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German Tourists in Crete Say 'We Don't Pay for Beers Because You Owe Us'

A night club in Hersonissos on Crete was turned into a Far West Saloon, when German tourists denied paying for the bill. The Germans, after having consumed much alcohol, had fun in a crowded bar of Hersonissos, and did not want...

WSJ: Dunant Hospital΄s Employees Haven΄t Paid 2012 Salaries

Henry Dunant Hospital, a gleaming, state-of-the-art facility in central Athens, is one of the best medical centers in Greece. But quality hasn΄t protected it from one of the most troubling trends of the country΄s economic crisis: a plague of...

National Geographic Pays Tribute to Greece

For the past few years, most international media agencies have been focusing on the Greek debt crisis, the political instability, the social turmoil and the possible Euro exit that could doom the future of both Greece and the EuroZone. National...

National Technical University of Athens Wins Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Prize

On June 1, the EU prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra was awarded. The ceremony took place in Lisbon, Portugal, with Greek-Cypriot Commissioner Androula Vassiliou announcing the six winners. Among them, there was one Greek project from the Architect School...

Black-Cash-Greeks Love Posh London

A few days ago, Ms. Lagarde accused all Greeks of being tax evaders and said she feels no pity whatsoever for the Greek kids who faint out of starvation in school yards because their parents don’t pay their taxes....

Book on the Cuban Five to be Published in Greece

The Greek Diethnes Vima publishing house will put the book “Los Cinco luchadores cubanos en las cárceles de EE.UU.” (The Five Cuban Fighters in US Prisons) up for sale next week, an initiative aimed at bringing information about the...

Greece Falls Second to Last in Competitiveness Ranking

Amidst the constant talking over necessary development measures, meaning primarily investments from foreign corporations, the International Institute for Management Development shows that Greece must work really hard to see progress any time soon. The results of this year’s study were...

Golden Dawn Supporters Attack Passengers on Athens Metro

On Tuesday night, supporters of Golden Dawn attacked an immigrant who was in the metro en route to/from Piraeus - Kifisia. At 11pm, a man from Pakistan was attacked by a gang of almost 30 people while the train...

2012 Global Summit of Women to Be Hosted in Athens

The Vice President of Vietnam, the CEO of Siemens Spain, the Executive Vice President of France's Danone and the Senior Vice President of Kraft Foods USA are only a few of the government leaders, CEOs and high-ranking executives from...

Sweden Wins Eurovision, Greece & Cyprus Place 17th and 16th

It was an exciting evening at the Baku Crystal Hall where in front of thousands of people in the arena and millions of people on TV, Loreen from Sweden won the 2012 Eurovision. Eleftheria Eleftheriou representing Greece and Ivi Adamou...