‘I just need a connection’: the refugees teaching languages across borders

A unique platform lets teachers from Venezuela to Syria to Burundi earn a living teaching their language online Louisa Waugh and Ghaith Alhallak have met for language lessons in seven countries. “We counted it up the other day,” says Waugh, recalling the list of places from which she has video-called Alhallak: Britain, Mali, Senegal and Greece. Alhallak has answered from Lebanon, France and Italy, where he is now studying for a master’s degree in political science at the University of Padua. “You just need a connection,” he says. Continue reading...

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North Macedonia, GREECE: Rewriting History after Prespa

“Alexander the Great is our hero,” said 16-year-old Aleksandar* from the town of Bitola in North Macedonia, near the border with GREECE.

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It's all GREEK to me: Growing up GREEK without learning the language

As I made my way through 11 years of GREEK school, I watched my class sizes dwindle down and the age gap widen. I remember sitting in my class ...

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GREEK shipowners committed to implementing US sanctions

In the wake of a decision by the US Treasury earlier this month to impose sanctions on four tankers managed by leading GREEK owners, UGS president, ...

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Greece Looks Like a Safer Destination Now

Visitor attractions. During the euro-zone crisis at the beginning of the last decade, many European citizens felt they were paying an unfair price for Greece’s problems. As the first wave of the ...

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Mother duck and 10 ducklings living at GREECE Walmart

GREECE, N.Y. (WHEC) — A viewer from GREECE contacted us Tuesday morning. She said there was a mother to be hanging outside the local Walmart ...

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If Greece capitulates, Turkey will be bigger threat to Israel than Iran

Greek National Security Advisor Alexandros Diakopoulos discusses Turkey's opposition to Israeli-Greek-Cypriot pipeline.

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