How the world sees Greece
ATHENS, Greece >> The Greek government says the chiefs of the national police and fire service have been fired in the wake of a forest fire that killed at least 90 people near Athens. The government s...
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NEW YORK – Contractors in Greece who did work at the Ionian Village the Camp Center of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in Bartholomio […] The post Contractors in Greece Sued Archdiocese for Work at Ionian Village appeared first on The National Herald.
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EPA Firefighters and volunteers try to extinguish a wildfire raging in Verori, near Loutraki city, Peloponnese, southern Greece, 24 July 2018 Dozens of people were killed in last month's fires 1 Greec...
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Greece has appointed new heads of key emergency services following last month's deadly wildfires near Athens. A statement from the prime minister's office on Sunday said that the heads of the police f...
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The Greek government, widely criticised for its handling of the devastating fires east of Athens which killed 90 people, on Sunday replaced its heads of the police and fire brigade. "The management of ...
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The strong response of the Turkish Foreign Ministry brought the decision of Greek Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis to freeze the extradition to the Turkish authorities of the
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ATHENS, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Greece replaced the chiefs of its police force and fire brigade on Sunday after a public outcry over a devastating wildfire which killed at least 88 people on July 23. The he...
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With Chinese companies eager to snap up state enterprises at what critics said were being sold on the cheap, Greece is the sixth most popular […] The post China’s Investors Lining up to Scoop Up Greek Golden Visas appeared first on The National Herald.
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ATHENS – Reeling in polls after repeatedly reneging on anti-austerity promises, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is frantically trying to find some way to wiggle out […] The post Tsipras Prefers Higher Taxes to More Pension Cuts: Greece’s Creditors Don’t appeared first on The National Herald.
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The start of August is synonymous with fasting for the faithful Greek Orthodox Christians as they prepare for the Pascha of summer, the Dormition of […] The post Stuffed Peppers, Tomatoes, Eggplant and Zucchini appeared first on The National Herald.
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THRU OCTOBER 2 ASTORIA – Greek Nights at Athens Square Park, 30th Avenue and 30th Street in Astoria, presents live music every Tuesday at 7:15 […] The post Going on in Our Community appeared first on The National Herald.
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[Nimmo Bay]Trevor Morrow * NIMMO BAY, A LUXURY RESORT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CAN TAKE UP TO TWO YEARS TO GET INTO DURING PEAK SEASON. * A FORMER FISHING LODGE NESTLED IN THE WILDERNESS, THIS RESORT HAS BECOME A DESTINATION AMONG ELITE TRAVELERS FOR WELLNESS, ADVENTURE, AND LUXURY. * TREVOR MORROW, WHO TRAVELS THE WORLD, DOCUMENTING HIS EXPERIENCES IN HIS BLOG, TREVOR MORROW TRAVEL, GOT THE CHANCE TO VISIT. ------------------------- Located on a remote inlet along the northwest shore of British Columbia and nestled among the dense, green pine trees of the Great Bear Rainforest, Nimmo Bay is one of the world's most luxurious and exclusive wilderness resorts. It's accessible to guests only via float plane or helicopter, and it can take an advanced reservation of up to two years to get in. This family-owned and operated former fishing lodge has evolved since opening 30 years ago to offer a well-rounded slate of wild adventures, from tame pursuits like foraging for wild berries to over-the-top adventures like taking a helicopter to otherwise inaccessible alpine lakes for stand-up paddleboarding. Nimmo Bay has the distinction of being one of National Geographic's Unique Lodges of the World, a small collection of properties selected for, among other qualifiers, the rare experiences they offer and their commitment to local communities and the environment. The luxury resort has also been named one of the best luxury lodges in British Columbia by CNN, and boasts a five-star TripAdvisor rating. Nimmo Bay offered to host me to experience the far-flung resort and its growing spa program firsthand. Other than my stay, I was not given any monetary compensation for the trip. Here's what it's like to visit Nimmo Bay: GETTING TO NIMMO BAY IS PART OF THE ADVENTURE AND REQUIRED THREE PLANES: ONE FROM