Europe

Have you ever wondered how Europe would be divided in two or three parts depending on the stereotypes that exist for each country? Have you ever imagined other colors representing Greece? A history professor/designer took to the difficult task....

Speaking to German weekly Die Zeit in an interview, “European values and German arrogance,” German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle described the cliché that ”Greeks are lazy," which made the international rounds, a “silly stereotype.” Despite the fact that the Minister denounced the harsh...

The film festival in Cannes organized the screening of Costas Gavras' classic film “Z” on Monday, in a restored version in honor of the award-winning Greek-French film director and producer. Cannes Film Festival artistic director Thierry Frémaux praised Gavras' work for its ability to cross...

“In an attempt to bridge cultural differences and break down national stereotypes among young people, Berlin and Athens have decided to establish a Greek-German Youth Institute,” EurActiv Greece reports from Germany. An agreement was signed between the two countries on...

A study, that was recently published by Coe-Rexecode in Paris, reveals that Greeks and Romanians are the most hard-working people in Europe. The study measures the time people spend working in all EU member states capitals. It measures the days employees spend in...

An article of the Austrian newspaper "Oberosterreichische Nachrichten" cites the beauty of Epirus, western Greece while criticizing the anti-Greek stereotypes reproduced by the European media, saying that it was the lazy bankrupt Greeks who constructed Egnatia road, one of...

Katerina Vrana was raised in Athens, Greece, but later decided to move to London to study and pursue a career as a comedian and an actor. Since then she has become a very successful stand-up comedian who manages to...

Two documentaries about the Golden era of Greek cinema entitled “Work Like Crazy” by Aggeliki Milonaki and “From the Courtyards to the Living Rooms” by Dionysia Arvanitou and Panayiotis Koundouras were presented during the weekend, February 15 and 16...

Surely the Internet’s invasion of our everyday life scares us sometimes. In fact, the Internet and mainly Google knows much more about us than we could ever imagine. On the Google search engine, we can pose questions about issues that...

Eleven Greek jewelry artists travelled to Germany to introduce their work inspired by Greek Mythology to the German people in an effort to overturn any stereotypes that the economic recession has awakened a few years ago. The eleven Greek jewelry makers used...

German MEP Jorgo Chatzimarkakis officially expressed his intentions to form a political party in Greece with the aim of taking part in May’s European elections. The liberal Euro parliamentarian stated his intention to create a new movement with a...

A large photo of handcuffed Nikolaos Michaloliakos dominates the front page of the German newspaper Tageszeitung, accompanied by the title : "Καληνύχτα, (Goodnight) neo-Nazis ! " The subtitle goes: "Goodnight Golden Dawn: Greek police arrests the leaders of the extreme...

French-German channel ARTE is going to show Greek films and documentaries in a 24-hour special. On Aug. 15, from early in the morning until after midnight, ARTE will travel the German-speaking viewers (Switzerland, Belgium, Austria and other European countries) in...

On June 26, the Guardian published an interesting article on how much the crisis has changed the Greeks’ attitude towards their tourists. The Guardian visited Mykonos, “the island made famous by Jackie Onassis,” which expects one million tourists to...

Σatellart aims to showcase contemporary Greek culture in Europe. It originates from the annual Milano incontra la Grecia (Milan meets Greece) festival for contemporary Greek performing arts that has been taking place in Milan’s Piccolo Teatro since 2007, and...