A heavy-freight TIR truck with Greek registration, driven by a Greek national, overturned on a road section, which was under repair, in West Bulgaria, the District Interior Ministry Directorate-Pernik announced to FOCUS News Agency. The incident occurred in the region of the Dolna Dakliya road junction at around 4 a.m. on May 18. The vehicle [...]
Greek NGO Organizes ECOWEEK 2013 in Copenhagen
ECOWEEK 2013 New Nordic Living opened in Copenhagen on Monday May 13 with great success and with the presence of over 300 participants from around the world. The international conference ECOWEEK 2013 New Nordic Living in Copenhagen, an initiative of the Greek NGO ECOWEEK and the School KEA Copenhagen School of Design and Technology is [...]
Sarakatsani at MuCEM
The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (MuCEM- Musée des Civilisations de l`Europe et de la Mediterannée), which will open its doors on June 7 in Marseille, France, will host an exhibition on the cultural identity of Sarakatsani, a group of Greek transhumant shepherds.The center of the exhibition will be the “konaki”, the pastoralists’ traditional [...]
Greek Tycoon Marchessini’s Rear View Of Women
According to the Daily Mail, Greek shipping tycoon Demetri Marchessini has donated 10,000 Great British Pound, some $15,170 to the Independence Party, about 20 percent of its entire amount received from contributors. According to records from the Electoral Commission, it is the first time that the 78-year-old has given money to a political party. Marchessini [...]
Volkan Awarded International Beer Honors
The Greek beer Volkan “born in Santorini” was awarded Product Innovation of the Year at the International Beer Awards of the Canadean’s 9th Annual International Beer Strategy Conference 2013 that took place from 14th to 15th May 2013 in Prague, Czech Republic. Volkan competed with famous brewing industry labels, but the juries chose it for [...]
First Greek Wine Festival in Luxembourg
The first Greek Wine Festival in Luxembourg will be held May 18-19 in Mondorf, with the aroma and taste of Greece’s best. It will take place at the main entrance of Hall Chapito of Casino 2000. The Festival is organized by the company Momenti Luxembourg, Wines and More, which imports and distributes Greek wines, in [...]
Shisha Drug Grows Popular in Debt-Stricken Athens
While the economic crisis is still taking its toll on Greece, the capital city of Athens is at the center of the whirlwind. Poverty and unemployment, hunger and homelessness have increased in Greece the last few years bringing new problems with them. A new cheap drug out on the market called shisha or “austerity drug” [...]
Greek Medical Tourism Workshop in Russia
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 [...]
Ecumenical Patriarch Visits Milan
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited Milan for his scheduled meeting with the Catholic Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Angelo Scola. The Ecumenical Patriarch extended an invitation to Cardinal Scola to visit the Phanar which was immediately accepted. As it became known, he will visit the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate from December 31 to January 2. [...]
Athens International Airport Winner of Routes Airport Marketing Award
“Routes Europe 2013”, Europe’s biggest airline and airport networking route development forum, was concluded with one more award for the Athens International Airport, its 12th in 9 years. During the 8th Routes Europe Forum, which was held in Budapest (May 12-14) with the participation of more than 1,000 aviation professionals, Athens International Airport was the [...]
Euro-Allocations for The Homeless
EU Structural Funds can finance investments in social housing for marginalized population groups, services for homeless people, deinstitutionalization and reintegration programs, as László Andor Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion pointed out to MEP Konstantinos Poupakis. Andor pointed out that: “Within the next multiannual financial framework, it is proposed that 20 percent of the [...]
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05 / 20 Austrian Press Pays Tribute to Lefkada, Chios
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05 / 20 Manitakis’ Interview to Der Spiegel
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05 / 20 Nikos Kazantzakis in Croatian
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05 / 20 RLF’s Survey on Grexit
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05 / 20 Ban on Restaurant Refillable Olive Oil Bottles
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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
