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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Greek Yogurt and Cornflakes Tart

Zucchini Cupcakes: These healthy (yes, healthy!) cupcakes are made with quinoa and applesauce and topped with a creamy Greek yogurt frosting. Every season has a flavor all its own, and this month is all about zucchini. Delicious grilled, sauteed ...


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Greek tourism body SETE expects 28 million international arrivals in Greece for 2017

A total of 28 million arrivals to Greece, including cruises, that will bring approximately 14,2 to 14,5 billion euros during 2017 is the estimate of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) announced at the International Tourism Exhibition in Berlin.


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Sushi restaurant, 'Chipotle of Greek food' coming to Munster

A sushi restaurant and a "Chipotle for Greek food" are the first restaurants coming to the highly anticipated Centennial Village development in Munster. Metro Commercial Real Estate announced it represented the landlord when Kitaro, a Japanese and sushi ...


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Report: New residence permits for foreigners living in Greece

Adhesive labels in passports and all other kinds of paperwork relating to foreign nationals living in Greece are to be scrapped and replaced by a new, electronic residence permit that will also double up as an identity card. There are currently 557,476 ...


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PETITION to kick sexist, fascist Polish MEP out of the EP

International Women’s Day?  A member of the the European Parliament, Polish MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke said that women should earn less because they “are weaker, smaller and less intelligent”! On another occasion, the European (?) Korwin-Mikke had made the Nazi salute in the EP chamber. Let’s have the EP send this sexist hater back to the … The post PETITION to kick sexist, fascist Polish MEP out of the EP appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Greece's Piraeus Bank picks new chief executive -sources

ΑTHENS, March 8 Piraeus Bank, Greece's largest lender, picked Christos Megalou as its new chief executive on Wednesday, banking sources told Reuters. Megalou is a former chief executive of peer Eurobank and has held senior management posts at other ...


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Blender Crepes with Greek Yogurt Lemon Filling

These delicate honey sweetened crepes are made in a blender and then served with 4-ingredient greek yogurt lemon filling. Anyone else got the Spring fever? Not going to lie, ever since I came back from California I’ve been dreaming of sunny and warmer ...


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Town of Greece activating emergency response center, emergency command post

Rochester, N.Y - Greece Town Supervisor Bill Reilich has activated the Emergency Response Center. All residents are advised to take the proper steps needed to prepare for high wind weather-related challenges. The town of Greece has also activated its ...


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Greece: Factsheet January 2017

Severe cold and heavy snow storms swept across Greece for much of January, dramatically intensifying challenges faced by refugees and migrants, deteriorating living conditions and causing infrastructural damage in a number of sites. The Aegean islands ...


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Queens Elected Officials To Celebrate GREEK Independence

The GREEK Independence Day Celebration will be held at the Federation of Hellenic Societies' Stathakion Center in Astoria (22-51 29th Street) from ...


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GREEK Star Yannis Kotsiras Returns To New York

Yannis Kotsiras from AKTINA's GREEK Music Journey 2015. Photo Anastasios Mentis Leading GREEK star Yannis Kotsiras, who captivated the audience ...


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Turkish official raps Turkish Cypriot media for being soft on GREEK Cypriots

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Tugrul Turkes censured Turkish Cypriot media on Wednesday for not being tough enough on the GREEK Cypriot side.


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QS Global University rankings 2016/17: How did Greek Universities fare

Six Greek universities in rankings


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Marine Le Pen: "I Will Introduce The New Franc At A Rate Of One-To-One To The Euro"

Incidentally, many agree with Le Pen, and according to Paddy Power, Italy now has even odds of leaving the EU before 2025, far higher than even perpetually depressed Greece. But back to Le Pen, who as Bloomberg writes has expressed often contradictory ...


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Greece extends special visa regime for Turkish travelers

… visa upon arrival at the Greek islands of the eastern Aegean … in 2012, when Avramopoulos was Greece’s foreign minister and ended …


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Greek Firms Using Non-Cash Forms of Payment to Dodge Payroll Charges

… practices companies are using in Greece as they seek to cap … much as a quarter of Greece's economy. "Such …


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Greece's still-falling GDP dispels creditors' "recovery" myth

… for Greece, relating to Q4 of 2016, are disastrous. For Greece first …


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A 31-year-old who retired with $1 million in the bank explains what too many people do wrong with their money

Kristy Shen and her husband Bryce in Greece. Courtesy of Kristy Shen Kristy Shen knows how to save money. Shen, who runs the blog Millennial Revolution and who retired at age 31 with $1 million in the bank, says many people are making the same mistake ...


