Posted on 31 August 2010.
A group of Greek investors have indicated an interest in operating a new airline out of Guyana but the high price of aviation jet fuel is a concern, President Bharrat Jagdeo says.
“We have a proposal from a group of investors out of Greece and other places,” Jagdeo yesterday said, adding that “they’ve offered the government [...]
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Posted on 08 August 2010.
San Diego Museum of Art presents now an exhibition based on ancient Greece and its artworks. The exhibition contains the characters from the ancient myths, such as Helen and Paris of Troy, Hector and Achilles, Herakles, Amazons, Odysseus and many others.
Mortals and Myths of Ancient Greece is a showcase depicting the characters and legends from [...]
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Posted on 26 May 2010.
Having already experienced great success in Alexandria, New York, California, Turkey, Malta, Italy and Greece, the US-based non-profit organization The Readers of Homer, under the direction of Founder Dr. Kathryn Hohlwein and of Yannis Simonides, in collaboration with the ‘Maria Tsakos’ Foundation in Montevideo, under the direction of Ms. Margarita Larriera, set sail for South [...]
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Posted on 08 May 2010.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (foto) warned Greece Thursday against austerity measures that might trigger social problems like those that Argentina faced early in the last decade.
“The recipes that are being imposed on Greece are identical to those that were applied here in 2001,” Fernandez de Kirchner stressed.
Greece’s parliament on Thursday passed an austerity [...]
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Posted in Argentina, News
Posted on 28 April 2010.
Dozens of Argentine anarchists have attacked Greece’s embassy with sticks, Molotov cocktails and paint bombs to demand the freedom of an imprisoned activist.
Five suspected attackers are under arrest following Tuesday night’s clash. Two security guards are injured.
The anarchists were answering calls on the Internet for demonstrations against Greek embassies worldwide ahead of Wednesday’s appellate court [...]
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Posted in Argentina, News
Posted on 31 March 2010.
For the second consecutive year, Greeks in Buenos Aires celebrated in all solemnity the national anniversary for Greek Independence Day on the 25th of March.
1.500 Hellenes from all Argentina, but also from Chile and Uruguay, especially youths, responding to the call of the Federation of Greek Communities of Argentina, attended the parade, the only one [...]
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Posted on 16 March 2010.
By NEOmagazine
Metropolitan Athenagoras of Mexico visited Haiti recently, in order to be on the side of the clergy and Orthodox faithful at the earthquake stricken island. He arrived to Port au Prince from Greece where he was visiting for official Church business, aboard a Greek Government plane, with the Assistant Foreign Minister of Greece and [...]
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Posted in Chile, News
Posted on 13 March 2010.
The Greek community’s building in Santiago has sustained serious damage as a result of the powerful earthquake that struck Chile late last month.
The extent of damage caused to the neo-classical building, built in 1876, renders the holding of events impossible.
S.A.E. Region of Central-South America Region Coordinator Nikiforos Nikolaidis, in an announcement, called for solidarity and [...]
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Posted in Chile, News
Posted on 04 March 2010.
An Argentine musician loved the sound of the bouzouki and decided to combine it with the music of his country, the tango. 73-year-old Manuel Ernandez Martin from Buenos Aires recently fulfilled the dream of his life – to visit Greece. In fact, at a musical evening organised in Athens, he played the tango on his [...]
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Posted in Argentina
Posted on 03 March 2010.
The Greek lottery Intralot Group said Wednesday that following an international tender, its subsidiary, Intralot do Brasil, undertook the operation of lottery games in the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
The contract will have an initial term of six years with an option to extend it for six more years.
The first product to be launched [...]
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