The GREEK General Staff announced on Tuesday that the number of incidents of Turkish aircraft violating the country's airspace over the Aegean in the ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Greece, Bangladesh discuss efforts to broaden economic relations
“It is my expectation that this will carry over to a number of other fields, such as culture and education.” In a statement posted on Greece foreign ministry’s website, Dendias said he also expressed ...
GREEK PM issues terse response to Turkey over refugee pushback claims
But one country alone cannot carry the problems of three continents on its shoulders,” the GREEK prime minister said, addressing heads of state and ...
Air Force's “Zeus” F-16 Demonstration Team Conquers the GREEK Skies
Over the last several years, the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) has been dazzling spectators during the military parades that are held in Thessaloniki every ...
The dark side of GREEK life: shedding light on the humiliations that await prospective pledges
On the surface, participating in GREEK life seems to be an innocent and quick way to network and make lifelong friends. What people often fail to notice, ...
National Hellenic Society Celebrates New Milestone at Annual Conference
Besides honoring important members of the GREEK American community for their service to fellow community members and Hellenism, NHS members ...
A modern take on an ancient GREEK play comes to Cal Poly this weekend
Comic playwright Aristophanes wrote the play during a time of war between Athens and Sparta, which many GREEKS opposed. To bring about peace, ...
Free Access Policy for GREEK Sites and Museums Announced
People with disability and their companions, as well as members of the Greece Chamber of Fine Arts or of corresponding EU chambers holding ...
Astoria's Favorite GREEK Taverna Comes to Port Chester
For any restaurant, a 29-year run is a Homeric accomplishment. For a GREEK restaurant in Astoria, the Queens neighborhood known for its traditional ...
Benghazi signs agreement to create urban masterplan with GREEK company
Through its acting head, Benghazi Municipality signed a contract for the creation of a master urban plan for the city with GREEK company LED, ...
GREEK or Treat returns to UA for community fun
The University of Arizona Panhellenic Council will be hosting GREEK or Treat on Oct. 30 from 4-7 p.m. on the UA Mall. The event is a safe environment ...
PM Mitsotakis meets with Albanian PM Rama in Athens
PM Mitsotakis said Greece backed Albania's EU accession talks provided it upheld its obligations
Alexandra Papadopoulou to become the first woman ever to be appointed Greek Ambassador to the U.S
Alexandra Papadopoulou is an experienced diplomat and has served the corps for decades from many posts
Father and Greek-American Mother Battle over Child’s Gender
DALLAS (AP) — Top Republican leaders in Texas this week weighed in on two parents’ battle over their 7-year-old child’s gender identity after the case […] The post Father and Greek-American Mother Battle over Child’s Gender appeared first on The National Herald.
Greece gets 10 expressions of interest in stake in Athens Airport
Ten investment schemes have submitted expressions of interest for a 30% stake in Athens International Airport (AIA), Greece’s privatization agency said on Tuesday. Greece holds a 55% stake in the airport. Germany-based AviAlliance GmbH, owned by Canada’s pension investor PSP Investments, holds a 40% stake in the airport and Greece’s Copelouzos the rest. Expressions of … The post Greece gets 10 expressions of interest in stake in Athens Airport appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
VIKING Wins Greek Coast Guard Tender
The international tender was concluded after a cooperation between the Hellenic Coast Guard and the Greek Emergency Response Organization (E.K.A.B), in an initiative supported and financed by the ...
IEBA Award Winners Discuss Who Gets into the Greek and How Politics Impact Festival Bookings
“The bands have a better time when they are closer. They get to sling their sweat directly on the audience.” Across the country, Greek Theatre gm Becky Colwell is gearing up for another round of ...
Olympiakos handball oust Turkish player after his military salute with Turkey’s national team
The Greek club issued a relevant statement on the matter on Tuesday
NGOs: Greek Migration Overhaul Threatens Rights
ATHENS - Human rights groups including Amnesty International and MSF on Tuesday said a new Greek migration law was "extremely harmful" to vulnerable asylum-seekers. The groups said the bill currently ...
