Anti-Americanism in Greece appears to be on the decline, as a recent Pew Institute survey of 23 countries showed that 56 percent of Greeks have a positive view of the United States. The lowest percentage was recorded in 2014, with only 34% of respondents in Greece having a positive opinion of the United States. Anti-Americanism is gradually decreasing for another reason, as young Greeks, in the 18-39 age group, value American entertainment (movies, music, television) more than those over 40, 84% versus 62%. US President Joe Biden received low trust ratings from respondents in Greece, with 56% saying they had…
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Speech of thanks to Archbishop Elpidophoros from V. Reverend Archimandrite George Nikas On July 25, 2021, V. Reverend Archimandrite George Nikas delivered a speech of thanks to His Eminence. Archbishop Elpidophoros of America at the Divine Liturgy and the Lunch that followed. Σεβασμιώτατε Ἅγιε Αμερικής, κ.κ. Ελπιδοφόρε, ὡς εὖ παρέστητε!! στην ε Salt Lake City in Utah, near Utah Yes. σεβασμία ὑμῶν ἀρχιερατική παρουσία μᾶς ἐμπνέει ποικιλοτρόπως καὶ μ ᾶ ς καθοδηγεῖ πρὸς τὰ Άνωθεν, καὶ μᾶς ἐνυσχύει ἐν σώματι καὶ πνεύματι, ὥστε οὔτως νὰ συνεχίσουμε τὸν τοῦ Παναγ Are you looking for a place to call home υ πίστεώς…
Professor COM’s book highlights a little-known hero of the Armenian genocide In the video above, a 1922 Pathé newsreel shows the fire that ravaged much of Smyrna and pushed waterfront refugees to the brink and beyond. Video courtesy of the Library of Congress Asa Jennings was a failed Methodist minister from a small town in upstate New York, working for the YMCA in Smyrna, Turkey, in 1922, when he saved a quarter of a million Christians from death in the brutal final chapter of the Armenian genocide. “An individual, a guy with no wallet, who had a minor position at…
Frank Franklin II/AP Arian Simone, partner at Black women-owned venture capital firm The Fearless Fund, speaks during a press conference on August 10, 2023 in New York. CNN — A U.S. federal appeals court has granted a conservative group’s request to temporarily block a Black-owned venture capital firm from making grants exclusively to Black women entrepreneurs. In a 2-1 decision, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals judges granted The American Alliance for Equal Rights’ injunction motion on Saturday temporarily blocked the Fearless Fund, a black women-owned venture capital firm, and its foundation from awarding its Fearless Strivers grant exclusively to women…
Greece has made remarkable steps towards contemporary management of the migration issue, European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson said in Athens on Monday during an event on migration at the relevant Greek ministry. Johansson had met Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the ministry earlier in the day. In a social media post, she said of the meeting: “Today in Athens I met Prime Minister Mitsotakis. We discussed the positive progress made by Greece in the orderly management of migration, the need for more legal and integration pathways, as well as the crisis in the Middle East.” The Prime Minister,…
The head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, closed a two-day conference in Cairo for nations seeking to recover their antiquities and precious objects. Hawass has made it his mission to find Egyptian antiquities that he believes were wrongly removed from Egypt and bring them home.While in Washington last month, Hawass beamed with pride as he accepted the return of an apparently smuggled ancient Egyptian coffin that a U.S. customs agent had intercepted at the Miami airport. “People may think that the best part of an archaeologist’s life is discovering something,” Hawass said. “But for me, the best…
Wine times are changing. Here are three ways to see it clearly. Wine is now produced in new regions, at latitudes and altitudes that would have surprised winemakers just two generations ago. Wine is consumed by a more diverse audience than ever, and this diversification will only grow in the years to come. And the grapes used to make wine themselves evolve in different ways: new plantings of traditional grapes adapt to unfamiliar environmental conditions, for example, and hybrid grapes (some of which were developed as a result of harsh environments). non-traditional culture). ) are enter the lexicon of what…
“Hellenic heads” features six large busts, each measuring just over six feet tall when the pedestals are added. They all have a cultural connection with Greece. “If you’re Greek-American,” says artist Georges Petrides“it reminds you of our heritage or parts of our heritage that you should be aware of. » Petrides took a deep dive into historical research, focusing on six important periods of Greek history spanning 2,500 years. He also looked to his family for inspiration. “The blue one is my mother, the green one is my wife, the tormented one is me, because I find myself in these…
Home News By Andrew Catchpole Published: November 28, 2018 While the 2018 global harvests have rebalanced the global wine supply, the market is evolving to allow greater fluidity of supply, to the benefit of high-end bulk players and smaller volume buyers, with different formats cited as critical to future consumer engagement and sales. . These are some of the key takeaways from the 10th edition of the World Bulk Wine Show in Amsterdam this week, where bargain pricing was back on the table after 2017’s supply shortages at a trade show which welcomed a record 6,500 visitors and 250 exhibitors.…
London – The British government has canceled a meeting between Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Greek counterpart amid a diplomatic row over which country should hold a collection of ancient Greek sculptures. Greece and Britain have long argued over the Parthenon sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, which were once part of the Temple of Athena on the Acropolis in Athens. For years they have been part of the permanent collection of the British Museum in London. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was due to meet Sunak in London on Tuesday, but on Monday evening the Greek leader issued…