Just over a year into the war in Ukraine, several viral conspiracy theories are spreading a false narative on line that the conflict is a hoax. Most of the conspiracy theories spread by social platforms like TWITTER the conspiracy theories these plaforms will typically share a photo or a vedio that have been faked.
According to the BBC, the one year anniversary of the war in Ukraine led to spike on the conspiracy that the war was a hoax.
On Monday, Greece applied for a seat with the Human Right's Council, whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world.
Foreign Mijister, Nikos Dendias. presented Grecce's candidature for the period 2028 to 2030 saying its aim was to advance the Councils vital work based on respect of the International Law and especially the Charter of the United Nations.
It is the largest gathering of Greek traditional dance and music in the world.
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The Archaeological Museum of Elefsina. one of the oldest museums in Greece has recently opend to the public.
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The coronation will include Greek Orthodox Chanting is an hommage to the late King's father Prince Philip who was born in Corfu and was part of the Greek Royal Family
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"Kathara Deftera" Greek for Clean Monday is considered one of the most important annyal feasts in the Greek Orthodox Church. It takes part 40 days before Easter.
One is not allowed to eat meat, eggs, or drink milk but can eat all seafood except fish and drink almond or soya milk.
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A vedio produced by the Hellenic Federation for European and Foreign Policy supported by of the Embassy of Canada in Greece records the long history of Greek communities in Ukraine and the tragic consequences that the ongoing war had on them.
Here is a recipe for a Lenten cake:
1/4 cup corn oil
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 cup orange juice
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup water
2 tbsp vinegar
3 cups self-rising flour
1 cup cocoa
1 vanilla
Melted chocolate
Strawberries
Place th oil and sugar in a mixing bowl and whisk. Dissolve the baking soda in the orange juice and pour over the sugar and oil mixture. pour in the water and vinegar. Sift the flour with the vanilla and cocoa and mix well together.
Preheat the oven to 180 C (350 F) and spoon the batter in a round dish.and bake for 50 minutes to one hour. allow to cool in the dish and invert on a round dish and garnish with strawberries
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10 fresh artichokes, peeled and cut in half
4 carrots cut into batonettes
4 tbsp olive oil
3 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
3 onions, peeled and quarted
2 spring onions. sliced white and green parts divided
Juice of 1 lemon
1 cup of water divided
1/2 cup dill chopped
1 tbsp cornflour
Salt and pepper to taste.
Prepare a large bowl of water and squeeze the juice of one lemon and two tablespoons of flour Clean the artichokes and place them in bowl to prevent oxydization. With a teaspoon remove the choke and place them in the bowl.
Saute the onion in olive oil until they wither.Add the carrots and season to taste. Pour in a cup of water and simmer for five minutes.Add the artichokes. the white part of ths spring onions the chopped dill and another cup of hot water,Stir and bring them to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes until tender.
Serve with crusty brown bread and a slab of Feta,
Greece and Turkey must preserve the positive climate in their relations following the deadly earthquakes that shook parts of southern Turkey and northern Syria by Greece sending aid easpecially EMAK men who helped immensely said Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias.
He added that Greek aid to Turkey had no ulterior motive and was purely a humanistic deed which he hoped would last.
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Magnificent ancient artifacts and other archaeological finds, excavated on the island of Lefkada, will be housed in the new local museum the Ministery of Culture announced.
The new museum will be built in an area near the marina of the town of Lefkada.
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"Maestro" the acclaimed Greek television series is about to be screened on Netflix will the subject of an event in New York.
The event hosted by the Consulate General of Greece will take place on Wednesday, March 13th 2023 at the Chiotes Hall at the Cathedral of Holy Trinity in New York.
"Maestro" is the first exclusive worldwide distribution deal for a Greek scripted televsion series on Netflix and will be lauched worldwide on Friday, March the 17th, 2023.
The event is hosted to celebrate the creator, writer, director and actor Christophoros Papakaliatis for the television series and the promotion of Greece abroad.
A screening of the series will be presented and followed by a cocktail reception. Papakaliatis has recently stated: " I have Maestro close to my heart and I feel deeply honored that the story will travel around the world through Netflix. I'm looking forward to this journey."
Maestro is produced by MEGA tv starring Christophoros Papakaliatis. Marisa Alexiou, Maria Kavoyianni, Fanis Mavridis. Maria Triantaphylou. Antonis Ardanis, Stefania Gouloti. Clelia Androlatou and Georgos Benos.
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February 24th marks the passing of an entire year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The war in Ukraine has captured global attention, not leaste because it has the potential to signify the world's geographic balance it is also notable for the first insident of conventional warfare to take place on European soil for decades.
These are the five lessons to be taught by this unfair war:
1) The performance of the Russian army is overwhelming.
2) Manouvering is one of the most important debates about the war in Ukraine is whether manouvering warfare has been exchanged by attrition warfare.
3) The Ukraine war has demonstrated that there is no sanctuary in modern warfare according to an analysis by the Royal United Services Institute that means no point can be attacted.
