The well-loved songwriter and performer Alkinoos Ioannidis gave a concert on April 25 in Passionskirche in Berlin. Ioannidis performed with Yiorgos Kaloudis, a cello and Cretan lyre virtuoso. Ioannidis performed his own songs as well as songs written by Nikos Zoudiaris with whom he has worked since the beginning of his career. Among the audience [...]
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Berlin’s Greek Cultural Center to shut down
The Cultural Center of the Greek Community of Berlin is under threat to shut down, as the city’s government has decided to stop financing its operation by the end of March 2013. The President of the center, Kiriakos Fotiadis, told the Der Tagesspiegel newspaper that talks with the authorities had not been successful in saving [...]
GNTO Plans Berlin Classic Campaign
Greek National Tourism Organisation (NGTO) Secretary General Panos Livadas said that the agency will launch a promotion at the 2013 IBT travel trade show in Berlin next month to lure more visitors. At a presentation of NGTO’s tourism promotion campaign at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Livadas said that Greece’s schedule over its participation in [...]
Greek Treasures in Berlin’s Pergamon Museum
By Catherine Tsounis “Absolutely everyone on my Kontiki Tour was heading to one place in Berlin: the Pergamon Museum which is the best Ancient Greek Museum in Europe,” said Despina Siolas. “It is amazing how all the museums of Germany are East of the Brandenburg Bridge,” she added. Without realizing it, she stumbled on one [...]
Kefaloyanni Pitches Greece in Germany
Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefaloyanni, in an interview with the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, said that this year some 16 million visitors will come to Greece, better than expected during the crushing economic crisis, but still a downturn. She said Greece will not leave the Eurozone and return to the drachma, even to benefit tourism, [...]
Greek Diplomat’s Car Torched in Berlin
Berlin police say they’re investigating an apparent arson attack on a car belonging to Greeces military attache in the German capital. Police said the car was spotted ablaze early Monday in downtown Berlin. It was totally destroyed. The Greek Embassy says the car had diplomatic plates and was parked outside the apartment of the attache, [...]
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05 / 19 Even Bild Admired Agathonas At Eurovision
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05 / 18 Three Greek Islands On EU Cheap List
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05 / 18 The Greek Who Can Spy On Earth
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05 / 18 Former Consul Tipaldos Died In Italy
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05 / 18 Papandreou Not Welcome In Edinburgh
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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
