Greek former psychology lecturer at the University of Bedfordshire, Theodora Dallas, 34, was sentence to 6 months in jail by the UK High Court after doing online research on a GBH (grievous bodily harm) trial while she was on the jury. According to information, the Greek academic had looked up the meaning of GBH on [...]
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Greek Bouzouki Sounds Αt London Olympic Games
The Greek Bouzouki School of Yiannis Polykandriotis in the UK will represent Greece and its traditional music in the artistic programme of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The fifty-member orchestra is made up of male and female bouzouki players, aged between10 and 32, has a strong presence in the British capital, and was chosen [...]
UK Telegraph Features Impressive Picture of Greek Gymnastics Athlete
Obviously, most comments regarding Greece have not been very flattering lately, due to the country’s crisis and ailing economy; yet there are still various examples of Greek people succeeding in their lives and efforts, and thus gathering positive attention. This time it is a young rhythmic gymnastics female athlete, Varvara Filiou, that has become the [...]
SELEX Galileo to Provide Electronic Warfare Training for Greek Army Technicians
SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, has signed an agreement to provide Electronic Warfare (EW) training for Greek Army technicians and flight crews operating out of the Hellenic Army Aviation base at Megara. Following the comprehensive 6 month training programme, SELEX Galileo will field personnel to support Hellenic Army crews on-site at the base in Megara. [...]
European Court of Human Rights Convicts Greek Coast Guard of Immigrant’s Torture
On Tuesday, January 17, the European Court of Human Rights found that Greek Coast Guard officials tortured Necati Zontul when he was raped in detention at the port of Chania, Crete, in 2001, and ordered Greece to pay 50,000 euros in compensation. The judgment in Necati Zontul v. Greece confirmed that Greece breached Article 3 [...]
Glasgow University Will Reinstate Chair of Greek Position
A university professorship which has been dormant for more than a decade will be revived after a £2.4m bequest from the last person to hold the post. Professor Douglas Maurice MacDowell held Glasgow University’s Chair of Greek between 1971 and 2001. After his death in 2010, at age 78, Prof MacDowell’s will left his portfolio [...]
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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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