In GREEK mythology, Athena the goddess of wisdom is accompanied by an owl. The bird that accompanies her is a little owl (Athene noctua). The bird ...
Welcome, 77 artists, 40 different points of Attica welcomes you by singing Erotokritos an epic romance written at 1713 by Vitsentzos Kornaros
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Europe on brink of new refugee crisis ‘EVEN GREATER’ than 2015 – German Interior Minister
[Preview] Europe may soon face a massive inflow of refugees and migrants that will be even bigger than at the peak of the infamous crisis, Germany’s Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has warned, urging to assist Greece and Turkey. Read Full Article at RT.com
Gary Clark Jr. starts slow, but mesmerizes at Greek Theater
On Sept. 28, Gary Clark Jr., a Grammy-winning musician based out of Austin, Texas, came to the Greek Theater in Berkeley to promote his 2019 album This Land. Clark is known for mixing classics, R&B ...
Greek Standings
Asteras Tripolis (GREECE) vs. PAOK (GREECE), 1415 GMT. OFI Crete FC (GREECE) vs. Panionios (GREECE), 1415 GMT. Aris Thessaloniki FC (GREECE) vs.
GREEK Culture Minister: Archaeological Museum of Chania to open in 2021
The Archaeological Museum of Chania is expected to open in 2021, stated on Saturday Culture Minister Lina Mendoni that is visiting the island of ...
Scientists Find Ancient GREEK Texts on Papyrus Burnt After Vesuvius Eruption
A group of European scientists has found a hidden ancient GREEK text on the back of a papyrus that was burnt after the Vesuvius volcano eruption in ...
Pompeo hails ‘new era’ with Greece after signing revised defense deal
US secretary of state indulged in a rare charm offensive during two-day visit amid Trump impeachment scandal back home Amid the furore of a presidential impeachment scandal back home, US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo inaugurated “a new era” in relations with Greece, the country increasingly seen as a pillar of stability in an ever more turbulent region. At least physically several thousand miles away from the hurly burly of the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump in Washington, which has drawn in senior administration players including Pompeo, the secretary of state indulged in a rare charm offensive at the weekend. Continue reading...
EU Infighting over Illegal Immigration Grows as Hungary, Poland Cry 'Enough'
As tens of thousands of illegal immigrants continue to enter Europe after crossing by boat from Turkey, GREECE said it will call on the European Union ...
Global Non-Dairy Cheese Market 2019 Top Most Key Players
Company profile section of players such as Daiya Foods Inc. (Canada), Galaxy Nutritional Foods, Inc. (U.S.), Violife Foods (GREECE), Kite Hill Cheese ...
The most unusual ways many African countries got their names
It was the name used by 1st century GREEK explorers to refer to Southern Africa. Even a country without colonial heritage find its names have roots in ...
Architect John Marx reimagines a GREEK myth for Burning Man pavilion
Architect John Marx and Brian Poindexter, with San Francisco art collective Playa Muses, built Andromeda Reimagined to subvert the ancient GREEK ...
Supreme Court rejects Rabin assassin's appeal to lift restrictions
Israeli-American coach David Blatt and GREEK basketball squad Olympiacos are parting ways. A statement on the team's website describes the ...
GREEK and Turkish Cypriots clash over plan to restore beach resort loved by Elizabeth Taylor and ...
Land claims by thousands of GREEK Cypriots would be taken into account, but so would conflicting claims by Islamic religious organisations dating ...
Greece transfers 570 migrants from overcrowded camp
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities were transferring around 570 migrants from an overcrowded camp on the island of Lesbos on Sunday, officials said. A regularly scheduled ferry left Lesbos ...
Global Organic Milk Replacers Materials Market 2019 by Major Players – Kent Nutrition Group (US ...
Company profile section of players such as Kent Nutrition Group (U.S.), Royal Milc (U.S.), Manna Pro (U.S.), S.I.N. Hellas (GREECE), Biocom Ltd ...
Lovable young detective inspiring children to read
“Cyprus and GREECE are definitely the countries in which Klooz is most popular,” said Banscherus. “I will give you an example: during the book signing ...
