The annual Greek Festival at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church is happening in Winston-Salem this weekend. The festival offers music, food, pastries, a vendor market and games for children. The event ...
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How the world sees Greece
Thursday, May 16, 2019
German tourists denied Acropolis entrance for being dressed as Ancient Greeks
A group of fourteen German tourists were denied entrance to the Acropolis of Athens last week due to some weird dress code. The young women were wearing long white dresses in Ancient Greek style. they were accompanied by a professional photographer. And this was the reason for the site guards to deny access to the … The post German tourists denied Acropolis entrance for being dressed as Ancient Greeks appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Contemporary Cycladic living on the GREEK island of Syros
Rough cut stone, white walls and simple geometry define this contemporary Cycladic retreat on the GREEK island of Syros. Athenian architect Sotiris ...
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St. Nicholas GREEK Orthodox Church gears up for 27th annual GREEK Festival
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Opa! Are you ready for the 2019 GREEK Festival at St. Nicholas GREEK Orthodox Church? The tents are empty on ...
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Attica, Central Macedonia and Western GREECE in the Lead with Infrastructure Works
The regions of Attica, Central Macedonia and Western GREECE are recording the highest infrastructure activity in the country, according to sector ...
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ICE Homeland Security Investigations returned looted Greek artifacts to rightful owner
Sgouropoulos hosted this reception to welcome Haris Lalacos, the Ambassador of GREECE to the United States, during his first official visit to the Bay ...
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The Quest To Make A Bot That Can Smell As Well As A Dog
The dogs still make Andreas Mershin angry. "I mean, I love dogs," says the Greek-Russian scientist, in his office at MIT. "But the dogs are slapping me in the face."
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Legislation on 120 installments approved by GREEK Parliament
GREEK Parliament voted by a large majority, for the 120 installments and the amendments for the 13th pension and the VAT reduction in food, catering ...
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Opa! GREEK Festival will welcome 30000 people over three day event
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The GREEK Festival gives many in Wilmington a ... The event, May 17, 18 and 19 is at the grounds of St. Nicholas GREEK ...
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Shop Talk: Greek-Turkish eatery, vegan cafe, women's boutique open
In this week's Shop Talk column, read about two new local restaurants, including one with a 100% plant-based menu, and a new women's clothing store. SPALTI SPACE BECOMES GREEK-TURKISH RESTAURANT ... ...
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Greek journalist's car targeted in reported bomb attack
(CNN)A car belonging to a reporter was targeted by a bomb blast in northern Athens, CNN affiliate CNN Greece reported. The bomb exploded at around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday outside Mina Karamitrou's home ...
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Remains of temple found under ancient theater on GREEK island of Lesvos
The remains of the temple, which is believed to have been dedicated to Nemesis, the goddess of divine retribution and revenge in GREEK mythology, ...
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GREEK handouts jeopardize budget target, says Stournaras
One day after Greece's Parliament approved some 1 billion euros in pension handouts and other relief measures ahead of European and local ...
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Intercity Express Athens-Thessaloniki: Schedules and ticket prices
Intercity express is the new high-speed train of TRAINOSE that covers the route Athens-Thessaloniki in just four hours. The intercity express starts its operation as of Monday, May 20, 2019. The route lasting 3 hours 57 minutes will have stops in Larissa and Paleofarsalo, while the route lasting 4 hours 10 minutes will halt also … The post Intercity Express Athens-Thessaloniki: Schedules and ticket prices appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Euro zone worried Greek measures may threaten agreed surplus target
BRUSSELS, May 16 (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers are worried that recently announced Greek measures could threaten the 3.5 percent of GDP primary surplus target this year, the head of the euro ...
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GREECE'S Olympiakos sign Portuguese keeper Jose Sa
ATHENS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Portuguese goalkeeper Jose Sa has signed a four-year contract with Olympiakos, the Greek Super League announced ...
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Cardiff City players travel to GREECE to surprise Aron Gunnarsson for his birthday
Aron Gunnarsson's Cardiff City team-mates have surprised him by turning up at his holiday destination in GREECE just a few days after the Bluebirds' ...
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3 PKK terrorist suspects detained on GREEK border in northwestern Turkey's Edirne
Three suspects with links to the PKK terrorist group were detained in northwestern Turkey's Edirne province Thursday while attempting to illegally ...
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UPDATE 1-Hellenic Q1 core profit drops, eyes controlling stake in GREEK gas supplier
(Adds plan to repay bond, deputy CEO on gas company sale). ATHENS, May 16 (Reuters) - Greece's biggest oil refiner, Hellenic Petroleum, reported ...
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On front line of migrant crisis, GREEK officials seek unity
More than one million asylum seekers trying to reach Europe arrived in Greece in 2015 and early 2016. GREEK policy makers found themselves facing ...
