Switzerland
Culture
“Greek Wine” Austrian Performer Dies in Switzerland
Udo Jurgens, a great Austrian musician, died on Sunday, December 21, at the age of 80. “He was a great Austrian who wrote music history and expressed people’s feelings and hopes,” said Austria's Federal President, Heinz Fischer, in an...
Celebrities
Athina Onassis Puts Down Horse after Tragic Fall
The heiress to Aristotle Onassis’ fortune, his granddaughter Athina Onassis suffered a devastating fall during the qualifying competition for the 54th CHI international horse show jumping tournament in Geneva, Switzerland.
Athina Onassis was in the middle of her routine when...
Europe
Spyros Louis Silver Olympic Cup Exhibited in Lausanne
The silver cup awarded to Spyros Louis, the first Marathon Winner at the inaugural Modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, is exhibited at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.
The formal presentation of the silver cup took place on Sunday,...
Europe
International Award to Greek Scientist
Greek scientist and businessman Dimitris Papanastasiou has been awarded the 2014 Curt Brunnee Award at a special ceremony during the 20th International Mass Spectrometry Conference (IMSC) in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday.
The prize is awarded every three years by IMSC to scientists under...
Culture
Spyros Louis Silver Cup Travels to Olympic Museum in Lausanne
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation announced that the Silver Cup awarded to Spyros Louis, the first Marathon Winner at the inaugural Modern Olympic Games in Athens, in 1896, has been temporarily moved to Switzerland. The cup will be exhibited at...
Europe
First Greek Gourmet And Wine Expo in Zurich
Greek Gourmet & Wine Expo is the first Greek food and wine exhibition that will take place in Zurich, introducing Greek companies to the Swiss Market. The aim is to introduce more quality Greek products to important companies and...
Greece
World Cup Knockout Stage: The 8 games of the Final 16
After a record of 136 goals in the first 48 games, tomorrow the World Cup is taking it's final 16 teams to the knockout stage where usually the surprise teams collapse and the favorites stand. Let's take a...
Europe
Professor Anastasia Ailamaki Thrives Abroad
Anastasia Ailamaki is a Greek professor from Chania, Crete, born in Cyprus. She is one of the many distiguished Greeks abroad, as a Carnegie Mellon University faculty member at the Computer and Communication Science department, where she works as a full time...
Economy
Greek Deposits of 60 Billion in Switzerland
According to the economist Gabriel Zucman, the deposits of Greek citizens in Swiss banks are amounting to 60 billion euros. The French professor of the London School of Economics and researcher at the University of California, Berkeley published his book...
Greece
Greek Movie Fridays: 'Hard Goodbyes: My Father' Will Move You!
How can a young child deal with his father’s death? Is children’s imagination helpful in such dramatic circumstances? The Greek leading film distributor and producer, Odeon S.A and Greek Reporter present the award-winning social drama by Penny Panayotopoulou, Hard...