News from Greece

Eurovision Results: Denmark Wins; Greece Comes 6th

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:35:20 +0000 Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest won the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest – with Greece’s Agathon and Koza Mostra finishing 6th. Greece participated in the competition with the song “Alcohol is Free,” s a fusion between electronic dance and rebetiko sounds. The 20-year-old Danish singer won the annual competition with a barefoot performance backed by flutes and [...] read more...

Samaras Urges Chinese Invest in Greece

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:32:27 +0000 Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, talking to the Hellenic-Chinese business forum in Shanghai, called Chinese entrepreneurs to invest in Greece and to increase their business transactions with Greek entrepreneurs. “Those who invested in Greece’s failure were disappointed. We are fighting and we will win the battle, there’s no other choice for us. Greece writes its [...] read more...

Police Say Bank Robber Prison Escapee

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:24:15 +0000 Greek police said that they think a second man involved in an armed robbery that netted 1 million euros in Larissa, central Greece, on May 16 is also a fugitive from a Trikala prison break. Authorities said they matched fingerprints found at the scene with those of Klement Kala, one of 11 men who broke [...] read more...

Greece’s Muslims Cite “Slaughter” Threat

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:38 +0000 The Muslim Association of Greece (MAG) said that it has received a threatening note giving all Muslims, Greeks and foreigners, one month’s time to evacuate the country or be “slaughtered like chickens,” according to a statement released by the association on May 18. The note, published on the association’s webpage, is written in Greek, English [...] read more...

Cypriots Cede The Right to Rebel

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:37:20 +0000 Habitually, people will go to extremes to protect their national identity and country from repression, whether threatened from forces within or from the outside. If not dealt with effectively, social oppression will quickly grow and create an underclass where a powerful influential elite will constantly enjoy access to privileged opportunities and remain on top; just [...] read more...

Greece Recession Will Ease, Joblessness Won’t

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:52:07 +0000 Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ prediction that the country’s staggering economic crisis will start to abate and that a slow recovery will begin next year seems like, the country’s international debt inspectors said, but the record 27 percent unemployment rate will take years to come down and will probably stay above 20 percent for three [...] read more...

SYRIZA Back In The Lead Over ND

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:09:13 +0000 The major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), in a horse race with the ruling New Democracy (ND) Conservatives for popular support, has eked out a narrow lead over the rivals in a new poll, although the two are still are essentially tied as they have been in a slew of recent surveys. [...] read more...

May 19, Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:27:44 +0000 In 1994, May 19 was selected by the Greek parliament as the day to commemorate the Pontian Greek Genocide by the Turks. The Pontic Genocide is one of the darkest moments in history not only for Greeks, but also for mankind. The Genocide vanished from its ancestral and historic homeland in Pontus a culturally vibrant [...] read more...

Greece Celebrates International Museum Day on May 18

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:56:57 +0000 The Secretariat General of Culture of the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs in cooperation with the International Council of Museums branch in Greece presented the program of celebrating events on the occasion of the International Museum Day on Saturday, May 18. Several institutions from around the country will take place in the festivities [...] read more...

Congress Tourism in Greece Plummets

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:07:06 +0000 Greece was not included on the list with the 20 most popular congress destinations for 2012. The institution of congress tourism in Greece is moving downwards, according to the ICCA (International Congress & Convention Association) data. Athens ranked 35th with 55 conferences. Before 2011, Greece and Athens ranked 19th. The years 2011 and 2012 were [...] read more...