How the world sees Greece
Loggerheads are considered a vulnerable species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature that nest on sandy beaches from GREECE and Turkey to Israel and Libya. In GREECE they are found along some of the Peloponnese beaches and the Ionian islands. Online. PRINT; FAVORITE ...
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Esma Uludağ, a 35-year-old Turkish woman who fled to GREECE from the persecution of the Islamist Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, died on Saturday night from a stroke. A mother of three children aged 3, 7 and 10, Esma Uludağ was a civil servant in a district governor's ...
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Visa to GREECE: travelling with my spouse (UK citizen) ... I will be travelling to GREECE with my husband in July. He is a UK citizen, I am Russian. I have a BRP and I'm on my first 2.5 years spouse visa. From what I've read on the Embassy's website, I do not need to apply for a full tourist visa as long as I ...
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Hellenism is sputtering along in Greece and the United States, and as long as we avoid tackling the crisis’ causes or worse yet, pretending that […] The post Damage to Our Children appeared first on The National Herald.
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CHICAGO - His play wasn't a GREEK tragedy, but he didn't perform like a GREEK god either, finishing with a mortal-like 22 points on 7-of-17 shooting while committing four turnovers and picking up three quick fouls in the first half. The mind was willing but after a marathon series that reached its limit, a stiff ...
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GREEK wine has nothing to fear from international competition, the chief of the Semeli winery Leonidas Nasiakos told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency in an interview published on Sunday. The interview was given after an award for one of the company wines, the "Oreinos Helios" won the top prize ...
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“Go west young man, go west,” says the famous quote by Horace Greeley as America expanded to the West Coast in the 19th century. New York City's famed Avra Estiatorio has done just that as it's spread its wings and headed west. With two Midtown Manhattan locations under their belt, Nick Tsoulos ...
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A 35-year old Turkish woman, named Esma Uludağ, who fled Turkish government's post-coup crackdown to GREECE, passed away on Saturday night due to a heart attack. Esma Uludağ, mother of three children, aged 3, 7 and 10 years old, worked as a civil servant in a district governor's office in İzmir ...
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Referring to the government's insistence that GREECE will achieve a clean exit from the bailout in the summer, New Democracy Spokesperson Maria Spyraki said on Sunday that it must seek a clear mandate and call for early elections after August as it has "run out of political fuel." She said the ...
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In a recent interview, award-winning actress Kate Hudson told Harper's Bazaar that her perfect day is in GREECE and that the country is her 'happy place'. Hudson; who spends much time on the Greek island of Skiathos with parents Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, went on to describe what her perfect day ...
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GREECE and Switzerland are bound by long historical ties of friendship and have strong prospects for further deepening their bilateral relations, especially in innovation and research, outgoing Swiss Ambassador Hans-Rudolph Hodel noted in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency ...
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By detailing the growth of the slave trade in the 17th century, Gerald Horne's new book, _The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism_, reveals how white supremacy, capitalism and the original sin of slavery in the Western Hemisphere became intertwined. [A sculpture by artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, part of the Nkyinkyim Installation, of enslaved people in chains is shown after entering The National Memorial for Peace and Justice on April 20, 2018, in Montgomery, Al. (Photo: Ricky Carioti / The Washington Post via Getty Images)]A sculpture by artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, part of the Nkyinkyim Installation, of enslaved people in chains is shown after entering The National Memorial for Peace and Justice on April 20, 2018, in Montgomery, Al. (Photo: Ricky Carioti / The Washington Post via Getty Images) _By detailing the growth of the slave trade in the 17th century, Gerald Horne reveals how white supremacy, capitalism and the original sin of slavery in the Western Hemisphere became intertwined. Get _The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism_ by clicking here now._ Current politics are so chaotic, staggering and fast-paced that we rarely hear of how we arrived at this moment of the resurgence of white supremacy in