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The Greek Islands' Most Stunning Locations
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By Cliff Blaylock
The Greek Islands play host to a wide variety of incredible locations. However, with so many things to see, what should you make the top of your priorities?
Santorini
Around 1500B.C, the island goers of Santorini experienced a devastating...
Europe
Hundreds of Kurds Honor Body of English-Greek Ex-Marine Who Fought ISIS
Hundreds of Kurds mobbed the hearse carrying ex-Marine Konstandinos Erik Scurfield when his body arrived at Manchester Airport. Scurfield was killed fighting against the Islamic State in Syria.
The British-Greek 25-year-old man from Barnsley was killed by mortar fire on March...
Greek News
Homeric Pictures’ New Storytelling Approach Wins at IndieFEST
Homeric Pictures, the brainchild of Greek director/producer Konstantinos Mousoulis and producer Marina Dimitra Yele, recently won a prestigious IndieFEST Award for its film "The Red Sweater."
"The Red Sweater" is an example of Homeric Pictures' revolutionary approach to production, promotion and collaboration with actors.
This...
Greece
New Democracy: Government Should Not Try to Take Credit for Work Already Done
Main opposition New Democracy accused Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday of trying to take credit for the achievements of the previous government of Antonis Samaras.
"The 2-billion-euro package announced by Tsipras is the well-known result achieved after...
Crime
Greece Amid 'Most Stressed Out Nations' List
With Norway being the most carefree nation in the world and Nigeria the most stressed-out country, Greece lies somewhere in the middle of the "Most Stressed Out Nations" list in a survey conducted by Bloomberg.
Neighboring Turkey is less stressed...
Economy
Bloomberg: Greeks Keep Their Money Under the Mattress
During these years of economic crisis, Greeks are hiding their money under the mattress instead of keeping it in the bank, says a Bloomberg report.
In the months following the announcement of snap elections, Greek banks have lost billions in...
Economy
Poll Shows 47.8% of Greeks Trust SYRIZA and 84% Want the Euro
Despite the recent impasse in negotiations between the SYRIZA government and lenders that brought threats of a Grexit, Greek people show their trust to the leftist party as 47.8 percent of them would vote for them if elections were...
Economy
Greek Gov't Rushes to Compile Reforms List
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and teams of relevant ministries are in a series of meetings in order to compile the list of reforms required after the meeting in Brussels.
Greece's European partners have asked Tsipras to expedite procedures as...
Greece
Greek Prime Minister Aircraft Used for Sick Child's Transfer to Germany
The aircraft used for transportation of the Greek head of state has been put in emergency use for transferring a sick child to Hanover, Germany.
A spokesperson for "Smile of the Child" voluntary organization said that a 12-year-old girl with...
Greece
Controversial Der Spiegel Cover Depicts Merkel and Nazis in Acropolis
The latest issue of German magazine Der Spiegel features a controversial cover juxtaposing Chancellor Angela Merkel with a group of Nazi officers standing in front of the Parthenon in an old black and white picture taken during Germany's occupation...
Economy
'Restart of the Economy Bill' Passes in Greek Parliament
A bill titled "Regulations for the restart of the economy" passed in Parliament late on Friday night by roll-call vote, in principle and per article, under emergency voting procedures.
The bill, which settles arrears to the state and social security...
Economy
Greek Supreme Court Upholds 16.5% Interest Rate Charged by Credit Card Companies
Greece 's Supreme Court upheld the 16.5% interest rate charged by banks for credit card debt as legal in a case before the A1 civil section of the court.
The case was brought up by a consumer for a card...
Greece
Action Aid Experiment: How Racist Are Greeks?
How racist are Greek people? How do they feel about migrants? Action Aid, an international non-governmental organization whose primary aim is to work against poverty and injustice worldwide, carried out a social experiment in Athens to determine Greek people’s...
Economy
Greek Government Buys Some Time Again
On February 20, Greece and its European partners decided to move forward by agreeing that the new government will implement much-needed reforms in exchange of the continuation of financial aid.
On March 20, Greece and its European partners decided to...
Greece
Turkish Gunboat Violates Greek Territorial Waters for Several Minutes Off Agathonisi
The Turkish side has proceeded to yet another provocation earlier this (Friday) morning. Specifically, the gunboat “TCG POYRAZ” which was taking part in the Turkish Navy scheduled training program for the first quarter of 2015, entered the Greek territorial...