How the world sees Greece
World No.1 Nadal will meet GREEK teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday's showpiece when he will target a record-extending 11th title in Barcelona a week after claiming the Monte Carlo Masters for the 11th time. Nadal has won every final he has played in Barcelona. The Mallorcan got off to a slow start ...
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GREECE'S Council on Foreign Policy and Defense (KYSEA) unanimously approved the upgrade of 85 F-16 fighter jets by the US. According to an announcement by the prime minister's office, the approval was given after Defense Minister Panos Kammenos informed KYSEA that the US has accepted a ...
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In this photo taken on Friday, March 23, 2018, Switzerland team poses for the photographers before an international friendly soccer match against GREECE at the Olympic stadium in Athens. In this photo taken on Friday, March 23, 2018, Switzerland team poses for the photographers before an ...
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ATHENS, Greece — A panel of senior Greek government and military officials has approved a $1.45 billion deal to upgrade more than half of the country's American-made F-16 fighter planes. Officials say the deal approved by the Greek cabinet on Saturday ...
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The top-ranked Spaniard will face 19-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas, the first GREEK player to make it to an ATP Tour final in 45 years. He defeated fifth-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain 7-5, 6-3. Nadal was broken early in the first set by the 10th-ranked Goffin but quickly took control of the match to earn ...
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ATHENS, April 28 (Xinhua) -- As temperatures have risen in recent days across GREECE and Athenians and tourists try on their swimsuits, local authorities and experts assure them that they can take a dive without exceptions at all the beaches which were sealed off last year after the sinking of an oil ...
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Greece will send 85 aircraft to the United States to be upgraded to the Viper standard, the press service said. According to the GREEK Defense Ministry, the deal will cost Athens about 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), including 10-15 percent discount granted by the United States. The first modernized jet will ...
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The GREEK northern city of Thessaloniki came into being in the fourth century BC and apparently bears the name of Alexander the Great's half-sister. It was essentially an important economic and trade hub in particular for the Roman Empire, which as years passed became the second most important city ...
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The Friday decision, first reported by Amplify, will likely end a battle for the GREEK although the renewal still reportedly needs to be approved by the department's board of directors. The decision, which Amplify portrayed as a trouncing, was based on a scoring of city staff that gave SMG 92.3 points versus ...
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Thousands of people lost their lives in this period when their boats capsized en route to GREECE and Italy from countries such as Libya. This mass migration to Europe presented the EU with one of the biggest challenges it has ever faced. The last time Europe faced such a large number of refugees was in ...
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ATHENS, GREECE — The U.N. refugee agency made an urgent appeal to GREECE on Friday to create more reception facilities at a border area with Turkey that has seen a surge in crossings in recent months by asylum-seekers from Syria and Iraq. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ...
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THESSALONIKI, GREECE (AFP) - Shovels and brooms in hand, some two dozen workmen trudge around the remains of an ancient villa, deep beneath the bustle of modern-day Thessaloniki. Suddenly, one of them breaks away to deliver the latest find - a small clay head of a hook-nosed, bearded man ...
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By Richard Martin. BARCELONA (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal booked a place in the Barcelona Open final by breezing past David Goffin 6-4 6-0 on Saturday with his 18th successive claycourt win and 400th overall on the surface. World number one Nadal will meet GREEK teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas in ...
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Rafael Nadal will face GREEK teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday's Barcelona Open final after claiming his 400th career clay court victory. The Spaniard defeated world number 10 David Goffin of Belgium 6-4 6-0. But Tsitsipas, the world number 63, continued the most successful week of his career, ...
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In Sunday's final, the 31-year-old Spaniard, fresh from an 11th Monte Carlo title last weekend, will face GREEK teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas. Nadal slipped a breakdown at 0-2 to fourth seed Goffin in the first set on Saturday but that was the only blip on his afternoon. Goffin saved two match points in the ...
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One of Greenville's favorite festivals each year comes in May and celebrates the GREEK community. The food is a can't-miss aspect of the weekend, and it is plentiful, served indoors, outdoors, or at a drive-through takeout window. There are familiar items like gyros and souvlaki, and lots of other dishes, ...
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The National Black MBA Association has announced the Bakari Henderson Memorial Scholarship Fund, created to honor the 22-year-old University of Arizona graduate and budding entrepreneur who was senselessly killed while vacationing in GREECE. https://t.co/QkGrp1QCJ9. — YBGB Institute ...