historical context. However, Professor Gerald Horne, author of _The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in Seventeenth Century North America and the Caribbean_, has his eyes firmly on the historical foundations of our contemporary racist politics in the age of Trump. MARK KARLIN: HOW DID YOU SETTLE ON THE TITLE THE APOCALYPSE OF SETTLER COLONIALISM FOR YOUR BOOK? Gerald Horne: In my opinion, discussing profound change in the US without a popularizing of the concept of "settler colonialism" would be akin to seeking change in pre-1994 South Africa without underscoring "apartheid." By adding "apocalypse," I wanted to at once contrast this account with past accounts, which have tended to stress the "benefits" of settler colonialism, which obviously elides and obscures (if not justifies) genocide and dispossession targeting the Indigenous population of North America and mass enslavement of Africans. TRUTHOUT PROGRESSIVE PICK ------------------------- [The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism] White supremacy, capitalism and slavery are intertwined. CLICK HERE NOW TO GET THE BOOK! ------------------------- WHICH LEADS TO THE SECOND QUESTION: HOW DID THE CAPITALISM GET A BOOST IN THE 1600S FROM SLAVERY AND WHITE SUPREMACY? In the early 1600s, England was a minor power on the fringes of Europe. By the late 1600s, England was a major power en route to becoming a superpower. The propulsion for this profound transformation was provided by dispossession and enslavement of Africans. To telescope and simplify a complicated thesis, the turning point for London arrives in 1655 with the ouster of Spain from Jamaica, leading to the so-called "sugar boom," pouring wealth into the coffers of England, not least because this commodity is produced by the free labor of enslaved Africans. This in turn gives a boost to the African slave trade and its complement -- the building of ships; the necessity of banks to finance this odious commerce; and insurance companies to deal with frequent shipboard insurrections; and ultimately, super-profits at times amounting to a 1,700 percent return on investment, providing a kind of primitive accumulation of capital, providing the takeoff of the system known as capitalism. Thus, by 1664, an increasingly muscular London ousted the Dutch from what is now New York City and a goodly number of what are now the Middle-Atlantic states, and by 1672 arrives the systematizing of the African slave trade by dint of the founding of the Royal African Company, leading to a great leap forward for this flesh peddling, helping to complete a circle devoid of virtue -- enslaving of Africans on behalf of capital and capitalists. WHAT ROLE DID THE JOSTLING BETWEEN EUROPEAN POWERS PLAY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SLAVERY IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE? As noted, those making straight-line projections in 1650 might have predicted that as an African in North America, I would be communicating in Dutch. That is, the Netherlands -- as suggested by their settling of what is now South Africa in 1652 -- and their (temporary) ouster of the Portuguese from Brazil (which comes to a crashing halt in 1654) was seen widely as the power of not just the present, but the future. Or said oracle simply examining the previous century may have pointed to Spain as the coming superpower, based on its empire that included a good deal of the Americas and stretched to Manila (leading to a contemplated invasion of China in 1588 -- but, coupled with the blunted invasion of England that same year -- this power, too, began to lose altitude, a reality ratified in 1655 with the loss of Jamaica to London). All of these aforementioned powers were enmeshed in the grossest form of human trafficking -- the African slave trade -- and competition for control of this grimy business both fed war between and among them and capitalism itself. [Gerald Horne (Photo: Monthly Review Press)]Gerald Horne (Photo: Monthly Review Press) WHAT ROLE DOES THE ENSLAVEMENT OF THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE PLAY IN YOUR HISTORICAL ANALYSIS? Recent scholarship has shown that enslavement of the Indigenous -- especially on the part of Spain -- was the initial impetus for the rise of the Spanish Empire, which by the end of the 16th century, seemed to be the preeminent power for centuries to come. London was not absent from this "other" slavery, for the "settling" of what is now New England led to wars against the Indigenous, leading to their enslavement in the Caribbean and/or being sold into slave markets globally, providing capital for the takeoff of capitalism. The story of the revulsion in Madrid to the callously brutal enslavement of the Indigenous leading to increased enslavement of Africans is now an oft-told story. There was a dual enslavement of the Indigenous and Africans that propelled European and European settler development in the 17th century. HOW DID THE US'S PARENT COUNTRY, ENGLAND, SET THE FOUNDATION FOR SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES? London was hurtling toward a classic case of "imperial overstretch," gobbling vast swathes of territory without