According to the latest data from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, from the beginning of the war in March 2011 to date, over 2.3 million Syrians have left their country. It is believed that this is one of the largest refugee waves in recent world history.
The number of Greek shipping magnates and of those employed in this business is almost proportional to the Greek share in the world merchant shipping. Based on transport capacity, Greek cargo ships comprise 16% of the world fleet.
In 2014 there will be political instability, the political extremes will become stronger and early parliamentary elections will be possible, as stated by Kostis Lympouridis from the liberal Drassi party in an interview for GRReporter.
As revealed by an extensive survey conducted by the Institute for Small Enterprises of the Greek confederation of professional craftsmen and traders in cooperation with the marketing research and communication company MARC.
Polina Spartyanova talks with the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of History at Sofia University, Professor Dr. Todor Popnedelev, about the 1000th anniversary of the death of Tsar Samuel, which will be marked in the coming 2014.