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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Fr. Koufalakis to Become a Bishop

NEW YORK – The Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, which was convened in a two-day session at the Archdiocesan Headquarters in New York on March 17 and 18, decided to begin the process to elevate Archimandrite Apostolos Koufalakis to the bishopric rank. Koufalakis presently serves as Chancellor to Metropolitan Gerasimos […]

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New Decrease in Loan Granting

According to the Bank of Greece data, business and household deposits dropped from 161.02 to 160.5 billion in January. Since the beginning

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General Strike in Athens on April 9

A series of Greek Unions, the Civil Servants’ Confederation (ADEDI), the Panhellenic Pharmaceutical Association (PFS), the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE), the

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Mayors Top Hidden Assets List

The chief of Greece’s anti-corruption agency said a review of declarations of wealth by municipal officials has found that dozens of mayors

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Panathinaikos, Atromitos play to scoreless draw

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Atromitos and visiting Panathinaikos battled to a scoreless draw in the Greek league Saturday.

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Bild: Greece Can Reduce Debt with Sex and Drugs

Bild: Greece Can Reduce Debt with Sex and DrugsGreek Reporter“In countries suffering from the crisis, such as Greece, Spain and Italy, this new regulation brings advantages such as reducing the debt ratio which is calculated in a GDP percent. Consequently, when the GDP grows based on this new regulation, then ...

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Exhibit from Ancient Greece

On the forefront of the European elections, the presidents of Greece and Italy decided that this is the right moment to inaugurate a show with the clear political message title “Classicism and Europe, the Destiny of Greece and Italy.”

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Greek Week bonds campus chapters

Greek Week, a “homecoming” week for students in fraternities and sororities, will feature a different themed activity each day March 31-April 6. Dominique Vieyra, Greek Week director and Zeta Tau Alpha sorority member, is excited for the events.

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Tickets Available For Only 7 World Cup Games With Greece-Ivory Coast Least ...

Washington PostTickets Available For Only 7 World Cup Games With Greece-Ivory Coast Least ...Fox News LatinoSão Paulo (AP) – Tickets remain for only seven of the 64 World Cup matches, with the Greece-Ivory Coast game the least popular one so far. With less than five days before the latest sales period closes, more than 2.5 million tickets have been sold for ...Tickets remain for just seven World Cup matchesSI.comBrazil football World Cup tickets selling wellStuff.co.nzall 365 news articles »

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Greek parliament debates critical reforms

Greece has outperformed on fiscal measures but delayed implementing structural reforms that would modernise the economy and support long-term growth

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Greece awaits Supreme Court prayer ruling

Washington PostGreece awaits Supreme Court prayer rulingRochester Democrat and ChronicleGreece's expeditious, matter-of-fact Christian prayer, with no mention of those who believe differently, is at the heart of a case with potentially wide-ranging impact: Governmental bodies from Congress and state legislatures to school boards often ...New York town awaits ruling on moment of prayerNewsOK.comall 4 news articles »

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Eat Greek: Red pepper feta spread and salad kabobs

Eat Greek: Red pepper feta spread and salad kabobsCANOECue the bouzouki music, it's almost April and we're warming up with the bright, fresh flavours of Greece! All the ingredients for a fabulous feast are hear — from feta cheese to yogurt, oregano to good quality olive oil, event honey all play starring ...and more »

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Addio, Champagne, Yeia Sou, Athiri!

Greece produces some nice sparkling alternatives to champagne, such as Athiri sparklers, Moschofileros sparklers, and even sparkling rosé made from Xinomavro. Are these wines the “new Champagne?” This Champagne replacement phenomenon is happening in Italy and Spain, too. Numbers released by the Italian Sparkling Wine Observatory (OVSE) showed that sales of the Italian sparkler Prosecco […]

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Greece's deputy ag minister resigns over milk changes but will back overall ...

Fresno BeeGreece's deputy ag minister resigns over milk changes but will back overall ...U.S. News & World ReportATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek's deputy agriculture minister has resigned over a proposal to lengthen the shelf life of milk but says he will vote for an omnibus reform bill to ensure more loans by Greece's creditors. Minister Maximos Harakopoulos, who ...Greece's retailers, opposition furious over proposed reform to overhaul marketMinneapolis Star TribuneGreece: austerity bill angers neighborhood storesU-T San DiegoGreek market overhaul angers retailers, oppositionFresno BeeBusiness Insider -Bloombergall 120 news articles »

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Greek Wages on Steady Decline

Note that while last year across Europe there was a raise in wages, Greece and Cyprus suffered reductions. According to ELSTAT’s (Hellenic Statistical Authority) data, wages in Greece have been on a constant and steady decrease since 2010 ...