an adequate complement of soldiers nor settlers to provide "stability." This contributes to the acceleration of what I call the "Militarized Identity Politics" of "whiteness" and "white supremacy," i.e., not just the English, but the recently battered Irish and Scots and Welsh were invited to the colonial banquet, along with other European ethnic groups who … had been warring on the shores of Europe: ultimately, British vs. Germans, British vs. French, Germans vs. Russians, Serbs vs. Croats, Greeks vs. Macedonians, et.al. were able to curb their warring against each other on the shores of Europe in favor of a new identity of "whiteness" once they crossed the Atlantic. There was a kind of "combat pay" in terms of dibs on the seized land of the Indigenous and the possibility of "stocking" this land with the free labor of Africans. This process was heightened post-1688 with the so-called "Glorious Revolution" in England as the rising merchants clipped the wings of the monarch, who had been the dominant force in grabbing the filthy lucre of the African slave trade. The result of 1688 was that under the guise of "freedom" and "liberty," this hateful business was deregulated, allowing for the accelerated entrance of the merchants, leading to a substantial expansion of wealth, including a spread of this model of development to the North American mainland (up until about 1750, London saw the Caribbean as being more valuable; thus South Carolina was a "colony of a colony," meaning Barbados; i.e. what became the "Palmetto State" was initiated by Barbadian planters in the 1670s who were increasingly being pressed by the African majority on this small island and had a felt need to both expand this plantation economy and escape the wrath of the enslaved). Then, to again telescope a complicated skein of events as noted in my book, _The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the USA,_ 1688 was duplicated roughly in 1776 when slave traders and masters again draped their ignominious desire to continue dispossessing the Indigenous and enslaving Africans, clipped the wings of London altogether and established a new republic providing ... a kind of "combat pay" for poorer Europeans, often at the expense of the enslaved and the dispossessed, all the while prattling and prating about "freedom" and "liberty." OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE IN A PERIOD EXPERIENCING THE RESURGENCE OF WHITE SUPREMACY. CAN YOU RELATE THIS MODERN DAY REALITY BACK TO THE HISTORICAL PERIOD YOU COVER IN YOUR BOOK? In part because of the inability -- even of those who see themselves as "radical," not to mention "liberal" -- to pierce the veil of US propaganda about the founding, there is not a mass recognition that this "republic" (and arguably capitalism itself) was founded on solemn principles not only of "white supremacy," but class collaboration between poorer and richer Europeans (see Bacon's Rebellion of 1676, for example, discussed in both my 17th century and 1776 books). November 2016 represented simply the latest expression of this deadly alliance; the descendants of enslaved Africans voted against the 45th president 9 to 1 -- at the same rate as those descendants of settlers in the heart of Dixie voted for him (it has escaped the attention of too many analysts that there has been a kind of "white united front" voting in the majority for the GOP presidential nominee at a rate of about 57 to 43 since 1964. Even David Duke, a Klansman and Nazi, received about 55 percent of the Euro-American vote in 1991 in a race for governor.) Because of an inadequate understanding of the historical roots of this "republic," not to mention capitalism itself, many "analysts" are blissfully unaware of these fundamental facts, leading repeatedly to miscalculations and, if we are not careful, an even more dire fate than what is now on the immediate horizon.
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Tsitsipas, 19 years old and ranked 63, was the first GREEK man to make an ATP final since Nicholas Kalogeropoulos in Des Moines back in 1973. He was also the youngest Barcelona finalist since Nadal in 2005. "Stefanos, you had an incredible week. You have a great future and I wish you great ...
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LESBOS, Greece – A section of the ancient defensive wall in Mytilini that extended out to the sea was discovered recently during a salvage excavation. The […] The post Ancient Defensive Wall Section Surfaces During Salvage Excavation in Mytiline appeared first on The National Herald.
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That Greek-Americans are the creators of what is now recognized as “Mini golf’s Taj Mahal” should come as no surprise. Since the arrival of Greeks […] The post Par-King: The Recognized Taj Mahal of Miniature Golf Courses appeared first on The National Herald.
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ALEXOPOULOS, CHRISTOS RANDOLPH, MA (from The Canton Journal, published on Apr. 20) –Christos V. Alexopoulos, of Randolph, formerly of Greece, passed away surrounded by his […] The post Obituaries in Greek-American Community appeared first on The National Herald.
