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Friday, March 17, 2017

Exploding letter sent to IMF in Paris mailed from Greece

The spokesman of the main opposition New Democracy party in Greece, Vassilis Kikilias, met with Greek Public Order Minister Nikos Toskas on Friday, (March 17) after his name was listed on the return address of an envelope, which exploded at the European ...


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Rushing to the polls: Greek life dominates SA race, presidential platforms

Approximately 33 percent of students at the College of William and Mary are involved in Greek life. This year, 100 percent of students running for Student Assembly president and vice president are members of Panhellenic sororities or fraternities in the ...


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Travel: How to Score a Piece of Greece’s Best ‘Pi’

Before I found Pi Athens, a sleek urban macaron disguised as a boutique hotel in slender Fokianou Street, I had to ask two taverna waiters, three police officers, a pair of presidential guards and one green parrot the way — the bird had slightly more to ...


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GREEK Papoutsanis soap firm says turnover up 15.5% in 2016

Papoutsanis ABEE reported a 15.5 pct increase in its 2016 turnover to 18 million euros, from 15.6 million in 2015, reflecting an increase in sales in ...


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Open letter: Backlash from girl's death at Texas State frat event is ruining Greek party life

"This school is literally making it impossible for fraternities to thrive." "You see, I'm a simple girl. I hear of a fraternity party, and my crew and I want to roll up." "You see, I'm a simple girl. I hear of a fraternity party, and my crew and I want to ...


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Mitsotakis: The Country is in Limbo and About to Become a Pariah

ATHENS – For months now, the government has generated nothing by insecurity and uncertainty in Greece, main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday, in […] The post Mitsotakis: The Country is in Limbo and About to Become a Pariah appeared first on The National Herald.


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Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for the Greek Independence Day Parade – March 26

To the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the Distinguished […] The post Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for the Greek Independence Day Parade – March 26 appeared first on The National Herald.


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A year on, key EU-Turkey migration deal looks wobbly

The waters off the Greek island of Lesbos once echoed with the shrieks of people drowning as they struggled to reach Europe and the thrumming of rescue helicopters.


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1.6 Billion Euros in New Tax Arrears Created in January

  According to figures released on Thursday by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue, taxpayer’s expired debts are quickly rising. Greeks created new tax arrears of 1.63 billion euros in January 2017, one of the biggest upsurges in debt creation recorded in a single month in recent years, reflecting taxpayers’ inability to fulfill their obligations. […]


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Greece students win at Young Artist Auditions

Rochester Philharmonic League recently held and funded its annual Young Artist Auditions for 43 Greater Rochester 10th-, 11th- and 12th-grade musicians at Eastman School of Music. The students competed for $5,500 in cash awards and scholarships. Five cash ...


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More than 14,000 asylum-seekers relocated from Greece and Italy, says UN migration agency

European Union countries have welcomed more than 14,000 asylum-seekers from Greece and Italy since October 2015, the United Nations migration agency today announced, encouraging EU member states to follow through on their commitments.


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Greece stocks higher at closing of trade

ATHENS: Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Household, Basic Resources and Construction sectors led shares higher. At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 1.42%. The best performers of the session on the ...


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Mitsotakis: Elections the only solution for the country

President of Greek main opposition party blasts Tsipras in statement for incompetence


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Nikos Kotzias: Germany wants to punish Greece

Interview to National Interest magazine


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UMN greek leaders, advocates say more could be done to tackle sexual assault

With the suspension of Delta Upsilon last month over sexual assault allegations and alcohol and substance misuse, renewed attention has been levied on the greek life community’s response to sexual assault. While University of Minnesota fraternity leaders ...


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Domestic left-wing militants likely to target parties related to GREEK bailout and other international ...

GREEK anarchist group Synomosia Pyrinon Tis Fotias (SPF) claimed responsibility yesterday (16 March) for a parcel bomb delivered to the German ...


