Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotaki, announced that a new national support program to counter the energy price spike will be announced soon and stressed that Greece is quickly and methodically into an energy hub of the region.”  Greece’s energy adequacy is fully guaranteed and gas supplies will be made in such a way so as not to violate the EU sanctions on Russia,” he said on Friday, after a cabinet meeting. The Prime Minister made a special reference to the “imported price spike” which as he says, besieges houses and businesses noting that the new method support program will be announced soon.  He stressed income support is a key priority and referred to the increase in wage as of Monday, which sends the message that the state stands by the low-wage citizens,” as a fair way to distribute the growth dividend to all the fellow citizens.”

 

Acknowledging that the measures do not cover all the energy he stressed that “at the national level, however, all we are building are our own embankments.  “Specifically,” he said “We feel, we try, we act. There are three verbs that dominate our daily lives. 

 

 

LETTER “Z”

 

 

 Friday, 28^th April 2022

 

  

Russian soldiers, government officials, and civilians have been displaying the letter Z as the country’s war against Ukraine as the war, unfortunately, rages for weeks. The letter Z is part of the Latin and not the Cyrillic alphabet first appeared on the sides of tanks headed for the Ukrainian border. Since then, authorities and state media have worked to appropriate Z as a symbol of support for the Russian army, during what the Kremlin calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine despite no one really knowing what the letter stands for.  Here is a photograph of how the letter is appearing across the country.

We have declared ur horror many times since Russian policy has been to attack Ukaraine.  

Thursday, 28th April. 2022 MASTIC ICE CREAM 1 flat tsp mastic granules 200 g sugar 2 cups milk 2 cups pouring cream Place the mastic granules with 1 tsp of sugar in a grinder and grind them into powder. Heat the milk with the remaining sugar and bring to a simmer, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Let it cool a little, whisking occasionally, and mix in the cream. When completely cold place in the freezer. After an hour remove it from the freezer and give it an energetic whisk and return it to the freezer. Repeat the procedure thrice more.

 MASTIC ICE CREAM

1 flat tsp mastic granules

200 g sugar

2 cups milk

2 cups cream

Place the mastic granules and 1 tsp of sugar in a grinder and grind until they turn into powder. Heat the milk with the remaining sugar, and bring to a simmer, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Let it cool a little, stirring occasionally, and mix in the cream.

When completely cold place in the freezer.  After one hour, remove it from the freezer and give it an energetic whisk and return it to the freezer, Repeat the procedure thrice more.

  The infamous Israeli Pegasus Spy Work is suspected to have infected official UK networks, including the Prime Minister's Office at Downing Street 10 and the foreign commonwealth office, Toronto University's "The Citizen Lab" which has notified the UK government.  The lab says suspected infections were associated with Pegasus operators linked to the United Arab Emirates, India, and Jordan. 

LATEST GREEK NEWS

 

Greek Minister of National Defence, Nikos Panagiotopoulos, and Chief of Armed Forces of Greece, Konstantinos Floros, expressed their best wishes over the name day of Saint George, patron saint of the Greek Armed Forces.

 

Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, congratulated Emmanuel Macron for winning the second term of France’s national elections on Sunday.   In a tweet, in French, the Greek Prime Minister congratulated Macron and said:  “It was an important victory for France, Europe, and democracy.”

 

The Greek Prime Minister delivered an address on the occasion of the 107^th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Armenian Embassy in Greece reported.  According to the Prime Minister, 107 years have passed since the beginning of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Turks where 1.5 million innocent people were exterminated due to religious and national extremism.      

 

Greece’s Presidential Guard Evzones led the Allies and Greeks considered today’s Anzac Day march and wreath-laying ceremony at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, hosted by the Victorian Services League.  

I wish to thank my beloved daughter-in-law, Elpida, and my son, Yiannis, for their warm hospitality during Easter lunch. Elpida had prepared Greek Easter soup (magheritsa) roast lamb and potatoes, tabbouleh and a delicious pavlova. Her parents, her sister and nephew and two friends were there. We enjoyed keeping in touch with our latest news. Thank you Elpidaki mou!

PRESIDENT MACRON WINS THE FRENCH ELECTIONS

 Preliminary results are given by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning the reelection of President Macron for a second term. Vive President Macron! Vive la France! Vive l'Europe!