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Greece Embassy Opens Lagos Liaison Office

Individuals and organisations in Lagos and its environs, who pursue different concerns with Greece and its nationals, have been boosted by the official opening of the embassy’s new liaison office at Oyingbo Sunday. At the opening of the office, which...

The Killing Season Opens in Greece

Some murders are justified. Putting a bullet in Hitler's head would have saved about 40 million lives and spared the world of the horrors wrought by a maniac. Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party believes he should have won the...

Mother Abuses Daughter With her Lover

From the age of 14, a young girl was raped systematically by the 51-year-old lover of her mother. The teenage girl has been suffering 4 years of torture from her mother's lover; her mother not only tolerated the situation but...

Young Man in Mytilene Returns Bag with 2,800 euros

A lesson of honesty is to be learned from a 29-year-old in Mytilene, from a town on the island of Lesbos, in North Aegean, Greece, who found and gave back a ladies bag containing the sum of 2,800 euros....

Reactions On First Sunday Opening of Stores

The first “experiment” of Sunday shops opening that took place on Sunday the 3rd of November was proven successful, as the movement in many chain stores and supermarkets in Athens and Piraeus show consumers responded well to the opening...

Playwright Giannis Kalamitsis Passes Away

The playwright, lyricist and radio producer Giannis Kalamitsis, after many months of hospitalization at the Sismanoglio Hospital in Athens, Greece, passed away at the age of 74. The well-known radio producer lost the fight with renal insufficiency that for...

Mead, the Nectar of the Gods Becomes a Trend in Canada

In the last decade, the Canadians, with rising excitement started producing and consuming mead, a sweet alcoholic drink made from honey, water and yeast and known from the ancient times. It is said to be the common drink among...

Church of St. Paul Discovered in Turkey?

One of the greatest pilgrimage sites for Christians could possibly be in Karaman, Central Turkey. Turkish archeologists are researching if the ancient city of Derbe, once the home of Saint Paul, one of the founders of Christianity, is in...

Stournaras Aims For Troika Deal

With envoys from international lenders due back in Athens this week, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said he's hoping that "common sense" will reign and that Greece's message that it's doing better than expected will lead for less stringent measures...

Singapore Airlines Returns to Athens

Singapore Airlines will be returning to the Greek capital Athens on a temporary basis between June and October 2014 to meet expected demand during the peak summer travel season. Flights will be operated twice per week, on Mondays and Thursdays,...

Spiegel: Greece Fears the Revenge of neo-Nazis

The German news magazine Der Spiegel talks about a rising concern in Greece after the killing of two Golden Dawn members on the evening of Friday November 1st in Neo Irakleio, a suburb in the northern part of Athens,...

Hurriyet: “Terrorist Trained in Greece Target Erdogan and Gul”

The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, claims that there was a plan of assassinating Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Abdullah Gul, by DHKP-C. The plan was uncovered with the help of Greek secret agencies. The Turkish authorities have invaded several homes and 7...

A Walk Through the Tasty Part of Athens

The special tastes of charcuterie, chocolate treats, Greek herbs, spices, fine spirits and nuts emerged a few days ago in the center of Athens, Greece. Many corner stores, bakeries, restaurants and other shops of central Athens, from Syntagma to Omonia,...

Zakynthos Broke Tourism Record in 2013

On Sunday 3rd of November, 2013, the last flight from Zakynthos Airport with destination to London will take place, carrying the last tourists who were vacationing on the island until now. Included on this international flight were the total number...

OAEE: Debt of 7.5 Billion Threatens Pensions

The Self Employed Workers' Insurance Organization (OAEE) is about to collapse, while one out of two insured do not pay any contribution taxes- and in this way, threatening the entire System. It is reported that the monthly fee revenue is...