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ATHENS, GREECE — A panel of senior Greek government and military officials has approved a 1.2-billion-euro ($1.45 billion) deal to upgrade more than half of the country's American-made F-16 fighter planes. Officials say the deal approved by the Greek cabinet on Saturday will give 85 of GREECE'S fleet ...
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(WRDW/WAGT) -- From experiencing GREEK culture in Downtown Augusta to enjoying the blues and brews in Columbia County, plenty of things are happening around the River Region this weekend - all centered around good food and good friends. No matter if you're in Richmond, Aiken or Columbia ...
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During an April 3 inspection, GREEK food restaurant GREEK Boys scored an 80 percent on their health inspection. Walls and floors were dusty and greasy throughout the kitchen, according to the inspection report. An employee was spotted making salad with his bare hands. Many foods weren't kept or ...
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The last GREEK to make an ATP final was Nicholas Kalogeropoulos in Des Moines back in 1973. Tsitsipas is the youngest Barcelona finalist since Nadal in 2005. Win or lose on Sunday, Tsitsipas will become the first GREEK player to break into the world top 50 when the latest men's rankings are released ...
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Barcelona: GREEK teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas stormed into the Barcelona Open final by beating Spain's world No. 11 Pablo Carreno Busta 7-5 6-3 on Saturday to reach his first ATP showpiece. World number one and defending champion Rafael Nadal meets Belgian David Goffin in the other semi-final ...
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Thomas Cook is launching its new "value-for-money" brand, Cook's Club, on the Greek island of Crete. And while this brand will target the budget traveler, the island's other 2018 openings are in the upscale and luxury sector as the government looks to expand gaming throughout GREECE.
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CBeebies' Patrick Lynch will return to The Courtyard to take audiences on a thrilling ride across the magical world of ancient GREECE and the story of Ulysses. Using multiple cameras, the action will be projected as Lynch uses miniature sets to show the famous battles, floating islands and one-eyed ...
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Shovels and brooms in hand, some two dozen workmen trudge around the remains of an ancient villa, deep beneath the bustle of modern-day Thessaloniki. Suddenly, one of them breaks away to deliver the latest find — a small clay head of a hook-nosed ...
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Both of Greece's representatives crashed out of the Euroleague, despite enjoying home advantage in the play-offs, as they could not find an away win in Madrid or Kaunas this week to offset their home defeats from last week. On Thursday Olympiakos went down 101-91 at Zalgiris to lose the best-of-five ...
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Stefanos Tsitsipas became the first GREEK to reach an ATP World Tour final since Nicholas Kalogeropoulos in 1973 (Des Moines) on Saturday, defeating Pablo Carreno Busta 7-5, 6-4 at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. The 19-year-old is the youngest finalist in Barcelona since 2005 (Nadal) and will ...
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Stefanos Tsitipas‘ dream week in Barcelona continued as the 19-year-old Greek stormed into the final with a 7-5, 6-3 win over fifth-seeded home favourite Pablo Carreno-Busta on Saturday. The former junior world No. 1 awaits the winner of the semi-final ...
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Athens, Apr 28 GREECE today announced an upgrade for its fleet of US-made F-16 warplanes, a programme pending over the past six months owing to cost concerns. An emergency meeting by the government council of foreign affairs and defence chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras approved the ...
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President of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races Paco Borao speaks during the first Marathon Forum in Marathon, GREECE, on April 27, 2018. The first Marathon Forum aiming to further promote the "Marathon culture" worldwide was held on Friday at the Municipality of ...
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Tsitsipas is trying to become the first GREEK to reach an ATP final in 45 years. The last GREEK player to reach an ATP tour final was Nicholas Kalogeropoulos in Des Moines, Iowa in 1973. Carreno Busta is trying to reach the equal-biggest final of his career. His biggest final to date was at another 500-level ...
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It is a quirk of history and geography that Yokohama, rather than Tokyo, has long been the place to go if you're looking for GREEK food. Yokohama is where the freighters docked and, inevitably, some merchant seamen put down roots. They cooked for visiting sailors from their homeland and opened ...
