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The Roman Agora was built in the 1st century BC, when Athens had already become part of the Roman Empire, as the new commercial center. The new agora was smaller than the Ancient Agora, and had a purely commercial character. It consisted of a large open space bordered on all four sides by colonnades with Ionic columns. Inside the colonnades were stores.
The tower in the second picture is the Tower of the Winds and was one of the world’s first clock towers. It was built around 50 BC, and designed by Greek astronomer Andronicus of Cyrrhus. An enormous water clock was housed inside, fed every 24hrs by a stream running down from the Acropolis. As the water level rose, a float rose, powering a mechanism that showed the progress of the sun across the sky. The lines of sundials can still be seen on the walls, as another way of telling the time (so long as the sun was shining). A bronze figure of Triton was placed on top as a weather-vane.
The tower in the second picture is the Tower of the Winds and was one of the world’s first clock towers. It was built around 50 BC, and designed by Greek astronomer Andronicus of Cyrrhus. An enormous water clock was housed inside, fed every 24hrs by a stream running down from the Acropolis. As the water level rose, a float rose, powering a mechanism that showed the progress of the sun across the sky. The lines of sundials can still be seen on the walls, as another way of telling the time (so long as the sun was shining). A bronze figure of Triton was placed on top as a weather-vane.
🔴 French proposal for the acquisition of frigates by Greece becomes even more tempting as France adds RAM system to protect the frigates against missiles and says the temporary ships given to Greece while the project isn't concluded will be for free unlike other proposals
>https://archive.is/icku8
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🔸 The French appear who are willing to satisfy every demand of Greece. Specifically, the Naval Group gives the four Belharras in Greece with 32 VLS cells for Aster 30/15
🔸 Also, according to what a French official revealed to navalnews.com, the French ships also come with the RAM system for missile protection. RAM is what the Navy is asking for in the new frigates and the Greek officers are well aware of that because Greece is already using it in the Super Vita
🔸 At the same time, the French emphasize that the temporary ships come for free, as they are not included in the cost of the proposal, unlike the other proposals
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>https://archive.is/icku8
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🔸 The French appear who are willing to satisfy every demand of Greece. Specifically, the Naval Group gives the four Belharras in Greece with 32 VLS cells for Aster 30/15
🔸 Also, according to what a French official revealed to navalnews.com, the French ships also come with the RAM system for missile protection. RAM is what the Navy is asking for in the new frigates and the Greek officers are well aware of that because Greece is already using it in the Super Vita
🔸 At the same time, the French emphasize that the temporary ships come for free, as they are not included in the cost of the proposal, unlike the other proposals
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🔴 Turkish Defense Minister on the U.S recognition of the Armenian Genocide: US distorts historical facts - Recognition of Armenian Genocide "careless"
>https://archive.is/P6zA2
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🔸 "history can not be rewritten with such political explanations [...] It is unacceptable and useless to extract hostility from history and create new conflicts. Historical events should not be used as a means of conflict, they should not be politicized"
🔸 The Turkish Defense Minister then said that Washington's decision also negatively affects Turkey's relations with Armenia. He stressed that the US administration was influenced by the Armenian Diaspora in the US and other circles, while noting that the US with this decision denies its own historical signatures and documents, characterizing the recognition of the Armenian Genocide as a "carelessness" of the US
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>https://archive.is/P6zA2
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🔸 "history can not be rewritten with such political explanations [...] It is unacceptable and useless to extract hostility from history and create new conflicts. Historical events should not be used as a means of conflict, they should not be politicized"
🔸 The Turkish Defense Minister then said that Washington's decision also negatively affects Turkey's relations with Armenia. He stressed that the US administration was influenced by the Armenian Diaspora in the US and other circles, while noting that the US with this decision denies its own historical signatures and documents, characterizing the recognition of the Armenian Genocide as a "carelessness" of the US
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🔴 One of the founders of the Turkish DEVA Party, targeted the HDP with its statement on the Armenian Genocide and shared "I hope your ancestry will die out in a short time". The DEVA party is seen as a pro-Western and pro-Democracy party in Turkey
>https://archive.is/rda71
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>https://archive.is/rda71
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🔴 Roccella Ionica, Italy. Boat carrying 119 illegal immigrants from Africa arrived. Meanwhile italians cant leave their home for their safety according to their government