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National Library Re-branded Just in Time for Its New Home at SNFCC

The “new” National Library of Greece will soon become a reality as the open competition to visually rebrand the library has concluded and a winner was chosen and the institution will be moving to a new location at the at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC). The proposal that was chosen from the 34 […]


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Çavuşoğlu points blame for Cyprus impasse at 'Greek Cypriots attitude'

Resumption of talks aimed at reunifying Cyprus look no closer after Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu pointed the finger of blame for the impasse at Greek Cypriots. Çavuşoğlu implied that President Nicos Anastasiades is more interested in ...


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Farm tools vs. tear gas - Greek protesters clash with police

Greek farmers armed with shepherd's crooks and stones clash with riot police outside the agriculture ministry in central Athens, during a protest against bailout-related income cuts.


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Ancient technique can dramatically improve memory, research suggests

Cultivating a ‘memory palace’ can make long-lasting improvements to recall, say scientists, suggesting many of us have untapped memory reserves A memory technique invented by the ancient Greeks can make dramatic and long-lasting improvements to a person’s power of recall, according to research that suggests many of us have extensive untapped memory reserves. After spending six weeks cultivating an internal “memory palace”, people more than doubled the number of words they could retain in a short time period and their performance remained impressive four months later. The technique, which involves conjuring up vivid images of objects in a familiar setting, is credited to the Greek poet Simonides of Ceos, and is a favoured method among so-called memory athletes. Continue reading...


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How To Make Classic Green Goddess Dressing

The yogurt tames the garlic's sharp bite and makes the dressing base much thicker. If you keep sour cream on hand instead of Greek yogurt, feel free to use that instead. Green goddess dressing does double duty as both a dip and a green salad dressing ...


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Greece leaders urge residents to avoid unnecessary travel due to winds

As high winds blow through our area, the Town of Greece is telling residents to avoid unnecessary travel. In a release Wednesday afternoon, Chief Patrick Phelan and Town Supervisor Bill Reilich said the town had activated its emergency command post.


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GREEK Farmers Clash With Police Amid Protest Over Bailout Reforms

There were violent clashes outside Greece's Ministry of Rural Development in Athens on March 8 between riot police and farmers from Crete who ...


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Star Bulk Announces the Acquisition of Two Modern Kamsarmax Vessels and the Delivery of One Newcastlemax Vessel

Star Bulk was incorporated in the Marshall Islands on December 13, 2006 and maintains executive offices in Athens, Greece. Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “SBLK”. On a fully delivered basis, Star Bulk will ...


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Greek Yoghurt and Berry Swirl Bundt Cake

I started Seduction in the Kitchen back in 2013 as a way to keep me busy when I was in a cast and on bed rest for 3 months. During that time it helped me not only respark my passion for cooking but helping me find myself after a painful divorce. I named my ...


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Greece Map For Tourists

Turkey & Greece are two countries that enjoy the bulk of tourists in the Mediterranean Sea region. These two countries, on the either shores of the sea offer great amusements and entertainment potentials to the tourists. Thus, you would do a very right job ...


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Greek artists get a share of the spotlight at Documenta 14 in Kassel

Greek artists will feature prominently at the Fridericianum, the main venue for Documenta 14 in Kassel, where the international exhibition opens on 10 June 2017. The institutional collaboration between Documenta and Greece’s National Museum of ...


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Equality answer to any question: Greece's message for International Women's Day

ATHENS, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Greece marked International Women's Day on Wednesday with a series of events nationwide aimed to raise awareness of gender inequality. "For any question, the answer is equality," was the main slogan on the poster of the General ...


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Varoufakis, Die Linke MEP Reveal Request to ECB for Information on 2015 Closure of Greek Banks

Regarding the events in 2015 that led to a bank holiday and capital controls in Greece on his watch, the country’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis on Wednesday announced that he had officially requested the European Central Bank (ECB) to release ...


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Greece second most popular destination for Germans

Balearic Islands first


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Massive 10% drop in fertility rates in Greece, Eurostat data shows

EU average up


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Tour of Rhodes 2017 to start Friday

Greece to be represented with 18 cyclists


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Greek Women Have Fewer Babies Later in Life, Compared to EU Counterparts

Greek women are having fewer babies and later in life compared to their counterparts in the EU. This is the main conclusion drawn by a Eurostat survey on Tuesday, based on a fertility survey in the EU which compiled the EU average. In particular, the so ...


