Mark Lowen from the BBC News visited Athens to make a tribute video to the Greek Presidential Guard. As he states in the video, Greece’s tradition wouldn’t be the same without its Presidential Guard. Sunday morning and the soldiers or Evzones, parade to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The tourists just love them. The [...]
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Greek Artists Inspired by Economic Crisis
Artists in Greece are fighting back against cuts to arts funding, as the country struggles to solve its debt crisis and impose tough austerity measures. Difficulties and lack of money have inspired young people who represent various arts. Journalist Mark Lowen met talented young Greek artists whose work goes against the debt crisis. He visited [...]
British BBC Reports on Greek Extremists Party Before Elections
Titled “Greece’s Far Right Hopes For New Dawn,” the BBC reports from Athens about the current position of the Greek extremists political party. Mark Lowen, BBC correspondent in Athens, writes that “their critics call them violent extremists, but they try to show off their soft side.” Golden Dawn members appear as philanthropists, delivering food items [...]
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05 / 23 New Bridge Between Turkey and Greece
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05 / 23 Post-Byzantine Art At Budapest University
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05 / 23 EU Withdraws Ban On Olive Oil Bottles
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05 / 23 Georges Moustaki Dies at 79
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05 / 22 Greek Participation in Vienna’s Long Night of Churches
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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
