Although the government presents the decision to issue securities as a great achievement, it is heavily criticized by many commentators in and outside Greece.

Here are seven tips on how to stay within the holiday budget without being deprived of the holiday brilliance.

According to human rights activists from Amnesty International the systemic discrimination against Roma is due not only to the passive role of the police but also to the tolerance towards them on the part of the Greek government.

Gift-exchange in ancient society continued during the next two millennia, being inherited from both Roman Greece and the Byzantine Empire. When the Ottomans conquered these lands, they too very easily adopted the Greek tradition, calling it "baksheesh" or "bribe".