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Education
Student Represents Greece at European Youth Parliament
A Greek student at Aristotle College of Thessaloniki, Vagialena Drampa, is just 16-years-old and has proved that teens have structured reason, informed judgment and can understand even serious issues of fundamental principles of the European Union, such as human...
Greece
The Bus That Spreads Entrepreneurship Around Greece
CampusBus is a five month campaign promoting entrepreneurship, business skills and a “startup mentality” all around Greece. The project is delivered through a training team travelling on a bus around Greece, setting up week-long training camps in larger towns and...
Cyprus
Cyprus 'Launches' into the Space Era
Until recently, space was considered an exotic destination that we all wanted to visit and explore, but few dared. Nowadays, it isn't an inaccessible world full of secrets. In recent years, not only are researchers and scientists interested in...
Crime
Golden Dawn Deputy Used Fake Plates
Only a couple of days after a former transport minister, Michalis Liapis - who got booted from the New Democracy Conservatives for it - was charged with driving a luxury car with false license plates to avoid paying a...
Australia
Greek Candidates in Australian Labor Party
Four Greek Australians are candidates with the Labor Party at the next state elections in Victoria.
Steve Dimopoulos is candidate for Oakleigh, Nick Staikos for Bentleigh, Helena Consta for Frankston and Philip Dalidakis for the Senate.
Mikakou Jenny, Jennifer Kanis and...
Education
University Senate Saves Semester by Extending Teaching Until Summer
The Senate of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens announced that the duration of the academic year will be from December 16-August 9. The academic semester was considered to be lost. However, the Senate’s decision managed to save semester.
In...
Greece
Greek Church Goes Digital
One would say that the Greek Orthodox Church is rather conservative and doesn't keep pace with technology, but it appears that things are starting to change.
The Archdiocese of Athens, trying to reduce bureaucracy, has created a communication network. The Greek Orthodox Church is...
Crime
Greek Police Chief Accused by Amnesty International of Racist Comments
Amnesty International has called on the Greek government to investigate allegations that the Greek Chief of Police advised officers that undocumented immigrants should be detained for as long as possible, and their “lives made unbearable.” This was part of a related...
Australia
The Greek Who Changed the Face of the Gold Coast
Jim Raptis changed the face of the most cosmopolitan region of Australia -- the Gold Coast.
Raptis is the Honorary Consulate General of Greece in Australia who once owned a construction enterprise that went bankrupt four years ago due to the...
Culture
Greek Archbishop of America: ‘Hagia Sophia Must Not Become a Mosque’
Archbishop of America, Demetrios, expressed his deep concern over the statements of turning Hagia Sophia of Istanbul into a Muslim mosque.
In a related announcement of the archdiocese, "His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America,...
Greece
Tension During Greek Farmers Rally
Thousands of farmers from all over Greece gathered at Syntagma Square early this morning in preparation of their rally at noon against the government’s controversial tax bill. The farmers are protesting about the new tax on real estate and...
Economy
Economic Recession Hits the Greek Military
As much as we all want to think of Christmas Holidays as a very cheerful time of year, this is not something that jives with reality.
In Greece, where the economic crisis has been going on for some years now,...
Economy
Greek Stock Market Fourth Best Υield in the World
A CNBC study showed that the Greek stock market has one of the best yields in the world. In fact, the ASE was ranked fourth on a global scale for 2013.
First place went to the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange...
Business
Fears for Horse Racing in Greece
In an unprecedented move, a group of civil servants of the State-owned Hellenic Horse Racing Organization (ODIE) have demanded that the Greek government together with the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED), move forward as fast as possible with the corporation’s...
Europe
Chatzimarkakis Angered Over Angela Merkel Comment
German MEP Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, who has Greek origins, was upset with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the summit in Brussels because of her statements that “a Solidarity Fund will lead to a European budget, to achieve convergence.”
MEP Chatzimarkakis noted...