Democratic contenders look to W. Virginia primary, though it's not likely to affect race much
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Democratic presidential contenders Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton were preparing for Tuesday's primary in West Virginia, a contest that Clinton is heavily favored to win but which likely won't dent Obama's almost insurmountable lead in the delegate count.
Obama, movi
Gas pumps run dry as drivers, taxis strike
By E- Kathimerini
Gasoline pumps across the country dried up over the weekend as striking truck drivers, who are threatening to extend their five-day protest action, will be joined by taxi drivers today.
Strikes in the transport sector have picked up as drivers seek steep hikes in state-regulated charges to offset
Greek President: Key to a Cyprus settlement in Ankara
By Financial Mirror
Greek President Karolos Papoulias has said that the key to a political settlement in Cyprus continues to rest with Ankara.
Cyprus House President Marios Karoyan, who met Papoulias here today, thanked the Greek President for the warm welcome and conveyed to him the regards, appreciation and love o
Deutsche Telekom May Gain Control of Greek Company This Week
By The New York Times
By ANTHEE CARASSAVA
ATHENS — With its sales slipping and fixed-line customers defecting, Deutsche Telekom looked set this week to complete plans to buy a stake worth nearly 3 billion euros ($4.6 billion) in Greece’s former phone monopoly.
The deal would give Deutsche Telekom control of the Gre
Obama grabs lead in race for superdelegates
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton’s once-imposing superdelegate lead yesterday after scooping up more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party’s nomination for president.
Obama added superdelegates from Utah and Ohio, as well as two from the Virgin
Greek Pol Unveils Plans for Separate Environment Ministry
By E- Kathimerini
Greece has announced plans to set up a separate Environment Ministry in about 18 months as the conservative government comes under growing pressure over its environmental policies.
Greece currently runs a joint Environmental, Physical Planning and Public Works Ministry, headed by Giorgos Souflias
New Era Dawns for Churches of Constantinople and Greece
By ANA- MPA
ISTANBUL (ANA-MPA - A. Kourkoulas) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece officially capped off the Greek Church leader's first visit to the Phanar - the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate - on Sunday by jointly celebrating the divine liturgy a
London Mayor With Turkish Roots Says Pericles His Model
By E- Kathimerini
By Nick Malkoutzis
If you happen to eavesdrop on a political discussion in Athens, you are more than likely to get the impression that Greeks are fed up with their politicians. You would be right.
The questions on everybody’s lips are: Where do we go from here? Who do we turn to? How can we fi
Cyprus: Private yachts ferrying dozens fleeing troubled Lebanon
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) _ A Cypriot port official says about 180 people fleeing the fighting in nearby Lebanon have arrived on the island aboard private yachts.
Larnaca Marina Chief Michalis Philis says about 18 yachts had ferried people from Lebanon to the Mediterranean island since Saturday, and a
US airlifts aid to Myanmar, UN pleads with junta to cooperate with foreign donors
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ The United States delivered its first relief supplies to Myanmar on Monday, as the U.N. urged the reclusive nation to open its doors to foreign experts who could help up to 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation.
Britain's opposition leader called for air-
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Thousands Dead as Earthquake Rocks China
AP Photo
China was hit by a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, the nation's strongest in 58 years causing buildings to shake in Beijing, more than 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) away. Between 3,000 and 5,000 were killed in one county alone, China state media said. The quake struck 90 kilometers west-northwest of the central city of Chengdu at 2:28 p.m. local time, at a depth of 10 kilometers, the U.S. Geological Survey said. A magnitude-6 quake struck the area about 15 minutes later. Chengdu, with 11 million people, is Sichuan's provincial capital, site of China's largest panda reserve and where 40 percent of gas deposits are found.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Visit Athens Tuesday
EUROKINISSI/CHRISTOS BONIS
Ecumenical Partriarch Bartholomew will begin an official visit to Athens on Tuesday, following last week's pilgrimage to the Ecumenical Patriarchate by Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and all Greece. The visit was the first foreign visit by the new head of the Church of Greece, who was elected in February. It will also be the first time he will receive the Ecumenical Patriarch in Greece from his new position as Archbishop of Athens.
Spectators Call for Return of Marbles at Acropolis Rally
EUROKINISSI
As the annual Acropolis Rally passes through the historic Municipality of Mycenae, citizens raise a poster reminding drivers and viewers alike that "there are no Elgin Marbles, only Parthenon Marbles; and they belong to Greece." The Greek Ministry of Culture is continuing its international campaign to pressure the British museum into returning friezes and other masterpiecese stolen from the Parthenon by Lord Elgin in the early nineteenth century. These works of art are world renowned and are a major attraction at the London-based museum. Greece argues that the new Acropolis musuem is the rightful place to feature the artwork, returning it to its natural element where it can be better appreciated.
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney's Reelection Campaign Going Strong
The National Herald/AP Photo
Greek American friends of Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, one of the Greek American Community's strongest supporters in the U.S. Congress, organized a fundraiser in support of her reelection campaign in Astoria on Friday. Ms. Maloney is shown in the center, along with Nina Gatzoulis (President of the Pan-Macedonian Association of America), Nancy Biska, Mary Marangos, host Kostas Blafas, George Delis and Elias Neofytides (President of the Macedonian Studies Center).
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