December 26, 2008
The coming year will be a difficult one for Canadians, said Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who steered away from directly addressing the global economic turmoil in his holiday address.
“As we face the difficult year ahead, always remember that our’s is perhaps the most peaceful and prosperous society on Earth,” Harper said in the prerecorded statement.
Harper [...]
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Obama, Hillary Clinton most admired of 2008December 26, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama is 2008′s most admired man, according to a Gallup Poll released Friday, the first president-elect since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 to top the annual list.
A distant second is President George W. Bush, at 5 percent, a dramatic fall since he was named most admired by 39 percent shortly after the Sept. [...]
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Ισχυροί οι Έλληνες στη ΣερβίαDecember 25, 2008
Μεταξύ των «50», είναι και ο γενικός διευθυντής της Coca Cola HBC, Στέφανος Βαφίδης, ο πρόεδρος της εταιρείας Sunoko, Σπύρος Πυργίδης
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Δικαίωμα ψήφου τώραDecember 25, 2008
Το παλιό αίτημα των Ελλήνων της διασποράς για να τους δοθεί το δικαίωμα της ψήφου στις εθνικές μας εκλογές, επανήλθε και πάλι στην επικαιρότητα, χωρίς αποτέλεσμα…
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Grievances rise among young EuropeansDecember 24, 2008
Ιt was called the “1,000 euro generation” – Europeans under age 30 who bounced around in short-term jobs that paid 1,000 euros a month
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Sarkozy’s Mediterranean UnionDecember 24, 2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will probably see the birth of the Mediterranean Union, his pre-election brainchild…
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“Δέσμευσή μας η ψήφος των ομογενών”December 24, 2008
Η παρουσία του Aπόδημου Eλληνισμού στις χώρες του εξωτερικού, αποτελεί έναν ιδιαίτερα σημαντικό πολλαπλασιαστή ισχύος …
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What Is Really Behind the Mediterranean Union?December 21, 2008
There are moments in history when the geopolitical balance seems to shift clearly in one direction or the other. Currently within the EU, power seems to have just moved noticeably from France to Germany on a clear issue of substance. It is not the first of such shifts and, while it may not be the [...]
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Lord Elgin pille le Parthénon le 26 décembre 1801December 21, 2008
Le 26 décembre 1801 commence le démontage du Parthénon et avec lui le plus important acte de vandalisme commis en temps de paix. Le responsable est un général et diplomate écossais de 35 ans, Thomas Bruce, septième comte d’Elgin.
Un premier navire, la frégate britannique Mentor, quitte le port grec du Pirée pour Londres avec à [...]
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Bioethics Day at the VaticanDecember 20, 2008
The Vatican has just issued a new document addressing the morality of various developments in biotechnology, including in vitro fertilization, germ line gene therapy, and so-called altered nuclear transfer (ANT). Dignitas Personae, issued at a Vatican press conference this morning, does not hold many surprises–it is mainly a clarification of previously known positions.
It does take [...]