Rights groups attack Greece on asylum plan, PM says burden is heavy
ATHENS — Human rights groups urged Greece on Tuesday to scrap plans they say will restrict access to protection for asylum seekers as the government said the burden of dealing with an influx of ...
Greek Police See Mob Ties to Businessman’s Shooting
ATHENS – A man was shot and wounded in the western Athenian suburb of Haidari on Oct. 29 in what police suspect is part of […] The post Greek Police See Mob Ties to Businessman’s Shooting appeared first on The National Herald.
Japan Tobacco Making Winston Cigarettes at Greek Factory
With Greece an attractive market as one of the world’s heaviest smoking countries, the multinational cigarette-maker Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has begun production of its […] The post Japan Tobacco Making Winston Cigarettes at Greek Factory appeared first on The National Herald.
After Six-Month Rise, Greek Bank Deposits Fall Again
ATHENS – Still struggling with a mountain of bad loans limiting the ability to loan, Greek private sector bank deposits fell a bit in September […] The post After Six-Month Rise, Greek Bank Deposits Fall Again appeared first on The National Herald.
Edi Rama: Europe, Arab Countries Need to Work Closer and Face Future Challenges Together
ATHENS – Greece is “an exemplary country in its efforts to receive people in despair and refugees trying to escape wars,” Albanian Prime Minister Edi […] The post Edi Rama: Europe, Arab Countries Need to Work Closer and Face Future Challenges Together appeared first on The National Herald.
Greece gets ten expressions of interest for its biggest airport
ATHENS (Reuters) - Ten investment schemes have submitted expressions of interest for a 30% stake in Athens International Airport, Greece’s privatization agency said on Tuesday. Greece holds a 55% in ...
Rights group slams Greece's draft law on asylum
UK lawmakers reject PM Johnson's request to hold an early election French police arrest man over mosque shooting 104 migrants aboard NGO ship seek to disembark to safety ...
Lancaster Greek Bazaar this weekend features features food, dancing, Greek culture
Baklava. Koulourakia. Finikia. Pastitsio. Yiaprakia. Without practice, these words may not fall trippingly from your tongue. But if you buy them at this weekend's annual Greek Bazaar, they will surely ...
Iranian mother and child to not be extradited, Greek Supreme Court rules
The 37-year-old mother had fled Iran after being subjected to domestic abuse by her spouse
NGO says Greek draft asylum law is against migrants' rights
NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday that a Greek draft law threatens to restrict access to protection for asylum seekers from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. "The bill is a naked attempt to ...
Human Rights Watch Rips Greece Asylum Law Changes
Greece’s new ruling New Democracy should abandon plans to tighten asylum procedures for refugees and migrants that could end appeals for rejected applications and see […] The post Human Rights Watch Rips Greece Asylum Law Changes appeared first on The National Herald.
North Macedonia Says Name Deal With Greece Wobbly After EU Talks Block
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev said vetoes by at least three countries so far to open European Union accession talks with his country could […] The post North Macedonia Says Name Deal With Greece Wobbly After EU Talks Block appeared first on The National Herald.
Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt Announces New Executive Leadership Team
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the announcement of the brand's new headquarters in Boulder, CO and its founders bringing in Craig Shiesley as Chief Executive Officer, Yasso ...
Businessman seriously injured in Mafia-style shooting in West Athens
Two assassins on a motorcycle fired with a Kalashnikov automatic weapon and a pistol at a businessman in Chaidari suburb of West Athens on Tuesday. The assassination took place at 11 o’ clock in the morning and thus while the businessman had stopped the car he was driving at traffic lights on Athinon Avenue. The … The post Businessman seriously injured in Mafia-style shooting in West Athens appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Earthquake rattles the island of Crete with 4.2R
An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale rattled the island of Crete on Tuesday afternoon. Τhe Greek Geodynamics Institute gives the tremor magnitude as 4.1 R, other international institutes as 4.2R The earthquake occurred short after 3:00 p.m. with its epicenter to be located in the sea area, 38 km North of the city … The post Earthquake rattles the island of Crete with 4.2R appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Greece pays price of EU’s ‘waste management’ plan
You notice it particularly in the morning and the closer you get to the centre. That’s when you also see the extent of Greece’s never-ending economic and humanitarian crisis. Refugees from Africa, ...
