Acclaimed Greek playwright Andreas Flourakis, who made his first appearance in the theater back in 2001 with the collaborative play, Faith (Theater of the South), was chosen by the Royal Court Theatre to take part in The Big Idea: PIIGS project. International writers join up with their British counterparts to bring their experiences to the [...]
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“Burnout” Swiss Exhibit Shows Greek Crisis
The depth of the Greek economic crisis is being displayed in Switzerland, thanks to a photography exhibition by Dimitris Michalakis at Zurich’s Coalmine Gallery . According to Enetenglish, Burnout derives from the psychology’s field. “Burnout means ‘occupational exhaustion’. The crisis has given the elite a golden opportunity to impoverish the working class and wipe out [...]
Poverty Sweeps Europe, Greece Hard Hit
Nearly 120 million of Europe’s inhabitants are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, equal to about a fourth of the population of the EU-27 (24.2%) according to figures from the European Union’s statistics agency, Eurostat. The agency figures for 2011 showed an increase over 2008 and 2009 when the numbers were 23.4% and 23.5% [...]
Greek-Bulgarian Family Lives at Munich Airport
A Greek-Bulgarian family has been living at the airport in the German city of Munich for almost six months, writes the German Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily. The three-member family consists of a Greek citizen who was named only as Athanasios, a Bulgarian woman Albena, and her son Nikola. Albena and Athanasios arrived at the Munich Airport [...]
Church Groups Urge EU to Help Greece
Greece is facing a humanitarian crisis and growing racism, two international church groups said on Thursday, and appealed to the European Union to help the struggling nation. In an open letter from Greece, the secretaries-general of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) said the country faced youth unemployment [...]
SPIEGEL: The Life of Greece’s One Percent
The Greek economy has been tanking for years now as the country struggles to balance its budget by imposing deep austerity measures. But the country’s richest residents haven’t noticed. Many aren’t taxed at all, and some of those that are prefer to dodge their obligation to the state instead. He’d be happy to discuss art, [...]
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05 / 22 Modern Greek Literature Evening in Vienna
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05 / 21 Greek Scientist Shows Dementia Model to CERN
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05 / 21 Greek Seas Among Cleanest in Europe
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05 / 21 Milliyet’s Tribute to Nana Karagianni
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05 / 21 My Number One Is Now Eight
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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
