More than 250 silver coins dating back to the time of Alexander the Great were unearthed in northern Syria, a Syrian archaeologist said Thursday.
Youssef Kanjo, the head of archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Aleppo, said the coins were discovered two weeks ago in northern Syria when a local man was digging the foundations [...]

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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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The financial crisis in Greece is bad news for many – but the country’s food manufacturers say they are benefiting as the euro’s depreciation against the dollar has made their products more competitive outside the euro zone.
And many are hoping to pick up extra sales in the UAE. A number of Greek businessmen who attended [...]

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By Alex Billinis*
I spent the summer of 1996 studying and working in Chile, as part of a law school exchange program. As always in my world travels, I sought out the Greek community. I had heard stories from my father about his own sailor father’s travels to Chile, where he described a strong [...]

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Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that they communicated with the Greek embassy in Chile, although the communication was very difficult after Saturday’s 8.8-magnitude earthquake that striked 200 miles south of Santiago. The severity of the damages have not been confirmed by the Chilean government. Latest reports indicate at least 214 deaths. The earthquake also [...]

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Ibn Sina, the Arabic speaking humanoid robot, recently thrilled other passengers as Emirates Airlines flight EK817 was transporting one of the world’s most advanced robots from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, Emirates News Agency (WAM)reported.
A first for Emirates, Ibn Sina the robot, travelled as a First Class passenger on the [...]

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Greek humanitarian aid destined for the quake-stricken Caribbean island of Haiti was dispatched yesterday. Some 50 tons of medical supplies, food and tents are being sent by Greece along with a team of 70 people including foreign ministry employees and members of nongovernmental organizations. People interested in making donations for the victims of last month’s [...]

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Estiator Magazine recently held their annual Bouzouki Week in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Approximately 150 guests from all over the United States enjoyed (foto) a glorious week of fun, sun and relaxation in one of the most beautiful resorts in the world, the luxurious Majestic Colonial. Three distinguished Greek gentlemen, all with ties to the [...]

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The ancient Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, responding to the pleas of the General international Directorate of Developmental Collaboration of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the collection of humanistic aid to earthquake-stricken Haiti, with the blessing of His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, delivered [...]

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New Democracy Eurodeputy G. Papanikolaou has submitted a question to the European Commission about Athanasios Lerounis, a Greek volunteer teacher abducted in Pakistan.
Lerounis has made a dramatic appeal to Pakistan’s government to arrange his release and safe return to Greece, in a hand-written letter dated October 2, according to reports in local newspapers. The hand-written [...]

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