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Greek Minister Quits But Backs Bill

Greek Alternate Agricultural Development Minister Maximos Harakopoulos has quit in protest over an omnibus bill but will vote for it anyway.

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Harakopoulos Quits But Backs Bill

Greek Alternate Agricultural Development Minister Maximos Harakopoulos, who had threatened to resign unless the government dropped a provision in a pending omnibus

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Greek deputy minister resigns over proposed milk reform

Greece's Deputy Agriculture Minister Maximos Charakopoulos resigned from his post on Saturday to protest against a dairy product reform bill demanded by the country's international lenders that he says will hurt Greek dairy producers. The proposed measure is part of a general bill to overhaul Greek markets that will be put to the vote on Sunday. Charakopoulos, a lawmaker for Prime Minister ...

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Protests Over Greek Market Overhaul

Greek associations of bakers, pharmacies, booksellers, and milk farmers have expressed angry opposition to plans to overhaul trading rules.

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Greek Auxiliary Pensions Face 25% Cut

The Greek coalition government led by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is set to slash already-reduced auxiliary pensions by another 25 percent.

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Chiklis Joins American Horror Cast

Greek-American actor Michael Chiklis is joining the American Horror Story family for the anthology series' fourth season, subtitled Freak Show.

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Greek Salad Kabobs. (Courtesy of Foodland Ontario)

Greek Salad Kabobs. (Courtesy of Foodland Ontario)London Free PressCue the bouzouki music, it's almost April and we're warming up with the bright, fresh flavours of Greece! All the ingredients for a fabulous feast are hear — from feta cheese to yogurt, oregano to good quality olive oil, event honey all play starring ...

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Albanian prisoner who killed Greek guard found dead

Greek ReporterAlbanian prisoner who killed Greek guard found deadGlobalPostAn Albanian convict who fatally stabbed a Greek prison guard earlier this week was found dead in his cell, officials said on Friday. A coroner said the inmate, who had been beaten, had a fractured sternum and likely died of a heart attack. Ilie Kareli ...Greek Coroner: Malandrinos Killer Beaten to DeathGreek Reporterall 32 news articles »

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Greece child abuse rises as economy falters

Economic crisis has been linked to a growing number of abandoned and abused children, straining local charities.

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Great Greek Books to Read

The summer season is slowly approaching and plans for some down time are starting to take shape. This is a perfect time

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Greek retailers angry over proposed market overhaul

ATHENS -- Greek associations of bakers, pharmacies, booksellers, and milk farmers expressed angry opposition to a proposed reform that would overhaul trading rules and, they fear, wipe out independent stores and producers. The government is due to formally ...

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Efthymios Kalaras: Making Greek History at Sochi 2014 Paralympics

Greek ReporterEfthymios Kalaras: Making Greek History at Sochi 2014 ParalympicsGreek ReporterBy By Justin A. Rice | For the IPC – From the stadion races at the original Olympiads to wrestling in both ancient and modern times, Greeks conjure many Olympic and Paralympic images from a wide range of sports. Skiing, however, is not typically one of ...

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Lemoyne LCB shop assembles four wines from Greece for Saturday tasting

Lemoyne LCB shop assembles four wines from Greece for Saturday tastingThe Patriot-News (blog)Made from 100% Xinomavro grapes, this has some history to it… it was actually the first Greek red bottled VQPRD wine to enter the Greek market, constituting a landmark for red wines in Greece. The winemaker says…. “For 6 generations, it has been ...

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New Greek austerity bill angers neighborhood stores as market rules face overhaul

New Greek austerity bill angers neighborhood stores as market rules face overhaulFox NewsThe measures, to be voted Sunday, would liberalize retail sectors, and include plans to grant supermarkets permission to set up in-store pharmacies, allow a longer shelf-life for milk and scrap price limits on books set by Greek publishers. Unions also ...

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Greek Coroner: Malandrinos Killer Beaten to Death

Greek coroners determined Friday that Ilia Kareli, the Albanian convict who killed a Greek prison guard, died of a heart attack after sustaining multiple injuries, including a fractured sternum caused by a baton, and possible torture.

