Meeting in Brussels yesterday evening (23 May), EU heads of state and governments indirectly called on Greek voters to support the mainstream political parties in support of the EU/IMF bailout programme as talk of a Greek exit from the euro zone continued to gather pace. Greece has been a major issue of debate during the [...]
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A Crisis of Democracy: Greece
Since the elections of May 6, Greece has been in all media headlines in Europe, with the focus being on the Greek left party SYRIZA that on a platform of reversing austerity, won second place. As negotiations with the other political parties came to a standstill and failed to produce a viable government, new elections are [...]
Greece and Cyprus Pass to Eurovision Final (Video)
Eleftheria Eleftheriou and Ivi Adamou (photo) will both be at the Eurovison 2012 final. The singers, who represent Greece and Cyprus respectively, amazed the crowds in Azerbaijan, where the contest is taking place, and qualified for the final. Eleftheriou’s song “Aphrodisiac” is in English. Watch her performance at the Eurovision semifinal below: Ivi Adamou’s song [...]
Panagiotis Pikrammenos: Greece’s One-night Stand ‘Embittered’ New PM
There is a country where people no longer laugh and everyone is gloomy and miserable. This country’s Prime Minister is called Panagiotis Pikrammenos a.k.a “embittered” and reflects perfectly the feelings reigning in its citizens, wrote a Greek 19-year-old university student on his twitter account the day Pikrammenos was appointed as Greece’s caretaker Prime Minister. The [...]
Film Fest Opens in Athens With Tribute to John Cassavetes
A tribute to director John Cassavetes will be the curtain raiser at this year’s edition of the Tainiorama film festival, which is set to run for 42 days through June 27 at the Asty Cinema in Athens. There will be 42 thematic units at this year’s festival and 126 films from all over the world, [...]
TUI ‘Regrets’ the Current Tourism Situation in Greece
Tour operators are battling a drop of about 30 percent in bookings to Greece from Germans, the world’s biggest spenders on foreign holidays, who have been put off by anti-German sentiment following the country’s financial bailout. According to Reuters, Chief Financial Officer OF German travel and tourism group TUI, Horst Baier said, “I regret this [...]
Reuters: Banks Prepare for the Return of the Drachma
Banks are quietly readying themselves to start trading a new Greek currency. Some banks never erased the drachma from their systems after Greece adopted the euro more than a decade ago and would be ready at the flick of a switch if its debt problems forced it to bring back national banknotes and coins. From [...]
Greece Prepares to Light Olympic Flame
The Olympic flame for this summer’s London Games will be lit Thursday in Ancient Olympia, the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) announced on Tuesday. The Flame will be lit “with every solemnity, according to the traditional way,” the HOC said in a statement. Ceremonies at the site where the first Olympics were held some 2,800 years ago [...]
Greek Elections 2012: Secret Opinion Polls Show There’s More Drama Ahead
Greece’s election on Sunday is expected to usher in such political instability that officials from the country’s major parties are planning another possible election within months. Latest secret opinion polls show no clear winner emerging from the vote, with the two main parties – center-right New Democracy and PASOK’s socialists – together gathering a [...]
40 Illegal Immigrants Stopped at Sea
The Greek Coastal Guard has intercepted a suspicious boat off the coast of Astakos, in southwestern Greece. The boat was carrying 40 male illegal immigrants. Both the captain and the immigrants have been arrested. Although Greek border police and Frontex (the European force that controls EU borders) have stepped up checks, the number of illegal [...]
May Day: Greeks Protest Over Austerity Measures
Greek workers have joined May Day rallies in Athens, to vent their anger over painful austerity measures. The capital has come to a standstill. Buses and trains are not running and public sector offices have been shut down. Those protesting want debt-ridden Greece to reject the terms of international bailout loans, saying they are fed [...]
Germany and Greece During the Crisis: Who Wins, Who Loses?
Unemployment has surged to 18.8 percent from 13.3 percent only a year ago. Overburdened public hospitals are facing critical shortages of everything from syringes to bandages. Children faint out of starvation in schools. Rates of suicide, homelessness, crime and HIV cases from intravenous drug use are jumping like crazy. And instead of focusing on the [...]
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05 / 24 EU Leaders Tell Greek Voters to Make “The Right Choice”
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05 / 23 A Crisis of Democracy: Greece
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05 / 23 Fearing Eurozone Exit, More Greeks Stop Paying Taxes
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05 / 23 Market Watch: ‘If Greece Exits Eurozone, Replace It With Turkey’
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05 / 23 Pilot Program Allows Immediate Visa for Turkish Tourists on Arrival to Greek Islands
Calendar – Exhibits, Concerts, Fun
- Thessaloniki: 50 Year Anniversary Commemorated of Seferis Literature Nobel Prize May 23, 2012
- ‘Doctors of the World’ International Conference to be Held in Greece May 22, 2012
- Crete is a Mediterranean ‘Treasure’ of Aromatic Plants and Herbs May 22, 2012
- Crete to Export Products to Australia May 21, 2012
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