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A Week Before Eurovision’s Semi-Finals

The Greek participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song Alcohol is Free, interpreted by Agathonas Iakovidis and Koza Mostra, will be presented ninth during the second semi-finals in the city of Malmö in Sweden, on May 16. On May 9 and 10, at 4 pm, the audience will have the opportunity to [...]

Kefalogianni Met Visit Sweden Chief

The Greek Minister of Culture and Tourism, Olga Kefalogianni, visited Sweden and among others, met Thomas Bruhl, the chief of Visit Sweden, a Swedish tourist organization. They discussed about the development of common activities as well as the exchange of know-how. They both expressed their common will to strengthen bilateral relations in the tourist sector [...]

Cretan Hoteliers Unhappy With Swedish Ad

A private Swedish company has caused a lot of reaction in its effort to attract customers by preventing Swedish people from visiting Crete. The Liseberg company, located in Gothenburg has distributed posters and has published on its central website, an advertisement showing the picture of a boy crying, accompanied by the text: “Some children are [...]

Greeks From Sweden Visit Lagadas

Greek migrant students from Sweden, in particular from Kalmar District high school paid a visit on Feb. 20 to the Mayor of Lagadas, Ioannis Anastasiadis, in the northern Greek city. The visit was part of a school students’ project to interview the mayor and ask him about the economic crisis and the problems it is [...]

Sweden Suggests: Find Work in Greece

Even as Greece’s crushing economic crisis has created record unemployment, many young Greeks still avoid working in summer tourists jobs, Sweden’s government-funded employment agency has launched a campaign encouraging unemployed Swedish people to look for summer jobs in crisis-hit Mediterranean countries such as Spain and Greece. Hundreds of jobs will be marketed at a special [...]

Swedes Take a Liking to Feta

Swedish consumption of feta is increasing. Swedes have developed a taste for the Greek delicacy as part of adopting healthier eating habits, including the Mediterranean cuisine, olive oil, etc. They also like new cuisines and flavors such as exotic non-European products. That’s what market research for Sweden’s dairy industry showed, according to the Bureau of [...]