The Greek government on Saturday issued a stern condemnation of the incidents of vandalism and desecration at Thessaloniki’s Jewish cemetery, which occurred in the early morning hours of Friday or late Thursday evening. Three suspects, two men and a woman, 21, 18 and 17, were arrested as suspects in the incident northern port city. “The [...]
Cyprus and Aegean Dominated Common Press Conference Papandreou – Erdogan
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Friday roundly praised the significance of the two-day visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a substantial Turkish delegation to Athens, emphasising the historic nature of the talks held in the Greek capital between the two country’s leaderships. Speaking during a press conference at a downtown Athens [...]
Greek -Turkish talks in Athen
Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Athens on Friday on a two-day official visit, and was currently meeting with Greek prime minister George Papandreou. Erdogan was received at Athens’ Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport by Greece’s government vice-president Theodoros Pangalos and an Air Force honor guard in an official ceremony Erdogan left the airport [...]
New bomb explodes in northern Greek city
A bomb exploded in a courthouse in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, slightly injuring one person. The blast took place almost 12 hours after a similar one in Athens. Today’s explosion, in the men’s bathroom at the courthouse, occurred at about 1:30 p.m. and was preceded by warning calls to a television station and [...]
Greece: Meeting of Ms. Tzakri with SAE and representatives of repatriates
State welfare which is “still pending since 2004 and earlier” for the programme for housing rehabilitation of repatriated Greeks in Northern Greece, is going to be provided by the government in installments by the end of the present year, starting in September, by the end of the present year. This was a commitment, the Deputy [...]
Economize? The ancient Greeks knew all about it
Archaeological research shows that tombs 2300 years ago had undergone severe austerity measures. The Greek archaeologist Manthos Besios laid bare two tombs from the fourth and third century BC on the same place where the old Pydnas were found in central Macedonia. The tombs in the fourth century that still were intact, contained gold jewels [...]
Bomb explodes outside Greek prison
AN explosive device went off today outside the maximum security prison of Korydallos (foto), near Athens, after an anonymous tip-off to Greek media, a police source said. “There was an explosion at Korydallos after an anonymous phonecall to Eleftherotypia daily and Alter television station,” the source said. The device had been placed outside the wall [...]
Cavafy’s poems translated in Albanian
Poems of the great poet from Alexandria, Constantine Cavafy translated in Albanian, were published in the newspaper of Tirana, Kocha Jone. The poems have been translated by the Professor of the Department of Greek Literature in the University of Tirana, Aristotelis Spyrou and Sokol Tsunga and Lambros Routsi. The article is entitled “Cavafy, a poet [...]
Swiss tourists choose Greece
Mr Wydler’s opion is that the images in the Media with the social arousal and the strikes in Greece will discourage tourists to visit Athens, but believes that movement towards the islands will not be affected. He also believes that vacation in Greece will be cheaper by 30% due to travel agencies’ better offers and [...]
Greece: Another general strike on May 20
Greek workers on Wednesday called a 24-hour general strike for May 20, the latest in a series of protests against planned pension cuts linked to an international 110-billion-euro ($139.7 billion) bailout for Greece. Unionists have vowed to stop the pension reform, a key condition in a financial rescue plan for Greece agreed last week with [...]
Measures to invert the climate on Greek tourism in foreign markets
The GNTO (Greek National Tourism Organisation) offices, as well as press offices of Greek embassies, have taken up the leading role in inverting the climate on Greek tourism in markets abroad. This was decided, among other things, by the newly established crises management committee which had a meeting today under the President of the GNTO, [...]
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05 / 21 Theodoros Aggelopoulos Honored at Cannes Film Festival
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05 / 21 Guardian: ‘Despite the Recession, Greeks Still Light the Olympic Flame’
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05 / 21 Portugal: European Award Given to Cretan Beaches of Ierapetra
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05 / 20 Victoria Hislop: ‘I Was at the Party in Greece, Now I’m Sharing the Hangover’
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05 / 03 Skopje: Streets Renamed With Ancient Greek Names
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05 / 27 Dutch Newspaper Mocks Greece’s Financial Situation
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05 / 09 London Recognizes Macedonian Language During Cultural Olympiad
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04 / 02 “Greeks will start begging soon” says Turkish State Minister
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06 / 15 Parts of Alexander the Great’s Statue Being Assembled at Skopje Square
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