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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Wounded Veterans and Guests Go Greek for Dinner

RICHMOND, Va., April 26, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Greek traditional meal is not only about eating food, it's about taking the time to talk and enjoy the company of family and friends. This tradition continued when a group of wounded veterans and ...


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Why Is Saint George Day a Transferable Feast in Greece?

In Greece, Saint George Day, or Agios Georgios Day, is celebrated on April 23. However, if Easter is after April 23, then it is celebrated on Easter Monday. Why is that, though? When celebrations coincide within Great Lent or Holy Week, for example, the ...


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ECB could move quickly on funding GREEK banks after a deal

GREEK banks could get access to cheap European Central Bank funding again soon after Athens clinches a deal with creditors, sources have told ...


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Passing of GREEK equestrian powerhouse Freddy Serpieri at 77

The son of Jonny Serpieri and Didi Vlastou, he came from a prominent GREEK family with significant mining interests. He studied economics in Geneva ...


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GREECE eager to cut spending, seeks new bailout

GREECE has suggested to cut spending in order to secure further financial aid, ... Talks between GREECE and its international lenders did not flourish, ...


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Cyprus Labor Day Celebration

NICOSIA—Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot Trade Unions called on Tuesday on everyone to take part in this year’s joint celebration of Labour Day, which will take place on Sunday evening, opposite Ledra Palace hotel in the UN-controlled buffer zone in Nicosia. In a joint declaration, read by Pancyprian Federation of Labour (PEO) Secretary General Pambis […]


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A Greek Windfall: Chobani Doles Out Shares to Employees

NEW YORK (AP) -- Chobani says it is giving its employees an ownership stake in the Chenango County-based company. The Greek yogurt maker says the shares being distributed would amount to 10 percent of the company's future value in the event of a sale or ...


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Greek Bailout: Negotiations Stall

It looks like Greece and its international creditors remain at loggerheads over the economic overhauls Athens must implement before the country can receive fresh loans. The latest problem in a saga of troubled talks: Greece’s government and the ...


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Chobani is Giving Employees Shares in the GREEK Yogurt Company

The GREEK yogurt maker says the shares being distributed would amount to 10 percent of the company's future value in the event of a sale or initial ...


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Disabled Syrian Refugee Carries Olympic Torch in GREECE

Syrian Refugee Carries Olympic Torch A 27-year-old disabled Syrian refugee received the Olympic flame on Tuesday at the Elaionas refugee camp in ...


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Euro zone delays meeting on Greece reforms, says needs more time

[A Greek national flag flutters atop the parliament building in Athens]Euro zone finance ministers will not meet on Thursday and need more time to discuss two sets of Greek reforms that would unlock new loans, the office of the Eurogroup said on Twitter. The meeting was a possibility because Greece and its lenders aim to reach an agreement on a package of special measures that would be implemented only if needed, to make sure the country reaches agreed fiscal targets in 2018. "No additional Eurogroup on Greece this Thursday, more time needed," said the spokesman for the chairman of euro zone finance ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem.


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Race to reach agreement in Greek bailout talks

Discussions between Greek government officials and negotiators continued in Athens on Tuesday as negotiators sought a breakthrough in the bailout talks ahead of a possible eurogroup meeting in Brussels on Thursday. Euro zone finance ministers remained on ...


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Government Continues Negotiations With Creditors on Tuesday

The government continued its negotiations with the country’s lenders on Tuesday, with the Greek side noting that the government has secured all its red lines for this phase of the talks concerning protecting pensions, primary residences, the tax-free threshold, and the lower income earners in social security reforms, government sources said. According to the sources,


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Panagia Tinou sinking: GREEK ferry and former Folkestone to Boulogne ship famously beached ...

The 5,500-ton Panagia Tinou was today sinking in the GREEK port of Pireaus near the capital Athens but she has had her fair share of run ins closer to ...


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Tories leave child refugees to rot as protests hit GREEK island of Chios

The government was disgracefully fighting to stop unaccompanied child refugees from being allowed into Britain on Monday of this week. MPs voted ...


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Why Is Hazing Still a Thing in Many Black GREEK Organizations?

The historicity behind the NPHC is important: Black college students united in brotherhood and sisterhood when their white-GREEK-organization ...


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Capital Region GREEK Festival 2016: Here's what to expect at this year's festival

The Capital Region GREEK Festival will take place May 13-15 at the Holy Trinity GREEK Orthodox Cathedral at 1000 Yverdon Drive in Wormleysburg.


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Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot Trade Unions to celebrate Labour Day together

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot Trade Unions called on Tuesday on everyone to take part in this year`s joint celebration of Labour Day, which will take place on Sunday evening, opposite Ledra Palace hotel in the UN-controlled buffer zone in Nicosia.