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Stavros and Sons in Eustis devolves leadership to family

EUSTIS — Stavros and Amanda Kountanis made a name for their Italian/GREEK restaurants in the area and recently passed the torch of leadership to ...


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The GREEK Gift Sacrifice

Today let us talk about the GREEK Gift Sacrifice. ... to watch out for some common attacking combinations, and one of these was the GREEK Gift Sacrifice.


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Arbitrator Fends Off DQ Bid In GREEK Shipyard Dispute

Law360, New York (March 8, 2017, 11:40 AM EST) -- Arbitrators overseeing a claim brought by two Lebanese businessmen who accuse Greece of ...


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Greece Needs Strong Reforms and Reduced Debt, IMF’s Lagarde Says

In order IMF to participate in the third bailout program of Greece, the country needs to “walk on two legs: strong structural reforms and a […] The post Greece Needs Strong Reforms and Reduced Debt, IMF’s Lagarde Says appeared first on The National Herald.


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An Interview with Greek Cypriot Neuroscientist Dr. Michael Kurnellas

By Aria Socratous Michael Kurnellas is a beautiful mind who keeps the flame of research and innovation at the highest level. His parents are Greek […] The post An Interview with Greek Cypriot Neuroscientist Dr. Michael Kurnellas appeared first on The National Herald.


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Visit Syros at Easter

ERMOUPOLI, Syros – Marketing Greece and the South Aegean Region cooperate in order to promote the island of Syros for the Easter holidays. The campaign […] The post Visit Syros at Easter appeared first on The National Herald.


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Lydia Koniordou Minister of Culture and Sport Full Speech at Onassis Center

Lydia Koniordou, Greek Minister of Culture and Sports, said at the Onassis Cultural Center for the exhibition A WORLD OF EMOTIONS: “Μῆνιν ἄειδε, θεά, Πηληϊάδεω […] The post Lydia Koniordou Minister of Culture and Sport Full Speech at Onassis Center appeared first on The National Herald.


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Greek, Spanish Authorities Nab Slippery Eel Smugglers Trading with China

MADRID (AP) — The European Union’s police agency says an international operation has dismantled a crime network smuggling live eels to China, describing it as […] The post Greek, Spanish Authorities Nab Slippery Eel Smugglers Trading with China appeared first on The National Herald.


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Transport Minister says that Cyprus can become a major Energy Center in the Mediterranean

  Cypriot Minister of Transport has said that  Cyprus can become into an important Energy Center in the Mediterranean, and that his government’s objective for the future is to consolidate and further develop the island’s role in world shipping. Marios Demetriades, addressing yesterday the conference Mare Forum Greece 20117 in Athens, said that Cyprus is […]


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Greek farmers clash with riot police – in pictures

Greek farmers armed with shepherd’s crooks and stones are confronted by riot police outside the agriculture ministry in central Athens during a protest against bailout-related income cuts. More than 1,000 farmers, most of whom had travelled overnight ...


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International Women's Day 2017: protests, activism and a strike – live

Although seven years of economic meltdown have narrowed a gap in the employment rate between men and women – because of soaring unemployment rates among men, not an increase in the hiring of women – Greece’s employment gender gap remains well above ...


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Car Sales in Greece Increased 43.1% in February

Car sales in Greece increased by 43.1% in February compared to the same month in 2016, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). Specifically, 10,006 vehicles, new and used from abroad, were sold, compared to 6,990 sales in February 2016.


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One day maybe Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots honor together Women’s Day

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades expressed on Tuesday the wish that one day Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots will be able to honor together the International Women`s Day, celebrated every year on the 8th of March. Speaking at an ...


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PIIGS no longer a threat for Eurozone, it’s time for the FIG

Heavily indebted Greece is one of the reasons the Eurozone could break up. The threat is 50 percent real despite the many crises both Greece and the Eurozone have already survived. However, Greece is not alone. France and Italy pose a threat for the Eurozone. The time of PIIGS is long over. Now it’s time … The post PIIGS no longer a threat for Eurozone, it’s time for the FIG appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Greece’s economy in recession: Growth in 2016 was 0.0%, says ELSTAT

Greece’s debt-ridden economy stagnated in 2016, the national statistics agency ELSTAT said in a first estimate on Wednesday, two days after quarterly data pointed to a small contraction. “GDP in volume terms recorded 0.0% annual rate of change in 2016,” ELSTAt said, adding that the figure was derived from non-seasonally adjusted quarterly levels plus updated … The post Greece’s economy in recession: Growth in 2016 was 0.0%, says ELSTAT appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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