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Thursday, August 4, 2016

Nick Martin Talks Greek Nightlife, Studio Essentials, and Future Plans

In the middle of a packed European tour, rising house music talent Nick Martin was able to take time out of his busy schedule to sit down with us and chat all things music. New to the scene, the Grecian artist has quickly grown in popularity, playing ...


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Ancient Greek stadium lit in Brazil colors

An ancient Greek stadium was illuminated on Thursday in Brazil colors, one day before the start of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The colors green and yellow were seen in part of the refurbished ancient stadium in Athens, where the first modern ...


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Greek Cypriot side maintains its good will in working towards a solution, House President says

The Greek Cypriot side maintains, despite obstacles, its good will in working towards a Cyprus settlement, House President Demetris Syllouris ha said , adding that this good will is creating hope and should be seized upon by Turkey, noting, at the same ...


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Greek lawyer unknowingly qualifies for Rio Olympics

They say life is full of surprises. That’s certainly the case for Michalis Kalomiris, an Athens lawyer and amateur marathon runner. It was in early May when Kalomiris was on a website for track and field athletes reading a list of names of athletes who ...


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Exports of Greek agro-food products up by 30% since 2012

Exports of Greek agro-food products grew around 30 pct since 2012, despite a deep recession in the country, offering evidence that the sector remains one of the most significant and most dynamic export sectors of the Greek economy, Dr Kyriakos Loufakis ...


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Abbott's Frozen Custard to hold grand opening in Greece

Abbott’s Frozen Custard will hold its new Greece location's grand opening from noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 13 at 3208 Latta Road, Rochester. The opening will include games and a giveaway of Abbott’s products and donated items from area businesses, including ...


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Professor Green celebrates record deal with mystery blonde... as ex-wife Millie Mackintosh romances new beau Hugo Taylor in Greece

So far this year he's endured a divorce from ex-wife Millie Mackintosh and undergone surgery to treat a hernia. But it seems that things are finally looking up for rapper Professor Green, as he has signed a record deal with Sony Music, following a two ...


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Nargis Fakhri enjoys Sizzling vacation in GREECE

Nargis Fakhri enjoys sizzling vacation in GREECE But it seems that this chilling out will not be lasting for long. Nargis will soon kick off promotions for her ...


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Greek police: Access to files of dissidents approved under conditions

Greek Data Protection Authority approved on Wednesday the opening of about 2,500 personal files of dissidents or ordinary civilians kept by Greek authorities after the civil war and until 1974, unless they concern national security or particularly serious ...


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Elliniko: An Important Project for the Greek Economy and Environment

The Elliniko project is the largest urban renewal project to have ever taken place in Greece. It is expected to bring forth a great change that will benefit the locals for many generations to come. Furthermore, it will directly and indirectly create 70,000 ...


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Let's send the Olympics back to Greece

I do occasionally get interested in a bit of sport. I watched Murray's Wimbledon final, and got half interested in the fortunes of plucky Leicester, Iceland and Wales on the football field. But the thought of the diet of the Olympic Games on the telly over ...


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An Under-the-Radar Warhol Alum, at One of Los Angeles’s Coolest Galleries

Like Woronov’s writing, the figurative, vibrant paintings in “Imaginary Reality,” her new exhibition on view now at the Los Angeles gallery the Lodge, blur myth and reality, with subjects ranging from exiled Greek monsters to domestic despair.


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Greek Lawmakers Vote Building First Official Mosque In Athens

Greece parliament has voted for the speed-up work of the nation’s first official mosque in Athens for the Muslims to pray instead of using the makeshift mosques. Greece gained independence from Ottoman Empire in 1832 and until now, for about 180 years ...


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Greek lawyer had no idea he had qualified for the Olympics a year earlier until he read a website 3 months before the games began

Michalis Kalomiris is a lawyer and amateur marathoner from Greece and in May he was reading a track and field website about athletes who will compete in the Rio Olympics and he came across something he did not expect: his own name. It turns out that ...


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Feeding Greece’s Tax Addiction Is Starving Its Economy

The relative calm in Greece this summer compared to last year’s chaos may lead outside observers to believe that the country’s financial problems are on their way to being resolved. After all, the national government, led by the far-left Syriza party ...


