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Archive - 2009

June 22nd

The beach is for all!

22 June 2009 / 18:06:25  
Except for Greece being the country with the longest coast line in Europe, Greeks are also the people, who cannot live without the sea. This is why they are fighting for their right to go to the beach for free. The mayor of one Athenian neighborhood "Elliniko" went on a hunger strike, in order for one southern beach to have free entrance.


The Queen of wedding dresses took over the Greek sky

22 June 2009 / 17:06:14  
Designer Celia Krithariotis, who won the contest for the new design of Olympic Air uniforms, is one of the most famous wedding dress designers in the world.


"Elefterios Tipos" newspaper closing down

22 June 2009 / 15:06:21  
The failure of one of the biggest Greek publications is the first big collapse of the Theodoros and Yanna Angelopoulos family after their triumph in 2004 on the Olympic Games in Athens.


Internet pirates waving the Greek "flag"

22 June 2009 / 14:06:14  
Greeks download music and movies, break software keys and every 6 out of every 10 programs are illegal. In piracy terms, Greece is in the top ten countries in the EU, together with Bulgaria and Romania.


Bulgarian mafia arming Greek terrorists?

22 June 2009 / 09:06:07  
Four Bulgarians were arrested by the Promahonas border police, while trying to import weapons and drugs in Greece.


June 21st

Bad week for the Athens Stock Exchange

21 June 2009 / 13:06:06  
Job-cuts expected at the National Railways in Greece, IMF raises expectations for world economy growth to 2.4 per cent.


Eden just few miles away from Athens

21 June 2009 / 13:06:44  
Agistri is the perfect place for you, if you are in Athens and you have decided to visit an Aegean island but you have only one-two days to spare and you don’t want to take a car. The color of the sea water there is turquoise blue, it has organized beaches with sun beds but also some hard to get to bays surrounded by rocks.