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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Top Greek court grants Turkish soldier asylum, rejects government appeal

ATHENS (Reuters) - A Turkish soldier who fled with seven others to Greece after a failed coup attempt against President Tayyip Erdogan in 2016 should be granted asylum, a Greek court ruled on Wednesday, prompting an angry response from Ankara. The Council ...


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Macedonia's NATO membership hinges on name dispute talks with GREECE

Today, foreign ministers from GREECE and Macedonia will meet with a UN special envoy in Skopje to continue discussions on a decades-old name ...


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Majestic natural pools you have to visit once! (photos)

One in Greece


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GREEK Council of State grants asylum to FETÖ-linked coup soldiers

The GREEK Council of State ruled Wednesday to provide right of asylum to Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ)-linked ex-soldiers who fled Turkey after the ...


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Transport yourself to a GREEK island with this taramasalata recipe

Taramasalata, at its most basic, is a GREEK spread made from salted fish roe, intended to be eaten with loads of fresh pita bread (ideally on a ...


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US ships dock at GREEK ports

In a tweet, the US Embassy said increased American naval presence demonstrates Washington's “clear commitment” to GREEK-American relations and ...


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It's all Greek at Arby's with the meaty, juicy traditional gyro

This week I reached out for a Traditional Greek Gyro, new and here for good, at America's roast beef beacon, Arby's, with 3,300 restaurants across the land. The Traditional Greek may be new, but Arby's has been fritzing out its cash registers for several ...


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GREECE Examines Lifting Banking Limits After Bailout Exit

As GREECE prepares to exit its bailout program in August, the government is looking into ways to further ease and ultimately lift capital controls with ...


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Grand Hyatt Heads to GREECE

WHY IT RATES: The property will be the first Grand Hyatt hotel in GREECE and the first Hyatt in the city of Athens. —Janeen Christoff, TravelPulse ...


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Principal Demosthenes Triantafillou Legacy: Immortality Through Unique Achievements

By Catherine Tsounis Three hundred persons attended the Testimonial/Dinner Dance in honor of Principal Demosthenes Triantafillou by the PTA of the Hellenic School at the Church of Our Saviour , Rye, New York on Saturday, May 5th in the church hall. The Greek parody artist Sotiri and student performances entertained all. PTA Marinella Kourounis worked several […] The post Principal Demosthenes Triantafillou Legacy: Immortality Through Unique Achievements appeared first on Hellenic News of America.


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Nottingham Forest could join battle to sign GREEK forward

The GREEK Superleague champions looked to have agreed a deal to sign the 23-year-old forward or wide man, but they could face late competition for ...


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Eurobarometer 2018: Greeks disappointed with economy and democracy

Results released a year before EU elections


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City Approves SMG Greek Theatre Contract; Five More Years With Possible Extension For L.A. Venue

The Los Angeles City Council Late Tuesday approved a five-year agreement with SMG to operate the Greek Theatre that includes a $4 million capital improvement plan to the venue as well as surrounding traffic, sound and infrastructure. “I am thrilled today ...


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Race Among Ruins: New IRONMAN 70.3 Comes to GREECE

A modern sporting icon takes root in the region that gave rise to the Olympic spirit as Costa Navarino hosts GREECE'S first ever IRONMAN 70.3 triathlon.


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US drones are being based in Greece for the first time - and that might not sit well with Turkey

WASHINGTON – For the first time, American military drones are operating from a Greek airfield. But don’t expect a permanent stay. The U.S. Air Force has begun using MQ-9 Reaper drones out of Larisa Air Force Base, located halfway down Greece’s ...


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Greek MIT Professor Says Country Must Get Ready for Artificial Intelligence

Greeks must become technologically literate and become familiar with algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), Konstantinos Daskalakis, Cretan-born MIT Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, told an Athens summit this week.


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Stathis offers new option for Greek cuisine in Utica

UTICA – Stathis Greek Restaurant & Gyro has garnered quite the buzz on social media during the short time it’s been open, and on Wednesday the city of Utica celebrated the restaurant’s grand opening. The owners of the new restaurant, which is located ...


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Greek Police Arrest Doctor over Cancer Drug Thefts

A doctor accused of being part of a ring of hospital employees allegedly stealing life-saving cancer medicines for sale abroad, was arrested on Wednesday. The doctor at Laiko Hospital in Athens was detained by Greek police’s financial crimes squad and ...