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The vocabulary below will help you build common phrases concerning the Greek Orthodox Easter traditions. IMPORTANT VOCABULARY Greek word Pronunciation Meaning ΧριστόςΑνέστη hriSTOSaNEsti Christ is […] The post Our Everyday Greek Review: We Talk about our Easter Traditions in Greek appeared first on The National Herald.
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Rafael Nadal continued his dominance on clay with a 6-2, 6-1 win over 19-year-old Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday to win […] The post Nadal Beats 19-Year-Old Greek Tsitsipas to Win His 11th Barcelona Open Title appeared first on The National Herald.
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A member of the anarchist group Rouvikonas has been arrested on Sunday for the raid at the British Council in Kolonaki Square, central Athens. The 38-year-old was arrested within the time period allowed for “arrest in the act” and led before a public prosecutor, then released. Charges have been ...
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Almost two decades later, Long's family, along with nearly 70 others, broke ground on what's to become the new location for the Archangel Gabriel GREEK Orthodox Church. The April 22 ceremony commemorated the new beginning, and recognized the chain of events that led the initial small gathering of ...
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GREEK academics and students are looking to Cyprus for work and educational opportunities, data from the Open University of Cyprus (OUC) show, ... “Many of them are researchers up to 40 years of age, looking for work at a time when competition in the GREEK market is fierce,” Erato-Ioanna Sarri, who ...
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Rafael Nadal continued his dominance on clay with a 6-2, 6-1 win over 19-year-old GREEK Stefanos Tsitsipas to win his 11th Barcelona Open title. April 29, 2018, at 11:58 a.m.. April 29, 2018, at 11:58 a.m.. More. U.S. News & World Report. Nadal Wins 11th Barcelona Title, Unbeaten in 46 Sets on Clay.
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Even for GREECE'S most iconic island that was an extortionate price. Five minutes later, I was sipping a watery, sorry excuse for a 6 euro frappe begrudgingly taking in one of the most beautiful views on Santorini. The scrooge in me lamented. It's a common theme here - if you want a view, be prepared to ...
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When you grow up in an Irish Catholic family, you get used to the beers, the tears, the jovial ribbing – and so much more that comes with being so tightly knit. The slight jabs are the best, because you never know which uncle, sibling or cousin is going to serve up the most clever dig. Thursday night, our ...
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GREECE plans to modernize a total of 85 outdated F-16 fighter aircraft amid tensions with neighbouring Turkey, the government said. The arrangement with the US for the upgrades will cost 1.1 billion euros (1.34 billion dollars), according to Greek defence sources. Turkey and GREECE, both members of ...
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MARATHON, GREECE, April 29 (Xinhua) -- More than 2,000 runners from all over GREECE and the world participated on Sunday in the 5th annual half marathon run organized by the City of Marathon, which symbolizes the strength of the human spirit. Among them were several Chinese, as China was the ...
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Greece has rushed to reinforce its land border with Turkey as fears mount over a sharp rise in the number of refugees and migrants crossing the frontier. Police patrols were augmented as local authorities said the increase in arrivals had become ...
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The program is set to include visits to the places in which their families used to live, such as Zizinia and El Raml neighborhoods in Alexandria, followed by a visit to the GREEK Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, a tour of Giza Pyramids, and finally a visit to Saint Catherine's Monastery in ...
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Most GREEKS are unhappy about the way the SYRIZA-led government and the opposition are handling relations with Turkey according to a new poll released on Sunday. The survey by pollsters Public Issue records the GREEK public's opinion on issues of foreign policy and defense. Asked on how they ...
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We've seen an explosion in recent months in highstreet eateries proving vegan grub. Time was that vegans had to settle for a plate of chips and a side salad if they ventured outside of Brighton. Today, we have options. But without doubt, the award for the 'most effort made to accommodate vegan diners' ...
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Greek newspapers’ sales fell 19.6 percent to 57,614,541 in 2017, from 71,641,595 in 2016, after suffering a 15.9 percent decline in the previous year, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Friday. The statistics service, in a report, said that religious ...
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Hundreds of runners took part in the 5th International Rhodes Marathon, a race that follows a route next to the endless blue of the Aegean and the medieval walls of the capital of the Dodecanese. The Marathon is organized by the South Aegean Region and the ...
