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"Christ in Greece Today" Exhibition by Makis Varlamis at the Museum of Byzantine Culture

The Greek painter, sculptor, architect and pedagogue Makis Varlamis, from Veria, whose talent has been internationally acknowledged, has been creating beautiful works of art during the past 50 years in Austria, 'his small Greece', as he calls it. He...

Greek Cinema: “Despair is not an Option”

Greece’s legendary monastic complex Meteora – which means ‘suspended rocks’ or ‘in the heavens above’ – is the setting for the new German-Greek co-production also titled Meteora. It is about a young monk and nun who find their growing illicit...

Forbes Magazine Ranks Greece Among Most Scenic Places In The World

Forbes Magazine has published an article, titled "The Best of Greece-But Should You Go?" that features Greece and its beauties. This is what they had to say about Greece: "Riots in Athens, emergency bailouts, austerity measures, threats of default. Clearly, the...

Potential Cooperation Between Armenia and Greece

Armenian Ambassador to Greece Gagik Ghalachyan met on Thursday with the Minister of National Defense Dimitris Avramopoulos to discuss prospects for bilateral cooperation. The sides discussed further development of cooperation between the two countries’ ministries, MFA press service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. They...

Foreign Media Focus on Eurogroup's Decision Regarding Greece's Bail-Out Package

The Eurogroup's decision regarding Greece's bail-out package has become the centre of attention for foreign media outlets, which are thoroughly reporting on the Eurogroup's decision. 'BBC News' has featured a report on Greece, titled "Eurozone ministers back 130bn-euro bailout for...

Second Greek Bailout: Almost Done!

Eurozone finance ministers are leaning towards approving the new $171-billion bailout for Greece. The second bailout for debt-laden country would resolve Athens' immediate repayment needs but seems unlikely to revive the nation's shattered economy. French Finance Minister Francois Baroin said...

100 Years Since the Birth of Nikiforos Vrettakos

On January 1st, 2012, 100 years had elapsed since the birth of the great Laconian poet Nikiforos Vrettakos, the poet of love, peace and humanism. Nikiforos Vrettakos published more than 20 collections of poetry, several novels and numerous other erudite...

The Telegraph: Greece Won’t See a Cent of The Great Bail-out

Over the weekend, the Greek parliament voted to accept Europe’s latest demands for spending cuts and tax rises and other reforms and retrenchments. The aim was to make it marginally less implausible that Greece will pay back the hundreds...

International Media Outlets Focus Their Attention on Greece

By Inga Athanasiadou Greece became the centre of attention for the international media once again, with different outlets reporting that Greece’s parliament debated painful austerity measures amid violent protests in Athens. 'BBC News' made a report on Greece saying that "Greek...