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Merkel Puts Her 2 Cents In

The phrase “not a cent for the Greeks” referred to the case that the Greeks did not intend to implement the reforms, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in the German Parliament in response to the leader of the socialist...

Imvros Greek School Opens Without Greek

The private Greek School on the island of  Imvros, which now belongs to Turkey, will reopen on Sept. 16, after 49 years, although with only two students for now although more are expected even though they will not be...

CMP: Investigations in Military Zones in Nicosia, Kyrenia

The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) is proceeding with the investigation of locating missing people in military zones in the regions of Nicosia and Kyrenia. According to a publication of the newspaper POLITIS, these are specific areas where,...

Megalogenis Wins Prime Minister’s Literary Award

The distinguished journalist of Greek descent George Megalogenis was honored with another award, this time with the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for the non-fiction category, for his book The Australian Moment. Megalogenis, who until recently was a commentator for the...

Brilliant Celebration of the Assumption of Mary in Montreal

On August 14, thousands of Greeks flooded the Koimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church (Panagitsa), on Saint Roch Street in Park Extension, Montreal, in order to celebrate the image of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary during the episcopal...

Greeks of Egypt Feel Safe

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets on August 16  after police attacks against supporters of Egypt's first freely elected president Mohamed Morsi, who was overthrown last month, left more than 620 people dead. Greeks living in Egypt...

Greek Researcher Says Sex Profitable

According to a recent report released by Institute for the Study of Labor in Germany and done by a Greek researcher, Nick Drydakis, people who have sex at least four times a week, tend to earn higher wages than...

What Is It Like to Be Greek?

Over the last few years, so many controversial things have been heard of poverty-stricken Greece since the economic crisis broke out. Rise in the unemployment rate, in social inequalities as the rich got somehow richer and the poor poorer....

Thessaloniki Gearing Up for the 78th TIF

The 78th Thessaloniki International Fair is called to reflect, within a few days, the change of course of the national exhibition agency, after the recent consolidation of TIF S.A. and Helexpo S.A. into a single group. As the chief executive...

Diaspora Bureau Takes Staff Cuts

The General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad, an agency founded 30 years ago to help facilitate relations with the Diaspora, could be in jeopardy after 10 of its 51 staff members were put into the government's mobility scheme, which means...