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click to enlarge At The Millerton Inn, farm-to-table means not only their table, but their farm, as well. Peter Stefanopoulos, a longtime restaurateur in the Hudson Valley/Litchfield County area, has combined fresh, exceptionally well-prepared food with a welcoming ambience that encourages comfortable conversation, all in a historic Millerton building. Stefanopoulos, who also owns Yianni’s in Chatham, NY, The Boathouse i...

Blood Shed Between Two Rivers | Opinion Stephanie Basdekis , Student On 4/23/21 at 10:27 AM EDT The memorial of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocide of the 20th century on April 24 is always a solemn day of mourning. On my maternal line, I am a descendent of genocide survivors. Pre-1915, my family inhabited their indigenous land of Upper Tyari in the Hakkari region of modern day southeastern Turkey. Up until 1915, the Upper Tyari valley alone contained 20 Assyrian settle...

Cretan war hero Katechakis died on this day in 1939 Search for: From the village of Platanos in south-central Crete, Georgios Katechakis (1881 – April 22, 1939) was a Greek fighter, Major General in the Greek Army and later a politician. Katechakis came from a long line of Cretan fighters who had participated in the Greek Revolution and Cretan Revolts of the 19th century. He enrolled in the Hellenic Military Academy, graduating in 1902. The Cretan was one of the first officers to volunteer, h...

Exclusive Report: Top 10 things to know about filming in Greece KFTV interviews Venia Vergou, director of the Hellenic Film Commission, about how the country is drawing in several big projects from the likes of Netflix, Disney+ and Paramount Author: Chris Evans Published: 19 Apr 2021 Greece is expected to host more than 20 projects in 2021, and already has about 16 scheduled, including: a follow-up film to the murder mystery Knives Out, starring Daniel Craig, from Ne...

At the height of the pre-election period in Albania, President Edi Rama signed an agreement with Turkish Culture Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy to restore Ottoman

Greeces Epirus region hosts 5 of the countrys most important ancient theatres. Some are famous, but others little-known. Now, a European-backed project will restore these architectural treasures from antiquity and weave them into a brand new tourist trail. The circuit includes the sites of Dodona, Gitana, Amvrakia, Kassope and the Roman theatre of Nikopolis. From its inception, this project has been backed and co-financed by the European Union. One region, 5 archaeological sites and 2500 years ...

Greece: 2747 new coronavirus cases, 78 deaths, intubations rise to 790 Greece: 2747 new coronavirus cases, 78 deaths, intubations rise to 790 April 9, 2021 2,184 Views The number of intubated patients hit again a new negative record on Friday, as 790 patients are in ventilators. Greece’s health authorities announced on Friday  evening, 2747 new coronavirus cases and 78 Covid-related deaths in past 24 hours. 665 Covid-19 patients have lost their lives in April so far. Death toll has reached...

8 April 2021 10:26am   The Hellenic Initiative (THI) Australia has announced two new recipients of its Winter Appeal grants totalling €31,000 (nearly $50,000 Australian), the Greek charities Together for Children and Wise Greece. THI Australian president Nicholas Pappas AM welcomed the new partner charities which join the eight other Greek charities that are supported by his organisation. “We are proud that these grants will directly address the needs of people facing food insecurity durin...

THI Australia announces final grants from ‘Winter Appeal for Greece’ Search for: The Hellenic Initiative Australia announced it had awarded Winter Appeal grants totalling €31,000 (almost AU$50,000) to two Greek charities, Together for Children and Wise Greece. THI Australia President, Nicholas Pappas AM, said he welcomed the two new partner charities which join a stable of eight other Greek charities already supported by THI: “We are proud that these grants will directly address the ne...

Greek physicist Aris Dacanalis who is part of the team that has finally put together the puzzle of how the world’s first computer, the Antikythera Mechanism, worked, spoke to Neos Kosmos about what it would have taken to build such a machine in ancient times. Bottom left: In this 2017 image a diver lifts the corroded arm of a statue found at one of the richest shipwrecks of ancient times. The wreck discovered more than a century ago also yielded the remnants of the Antikythera Mechanis...