Cyprus and France have signed an agreement of cooperation between their armed forces for 2012, Demetris Eliades said on Tuesday, the 24th of January. Eliades met with French Deputy Chief of Staff Admiral Philippe Combes, who paid an official visit to Cyprus at the invitation of Cyprus’ National Guard Chief, Lieutenant-General Stylianos Nasis. Describing the [...]
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International Conference ‘Paris – Athens 1919 – 1939. The Double Voyage’
The Conference is the final step of a four-year Research Programme of the same name concerning the artistic and intellectual relations between Greece and France from 1919 to 1939, carried out by the Ecole Francaise d’ Athenes (EFA), the Benaki Museum and the Institute of Mediterranean Studies – FORTH from 2008 to 2011. Over this [...]
French Libération Reports On Greek Media Crisis
In its recent report entitled “Europe: The crisis casts media away”, French newspaper Libération refers to the financial difficulties mass press and electronic media are facing throughout Europe, leading to the layoff of hundreds of employees and bankruptcies. In Greece, historic newspaper Eleftherotypia is on the brink of bankruptcy, with 800 employees in danger of [...]
Alexander The Great Exhibition At Louvre Attracts French Tourists To Greece
The archaeological exhibition entitled “In the Kingdom of Alexander the Great-Ancient Macedonia”, hosted at the Louvre from October 13, 2011, until January 16, 2012, has become a major attraction for the French during the past months. Many French have expressed their wish to travel to the homeland of the mighty military strategist after having visited [...]
Eurodeputy Cohn Bendit Holds German and French Companies Equally Responsible for Greek Corruption
“What really bothers me is the conclusion that Greece is a corrupted country. But who else is corrupted? Which were the French and German companies that did business in Greece? To whom did we sell weapon systems? Even now, when Greece is one step away from default, we are still selling guns to the government. [...]
Greek Designer Sophia Kokosalaki at Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2012
Paris Fashion Week, Spring/Summer 2012 saw fashion designer Sophia Kokosalaki showcase her latest collection. Sophia Kokosalaki is a designer known for her attention to draping and shaping – something which took a new turn for her spring/summer 2012 collection. The name behind Diesel’s Black Gold collection, Kokosalaki is best-known for Grecian-inspired drapery and her return [...]
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02 / 03 Greek-Turkish Media Artists Cooperate to Produce Short Films
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02 / 03 Berlinale 2012 to Pay Tribute to Theo Angelopoulos and Vadim Glowna
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02 / 03 ICJ Decides Against Italy Regarding Compensation for Nazi Crimes
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02 / 03 Cooperation Between Cypriot and French Armed Forces
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02 / 03 Measures for Integrating Migrants in Germany
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05 / 27 Dutch Newspaper Mocks Greece’s Financial Situation
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06 / 15 Parts of Alexander the Great’s Statue Being Assembled at Skopje Square
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12 / 27 Albanian Nationalists Point Finger at Archbishop Anastasios
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04 / 02 “Greeks will start begging soon” says Turkish State Minister
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12 / 26 Turkish Cypriot ‘Grinches’ Steal Christmas, Stop Holiday Liturgy
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