@DerrickEvans4WV There is no ethnic group called “American”. America was founded by Puritans, the castoffs and undesirables from England.
Everyone in America is descended from someplace they were unwelcome, or they had no future, but believed in the Ameircan Dream. Period.
@PolymarketSport It’s disrespectful because now 🇬🇷 have to find another opponent in a tight scheduling window. We wanted a competitive game to evaluate roster and prepare for Nations League. Do better Italian Federation.
The Greek church cemetery on the Turkish island of Imbros is to be turned into a hotel:
The cemetery property, part of the Hagia Varvara Church on Imbros, dates back to the 18th century, and is still visited by the local Greek community, where they light candles in memory of the dead. It is now under threat of being converted into a hotel.
Imbros and Tenedos Metropolitan Kyrillos Sykis made the following statement:
“We consider this a disrespectful act. We want to live in peace. But we also expect respect for certain things. We demand the cancellation of the leasing process, and the halt of the ongoing construction works. We also demand that no new construction begin in the cemetery, and the olive trees not be cut down.”
Imbros and Tenedos, which were predominantly Greek at the time, were supposed to be under Greek autonomous rule according to the 1923 Lausanne Treaty, but Turkey has never honored this requirement. Instead, Turkish governments for decades targeted the Greek population on both islands, using violent and non-violent methods to force them to leave their homeland.
As a result, the Greek population suffered systematic state-sponsored persecution, colonization, and forced emigration (or ethnic cleansing).
The two islands are no longer predominantly Greek. They have been settled by Turkish colonists from the mainland, though a tiny, mostly elderly indigenous Greek community remains.
For more info, please read my 2019 article: https://t.co/6TLu5xB8uC
The oldest paved road you can walk in Europe is the Minoan Royal Road in Crete, Greece, which is over 3.500 years old. A 50km roadway connecting the ancient sites of Knossos, Gortyn & Lebena.
If you go to Knossos, you will step exactly where the Minoans walked 3.500 years ago.
:A Grecian Odyssey, Seen from 250 Miles Above From the serene vantage point of orbit, the cradle of Western civilization unfolds like a living myth carved into the Earth itself.Below lies the rugged Greek mainland, stretching southward into the sun-drenched Peloponnese, where ancient heroes once walked. Further still, the legendary island of Crete anchors the scene, birthplace of gods and kings. The Aegean Sea glimmers with countless islands scattered like jewels across sapphire waters — a labyrinth of myth and memory.The coastlines are impossibly intricate, fringed and lacy, as if the gods themselves traced delicate fingers along the shore. From 250 miles up, the geography that shaped democracy, philosophy, and epic poetry reveals its breathtaking secrets in a single glance.These are the same waters that carried Odysseus home, that whispered secrets to Socrates, and that still call to sailors and dreamers across the ages.Simply breathtaking. Timeless.
@futboltotal As a PAOK fan, I don't think they will just pay out another $5M, that amount will need to be lowered, he is already 31 yr old. If it is half that I believe the deal is made.