UPDATE: the news of the death of the woman doe snot seem to confirm. by Fridat noon, Greek media report that the woman is ‘clinically dead’. Early Friday morning, KTG reported citing a Greek website that seemed to have been in contact with her family: The Greek mother of two …
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Typical Greek: How do we know an angry taxi driver is Greek? VIDEO
How do we know an angry taxi driver somewhere in the world is Greek? No, not because he appeals to Jesus… Not because he looks like a Greek… Not because he is angry like a Greek. In the following video, the taxi driver has a dispute with a pedestrian. The …
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Greek authorities arrest young man for starting 16 fires near Athens
Greek authorities arrested a 24-year-old man they charge with starting 16 fires over the past five months. A Fire Service announcement says the man is accused of deliberately setting fire to forests, farmland and empty plots in areas east and northeast of the capital Athens from March 14 to Aug. …
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One Greek, two young Britons arrested for selling ‘laughing gas’ in Malia, Crete
Police in Malia and Chersonissos on the island of Crete arrested one Greek and two young British nationals for illegally trading laughing gas. The 62-year-old Greek is owner of a cafe-bar who next to coffee and drinks was offering also bulbs with laughing gas to customers keen to spend a …
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My Perfect ‘Eggs in Tomato Sauce’, a Greek hit for hot summer days
Eggs in Tomato Sauce Αυγά με Ντομάτα is a dish Greeks love to eat in the hot summer months. I suppose, Greeks love Eggs in Tomato Sauce, because the dish can be eaten cold when outside the temperatures rise above 40 degrees Celsius like these days. Like these heat wave …
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Greek shipowners to extend voluntary tax pay also in 2018
Greek shippers intend to discuss the extension of their voluntary economic contribution to the state into 2018 in the context of an extraordinary general meeting of the Union of Greek Shipowners (EEE) scheduled for June 26. Sources told Kathimerini that the extension of this optional levy is all but certain, …
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UPD 35-year-old Greek hospitalized after London attacks has been identified
A 35-year-old Greek has been hospitalized after suffering injuries during the terror attacks at London Bridge and Borough Market on Saturday night. His condition is described as stable and there is no danger for his life. However, he is in intensive care apparently for precautionary reasons. British authorities informed the …
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Greek among the injured in the Borough Market pub terror attack (video)
Shocking footage from the first moments terrorists went into a pub in Borough Market and started stabbing on people on Saturday night. Thirty seconds of horror. In the footage, a man is heard yelling at people to move upstairs. A man is heavily bleeding, a woman, probably a police officer, …
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Greek anarchists fight next to Syrian Kurds against the ISIS in Rojava
Greek anarchists fight against jihadists in north Syria together with local Kurdish forces. They reportedly operate in the region of Rojava, a de facto ‘autonomous region’ in Northern Syria, that is also known as Syrian Kurdistan or Western Kurdistan. The Greek anarchist call Rojava an “anarchist land.” According to a …
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Greeks, Armenians call for boycott Turkish film ‘The Ottoman Lieutenant’ for denying genocides
A recently released Turkish-American film production The Ottoman Lieutenant has come under fire for its denial of the Greek, Armenian, and Assyrian genocide by the Ottoman forces in the beginning of 20th century. The Ottoman Lieutenant is a Turkish-American ‘World War I’ drama film directed by Joseph Ruben and written …
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Two Greek female lawmakers reply to Dijsselbloem and his “drink and women”
With excessive sarcasm, two Greek female politicians replied to the sexist comments of Eurogroup head, Jeroen Dijsselbloem that the countries of the European South wasted the aid money in “drinks and women.” Maybe Dijsselbloem has not resigned, but sexist comments cost the job of a Greek from New Democracy. Member …
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‘Greece, You’re being slaughtered’: Dubious website urges Greeks to “rise up!”
Dearest and Esteemed People of Greece, You are being slaughtered right in front of the world’s eyes and nobody says beep. Least the Greek elite. Your Government. A few, but a few too many, allow the slaughter because it doesn’t concern them. They are blinded by the false glamour of …
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Martis: The red and white bracelet to welcome spring
Childhood memories revived when I watched short live stream from Serres in Northern Greece this morning. Children in traditional dresses with a red pom pom on white headscarf were singing the Spring Carols. On their wrists all children wore Martis, the bracelet made of red and white string. The name …
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“Help A Dane”: Denmark appeals to Greeks to save tourists
“Esteemed citizens of Greece. Denmark needs your help.” In quite acceptable Greek, presenter Danish Mikael Bertelsen explains the reasons why Greeks should help Danish tourists whenever they see them around. The campaign appeals to the kindness of foreigners to save Danes. “We love Greece, but there is a problem” Bertelsen …
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Greek among the injured in Russian ambassador’s assassination in Ankara
Turkish interior minister announced that a Greek was among the injured during the assassination shooting targeting Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov in Ankara Monday afternoon. Anastasios Zimpirikakis was among the people attending the inauguration of the art exhibition, where Karlov was killed by a Turkish policeman. Zimpirikakis was slightly injured, his …
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Athens: Anarchists turn night into day – One Greek, one Italian arrested
Anarchists turned night into day in the area around the Polytechnic School in downtown Athens on late Wednesday. They hurled petrol bombs and stones at riot police squads and set garbage bins on fire. Police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. On of the city’s main avenues, Patision Street, …
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Polish MEP: “English will not be an official EU language after Brexit”
“English will not be one of the European Union’s official language after Brexit,” MEP Danuta Hübner and head of the European Parliament’s Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO) warned at a press conference on Brexit on Monday. No other EU country has English as their official language and so it could lose …
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President Obama speaks …Greek, tells Diaspora “Ζήτω η Ελλάς”
President Barack Obama welcomed Diaspora Greeks in the White House in fluent …Greek. He told them «Ζήτω η Ελλάς» (Ling Live Greece!”) during the traditional reception for Greek Independence Day on March 25th – traditionally celebrated in the White House a couple of days later. In his speech, Obama spoke …
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Bossy Schaeuble still stuck in prejudice: “Greeks are great people, but Greece is not a state”
Oh. And Prime Minister Tsipras spoke ‘nonsense’! And ’15 Eurozone ministers wanted Greece out of the euro’. However they acted independently and not because Germany or – even worse – Schaeuble told them to do so. In an interview with French daily Liberation, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble drew a …
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German Vice Chancellor Gabriel warns of “gigantic consequences” if Greece goes bankrupt
Finally. German Social-democrats woke up from the long sleep caused by Merkel’s spell. Germany’s Vice Chancellor, Economic Minister and chief of SPD, Sigmar Gabriel, warned of “gigantic consequences” for Europe in case of a Greek bankruptcy. Speaking to German media, Sigmar Gabriel said exactly: “It is good that Germany and …
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