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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

The Most Influential Greek Rebetika Singers of All Time

Rebetika singers Roza Eskenazi, Markos Vamvakaris, Vasilis Tsitsanis, and Sotiria Bellou were some of the most important figures of the genre.


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GREEK PM: We Do Not Want a Repeat of the 2015 Uncontrolled Migration Flows

GREEK PM: We Do Not Want a Repeat of the 2015 Uncontrolled Migration Flows. Αssociated Press. GREEK Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, center, arrives for a ...


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GREEK vanity plates can be a form of "significant corruption"

They did a statistical analysis of GREEK License plate Test characteristic subjective observations license Plates such as plates with repeat numbers ...


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How Do the Right Thing Recreated GREEK Tragedy in Bed-Stuy

It's essentially a GREEK tragedy where everyone is wearing Nikes. Its mimesis comes down to a microcosm of America contained within Bed-Stuy.


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Greece to Invest $1.2 Billion in Port and Ferry Service Upgrades

The Government of Greece with the support of the European Union is launching a $1.2 billion program designed to upgrade and enhance maritime operations in Greece. The projects will focus both on ...


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Billionaire: Cryptocurrency Will “Eventually Prove to be Worthless”

John Paulson, a billionaire who made his money investing in hedge funds and who predicted the huge housing crash in 2008, says all cryptocurrency, like bitcoin, is inherently “worthless” and “will go to zero.” The investor, who was one of the few who foresaw the mortgage collapse in what has been referred to as “the […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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Female Octopuses Throw Things at Each Other When Offended

The octopus is one of the iconic denizens of the waters off Greece and many other areas of the world. Known for being very intelligent, the creatures often respond to the world around them by changing color and shape in an effort to defend themselves. Some, such as those living at the Tampa Bay Aquarium, […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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Little Greek Fresh Grill to Open on Dr. Phillips Blvd

Little Greek Fresh Grill, a fast-casual Greek restaurant with an American influence, is set to open a location this fall on Dr. Phillips Blvd., according to Nick Vojnovic, Little Greek president. It ...


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Granit Xhaka tests positive for Covid ahead of Switzerland's friendly against Greece

The 28-year-old has had a week to forget after being shown a red card during Arsenal's 5-0 defeat to Manchester City on Saturday - a reckless challenge which he was roundly condemned for.


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GREEK Minister Apologizes for Auschwitz Remark

A newly appointed GREEK minister apologized to the Jewish community for a remark he made in 2009 about Auschwitz and the Holocaust.


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Whipped GREEK Yogurt With Cardamom, Date and Pistachios

Whole-milk GREEK yogurt is rich in protein compared to regular yogurt, providing a great boost to your morning meal. Makes 2 servings. Ingredients. 1/4 teaspoon ...


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Xhaka tests positive for COVID-19 and will not play for Switzerland vs Greece

Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka has tested positive for COVID-19 while on international duty with Switzerland.The Swiss FA confirmed the news on ...


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Things to do in Long Beach this weekend including… a plant party and Greek festival

This long weekend alone is enough to celebrate, but Long Beach loves to step it up a notch. We’ve got a celebration of business and community, plants, Greece and of music—all happening this weekend.


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Wow. I wasn't the only ancient ruin in GREECE – Press Telegram

I went to GREECE with my friend Mary, my son Cheetah Boy, and his girlfriend Anna. No, Curly Girl didn't want to go. I brought a cheetah boy.


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Dozens of French Students Clean Idyllic Beach in GREECE

Volunteers spent thousands of hours cleaning beaches in GREECE. In total, the volunteers worked for 2,760 hours cleaning up beaches, helping preserve the ...


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Some 10 000 health workers in Greece faced being suspended as a deadline to get vaccinated against Covid-19 ran out, a union said.


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Greek American Author Releases New Memoir ‘Sophia’s Return’

Sophia Kouidou-Giles recounts the journey that uncovered long-buried family secrets SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 1, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) - The new book by author Sophia Kouidou-Giles, “Sophia's ...


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Vanity plates in Greece may be a form of 'conspicuous corruption'

In Greece, drivers cannot legally purchase custom vanity plates. However, a new study confirms an open secret: that the country has an illegal market for acquiring license plates with distinctive ...


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Name Deal Details Undone, GREECE, North Macedonia Talk Trade

Formerly known as The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM,) the country renamed itself North Macedonia in a deal made with GREECE'S former ruling anti- ...


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Minister Appointee Quits, Mitsotakis Re-stirs Cabinet Shakeup

The number of daily COVID-19 cases GREECE has reported this month are the highest since the start of the pandemic, raising concern that public hospitals could ...


