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August 2011 Week 3

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ATHENS - The SNFCC Christmas World comes to life at 7 PM (local time) on Friday, December 1, enveloping the entire city in the festive spirit of Christmas.

LONDON - The British Museum can continue to explore solutions with Greece regarding the Parthenon Sculptures "whether or not [British Prime Minister] Rishi Sunak meets the Greek prime minister or not," British Museum Chair George Osborne said in his latest Political Currency podcast, following a "diplomatic spat" caused by Sunak's last-minute cancellation of a meeting with his Greek counterpart.

ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in an interview with Bloomberg on Friday said he wants to preserve good relations with London, following a cancellation of his meeting with his British counterpart Rishi Sunak amid a dispute over the so-called Parthenon Sculptures.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — International climate talks turned to a power game on Friday as dozens of world leaders took turns bemoaning the pain of an overheating planet, but two of the world's most powerful men — President Joe Biden of the U.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli fighter jets hit targets in the Gaza Strip minutes after a weeklong truce expired on Friday, as the war with Hamas resumed in full force.

NEW YORK – The Greek-American family-owned Lexington Candy Shop, on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 83rd Street in Manhattan, was featured in the New York Times on November 21 in an article titled ‘The Luncheonette Serving New York’s Best Egg Creams.

ATHENS - The renewal of the Memorandum of Cooperation for the measures to protect the archaeological sites from the risk of fires in the context of climate change was signed on Friday by Culture Minister Lina Mendoni and Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias, as stated in a joint statement of the two ministries.

ATHENS – College Year in Athens (CYA) continues its Virtual Lecture Series via Zoom on Wednesday, December 6, 12 PM ET / 7 PM Greece, with an engaging and insightful virtual lecture about the extraordinary life of Eva Palmer Sikelianos.

NEW YORK – The Hellenic Film Society USA presents Maria by Callas, the acclaimed documentary that tells the life story of the legendary Greek-American opera singer.

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Echoes of Asia Minor: Life, Catastrophe and Resilience Opens at Consulate in NYC

NEW YORK – Consul General of Greece in New York Dinos Konstantinou in collaboration with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America hosted the opening reception of the moving exhibition Echoes of Asia Minor: Life, Catastrophe and Resilience on November 29 at the Consulate General of Greece in New York.

Rosalynn Carter’s Intimate Funeral is Being Held in the Town Where She and Her Husband Were Born

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Rosalynn Carter received her final farewells Wednesday in the same tiny town where she and Jimmy Carter were born, forever their home base as they climbed to the White House and traveled the world for humanitarian causes.

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