Greek American News Digest
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Greek Economic Recovery Has Nothing to Do With Odysseus
New Republic (Sept. 13)
In 2010, at a picturesque port on the island of Kastelorizo, then Prime Minister George Papandreou announced the start of "a new Odyssey for Greeks:" entry into an austerity-focused International Monetary Fund-European Union bailout agreement to help finance the country's debt. "We know the route to Ithaca," Papandreou said, "and we've got a map." Eight years and $360 billion later, last month Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced the end of the third such bailout program. read more
Greece to move 2,000 out of overcrowded Lesbos migrant camp
Associated Press (Sept. 18)
Some 2,000 asylum-seekers will be moved out of a severely overcrowded migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos this month, a Greek official said Tuesday as charities slammed conditions at the camp, which has raw sewage running out of its main entrance. read more
Greek Orthodox Church Attempting to Reclaim Centuries-Old Manuscripts in U.S. Collections
Pappas Post (Sept. 17)
More than a century after being removed from a historic monastery in northern Greece, rare ninth-century Christian manuscripts have been located in the United States, where a team representing the Greek Orthodox Church is waging a tiresome legal battle to return them to the library from which they were taken. read more
Commentary | The fall of a post-junta era symbol
Ekathimerini (Sept. 16)
 Last week, another symbol of Greece's post-junta era was buried in the cemetery of history. The symbol is anti-Americanism, which was one of the building blocks of our national mythology after the fall of the military dictatorship and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. read more
Cyprus and Egypt said to be close to inking gas deal
Cyprus Mail (Sept. 17)
Cyprus and Egypt are reportedly poised - perhaps even this week - to conclude an interstate gas export-import agreement. Energy minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis will be signing the deal with his Egyptian counterpart Tarek El-Molla. Pen will be put to paper most likely in Nicosia. read more
Tsitsipas: 'It Won't Get Easier. I'll Only Get Better'
ATP World Tour (Sept. 17)
It was as if we were landing in Hell. Everywhere we looked, we saw fire. About 10 years ago, my family and I were returning from a winter vacation in Paris. We were 30, maybe 40 kilometres away from the airport when everyone on the plane started yelling and staring out the windows. It was dark, so we couldn't see a lot, but what we did see scared me more than anything ever has: Attica, a region of Athens, was burning. read more
Greek-American, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Jeffrey Eugenides Visits Greece
The National Herald (Sept. 18)
The Pulitzer Prize winning, Greek-American author Jeffrey Eugenides is visiting Athens as part of the celebrations for the "Athens 2018 - World Book Capital" organized by the Municipality of Athens, with the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the Embassy of the United States of America. read more
Patmos: The Greek island where the end of the world began
CNN (Sept. 17)
The island of Patmos, sitting under perfect blue skies in the eastern reaches of the Aegean sea, may look like a typical vacation destination in Greece, but it isn't. It's where the end of the world began. read more
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