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GREEK PM heralds another corruption probe

On Thursday the Panhellenic Medical Association declared that the GREEK health sector is on the brink of collapse, citing chronic shortages in staff and ...


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Artemis Sorras: The man to ‘buy Greece’s debt with $600bn’ sentenced for embezzlement

The man who would save Greece from the debt, the man who claimed he owned $600 billion, Artemis Sorras, has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment without parole on felony charges for embezzlement. A court in Patras, Sorra’s hometown in Peloponnese, sentenced him and his wife in absentia. The arrest order is expected to be … The post Artemis Sorras: The man to ‘buy Greece’s debt with $600bn’ sentenced for embezzlement appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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FM Kotzias: “We have a deficit of leadership in the EU” many crises stem from this problem

“In the EU, we have a deficit in leadership,” Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in an interview with the US magazine National Interest. His remarks about Germany, Turkey, Russia, the refugee crisis and the conflict in Syria are  “noteworthy for their clear stands,” the magazine notes. With the European Union at a crossroads about … The post FM Kotzias: “We have a deficit of leadership in the EU” many crises stem from this problem appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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US rapper Rick Ross’ Greek-inspired song “Santorini Greece”

American rapper and entrepreneur Rick Ross released a new album with a Greek-inspired song: Santorini Greece. It is the second track of the album Rather You Than Me (2017) and it focuses on Rick Ross’ past compared to his present. According to music websites, Ross talks about a lot of sensitive topics like racism, drug … The post US rapper Rick Ross’ Greek-inspired song “Santorini Greece” appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Pledge to giving GREEK another go

Though the ban that once restricted AMS members from even being a part of GREEK Life, even outside their role as a Queen's student has in recent ...


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Ministry launching GREEK language classes for foreign prisoners

The Justice Ministry on Friday said it is working with the Center for the GREEK Language to provide lessons to foreign inmates at the country's prisons.


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Staff at GREEK capital's Sotiria Hospital issue plea for help

Staff at the Sotiria Hospital, one of the GREEK capital's biggest public healthcare facilities, issued a distress signal on Friday, writing a memo with their ...


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Turkey Holding Live-Fire Naval Exercises Near Greek Island Kastelorizo

ATHENS – Turkey has stepped up its challenges around Greek Aegean islands, conducting military exercises near Kastelorizo and sending research vessels there in what officials […] The post Turkey Holding Live-Fire Naval Exercises Near Greek Island Kastelorizo appeared first on The National Herald.


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A Jordanian Cooks Moussaka at The Greek Spot in Yonkers

YONKERS, NY – Abdel Khatib may not have envisioned owning a Greek restaurant in Yonkers when he arrived in the United States from Jordan, but […] The post A Jordanian Cooks Moussaka at The Greek Spot in Yonkers appeared first on The National Herald.


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EU-Turkey migrant deal a 'dangerous precedent', say aid groups

Greece is being used as a testing ground for degrading asylum policies that are setting a dangerous blueprint for the future, according to major humanitarian…


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RPO to perform free concert in Greece

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will continue its Around the Town concert series at 7:30 p.m. April 6 at Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Road, Rochester. RPO performs six free concerts per year in houses of worship and other community venues in the ...


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How EU Politics Have Turned Greece’s Debt Into a Never-Ending Crisis

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, and senior editor, Frederick Deknatel, discuss what election results from the Netherlands could mean for populist movements across Europe. For the Report, Yiannis Baboulias ...


