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Greece
Swedish Journalist's Account of the Crisis
"Stolen Spring," a new account of the eurocrisis by Swedish journalist Kajsa Ekis Ekman, hits Greek bookstores today.
"Stolen Spring" describes the eurocrisis as Ekman experienced it while visiting Athens at the height of the current economic recession. She explores the way...
Greece
Greek Journalist Aris Stathakis Passes Away
Aris Stathakis passed away today, June 13, at the age of 71 after facing health problems for many years. He was a famous Greek automotive reporter that has been credited with teaching Greeks to wear their seatbelts. His insistence...
Greece
Israeli Journalist Beaten in Downtown Athens by Extremists (video)
The Jerusalem Post published an article documenting the beating one of its own journalists received at the hands of a hooded gang of men in downtown Athens outside the Archaeological Museum of Athens. Gil Shefler had been sent on...
Greece
Journalist Andreas Christodoulides Passes Away, Honored by Athens News Agency
On June 6, famous Cypriot journalist Andreas Christodoulides lost the fight against cancer and passed away at the age of 70. Christodoulides has worked for the biggest Greek newspapers and was the general director of the Athens News Agency.
The...
Ancient Greece
Guardian: ‘Despite the Recession, Greeks Still Light the Olympic Flame’
"Despite the disintegration of their politics and economy, the Greeks can still light and nurture the Olympic flame," begins journalist Henry Porter of The Observer in his article, "The Greeks gave us the Olympics. Let them have their marbles."
He comments...
Australia
Greek Veteran Journalist Panos Gerontakos Passed Away
Former President of the Greek Community in Sydney and veteran journalist Mr. Panos Gerontakos passed away at the age of 98.
Mr. Gerontakos wrote for many years a column named “Zikos” in the daily newspaper The Greek Herald.
He was born...