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Changes in the Greek Fashion World Make Designers Flee Greece

Designers in Greece are slowly feeling their motherland in hopes of finding work abroad. Designers and models are moving in countries such as Germany, Turkey and other parts of Europe to find work[...]

Fakelaki, Rousfeti and the 4-4-2 System

While the Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos appears to be shocked with Mr Diomidis Spinellis' declaration that Greek tax officers, play the 4-4-2  football system  a.k.a tax evader  gets a  discount of 40 per cent on the agreed fine-...

EU: Greek, Portuguese GDP per Capita Far Below EU-27 Average

In the European rankings of GDP per capita, calculated on the basis of purchasing power, in 2010 Greece, Portugal, Malta and Slovenia have between 10 and 20% lower levels than the EU-27 average. In the context of EU Mediterranean countries,...

Lazy Greeks? Think Again!

At a time where the world is suffering an economic crisis and government officials all over the world are blaming the public for the crisis instead of themselves, new surveys show which country works the hardest and Germany isn’t...

Drachma or Euro

One of the questions that is going through the minds of the citizens of Greece these days is, if Greece will return to the drachma currency or stay with the euro currency. The Japanese bank Nomura has calculated that...

World Court Rules Against Greece in FYROM Case

The world court has ruled Greece was wrong to block former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's bid to join NATO in 2008 because of a long-simmering dispute over the country's use of the name Macedonia. The court found Greece's veto breached...

Biden Arrives in Crisis-hit Greece Amid Feelings of Anger and Hope

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived Sunday in Greece, as a new interim government seeks to halt the country's economic upheaval that has had ripple effects across the globe. Ahead of a critical week in the European debt crisis, Vice...

Lucky Draw for Greece in Euro 2012

The Greek national soccer team got a strong deja-vu feeling on Friday upon seeing the draw for the Euro 2012 finals pitting them against co-hosts Poland, Russia and the Czech Republic. The undoubtedly favourable draw in Kiev for the European...

FYROM Economy Minister Turned Mobster on Screen

FYROM Economy Minister Valon Saraqini is playing the role of an Albanian mafia boss in a Greek-FYROM movie. The movie of Greek director Menelaos Karamargiolis "Just Another Confused Elephant" is expected on the big screen in 2012. In it, Macedonia's Economy...