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Deputy FM I. Amanatidis' speech at the event entitled "17 UN Goals for sustainable development" (Observatory of International Organizations and Globalization, 16 March 2017

Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great pleasure that I am here today so that I may contribute to the discussion of the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and, subsequently, of the initiatives that will have to be taken, on both a national and international level, for their implementation by 2030. This pertains to universal goals, which affect human activity as a whole and, as result, human rights as a whole, as expressed at the level of society, the economy, and the environment. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) broadly define sustainable development, encompassing issues such as poverty, gender equality, health, education, good governance, migration, climate change and environmental protection. Consequently, many different areas of Public Administration as well as other Bodies, such as the Hellenic Statistical Authority, the private sector, and civil society should be involved and work together in the process of implementing these Goals. In this context, today's event is an excellent opportunity for one to mention the government's initiatives to date for achieving these goals as part of our broader plan for growth, as well as the steps which will be taken. Ladies and Gentlemen, It is well known that fair and sustainable development has been placed at the very core of our government's efforts, as a catalyst for growth for all of the country's forces, which have been affected deeply by the prolonged recession and the imposition of harsh austerity measures on the country. Being aware that the distance that separates us from each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals in reality also defines the distance that separates us from ensuring our citizens a decent life, the inaugural meeting of the interministerial coordination network for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) took place last December, with the participation of 50 heads of public administration, on the initiative of the Co-ordination Office for Institutional, International and European Affairs of the General Secretariat of the Government The purpose of the meeting was none other than joint planning, and to define the basic stages and a timetable for achieving the objectives on a national level. Present at the meeting were heads of the Coordination Office for Institutional, International, and European Affairs, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hellenic Aid-3) and of ELSTAT (Hellenic Statistical Authority), who in turn laid out the situation as regards implementation of the SDGs at the international, European and national levels. At the same time, the roadmap for achieving the objectives at a national level was presented by the organizers, the method for mapping of the current situation by government officials, the procedure for setting down the legislative and policy methods for the achievement/integration of the goals by field of competence and stage of implementation, as well as the prioritization of objectives according to the priorities of each ministry were discussed. With mapping and prioritization of the goals as a point of departure, a new meeting was conducted at the beginning of the month (7 March 2017), focusing on policy cohesion as regards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, as policy cohesion is crucial in achieving any one Goal through the achievement of other Goals. For example, achieving the goal "Water" contributes to achieving the goal "Food Safety" or the goal "Health," since the goals are interrelated. Beyond our participation in the global effort for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, sustainable development was made a priority for Greece quite a while ago by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras himself. And this is because "the vision of equitable development entails the progressive integration into production of the entire labour force, which finds itself in the grey zone of “unemployment" and permits redistribution, for those who have suffered the most from the imposition of harsh austerity in recent years. Our country found itself in the welter of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, which has affected the standard of living, human rights, civil liberties, the environment. Through the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals, we bravely tackle the need on a global level, as well as our own national challenge: to put an end to the recession, returning to growth for all, not merely for the few.Thank you.


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Air France Cabin Crew Call Three-day Strike on March 18-20

Air France flights operated by other airlines including HOP!, KLM και Delta, will not be affected by the strike. Air France Greece advises its customers to update their PNRs (passenger name records), call the airport 24-hours in advance (for tour agents ...


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That Greece Might Still Be Free: The Battle of the Philhellenes

The eight shiploads of volunteers from Marseilles reached Greece at roughly monthly intervals beginning in November 1821. Other volunteers continued to arrive independently. They landed at different places, at Navarino, Calamata, Missolonghi, Monemvasia ...


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Kompany omitted from Belgium squad for games against Greece and Russia

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has been left out of Belgium's squad for their upcoming internationals against Greece and Russia. Kompany has made just six appearances all season but was thought to have been available for City's last four games ...


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Greece Stоcks Higher At Clоse оf Trade; Athens General-Cоmpоsite Up 1.42%

At thе close in Athens, thе Athens General-Composite added 1.42%. Rising STOCKs outnumbered declining ones оn thе Athens Stock Exchange bу 64 tо 30 аnd 23 ended unchanged. Gold Futures for April deliverу was up 0.13% or 1.55 tо $1228.65 a troу ounce.


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Athens sees Turk effort to dispute GREEK sovereignty in sea area around Kastelorizo

In what is seen in Athens as an effort by Ankara to push through its message that Greece has limited sovereignty in the area of the Eastern ...