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🔴 Roccella Ionica, Italy. Boat carrying 119 illegal immigrants from Africa arrived. Meanwhile italians cant leave their home for their safety according to their government
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🔴 After Turkey was officially excluded from the F-35 program, Erdogan wants to build his own fighter jet, going as far as posting announcements on newspapers looking for engineers
>https://archive.is/KhOoR
>https://archive.is/6M9L8
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🔸 The entries stated: "A Turkish engineer is wanted. Information by phone"
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>https://archive.is/KhOoR
>https://archive.is/6M9L8
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🔸 The entries stated: "A Turkish engineer is wanted. Information by phone"
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🔴 Man (of foreign origin) arrested in Athens with a "Lee Enflied" rifle, complete with tripod, ammo, magazines and scope
>https://archive.is/KhOoR
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🔸 Around 09:30 on Monday morning, on Patmou Street in downtown athens, Athens Police officers located a person carrying a black bag moving suspiciously
🔸 As soon as the suspect noticed the presence of the police, he threw the bag and tried to run away but was caught shortly after
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>https://archive.is/KhOoR
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🔸 Around 09:30 on Monday morning, on Patmou Street in downtown athens, Athens Police officers located a person carrying a black bag moving suspiciously
🔸 As soon as the suspect noticed the presence of the police, he threw the bag and tried to run away but was caught shortly after
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Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, 51
When someone said, ‘Leonidas, are you here to take such a hazardous risk with so few men against so many ?’ he said, ‘If you men think that I rely on numbers, then all Greece is not sufficient, for it is but a small fraction of their numbers; but if on men's valour, then this number will do.’
When another man remarked the same thing he said, ‘In truth I am taking many if they are all to be slain.’
Xerxes wrote to him, ‘It is possible for you, by not fighting against God but by ranging yourself on my side, to be the sole ruler of Greece.’ But he wrote in reply, ‘If you had any knowledge of the noble things of life, you would refrain from coveting others' possessions; but for me to die for Greece is better than to be the sole ruler over the people of my race.’
When Xerxes wrote again, ‘Hand over your arms,’ he wrote in reply, ‘Come and take them'.
When someone said, ‘Leonidas, are you here to take such a hazardous risk with so few men against so many ?’ he said, ‘If you men think that I rely on numbers, then all Greece is not sufficient, for it is but a small fraction of their numbers; but if on men's valour, then this number will do.’
When another man remarked the same thing he said, ‘In truth I am taking many if they are all to be slain.’
Xerxes wrote to him, ‘It is possible for you, by not fighting against God but by ranging yourself on my side, to be the sole ruler of Greece.’ But he wrote in reply, ‘If you had any knowledge of the noble things of life, you would refrain from coveting others' possessions; but for me to die for Greece is better than to be the sole ruler over the people of my race.’
When Xerxes wrote again, ‘Hand over your arms,’ he wrote in reply, ‘Come and take them'.
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🔴 NGO files lawsuit against Greece at EU Court for ‘Massive Pushback Operation’
>https://archive.is/3bAwJ
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🔸The Legal Centre Lesvos has filed a suit in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) accusing the Hellenic Coast Guard of unlawfully pushing refugees and illegal immigrants out of Greek waters
🔸 The suit focuses on 11 Syrian nationals who were part of a group of 180-200 people expelled from Greece to Turkey on 20-21 October 2020
🔸 The Legal Centre Lesvos AMKE is a civil non-profit organisation, registered in Greece and previously operative as a restricted fund under the auspices of Prism the Gift Fund (UK)
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🔴 NGO files lawsuit against Greece at EU Court for ‘Massive Pushback Operation’
>https://archive.is/3bAwJ
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🔸The Legal Centre Lesvos has filed a suit in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) accusing the Hellenic Coast Guard of unlawfully pushing refugees and illegal immigrants out of Greek waters
🔸 The suit focuses on 11 Syrian nationals who were part of a group of 180-200 people expelled from Greece to Turkey on 20-21 October 2020
🔸 The Legal Centre Lesvos AMKE is a civil non-profit organisation, registered in Greece and previously operative as a restricted fund under the auspices of Prism the Gift Fund (UK)
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🔴 Ukrainian interior minister calls for Armenian genocide recognition on a Facebook post, a statement that will most likely cause a reaction in Turkey and could affect the relations between the two countries inclusing military deals
>https://archive.is/98i8T
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🔸 "The Armenian genocide is not a tragedy of one nation. This is a terrible and, unfortunately, unlearned lesson for all humanity" Arsen Avakov said
🔸 Avakov’s request came only a day after United States President Joe Biden on Saturday recognized the Armenian Genocide, a serious break from his predecessors. Turkey criticized the decision and promised to respond “in time’ to it.
