The United States welcomes the upcoming meeting of the Greece-Turkey High-Level Cooperation Council to be held this week in Athens, the State Department said. Responding to a question from the Hellas Journal website, a representative of the US State Department noted that the United States supports discussions between Athens and Ankara at all levels to ensure calm in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, reports ANA .As the spokesperson noted, the United States welcomes constructive contacts between NATO allies Turkey and Greece. “We are encouraged by the upcoming Greece-Turkey High-Level Cooperation Council meeting this week in Athens. The United…
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By Rozina Sini, Jasmine Andersson and Charlene Anne RodriguesBBC NewsJuly 23, 2023Updated July 24, 2023Image source, Caryn SavazziLegend, Caryn Savazzi and her son marking the start of their holiday at Cardiff AirportA British family taken in by a local family when they were evacuated from their hotel in Rhodes say it “restored their faith in human kindness”.Caryn Savazzi, originally from South Wales, arrived on the island on Saturday with her husband and sons, unaware that their hotel had already been evacuated amid wildfires.They were taken to a school where a local family offered them accommodation.But other Britons remain without beds.Many…
Politically, Greece has long been aligned with the West. It joined NATO in 1952 and the European Union in 1981, and unlike almost all of its southeastern European neighbors, it remained outside the Soviet sphere of influence during the Cold War. When it comes to public attitudes toward religion, national identity, and the place of religious minorities, Greeks, like their eastern neighbors, hold more nationalist and less tolerant views than Western Europeans, according to a new study. Pew Research Center Analysis surveys in 34 countries across the continent. The Greeks seem to recognize it: seven out of ten agree with…
By Catherine Tsounis The Greek middle class is being destroyed by open borders and the European Union’s support for a culture opposed to Greek language, civilization and orthodoxy. In 2017, at the rate the political scene is evolving, the only country that will maintain Byzantine civilization and Orthodoxy will be the 80 million Russians supported by their state. There are middle-class Greeks from the borders of Greece fighting to keep Hellenism and Western civilization shining. The Pavlo Vrellis Wax Museum is a testimony to a dedicated Epirotean who loved his country. Pavlo Vrellis, a genius, created wax figures in a…
An American tourist died Friday morning after being beaten to death in a bar in Greece.Bakari Henderson, 22, of Austin, Texas, was visiting the island of Zakynthos, Greece, when a bar fight escalated into a brawl, leaving the University of Arizona graduate dead.Police arrested two men on Friday evening, both considered the main suspects in the investigation, NBC News reported. Seven other people were also arrested.Henderson’s family said he went to the island for a photo shoot as he prepared to launch a new fashion line, according to a statement provided to the Austin, American Statesman.“Bakari loved spending time with…
“Aristotle had just appeared, and what made him even more suspicious was that he seemed to possess a comprehensive body of knowledge, from optics and ethics to economics and politics,” he said in the video.Mainstream historians have criticized Jin’s argument as superficial and flawed, noting that similar questions could be raised about ancient Chinese philosophers such as Laozi.But Jin’s statements reflect a growing trend among some nationalist intellectuals who argue that the world needs a new, less Western-centric version of history as China rises on the world stage and engages in a new version of history. “war of stories” with…
Pizza has a long history. Filled flatbreads were eaten by The ancient Egyptians, Romans And The Greeks. (The latter ate an herb-and-oil version, similar to today’s focaccia.) But the modern birthplace of pizza is the Campania region in southwest Italy, home to the city of Naples.Founded around 600 BC as a Greek colony, Naples was in the 1700s and early 1800s a thriving riverside city. Technically an independent kingdom, it was known for its crowds of poor workers, or lazzaroni. “The closer you got to the bay, the denser their population was and much of their life was spent outdoors,…
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NEW YORK – The Greek flag-raising ceremony in Bowling Green in Lower Manhattan took place under sunny skies on April 20 as part of many official events celebrating Greek independence and culminating with the parade down 5th Avenue on Sunday . As expected, the Presidential Guard Evzones impressed attendees in Bowling Green. Participants included Greek Consul Lana Zochiou, Archimandrite Nektarios Papazafiropoulos, Dean of St. Demetrios Cathedral in Astoria, Parade Committee Chair Nancy Papaioannou and representatives from the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, as well as students from local Greek schools. schools, among others. The Evzones were accompanied…
What students imagine when they think about Greek life can be as varied as the different chapters themselves. Some may think of camaraderie, lasting friendships, networking opportunities. Others may think of a lifestyle of heavy drinking and partying in the popular 1978 comedy “Animal House.””Many students think Greek life is going to be like what they see in the movies, and they set their expectations accordingly. Other students are only exposed to what they see in the headlines of media. None of these things represent fraternity life as a whole,” says Alexandra Robbins, author of “Fraternity: An Inside Look at…