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  • Greece is banking on big tourist season to prime the economy

    A year after tourists avoided Greece as it wrestled with political mayhem and violent street protests, many are expecting them to return in droves. The fragile economy may depend on ...

  • Its all Greek to thousands - Northridge festival opens three-day run

    The Valley Greek Festival kicked off on Saturday which for thousands of regulars to the annual event means warm, meaty gyros, baked spanakopita, and of course, those lip licking, honey-drenched Greek doughnuts known as loukoumathes. Thousands of people are expected to spend part of the holiday weekend at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Northridge where the three day festival has been held ...

  • Greek Festival 2013 - photo gallery

    With the theme "The Big 4-OPA!", the annual Greek Festival continued at the Holy Trinity Church at 1200 Robert E. Lee Blvd. on Saturday. The popular festival which features Greek food, dancing, tours and vendors is celebrating its 40th annual year. The festival continues from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Sunday with Toga Sunday, featuring prizes for the ...

  • Greece Family Escapes Fire Safely

    Greece, N.Y. – A family is OK after a house fire Saturday afternoon on Fox Meadow Road.Firefighters said the kitchen caught on fire, but the family escaped and the rest of the house was not damaged.They said the family will have to stay elsewhere temporarily while the kitchen gets cleaned ...

  • No Greek Cypriot leader ever wanted to reach an agreement in Cyprus

    Turkish Cypriot president said Turkish Cypriots and guarantor state Turkey are running out of patience on Cyprus problem President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Dervis Eroglu on Saturday said that "no Greek Cypriot leader ever wanted to reach an agreement with the Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus".President Eroglu`s remarks came after a luncheon he attended at the ...


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Donnie Darko [DVD]

Donnie Darko [DVD]

The titular character of 26-year-old Richard Kelly's feature debut Donnie Darko is a fascinating enigmaa troubled suburban teen with dark eyes and a morbid sense of humor who may or may not be schizophrenic. Haunted by strange visions of a six-foot rabbit with a twisted metallic face and obsessed with questions about time travel and the ability to see one's future, Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) ... ...

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  • New chicken wing Baked not fried with plain Greek yogurt

    Nutritionist suggests lower-fat chicken wings and other ways to shave off calories from summer snacks and picnic meals. (UPI Photo/Alexis C. ...

  • Rethymno completes PAOK upset sets up clash with Reds

    By George Georgakopoulos Olympiakos will face AGO Rethymnou and Panathinaikos will measure up against Panionios in the semifinals of the Greek basketball league, as the quarterfinals of the playoffs saw AGOR upset PAOK and reach the league semis for the first time in its history.Olympiakos beat Apollon Patras 2-0 in the best-of-three series thanks to its 83-73 win that had the Reds sweat at ...

  • Now New Democracy Leads SYRIZA

    Continuing to trade places with thin margins showing them barely leading each other in surveys, New Democracy has again gained the edge on the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) this time by a margin of 2.8 percent. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ ND party got a bump apparently from incoming foreign aid loans which are propping up the stagnant economy while SYRIZA ...

  • Greek Red Tape Blocks Investors

    With Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras vowing to roll out the red carpet for foreign investors to help the country get out of a crushing economic crisis, bureaucratic red tape that has vexed every government is keeping them away. As the government said it would cut through the labyrinthine of forms and go after civil servants demanding bribes to do their jobs, ministries are continuing to ...

  • OECD Says Prices High In Greece

    Already pummeled by big pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions that have cut their disposable income as much as 46 percent, Greeks are being hammered by some of the highest prices for products in the European Union, a study by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has shown. Into a sixth year of a deep recession with no end in sights, Greeks aren’t ...

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