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Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Sia Anagnostopoulou’s speech to the Hellenic Parliament Plenary (15.05 2019)
During the discussion on the draft laws introduced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the establishment of a border crossing point in the area of the Prespa Lake and the establishment of a new border crossing point between the Hellenic Republic and the Republic of North Macedonia, linking Promachoi, Hellenic Republic, to Majden, Republic of North Macedonia, the Alternate Minister noted, inter alia, “We are witnessing the real benefits of the Prespa Agreement. At last, the time has come to witness in practice that a country consists of the people, the land where the local communities live and everything they absolutely need.”She further added, “The Prespa Agreement untied the hands of both the Greek state and North Macedonia.” Referring to the rumours that 80% of the Greek people are not in favour of the Agreement, she noted, “The benefits will arise when implementing the Agreement in practice.”With regard to Turkey’s provocativeness, she stated, “The Government, in the most emphatic manner and in the person of both the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Defence, has stated its views on the Turkish issue and its provocative activities in the eastern Mediterranean and especially in the Cypriot EEZ. And it has stated its views by always pointing to the issue of compliance with the international law, the international treaties and the talks. Because the country’s strategic choice has always been peace and it always sought to engage the neighbouring country in this, without of course – under any circumstances – while maintaining its capability to deter.”Sia Anagnostopoulou also mentioned that the Team of Experts who will deal with the issues of trademarks and commercial names will meet for the first time in Thessaloniki tomorrow.The complete transcript of her speech:ATHANASIA (SIA) ANAGNOSTOPOULOU (Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs): Madam President, dear colleagues, to begin with, let me apologise for my short delay in getting here. It was not due to an escape attempt, seeing that the Government is on a deviating course as per Mr Koumoutsakos, but certain talks had to take place regarding the issue that arose with the United Kingdom.I would like to tell you that as of today – as well as tomorrow, which I will get to later – but also from now on, we are witnessing the real benefits of the Prespa Agreement. After spending months upon months talking about a Prespa Agreement that provides this, that and the other, at last the time has come to witness in practice that a country consists of its people, the local communities and everything they absolutely need. This is what we are discussing today.This draft law and these agreements did not fall from the sky. On the contrary, I was immensely pressured by the local communities to introduce this statute before Easter. And while I had promised them, and I apologise for this, we did not make it, given that the legislative process takes time and we did not make it. It was a direct demand by the local communities.It was said in here that border crossings could have opened up and other things could have happened based on the previous framework and without the Prespa Agreement. Unfortunately, no and I am adamant about this. Mr Koumoutsakos, the framework that governed our bilateral relations up until the ratification of the Prespa Agreement was the one that existed between the Hellenic Republic and the then Yugoslavia of 1959. We have opened up hundreds of border crossings with Bulgaria and Albania; none with North Macedonia. We were unable to renew and update the institutional framework that governed relations between the two countries. And you know why? It’s very simple. Never had a statute been introduced to the Greek Parliament concerning the two countries. Why? Because of the problem with the name.There’s one; it’s the Interim Accord of 1995, which provides for opening a border crossing in Laimos in Article 19. It could not come to Prespa because no names are mentioned in the content of the Interim Accord. It was Part One and Part Two. It could not be introduced to Parliament. Only one statute has made it to Parliament, the Stability Agreement of North Macedonia, then known as FYROM, for the European Union. Absolutely nothing else. It couldn’t. So, we had a framework for bilateral relations from back in 1959. The people of Florina called out to the authorities in vain since 1967, when the border crossing in the area of Laimos was closed down. They yelled and sent hundreds of démarches to have the crossing opened. It could not be opened and it did not.The Prespa Agreement untied the hands of both the Greek state and the Republic of North Macedonia. Therefore, the Prespa Agreement was necessary.And let me make a second point because we are constantly saying “80% of the Greek people are not in favour.” Well, given that the implementation of the Agreement will demonstrate in practice exactly what this Agreement is all about, this is why there are all these reactions of the type “No, it was unnecessary,” etc. Do you want me to give you a simple example I told the Committee yesterday? The Pan-Macedonian Association of Canada was against the Prespa Agreement, as were most Macedonian associations of our expatriates abroad. Do you know which agreement they used to refute the arguments of other organisations of the North Macedonia diaspora who used Ancient Greek symbols, emblems, etc.? The Prespa Agreement, as it has started to resolve issues.And because Mr Koumoutsakos posed a relevant question at the Committee yesterday, the Committee that has been appointed under the aegis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for trademarks and commercial names is meeting tomorrow for the first time. It is meeting in Thessaloniki for the first time and will discuss issues raised by entrepreneurs from both sides that remained unresolved up until the Prespa Agreement was signed.I also want to talk about Laimos mainly, about the Prespes, because as I said in the beginning, a country is the people and the land where these people live, who want to grow in this land and don’t want to leave it. We are all very well aware of the fact that while in Europe these European areas started developing in 1958 – they are cross-border areas that lead to the development of local