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Irish man questioned over Niall O'Brien death in GREECE to appear before judicial authority ...

A man arrested in connection with the death of Limerick student Niall O'Brien, in GREECE, is due to appear before a Greek judicial authority Thursday, ...


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Orthodox Church Hosting Drive Thru Opa GREEK Fest

The event will be different than in previous years. Attendees are invited to drive thru and pick up various GREEK food. Rini Christofilakos-Soler, who is ...


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Yanis Varoufakis: A Former Leftist Icon Turns to Science Fiction

As Greek finance minister, he made a name for himself for standing up to Germany. But his political star burned out quickly. Now, Yanis Varoufakis is trying his luck at writing novels.


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Pope to visit Greece, Cyprus, Malta

Pope Francis announced plans to visit Greece, Cyprus and Malta and confirmed he hopes to attend the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, in an interview broadcast Wednesday. The 84-year-old has ...


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Love GREEK food and want to taste the cream of the crop? Head to the island of Tinos

You'll spot moustached men playing backgammon at marble tables in the dappled sunlight. Try a silty GREEK coffee and a creamy, semolina-rich galaktoboureko ...


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Staikouras: The GREEK Economy Resisted Adverse Conditions

Despite the adverse conditions, in the last 18 months, “the GREEK economy has resisted” and “the way is open for a smooth and strong recovery,” Finance ...


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New Greek Tourism Minister Takes the Helm

Vassilis Kikilias took over his new post from Harry Theoharis, aiming to continue “what has been built so far” for the tourism sector and create a new product for the country.


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Cyber students aim to represent U.S.

7-12, in Athens, GREECE. Students Jake Elder, Houstoun Hall, Taylor Hitt, Benjamin Huckaba and Smit Patel and alumnus Kyung Michael Park will wrap up the ...


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Andy Murray's fury over Stefanos Tsitsipas's bathroom break at US Open may change rules ...

He accused the world No 3 from GREECE of “cheating” for taking so long before the opening game of the deciding set, and subsequently dropped his serve ...


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Tzolis joins GREECE'S world cup campaign despite injury concerns

The English club's website, canaries.co.uk, reported the pair were set to appear for GREECE in today's (1 September) friendly match against Kosovo before ...


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The Stunning Greek-inspired Architecture of the Ancient City of Petra

The stunningly-beautiful ancient city known as Petra in southern Jordan is a world treasure like none other on the globe. The ancient rock city is built into the dramatic pink-colored stone of Jabal Al-Madbah mountain, facing outward to a valley. The ruins of Petra, dating back as far as 9,000 B.C., provide invaluable insight into the […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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Greece’s Medal Tally at Tokyo Paralympic Games Climbs to Seven

Greece added another medal to its tally at the Tokyo Paralympic Games on Wednesday, bringing the total medals won by the nation to seven. Grigoris Polychronidis won the silver at boccia, a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The sport is contested at local, national and international levels, by […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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'The next Greek yogurt': K-State students win national contest with a cheesy drink

Would you consume a tart protein drink made with fermented cheese? Three Kansas State University food science graduate students hope so. The students - Yuda Ou of China, and Priyamvada Thorakkattu and ...


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Turkish Cypriot FM slams US senator's anti-Turkey remarks

The foreign minister said Menendez's support for Greece and the GREEK Cypriot administration for personal and political gains has damaged Turkey-U.S. ...


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Wilmington GREEK Festival dishes up Mediterranean food and fun

Wilmington's big fat GREEK Festival will likely be much slimmer when the full version returns to North Broom Street in September.


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Police questioning Irish man in connection with death of Niall O’Brien (22) on Greek island

Greek police are questioning an Irish man in connection with the death of a Limerick man on the island of Ios yesterday, Monday.


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Greek Art and the Orient

For over a century, scholars have recognized an 'orientalizing period' in the history of early Greek art, in which Greek artisans fashioned works of art under the stimulus of Near Eastern imports or ...


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GREECE vying for one of eight spots at Disney's world nations showcase

GREECE is seeking a place in the spotlight at the world nations exhibition at Epcot, a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA, ...


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Suspension of unvaccinated health workers begins, protests across GREECE

Suspension of unvaccinated health workers begins, protests across GREECE ... The deadline for the mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 of health workers expired ...


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Sparkle activates fourth Greek data centre

Telecom Italia's international services arm Sparkle has announced the launch of its fourth data centre in Greece and its third in Athens. The facility, dubbed Metamorfosis II, is described as the ...