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GREECE sends new Schengen border plans to Brussels

GREECE has sent additional information to the European Commission on Tuesday (26 April) on how it plans to protect the EU's external borders.


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Negotiations Stalled Between GREECE and International Creditors

ATHENS—Negotiations between GREECE and its international creditors stalled on Tuesday, as a dispute over extra austerity measures dented hopes ...


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Lesvos: Police teargases refugees in Moria camp after they throw water bottles at Migration Minister

Greek police fired teargas against refugees and migrants in Moria camp on the island of Lesvos on Tuesday. According to local media, tension started when Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas visited the camp and the refugees and migrants protested the living conditions by throwing plastic water bottles at the minister. the […]


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Archangels Church observes Greek Orthodox Easter

The Archangels Greek Orthodox Church in Stamford has … Egg Hunt for Children Archangels Greek Orthodox Church is located at …


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Clashes break out between police and refugees at detention center in Greece

… Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday shortly after the Dutch and Greek … visit by the Dutch and Greek migration ministers, Klaas Dijkhoff and …


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Sir Philip Green to be called to face MPs over BHS administration – live updates

The Work and Pensions committee is calling BHS’s former owner for questioning over Britain’s biggest retail failure in eight years * Latest: MPs to summon Green * Labour MP: Green must return dividends or lose knighthood * Pressure building on Sir Philip * Michael White: Politicians in thrall to business chiefs * BHS crisis dominates front pages 6.39pm BST As the US Federal Reserve holds its latest two day meeting there have been more signs the the world’s largest economy is not exactly firing on all cylinders: U.S. service sector growth remains subdued in April, despite headline index rising to 52.1 (51.3 in March) https://t.co/gwTwhDcXeC #PMI Markit Flash U.S. Composite #PMI up slightly to 51.7 in Apr (Mar: 51.3), signals subdued #GDP growth at start of Q2 pic.twitter.com/2r0hOwVMim 5.26pm BST For those wondering what was happening with the Greek bailout talks and whether there would be a new Eurogroup meeting this week as promised (threatened?), there’s this from a correspondent for Greece’s Kathimerini: A teleconference is expected tonight with @J_Dijsselbloem participating +deciding if there is going to be extraordinary #Eurogroup on Thurs. Continue reading...


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Chobani millionaires: employees could split 10% of yogurt company windfall

CEO of Greek yogurt giant, which sold more than $1.6bn worth of products last year, says 2,000 employees will receive shares in the company “It’s exactly the time to do this,” said Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO of Greek yogurt giant Chobani, as he informed his 2,000 employees that they will each receive shares in the billion-dollar-plus yogurt company if it goes public or is sold. The stake to be divided among the employees amounts to 10% of the company, which sold more than $1.6bn worth of yogurt last year and has been valued between $3bn and $5bn. Some longtime employees are likely to receive seven-figure stakes, making them yogurt millionaires. Continue reading...


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Migrants Protest on Lesbos

ATHENS— In continuing developments in the migrant crisis, a protest broke out in the Moria migrant detention center on the Greek island of Lesbos Tuesday during a visit by the Greek migration affairs minister and a Dutch official. A Greek official said Ioannis Mouzalas was at the camp with Dutch Junior Justice Minister Klaas Dijkhoff […]


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Behrakis on Pulitzer Win

ATHENS – A major distinction for Greece was announced on Tuesday at New York’s Columbia University, as the members of Reuters photography staff Yannis Behrakis, Alkis Konstantinidis, and Alexandros Avramidis were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the unique way their photographs captured the country’s refugee crisis. Behrakis, a multiaward-winning photojournalist and chief photographer of the […]


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The Latest: Olympic flame stops at UN camp in Athens

[Syrian refugee Ibrahim Al-Hussein, 27, center, freestyle swimmer, basketball player and former judo wrestler receives the Olympic flame from the head of Greece's Olympic Committee, Spyros Capralos, at the Elaionas camp that is home to about 1,500 refugees and other migrants, in Athens on Tuesday, April 26, 2016. The flame arrives in Brazil on May 3, and will be relayed across the vast country by about 12,000 torchbearers before the Aug. 5 opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)]ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on the influx of migrants into Europe (all times local):


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Olympic honor for refugees: Rio flame stops at UN camp

[Syrian refugee Ibrahim Al-Hussein, 27, center, freestyle swimmer, basketball player and former judo wrestler receives the Olympic flame from the head of Greece's Olympic Committee, Spyros Capralos, at the Elaionas camp that is home to about 1,500 refugees and other migrants, in Athens on Tuesday, April 26, 2016. The flame arrives in Brazil on May 3, and will be relayed across the vast country by about 12,000 torchbearers before the Aug. 5 opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)]ATHENS, Greece (AP) — If they had a home, refugees would belong to the world's 24th most populous nation, just behind Italy. On Tuesday, there were honored as members of the Olympic family.