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SNF Major Grant to Rutgers for Greece in Collaboration with AFS & AUA

ATHENS – The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) has gifted a landmark grant of $27,477,000 to support a major initiative that aims to help revitalize one […] The post SNF Major Grant to Rutgers for Greece in Collaboration with AFS & AUA appeared first on The National Herald.


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Three Men Found Guilty over Thessaloniki Mayor Attack

THESSALONIKI – A Thessaloniki misdemeanors court on Wednesday found three men guilty of attacking the mayor of the northern Greek city, Yiannis Boutaris, over the weekend, […] The post Three Men Found Guilty over Thessaloniki Mayor Attack appeared first on The National Herald.


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Turkish General Explains Why US Wants to Relocate Its Nukes to GREECE

"While GREECE is making efforts to use America's support against Turkey when it comes to the issues related to Cyprus and the Aegean Islands, the US ...


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GREECE: Window of opportunity for further easing of capital controls

The Greek Banking Association is expected to send proposals for further easing of capital controls to the Bank of GREECE and the Treasury on Monday, ...


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IMTJ: GREECE Can Grow its Medical Tourism Business

GREECE has a real opportunity to grow the business of medical tourism, considering its record of arrivals last year, IMTJ President Keith Pollard, said ...


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Red Carpets Being Laid for Los Angeles GREEK Film Festival

“GREEK Cinema continues to impress and produce,” Katopodis says. “GREEK filmmakers keep winning major awards at international film festivals and ...


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On the Road in Greece: The Tositsa Museum of Metsovo

By Catherine Tsounis Kapogiannis Tours took us to Metsovo to see a way off life that is now history. The Tositsa’s Museum is a priceless historical monument to one of the great Epirus merchant’s whose wealth helped form the Greek nation. The Tositsa family lived in Metsovo in a traditional way. The mansion was built […] The post On the Road in Greece: The Tositsa Museum of Metsovo appeared first on Hellenic News of America.


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Foundation provides grant to Rutgers to stimulate Greece employment

Foundation provides grant to Rutgers to stimulate Greece employment The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) has gifted a landmark grant of $27,477,000 to support a major initiative that aims to help revitalize one of Greece’s most critical sectors ...


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Under heavy guard, Greece's Public Power board gives nod for power units sale

ATHENS, May 23 (Reuters) - The board of Public Power Corp. (PPC), Greece’s dominant power utility, approved the sale of its coal-fired units on Wednesday, fulfilling a condition of the country’s latest international bailout which has drawn fierce ...


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Ya’ssoo celebrates holiday with Greek flavor in Bloomfield Hills

On this all-American of summer holiday weekend, why not go Greek? The Ya’ssoo Greek Festival is an annual good-time celebration of food and culture, this year Friday through Sunday, May 25-27, at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 43816 Woodward Ave.


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Greek 'far-right thugs' escape jail over mayor attack

A fierce opponent of Greek ultra-nationalism, Boutaris told the court he had been heckled and called a "Turkophile and dirty Jew" just before the attack. Footage of the incident shows people starting to throw objects at him as he prepared to leave.


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European Lawyers Bars Associations requests information on legal status of imprisoned Greek soldiers in Turkey

The President of the CCBE requests information on their legal status


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Addison's Briki Cafe plates hearty Greek favorites with a contemporary twist

Sitting in the middle of a West suburban strip mall that looks to be in rebound mode is a little piece of Athens. The buzz around Briki Café has been growing since it opened in Addison last year, especially in the morning when it serves up breakfast ...


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2018 Lorain International Festival Princess Zoe Matos, Greek

Future plans: I will be attending Lorain County Community College in the fall. Costume: Traditional Ancient Greek costume Favorite tradition: I love when the whole family gets together and celebrates Easter. Favorite native dish: Bizlia, Greek peas in ...


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Plastic bag-swallowing sperm whales are victims of our remorseless progress

The news that Mediterranean whales have died after ingesting our plastic waste comes as no surprise – but seems to be an omen for fallout from our disruption of the natural world Plastic bags have been blamed for the deaths of sperm whales in the Mediterranean. The Athens-based Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute found that more than a third of the sperm whales found dead in Greek waters had stomachs blocked by plastic waste. But this comes as no surprise to whale watchers. In a plangent 2011 report by same researchers on a mass sperm-whale stranding, a combination of factors – noise from naval exercises, dehydration and stress that caused toxic chemicals and heavy metals to be released from the whales’ body fat – was found to have caused them to beach. The scene of the dying whales moved the scientists to unusually emotive language as they recorded finding them “agonising on the shore”. Continue reading...


