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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...