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Riot breaks out at refugee camp on GREEK island of Lesbos

A riot broke out at a refugee camp on the GREEK island of Lesbos on Tuesday, with police firing tear gas and reports that several refugees and migrants ...


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Greek Awards 2016

Ohio Wesleyan University honored outstanding members of its Greek community at the 2016 Greek Awards. The event recognized significant achievements, accomplishments, and leadership among OWU's fraternity and sorority members.


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Spain to receive 200 migrants from GREECE and Italy

April 1 saw GREECE, Cyprus and Turkey forming an alliance to return illegal border-crossers to 'safe-zones' on Turkish territory. Restriction or housing ...


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Catch your breath: Island time in Denmark and GREECE

On Denmark's Aero Island, a row of tiny huts — each different, but all stained with merry memories of locals enjoying themselves Danish-style– faces ...


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Eurozone chief to decide Wednesday on new GREECE talks

The Dutch finance minister, who leads the eurogroup, had already said he hoped to have another meeting on Thursday to review GREECE'S massive ...


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Lawyers’ Strike to be Extended Until May 7

The Bar Association of Greece (DSA) has decided to extend their abstention from duty until May 7, when the plenary session of the directors of the Bar Αssociations around Greece will meet again. The Plenary Session estimates that the new bill, despite the minor modifications, has not changed in essence and the recommended layout still leads


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Migrant crisis: Lesbos camp clashes as Greek minister visits

Clashes have broken out between migrants and riot police at a detention centre on the Greek island of Lesbos, police said. Migrants at the Moria camp threw stones and sprayed water during a visit by the Greek migration minister, officials told the BBC.


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Eurogroup and IMF Have Come Closer to Agreement on Greek Debt

The end of the dispute between the International Monetary Fund and the EU on the third Greek bailout programme is now near. This became evident during the informal meeting of the Eurogroup in Amsterdam last Friday. A compromise solution was reached then ...


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Detained migrants protest in camp on Greek island

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A protest broke out in the Moria migrant detention center on the Greek island of Lesbos Tuesday during a visit by the Greek migration affairs minister and a Dutch official.


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Varoufakis: Greece Can't Mend Without EU Restructuring

April 26 -- Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis talks with David Gura about the need for restructuring of the European Union before the Greek economy can recover, his view of the upcoming U.K. Brexit vote, and the idea of an apolitical central bank.


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Ghana's economy as weak as Greece's

A ranking member of the Finance Committee in Parliament, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei, has likened Ghana's economic situation to that of Greece but says Ghana has no bail out route from the European Union. Ghana's economy has slumped in the past years due to ...


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Greece deports more migrants to Turkey under EU deal

… migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of … AFP Athens: Two ferries left Greece for Turkey on Tuesday with … . None had requested asylum in Greece, a government official said. The …


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Conflicts between Armenian, Greek clergymen provoked by the Israeli authorities

… use Greeks for the purpose." Conflicts between the Armenian and Greek … element in Jerusalem and use Greeks for the purpose. "The …


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More Migrants Return To Turkey From Greece Under Controversial EU Deal

… . None had requested asylum in Greece, a government official said. The … the deal, those arriving in Greece from Turkey after March 20 … and migrants are currently on Greek islands, having arrived after the …


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More migrants shipped to Turkey from Greece

… . None had requested asylum in Greece, a government official said. The … the deal, those arriving in Greece from Turkey after March 20 … and migrants are currently on Greek islands, having arrived after the …


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Macedonia holds new round of 'confidence-building' talks with Greece

… 'confidence-building' talks with Greece Tuesday, 26 April 2016 A … talks on confidence-building measures between Greece and Macedonia was held on … countries’ Ministers of Foreign Affairs. Greek Foreign Ministry informs that the …


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Nike Tells GREEK Athletes to 'Just Do It' Amid Crumbling Ruins of Country's Olympic Venues

Nike is weighing in on the GREEK economic crisis with a haunting new ad featuring four competitive athletes from the debt-stricken country.


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Police teargas refugees in Lesbos camp, Greece – reports

Police have deployed tear gas on protesting refugees on the GREEK island of Lesbos, according to reports on social media. Injuries have been ...


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How David Fincher's 'Gone Girl' Takes the Form of a GREEK Tragedy

Cinema has long mined from the wealth of classic stories to present them in a new light. When it comes to David Fincher's Gone Girl — or, more ...


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Clashes break out at migrants camp on GREEK island-police

ATHENS, April 26 (Reuters) - Clashes broke out between police and migrants held at a detention centre on the GREEK island of Lesbos on Tuesday, ...


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Annual Greek Week Step Show is not meant to be viewed as a sport

I uploaded several of the Greek organizations’ “Roll Call” on Facebook from the annual Step Show competition. I knew the videos would get some attention, a few likes and maybe a couple comments; however, I didn’t think one would reach over 99,000 ...


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