While recession in Greece deepens, more and more families watch their everyday lives turn into a frenzy of hopelessness and poverty. The social impact of the debt crisis is directly connected to the severe cuts in pensions and salaries, the cuts in benefits, the skyrocketing prices, and the increased taxation imposed by an austerity bailout [...]
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Austrian Director Shoots Documentary Film ‘Greece in Bloom’
“Unemployment, poverty, unrest, default. In the eyes of the Europeans, Greece is collapsing. But what is life really like out in the olive groves, on the islands and taverns during the Spring of 2012?” All throughout April, award-winning Austrian author and director Fabian Eder, along with DPs and photographers Richard Wagner and Andreas Handl, travelled [...]
BBC Report Takes A Look At Amount of Porsche Cayenne Owners in Greece
The harsh economic crisis in the Eurozone has prompted the spreading of statistical data from the crisis-plagued countries, which are reflective of controversial social phenomena and economic circumstances. According to an extensive BBC report on crisis-rumors concerning Greece, Italy and Spain, the British news agency presented the claim about Porsche Cayenne owners in Greece exceeds [...]
Nana Mouskouri: “Because of Their Politicians, Greeks Lived a Lie”
In her latest interview to German news magazine Stern, Nana Mouskouri spoke once again about the Greek crisis and confirmed her love for her home country. According to the well known singer, Greece was living a lie for 30 years because of its politicians, who would promise and do anything just to get reelected. “Because [...]
Discriminatory Incidents Αgainst Greeks Spreading in Europe
From Munich to Vienna and from Stockholm to London, verbal attacks launched against Greek migrants are on the rise, according to recent reports. The Greek debt crisis and all the negative media publicity that the country and its “lazy, unwilling to work or pay their taxes” people received over the past year have shaped public [...]
UK Spectator’s Controversial Ad οn Germans Owning Greece
An advertising campaign launched by the conservative UK magazine “Spectator” has caused quite a stir amidst internet and social network users. The British magazine decided to use Greece and the current harsh situation plaguing the country in order to advertise itself. “Most Germans own a second property. It’s called Greece” reads the slogan of the [...]
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05 / 21 Angelique Rockas: Strong, Bold and Unafraid
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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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