Four young and talented Greek artists who left Thessaloniki for Düsseldorf, Germany have been chosen by curator Apostolos Palavrakis to present their work in the Beck & Eggeling Gallery from Nov. 10-Dec. 22. Entitled Ein Augenblick!, which means ‘a look’ in English or “Άιν Αουγκενμπλικ” as their invitation reads, the key subject of these four [...]
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Germany Offers Greece Waste Disposal Help
With landfills reaching capacity, Greek mayors facing problems over how to dispose of waste during an economic crisis are being offered help by Germany. Tripoli Mayor Yiannis Smirniotis told Deutsche Welle of waste that: “We could be earning money from it, but instead we spend money to get rid of it.” Germany said it can help [...]
Dimitriou a Greek Link with Merkel On Greece’s Debt
He’s not the Greek Prime Minister, but Costas Dimitriou, President of the Association for the Greek Communities of Germany, sees German Chancellor Angela Merkel every three months in Berlin to have some serious talks about Greece. They discuss Greece’s financial problems, while Dimitriou has reportedly made efforts to explain to Merkel that Greeks have done all [...]
Stanford Students Learn About Turkey From Vingas
The President of the General Directorate of Foundations Council Lakis Vingas, of Greek origin, delivered a lecture on Turkey on Sept. 12 to students of the Department of History at Stanford, the prestigious university in California. They had visited Turkey to participate in several seminars concerning studies on Eastern culture and civilization. Vingas was invited to [...]
Swiss 24 Heures Paper Features Western Greece
The Swiss newspaper 24 Heures published a long feature on Western Greece, especially on tourist and production fields of Ahaia, Aitoloakarnania and Ilia prefectures. With the Western Greece Prefecture the honored region at the Lausanne-based Comptoir Suisse 2012 Fair, Swiss reporters visited the area to interview local authorities and promote it. In June, two reporters [...]
Zoe Dimitrakos Scores in French Basketball – and Beauty
Zoe Dimitrakos is a Greek basketball player in France but it’s more than her athletic prowess that has gotten her so many adoring fans: the French have fallen in love with her classic Greek beauty. Being 1.87 meters tall and with dark brown hair, this Greek goddess as French call her, has become popular in [...]
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05 / 21 Greek Scientist Shows Dementia Model to CERN
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05 / 21 Greek Seas Among Cleanest in Europe
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05 / 21 Milliyet’s Tribute to Nana Karagianni
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05 / 21 My Number One Is Now Eight
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05 / 21 More Greek Clothes Made in Balkans
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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