4) Drones are increasing the lethality of artilery.
5) The supply demands of arms, ammunition and soldiers are immense
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4 apples. peeled and cut into quaters
4 pears, peeled and cut into quaters
4 prunes, pitted
2 cups apple juice
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
3 tbsp quince jelly
Whipped cream.
Boil half the apple juice with half the sugar for about 10 minutes then add the apples and cinnamon and simmer until soft. Puree and place on a serving dish.
Boil the remaining apple juice with the prunes strain and place over the pureed apples and pears.Boil the remaining liquid until a syrup forms. Add the quince jelly and enjoy.
Serve this delicious dessert with whipped cream
100 g (1 cup) almonds. slightly roasted and coarsely chopped
100 g (2/3 cup) sultanas
50 g (2 tbsp) sesame seeds
400 g (2 cups) sugar
75 g (1/2 cup) dried breadcrumbs
1 tsp cinmamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
Pastry:
250 g (1/2 lbs phyllo pastry
Olive oil
To make the filling, squeeze the grated pumkin very well to extract the juices, and then mix with the other ingredients. Line a round 18 cm (8 inch) with 6 sheets of phyllo pastry. Spoon in the fulling on top and cover with the remaining phyllo sheets.
Bake in an oven preheated to180 C (250F) for anout one hour.
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1 1/2 cup canned chickpeas, drained and patted dry
3/4 cup smooth peanut butter
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup oat flour
2 vanillas
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 tsp salt
Oive oil
Preheat oven to 180C (350 F) and line a baking tray with baking parchment brushed with olive oil and set aside.
Transfer the chickpeas in a food processor add all the other ingredients except the chocolate chips. Blend at high sspeed for 30 seconds. until the batter is smooth.
Stir in the chocolate chips with a wet spatula. With wet hands take 2 tbsp of batter to form rach biscuit place them on the prepared tin and bake for 12 minutes until crunchy and delicious.
💓British political scientist, Kevin Featherstone was granted honorary Greek citizenship for his work on contemporary Greece and the European Union.
He took his oath before the Secretary General of Citizenship, Athanasios Balerbas, in a ceremony at the Prime Minister's office, Maximou Mansion attended by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
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1 kilo (2lb) meat, cubed
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp butter
1 onion, peeled and grated
2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
6 cremini mushrooms. quartered
2 tbsp plain flour
4 tbsp beef broth
Worcestershire sauce
Saute the meat in olive oil and butter until brown, season to taste and set aside. In the same saucepan add the vegetables for 2 minutes, sprinkle with flour and pour in the beef broth and Worcesestershire sauce and simmer until the sauce thickens.
Pour over the meat and serve with a salad of your choice.
An epic film based on Homer's ancient Greek classic "The Odyssey" will be partly shot in Greece, starring Ralph Finnes as Odysseus and Juliette Binoch as his beloved wife Penelope is expected to start in Greece.
❤ USA Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias met in Athens and talked about Greek Turkish Relations.
The western city of Patras boasts one of the best carnavals in Europe which all admire.
💓In recent years, relations between Greece and Turkey have reached its lowest point since the two countries since the two countries nearly went to war with the Imia crisis.
However, there are growing hopes that a recent show of goodwill between the two countries due to the earthquakes that skook Turkey and the help that Greece sent to Turkey, medicines, doctors and EMAK helpers.
💓 On Saturday, the memorial service for former King Cinstantine II of Greece was held at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Athens according to Greek Orthodox tradition.
The memmorial ceremony came just over a month after the funeral service was held. Many European Royal families attended the service.
💓 Greece seeks to strengthen its ties with Uruguay and the Greek diaspora in the South American country after the first visit of the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs. Uruguaians are very fond of Greece, and squares and streets have Greek names.
Nikos Kazantzakis is the greatest Greek writer of the 20th century. and has been consdered a genious more so than any of his conyrmpraries. His work can be discribed by the Greek word PATHOS💓
💓 Travel back to the Jurassic Period and discover an incredible find on England's Yorkshire coast, the largest footprint of its kind.This footprint belongs to a giant meat eating dinasaur.
A 25-year-old man from the United Kingdom discovered an ancient Greek coin and a Ming-style Chinese vase in his mother's attick. The coin dates back to the 4th century BCand was probably minted during the reign of Alexander the Great. 💓
The ancient tradition of Martis, from which the month of March derives its name dates back to the cult of Demetra and Persephone a thousand years ago in ancient Greece.
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Greece is sending 160 tons of humanitarian aid to Turkey and Syria in the aftermath of the massive earthquakes that left tens of thousands homeless.💓
The Greek government announced new handouts in a new package worth 800 million euros to pensioneers, taxpayers and businesses hit by inflation.💓
💗 The Daphni monastery on the outskirts of Athens is one of greatest Byzantine masterpieces and a stunning example of architetural and religious iconography. is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was built in the 6th century.
Possibly, it is a religious sculpture to honour the gods of ancient Greece. One of the few scultpures survived from antiquity to honour the gods of ancient Greece this statue depicting the image of a plump baby in a relaxed pose.