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Your Complete Instagram Guide to Athens, Greece

I was lucky enough to study abroad my junior year in Athens, Greece, where I learned about the country’s geography, history, and politics; attempted to pick up some modern Greek (not easy), and spent many a weekend—and, let’s be honest ...


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Athens mosque construction creates rift in GREEK government coalition

Junior coalition partners in the GREEK government, ANEL are expected to vote against provisions for the expedition of the erection of an Islamic ...


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Parthenon Restoration Work Approved

Tourists flock from all corners of the globe to visit the Parthenon in Athens. Any visit to the Greek capital city would be incomplete without the iconic climb up the...


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Greek-owned LIC Business Destroyed in Fire

NEW YORK— Fire officials say hundreds of firefighters and emergency workers have contained a massive blaze inside New York Custom Interior Millwork Corporation, a family-owned woodwork and interior design company...


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Okhlos Pits Angry Citizens Against the Gods in Ancient GREECE

When you pit a group of concern civilians against a common threat, you usually get results. But what happens when these citizens have a bone to pick ...


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SETE expects tourist arrivals up 6% and revenue up 6.4% in Greece during 2016

Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) expects international tourist arrivals to exceed 25 million, having increased by about 6%, for the 2016 season. SETE also expects revenue to go by 6.4%, for a total of about 14.55 billion euros. According a recent study ...


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Greek Parliament approves the Mosque construction in Athens

With a large majority of votes, the plenary of the Greek Parliament approved the provision to accelerate construction procedures for the mosque in Votanikos area of Athens. In a roll-call, in favor of the procedure voted 206 MPs from ruling party SYRIZA and opposition parties New Democracy, Communist KKE, To […]


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Unemployment drops to 23.5% at start of tourist season in Greece

The Greek statistics authority ELSTAT has published its latest survey on the labor force, which shows that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May 2016 amounted to 23.5%, compared to 25.0% in May 2015 and the upward revised 23.5% in April 2016.


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Music of The Olympics: From Rio to Ancient GREECE

A captured moment of the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver shows the grandeur of a typical opening ceremony. Each hosting country certainly brings ...


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GREECE: EU countries capable of sabotaging

Athens (dpa) - The migration deal between the European Union and Turkey could be endangered by EU member countries, said Greek migration ...


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DESFA Sale Puts Strain in GREECE-Azerbaijan Business Relations

desfa-thumb-large The apparent failure of the agreement between Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) to buy 66% of GREECE'S natural gas ...


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GREECE Arrests Bulgarian Woman over Cocaine Smuggling Attempt

A Bulgarian woman was arrested at Athens International Airport in Athens over an attempt to smuggle almost 2.5 kilogrammes of cocaine into GREECE, ...


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Germany warns Erdogan that bringing back death penalty will end Turkey's EU hopes

… migrant agreement may break down. Greece said on Thursday it was … take back asylum-seekers deported from Greece. In return, the EU is … , Greece deported a gay Syrian refugee to Turkey after the Greek courts …


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Chef Salad with Greek Yogurt Ranch

… Salad with Greek Yogurt Ranch Dressing: 1 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt …


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A Beautiful Summer Destination! Okyroe In Mykonos, Greece

Looking for a luxurious spot to take the whole family? Well today we’ve got another lavish destination worth adding to your list. Today we get our first look at Okyroe In Mykonos, Greece, a beautiful home that features room for 10, letting you bring the ...


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Go Greek in Honor of the 2016 Olympic Games: 8 Greek Foods to Know

Ever wonder how the first Olympic athletes trained and ate? If you're looking to celebrate the Summer Games with some great Greek foods, you've got a rich history to draw on. In honor of the approaching Olympic games, let's dive deeper into Ancient Greek ...


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Greece parliament votes to speed up $1mn Athens mosque construction

Greek lawmakers have given the go-ahead for the first official mosque to be built in Athens in over 180 years. The state-funded project has faced opposition from right-wing party Independent Greeks and the ultranationalist Golden Dawn. The vote was passed ...


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Voices: Olympic spirit far removed from the ancient ideal

The Greeks saw the games as a catalyst for a better mind, spirit and sense of community.          


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Best Greek Pizza, Pizza Palace, Old Saybrook

Tucked away in a little building off Route 1 in Old Saybrook is a family business that has been making pizza in their own special way since 1977, which has not gone unnoticed. The Pizza Palace received the most votes for the best Greek pizza on the Shoreline.


