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Tsipouro Restaurants in Volos ISO Certified

Following an initiative of the Catering and Entertainment Association of Magnesia, which aims at promoting gastronomic tourism and protecting the reputation of the tsipouro restaurants in the region that are the reference point for both locals and visitors, Volos’...

New Bridge Between Turkey and Greece

Ankara and Athens have initiated efforts to build a new bridge between Turkey and Greece to ease traffic, Anatolia news agency reported quoting Turkish Deputy Minister of Customs and Trade, Fatih Metin. Metin examined the border gate of Ipsala on...

Ukrainians Flock to Crete

After his participation in an economic-business forum in Kiev, Ukraine, Stavros Arnaoutakis, governor for the Crete Region, stated that the number of Ukrainian tourists to visit Crete will rise by 200 percent this summer. Arnaoutakis was invited by his Ukrainian...

Political Feud Holds Up Anti-Racism Bill

Greece's coalition government is sharply divided over an anti-racism bill that is aimed at controlling the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party by imposing stricter penalties for assaults, primarily on immigrants, of which the extremists have been accused but which it...

Post-Byzantine Art At Budapest University

The Central European University (CEU) and in particular the Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (CEMS) conducted the conference Post-Byzantine Art: Orthodox Christian Art in a Non-Byzantine” World? on May 15-16. The fall of the Byzantine Empire meant the end of...

Tribute to Agathon and Koza Mostra

Wall Street Journal in an extensive article made a special tribute to acclaimed 58-year-old Agathon Iakovidis and the Greek band Koza Mostra. At the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 which took place in the Swedish city Malmo, the Greek entrant finished...

EU Withdraws Ban On Olive Oil Bottles

After much objection, the European Commission was pulled back its ban on small glass bottles used for serving olive oil in many restaurants across Europe, initially imposed for fear that refillable bottles cannot ensure the quality of the product. An...

AMCHAM Makes Investor Pitch In N.Y.

Some 28 Greek companies will be attending an investment forum in New York sponsored by the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) an event aimed at showing Wall Street that Greece is slowly beginning to recover and as its banks...

Extension of Tourist Season for Ios

This year, the municipal authorities of Ios are trying to extend the period of receiving and hosting tourists on the island. The Aegean island can accommodate up to 6,000 people with occupancy for June and July already, but the...

German Party Likes Greek Euro Exit

A new German anti-euro party says that the  currency is to blame for Europe's unemployment woes and that Spain and Greece should quit the euro as a way to return to economic health, even though Greek Prime Minister Antonis...

The Richest Greeks of Australia

Seven Greek-Australians are among the 200 richest people in Australia, according to the list published by the financial magazine BRW. The richest Greek in Australia is Kostas Makris, the former owner of the Greek football club Panachaiki, with 900 million...

Tzortzinis’ Lens Capture The Sad Face of Athens

Angelos Tzortzinis, a Greek photographer for NYT takes a walk in crisis-stricken Greece to illustrate with his camera the worrying rise in prostitutes, new street drugs and HIV incidences in central Athens. Tzortzinis noted, "With the country heading into the...

UNICEF: 600,000 Children Below Poverty Line in Greece

The results of a report carried out jointly by UNICEF and Athens University under the title, The state of children in Greece 2013, came into light at a press conference on May 22. According to a UNICEF official, almost 600,000...

Georges Moustaki Dies at 79

Georges Moustaki, the French singer-songwriter and composer of Greek origin, died on the morning of May 23 at the age of 79, his entourage said. Moustaki, who is best known for his poetic rhythm and simplicity, had written songs...

Contemporary Theatrical Adaptation of Homer’s Iliad

For the first time in the history of the Greek theater, the audience will have the opportunity to watch the theatrical adaptation of The Iliad of Homer. In the Athens Festival, the contemporary adaptation of the Iliad  directed by Stathis...