communities around the borders, favour the protection of the ecosystem, and the Prespes have a unique ecosystem, and promote cooperation and reconciliation, in Greece the Prespa Park was only established in 2000 or 2001 at the time of the Simitis administration, if I’m not mistaken. It was not able to develop as much as it should have because there was no border crossing.I was delighted to receive European Committee's approval today for a study to develop the area of Prespes and – owing to the Agreement – this border crossing will be able to be developed. However, because you talked about pesticides, etc. and because I talked about the institutional framework in the beginning and you said “What are these committees?” and “It’s not provided for”, I have these committees right here. Meaning, I have the Agreements, as these were signed, and the articles where plant health, environmental protection, customs and the police are provided for, based on the EU legislation. Here they are. I believe they should have been handed to you along with the draft law. I don’t know if you have them, but if you don’t, here they are and they can be photocopied, so you can also have a look at the tasks that will be performed by these appointed committees.With regard to funding, as mentioned in the draft law, it will come from European programmes. However, I want to be more specific. Some 4 million euros have already been secured for Laimos in Florina through the INTERREG Programme, which will get the projects going, and 40 million euros left over from Egnatia Odos for the area of Pella. Meanwhile, because the Mayor of Prespes and the Deputy Head of Western Macedonia visited my office, met with me and pressured me to introduce the statute for the border crossing before Easter, they told me that the Region would cover the funds needed for the project to proceed. Apart from everything else, it is a development project in both cases, for Pella and Florina.I would like to conclude with an issue about Turkey, because Mr Koumoutsakos said something that I do not want to leave unanswered. We all agree that the Government, in the most emphatic manner and in the person of both the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Defence, has stated its views on the Turkish issue and its provocative activities in the eastern Mediterranean and especially in the Cypriot EEZ. And it has stated its views by always pointing to the issue of compliance with the international law, the international treaties and the talks. Because the country’s strategic choice has always been peace and it always sought to engage the neighbouring country in this, without of course – under any circumstances – while maintaining its capability to deter.However, there’s something I would honestly like to ask you, Mr Koumoutsakos: What exactly are you issuing statements and warnings about? For the country not to move forward? So, is this Government considered to lack responsibility or national responsibility? Every democratically elected government of this country – I believe we all agree to this – has the responsibility and power to enact laws and carry out the mandate given by the Greek people for issues regarding external policy and national matters. I hope you are not referring to issues you have been briefed on many times at the National Council on Foreign Policy, meaning if the country has the right to expand its territorial waters in the Ionian Sea or not, especially when it has held talks and reached an agreement with the neighbours concerned about the issue.I believe – and I said it yesterday as well – that there should be no bidding in national matters.In spite of all these, I’m delighted that, after 1967, we have managed at last to open a border crossing in Florina, between Laimos and Markova Noga, and in Pella – which had never opened before – between Promachoi and Majden.Thank you very much.
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US Wildlife Biologist Pleads Guilty to Selling Bobcat Pelts to GREECE
Court documents say Bingham with at least five others sold 51 pelts mostly to buyers in GREECE from 2012 to 2016, earning about $25,600.
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Kyrgios Throws Chair Onto Court And Walks Off During Match (Vid)
ROME — Greek-Australian Nick Kyrgios walked off the court in a fit of rage after throwing a chair onto the red clay at the Italian […] The post Kyrgios Throws Chair Onto Court And Walks Off During Match (Vid) appeared first on The National Herald.
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Ancient Greek, Greta Thunberg And The Gift Of Education
MONTE CASTELLO DI VIBIO — When Greta Thunberg appeared in our lives, telling us how urgent it is to fight against climate change, I was in awe. I love how clearly the Swedish teenager exposes her ...
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Tzimakos Tours loves providing tourists with a local perspective of Athens
Dimitri Tsipanitis is a GREEK American who created Tzimakos Tours, an all-inclusive tour of Athens, hosted in Saronida, a beautiful seaside resort ...
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Turkey Blasts GREEK Court's Decision to Acquit Nine Jailed Before Erdogan Visit
Turkey criticized Greece on Wednesday for acquitting nine people jailed before a 2017 visit by the Turkish president. They had been accused of ...
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Ancient GREEK Treasures on Display at Indianapolis Museum
The museum says that it will be one of a kind experience which will bring museum visitors face-to-face with timeless GREEK treasures from antiquity.
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French tourist dies after she falls off a cliff while on hiking tour on Crete
A French hiker died on the spot after she fell off a cliff during a hiking tour in Sfakia area on the island of Crete. The 60-year-old woman was hiking together with her husband in the gorge from Agia Roumeli to Agios Pavlos and was on the E4 hiking path when the accident happened at … The post French tourist dies after she falls off a cliff while on hiking tour on Crete appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Toledo Museum of Art and Republic of Italy Reach Repatriation Agreement Over Ancient Greek Vessel
A red-figured skyphos—an ancient Greek earthenware drinking vessel—in the collection of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio will be repatriated to Italy, where it will now be under the jurisdiction of ...
