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Diaspora
Greece to Establish Greek Diaspora Day
The deputy Foreign Minister of Greece, responsible for the Greek diaspora, sent an open letter recently to the Greek diaspora worldwide asking them to propose a date for the establishment of the ''Greek Diaspora Day.''
Diplomacy
Greek-American Leaders Call on the US to Halt Turkish Aggression
Five prominent Greek Americans have published a sponsored editorial in the New York Times asking the US administration to stop Turkey from escalating tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean.
They also request that Washington endorse Greece’s position in favor of adherence...
Archaeology
1943 Letter Reveals British Museum Trustee Wanted to Return Parthenon Marbles to Greece
Greece's Ta Nea newspaper published on Friday an explosive two-page letter written by British art historian Kenneth Clark dating back to 1943. The heretofore unknown letter portrays the famous art historian's strong desire to return the Parthenon Marbles to the city...
Cyprus
Cyprus Lodges Official Protest at UN Against Turkey
Cyprus lodged an official protest recently at the U.N. against provocative Turkish actions in its Exclusive Economic Zone which were conducted last October.
The formal complaint was made in a December 12, 2018 letter to U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres which...
Greece
Eurozone Sources Evaluate Positively FinMin Tsakalotos' Letter
Eurozone sources said on Wednesday they evaluated positively Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos' letter to the president of Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem and to ESM chief Klaus Regling.
The same sources reminded that what is pending is the boards and the...
Economy
ND Spox: Tsakalotos’ Letter to Institutions Shows ‘Repentance and Subordination'
The letter sent by Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos to Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem and the managing director of the European Stability Mechanism Klaus Regling is one of “repentance and subordination,” New Democracy spokesman Vasilis Kikilias said on Tuesday.
“Everyone understood...
Economy
Dijsselbloem: Talks on Short-Term Debt Relief Measures for Greece to Resume in January
Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Saturday that talks on short-term debt relief measures for Greece would be resumed after being frozen mid-December over Athens' decision to pay a Christmas bonus to pensioners.
Dijsselbloem stated that Greece's creditors agreed to...
Economy
Eurogroup President Dijsselbloem: 'EU Cannot Offer Further Assistance to Greece Until Referendum Result'
Europe cannot offer further assistance to Greece until the result of a July 5 referendum, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said in a letter to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
He reiterated that the Eurogroup will make a decision "only after and on the basis...
Greece
Bishop Seraphim: Cohabitation Agreement an Insult to God
Bishop Seraphim of Piraeus sent a letter to the Deputy Prime Minister, Evangelos Venizelos, asking him not to include same-sex couples in the cohabitation agreement. The Bishop marked that it would be an insult against God.
Among others, the Bishop...
Greek News
A Greek’s Shocking Letter from Brazil: “Base Salary is 234 euros”
A Greek man who lives and works in Belo Horizonte in Brazil--the host country of the upcoming World Cup--wrote a letter about the real life of the country that has nothing to do with what the majority of people...