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Eleven-Year-Old Sends Letter to Greek PM

Eleven-year-old Nikiforos Papadopoulos sent a letter to the Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, concerning the closing down of the state public broadcaster, ERT. “I wrote and sent a letter to the prime minister and I asked him to re-open ERT...

Atlantis Fantasy Drama on BBC

BBC is going to replace Merlin in the schedules with a Greek myth family adventure show, Atlantis, written by Misfits’ Howard Overman. This new fantasy drama, that will travel us to the legendary island of Atlantis, featuring Mark Addy...

World Media Says Cyprus Still Uncertain

If Cyprus' government is breathing some relief that it has relented to demands from international lenders to confiscate bank accounts to trigger a 10 billion euros ($13 billion) the international press believes that the country's future is still bleak. The...

Stournaras Sees Greek Recovery in 2014

Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras said the government has saved the country from its crushing economic crisis and that a deep recession, now in its sixth year, will end and recovery will begin next year, a prediction at odds...

BBC on Greek Fakelaki

The BBC posted an extensive article on Greek websites which host complaints about  corruption in the public sector. The article attempts to translate the word fakelaki, referring to websites such as edosafakelaki.org. According to the interpretation: “Treatment is supposed to...

BBC Says Golden Dawn Attacked SYRIZA MP

A BBC documentary on Greece’s rising neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party aired a recording that claims its members were behind the beating of a Member of Parliament from the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) that could disprove the extremists...

World Media's Take on Greek Austerity

This is the way the global media views the voting support for austerity that took place in the Parliament on Nov. 7.: The German magazine Der Spiegel in its online edition refers to the outcome as very important in...

BBC Reports from Arta in Epirus about Greek Families Leaving the Capital

BBC's Mark Lowen roams throughout Greece sending reports from the ground to describe the actual situation of the country affected by crisis.  His latest report titled "Greece sees exodus from city to country life'" is from Pahikalamos village in...

No Apology From British Journalist Who Said ‘Greece Should be Vomited Out of Euro’

In a discussion with guests about the Greek economy on Wednesday night's program, Jeremy Paxman said, "So the rest of the Eurozone now contemplates something we were being told wasn't conceivable recently, that, like a bad kebab, Greece is...

Despite London-like Rain, Athens Hands Olympic Flame Over to UK

Despite the rainy weather, thousands of Athens' residents gathered at Panathenaiko Stadium on May 18 to celebrate the  handing over of the Olympic flame to London. The flame, symbolizing purity because it comes directly from the sun, has been carried...