Greek Independence Parade in New York City took place in May. I remember how the warm weather helped […] The post Why the Parade Must Succeed appeared first on The National Herald.


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Hudson Valley Assemblyman Dies Of Pancreatic Cancer

Skartados, who was born on a small island off the coast of GREECE, represented Assembly District 104. He moved to America with his mother at age 14 and taught at West Point. He later became a businessman and immersed himself with revitalizing Poughkeepsie. Sad news: Assemblyman Frank ...


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ND lawmaker grills gov't over FYROM name talks

Koumoutsakos's comment came a few hours after FYROM's prime minister, Zoran Zaev, told MIA that while “we are quite close to a solution that will confirm the terms of identity, ethnicity and language,” Skopje is not likely to agree to GREECE'S demands for changes to the country's constitution and for an ...


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Changing the face of regional airports

A year after Fraport GREECE took over 14 of the country's regional airports, the German-Greek consortium is still struggling to meet the expectations of local communities and Greek tourism in general. As it enters its second year of airport operation, moreover, it will be unable to offer passengers any ...


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GREECE: MadWalk 2018 show airs on TV; the Eurostars' performances

The annual fashion music project organized by the biggest music TV station in GREECE MAD TV, returned for the 8th year with an enjoyable show, which featured a number of appearances from beloved past and current ... These were GREECE'S Yianna Terzi, Cyprus' Eleni Foureira and Azerbaijan's Aisel.


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Beyoncé's Coachella Costumes Were Designed By A Black Man, Of Course

Mission accomplished. The over-the-top ensembles ranged from fierce yet fantastical capes and bodysuits to cut off jean shorts paired with a yellow hoodie emblazoned with GREEK letters Beta Delta Kappa -- a nod to that Black GREEK culture we mentioned. (We're just trying to figure out when we can ...


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'Like sharks looking for minnows': Sexual assault is a problem in Penn State's GREEK culture

Penn State's GREEK community has been in the spotlight, both locally and nationally, because of Timothy Piazza's February 2017 death and the subsequent criminal case. Hazing may be a widespread problem in GREEK life, but it isn't the only dangerous and criminal activity that universities are seeing.


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'Macedonia' name talks losing momentum

“We are quite close to a solution that will conform the terms of identity, ethnicity and language,” FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told reporters on Sunday, adding that Skopje is not likely agree, however, to GREECE'S demands for changes to the country's constitution and for the new name to be used in ...


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GREECE Powerball Results: Sunday, 15 April 2018

To be sure, the highest amounts of the GREECE Powerball jackpot in 2018, have to date been €5.3 million (approximately R79 million) on 14 January 2018, and €5.6 million (R83.5 million) on 15 February 2018. As a matter of fact, the Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics S.A., commonly known as ...


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Anti-War Activists Protest US-led Aggression Against Syria

In GREECE, thousands of people showed up for a rally organized by the Greek Communist Party in Athens to protest the attack on the Syrian government. According to Greek police, between 6,000 and 7,000 people marched from Syntagma Square to the U.S. embassy, chanting anti-imperialist slogans.


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GREECE celebrated during opening ceremony of ASTA Destination EXPO 2018 in Athens

Keynote speakers from both GREECE and the United States voiced this forecast at the event's opening ceremony which was held this morning at the Herodes Atticus Odeon, before dozens of US tour operators who take part in the ASTA conference as well as representatives the Greek Tourism Ministry, the ...


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Cyprus ready to fire up their Eurovision form with Fuego by Eleni Foureira

Eleni has tried to represent GREECE at Eurovision several times, but it's Cyprus that offered her the chance to enter the competition in Lisbon this year. She had a huge hit with a Greek-language cover version of Israel's top 10 2015 Eurovision entry Golden Boy. Eleni's version Sto Theo Me Paei has ...


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This classic takeaway with a Greek infusion makes it like nowhere else in Hull

Like any city, Hull has a number of quality takeaways lining its streets. From pizzas, burgers and kebabs, if you’re in search of a quick fast food fix you can’t go wrong. But finding something a bit different in a tasteaway to quench those taste buds ...


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Greek Investors Rank Third in FYROM Financing

Greece ranks third as a source of cumulative foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), according to official data. A document released by the Skopje Economic and Commercial Affairs Bureau on Saturday claimed ...