MY HOME CITY OF LOS ANGELES TO VANCOUVER, A PROPELLER PLANE FROM VANCOUVER TO PORT HARDY, AND A FLOATPLANE FROM THERE TO NIMMO BAY. Trevor Morrow THE FLIGHT TO NIMMO BAY OFFERS STUNNING VIEWS OF THE BROUGHTON ARCHIPELAGO AND SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS. SOME GUESTS FLY VIA PRIVATE JET DIRECTLY INTO PORT HARDY, WHERE ONE OR MORE OF THE RESORT'S A-STAR HELICOPTERS AWAIT TO IMMEDIATELY WHISK THEM AWAY TO NIMMO BAY. Trevor Morrow LANDING ON THE WATER WAS EXHILARATING, AS WAS GETTING MY FIRST PEEK AT NIMMO BAY AS THE FLOAT PLANE PUTTED UP TO THE RESORT'S DOCK. Trevor Morrow SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDER SEE ALSO: * One of the 7 wonders of the world is a 10,000-year-old city hidden in the desert — and in real life, it's more incredible than you can imagine * Wildfires are tearing through Yosemite National Park and the photos look like a post-apocalyptic nightmare * Cell phones and computers are slowly taking hold in one of the most mysterious countries in the world — and they’re not making people any happier SEE ALSO: FORGET THE FOUR SEASONS AND THE RITZ-CARLTON: THE MOST LUXURIOUS HOTEL BRANDS IN THE WORLD ARE ONES YOU'VE LIKELY NEVER HEARD OF DON'T MISS: WHAT A $1 MILLION VACATION LOOKS LIKE IN MYKONOS, GREECE, WHERE YOU'LL FLY IN ON A PRIVATE JET, SLEEP IN AN OCEAN-VIEW VILLA, AND CRUISE THE SEAS IN A YACHT
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Ancient Greeks were big believers in aphrodisiacs and ancient love potions. If you want to spice up your love life, look no further. Here are 5 of the more common natural aphrodisiacs that have been u...
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Athens is a breathtaking city. In fact, it is one of the oldest cities in the world with a recorded history of over 3,400 years, and over that time, the city has racked up many local specialties that ...
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Koufodinas has been transferred from fortress-like Korydallos to an agricultural facility Photograph: Yannis Kotsiaris/AP The Greek government is facing a growing backlash over its decision to move th...
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Instead of providing stimulus for growth to Greece, its European creditors are forcing the country into renewed austerity that will last four decades, a US economist says. Writing in the Washington Po...
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German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer on Sunday said he hoped for a breakthrough this week in talks with Italy and Greece on taking back asylum-seekers already registered in those countries, as Berl...
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Sina Kianpour’s documentary film, ‘Instagrammer’, will be screened at the 5th International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra (IDFI) in Greek southern city of Ierapetra where documentaries from Greece ...
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Turkey has slammed Greece for refusing to extradite a member of the Turkish outlawed leftist group Turkish Communist Party/Marxist-Leninist (TKP/ML).
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Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis was out of immediate danger at an Athens hospital after having suffered a major heart attack. Sources told Athens Macedonian News Agency that Theodorakis, 93, was rush...
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Turkey has slammed Greece for refusing to extradite a journalist, accused of being a member of the Turkish outlawed leftist group Turkish Communist Party/Marxist-Leninist (TKP/ML). “Despite the Greek ...
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[Greece Mykonos Santorini Travel Billionaires Islands (27 of 44)] * MYKONOS IS A GREEK ISLAND, WORLD-FAMOUS AS A PARTY CAPITAL AND A POPULAR VACATION HOTSPOT FOR MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES. * I RECENTLY VISITED TO SEE WHAT THE ISLAND WOULD BE LIKE ON BOTH A FRUGAL CHEAP VACATION BUDGET AND ON A MORE MID- TO HIGH-END VACATION BUDGET. * VISITING DURING THE PEAK SUMMER MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST TURNED OUT TO BE AN EXPENSIVE, EXHAUSTING, AND CROWDED EXPERIENCE, WITH EVERY BEACH PACKED, LINES OUT THE DOOR OF MOST CLUBS AND BARS, AND RESORTS THAT WERE HARD TO BOOK AND COST A FORTUNE. * WHILE THE RESORTS AND BEACHES ARE GORGEOUS AND THE BARS AND CLUBS FUN AND LIVELY, MYKONOS FEELS LIKE POOR BANG-FOR-YOUR-BUCK UNLESS YOU ARE A HARD-PARTYING CLUBBER OR DROWNING IN MONEY. * THERE ARE A LOT OF LESS CROWDED, EQUALLY BEAUTIFUL, AND FAR CHEAPER GREEK ISLANDS TO VISIT NEARBY. ------------------------- Mykonos is not for the faint of heart. The island is famous as a glamorous destination for the world's most wealthy and famous. Come the booming summer months of July and August, the island swells with the A-listers, B-listers, C-listers, and D-listers, along with hundreds of thousands of