Ceremony Honors Greeks Who Saved Jews In WWII
- HK Tzanis - Southeast European Times
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- May 22, 2013
ATHENS - During the Axis occupation of mainland Greece from 1941 to 1944, and the mass annihilation of the country’s Jewish population, the many ordinary people who risked their lives to rescue their ...
U.S. Blames Golden Dawn For Anti-Semitism
The election last year of 18 members of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party to the Greek Parliament has caused an increase in anti-Semitism in the country, the U.S. State Department said in a report on int...
Canada's Museums Could Learn From Greece
- AndrewCohen - Ottawa Citizen
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- May 20, 2013
In early morning, when disheveled revelers stumble home after another all-night bacchanal, the Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki is open.
It opens at 8 a.m., as it does every day between April and...
Greek “Me-First” Attitude Drove One Man To Leave
- Andreas Souvaliatos - Huffington Post
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- May 18, 2013
TORONTO - On an early morning bike ride this week I saw a grumpy-looking older man walk out of his house, reach into his pocket, pull out an empty pack of cigarettes and toss it out onto the street.
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AHI in Athens, Honors Amb. Smith, Arvaniti
- Aris Papadopoulos
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- May 18, 2013
ATHENS – Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Daniel Bennett Smith and philanthropist Isabella Arvaniti, who has built shelters for needy children and is known for her charitable works, received this ye...
Greece In, Cyprus Out Of Eurovision Final
Greece’s entry into the pop-kitsch 2013 Eurovision song contest, Alcohol is Free, sung by the group Koza Mostra and noted Rembetika player and singer Agathon Iakovides made it into the final, but just...
Greek Addicts Use Deadly Shisha As Austerity Drug
- Helena Smith - The Guardian
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- May 17, 2013
Nobody knows which came first: the economic crisis tearing Greece apart or shisha, the drug now known as the "cocaine of the poor," What everyone does accept is that shisha is a killer. And at €2 or l...
Greek Paper Defends Using Immigrant Attack Photo
As the Greek government has withdrawn a bill to impose tougher penalties for racist attacks in the midst of rising assaults against immigrants, the brutal beating of an Afghan teen prompted one newspa...
Greek VIP’s Will Pay For Police Guards
- Andy Dabilis
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- May 14, 2013
ATHENS – Continuing cutbacks in state-provided bodyguards for politicians, journalists, business executives and others deemed to be at risk from extremists and terrorists, the government will require ...
Immigrant Shooting Shakes Greek Blogosphere
- Andy Dabilis
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- May 13, 2013
A recent shooting of 29 immigrant strawberry farm workers in Manolada led to quick calls on Twitter for a boycott of the product and spread so fast that producers in the area said their season might b...
Mt. Athos Monks Warn Against Being Taxed
Leaders of the Holy Mountain on Mt. Athos said they will bar politicians from attending functions of the site for the 100th anniversary of its incorporation into a state entity in October unless the g...
Saving Greece’s Past In An Uncooperative Present
- Suzanne Daley From the New York Times
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- May 12, 2013
ATHENS – His office, in the basement, feels like a storage room with stacks of bubble-wrapped picture frames leaning against the walls. There are piles of books, and catalogs and scholarly papers, too...
Greek Policeman Suspended In MP Assault
A police officer on the small Greek island of Karpathos, near Rhodes and not far from Turkey, has been suspended for allegedly verbally abusing and trying to attack a visiting lawmaker over the countr...
N.H. Child Killer Kamberidis Convicted in Greece
- Lynne Tuohy - Associated Press
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- May 11, 2013
NASHUA, New Hampshire (AP) — An American man who fled a day before being convicted in 1991 of killing his 2-year-old stepson has been tried and convicted again in Greece, where he is serving an 18-yea...
Samaras Bars Teachers Strike Ahead Of Exams
- Andy Dabilis
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- May 11, 2013
ATHENS – Even before teachers were to strike on May 17, the first day of college entrance exams which would have been postponed, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is again reportedly set to issue a civil...
Angelopoulos-Daskalaki’s Greek Drama Has More Acts
- Constantine S. Sirigos
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- May 10, 2013
NEW YORK - “I could never have imagined the life that I have actually lived, and I wouldn’t change a thing about it.” That is what Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki said near the end of her conversation w...
Greek Publisher Repays Money To Avoid Jail
- Andy Dabilis
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- May 10, 2013
ATHENS - Using a recent law that allows people suspected of stealing money to avoid prosecution if they return it, the publisher of a Greek magazine that satirized corruption has been let go after han...
Crisis Lifting: Cosmetic Surgery Soars In Greece
- Kerstin Kullmann - Der Spiegel
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- May 08, 2013
Part 1
The economic crisis has forced thousands in Greece to rely on volunteers for even basic health care services. Meanwhile, wealthier Greeks are having more facelifts and breast implants than any...
Greece’s Oldest Facebook User Dies At 105
The oldest Greek to be registered on the social networking website Facebook, died on May 2 at the age of 105, his family wrote on his personal Facebook page on Easter Sunday, May 5.
Leonidas Panouts...
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