A villa near the town of Kranidi in southern Greece has become the holiday home of the new Royal Crown Prince and his family, who seem to be great admirers of Greece. Dutch royal Crown Prince Willem-Alexander became the nation’s first male monarch in more than a century on April 30, after his mother Queen [...]
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Holland Beats Greece In Tomato Production
Anyone who’s been to Greece and tasted the tomatoes knows how good they are, but the country – as it has with other superior products such as olive oil – has failed to capitalize on one of its best agricultural assets, Time magazine has reported. Time noted that despite the Mediterranean country’s innate advantages in [...]
Lanthimos Wins Rotterdam’s CineMart Prize
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos was awarded the ARTE International Prize, at the 42nd International Film Festival of Rotterdam for the Best CineMart 2013 Project for The Lobster. Along with the prize came the cash amount of 7,000 euros. The film is an Element Pictures production (Ireland / UK / Greece), and was hailed as an exciting [...]
London’s Mazi Gets The Raves
The noted economic newspaper The Financial Times has given strong reviews to a London Greek restaurant called Mazi, run by Christina Mouratoglou from Thessaloniki and her husband and co-founder Adrien Carre. Londoners agree. The article begins with reference to a Greek product, kritama, that grows in Thessaloniki. It is a green salty plant that is [...]
Greek Flag on Sale Outside Utrecht Theater
A Greek flag seven meters long with the sale stamp on it, indicating Greece is sold out, was considered good advertising for the Dutch impresario who decided to display it outside his theater to attract the Greek audience. Thirty Greeks from Utrecht had already warned the Dutch impresario that his act is a total insult [...]
Transavia Offers Cheap Flights to Kos
Transavia.com airlines is planning to launch budget price flights to Kos, Kythira, Kalamata and Rhodes islands, during the summer period of 2013. The airline already connects Holland with Kithira island and will reconnects Holland with Rhodes after a three year break. As far as Kos Island is concerned, two weekly cheap flights are scheduled from [...]
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05 / 24 Greek Actress Favourite At Cannes
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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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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