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Greek Flag Raised, Begins Parade Weekend

TNH Staff Writer NEW YORK – Holidays are warmed and lit from the inside out. Rainy, chilly weather did not interfere with the raising of the Greek flag, official start of Greek Parade weekend in New York. Greek-Americans and philhellenes and passers-by were delighted by the annual ceremony highlight by the appearance of the Greek […]

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Athens’ Brothel Takeover Raised in Parliament

A shocking report by Athens Municipality on illegal brothels operating in Greece’s capital has been referred to Parliament by opposition MPs in questions to the President

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World History Shows U.S.- Russia Relations Must Move Beyond Fear and Conflict

In the 2003 documentary The Fog of War, Robert McNamara recalled that during the Cuban Missile Crisis, it was Ambassador Tommy Thompson's personal insight on Khrushchev from his time in Moscow that saved the day and, possibly, human civilization. Challenging JFK's belief that the U.S. would be unable to get the missiles out of Cuba by negotiation, Thompson saw that Khrushchev had bitten off more than he could chew, and would jump at a deal to remove the missiles in exchange for a no invasion pledge from Kennedy. Such Slavic empathy was in short supply on Sunday's Meet the Press. David Brooks cited the high Soviet pain threshold demonstrated at Stalingrad to illustrate why mere sanctions over Crimea are no match for the Russian mentality, but then failed to draw the obvious conclusion from Russia's sacrifice: that Putin fears encirclement. Whatever pride Russians take from defeating Hitler's invading armies in 1943, the main lesson which over 25 million dead teaches them is never to allow their country to be surrounded again. Would the journalistic elite gathered round David Gregory's table see Russia's security concerns through the prism of that blood soaked history? Not quite. To counter Russian influence in Ukraine, said Brooks, we need not less fear, but more fear. In fact, a veritable "climate of fear" is what the New York Times columnist claimed President Obama must induce to knock Putin back on his heels. The ancient Greeks had something to say about anxiety in international relations. One of the oldest conflicts that left a detailed historical record still resonates today because of what it tells us about the psychological motivations that lead states into conflict. The elements present in the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), fought between the militarized Spartans and the do-gooder Athenians who wanted to expand their influence, have been witnessed again and again over the last two millennia. According to Thucydides, the Athenian general who left us this timeless account, "what made war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta." Thucydides saw that a combination of unstable variables including human nature, power, values, and fear guaranteed that history would, if not repeat itself, certainly echo the same melody down the ages. NYU's Stephen Cohen has argued, à la Thucydides, that part of the reason for the current crisis with Russia over Ukraine and Crimea has been the lack of respect shown by the West to Moscow ever since the breakup of the Soviet Union. The evidence which Cohen cites is the expansion of NATO to the borders of Russia (factually correct), along with a complete disregard on the part of the U.S. for the Russian sense of geographic vulnerability given its monumental sacrifice in World War Two (at least a possibility based on the Meet the Press evidence). Empathy should cut both ways, though, and much like Henry Kissinger, Professor Cohen is unable to move beyond geopolitics and spheres of influence to consider the wishes and aspirations of the Eastern Europeans who suffered under Soviet domination. If Poland, the Baltic states and other Eastern European countries jumped at the chance to come under the NATO umbrella when presidents Clinton, and later Bush, dangled the invitation before their eyes, step one for Russia should have been to show a little more tender loving care to its former satellite states. Yet for Putin, who views the collapse of the USSR as the biggest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century, any suggestion that life under Soviet influence might not have been delightful would be as well received as a Pussy Riot church recital. Nevertheless, while Mr. Putin may be autocratic in the best Russian tradition, he is undeniably popular at home. The West needs to stop threatening, start talking, and try to reconcile Russia's legitimate security concerns with the desire of Ukrainians to chart their own destiny. Negotiations will be challenging, but the alternative of a revived and potentially more unstable version of the Cold War with the added spice of nationalism is no alternative at all. The language of confrontation might make good Sunday morning television in Washington, but in Europe, such sentiment is even scarier than a bare-chested Vladimir Putin on horseback. The conflict between Athens and Sparta illustrated what happens when states fail to consider the impact that even well-intentioned actions might have on the security of other states. Tensions between the West and Russia will only be diffused when both sides begin displaying the same level of sensitivity to the concerns of the other that Kennedy's team brought to bear in resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis. That effort to instill a little more empathy and a little less fear into the international system needs to start without delay in Washington and Moscow. Maybe on Meet the Press as well.Image courtesy of poniblog

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Greece: Market Overhaul as Retailers Furious

Fresno BeeGreece: Market Overhaul as Retailers FuriousABC NewsThe proposed measures were hammered out during seven months of negotiations with Greece's bailout lenders and must be voted into law before the country can get more rescue loans. Conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' coalition government is ...Greece: austerity bill angers neighborhood storesU-T San DiegoGreek market overhaul angers retailers, oppositionFresno BeeGreece's retailers, opposition furious over proposed reform to overhaul marketMinneapolis Star Tribuneall 107 news articles »

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