While the economic crisis is still taking its toll on Greece, the capital city of Athens is at the center of the whirlwind. Poverty and unemployment, hunger and homelessness have increased in Greece the last few years bringing new problems with them. A new cheap drug out on the market called shisha or “austerity drug” [...]
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Austrians Prefer Greece For Vacations
An increase of 40% in Austrian tourists coming to Greece this summer has been recorded compared to last year’s bookings, according to data from the largest travel agencies in Austria. As highlighted by the Austrian newspaper Wiener Zeitung, Greece, which was for many years among the top holiday destinations for the Austrians for their summer [...]
Tsevis’ Digital Image of Mother Teresa
A digital mosaic portrait of Mother Teresa crafted by internationally renowned Greek visual designer Charis Tsevis will decorate Tirana Square named after the ethnic nun and founder of Missionaries of Charity. The visual image was donated by Greek ambassador in Tirana Leonidas Rokanas to the Minister of Tourism, Cultural Affairs , Youth and Sports of Albania [...]
Draenos’ Biography Reveals Andreas Papandreou
The Economist has featured on its website the biography of Andreas Papandreou by Stan Draenos, entitled Andreas Papandreou: The Making of a Greek Democrat and Political Maverick, published by I.B. Tauris, praising it as a keen analysis of modern Greek history. Draenos’ exhaustive research and interviews that revealed every aspect of the life and career [...]
Greek Women Involved in Sham Marriages in UK
Illegal immigrants in the UK are hiring Greek women in need of money to marry them in order to get a residence permit and claim unemployment allowances, as revealed by a recent report of UK daily The Sun. The immigrants pay well organized bride-supplying gangs up to 8,000 pounds in order to get a false [...]
EC Asks Romania to Pay Pensions to Greek Immigrants
The European Commission has requested Romania to comply with Regulation (EC) No 1408/71 and Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on social security coordination when calculating the pension rights of Greek citizens who worked in Romania before its accession to the European Union. The Romanian authorities currently refuse to take into consideration the periods of work of Greek migrants before [...]
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05 / 23 New Bridge Between Turkey and Greece
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05 / 23 Post-Byzantine Art At Budapest University
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05 / 23 EU Withdraws Ban On Olive Oil Bottles
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05 / 23 Georges Moustaki Dies at 79
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05 / 22 Greek Participation in Vienna’s Long Night of Churches
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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