vacationers, hard-partying dance-music junkies, and cruise-shippers. While just 33 square miles in size, the sunny and cool island is stuffed with hip boutique hotels, thumping beach clubs, haute couture shops, white sandy beaches, whitewashed alleyways, and swanky restaurants. If this all sounds a little like Ibiza, I'll stop you right there: the cool rich kids have moved on. They're in Mykonos now. If there were any doubts, a look off any bay on Mykonos' coast reveals waters swamped with freshly scrubbed yachts, superyachts, and mega-yachts. Over the last several years, the number of international arrivals to Mykonos has nearly doubled. But where does that leave the rest of the teeming masses that jostle for a spot at Mykonos' glittering carnival? For us, visiting Mykonos is a far different experience. The doors that simply open for the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Richard Branson, Bella Hadid, and billionaire Stavros Niarchos III stay closed for mere mortals. A day at a beach club can empty out a savings account, and that's if you can even score a cabana at all. In the hottest of hot spots, the staff only have time to cater to millionaires and billionaires. Those were my assumptions before I stepped off the airplane to see what Mykonos is like for regular folks — many of which I found were right by the time I left the island a few days later. Other expectations, I found, were pleasantly incorrect. Here's what it was like to visit the world's hottest party island in the peak of the season: GORGEOUS, GLAMOROUS, AND LUXURIOUS, MYKONOS IS GREECE’S ANSWER TO IBIZA. Harrison Jacobs/Business Insider In the 1950s, the island was barely a blip on the map. But in 1961, first lady Jackie Kennedy visited, setting off the first wave of tourism from the world's monied and famous. Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, and Rita Hayworth were just a few of the celebrities to vacation on the island in those days. IN THE FOLLOWING DECADES, THE ISLAND BECAME KNOWN AS A LEGENDARY UNDERGROUND PARTY SPOT AND A POPULAR VACATIONING SPOT FOR THE GLOBAL LGBT COMMUNITY. Harrison Jacobs/Business Insider In recent years, tourism to the island has exploded as global partiers and a new generation of celebrities and the ultra-rich discovered the Grecian paradise after moving on from now-passé hot spots like Ibiza and San Tropez. I ARRIVED ON THE ISLAND ONE EVENING IN LATE JULY, THE PEAK OF THE PEAK SEASON. Shutterstock I was picked up by Michael, the driver for the guest house I would be staying at and a 50-ish "financial refugee" from Athens. "The thing you have to understand about Mykonos," Michael said, in a riff that quickly turned Shakespearean, "is that Mykonos is absolutely nothing. There is nothing special about the island. It is a theater stage and you are the stars." SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDER SEE ALSO: * A local in Greece gave me a tip to visiting the country, and it's the opposite of everything you've been told * I visited the luxurious wilderness resort in British Columbia with a 2-year waitlist that's like a summer camp for the world's most elite travelers * 13 places to visit in August for every type of traveler SEE ALSO: A LOCAL IN GREECE GAVE ME A TIP TO VISITING THE COUNTRY, AND IT'S THE OPPOSITE OF EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN TOLD DON'T MISS: ONE OF THE 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD IS A 10,000-YEAR-OLD CITY HIDDEN IN THE DESERT — AND IN REAL LIFE, IT'S MORE INCREDIBLE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE
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Out of the ashes of Greek Captain has risen a new Greek seafood restaurant with much loftier ambitions and a noted chef: Vilai in Glen Cove is open for business. AdChoices 1 2 3 YOU MAY LIKE Sponsored ...
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Athens. "Now things in Greece are much better, they are under control. Greece is better prepared. 98% to 100% of those that cross the border are automatically identified, finger printed, and are recor...
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Cottonwood Heights • Imagine glimpsing the arm of Jesus’ grandmother or a robe from his father — well, stepfather. Now 2,000 years later, you can — right here in Utah — as long as you have a believing ...
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ATHENS – The number of dead from Greece’s worst-ever wildfires on July 23 jumped to 89 with the passing of a 35-year-old mother whose six-month-old […] The post Greek Fire Death Total 89, Mother Whose Baby Died in Her Arms appeared first on The National Herald.
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ATHENS – Reacting after the fires that killed at least 89 people, Greece’s ruling Radical Left SYRIZA-led coalition had a fence blocking public access to […] The post After Fires: SYRIZA Knocks Down Beach Fence, Unlawful Buildings Next appeared first on The National Herald.
