Greece
Greece
Media Protest Government Censorship
Media outlets in Greece plan a 24-hour general strike on Wednesday (31 October) in response to deteriorating press freedoms and cuts in social security and labour rights.
Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras filed an amendment that could also undermine a...
Culture
Nude on the Parthenon: Nelly’s Daring Photos Banned by Facebook
Nelly (1899 – 1998) was a Greek female photographer and the first artist to photograph a nude dancer on the Acropolis. Her pictures of ancient Greek temples set against sea and sky backgrounds helped shape the visual image of...
Greece
April 21, 1967: Military Junta Places Greece in Shackles
On April 21st, 1967, Greece woke up with a military junta taking over power and putting the country in shackles for seven years
Greece
The Top Ten Films of Greek Cinema
The top ten films of Greek cinema are hard to define because, although many may not know it, the Greek film industry is one of the oldest and best. It took root in the early 1900s. WWI, the wars...
Greece
Greece Accused of Limiting Press Freedom in Combating Fake News
Greece has been accused of limiting the freedom of the press freedom after the government earlier in the week brought before Parliament changes to the penal law that foresees heavy penalties for media that are deemed to spread fake news.
The...
Greece
Greece Accused of Imposing News Blackout from Migrant Camps
Human rights groups say that a new law approved recently by the Greek Parliament imposes a general news blackout on the dozens of migrant and refugee facilities dotted around the country.
Under the new law, workers operating within a refugee...
Greece
April 21, 1967: A Date Most Greeks Want to Forget
(Makarezos, Pattakos, Papadopoulos)
For the army colonels who overthrew the government and established a seven-year long cruel dictatorship, April 21, 1967...
Greece
The Greek Titanic: The Shipwreck that Cost More than 4,000 Lives
One of the worst maritime tragedies in history took place in Greece and cost almost four times as many lives as those taken in the Titanic disaster; yet the sinking of the "Oria" in the Saronic Gulf in February...
Greece
When Art Causes Reactions, Bans and Rioting in Greece
One thing we can all agree on is that Greeks generally love controversy. The cancellation of a film premiere about a basketball club triumph due to threats from opposing sports fans was just the latest in a series of...
Greece
Greek Student Creates Program that Detects Fake News on the Internet
A 20-year-old student from the computer department of the University of Macedonia has created a program that detects fake news on the internet, an Athens News Agency report says.
Valentinos Tzekas from Larissa created a program with several parameters and...
Art
German 'Documenta 14' Exhibition to be Held in Athens!
Documenta 14, one of the world’s biggest international modern art exhibitions, has been held in the German city of Kassel since 1955. For the first time the exhibition will take place in two cities – Kassel and Athens.
“Inspiration could...
Greece
Turkish Provocations in Aegean Alert Greek Diplomacy, Defense Ministry
The frequency of violations of Greece's airspace and territorial waters along with Ankara's doubting of the Treaty of Lausanne have alerted the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) and diplomatic circles.
Greek diplomats have been briefing high-level NATO and European...
Cyprus
Islamic Turkey & Cyprus
Like all religions, evil thrives on fear and ignorance. To retain its dominance, evil draws its strength from the weakness of those who are trapped in slavery by their own fears and obsessions. If allowed, evil can actually devour...
Greece
195 Years Since the First Greek Newspaper Publication
August 1 marks the 195th anniversary since the first Greek newspaper “Elliniki Salpinx” was published in Kalamata by Theoklitos Farmakidis. The newspaper was published using the printing equipment that Demetrios Ypsilantis had brough to Greece from Trieste.
Farmakidis, was born...
Crime
Stage Play Controversy Reveals a Government with Twisted Views on Terrorism
It could have been a play that would go unnoticed by the general public. After all the Experimental Stage of the National Theater of Greece caters mostly to avid theater lovers. Yet, the fact that "The Nash Equilibrium" is...