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GREEK tragedy and tales of heroism during Holocaust remembrance

But given what transpired in those key GREEK locations encapsulates both extremes of human behaviour — evil and humanity — they comprise a stark ...


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Former GREEK football star gives hope to refugees

Former GREEK international goalkeeper Antonios Nikopolidis has helped start a football team that brings together refugees from Syria, Yemen, Iraq and ...


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Paris IMF parcel bomb 'clearly' sent by far-left GREEK militants

GREEK authorities on Friday were trying to determine how a near-defunct militant group was able to sneak at least two parcel bombs through airport ...


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IMF moves a step closer to joining GREEK bailout, sources tell CNBC

As the GREEK government and its creditors continue to be at odds over the need for further austerity measures, sources have told CNBC recent ...


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Butch Thompson channels Navy SEAL, GREEK poet as Auburn baseball opens SEC vs. No. 5 Florida

Auburn right-hander Keegan Thompson pitches against Lipscomb on Friday at Plainsman Park. Thompson tossed seven scoreless innings in ...


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Grandparents take the lead in GREEK childcare - chart

Most children aged under three in Greece are looked after by grandparents or are in other informal arrangements. The proportion is also high in the ...


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Greek President meets with MEP Gianni Pittella in Athens

Greek President outlines the 5 core principles Europe should be based on


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RMI is first choice of Greek ship owners

“The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Registry’s office in Piraeus is the second largest of the RMI Registry’s 27 worldwide offices,” said Theo Xenakoudis, Director, Worldwide Business Operations and Managing Director of the Piraeus office.


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Greek shipping registry drops to 3rd place in Greek-owned vessels

A negative milestone, after many years, was revealed this week with the announcement that the Greek registry of ocean-going vessels fell from first place to third in terms retaining Greek-owned vessels, although it still ranks first in terms of tonnage (dwt).


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Letter bombs shock authorities in France and Germany

PARIS, France - A day after a letter bomb exploded at the International Monetary Fund office in Paris leaving one person injured Greek authorities are said to have launched a probe. The incident came merely days after a similar, but failed attempt took ...


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Turkey Interior Min: Let’s send 15,000 migrants a month to Europe to “blow its mind’

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said Turkey could send 15,000 refugees and migrants to Europe to shock the Europeans. The threat follows  the recent diplomatic crisis between Ankara and Germany and the Netherlands that stemmed from the latter’s decision to bar Turkish ministers from staging rallies there. “We have a readmission deal. I’m telling … The post Turkey Interior Min: Let’s send 15,000 migrants a month to Europe to “blow its mind’ appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Washington pushes IMF on Greek bailout

Conservatives in US Congress say Europeans should solve the crisis on their own


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GREEK ORTHODOX REGIONAL HIERARCH GUEST SPEAKER AT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

MADISON, WI: Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos, Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, was invited to the Chazen Museum of Art on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday, March 10, as a Guest Speak at the “Mount Athos in ...


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Prof. Cosmopoulos Inducted into European Academy of Sciences and Arts

By Theodore Kalmoukos ST. LOUIS, MO – Greek-American professor Michael Cosmopoulos was inducted into prestigious European Academy of Sciences and Arts. Dr. Cosmopoulos is the […] The post Prof. Cosmopoulos Inducted into European Academy of Sciences and Arts appeared first on The National Herald.


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Over 1M Russian Tourists Expected to Greece this Summer

ATHENS – More Russians have chosen Greece for their holidays this year with pre-bookings having doubled in the first months of the year, according to […] The post Over 1M Russian Tourists Expected to Greece this Summer appeared first on The National Herald.


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Meet the Greek guerilla conservators saving Athens street art one piece at a time

Inspired by Greece’s woes, including an ongoing economic crisis, the public walls of the Greek capital have taken on another layer, pushing Athens into the street art spotlight. Now compared to the likes of Berlin, Athens’ street art is well loved by ...


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