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Sarakatsani at MuCEM

The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (MuCEM- Musée des Civilisations de l`Europe et de la Mediterannée), which will open its doors on June 7 in Marseille, France, will host an exhibition on the cultural identity of Sarakatsani, a group of Greek transhumant shepherds.The center of the exhibition will be the “konaki”, the pastoralists’ traditional [...]

Credit Agricole First-Quarter Profit Jumps After Greek Exit

Credit Agricole SA Tuesday said first-quarter net profit jumped 51%, as the French bank draws a line under its disastrous foray into Greece, and slims down its investment bank to cope with Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis. “Credit Agricole is now in working order to deliver sustainable financial results,” said Chief executive Jean-Paul Chifflet, in a conference [...]

India Blues, Greek Surprise in Cannes

Two young men, a house and the different feelings they experience during the development of their relationship is the basic recipe on which the film India Blues is based. The director George Markakis that has known success in the 63rd International Berlin Film Festival, will travel to the Cannes Film Festival that will take place [...]

Cannes Film Festival to Honor Greece

Greece will be featured at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Regions Capitales pour le cinema that will take place from May 15-26 as the most noted of the world’s events on movies No Greek film has been chosen to compete in the festival but the Greek film community is getting prepared for a remarkable [...]

Greek-French Model Enchants Fashion World

The stunning 17-year old model Ioustini Alexandropoulou, Greek from her father’s side and French on the side of her mother, has managed to conquer the fashion world. The 17-year-old beauty, has participated in many international catwalks and recently appeared next to super model Karolina Kurkova, in a show of a famous lingerie company. According to [...]

Greek Feta Reaches Higher Levels in France

The value of Greek feta cheese imports in France has increased within 2012 (25,820, 870 euros) in comparison with 2010 (22,040,131 euros), of which the share of Greek feta in 2012 represents a good 38% of the total imports of France in feta, while in 2010 it represented a 34% ( 4% increase). The above [...]