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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European Movement in Support of Greece, Dual Citizenship Demanded
A new European-wide movement is gaining ground, with people expressing their support to Greece and its people, who are going through extremely harsh financial times for the third year in a row. The original French “Movement of Nantes” unfolded in other European countries with its supporters submitting applications to local embassies of Greece to acquire [...]
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe Says Turkey Does Not Have to Overreact
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Thursday that Turkey should not overreact after France’s lower house of parliament adopted a draft bill criminalizing the denial of “Armenians’genocide.” “What I wish is that our Turkish friends do not overreact,” Juppe said as Ankara announced to take diplomatic reprisal measures by recalling Turkish ambassador to Paris, [...]
Package Bomb Sent to Greek Embassy in Paris, no Injuries or Damages
An official at the Greek Embassy in Paris says a package bomb was sent to the embassy but was discovered by authorities and safely disabled. The official said it caused no injuries or damages. The official said the package arrived Monday with no external markings, prompting suspicious embassy staff to call the police. French police [...]
Philhellene Etienne Roland Supports Greece in Le Monde Article
Despite all the current anti-Hellenic voices chanting across Europe, there are still many who support Greece and recognize that the Greek people are not completely at fault for all the hardships it is suffering. One of these modern times Philhellenes is Etienne Roland, former principal of the Athens French School and Professor of Greek Archaeology [...]
Giscard d’Estaign Suggests Greece to Consider Euro-Exit
Former French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing suggested Athens to seriously consider exiting the Euro in order to avoid imposing further financial tortures upon its people. Although the former French President had once supported Greece’s accession in the European Economic Community and the Eurozone afterwards, in his interview to Reuters news agency, d’Estaign said Greece is [...]
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02 / 10 Greek Movies Enter Berlinale 2012 Competition
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02 / 10 Greeks Participate in ‘Dickens and London’ Exhibition at Museum of London
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02 / 09 Dionysis Savvopoulos to Perform in “Il Vascello” Theatre of Rome
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02 / 09 Poet Nikos Katsalidas Awarded by Albanian President Bamir Topi
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02 / 09 Greek Scientist Contributes To Discovery of Genetic Factor Connected to Ischemic Strokes
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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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