After the recent elections in GREECE (July 2019) the overall shift to the Right registers the acceptance of TINA [the dogma that There Is No Alternative] ...
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Saturday, October 26, 2019
Woman Dead After Train Collides With Car in GREECE'S Trikala
A woman died on Saturday morning in Trikala, Thessaly after a train collided with a car. The train which was heading from the city of Trikala to ...
'Keys of migration' need to be taken back from Erdogan, KINAL chief says
Europe and GREECE need to “take back” the keys from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that allow him to threaten to “open the gates” to ...
Prime minister Mitsotakis announces measures to stimulate growth in GREECE
In his address to the Economist's 23rd Roundtable on Wednesday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced two key economic measures, ...
Turkey’s FM claims “Greece has been opening fire at refugee boats”
An unbelievable claim made publicly by Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu. “Greece has been firing at refugee boats, sinking them in the Aegean, people are drowned, others forcibly return to Turkey wounded,” Cavusoglu said during a joint press conference with his German counterpart, Heiko Mass, in Ankara on Saturday. #Greece has been firing at refugee … The post Turkey’s FM claims “Greece has been opening fire at refugee boats” appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Priest arrested for molesting 12-year-old girl in Mani village
Greek police has arrested a 57-year-old priest for the sexual abuse of the 12-year-old daughter of his partner. The abuse had started three years ago, when the girl was 9 years old. The shocking case was revealed beginning of the week and the man was arrested by order of the prosecution. The priest, a widower … The post Priest arrested for molesting 12-year-old girl in Mani village appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Greek Results
ATHENS, GREECE (AP) - Results from Greek football: Olympiacos FC 2, OFI Crete FC 1 Panaitolikos 2, AE Larissa FC 2 Panionios 0, Asteras Tripolis 1 AO Xanthi FC 0, Aris Thessaloniki FC 1 PAOK 3, Lamia ...
GREEK Cypriots in Pyla fed up of footing Turkish Cypriots bills says Akel
GREEK Cypriots living in Pyla are fed up with footing the bill for the Turkish Cypriot residents of the village, Akel said on Saturday urging Interior Minister ...
Langdon Street will no longer have a neighborhood police officer
Figueroa has held the position for the past two years, serving as a liaison between UW-Madison's GREEK office and various parties like MPD, private ...
The perfect holiday in Sicily – our expert's ultimate two-week itinerary
These were, respectively, the flowering of GREEK culture on the island beginning in the 7th century BC, and the brief but intense awakening between ...
GREEKS for Katsifass' Commemoration not Allowed to Enter Albania
13 GREEK citizens set off to 1st year commemoration service of Konstantinos Katsifas were stopped this Saturday from entering Albanian territory at ...
OXI Day in Uganda Marks Eternal Struggle for Freedom and Justice
The anniversary of “OXI Day,” the day in October of 1940 when the GREEK people refused to bow to the Italian request to conquer the nation, is always ...
GREEK Swimmer Spiros Gianniotis Announced Honor Swimmer for Class of 2020
The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame announced on Saturday that GREEK swimmer Spiros Gianniotis will be the Honor Swimmer in the ...
Oxi Day Was a Pivotal Event for GREECE, Greek Americans and the World That Changed the Path of ...
But its impact reaches beyond GREECE to the rest of the world. Oxi Day was a history-altering event that changed the course of World War II in favor of ...
Greece Still Among Eurozone States With Very High Taxes on Consumption
According to a recent study conducted by the ”Tax Foundation” think tank, Greece is still among those Eurozone member states that impose the highest taxes on consumption. Taxes on consumption ...
Sam Topalidis’ Book on the Greeks of Pontos
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in researching family history, especially among immigrant populations around the world. For those from the areas […] The post Sam Topalidis’ Book on the Greeks of Pontos appeared first on The National Herald.
Greece’s Tsitsipas Wins at Swiss Indoors to Set up SF Against Federer
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — With Roger Federer getting an unexpected day off Friday, his next opponent Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas had to work hard to advance […] The post Greece’s Tsitsipas Wins at Swiss Indoors to Set up SF Against Federer appeared first on The National Herald.
Turkey’s letter to UN accuses Cyprus of Turkish-Cypriots “ethnic cleansing”
Turkey has sent a letter to United Nations General Assembly is which it accused Cyprus of “ethnic cleansing against Turkish Cypriots between 1963 and 1975.” The letter submitted by the Turkey’s permanent representative to UN, is dated October 9, the day Turkey started its military operation against Syria. The letter claims that the division of … The post Turkey’s letter to UN accuses Cyprus of Turkish-Cypriots “ethnic cleansing” appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Hungary's Orban Praises Turkish Offensive In Syria, Says It Will Help Prevent Refugee Flood
"A hundred thousand will then go to GREECE from Turkey, from GREECE to the Balkans, and from the Balkans to either the Hungarian or Croatian ...
