By Brian Wheeler and Nick BeakeBBC NewsNovember 29, 2023To read this content, please enable JavaScript or try another browserVideo caption, Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer says Rishi Sunak ‘lost his mind’ by canceling meeting with Greek PMRishi Sunak has accused the Greek prime minister of trying to “show off” the Parthenon sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles.Mr Sunak defended the cancellation of a meeting with the Greek prime minister this week.At a fiery meeting in PMQs, Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer said: “Never mind the British Museum, it’s the Prime Minister who has obviously lost his mind.”The prime minister…
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(Ministry of Culture) Culture Minister Lina Mendoni on Monday received three ancient Greek objects to be repatriated to the Michael Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta, United States. According to a ministry statement, the objects, originating from Crete, Epirus and Attica, were the product of illegal excavations, trafficked by antiquities smugglers and illegally exported from Greece before reaching the Carlos Museum. The objects include a Minoan clay larnax with fish decorations dating from the 14th century BC, a 2nd century BC marble statue of a young woman leaning on a tree trunk, and a seated marble male figure from…
The strategic collaboration between the Greek company Hellenic Defense Systems (EAS) and the German company Ηeckler & Koch (ΗΚ) was presented at an event on Thursday, ANA reports. Part of this collaboration was to establish a subsidiary of Ηeckler & Koch in Greece, HK Hellas, which will be the vehicle for the start of joint production of HK products in Greece for sale in the international market, with the intention of immediately award EAS a project worth at least 50 million euros for the next 2-3 years, said HK Hellas general director Ioannis Loukas. RELATED TOPICS: Greece, Greek tourism news,…
A centuries-old history The Rumeans are part of the Greek community of northern Azovia, descended from Greeks whom Russia displaced in the 18th century from Crimea to what is now eastern Ukraine. The group, which includes around 70,000 people, is divided into the Rumeans, whose language is similar to modern Greek, and the Urums, who speak a Turkic language close to modern Crimean Tatar. The two languages are only spoken in this southeastern corner of Ukraine and were both seriously endangered before the war, with no state programs to preserve them through teaching in schools. Khadzhynova, born in the village…
BATON ROUGE – Sewing Down South’s Craig Conover was able to leverage his role on Bravo’s “Southern Charm” to turn his passion for sewing and interior design into a thriving business. Given Conover’s recent commercial success, he is set to release his first book, “Pillow Talk: What’s Wrong with my Sewing” next month. For the first stop on Conover’s book tour, he and his leadership team chose to visit LSU’s Business Education Complex to share lessons. on entrepreneurship with graduate students from LSU’s Flores MBA program. In Conover’s book, he reveals the series of events, both on and off screen,…
A rare and ancient gold coin that morbidly celebrates the stabbing death of Julius Caesar was returned to Greek authorities this week by New York investigators who determined it had been looted and fraudulently put up for auction in 2020.The coin, known as “Eid Mar” and valued at $4.2 million, depicts the face of Marcus Junius Brutus, Caesar’s former friend and ally who, along with other Roman senators, murdered on the Ides of March in 44 BC. According to historians and experts, Brutus had the gold and silver coins minted to applaud Caesar’s fall and to pay his soldiers during…
The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) announced on January 23 that registration is now open. The LAGFF accepts films made over the previous two years in all categories: feature films and short films, fiction, documentaries and animated works. The key filmmaker(s) – screenwriter, director, producer, lead actor – must be Greek or of Greek origin. The usual deadline is February 29, 2024. Further information is available online: https://www.lagff.org/submit-your-film/. Submit your feature film project as a draft treatment or screenplay to Discovery Days and have your story and pitch studied in Los Angeles and Athens by American experts. Projects must…
Australian Greek Professor Michael Kassiou has been named a finalist for the Australian Museum 2023 Eureka Prize. Professor Kassiou is a finalist for the Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science and Innovation. He is credited with pioneering new approaches to drug discovery for challenging health problems such as brain disorders and cardiovascular disease. In anticipation of the Eureka Awards evening on Wednesday August 23, The Greek Herald spoke with Professor Kassiou to hear about his career and the influence of his Greek heritage on his life. Congratulations on being named a finalist for the Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science…
Athens police will gradually close streets around Syntagma Square to car traffic on Thursday due to a protest rally and march by pupils, students and teachers against a proposed law authorizing the creation of non-public universities in Greece, reports ANA.Protesters gathered at Propylea, Panepistimiou Street and will march towards Parliament on Syntagma Square. RELATED TOPICS: Greece, Greek tourism news, Tourism in Greece, The Greek Islands, Hotels in Greece, Travel to Greece, Greek destinations, Greek travel market, Greek tourism statistics, Greek Tourism Report Photo source: Wikimedia Commons License: CC-BY-SA Copyright :: Badseed
Currently, Agape employs 80 team members across its two locations. This year, they are expected to expand their reach by opening a third facility, the Agape Behavioral Center, which will focus on primary mental health. Mavrookas is committed to continuing to make a positive impact in South Florida and is forward-looking to new opportunities. “I always wanted to start something meaningful and useful for the community. At Agape, we feel blessed and privileged to do the work we do daily to serve others,” said Mavrookas. Mavrookas’ story is a testament to the transformative potential that comes from combining education, entrepreneurship…