Samaras
Australia
Greek-Australians Want ERT Open
In a letter to the Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, the Chairman of the Greek Community of Melbourne, pointed out that for many decades now ERT has been a bridge for Greeks living abroad with their motherland and has contributed...
Economy
Talks of Recovery in Greece Are Premature
In a revealing article cited in the Guardian, the journalist wonders where the change in politicians and bankers' attitudes in Greece comes from. These people are trying to show an image of Greece that is no longer in deep...
Culture
Greece Yanks Doha Statues Over Nudity Ban
Greece has pulled two ancient statues from an ongoing Olympic Games exhibition in Qatar in a dispute over nudity, a Culture Ministry source said, because the organizers in the country wanted to cover the genitalia.
"The statues have already returned...
Economy
Tagesspiegel Says Nazis Destroyed Greece
The classical liberal German newspaper Tagersspiegel, criticizing Germany's refusal to pay more war reparations to Greece for World War II, said the Nazis did more damage there than in any other country.
Tagersspiegel catalogued the horror and suffering that Hitler’s...
Europe
Greece Claims German WWII Reparations
Spiegel cites an extensive report based on the Greek Sunday Press release regarding the German compensation of World War II to Greece.
The German magazine cited an article, Result of the confidential report of Athens: Germany owes Greece Billions in...
Europe
Greece Backs Turkey For 2020 Olympics
With the selection of a host city for the 2020 Olympic Games down to Madrid, Istanbul and Tokyo and the winner to be named on Sept. 13, Greece has thrown its support behind its neighbor Turkey.
Enemies for 400 years...
Economy
Merkel Tells Germans: Take Greek Holidays
She's known to many Greeks beleaguered by austerity measures that she supports as an enemy, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel is advising Germans that they should take vacations in Greece this year.
That came as tourism bookings from Germany are...
Europe
Erdogan Gives Samaras Terrorist Pics
According to the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet’s, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave visiting Greek Premier Antonis Samaras intelligence information about anti-Turk terrorists in Greece.
"Erdogan gave detailed photos and pictures of the training of terrorists in Lavrio as well...
Business
Samaras and Erdogan Deal in Ankara
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed 25 bilateral agreements in Istanbul on March 4 and began discussions on oil and gas explorations in disputed territorial waters as the Greek leader said that the...
Economy
EU Says Rehn’s Comments Misunderstood
European Commission officials that its finance chief Olli Rehn's statements concerning the minimum wage in Greece were not understood correctly. They said what he really meant was that it would be changed, although not reduced. They did not say...