Rights groups blast new Greek asylum rules
Greek authorities are struggling to cope with a sharp rise in the number of arrivals over the summer months on its eastern islands, where EU-funded camps are suffering severe overcrowding and ...
Holy Cross Interim Dean Attempts Behind the Scenes to Influence Appointment of New President
BOSTON – Rev. Thomas FitzGerald, Interim Dean of Hellenic College – Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, has made attempts behind the scenes in […] The post Holy Cross Interim Dean Attempts Behind the Scenes to Influence Appointment of New President appeared first on The National Herald.
St. Thomas Greek Afternoon School Celebrates OXI Day
CHERRY HILL, NJ – The Greek Afternoon School of St. Thomas, with the blessings of with the Very Reverend Archimandrite Christoforos Oikonomidis, presiding priest of […] The post St. Thomas Greek Afternoon School Celebrates OXI Day appeared first on The National Herald.
Greek FM Dendias Calls on Turkey to Meet Its International Commitments
ATHENS – Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in statements after his meeting on Tuesday with his Bangladeshi counterpart Abul Kalam Abdul Momen urged Turkey not to […] The post Greek FM Dendias Calls on Turkey to Meet Its International Commitments appeared first on The National Herald.
Peterborough couple kicked off Greece BA flight get £300 vouchers before airline noticed error
Victoria Parker, 41, and Paul Dempsey, 44, of Peterborough, had been on a romantic getaway to Greece last month when they were escorted off their British Airways plane.
Greece urged Turkey to “stop using refugees as tools for political pressure”
Both the Greek Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs responded to Turkey’s allegations that Greece mistreats refugees and illegally pushes them back. Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, urged Ankara to be “very careful when it refers to Greece,” and to stop using refugees as tools for political pressure. “Refugees and immigrants in the Aegean … The post Greece urged Turkey to “stop using refugees as tools for political pressure” appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Greek bank deposits dip in September after sixth month rise
ATHENS, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Greek private sector bank deposits decreased slightly in September after rising for six successive months, central bank data showed on Tuesday. Businesses and household ...
Daily photo: Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019
The Assumption GREEK Orthodox Church will be offering homemade GREEK food and pastries, Saturday, Nov. 2nd from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. in their ...
GREECE Allows Passage Of Revised Gambling Bill
The new bill sees GREECE put an end to the' transition status' given to 24 online gambling companies awarded provisional licences in 2011.
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Muheisen showing for first time in GREECE
Men, women and children from Syria, GREECE, Pakistan, Afghanistan the Netherlands and many other countries, “remind visitors that human nature ...
Opinion: GREECE turned from a protagonist to an extra in 100 days...
The passiveness that GREECE'S foreign policy is experiencing at a time of tensions and reshuffle in the region cannot be explained in any other way.
Unknown perpetrators attack school in Patras with fire bombs
Unknown perpetrators have fired at least 8 Molotov cocktail bombs at the office of the director of a Gymnasium in Patras, North-West Peloponnese on Tuesday morning. Computers, printers and documents were destroyed. Firefighters were alerted to the fire by the school superintendent short after 7a.m. The perpetrators smashed the window glass of the office and … The post Unknown perpetrators attack school in Patras with fire bombs appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
“Prespes Agreement is at risk, some chapters may froze,” says PM Zaef
Prime minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, has warned that a decision not to launch European Union accession talks with the Balkan nation may put the Prespes Agreement at risk as th ename deal and accession to EU are intrinsically linked. Speaking to the Greek edition of Euronews in Skopje on Monday, Zaev said that … The post “Prespes Agreement is at risk, some chapters may froze,” says PM Zaef appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
Greece can be 'pillar' for regional stability: Pompeo
Athens (AFP) - Shrugging off anti-US demonstrations on a visit Saturday to Athens, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Greece can be a pillar of stability in a troubled region. Pompeo is in Greece ...