Ex-minister Apostolakis hails US-GREECE defense deal
Apostolakis said that GREECE'S priorities should be reorganizing its military, completing the modernization of its F-16 fighter jets and upgrading its fleet ...
Former Cavaliers coach David Blatt resigns as coach of Greek team Olympiakos after MS diagnosis
PIRAEUS, Greece -- Former Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt has left his post as coach of Greek club Olympiakos two months after announcing he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In a ...
Tens of thousands of goats are destroying an entire Greek island
Oak and chestnut forests, waterfalls and rugged coastline, Samothraki has a wild beauty and a remoteness that sets it apart from other Greek islands.
EU, German Govt Travel to GREECE and Turkey to Discuss New Migrant Crisis
German interior minister Horst Seehofer travelled to Turkey and GREECE this week to meet with government leaders to prevent a new migrant crisis.
On This Day In 2001: David Beckham Scored A Last Minute Free-Kick Against GREECE
Sven-Göran Eriksson's side were losing to GREECE 2-1 and were desperate for a miracle that would avoid them from taking on Ukraine in a play-off ...
First Incinerator in GREECE Opens 13 Years after Bill Passed
In a matter of days, GREECE'S first incinerator will start operating in Ritsona, 13 years after the pertinent bill passed in parliament. The private facility is ...
Infrared imaging promises new insight into Plato
A new method called shortwave infrared hyperspectral imaging is revealing ancient GREEK words written on the back of a 2000-year-old papyrus that ...
Hard Rock vs. Mohegan for Hellenikon Casino License
Florida's Hard Rock International is squaring off against Connecticut's Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, which is working with GREEK contractor GEK ...
Fredette paces Panathinaikos against Lavrio – GREEK League Day 2 recap
Fredette paces Panathinaikos against Lavrio – GREEK League Day 2 recap ... GREEK Basket League 2019-20 season Round 2 results: Panionios ...
Statue of GREEK-Italian Painter of Capitol Frescoes Raised in Annapolis, MD
A statue of GREEK-Italian painter Constantino Brumidi – famous for his U.S. Capitol building frescoes – has been raised in Annapolis, MD to honor the ...
Germany: EU must work together or risk new migrant influx
GREECE'S Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, right, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, center, and EU migration commissioner Dimitris ...
Asked about Imia scenario, Pompeo expresses support for sovereign values
During a speech at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on Saturday afternoon, Pompeo responded to a question about what GREECE ...
Refugee toddler drowns outside camp in West Peloponnese
A refugee toddler was found to have drowned in the sea outside the refugee camp at LM Village in Myrisini of the municipality Andravida-Kyllini on Sunday. Sharma, the child of a Syrian refugee family, was 2.5 years old. The body of the child was found to be floating in the sea at 1 o’clock Sunday … The post Refugee toddler drowns outside camp in West Peloponnese appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
ABBA's infectious hits take center stage in 'Mamma Mia'
The sunny tale unfolds in a GREEK taverna, where a daughter's quest to find her father brings a trio of men from her mother's past back to the island ...
Greek Coast Guard Rescues 140 Refugees, Migrants
With the new New Democracy government trying to devise ways to deal with a surge of migrants and refugees coming to Greek islands, the Coast […] The post Greek Coast Guard Rescues 140 Refugees, Migrants appeared first on The National Herald.
Athens Dumbed Waaaay Down on World’s Smart City Index
With Greeks being many of the world’s best and brightest scientists, entrepreneurs and Information Technology experts – legions who left during the country’s 9 1/2-year-long […] The post Athens Dumbed Waaaay Down on World’s Smart City Index appeared first on The National Herald.
Mitsotakis Says New Refugee, Migrant Crisis Swamps Greece
ATHENS – His new government hoping to concentrate on pushing an economic recovery’s pace and luring foreign investors, Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Kyriakos […] The post Mitsotakis Says New Refugee, Migrant Crisis Swamps Greece appeared first on The National Herald.
Thanasis Skourtopoulos to reportedly remain the head coach of GREECE
Thanasis Skourtopoulos is expected to remain the head coach of GREECE, according to Gazzetta.gr. Despite the disappointing campaign of the ...
