en who live by and love the sea will share their lore and more as a new festival showcases not only the seafaring culture of Tarpon Springs but that of other Gulf Coast communities like Cortez, Cedar Key and Apalachicola.
The Gulf Maritime Festival, presented by the city of Tarpon Springs, will be held from 10 [...]

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The Statue of Liberty in New York finally met her mate, ‘The Union of the World’ in Miami, making these the two most significant symbols of freedom and peace in America. The monument was created by Gines Serran and was sponsored by Greek-American Real estate legend Evangeline Goulettas.

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Internationally acclaimed artist Ginés Serrán will make a grand declaration of peace when he unveils the world’s largest bronze sculpture of Classical Mythology, “The Union of the World: Monument to World Peace,” on January 23rd in Mary Brickell Village, Miami. Since Phidias and Chares created “Zeus” and the “Colossus of Rhodes” both of [...]

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Greek pharmaceutical magnate Achilles Vigopoulos planned on spending his holidays in style: with family at the ultra-posh South Beach hotel, the Delano, where the average room costs more than $800. At 9:30 the night of December 21, according to a police report, the well-heeled Vigopoulos went out to dinner, leaving his 10-year-old son, Nikolas, alone [...]

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A U.S. Marine reservist stands accused of attacking a Greek priest he mistook for an Arab. Lance Cpl. Jasen Bruce, 28, is accused of attacked the Rev. Alexios Marakis, 29, with a tire iron.
Democracy Now! reported that Bruce told police that Marakis was a terrorist. According to the report, police stated that once told Marakis [...]

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Greek airline Olympic Air said it had signed a deal with US carrier Delta Airlines on Thursday allowing code sharing on the Athens-New York route from October 1 in a bid to boost its global reach.
Olympic Air chief Antonis Simigdalas said the airline would also sign agreements with Air France-KLM, Cyprus Airways and Etihad Airways [...]

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The Union of Greek American Travel Agents (GATA) is expressing concerns over the fate of approximately 1500 Olympic Airlines passengers who have return tickets dated after September 30th, the date the airline is set to conduct its final flights. As the current situation is, the manner of return of these passengers remains unknown, after Olympic [...]

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As a boy on the Island of Kalymnos, Greece, George Saroukos watched his father and grandfather build boats. Over time, he learned the craft. By 18, he became a master boat builder.
George Saroukos, now 61, is the only remaining builder of traditional Greek sponge diving boats in the Western Hemisphere.  During the first half of [...]

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