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Greece unveils post-bailout growth plan

Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, has unveiled a “strategic growth plan” to be implemented after the country exits the current €86bn bailout programme in August. “It’s a plan that shows the path Greece will follow after the fiscal ...


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greek pavilion at the venice biennale studies the architecture of academic common spaces

in the context of a stepped landscape dotted with architectural models, the greek pavilion at the venice architecture biennale surveys academic communal spaces — from plato’s academy to contemporary universities. ‘the school of athens’ sees the ...


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US Seeks 'Expansion of Strategic Cooperation' with GREECE

The expansion of strategic cooperation between GREECE and the U.S. has been raised at a meeting between Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and U.S. ...


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GREECE to Host 'IRONMAN 70.3' Triathlon Event in 2019

International athletes and sports lovers in 2019 will have their sights set on GREECE and particularly the area of Messinia in the Peloponnese, as the ...


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Father Says Texas Shooter Pagourtzis Was Victim Too

Antonios Pagourtzios, father of Texas high school shooter Dimitris Pagourtzis, told Greece’s TV station Antenna that his son had been bullied, making him a victim […] The post Father Says Texas Shooter Pagourtzis Was Victim Too appeared first on The National Herald.


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Archdiocese Releases Statement on Santa Fe High School Shooting

NEW YORK – The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America released the following statement on Santa Fe High School Shooting: “The mass school shooting at Santa Fe […] The post Archdiocese Releases Statement on Santa Fe High School Shooting appeared first on The National Herald.


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How a dispute over stationery turned this mayor's tenure into 'a Greek tragedy'

It all began with a dispute over some ugly notecards. At least, that's how former North Bay Village city manager Frank Rollason remembers his first clash with Connie Leon-Kreps, the village's controversial two-term mayor. That argument would lead to his ...


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Rutgers Receives $27 Million to Help Revitalize Agriculture in Greece

With a $27.5 million grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Rutgers University-New Brunswick will spearhead a project to revitalize Greek agriculture and create job opportunities for youth. Photo: American Farm School High Res “This is a strong ...


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Greek Cypriot appeals to Council of Europe in property case

A Greek Cypriot has called on the committee of ministers of the Council of Europe to secure the immediate execution of a 2009 European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling relating to his property in the north. Professor Andreas Orphanides has sent a letter ...


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The Latest: Migrants protest overcrowding at Greek camp

BERLIN — The Latest on migrants in Europe (all times local): 3:40 p.m. About 100 asylum-seekers are protesting outside a camp in northern Greece to draw attention to overcrowding and poor housing conditions there. The mostly Kurdish protesters, including ...


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Minor earthquake

Minor earthquake - GREECE - May 23, 2018. Created May 23, 2018 Last update May 23, 2018 07:39 By Armand Vervaeck. Have you felt the shaking?


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Malaria suspected after GREEK bulker death

A seafarer has died in a suspected case of malaria on a GREEK bulker in Poland. The Telewizja Republika website reported that the 40-year-old ...


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British soldiers 'horrifically tortured children' during Cyprus Emergency

British soldiers allegedly tortured GREEK Cypriots by stubbing cigarettes out on their rectums, simulating executions and using a metal contraption that ...


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China donates theatrical costumes to GREEK museums

ATHENS, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese embassy in Athens donated a collection of 22 Chinese opera costumes to Greece in a ceremony held in ...


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Elitour Unites GREEK Doctors to Establish Greece as Ideal Medical Tourism Destination

GREEK medical tourism council Elitour is seeking to unite GREEK doctors from all over the world in its aim to establish Greece as a tourism destination ...


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ANALYSIS-With eye on re-election, Greek PM rolls dice on Macedonia

ATHENS, May 23 (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is taking a big gamble in trying to settle a decades-old name dispute with neighbouring Macedonia which could backfire in a pre-election year among voters already jaded by his economic ...


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Sikinos is GREECE'S first island to eliminate single use plastic straws

As part of the Sea Change program, plastic straws will be replaced by reusable or biodegradable alternatives as part of a move to increase awareness ...


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