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Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas continued his charmed run at the Barcelona Open reaching a first ATP final with a 7-5, 6-3 win over fifth-seed Pablo Carreno Busta on Saturday. The reward for the 19-year-old, ranked 63rd in the world, is a match-up with ...
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At the invitation of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and his Kazakh counterpart, Roman Vassilenko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Terens Quick, is today attending the opening session of this year’s (26th) Assembly of the Peoples of Kazakhstan, which is taking place in Astana. The ethnic communities of Kazakhstan –including a Greek community numbering some 10,000– are represented at the Assembly, which is being held in the presence of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Mr. Quick will meet and collaborate with officials of the Greek community there, and will have a bilateral meeting with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vassilenko.
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said that Giannis Antetokounmpo not only made a difference for the Milwaukee Bucks but for the whole of NBA. “Giannis Antetokounmpo's beloved around the world. It's huge for the league,” Silver said in an interview. He said that Giannis has fans in his birthplace ...
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Turkish media report that the country's secret services arrested a close associate of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in the coastal town of Izmir as he was planning to flee to Greece. The suspect, identified only by the initials K.E.H., was reported to be ISIL's so-called “emir” in Deir Ezzor in Syria, ...
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A total of 85 jet fighters will be upgraded to the F-16V standard
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Yss Guerrero is a freelance journalist with 10 years of experience. She specializes in writing about the entertaiment industry and everything related to celebrity culture. Her passions are film (from art-house releases to the latest summer blockbuster) and TV series (In whatever format they came out).
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GREECE is on track to reach a final deal on June 21 on fully exiting its international bailout in August. That's despite there still ... GREECE is set to emerge from its third and final bailout on August 20 after eight years of relying on emergency loans from international creditors. In return, it has had to push ...
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A new flight connection to the Greek city Preveza will be offered to travelers from Bristol by Thomas Cook Airlines this summer, following the addition of one more aircraft to the two A321s already in service. Compared to last year, overall capacity from Bristol Airport to GREECE has increased by 27%, ...
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SOFIA – The president of the Eurogroup said on Friday ministers for economics and finance of the Eurozone could see improvements in GREECE'S ... “We see good signs from GREECE, definitely on the fiscal front with a primary surplus of 4.2 percent in 2017, which is 2.5 times of what was expected in the ...
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GREECE'S Ministry of National Defence honored Laskarina Bouboulina, a heroine of the Greek War of Independence in 1821, by awarding her the rank of vice-admiral. The posthumous award, almost two centuries after her death, was in recognition of her role as revolutionary and naval commander in the ...
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Greek students have created an automated system with artificial intelligence algorithms they claim is unbeatable at chess. Cronus is the creation of Hyperion Robotics team at the University of Western Macedonia. It consists of a robotic arm that makes all ...
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The president of the Greek Forum of Refugees Yunus Mohammadi told a parliamentary committee on Friday that after official channels failed him he had resorted to paying a human trafficker 8,000 euros to bring his wife to Greece. The committee is working on ...
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More refugees and migrants crossed into GREECE over its land border with Turkey than came by sea in April, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday. The UNHCR also called on the Greek authorities to improve reception facilities in the country. According to the agency, some 2,900 people ...
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‘In my spare time, I simply haunt the British Museum,” Auguste Rodin told an interviewer in 1903. The museum had the Elgin Marbles—more than half...
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Following a PNO decision to participate in the strike called by the General Confederation of GREEK Workers (GSEE), ships of all categories will remain in ports from May at 0.01am until midnight. Strikes and work stoppages in GREEK capital city Athens will include a 24-hour strike by trolley bus staff.
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There have been many Greek women who hold and deserve the title “heroic.” Besides, Lela Karayianis, about whom I wrote in another article, there is […] The post Greek-American Stories: A Tribute to the Greek Mata Hari appeared first on The National Herald.
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Dr. Stamatios Krimigis’ resignation from the Hellenic Space Agency (HSA) is quite a serious matter. That is because as a result, Greece’s opportunity to attempt […] The post Dr. Krimigis’ Resignation appeared first on The National Herald.
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ANKARA, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The relations between Turkey and Greece have always been marred by tensions. The NATO allies are now again face-to-face over the ownership of tiny islands and destiny of soldiers detained in both countries. A GREEK fighter jet crashed into Aegean Sea on April 12, ...
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