Tag: Greece
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Seven Network Finally Apologizes for Saying FYROM is Home of Alexander the Great and King Philip II
After much protest and demands for a retract, Seven Network has finally offered an apology for their presenters referring to FYROM as the home of Alexander the Great and King Philip II during the 2016 Rio Olympics opening ceremony. Following an outpour of major Greek organizations condemning the blunder over the past several weeks, Kerry Stokes AC,…
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Greek volunteers awarded top UN humanitarian honour for efforts with migrants and refugees
A Greek human rights activist and a Greek volunteer rescue team – Efi Latsoudi and the Hellenic Rescue Team (HRT) – have been jointly awarded this year’s Nansen Refugee Award for their efforts to aid refugees arriving in Greece during 2015. “Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing conflict and persecution last year made the desperate bid to…
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Crete becomes the Silicon-Island of high technology R&D
On the 30th of June 2016, KALEAO Ltd, a high-tech start-up company based in Cambridge, UK, inaugurated their new development centre within the FORTH – Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas research centre in Crete. FORTH (in Greek: ITE) is one of the largest research centers in Greece with modern facilities, highly qualified personnel, and a reputation as…
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We should give the Olympics back to Greece, permanently
In a spirit of international cooperation and common sense I think we should promote the idea of just giving the Summer Olympics to Greece. Permanently. By all accounts they made a reasonable fist of it when they last had them and could do so time and time again. It has a nice historical touch ……