The statue is the finest example of its kind, replicas of which are found in the Hellinistic and Roman periods which decorated villa garderns.
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Our sincere wishes to all people in love including my two sons and their adorable wives, my grandsons and their girlfriends and my granddaughter Joy and her husband Panagiotis all have a lovely day 💓
💔💔💔 What is love? There is no simple answer to this question, and this is why ancient Greeks believed in six types of love. which are:
1. Eros or sexual love
2. Philia or friendship
3. Ludus or playful love
4. Agape or love for everyone
5. Pragma or longlasting love
6. Philautia or love of the self.
Boris Johnson is a known admirer of Greek culture and speaks ancient Greek as he proved when he recited Sophocles from an ancient text during his speach at the UN Climate Change in April 2021.
👨 Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs meets his Turkish counterpart in Antioch which is favourable for Greek Turkish relations after the Greek Team EMAK saved many people from dying.💘
Over a hundred Minoan artifacts that have never left Crete and Greece before including some that have been displayed at the Oxford museum.
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A Greek couple was unfortunately found dead after the earthquakes in Turkey.
Our sincere condolences to their loved ones May they rest in peace.
The Italian city of Naples celebrated International Greek Language Day with events and highlihts the importance of Greece in world history.
Ingredients:
2 oranges
1 fennel bulb
4x 180 g ocean trout, skinned and boned and sliced into fillets
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1.2 cup toasted almonds
1 cup baby salad
Salt snd pepper to taste
Segment the oranges into fillets with the sliced fennel bulbs and heat the grill to high. drizzel the fish with olive oil and rub with salt and pepper to taste. Cook for 1/2 an hour and set aside ti cool. Place in a salad bowl with the other ingredients and drizzel with salad dressing.
My beloved graddaughter Joy adores this dish. She and her husband, Panayiotis, have an adorable baby girl called Anastasia!!!!
💓 A young woman who was rescued in Turkey by the Greek rescue team EMAK thanked in Greek the personnel who sucessfully managed to pull her out of the rubble of the 7.8 Richter scale earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria.
The woman who has been identified as 20-year-old Gezyra said "thank you" in broken Greek to the Greek team that saved her.
Our condolences to families that lost their loved ones and a speedy recovery to the injured!
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A Greek chess team has been ranked the highest team in Europe and the fifth in the world in university ratings.
1 cup lentils
2 cups water
1 bay leaf
2 tomatoes
1 onion
150 grams smoked salmon
Mustard Dessing:
5 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp white Balsamic vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste
Thoroughly wash the lentils under cold, running water. Then place them in a pot with salted water add the bay leaf and bring to the boil. and cook for for an hour until tender, discard the bay leaf and set aside to cool and drain
For the mustard sauce whip all the ingredients until thick and place in a jug
Place lentils, tomatoes, onion, smoked salmon and spinach in a salad bowl sprinkle with dressing and serve.
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The oldest school in the United States was a Greek school operated by Greek immigrants.
It was built in the historic city of St Augustine, Florida and amazingly still stands today despite the ravages of time.
Up to 40 nations could boycott the Olympics if Russian athletes were allowed to compete in 2024 said Poland/s Sports and Tourism Minister Kamil Bacttimenzuc.
Bacttimsnzuc's comments came after the International Olympics Committee announced last week that they would explore a pathway to allow Russian athletes to compete in the Paris Olympics next year.
Zolotas was Director of the Bank of Greece when he appeared in front of an audience of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Developement conference in 1959.
He delivered two speeches in Ebglish using only Greek words for emphasizing the wealth of the Greek Langiage and the fact that countless Greek words enrich English. here is his speech:
"It is Zeus' anathema on our epoch of and the heresy of economic methods and policies that we should agonize the Skylla of nomismatic plethora and the Cherybdis of ecomomic anaemia. It is not my diagnosis that politicians could be cleptoplethorists. Although they have emphatically stigmatized nomismatic plethora they energize it through their ethics and practises and should be based more on their economic than political creteria. Our gnomon has to be a metrion between economic stratigic and phianthropic scopes. In an epoch charectized by monolicies, monopolistic antagonism which is endemic among acsdemic economists.
Greece is mourning the death of Marios Touroutsikas the co-pilot killed on a fighter jet that crashed in the Ionian Sea and his funeral was held at Tripolis on Thursday.
His coffin was draped with the Greek flag and an Air Force contingent was outside the church The service was attended by the Presdent of the Greek Republic and the Prime Minister
Students at the University of Toronto in Canada recently had the choice to dine on ancient Greek and Roman food during an "Ancient Food Day" hosted by the univrsity.
About 40 students tried delicacies enjoyed by the Greeks and Romans. Recipes for the dishes were found in an ancient cookery book.
The dishes on offer ranged from tuna steak with sauce to sweet desserts served with honey.
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Today is the 1st February 2022 "Kalo Mena" as we Greeks say, have a Good Month!