Bespoke trend gains traction in central Athens
Unlike so many others who left GREECE amid the brain drain during the country's 10-year crisis crisis, photographer Yannis (John) Pitsakis and his ...
Mapping the wine world
The gods Bacchus (of Ancient Rome) and Dionysus (of GREECE) each explained wine as a glorious gift from the gods, transforming benign fruit into a ...
GREEK cities see demonstrations against Pompeo
ATHENS, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with demonstrations here on Saturday after he signed an updated ...
Pensacola GREEK Festival celebrates 60 years of heritage, faith and food
6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7. The Vineyard Restaurant, 1010 N. 12th Ave. Bring your instruments and drumsticks and jam with The House Band led by ...
Amazon Translate now supports GREEK, Hungarian, Romanian, Thai, Ukrainian, Urdu, and ...
Amazon this month added support to GREEK, Hungarian, Romanian, Thai, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese in Amazon Translate. Amazon Translate ...
Eat, Drink and Be GREEK at the 2019 Original GREEK Festival
You don't have to read Socrates to know that the GREEKS do it best. After a rocky, rainy start Saturday the skies cleared at the 53rd annual Original ...
Boris Johnson’s love of classics is about just one thing: himself
Like the prime minister, I studied Latin and Greek. His references are pure show-offery in the service of brand Boris I had the same education as Boris Johnson. Not the Eton part, self-evidently – it is in that period, I assume, that he learned to recite, from memory and in Greek, the first 100 lines of the Iliad – but the Balliol classics part. I did that. We were taught by the same men (and men they were). “Effortless superiority”, a ghastly phrase once used by another Balliol prime minister, Herbert Asquith, was the college’s unofficial motto, though there was nothing tranquil or effortless, still less superior, about my own panicky grapplings with Homer. (Women, I should note in passing, were admitted in 1979, 716 years after the first men.) Related: Classical scholars turn backs on Boris Johnson over burqa comments Continue reading...
More storms on the way, weather service warns
GREECE'S national weather service, EMY, issued a storm warning on Sunday, saying that strong downpours with lighting and the possibility of hail ...
On this day in 2001, David Beckham scored a THAT free-kick for England against GREECE
David Beckham had a turbulent England career. He was public enemy number one after being sent off against Argentina in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Woman rescues hundreds of tortoises
Meyer bought her first tortoise, a GREEK Ibera, from a reptile show in Tucson, Ariz., more than 20 years ago. The breeder gave her some advice on care ...
“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed …” What kind of faith is the Gospel referring to?
A look at the GREEK and Hebrew words for “faith” can help us understand the mustard seed's metaphor. “The apostles said to the Lord,” we read in ...
Weather warning: Strong rainfalls, thunderstorms across Greece Oct 7-8
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY is warning of weather deterioration with strong rainfalls, thunderstorms, locally powerful, and possible hail fall. EMY issued the weather warning on Sunday and is valid for October 7-8, 2019. The barometric low comes from the North and will affect the whole country. Weather Forecast Analytically Monday, Oct 7 Strong rainfalls … The post Weather warning: Strong rainfalls, thunderstorms across Greece Oct 7-8 appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Unbelievable Apple Cake: Updated and streamlined with the addition of yogurt
For a more tender, delicate texture, I prefer a combination of low-fat GREEK yogurt and a small amount of oil. One-fourth of a cup of oil plus one-half of a ...
Egyptian, Cypriot, GREEK summit to be held Tuesday
CAIRO - 6 October 2019: Former Assistant Foreign Minister Mohamed Hegazi underlined on Sunday the importance of the Egyptian-Cypriot-GREEK ...
Amid whistleblower probe, Pompeo defends pressuring allies
ATHENS, GREECE — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday defended the Trump administration's approach to Ukraine, which is driving an ...
Barry Lewis: At galleries the camera replaces eye of the beholder
I'm in the Louvre in Paris, a few feet from the Venus de Milo, one of the most famous works of ancient GREEK sculpture. Easily recognizable by its ...