Greek Startup Universe: Network for Innovative Greeks Supported by Ministry of FA
ATHENS – The Secretariat General for Public Diplomacy and Greeks Abroad of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the launching of the online program Greek...
Trump the Dominant Force at Conservative Conference
WASHINGTON (AP) — A conference dedicated to the future of the conservative movement turned into an ode to Donald Trump as speakers declared their fealty to the former...
4 Men Convicted in 1993 WTC Bombing Have Had Sentences Cut
NEW YORK (AP) — Decades after going to prison, some of the men responsible for the World Trade Center bombing that killed six people 28 years ago Friday are still trying...
House Passes $1.9T Pandemic Bill on Near Party-line Vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill in a win for President Joe Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated...
Unity or Division? Cyprus Talks in Geneva Could Draw The Line
United Nations-sponsored informal talks in Geneva April 27-29 will try to determine whether there is common ground or political to try to decide whether Cyprus will be reunited or stay divided, almost 47 years after an unlawful Turkish invasion.
Cyprus' President Anastasiades Hails U.N. Bid to Resume Peace Talks
NICOSIA — The Greek Cypriot president of ethnically divided Cyprus said on Thursday he'll attend a United Nations-hosted meeting in April with the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots with “full political will” to get dormant peace talks up and running again.
Cyprus Eases Lockdown But Curfew, Ban on Gatherings Remain
NICOSIA — Cyprus will reopen high schools, gyms, pools, dance academies and art galleries on March 1 in a further, incremental easing of the country's second nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, the government said Thursday.
Chain-Smoking Greece Sees Numbers Lighting Up Falling Hard
ATHENS - With one of the world's highest rates of smoking, and ignoring repeated No Smoking laws, the numbers of people using tobacco in Greece has been declining dramatically...
Medical Oxygen Scarce in Africa, Latin America Amid Virus
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A crisis over the supply of medical oxygen for coronavirus patients has struck nations in Africa and Latin America, where warnings went unheeded at...
Detroit Science Center No Longer Planning for RoboCop Statue
DETROIT (AP) — The largest fictional keeper of law and order in Detroit may not stand watch at one Motor City museum as planned.
Naomi Osaka's Secret Weapon to Win Australian Open: Greek Food
Before she went on to win the Australian Open as the best women's tennis player in the world, Naomi Osaka – of part-Japanese heritage – said for some reason she...
NYC Steakhouse Stunt: A Wax Don Draper Hanging at the Bar
NEW YORK (AP) — It's a promotion that could be straight out of the “Mad Men” Don Draper playbook.Brooklyn's famed Peter Luger Steak House has...
Attica Region Stays on High Alert, Joined by Several Other Areas Nationwide
ATHENS - While Attica and Thessaloniki regions still remain on epidemiological high-alert, several other regions and municipalities will join them in terms of coronavirus...
Lawmakers Probe if Cuomo's Policy Fueled Nursing Home Deaths
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Several lawmakers challenged New York's top health official Thursday over his insistence that a state policy didn't fuel COVID-19 outbreaks in...
New Coronavirus Variant in New York Spurs Caution, Concern
NEW YORK (AP) — Another mutated version of the coronavirus has popped up in New York City, and experts reacted to the the news with a mixture of caution and concern.