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Former writer John Mulaney returns to host a hilarious Saturday Night Live

And then there's Big Nick's GREEK Diner. Let's put it this way: Remember Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip? And Aaron Sorkin's career-long fetish for Gilbert & Sullivan seeing his SNL-like show-within-a-show wheeling out a huge, last-minute musical production number that one time? Well this sketch—with ...


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New FYROM name will not be for use 'erga omnes,' says PM

The prime minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) suggested that this government would not agree to a GREEK demand that any name to emerge from ongoing talks to settle a decades-old dispute between the Balkan neighbors will be used only in international forums and not ...


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Bomb Squad Defuse Grenade Found in GREEK Apartment

Residents in Thessaloniki were shocked when police and army explosives experts were called in after ammunition and a hand grenade was found in an apartment. Saturday's operation came after relatives of the owner — reportedly a former military man who had passed away — came to clean out his ...


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Eastern Med Sees 30% Rise in Migrant Arrivals: FRONTEX

FRONTEX, in a new report, also revealed the number of undocumented migrants reaching the GREEK islands in March was 3,700; this is 13 percent fewer than in March 2017. The agency puts the overall increase down to “a rise of irregular crossings on the land borders with Turkey”. The largest number ...


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What Does 'BAK' Mean? Fans Think Beyoncé's Coachella Top Might Have A Hidden Meaning

Fans will know that Beyoncé loves the number 4. It appears that what looked like an A' on her hoodie was actually the symbol for Delta, the fourth letter of the GREEK alphabet. Delta also resembles the 'Roc' hand symbol, which has been synonymous with Jay Z for years. B- for Beyoncé (Beta) Δ- for 4/Roc ...


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Manny's Chophouse founder talks about crossing county lines

A GREEK immigrant who moved to the States as a 16-year-old in 1970, Nikolaidis joined his parents in the kitchens of the Girves Brown Derby restaurant chain, starting in Cleveland and eventually throughout much of Florida, including Lakeland. The chain now operates solely in Ohio. Nikolaidis left the ...


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Secret Diner: GREEK fare at Delfi GREEK Taverna

The food is unpretentious and traditionally GREEK with all its flavourful ingredients of lemon, olive oil, garlic and parsley. Owner Maria ... The decor may not quite be 21st century chic, but the GREEK flags, fishing nets, ukuleles and ouzo bottles all add to the charm of the place. It's cosy, and homely, ...


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The General Secretary requests dialogue between Greece and Turkey

NATOs Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg willbe in Turkey tomorrow for an official visitPrior to his departure for Ankara he gave an interview to Anadolu agency on Greek


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He walked 4,000 miles to Greece. He's turned to sex to survive.

ATHENS, Greece — A teenager with missing teeth stands next to a yellow phone booth, his brown eyes dull and glassy. Just 17 when he left Afghanistan, Khasim says he walked more than 4,000 miles through Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria and Serbia, eventually ...


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Armenia MFA: Ambassador to GREECE continues his activities

YEREVAN. – Fadey Charchoghlyan, the Ambassador of Armenia to GREECE, continues his activities in this capacity. Tigran Balayan, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia, told about the abovementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am. He noted this commenting on the ...


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Freeing Education From the Market

GREECE has suffered more than any European country since the 2007–8 global financial crisis. The governments that have held power between 2010 and 2018 have enacted several rounds of tax increases, spending cuts, and reforms. Austerity measures have triggered both local riots and nationwide ...


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UK weather forecast latest: London set to be hotter than Greece as temperatures soar to 25C

London is set to be hotter than Greece next week as temperatures soar to 25C in the capital. Sun worshippers are set to enjoy a mini-heatwave as the mercury hits highs of 25C on Thursday, according to the Met Office. The capital will be hotter than Athens ...


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Feature: Greece loses thousands of traditional street kiosks after recession's bite

ATHENS, April 15 (Xinhua) -- For over a century Greeks and tourists can stop by their neighborhood's street kiosk 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to get newspapers, batteries or some snacks and a bottle of water. However, the kiosks, or periptera, the ...


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Beyoncé's Coachella List Includes 'Lift Every Voice And Sing,' HBCUs and Destiny's Child

Additionally, social media users have been having a field day trying to interpret Beyoncé's GREEK lettered yellow hoodie. It sported the GREEK letters for beta, delta and kappa. For some that might mean BAK, which some speculated was the name of her next album. But for others, it seems to mean B for ...


