Some of the top Greek businesses of the medical and hotel field joined their forces for the first time, participating in the organization of the first event to promote Greek Medical tourism in Russia, under the title Greek Medical Tourism Workshop. Evgeny Pisarevsky, Deputy Head of Rostourism organization, welcomed the forum and expressed his surprise [...]
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Russian Media Depict Youthless Greece
The Russian RT news agency, noting that many young Greeks are fleeing their country because of a crushing economic crisis and austerity measures that have put 64 percent of them out of work, said the country is facing a lost generation. Seeing no hope or future, some 70 percent of young Greeks said they’d like [...]
Ancient Greek Villas Found Near Russkaya
During archeological excavations next to the Russkaya gas compressor station, near Anapa in Southern Russia, the foundations of three Ancient Greek villas that scientists said date from the 2nd and 3d centuries B.C., have been uncovered. Archeologists found clay pots, fragments of a weaving loom, a pair of scissors and several coins. The villas were [...]
Cypriot Crisis Inspires Russian Rappers
The economic crisis of Cyprus has become the source of inspiration for Russian artists. The very popular group of rap United Sexy Boys, (USB,) motivated by the economic and political situation of the island wrote a song that immediately became a hit. The song is titled ‘Oh Cyprus’ and it is a satiric look about [...]
Patriarch Kirill’s Thoughts With Cypriots
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his sympathy for Greeks and Cypriots who are suffering from the economic crisis, during the standard annual dinner honoring the Sunday of Orthodoxy in the Greek Embassy in Moscow on March 24. “We suffer to see our thousands of Cypriots brothers to be hostages of the banking [...]
While Cyprus Frets, Its Russians Dance
Russian oligarchs, businessmen and alleged mobsters who have poured their money into Cyprus over the last couple of decades, and now could stand to lose millions if the government confiscates up to 20 percent of their bank accounts as demanded by international lenders to trigger a bailout, have turned parts of Cyprus into a small [...]
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05 / 18 Greek Truck Overturns in West Bulgaria
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05 / 17 Greek NGO Organizes ECOWEEK 2013 in Copenhagen
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05 / 17 Sarakatsani at MuCEM
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05 / 17 Greek Tycoon Marchessini’s Rear View Of Women
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05 / 17 Volkan Awarded International Beer Honors
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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
