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Economic Crisis Hits Live Music Entertainment in Greece

The economic crisis has had a negative impact on live music venues in Greece as fewer people go out for entertainment, a National Center for Social Studies (EKKE) survey showed. According to EKKE, attendance in live cultural events and activities of...

10+1 Questions That Bore the Greeks

The characteristics in which foreigners associate Greeks are plentiful, to such an extent that they cannot imagine anything Greek without thinking of the following characteristics....... For them, Greece means tzatziki, syrtaki, souvlaki, Mykonos, bouzoukia, mousaka and of course ancient monuments....

Greece Imports Carnations for Bouzoukia

It appears that despite the crisis in Greece, nightclubs known as "bouzoukia" are still popular among Greeks who spend their money throwing carnations at their favorite singers as a token of admiration. Every week at least one truck carrying 500,000...

‘Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey’ Travels Around Athens

Joanna Lumley has been the subject of a fair bit of attention in Britain lately because of her documentary film titled 'Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey'. Many British viewers and 30,000,000 viewers worldwide became familiar with obscure pictures from Greece through...