Author: Athanasios Koutoupas
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Greek-Cypriot author Georgiou wins 2016 European Literature Award
Greek Cypriot author Antonis Georgiou has received the ‘European Literature Award’ for 2016 for his book titled ‘An album of stories’, originally title: ‘Ena alpum istories’, published by ‘To Rodakio’. The European Literature Award started in 2009 by the EU in an effort to promote young successful authors in their home countries to a pan-European…
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joins Greek Independence Day parade in Montreal
MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returned to his Montreal riding of Papineau on Sunday to join several thousand people at the city’s Greek Independence Day parade. Trudeau quickly left the head of the procession to shake hands with members of the crowd lining the sidewalk. He later waved a Greek flag from the sidelines. The parade, which has been taking…
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Greek family opens it home to Syrian refugee families
A Greek family opened its home to two Syrian migrant families last week, moved by the plight of thousands who have fled a five-year war for the security of Europe and are stranded. As soon as Dimitris Spiridis arrived with a huge bag of croissants to hand out to migrants living in a sprawling border…
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Greek-owned merchant fleet larger than UK, Germany and Norway combined!
According to data by maritime site ‘VesselsValue.com’, the Greek merchant fleet is ranked on the top of global value. The aggregate asset worth of the Greek-owned fleet is larger than that of Norway, Britain and Germany combined! VesselsValue are specialists in appraising the worth of merchant fleets across the world and estimate the net value…