Society
Greece
OXI Day: Iconic Images of Greece in WWII
On October 28th, millions around the world will commemorate OXI Day, a day honoring Greece’s courageous resistance during WWII.
On October 28th, 1940, the Italian ambassador to Greece, Emanuele Grazzi delivered an ultimatum from Benito Mussolini to Prime Minister Ioannis...
Economy
Spiegel: Who’s Responsible for the Greek crisis?
The online Spiegel publication support that the financial downturn is affecting mostly the middle class in Greece. This publication is connected to research made by Fragiska Megaloudi and Stelios Papardelas who are referring to problems that the economic crisis...
Greece
Roma Child Returned to her Mother After DNA Testing
The result of DNA profiling proved the allegations of the 43-year-old woman who claimed to be the biological mother of the child found in North Aegean in Mytilene, to be true.
This result was identified by DNA method in the...
Greece
Why Little Maria is Blonde While Her Roma Parents Are Not
Little blonde mystery girl Maria is not an "abducted western baby" found in Greece but a Roma girl from Bulgaria that is possibly an albino.
DNA tests proved that her biological parents are Roma from Bulgaria, Sasha Ruseva and Atana Rusev....
Greece
Christos Groutsos, Best Backgammon Player in Greece
Christos Groutsos, a doctor from Trikala, a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, is the best backgammon (better known in Greece as tavli) player in the country. Groutsos has also gained international titles for his playing, as he became world...
Education
Girl of Albanian Origin to Hold Greek Flag
As published by candia.gr, a school in Hersonisos, Crete, was cause for talk throughout the region. Parents and students reacted when the school decided that an Albanian student will be the leader of the school parade on October 28. The...
Greece
DNA Test: This is the Mother of the Little Blond Girl Found in Greece
According to the results of the DNA test, published by The Ministry of Interior of Bulgaria, Sasa and Atanas Rusevi are the biological parents of the little blond girl.
Svetlozar Lazarov, general secretary of the Ministry, reported that "the results...
Crime
Greek Couple Arrested for Buying Baby
The Greek police arrested a couple suspected of having purchased an 8-month-old Roma girl and trying to register her as their own child. The couple, a 53-year-old man and his 48-year-old wife, were arrested in Ano Liosia.
According to an announcement...
Economy
Stournaras: 500 million euros Should Come From Social Security Funds
The Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras opened the discussion for new measures saying that next year the government will seek an additional 500 million euros in budget cuts from social security funds.
In an interview with Greek newspaper “Ta Nea”...
Greece
Are You a "Real Greek?"
If you have doubts about how Greek you are, then you have to read the following list with all the characteristics of a "real Greek." If most of them sound familiar to you then... you are definitely Greek. This rather...
Greece
Mass Surveillance Of Journalists Due to Skouries Mine Case
Transcripted phone conversations of journalists that work in Greek and foreign media is included in the criminal file of those who are accused for participating in a “criminal organization” in Skouries. According to Eleftherotypia, phone interviews that the members...
Greece
Bulgarian Media: Τhis is the Mother of the Little Blond Girl Found in Greece (Video)
According to the Bulgarian media, there is new data for the case of Maria, the little blond girl found in Greece. It appears that her biological parents were found in the town Stara Zagora in Bulgaria.
As reported in the...
Greece
Little Blond Girl Maria's Biological Parents Found in Bulgaria?
According to the Bulgarian media, there is new data for the case of Maria, the little blond girl found in Greece. It appears that her biological parents were found in the town Stara Zagora in Bulgaria.
As reported in the...
Europe
Council of Europe: Far-Right Gangs Attack Roma Camps
“Invasions of Roma Camps all over Europe, are not only by the police, but also from far-right gang groups, and are becoming a common phenomenon after the incident that occurred in Greece -little Maria who was found in a...
events
"KaliMerhaba" Project-Exploration of Thessaloniki and Izmir
Five young people from Thessaloniki, Greece, and five from Izmir, Turkey, started a ten-month voyage in order to investigate the common elements of the two cities and record them using new technologies.
As the project’s official facebook account informs us...