News from Greece

Contemporary Theatrical Adaptation of Homer’s Iliad

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:39:09 +0000 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 Livathinos, will be presented by Polyplanity Productions on June 4-8. Fifteen actors and actresses appear [...] read more...

Crisis Affects Greeks’ Sexual Life

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:36:00 +0000 The Hellenic Society for the Study of Human Sexuality (EMAS) and the Andrology Institute of Athens conducted a research, according to which the financial crisis has affected Greeks’ personal and sexual life and has increased incidences of violence against women. The research was based on 600 men and 400 women who were interviewed via telephone. [...] read more...

Vice-Rector Cleared of iPhone Gift

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:22:33 +0000 Giannis Pantis, vice-rector of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, has been accused of allegedly using university funds to buy an iPhone device  to offer as a gift to actress Natalia Dragoumi. A Thessaloniki court acquitted him over charges of breath of faith, as reported in Kathimerini newspaper. While in court, Pantis blamed Giorgos [...] read more...

French Say Lagarde List Tax Collector

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:56:15 +0000 Disputing former Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou’s assertion that a list of 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret Swiss bank accounts he received in 2010 from then French finance chief Christine Lagarde was “unofficial and confidential,” French authorities said it was designed to be used to help find tax cheats. Papaconstantinou is now being [...] read more...

A Greek Portfolio at The Benaki Museum

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:17:53 +0000 Rendering homage to the prominent artist of the Greek Diaspora Constantine Manos, the Benaki Museum presents an exhibition / tribute to his renowned photographic series, A Greek Portfolio. With his exquisite images Manos invites us to travel with him to remote villages and islands of Greece in the 1960′s, where in a landscape of simple [...] read more...

Free Physical Exercise by MCH Training

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:16:15 +0000 When you hear about workout, you probably think of a gym, a group class or a stadium. Have you ever thought that you might be forgetting the simplest choice of all? OUTDOOR WORKOUT! This was the innovative idea of the MCH Training people when they started working on the ELA KI ESU (Come with us) [...] read more...

Student Stabs His Mother Over TV Dispute

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:29:09 +0000 The local society of  Agios Konstantinos of Agrinio is shocked by the news of a student who stabbed his mother because she told him to turn the TV off. The crime occurred at 2.20 after midnight when, according to preliminary information, the third grade senor high school student stabbed his mother to death. It all [...] read more...

Greeces Hopes OPAP Sale Speeds Privatizations

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:39:42 +0000 Greece Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the sale of gambling monopoly OPAP shows that Greece is serious about making reforms as a condition of rescue aid.  The deal, which will give Czech-Greek consortium Emma Delta a 33 percent stake in the gambling monopoly, will bring in 712 million euros, about $915.48 million. “It is important [...] read more...

Samaras Says Foreign Investors Saviors

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:27:03 +0000 Days after returning from a trip to China to woo business, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the way out of the country’s crushing economic crisis is for foreign companies to invest in the country, which means overcoming its reputation s unfriendly to business and problems such as labyrinthine bureaucratic delays, and frequent bribery requests [...] read more...

Dream Weddings Organized in Crete

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:42:28 +0000 Maybe Greece has lately been in the eye of the storm due to the economic downturn, foreign austerity policies and social upheavals, but the country remains undoubtedly a top favorite destination for thousands of people around the world. The latest trends show that it is not merely tourists who choose Greece for their summer vacations, [...] read more...