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Europe
Alkinoos Ioannidis’s Concert in Berlin
The well-loved songwriter and performer Alkinoos Ioannidis gave a concert on April 25 in Passionskirche in Berlin. Ioannidis performed with Yiorgos Kaloudis, a cello and Cretan lyre virtuoso.
Ioannidis performed his own songs as well as songs written by Nikos...
Diaspora
Berlin’s Greek Cultural Center to shut down
The Cultural Center of the Greek Community of Berlin is under threat to shut down, as the city's government has decided to stop financing its operation by the end of March 2013.
The President of the center, Kiriakos Fotiadis, told...
Europe
GNTO Plans Berlin Classic Campaign
Greek National Tourism Organisation (NGTO) Secretary General Panos Livadas said that the agency will launch a promotion at the 2013 IBT travel trade show in Berlin next month to lure more visitors.
At a presentation of NGTO's tourism promotion campaign...
Greece
Samaras to Meet Merkel in Berlin Next Week
The German government says Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Berlin next week.
Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert said Merkel will welcome Samaras to the chancellery on Tuesday.
He said Friday that the informal meeting offers an...
Culture
Greek Treasures in Berlin’s Pergamon Museum
By Catherine Tsounis
"Absolutely everyone on my Kontiki Tour was heading to one place in Berlin: the Pergamon Museum which is the best Ancient Greek Museum in Europe,” said Despina Siolas. “It is amazing how all the museums of Germany...
Europe
Kefaloyanni Pitches Greece in Germany
Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefaloyanni, in an interview with the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, said that this year some 16 million visitors will come to Greece, better than expected during the crushing economic crisis, but still a downturn.
She said...
Europe
Greek Diplomat’s Car Torched in Berlin
Berlin police say they're investigating an apparent arson attack on a car belonging to Greeces military attache in the German capital.
Police said the car was spotted ablaze early Monday in downtown Berlin. It was totally destroyed.
The Greek Embassy says...
Europe
A Memorial Dedicated to the Victims of Genocide in the Ottoman Empire will be Built in Berlin
An ecumenical memorial dedicated to more then 3, 5 million Christians martyred in the Ottoman Empire in the beginning of the 20th century will be built in Berlin. The pre anointment ceremony of the memorial will take place on...
Europe
Berlin Rivals London in Attracting Greek Money
Greek capital transfers for the purchase of property abroad, particularly Germany, have acquired a steady pace in recent months, daily Kathimerini reports.
"We are doing business with people interested in properties that are taxed less and yield higher returns than...
Europe
Solidarity Protest for the Greek People in Germany
A solidarity protest within the international "We are all Greeks" worldwide campaign in support of the Greek people was organized Saturday, February 18, in Berlin.
Dozens of Greeks and Germans gathered in Wittneberg Square and expressed their support for debt-ridden...