🔸 Ukraine has a large population of Armenians living within it, but it also has a growing relationship with Turkey on defense and trade
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>https://archive.is/98i8T
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🔸 "The Armenian genocide is not a tragedy of one nation. This is a terrible and, unfortunately, unlearned lesson for all humanity" Arsen Avakov said
🔸 Avakov’s request came only a day after United States President Joe Biden on Saturday recognized the Armenian Genocide, a serious break from his predecessors. Turkey criticized the decision and promised to respond “in time’ to it.
🔸 Ukraine has a large population of Armenians living within it, but it also has a growing relationship with Turkey on defense and trade
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🔴 Turkish media report as good news that Germany will deport the Turks that fled the country to Europe using government issued passports
>https://archive.is/aXNOU
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🔸 The German Interior Ministry will start deportations of Turkish citizens who entered the country with Government passports as part of municipal organizations out of Turkey
🔸 "We are conducting an investigation for bribes and international human trafficking. We obtained the identity information from Turkey, we are starting deportations"
🔸 "We believe that there's bribery involved in the creation of these false state passports in Turkey. We have started to immediately bar anyone whose reasons for traveling seem suspicious"
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>https://archive.is/aXNOU
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🔸 The German Interior Ministry will start deportations of Turkish citizens who entered the country with Government passports as part of municipal organizations out of Turkey
🔸 "We are conducting an investigation for bribes and international human trafficking. We obtained the identity information from Turkey, we are starting deportations"
🔸 "We believe that there's bribery involved in the creation of these false state passports in Turkey. We have started to immediately bar anyone whose reasons for traveling seem suspicious"
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🔴 "president of northern cyprus" says that he wants the sovereignty of "northern cyprus" to be recognized during the UN meeting that was set to discuss a solution for the Turkish occupation of Cyprus
>https://archive.is/j1v16
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🔸 "I want them to recognize my sovereignty. After all, my sovereignty exists. No one can take it from my hands. And it will continue to exist. Turkey recognizes me. That is why I will say there that you recognize my sovereignty, my state, the Turkish Cypriot democracy exists, it has been producing work for 60 years. Come through this structure, here, with mutual respect, with mutual recognition, on the basis of sovereign equality to reach an agreement "
🔸 "When we reach such an agreement, the whole of Cyprus will benefit, stability will come to the region again"
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>https://archive.is/j1v16
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🔸 "I want them to recognize my sovereignty. After all, my sovereignty exists. No one can take it from my hands. And it will continue to exist. Turkey recognizes me. That is why I will say there that you recognize my sovereignty, my state, the Turkish Cypriot democracy exists, it has been producing work for 60 years. Come through this structure, here, with mutual respect, with mutual recognition, on the basis of sovereign equality to reach an agreement "
🔸 "When we reach such an agreement, the whole of Cyprus will benefit, stability will come to the region again"
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🔴 46kg of cocaine hidden in cargo ship seized near the Greek island of Corinth
>https://archive.is/oBBtL
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🔸 46 kilograms (101 pounds) of cocaine hidden behind a water intake grate in the hull of a cargo ship, has been seized by Greek authorities
🔸 The Marshall Islands-flagged ship ‘SKYROS’ had set sail from the port Santarem, Brazil and was going to dock at a coastal facility in the area of Kalamaki, near the Corinth Canal.
🔸 On Monday, an inspection of the vessel’s hull was carried out by a team of Hellenic Coast Guard divers, following a tip-off.
🔸Footage released by the Coast Guard shows a diver unscrewing a grate from the side of the ship under the waterline, and removing a large black waterproof bag which contained 46.7 kilograms of cocaine in 38 plastic packages
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>https://archive.is/oBBtL
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🔸 46 kilograms (101 pounds) of cocaine hidden behind a water intake grate in the hull of a cargo ship, has been seized by Greek authorities
🔸 The Marshall Islands-flagged ship ‘SKYROS’ had set sail from the port Santarem, Brazil and was going to dock at a coastal facility in the area of Kalamaki, near the Corinth Canal.
🔸 On Monday, an inspection of the vessel’s hull was carried out by a team of Hellenic Coast Guard divers, following a tip-off.
🔸Footage released by the Coast Guard shows a diver unscrewing a grate from the side of the ship under the waterline, and removing a large black waterproof bag which contained 46.7 kilograms of cocaine in 38 plastic packages
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