GREEK Day Parade on Danforth will go Sunday rain or shine
The Annual GREEK Day Parade will take place Sunday and road closures will be in place for most of the day. The parade will go northbound on Euston ...
The Many Lives of Demogorgon, From Scribal Error to 'Stranger Things'
Many writers considered Demogorgon to be the father of GREEK and Roman gods; the word “Demogorgon” resembles two ancient GREEK ...
Tsitsipas prevails to set up Basel semi with Federer
BASEL (Reuters) - GREEK third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas battled back from a set down to beat Serbia's Filip Krajinovic 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the quarter-finals of ...
MINISTER'S MOMENT
Theos, in GREEK, basically means “God.” Logos, again in GREEK, means “reason.” When you combine theos and logos together you have the word ...
GREEK Gov't Examining Provisions for Condo Hotels
The GREEK development and investments ministry has tabled a bill in parliament allowing condo hotel investors to apply for EU funding under the ...
From Iraq to Greece: Ex-Refugee Shares the Dangers of Being Smuggled in a Truck
LONDON (AP) — Ahmad Al-Rashid knows what it was like for the 39 people who were found dead in the back of a truck in […] The post From Iraq to Greece: Ex-Refugee Shares the Dangers of Being Smuggled in a Truck appeared first on The National Herald.
Lamb Meatballs and Eggplant Recipes to Enjoy
Lamb is a staple of Greek cuisine, mostly for special occasions where roasted lamb is the main course. Meatballs, keftedes, can also be made with […] The post Lamb Meatballs and Eggplant Recipes to Enjoy appeared first on The National Herald.
Greek-American Stories: Yiannis Takes the Gold
The guys had made ‘Aghiou Dimitriou’ – the Feast of St. Demetrios – a yearly special occasion by taking their wives out for dinner as […] The post Greek-American Stories: Yiannis Takes the Gold appeared first on The National Herald.
Greeks pay €100m/month to banks as “commission and fees” for services
Greeks pay more than 100 million euros per month to the banks in form of fees and commissions the lenders institutes charge for all possible kinds of services. According to published data of the four systemic banks (National, Piraeus, Eurobank and Alpha Bank) in the first half of the year, they totally charged their customers … The post Greeks pay €100m/month to banks as “commission and fees” for services appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Uranium found in village water by Volvi Lake. How comes?
Greek authorities have found high levels of radioactive uranium in the tab water of the village Mikrokomi in Volvi Municipality, northern Greece. They have warned the 50 residents of the village against the consumption of tab water for drinking and cooking and in favor of bottled water. The warning has been issued “until further notice.” … The post Uranium found in village water by Volvi Lake. How comes? appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Saint Demetrios: The History of Thessaloniki's Beloved Patron Saint
Saint Demetrios (or Dimitrios) is one of the most popular Christian saints not only in GREECE but across the Orthodox Christian world, with millions of ...
GREECE on path to national recovery, PM Mitsotakis says
Speaking on Saturday from Thessaloniki, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis declared that GREECE had put difficult times behind it and was on the path ...
The 11 European capitals with the cheapest subway systems
[Lisbon.]RossHelen/iStock * The price of public transport in cities always seems on the rise. * And getting around Europe's lesser-known capitals can often be a headache in itself, but the bargain prices sometimes make it worth it. * Here are the 11 cheapest European capitals based on the base price for a single journey on the metro. * Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. While getting around much of the US means jumping in a car or cab, Europe's major cities are often best explored using their abundant, and cheap, public transport systems. Many of Europe's capital cities have extensive metro systems which let tourists and locals get around quickly, efficiently, and most of all, cheaply. Insider has ranked the continent's cheapest capital cities based on the base cost of a single fare, or shortest journey duration, between any two stations on their public transport system. Here's where you get the most bang for your buck. 11. LISBON, PORTUGAL: $1.60 RossHelen/iStock A single fare on the metro in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon costs €1.45 ($1.60.) Source: Lisboa Metro 10. ATHENS, GREECE: $1.54 Reuters A single trip in Athens on the Athena metro costs €1.40 ($1.54.) Source: Athens Transport 9. BUDAPEST, HUNGARY: $1.15 Bela Szandelszky/AP A single fare on Budapest's Metro costs 350 Hungarian forints ($1.15.) Source: BKK SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDER SEE ALSO: * A 57 year-old just spent 307 days sailing around Antarctica and the Americas. He never slept more than 90 minutes at a time. * The most haunted roads in the US and the chilling stories behind them * From an app store named after the Persian word for 'apple,' to a payments platform called ZarinPal, Iran's most popular apps are strikingly similar to their Western equivalents
Lainie Kazan offers songs, stories at White Plains Performing Arts Center
Known for her roles in “My Favorite Year” and “My Big Fat GREEK Wedding,” Kazan will dish on her career including the years she spent running ...