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Rafael Nadal will do battle with an unfamiliar face in the final of the Barcelona Open as he takes on GREECE'S Stefanos Tsitsipas for the first time. The 19-year-old became the first Greek to reach an ATP Tour final since Nicholas Kalogeropoulos in 1973 after a series of remarkable wins over clay-court ...
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From April 30 – May 6, the Egyptian government will host a group of second and third generation Egyptians who live in GREECE and Cyprus to pay a visit to various sites in Alexandria, Cairo, El Alamein, Saint Catherine`s Monastery and Sharm El Sheikh. The “Nostos The Return” initiative is part of the ...
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The Canal Edirne project located near the Turkey-Greece border has been 99 percent finalized, Murat Acu, General Directorate for State Hydraulic Works (DSİ), said on April 28.
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The GREEK youngster is relatively quick and is equally comfortable defending from his left or right side. Mavropanos also has an uncanny ability to remain on his feet when faced with opposition attackers and is rarely eased off the ball, even against the biggest of forwards GREEK football has to offer.
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New Delhi: Sumit Sangwan (91kg) and former junior world champion Nikhat Zareen (51kg) were among eight Indian boxers to advance to the finals, while five others claimed bronze medals at the 56th Belgrade International tournament in Serbia. Sangwan defeated GREECE'S Vagkan Nanitzanian after ...
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Sangwan defeated GREECE'S Vagkan Nanitzanian after his side threw in the towel in the third round of the bout. Sangwan, making a comeback from a wrist injury, will ... Nikhat will be up against Aikaterini Koutsogeorgopulou of GREECE in her summit clash. Also advancing to the finals were Himanshu ...
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New Delhi : Asian silver-medallist Sumit Sangwan (91kg) and former junior world champion Nikhat Zareen (51kg) were among the eight Indian boxers to make the finals, while five others settled for bronze medals in the 56th Belgrade International Tournament in Serbia. Sumit defeated GREECE'S Vagkan ...
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Greece on Saturday announced an upgrade for part of its U.S.-made F-16 warplane fleet, a program pending over the past six months owing to cost concerns. An emergency meeting by the government council of foreign affairs and defense chaired by Prime ...
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Oregano, lemon, garlic, glugs of olive oil ... these are just a few of the ingredients that make Greek food so appealing. They match up well with all sorts of other hero ingredients, from potatoes to chicken to seafood. In this recipe, chicken gets a nice ...
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Washington - So many patterns and designs we use today are actually as old as time. Perhaps there is no motif this is truer of than the Greek key, which is even older than its name suggests. Variations of the design are found on Egyptian tombs, ancient ...
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The history of economic thoughts begins with paying tributes to 4th century BCE GREEK philosophers Plato and Aristotle, but the history of Indian economic thoughts goes back to the Vedas composed at least a millennium before their writings, a research by an IIM professor has stated.
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"It is very important for Greece to continue to prove its commitment to the reform works"
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Recent events have shown that Greece is heading toward an agreement on June 21 that will lock in a clean exit from memorandum programmes and work out the details of debt relief for the country, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said in an ...
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The plan to upgrade more than half of the GREEK F-16 fighter jet fleet was approved during a special meeting of the government's Council on Foreign Policy and Defense (KYSEA) chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the weekend, the PM's office said. "The council unanimously approved the ...
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A new route to Chania from Birmingham and Manchester has been added by Jet2 to its summer schedule of 2019. More than 55,000 seats will be available for Chania, second destination of the carrier in Crete, after Heraklion, and eighth in Greece. The expanded program of 2019 offers 12% more ...
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Thomas Cook will also fly to other destinations in Egypt, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Spain and GREECE during the summer months and the additional routes mean the airline has expanded its Bristol capacity by 31 per cent during the peak season. Christoph Debus, Chief Airlines Officer at Thomas Cook Group, ...
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European Council President Donald Tusk said the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s (FYROM) chances of getting into the European Union are closer than ever because […] The post EU Council President Tusk Sees Greece-FYROM Name Deal Coming appeared first on The National Herald.
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Among the pardons granted by President Barack “Mr. Change” Obama, were for people convicted of embezzlement, defrauding the government, mail fraud, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, […] The post In Greece Book Launch, Kiriakou Makes Case for Pardon appeared first on The National Herald.
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