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  • Placido Domingo turns Allende short story into opera

    Under the baton of Placido Domingo, acclaimed Chilean writer Isabel Allende's short story "Una Venganza" ("An Act of Vengeance") emerges from the printed page as the opera "Dulce Rosa", a production with a Latin heart and Greek tragedy in its soul that premiered Friday in Los Angeles. "Dulce Rosa" is a further effort by the L.A. Opera, directed by Domingo, to bring lyric opera to a wider ...

  • Greece Recession Will Ease Joblessness Won’t

    Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ prediction that the country’s staggering economic crisis will start to abate and that a slow recovery will begin next year seems like, the country’s international debt inspectors said, but the record 27 percent unemployment rate will take years to come down and will probably stay above 20 percent for three more years. Raining on ...

  • Greece Faces Slow Jobless Recovery In 2014

    Sunny days aren't here again yet in Greece as even more international aid pouring in and hopes for signs of recovery on the horizon haven't lifted widespread gloom. ATHENS(AP) -- Greece's deep, six-year recession is likely to end in 2014, but growth will be weak and unemployment will remain above 20 percent for another three years, the country's international debt inspectors ...

  • Syriza Back In The Lead Over Nd

    SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras The major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), in a horse race with the ruling New Democracy (ND) Conservatives for popular support, has eked out a narrow lead over the rivals in a new poll, although the two are still are essentially tied as they have been in a slew of recent surveys. Another poll days earlier showed ND had a razor-thin lead. The ...

  • AHI in Athens Honors Amb. Smith Arvaniti

    ATHENS - Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Daniel Bennett Smith and philanthropist Isabella Arvaniti, who has built shelters for needy children and is known for her charitable works, received this year's Hellenic Heritage Achievement awards from the American Hellenic Institute before a packed audience in the capital city. This year's event was characterized by optimism for Greece in ...


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Movie Review

Commando [DVD]

Commando [DVD]

On any level above that of red-faced guilty pleasure, there is simply no way to defend Commando. A gloriously primitive and cartoonish action vehicle for star Arnold Schwarzenegger, Commando makes no bones about its abject absurdity. It doesn't pretend to be a ... ...

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  • Mallias Book Goes Deep Inside Greek Diplomacy

    Alexandros Mallias is in a better position than almost anyone to understand the many tightropes that Greek diplomats have had to walk in dealing with tension and crises in foreign affairs, particularly in the Balkans, and he notes them in his book published by Infognomon, entitled The Other Crisis: An Ambassador's Account Following a 35-year career with the Greek Ministry of Foreign ...

  • Readers tips The Greek Islands

    Plan ahead We have made more than 30 trips travelling independently to the Greek Islands. My advice for travellers would be: Do your research beforehand. In particular study ferry routes and timetables in order to check the practicality of your proposed trip. For novice independent travellers the easiest option is to combine islands on the same ferry run, such as ...

  • Delivery service helps Greek people with financial problems

    There is nothing like mum's cooking and in Greece, where family is the bedrock of society a new delivery service is providing sustenance to people who have flown the nest. Matoula Dovinou cooks her son's favourite meals, packs them up in tupperware boxes and has them delivered to his ...

  • May 19 Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day

    In 1994, May 19 was selected by the Greek parliament as the day to commemorate the Pontian Greek Genocide by the Turks. The Pontic Genocide is one of ...

  • The betrayal of the Greek teachers’ strike

    A meeting of the local presidents of Greece's secondary school union, OLME, delivered the final stab in the back on Thursday, scuttling a planned series of strikes during national pre-university Panhellenic Exams.In doing so, the union bureaucracy has delivered a serious blow to the entire Greek working class and strengthened the government and state forces as they impose yet more brutal ...

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