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4th annual "Beyond Borders" International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo, late Augaust
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The fourth annual “Beyond Borders” International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo will take place from August 25 to September 1, 2019 on the idyllic Greek island in the eastern Mediterranean.
The Festival’s theme this year is “Bring people to Castellorizo and transport Castellorizo to the world!”
Greece The Grateful, the Historic Greek Independence Symbolic Painting, that Tsipras Moved Away from his Office
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Greece Τhe Grateful is the painting of the Greek painter Theodoros Vryzakis, created in 1858. It belongs to the archive of the Greek National Gallery.
It is a work of special symbolism, since it portrays Greece in the form of a new crowned woman, in ancient style dress, amidst the 1821 Revolutionary fighters, breaking the chains of slavery...
Read Full Post »Meet the Greek centenarians' secret: It's social life!
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A person’s social life might contribute as a much more citical factor to longevity than previously thought.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta presented recently in his program Vital Signs on CNN that science is showing our social lives are just as important to living a longer life. T...
Read Full Post »A biblical #FlashFlood in #Greece with No #Survival Guidelines released at all 24h after
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Maria Papapanagiotou
At least 15 people have lost their lives and 17 are severely injured by a biblical flood in the west area of Attica, Greece has never seen before, that hit overnight and killed mostly elderly people that were sleeping and were left helpless in their homes alone. It is the most deadly such incident in Greece of the...
Read Full Post »#Europe should work on regional level to confront its walls
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" Europe today has to confront the walls and the dividing lines that keep rising within its territory, and which are incompatible with our common European vision and the Europe of open borders and equal opportunities we have all dreamt of, and this, today brin...
Read Full Post »Meet the Greekies and adopt them, wherever you are on globe
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The new documentary by Menelaos Karamaggiolis, a cinematic allegory of events from the past seven years in Greece, is based on true stories that take place in “invisible” neighborhoods around Athens. The stories of the Greek Animal Rescue stray animals depict what is happening in financial-crisis-Greece, motivatin...
Read Full Post »Applications Open for EU Funds for small and medium Tourism enterprizes at 120m Euros
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A total of 120 million euros has been earmarked for the establishment of new and the completion of incomplete tourism enterprises, with the application procedure opening up next month, the economy ministry said this week.
Tourism sector professionals will be able to submit their investment plans and apply for subsidies in December within the National Strategic Refere...
Read Full Post »"Too soft with anarchists": #Athens is a safe city, #GreekPM says
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"I feel that Athens is one of the safest capitals in Europe, "Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in an interview with Alpha’s main news bulletin. one week after a group of around 200 masked anarchists had smashed the windows of almost all of the shops along the main shopping...
Read Full Post »Stay Safe in #Athens: Greek Police #Campaign for Tourists
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The Attica General Police Directorate has launched an awareness campaign for tourists visiting Athens, as part of the upgrading of its services for the safe stay of those visiting the Greek capital.
Through the campaign “Stay safe in the city of Athens”, a special pavilion on Thursday was set up near the archaeological site of the...
Read Full Post »Anarchists smashed one of the most expensive shopping streets in Athens, Greece
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Broken shop windows, shards of broken glass scattered on the street, cardboard “patches” over their windows and looks of despair on shop-owners’ faces was the result of a July night’s protests by extreme anti-establishment activists who marched to express their rage against a court decision that rejected an appeal by Irianna, a 29-year-old activist for th...
Read Full Post »Hail the Leftists! It was the Greek Gov't that Chose to Cut Pensions, said German FinMin
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It was the Greek government that chose to cut pensions to meet fiscal targets, not the creditors’ demand, not even suggestion, German Finance Minister Wofgang Schaeuble made clear in an interview published on Saturday July 1, releasing to the Greek people the dark side of the leftist government's handling of poverty and the new fiscal ...
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