Italy
Art
Tsivopoulos’ History Zero at Venice Biennale
Stefanos Tsivopoulos will represent Greece at the 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, with his work History Zero.Venice Biennale opened its doors on May 31 and will run until November 14, 2013 in Venice, Italy.
The journalists...
Art
Byzantine Sicily Exhibition Continues Successfully
The exhibition, Icons and Manuscripts. The Greek presence in Messina from Medieval to modern times (Immagine e Scrittura. Presenza greca a Messina dal Medioevo all’età moderna), which is being hosted at the Regional Museum of Messina is running on...
Greece
Italy Ships Migrants Back to Greece
Italy's policy of sending unaccompanied migrant children and adult asylum seekers back to Greece means they will face a dysfunctional asylum system and abusive detention conditions, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Jan. 22.
Stowaways on ferries...
Europe
Growing Worry Over Depression in Greece
The World Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation has focused on Greece and the effects of austerity after almost three years of deep budget cuts.
The 11th Congress of the organization took place in Milan, Italy and was focused on psychological health...
Economy
Greek Women Prostituting Themselves in Italy
The Italian daily newspaper Il Messagero, in an extensive report, said that many Greek women, desperate over the country's economic crisis and with few prospects for income, have gone to Italy to work as prostitutes.
"Indebted Greece is beginning to...
Australia
Australian Youth Group Wins Corfu Cricket Tournament
The Greek island of Corfu hosted the second annual international youth cricket tournament organized by the Hellenic Cricket Federation.
Being one of Australia's favorite sports, young kids could not escape participating in this year's tournament. Teams from Ferntree Gully and...
Economy
Greece's President Gives Up Salary; Blasts Germany's Position
ATHENS – Watching Greeks having their pay cut and taxes hiked on orders of international lenders to keep rescue loans coming, President Karolos Papoulias said he will give up his annual salary of 300,000 euros, some $392,000, and blasted...
Economy
Extra Virgin Greek Style
According to a recent study done about olive oil in Greece, it said that Greece is the third biggest country in olive production, having 13 percent of international production along with Italy being at 40 percent and Spain at...
Economy
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...
Economy
Barroso: Pardoning of Greek Debt Won't Be Repeated!
This week's Eurozone agreement to remit 50% of the massive Greek state debt is "an absolutely unique and exceptional measure," stated EC President Jose Manuel Barroso.
In an interview for Portugese paper Expresso, the European Commission chief said that this...