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What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad review – desperate journeys

This timely and unconsoling novel is a deeply humanistic fable about a young boy fleeing Syria and the expat girl he meets in Greece “Yallah, yallah!” The words are Arabic: “Let’s go!” According to the narrator of Cairo-born, Doha-raised Omar El Akkad’s second novel _What Strange Paradise_, their very sound conveys restlessness and movement. They can be grasped universally. “Following its phrases for greeting and introduction,” he claims, “every culture’s first linguistic export should be the directive _Let’s go_.” That’s what eight-year-old Amir Utu does. Like so many of his fellow Syrians, he escapes his benighted homeland, decamping from Homs to Damascus, down through Jordan, across to Alexandria in Egypt. Then, late one evening, he sneakily follows his uncle on board a rickety boat and joins hundreds of wretched strangers trying to cross the Mediterranean. Let’s go. It’s easier to say than to do. Especially when there are so many other people – poor, dark-skinned, desperate – hellbent on making the same journey. One of them, surely in El Akkad’s mind, was three-year-old Syrian Alan Kurdi, a photograph of whose lifeless body washed up on a Turkish beach made news headlines across the world in 2015. Amir’s boat, steered by two Ethiopians who have never been off dry land before, runs aground on a Greek island shore. His body is washed up and he’s assumed to be dead. Lazarus-like, he gets up and runs towards a thicket. There he finds an adolescent girl, Vänna. She’s the daughter of expats whose dreams of setting up a guesthouse ran aground during the financial crisis in the 2000s. Continue reading...


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Oreo biscuit batch recalled from Greek market

The product may cause allergic reactions to some consumers


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Statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias following his meeting with the Foreign Minister of North Macedonia, Bujar Osmani (Skopje, August 31, 2021)

Dear Minister, dear Bujar, Today was our fourth meeting after you assumed office and it is the second time I am in Skopje, in the two years that I have been Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece. The schedule is packed, since, after you, I will have successive meetings with the Prime Minister, Mr. Zoran Zaev, the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Nikola Dimitrov, the President of the Assembly, Mr. Talat Xhaferi and the President of the Republic of North Macedonia, Mr. Stevo Pendarovski, who will visit us in a month in Athens. These contacts are proof of the intention of the Mitsotakis government, of the Greek government, to deepen our bilateral relations. And of course, they are an indication of the full support for your country’s European perspective, and I warmly thank you for your kindness to acknowledge it. Greece, ladies and gentlemen, dear representatives of the press, is willing and able to be North Macedonia’s closest ally and best friend. Greece, as an immediate neighbour, has every reason and interest to ensure the stability, security and prosperity of your country, the prosperity of your people. And we always tell our European partners that the Western Balkans must never be allowed to become Europe's powder keg again. We make every effort to ensure the stability of the Western Balkans.Since my last visit to Skopje we have achieved a lot, working together. You had the kindness, Minister, my dear friend, to refer to bilateral trade and our joint investments.Greek entrepreneurs, ladies and gentlemen, have invested over half a billion Euros in North Macedonia. They have contributed to the creation of over 20,000 jobs. And despite the pandemic last year, bilateral trade amounted to almost 800 million Euros.The signing of the agreement on the gas pipeline, which is an important step for energy security and the diversification of energy sources, and also the presence here today of Deputy Minister for Economic Diplomacy Kostas Fragogiannis, mark exactly this, our will to consider ways to further strengthen cooperation.We cooperate in the military field. In addition to the monitoring mission of the airspace of North Macedonia, carried out by the Hellenic Air Force within the framework of NATO, two agreements were signed this year; on the protection of classified information and a military cooperation program, which is already underway. In the field of culture, the recent agreement on the conservation and protection of Byzantine and post-Byzantine monuments will strengthen cooperation in the management of cultural and religious heritage.Thank you for acknowledging our help in tackling the pandemic by providing 120,000 vaccines. As I told you privately and I repeat publicly, we are at your disposal to assist in any way we can.I would also like to acknowledge our cooperation within International Organizations. I welcome the decision you had the kindness to announce to me, with the note you handed me, to support Greece’s candidacy for a non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council for the period 2025-26. This is extremely important for Greece and I thank you very much. Your decision is proof of the confidence you have in Greece.For two decades Greece has been promoting the integration of the Western Balkans into the European Union as a matter of principle. And for this reason it fully supports your EU accession process, on the basis of set conditionality. We will continue to work as hard as we can to ensure that the first intergovernmental conference is convened as soon as possible. We will coordinate our efforts with the Slovenian Presidency of the EU. And we will continue to provide you with any technical assistance you wish.I would also like to acknowledge that in the European context, Greece is particularly pleased with your alignment with the announcements and statements of the European Union. Your harmonization indicators, which we always follow, are exceptionally high. And I would like to make a special reference to the recent statement on Varosha condemning the illegal Turkish actions.It is certainly a fact that the signing of the bilateral defense cooperation agreement with Turkey raised questions for us. Thank you for your answers.Dear friend, dear colleague, we have a motto in Greece; we say that “good understandings make for good friends”. The full, consistent and in good faith implementation of the Prespa Agreement is the necessary foundation, the necessary precondition in order to further strengthen our relations and to realize our common vision for the integration of North Macedonia into the European family. To this purpose, important steps have been taken and I would like to acknowledge and express my satisfaction for these symbolic moves of yours, starting with the removal of the sign bearing the name of the street just outside the building where we are; a sign that had been placed in different times and in an effort to appropriate King Philip II, the father of Alexander the Great.It has been clearly agreed between us that your ancestors were not in the Balkan Peninsula at that time and did not have the great historical opportunity to campaign, under the leadership of Alexander the Great, in the depths of Asia.I also wish to commend and acknowledge the name change of the Archaeological Museum, located in a central part of the city, as well as the change of road signs at border crossings.And I want to emphasize that the implementation of the Prespa agreement is not a bureaucratic process of ticking boxes. Both the spirit and the letter must be implemented properly. Two and a half years later, there is considerable room for its proper implementation.During our meeting I also elaborated on all the issues that concern the Hellenic Republic and which I intend to repeat today to the rest of my interlocutors.I would like to address two main issues.First, we must invest in the new generation, by providing them with proper education and the necessary tools to look forward to our common future, our European future, not to look to the past. We must also avert interpretations of the agreement that either create false impressions or are themselves wrong. Because these interpretations create tension and arouse the emotions of public opinion.Ladies and gentlemen, we are facing a challenge, which is an opportunity. The prospects are the best, without of course underestimating the difficulties that exist. I think that our common interest, our common course and our common perspective are obvious to everyone. We consider that you have made, my dear friend, the choice to be by our side, next to Greece, in the course of the great historical project, the great European Family, in which Greece has consistently and continuously sought since 2003 to integrate the Western Balkans.We believe that you as a government have chosen to leave the Balkanization of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century behind once and for all and join the common European vision of the 21st century. We believe that you have decidedly rejected anachronistic visions, perceptions that go back to different times, to past times.Others, in our wider region, are propagating a hopeless return to yesterday's empires, to zones of neo-Ottoman influence, violating International Law, illegally occupying other countries' territories, trying to divert the Western Balkans from the European course.You have chosen the European course. You have decided to participate in the most ambitious project of a Union of states in the history of mankind, to be part of an area of Democracy, Prosperity, Justice, Protection of Human Rights, Freedom of Religion, respect for the individuality of citizens. You have chosen to join the European Union.I urge you to continue to implement this choice, because, if you will allow me, this is in the absolute interest of your people. And we hope that you will be fully involved in the European project soon when the relevant criteria are met and to this end we will help you both personally and your government as much as possible.Dear Bujar, I hope that we will have the opportunity to meet often and I want to assure you that the government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, upon the instruction he has given me, will continue to work closely with your government to achieve our agreed common goals.Thank you so much for your warm hospitality.


