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Teacher Accused of Urging Students to Slap Classmate

A 50-year-old teacher is detained in the Police Department of Arta, central Greece, following a complaint made ​​by the mother of an 8-year-old student. The mother reported that the teacher urged her son's classmates to slap him, as a...

Confused Greeks Favor SYRIZA, Coalition

On the heels of an earlier poll this month that showed the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) taking a big lead in Athens and Attica over the ruling New Democracy Conservatives of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras,...

Eurostat: Greece's Debt Increased

Despite the recession and the austerity measures, the Greek public debt increased in the third quarter of 2013, with a 19.5% total increase in a year. According to Eurostat, Greece is the champion of debt as far as Gross Domestic...

Greece Offers 4M Euro Reward For Escaped Terrorists

After releasing them on furloughs from which they walked away, there is now a 4 million euros ($5.4 million) reward being put up by an embarrassed Greek government for information that would lead to the capture of two terrorists...

The Greek 'Moustaki': A mustache with history!

Men can change their style just by shaving. They wake up in the morning and depending on their mood, they can have a beard (long or short), a three-day stubble, sideburns (although old-fashioned), or a mustache. But for now,...

Greece Second in Falling Property Prices

New data by the Bank of Greece reveal that the Greek real estate market slumped by 9.2 percent during the third quarter of 2013, which according to Eurostat was the second-worst performance among European Union countries, following new EU...

Australian Leadership to Attend Greek Festival

The entire Australian political leadership will be attending the opening of the Greek festival of Melbourne. Both the Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, and the leader of the Federal Opposition, Bill Shorten confirmed that they will attend the opening...

Stournaras to Visit Australia in February

The Greek Minister of Finances, Yiannis Stournaras is expected to visit Sydney from February 20 to February 22, in order to attend the council of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. Meanwhile, the Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott is currently...

Bad Loans Overwhelm Greek Banks

Crushed by big pay cuts, tax hikes, slashed pensions and austerity measures that have created record unemployment, deep poverty and a harsh recession, so many people can't pay what they owe that Greek banks expect bad loans will hit...

World's Best Hotel Pool in Greece

Andrew Harper, who loves luxury travels, has developed a travel community offering personalized services and exclusive benefits to travelers seeking luxury accommodation and travel. In Harper’s “Best Recognition Awards” for 2014, the hotel Amanzo'e in Peloponnese, Greece, was awarded for...

Deutsche Welle: Greeks Exploit Greeks in Germany

In the first decades following the Second World War, Greeks traveled to Germany organized. They knew that there would be someone to welcome them at the train station, that they would have a house, security and above all a...

UN Dismayed Over Migrant Boat Sinking in Greece

The United Nations refugee agency has expressed dismay at the capsizing of a boat carrying migrants to Greece illegally, leaving 12 people feared drowned. The UNCHR late Tuesday urged the government to investigate why the accident occurred as a stranded...

A Greek Woman Among ‘One Young World’ Representatives for 2014

A woman from Thessaloniki, Greece, with former experience in international youth conferences will represent not only Greece, but a total of ten countries in the Balkans, southern Europe and the Mediterranean in the international conference of the non-profit international...

Greek News in Turkish!

The Greek TV station Channel 6 (Kanali 6) in the region of Xanthi, Thrace, northeastern Greece and the journalist John Sidiropoulos decided to create a 6 minute information bulletin in Turkish. The purpose was to reduce the isolation felt by...

Seven Greeks Who Became Famous Through YouTube

Most of us use the internet and social media to keep in touch with friends and family, meet new people, read the news and stay informed. However, some others are using the power of the internet and specifically youtube...