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Greece Deputy Migration Minister: EU Is ‘Unprepared’ If Turkey Immigration Deal Collapses

The Hurriyet Daily News. Turkey. Every day the WorldAffairsJournal.org team reviews hundreds of national and regional media outlets to offer readers a curation of the day's most important news and commentary as reported around the world. The World Affairs ...


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New Phone App Offers Coffee Cup Reading, Greek Style

A new smart phone application is offering Greeks the opportunity to have their coffee cup read online, adding another entry to the Greek entrepreneurship book. So, if you want your fortune read from the comfort of your home, or while basking leisurely in ...


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Swedish move 'not precedent' in Turks' asylum case, says GREEK ministry

A decision by Swedish authorities not to return to Turkey Turkish asylum seekers who have been linked to Fethullah Gulen, a US-based cleric whom ...


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GREEK stocks rise 0.91 pct, National leads the way

Activity on the GREEK bourse mirrored other European stock markets, which appeared to be buoyed by the Bank of England's decision to cut its interest ...


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GREEK Parliament Votes to Speed up Construction of Athens Mosque

parliament Lawmakers on Thursday approved with a wide majority a provision to accelerate the construction of a mosque in western Athens, in the ...


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Library Happenings – Book donation brings unusual handbook for GREEK immigrants

It begins in GREEK with a brief history of the United States. That is followed by a table of the presidents in English and a biography of “Kalbin Koulitz” ...


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Fighting Greek Gods With a Philosopher and an Angry Mob in Okhlos

My character--a philosopher--pointed, and the mob swarmed. It flowed, river-like, around enemies and buildings alike. As I watched, the 30 members of my rampaging band slashed, punched, and pulled down the structures which exploded in piles of rubble.


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Bitcoin Halving – What It Means and What to Expect

In those circumstances, such as Greece a couple of years ago, we have seen consistent increase in demand for digital currency. This could see a significant increase in Bitcoin price over the coming months, as demand increases but supply falls. For the ...


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Krinos Taste of the Danforth Showcases the Best of Greece, Kicks Off August 5

The 23rd annual festival at Krinos Taste of the Danforth will once again be showcasing the best of Greece and Toronto from August 5 through the 7th. The festival is expecting some estimated 1.6 million people to pass through the event visiting the food ...


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Greek Community of Melbourne to Aid in National Census

The Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria will aid its members complete the census form, following a decision by the community’s board of directors. The assistance for the census is set to take place on August 9. Anyone in need of help ...


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Finding freedom in Greece

Sometimes the universe gives you exactly what you need, just when you need it. That was the case in Greece, when we abandoned our itinerary, and hit the open road. Goodbye schedule, hello freedom! Our 14-day trip to Greece included stops at four islands ...


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PM Tsipras Invites Leaders from Six EU Countries to Athens in September

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras invited on Thursday the leaders of six southern European Union countries to a conference in Athens, Greece, on September 9, which will focus on challenges facing the EU at an economic, political and institutional level. The conference, which is currently being organized, will include France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and […]


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Thousands of Greek Cypriots fined in the Turkish occupied part of Cyprus

Under the title “Those who were fined are not coming back”, Turkish Cypriot daily Havadis newspaper (03.08.16) reports that 13,113 Greek Cypriots who crossed to the occupied area of Cyprus with their vehicles were fined for breaking the “law” as ...


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Greek Acropolis restorers to bolster west side of Parthenon

Restoration work on Athens' Acropolis is set to shift to the west side of the Parthenon under a 40-year-long effort to restore the ancient archaeological monument, officials said Thursday. "Most of the restoration work was completed in 2015, whereby we ...


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GREEK canners “fighting to to secure raw material”

Halfway through the packing season, Foodnews was informed of GREEK canneries with up to 70% of the expected total canned production already sold ...


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Millie Mackintosh displays her slender frame in striking red swimwear as she continues her romantic Greek getaway with Hugo Taylor

It was a case of business as usual for Millie Mackintosh as her romantic Greek holiday with new boyfriend Hugo Taylor continued in earnest on Thursday. The former Made In Chelsea star took advantage of soaring Mediterranean temperatures by relaxing in ...


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