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Temple of Nemesis Discovered Under Ancient Theater in Mytilene, GREECE
An ancient Greek temple dedicated to the goddess Nemesis has been discovered in the ruins of an ancient theater in Mytilene, AMNA news agency ...
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546 suspected Gulenists detained while escaping Turkey to GREECE in past 3 years: report
The number of people who were detained while trying to escape from Turkey to GREECE in the face of a government crackdown against the suspected ...
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Alexis Tsipras sails into a social media storm in GREECE
Mr Tsipras has already postponed a commitment to GREECE'S creditors, the EU and the International Monetary Fund, to lower the income-tax threshold.
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GREEK conservatives lead in latest poll ahead of EU elections
ATHENS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Greece's main opposition party New Democracy is expected to hold an 8-percent lead over ruling Radical Left SYRIZA in ...
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Relief measures approved by GREEK MPs to be disbursed over coming days
Some 1 billion euros in pension handouts and other relief measures are to be disbursed over the coming week as the GREEK government makes a ...
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GREEK chicken and courgette skewers
Anyone who's holidayed in Greece will recognise the deep resinous flavour of retsina in these skewers, but if you can't get it (or are not a fan) any ...
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Fond du Lac's Greek Fest canceled, but gyros and shish kebabs still a go for Saturday
Fond du Lac's Greek Fest canceled, but gyros and shish kebabs still a go for Saturday The annual cultural festival hosted by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church will be swapped out for "Gyros and Shish ...
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GREECE: Commercial/Corporate Newsletter
Law 4605/2019 on the harmonization of Greek law with Directive 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8/6/16 on the protection ...
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GREECE reiterates support for Turkey's EU membership
Notwithstanding rising tension in the Eastern Mediterranean due to Turkey's plans for offshore drilling operations in Cyprus' exclusive economic zone ...
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61 Pakistanis deported by US and Greece arrive in Islamabad
Fifty-two Pakistani immigrants deported by the US have arrived here by a special chartered flight amid tight security, a media report said Thursday. Dawn newspaper, quoting immigration sources, ...
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AKP mayor implies Istanbul mayoral candidate Imamoglu has Greek roots
Tevfik Göksu was referring to the Pontic Greeks who traditionally lived in the region of Pontus until they were ethnically cleansed by Turkey before the 1923 population exchange
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GREEKS Discuss Effort and Dedication Behind NYIOOC Triumphs
In spite of poor weather and trouble with pests, GREEK producers took home a total of 35 awards at the 2019 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition.
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German Tourists in Ancient GREEK Clothing Banned from the Acropolis
A group of German tourists wearing ancient GREEK clothing are alleging that they were recently banned from entering the Athens' Acropolis because ...
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Elderly GREEK man killed during robbery in Turkish island of Gökçeada
An 86-year old GREEK man was found dead on Tuesday on a Turkish Aegean island, Turkey's minority news site HyeTert reported. The man, Zaferis ...
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Greek central bank fires warning over risk of missed budget target
Greece’s central bank governor has warned that a package of pre-electoral handouts due to take effect next week could derail the country’s budget target agreed with its bailout creditors. Yannis ...
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Cyprus, GREECE, Israel and UK take part in Firefighting Games 2019
The firefighters from Cyprus, GREECE, Israel and the British Bases, who took part in the Firefighting Games on the 12th of May 2019, at the Port of Pafos, ...
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After Kurds Acquitted, Turkey Says GREECE Protecting Terrorists
With GREECE already providing sanctuary for eight Turkish soldiers seeking asylum after fleeing a failed July, 2016 coup against President Recep ...
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Reuters: National Bank of GREECE sees NPLs dropping to 5% by 2022
GREECE'S second-largest lender National Bank (NBG) plans to reduce its non-performing loan portfolio to around 5 percent of total loans by 2022, ...
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Public hospital staff on national strike in GREECE on Thursday
Staff at public hospitals in GREECE will go on a 24-hour strike on Thursday (May 16), to demand "more staff, medical equipment and infrastructure so ...
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Museum Day
This Saturday, May 18, is International Museum Day and a great opportunity to take advantage of the free admission policy at all of GREECE'S ...
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Metro in Thessaloniki: One train closer for the decades-long project to come true
“Metro in Thessaloniki’: For three decades this sentence was a joke among the residents of Greece’s second largest city in the north of the country. But now, the metro in Thessaloniki is a train closer to become true. The carriages of the first metro line have been parked in Pilaia depot since Wednesday. The first … The post Metro in Thessaloniki: One train closer for the decades-long project to come true appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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