In 2012, the average per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Greece reached 75 percent of the correspondent average per capita GDP in the European Union, according to data released by Eurostat on June 19. In 2012, the average GDP in the EU member-states varied from 47 percent to 271 percent in comparison with the [...]
Hahn Says ERT Closing No Blow To Democracy
“Freedom of speech in Greece in not threatened by the closure of ERT,” Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Regional Policy stated, making it clear though that the Troika had not requested the closure of Greece’s state-owned public radio and television broadcasting corporation. Hahn, who was in Athens on June 12, the next day of the [...]
French Clinics Offer Job to Greek Doctors
Vitalia, the second largest private hospital group in France with forty-seven healthcare facilities throughout the country, offers employment opportunities to Greek doctors of every specialty. A number of Greek doctors already work in the group’s clinics and declare to be satisfied by the working conditions in France, while 25 more expressed their interest by assisting [...]
Greeks Second Happiest People in Europe
According to an article posted in Kathimerini, a study which was conducted by the non-profit, Hamburg-based, Foundation for Future Studies, show that Greeks seem to be second on the list of the happiest European peoples. Despite the financial crisis, Greeks are still among the most satisfied and happiest peoples. According to the organization, Danes come first [...]
Slovenian Journalists Protest ERT’s Closure
About 500 people, most of them journalists, gathered on June 18 outside the offices of the European Commission and the building which houses the Greek embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia in order to express their solidarity to the workers of ERT. The demonstration was organized by the Slovenian Association of Journalists (DNS), the union of journalists [...]
The Last Thing Greece Needs is a New Crisis
“The last thing Greece needs is the emergence of a new crisis,” the Finnish Vice President of the European Commission, Olli Rehn, stated before the European Commission for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro. As far as ERT is concerned, Rehn, expressed his hope that a solution will soon be found so that it [...]
Deutsche Bahn Gave Greece Kickbacks
A judicial inquiry in Frankfurt, Germany, revealed that the German railway company Deutsche Bahn gave 315,000 euros as bribes to Greece and to other countries in Africa and Asia. According to the German media, this led to imposing fines on a number of the company’s executives. Deutsche Bahn announced its withdrawal from countries with “known [...]
Greek President Karolos Papoulias Meets With Serbian Officials
Greek President Karolos Papoulias will meet with Serbian officials in Belgrade on Tuesday. Papoulias will meet with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, Parliament Speaker Nebojsa Stefanovic and Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej, said the Greek embassy. An official welcome will be organized in front of the Palace of Serbia, after which Papoulias [...]
ERT Orchestra Invited to Italy
Organizers of cultural events which are to take place in the coming days in a number of Italian cities, such as in the Province of Viterbo, 100 km north of Rome, and in the town of Lanciano, in the province of Chieti, extended an invitation to the National Symphony Orchestra of ERT to give concerts [...]
Old Church in Korçë Plundered
The 400-year-old church of Saint George in Moscopole, in the Korçë District, southeastern Albania, was plundered in the early morning hours of June 17. The thieves sawed the bars of the outer door and managed to remove an important part of the iconostasis and icons, while they also took the safe. According to the police, it [...]
Belgian Journalists’ Protest for ERT
The Belgian newspaper De Morgen referred on June 17 to the protest letter given to the Greek Embassy in Brussels by about 50 Belgian journalists asking for the immediate reopening of ERT. As mentioned in De Morgen, the message of this symbolic act of protest can be summarized in the phrase “stand up for journalism”. [...]
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06 / 19 Greek GDP 75% of EU Average
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06 / 19 Hahn Says ERT Closing No Blow To Democracy
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06 / 19 French Clinics Offer Job to Greek Doctors
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06 / 19 Greeks Second Happiest People in Europe
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06 / 19 Slovenian Journalists Protest ERT’s Closure
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08 / 04 Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan Reportedly Claims Olympic Flame is Turkish
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01 / 24 Intercultural Association Macedonia Cuts Vasilopita
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07 / 28 IOC President Jacques Rogge Calls London Home of The Olympics; Forgets Greece
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05 / 03 Skopje: Streets Renamed With Ancient Greek Names
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05 / 22 Philip II of Macedonia Statue in Skopje Defies NATO