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ATHENS – After booting two Russian diplomats accused of trying to undermine a new name deal for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Greece’s […] The post Greece Hangs Tough with Russia Over FYROM Deal Meddling appeared first on The National Herald.
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“Now things in Greece are much better, they are under control. Greece is better prepared. 98% to 100% of those that cross the border are […] The post “Now Things in Greece are Much Better,” EU Commissioner Avramopoulos Says appeared first on The National Herald.
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At the end of June, the Spur Corporation announced that it would be expanding its restaurant portfolio with the acquisition of a 51% stake in the fast-growing franchise restaurant group, Nikos Coalgri...
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A senior official told Daily News Egypt that the procedures for the National Bank of Greece (NBG) exiting the Egyptian market have not actually started thus far. A senior banking source disclosed last ...
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What I heard in Greece by hoteliers and restaurateurs time and again was that tourism in general was down at the end of July and […] The post Tourism: Myth and Reality appeared first on The National Herald.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Mihaela Buzarnescu rallied past fourth-seeded Elise Mertens 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 on Saturday to set up a finals showdown against Maria […] The post Greece’s Sakkari Sets up a Finals Showdown against Buzarnescu appeared first on The National Herald.
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Renowned Australian plastic surgeon Dr. John Greenwood, is traveling to Greece to help the burn victims after the deadly fires that devastated […] The post Renowned Australian Doctor on His Way to Greece to Help Burn Victims appeared first on The National Herald.
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OK, I admit that I have a soft spot for Greek food. Which is the reason I was so exited to recently discover a new Greek bakery in town! I came across Nikolas Koulepis by chance, but was immediately d...
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A Coast Guard helicopter plucked the 44-year-old man from the GREEK-flagged Minerva Grace around 10:30 p.m. Friday. He was suffering abdominal ...
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Sheboygan is about to be home to a new authentic GREEK restaurant. Although it does not yet have a name, the new restaurant will be owned and ...
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Over 200 people attended the 100 Year Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony of the 1918 Anti-GREEK Riots that was hosted by the Hellenic ...
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Over the weekend, six ancient GREEK statues dating back some 2,000 years were discovered during excavations at the ancient GREEK city of Magnesia, ...
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The GREEK Fire Brigade, which has been providing death toll updates updates, said that two victims' bodies remain unclaimed and unidentified while ...
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Greece's justice minister Saturday has “frozen” the extradition of a suspected far-left terrorist to Turkey, according to GREEK media. Stavros Kontonis ...
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Then embark on your cruise and take in the best of the Eastern Mediterranean and GREEK Isles on this amazing cruise. Amble the narrow winding ...
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Adding in some GREEK-style yoghurt works so well for this recipe you'll wonder why you've never tried it before. The walnuts on top are optional, but ...
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After 24 years of suffering, AEK managed to win back the GREEK league title last year, get to within two steps of the Champions League group stage, ...
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“OK, ready?” asks Chef Chris Adams-Albrecht as he smashes down a hunk of saganaki on the flattop grill. The GREEK cheese has lacy, browned edges ...
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The GREEK Cypriot social reality is framed and expressed in terms of the Republic of Cyprus, the role of the Church, invasion and occupation and the ...
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Award-winning Canadian-Greek film-maker Panayioti Yannitsos chatted with Digital Journal about his Greek youth documentary "Freedom Besieged." On the idea for his Greek youth documentary, Yannitsos sa...
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Greece’s Civil Protection has issued one more fires risk warning for Saturday and Sunday, August 4 and 5, 2018. For several regions in Greece there is Very High Risk (Level 4) and High Risk (Level 3), the Civil Protection notes. At Very High and High Risk of fires are the islands in the North, Central … The post Fire Risk warning Aug 4-5: Attica, Aegean islands & other regions appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Archaeological sites and museums in Greece will offer a series of events to celebrate the August Full Moon as every year since 2002. A total of 132 archaeological areas and museums participate part in the “Panselinos 2018” – Full Moon 2018 -, the event series initiated by the Greek Culture Ministry. 132 archaeological site and … The post Full Moon August 2018: Events at Greece’s archaeological sites & museums appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Deadly fires have scorched swaths of the Northern Hemisphere this summer, from California to Arctic Sweden and down to Greece on the sunny Mediterranean. Drought in Europe has turned verdant land barren, while people in Japan and Korea are dying from record-breaking heat.
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