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Renewable energy co Solegreen enters Greek market

Together with Spanish company Eranovum, Solegreen is buying 50% of a Greek company with eight solar projects in development. Renewable energy company Solegreen (TASE: SLGN), which operates in the US ...


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Cooking a dish of giant beans is devotion to my GREEK family

GREEK-Australian Ella Mittas chose cheffing to stay close to her family and heritage. By. Ella Mittas. 1 Sep 2021 - 10:25 AM UPDATED 2 MINS AGO ...


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Mitsotakis To Attend Bled Strategic Forum In Slovenia

In Slovenia, he will meet with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Janša and President Borut Pahor. The GREEK Prime Minister will participate with other European ...


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FM: GREECE can be North Macedonia's 'best friend'

Dendias held talks with counterpart Bujar Osmani, President Stevo Pendarovski and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and other officials of GREECE'S northern neighbor.


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Sleeping Under the Stars on the Peak of GREECE'S Mountain of the Gods

It is the highest mountain in GREECE, measuring 2,918 meters (9,573 feet). The winter snow stays there for most of the year. Vasilakakos stars Konstantinos ...


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Volga-Dnepr Delivers Fire-Fighting Helicopters to GREECE

Russia's Volga-Dnepr airline has delivered four Bell 214B and auxiliary equipment from Australia to GREECE. The project was carried out in cooperation with ...


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Ancient Library of Alexandria One of Greatest Treasures of Mankind

The ancient Library of Alexandria, built in the city that was the brainchild of Alexander the Great, was one of the greatest wonders of the world, hosting scholars who explored science, history and all other areas of knowledge before its tragic destruction. The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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