Greece
Crime
Telegraph: Greek Hero Who Dies to Save His Sister in Munich Shooting
The Greek citizen who was killed during the shooting at Olympia shopping mall in Munich sacrificed himself to save his sister, says a Telegraph report.
According to the British newspaper citing a journalist who spoke to BBC5, the young Greek...
Economy
Telegraph: Greek Debt Crisis Threatens to Flare Up Ahead of Brexit
The Telegraph spotlights Brexit dangers posed by debt talks between Greece and its embattled creditors as they meet to discuss the 86-billion-euro bailout package approved last summer. The British newspaper points to the looming Brexit referendum in the UK,...
Greece
Telegraph: Greece is Ideal for Fall Vacation
British newspaper "The Telegraph" described Greece as one of the ultimate fall vacation destinations, stressing that in several islands of the Cyclades, Crete and Rhodes, tourists can enjoy the sun, warm seas and beauty of the landscape at very...
Business
The Telegraph Praises Greek Start-Ups
The social-economic conditions in Greece have not been favorable for a long time; the recession is still leaving its marks on Greek society, unemployment affects mainly the youth, the public sector is shrinking and the private sector cannot soak...
Greece
Telegraph: Greek Island Among Europe's 10 Hidden Seaside Resorts
As the countdown to summer begins, foreign travel guides begin to overflow with information on the most ideal tourist destinations.. The British news agency “Telegraph” presented Europe’s 10 hidden seaside resorts and Kea, Greece, seems to have enraptured the...
Greece
Daily Telegraph Blogger Says Greece Destroyed Western Culture
After what he said was a meaningful “voyage of discovery through the ancient world,” Joe Hildebrand, an Australian blogger for the British newspaper the Daily Telegraph, decided to explain why Greece is suffering that unprecedented economic crisis.
The writer’s “pilgrimage...
Economy
Sunday Telegraph: Lloyd's of London Prepared for Greek Euro Exit
The Lloyd's of London insurance market has reduced its exposure "as much as possible" to the crisis-hit euro zone in preparation for a collapse of the bloc's single currency, its chief executive told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper.
Richard Ward said...
Greece
The Telegraph: Shame on Europe for Betraying Greece
"Capitalism is triumphant as EU states sacrifice the Greek people in a desperate attempt to appease the gods of speculation," says William Wall from the Telegraph, explaining why the EU has betrayed Greece and its people, how the markets and capitalist...
Greece
The Telegraph: Greece Won’t See a Cent of The Great Bail-out
Over the weekend, the Greek parliament voted to accept Europe’s latest demands for spending cuts and tax rises and other reforms and retrenchments. The aim was to make it marginally less implausible that Greece will pay back the hundreds...
Greece
The Telegraph: Merkel Has Herself to Blame if Greece Defaults
What will Angela Merkel be doing this morning? Will she be clinging, white-knuckled to her kafe, chasing her Bockwurst round her plate, waiting to hear that the Greeks have passed their austerity budget?
If today’s vote in Athens is a...
Economy
The Telegraph: IMF Pushes Greece To Give Up Autonomy Over Its Budget
British Newspaper The Telegraph published an article on how the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has indicated that Greece will have to give up autonomy over its budget as desperate last-minute negotiations continue regarding the country's second €130bn (£109bn) bail-out.
With...
Greece
The Telegraph: Greek George is crazy
"Greek George is crazy", says Damian Reece from The Telegraph. At first sight the article seems a bit provocative and insulting. But then again if someone takes a closer look at what Mr. Papandreou has been up to the...
Culture
The Legacy of Vassilis Tsitsanis in Greek Music
When Vassilis Tsitsanis passed away on January 18, 1984, on his 69th birthday, music historians and experts knew that there will never be another Tsitsanis and all popular Greek music from then on would derive from his legacy alone.
Tsitsanis'...
Culture
Giorgos Seferis: The First Greek Poet to Win the Nobel Prize
On December 10, 1963, Greek diplomat and poet Giorgos Seferis was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature by King Gustav of Sweden.
Europe
Biden Tells Erdogan He Will Use Term “Armenian Genocide”
In a surprise move on Friday, President Biden said that he had told Turkish President Erdogan that he will use the term "Armenian Genocide."