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Mitsotakis Says He’d Cap Greeks Taxes, Social Security Levies

ATHENS – Without giving any details or specifics, major opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he’d put a ceiling on tax and social security […] The post Mitsotakis Says He’d Cap Greeks Taxes, Social Security Levies appeared first on The National Herald.


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NATO Chief Says Greece-Turkey Tensions Not His Problem

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said crackling tensions that almost have brought Greece and Turkey, who belong to the defense alliance – to conflict are not […] The post NATO Chief Says Greece-Turkey Tensions Not His Problem appeared first on The National Herald.


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Young migrants trapped in Greece find that life in West isn't what they hoped for

A local man passes by Fazul, right, a young Afghan sex worker who spends much of the money he earns on marijuana. Marko Drobnjakovic / for NBC News ATHENS, Greece — A teenager with missing teeth stands next to a yellow phone booth, his brown eyes dull ...


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UK weather forecast will have Brits dusting off their BBQs ahead of warm spell hotter than Italy or ...

Leaving sun-seekers in Italy and GREECE slightly disappointed as temperatures will hover around the low 20s. While temperatures rocket in London and the South East, temperatures will not soar past 20C in the likes of Manchester. Further up North in Newcastle, temperatures will be a disappointing 14C, ...


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The Latest: Trump tweets defense of 'Mission Accomplished'

Protestors from the GREEK communist party KKE, march during a protest against the airstrikes in Syria, at the Akrotiri Royal air forces near south coastal city of Limassol, Cyprus, Sunday, April 15, 2018. Hundreds protesters from communist organizations in Cyprus have gathered in front of the entrance ...


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Goulburn Greek Community dinner dance

Saturday night was a celebration of things Greek shared with friends from as far as Melbourne, Sydney and the districts surrounding Goulburn. Over 250 people of Greek heritage and friends without came together for a night of fun. The Canberra Hellenic ...


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Zaev Rejects Greek Calls That New ‘Macedonia’ Name be Used at Home

A new name for Skopje that would also be used inside the former Yugoslav republic has been ruled out by the country’s premier, Zoran Zaev. In comments reported by the MIA news agency, Zaev appeared to reject Greek calls that an alternative name be used ...


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People on the Move

Melanie Shepherd, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy, is one of a select group of faculty members nationwide chosen by the Council of Independent Colleges and Harvard University's Center for Hellenic Studies to participate in the special Ancient GREECE in the ...


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Humorology makes community stronger for 70 years

We like to think of it as one of the shining stars of the GREEK community.” More than 600 students are involved with Humo this year and many of them are members of GREEK life. Morris said although the organization has always been rooted deeply in the GREEK community, they're always looking to make ...


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NATO Distances Itself from Greek-Turkish Tensions in Aegean

NATO’s leadership has distanced itself from tensions in the Aegean, with its secretary-general telling Turkish media “this is something that has to be addressed between Turkey and Greece”. Jens Stoltenberg told Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency that ...


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The Week in Photos

ERMIONI, GREECE- APRIL 8: People on a boat hold flares during the revival of the old Easter tradition of the "burning of the Judas" Sunday. The tradition, dating several centuries back, and observed throughout GREECE, is a symbolic punishment of treason and avarice, the qualities associated with Judas, ...


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Leaders weigh in on airstrikes in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, saying more must be done to hold the Syrian regime accountable for the hundreds of thousands it has killed using conventional weapons. • “GREECE unreservedly condemns the use of chemical weapons and supports efforts to eliminate them … at the same time, ...


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Why China's Yuan, not the Euro, could become the dominant global currency

In particular, of course, GREECE and whether that could upset the whole project. That has brought questions over the stability of the Euro and its future as well. At the moment, what you are seeing is the fact that the Euro hasn't really become that challenge to the Dollar that indeed many thought it would do ...


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Hollande Says When Tsipras Won Referendum, Greeks Lost

Former French President Francois Hollande writes in his new book Lessons On Power that he told Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras after an anti-austerity referendum in […] The post Hollande Says When Tsipras Won Referendum, Greeks Lost appeared first on The National Herald.


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Greek Communists Protest US-led Syria Strikes, Deny Chemical Weapons Used

ATHENS – After Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Greece wouldn’t join NATO partners, protesters led by the Communist party rallied against airstrikes that hit Syria […] The post Greek Communists Protest US-led Syria Strikes, Deny Chemical Weapons Used appeared first on The National Herald.


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