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Business
UK Feta Cheese Sales Go Through the Roof Amidst Greek Financial Crisis
The Greek financial crisis has caused great damage both to the country and its people, however, it has also given certain sectors the opportunity to flourish. While Greece is sinking deeper into recession, several of its traditional products have found...
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek Statue Illegally Taken From Libya to the UK
A UK judge ruled that a 1.5-million-GBP ancient Greek statue was illegally transferred from a world heritage site in Libya to the United Kingdom. The case revolves around a four-foot statue that was looted from the Libyan archaeological site...
Crime
German Corporations in Alleged Financial Scandals in Greece
Several big German corporations are allegedly involved in corruption in Greece as former executives are to appear in Greek courts, according to an AFP report.
Siemens, Daimler, Rheinmetall have allegedly bribed Greek politicians in order to get contracts in the...
Crime
Ship Carrying Undeclared Weapons to Arrive in Heraklion, Crete
A Bolivian-flagged cargo ship was escorted to Heraklion port, Crete, on Tuesday night around 4:30 am after a container with an unknown quantity of undeclared weapons was discovered on board during a Greek coast guard inspection.
The ship "Hadat 1" had...
Economy
G20 to Examine Possibility of Debt Relief for Greece
The finance ministers and central bankers of the G20 are planning to request Eurozone member states to consider a significant reduction of the Greek public debt, provided that Greece fulfills its commitments to creditors.
Ahead of the G20 meeting in...
Greece
11 Syrian Migrants Drown as Boats Sink en Route to Greece [video]
Two boats sank after leaving the southwest coast of Turkey, traveling for the Greek island of Kos and according to Turkey’s Dogan news agency at least 11 migrants believed to be Syrians drowned during the incidents.
The agency reported that...
Archaeology
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Greece
Visitors in Greece can enjoy inspiring trips into artistic, cultural, historical, and folkloric traditions approaching seventeen magnificent Greek monuments that are included on the "World Heritage List" by UNESCO for being vivid representations of human creative genius. Fifteen of...
Greece
EU's Timmermans, Avramopoulos in Athens on Thursday to Discuss Refugee Process Center in Piraeus
The Vice-president of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans and Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos will be in Greece for a two-day visit on Thursday to discuss the creation of a refugee ‘hot-spot’ in Piraeus that...
Greece
Brussels Irritated Over Greek Elections Rhetoric
European Union officials in Brussels are irritated by the inconsistency between what Greek politicians have agreed on regarding the reforms and measures required for the bailout program and the campaign rhetoric they use.
According to a real.gr report from Brussels,...
Greece
ND Leader Meimarakis Calls on Greeks to Support Party Regardless of Previous Vote
Main opposition leader Vangelis Meimarakis send a message of unity to all Greeks to rally behind the party in the upcoming elections regardless of what they voted in the previous elections, during a speech outside the party’s historic offices...
Economy
Tsipras Promises to Scrap Private Education VAT, Controversy Over Ownership of Measure
Alexis Tsipras announced that he will scrap the 23 percent value added tax on private education if re-elected and called on the interim government to suspend the measure.
Tsipras called on the interim government to freeze the measure that has...
Greek News
Where Should You Shop in Greece?
Cash and not credit appears to be the norm in Greece 2015. The best shopping I encountered in Athens was outside the Acropolis Museum at Mitseon and Hatzichristou streets and the town of Kalambaka by Meterora. As a third...
Art
A Unique Touring Photographic Exhibition On Greek-Australians
Documentary photographer Effy Alexakis and historian Leonard Janiszewski decided to explore Australia’s Greek cafés and organized a unique touring photographic exhibition.
“Selling an American dream - Australia’s Greek café” explores an important chapter in the development of Australian culture and...
Europe
Russia Introduces New System for Issuing Schengen Visas
A new fingerprint scanning procedure will be introduced on September 14, 2015, for Russian citizens who wish to issue short-term stay Schengen visas. In order to obtain their visas Russians will have to provide biometric data, which will be...
Europe
IOM: 350,000 Migrants Have Fled to Europe This Year
The International Organization for Migration said Tuesday that more than 350,000 migrants have made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean this year, fleeing turmoil and poverty in the Mideast and Africa in search of a better life in Europe.
The...