Standard & Poor’s upgrades Greece to BB- with “positive outlook”
Standard & Poor’s has upgraded Greece’s credit rating by one notch to BB- with a positive outlook, saying another upgrade could follow within the next year. The agency says a potential future upgrade would depend on the center-right government’s continuing to implement economic reforms and also on an improvement in Greek banks’ sizeable exposure to … The post Standard & Poor’s upgrades Greece to BB- with “positive outlook” appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
GREEK schoolchildren mark Ochi Day
Schoolchildren prepare to lay a wreath at a monument to fallen GREEK soldiers at a church in Corinth on Friday ahead of Monday's Ochi Day national ...
Learning Lessons About Motivation from Ancient Sources
Statue of Zeus at Olympia, GREECE. Sculpted in 435 B.C., this 40-foot, ornately carved structure was made of ivory and gold, and was destroyed in the ...
GREECE hails S&P upgrade as proof of growth
ATHENS: GREECE on Saturday welcomed its foreign debt rating upgrade by Standard and Poor's as proof of further growth after a nearly decade-long ...
Defying the Cosa Nostra: the man who accidentally bought a mafia stronghold
Gianluca Calì was threatened by the mob for years, but now he’s turning an old mafia villa into a holiday house The view from the terrace is breathtaking. On the left, the ancient Greek ruins of Solunto; on the right, the splendid Arab-Norman city of Cefalù. In the centre, a crystalline sea as blue as the sky. For twenty years, Sicily’s most powerful mafia bosses plotted the murders of countless policemen and politicians from this spot, part of a 400 sq metre villa in the coastal resort town of Casteldaccia, known as the Miami of Sicilian mobsters, a few kilometres from Palermo. Continue reading...
3-time gold medalists to carry Olympic flame from Greece to Japan aboard special plane
TOKYO -- Tokyo 2020 organizers on Oct. 25 revealed the special livery for the airplane which will carry the Olympic flame from Greece to Japan, escorted by two three-time gold medalists. Japanese ...
Alphington Grammar School rolls out weekly Greek lessons for preschoolers
Greek is being taught to kinder children at Alphington Grammar School as part of a $17.9 million State Government program. The School is one of 160 across the state to teach a second language as part ...
NeNe Leakes 'Spit Across The Table' At Kenya Moore In Blowout Fight & Had To Be 'Physically ...
While the cast was recently filming in GREECE, NeNe spent a good portion of that time enlightening Kenya with what she called, “disturbing details” ...
Nikos Kazantzakis: Legacy of “Zorba the Greek” Author Lives On
Nikos Kazantzakis was Greece’s most prolific writer and he remains one of the most famous Greek citizens to have ever lived. A writer of dozens of novels, poems, plays and short stories ...
GREECE announces 2020 will be the 'Year of Melina Mercouri'
The Greek Culture Ministry has announced that marking 100 years since the birth of Melina Mercouri on 18 October 1920, GREECE will be dedicating ...
Greece’s Rating Raised By S&P As Budgetary Risks Subside
Standard & Poor’s raised Greece’s sovereign credit rating by one notch, signaling confidence in the country’s new government and its policies. Coming 16 months after it last upgraded Greece’s rating, ...
Moussaka, anyone? GREEK Food Festival delights
The Holy Mother of God GREEK Orthodox Church welcomed the community to enjoy the annual GREEK Food Festival last weekend. The two-day event ...
'Natives' and 'foreigners'
Providing for GREEKS abroad to vote shows that, albeit with great delay, the chasm between those who are “here” and those who are “there” is ...
PHOTOS: GREEK Food
Ladies serve the GREEK Food Fest crowd in November 2017 at St. John the Theologian GREEK Orthodox Church in Panama City. [JAN WADDY/THE ...
World Catching Up
Australia's treasured status as the greatest of all pariah nations is under threat following events in GREECE. The International Organization for Migration ...
Freddie Brock scores 5 touchdowns, East High puts up 50 in rout over GREECE Arcadia
Over the past 12 months or so GREECE Arcadia and East have faced off three times. The first two were nail-biters, but that wasn't the case on Friday.
Viewpoint: What the ancient Greeks can teach us about Greta Thunberg trolls
Online abuse of women may seem like a modern issue, but these tactics go back millennia.