Greece
Interviews
Constantine Galanis: A Greek Who Thrives in Mexico But Cares for Greece
Constantine Galanis is the CEO of Apollo S.A., one of the largest chemical manufacturers of Mexico. We met him in Mexico City and he talked to us about his career, his life in Mexico, and how Greece can learn...
Greece
Easter Traditions Across Greece
The Holy Week is coming to its end, and unique traditions from different places across Greece enter the spotlight once again, adding a magical sense in the springtime festivities. Traditions that date back to time, customs only met in...
Greece
Siemens Wins Athens Metro Contract
German engineering giant Siemens, which recently settled a bribery dispute with the Greek government, said Wednesday it has won a 41-million-euro contract for the Athens metro.
Siemens said in a statement it will supply signalling technology and components for a...
Greece
Greece Charges 3 People Over Illegal Download Website
Greek authorities say they have charged three people with allegedly running a website that allowed paying members to illegally download films, music and games.
A police statement Tuesday said the suspects, all Greeks, allegedly cost copyright owners some 65 million...
Greece
Most Greeks Support Clampdown on Illegal Immigration
Ahead of May elections, more than six in 10 Greeks, or 61.7 percent, agree with recent government moves to clamp down on illegal immigration in the country, a poll showed.
A survey of 1,610 Greeks over the age of 18...
Europe
Editor of Focus Proclaim Innocent Regarding ‘Obscene’ Aphrodite Milos
The three-member magistrate's court judged the editor of German magazine “Focus” innocent, relating to charges of offending a symbol of state, that concerned the known cover of the magazine in February 2010 with Aphrodite Milos in… an obscene gesture.
The...
Europe
Breaking: Angela Merkel Signs $300 Billion War Reparation Check to Greece
The members of the German Bundestag were shocked as Angela Merkel changed completely her stance on Greece and announced that Germany will pay in installments to debt-ridden country close to 300 billion euros for war reparations.
Greece
Greeks Are Having Less Sex as a Result of Economic Crisis
Austerity-hit Greeks are having less sex as a result of their country’s economic crisis.
Urologists in Athens surveyed six hundred men and women on their bedtime behaviours and found a link between belt-tightening and sex drive.
“Financial problems and sexual activity...
Economy
Greece Should Look to Internet for Recovery, Says Study
The Greek government should take a leaf out of South Korea's book and invest in better networks and getting more people online, a study which measures how the Web raises GDP levels said on Friday.
While many European countries make...
Greece
Abbot Ephrem Out on Bail But Confined to Greece
The embattled abbot of a monastery on Mount Athos, Greece, was released yesterday on a €300,000 bail after spending around three months behind bars.
Ephrem, 55, chief monk of the Vatopedi monastery, had been remanded in connection with embezzlement, money laundering...