Austria

During an open debate in Vienna, Austria, Alexander Wrabetz, General Manager of the Austrian public service broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) said that the European Union is also responsible for the closure of the Greek national broadcaster ERT. Wrabetz said: “Of...

Austrian citizens from the State of Upper Austria began a major initiative to provide help to Greek citizens who have been financially affected by the crisis of recent years in Greece, according to a publication of the Austrian newspaper...

In an interview to the Austrian newspaper Der Standard, Ioannis Afukatudis, of Greek descent, who heads the Austrian branch of the Thomas Cook travel agency, expressed his belief that Greek tourism is experiencing a “regeneration” and that Greece has...

Hubert, Erna, Anelize, Hans and Charlotte, from Graz, Austria, do not dance waltz or polka in their free time, but syrtos and pentozalis, hasaposerviko and other Greek folk dances. They 'caught“ the “virus” of Greek folk dances after their vacation...

“Freedom of speech in Greece in not threatened by the closure of ERT,” Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Regional Policy stated, making it clear though that the Troika had not requested the closure of Greece's state-owned public radio and...

For the second year in a row and wanting to send a message of solidarity to the Greek people, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Austria is organizing the Pentecost Sunday on June 23, in the historic district of the...

The Austrian newspaper Oberosterreichische Nachrichten published a tribute to western Greece under the title The Virgin Greece, and wrote of a tour that starts at Parga and ends at Lefkada following the “traces of mythology”. In its presentation of Parga,...

The Austrian daily newspaper, Die Presse, published a full page tribute to Chios, “the island of 53,000 people which offers calm in quiet mountain villages and small bays,” with the title, Retro-charm thanks to the economic crisis, while a...

The Austrian newspaper Kleine Zeitung, joining a chorus of those who have discovered that Greece's crushing economic crisis and austerity measures are making people flee their homeland, particularly the young and educated, wrote that, “Greece is losing its best...

The two Greek Orthodox churches located in the historical Greek Community in the center of Vienna, the church of the Holy Trinity and Saint George, will participate in 2013 Long Night of Churches (Lange Nacht der Kirchen). It is...