A report by the German daily Die Welt noted the hard times in Greece during the country’s economic crisis, showing beggars in the streets, garbage piling up, people sifting through dumpsters for food and the frustration of the young who can’t find work. The report underlined that European owe ancient Greeks their cultural development bearing [...]
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From Drug Salesman in Greece to School Janitor in Sweden
Under the headline, Jobless Greeks Resolved to Work Clean Toilets in Sweden, the Bloomberg news agency featured the story of Tilemachos Karachalios, a 40-year-old former pharmaceutical salesman in Greece until the economic crisis pushed him to Sweden, where he works as a school janitor. His story mirrors that of many Greeks who have fled their [...]
The Independent Reports on Greek Olympic Mission Overspending Despite Crisis
While the UK is spending millions of pounds to organize the opening ceremony of the London Olympics 2012 and another 40,000 pounds because someone lost his keys in Wimbledon the British daily ‘The Independent’ scolds the Greek Olympic Team for irrational and excessive expenses made during a time of crisis. “While Greece continues to suffer [...]
British ‘Daily Mail’: Greek Crisis Tearing Families Apart
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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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05 / 18 Greek Truck Overturns in West Bulgaria
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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
