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  • Lens Blog Angelos Tzortziniss Photos of Growing Desperation in Greece

    ATHENS -- ';Five euros only, just 5 euros,'; whispered Maria, a young prostitute with sunken cheeks and bedraggled hair, as she pitched herself forward from the shadows of a graffiti-riddled alley in central Athens on a recent weeknight. As a chill wind swept paper and trash across a grimy sidewalk, Angelos Tzortzinis, a ...

  • Research and Markets ICT Market Report 201213 Greece

    "ICT Market Report 2012/13 Greece" report to their offering. This report provides the reader with an intimate understanding of the development and trends of the Greek ICT market. The bi-annual European Information Technology Observatory (EITO) market reports have built a strong reputation as indispensible source of information for marketing, consulting, policy analysis. ...

  • Neanderthal Greek Paradise Found

    To put a human face on our ancestors, scientists from the Senckenberg Research Institute used sophisticated methods to form 27 model heads based on tiny bone fragments, teeth and skulls collected from across the globe. The heads are on display for the first time together at the Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. This model is Sahelanthropus tchadensis, also nicknamed ...

  • Societal Ills Spike in Crisis-Stricken Greece

    An addict on an Athens street. A hit of shisha, concocted in makeshift laboratories around Athens, costs 3 to 4 euros. Doses come in the form of a 0.01-gram ball, leaving many users reaching for hits throughout the day. They include prostitutes, whom Mr. Tzortzinis photographed in a seedy central neighborhood of Athens called Omonia, next to a large police station. Shisha is most often smoked. ...

  • Greek Apparel Company Announces Arrival of Sorority Jewelry Line

    "Sorority Bigs are always looking for the ideal gift for their Littles - we believe our new jewelry and accessory line is that perfect gift," says Amy Evans of ...


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Downhill Racer [DVD]

Downhill Racer [DVD]

Downhill Racer could have only been made by a major studio in the 1960s, a period of significant recession in which European cinema was taking the world by storm, audiences were dominated by younger and more educated moviegoers, and the studios were finding themselves perpetu ... ...

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  • French Say Lagarde List Tax Collector

    Disputing former Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou’s assertion that a list of 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret Swiss bank accounts he received in 2010 from then French finance chief Christine Lagarde was ';unofficial and confidential,'; French authorities said it was designed to be used to help find tax cheats. Papaconstantinou is now being probed by a ...

  • New Drug May Help Some Asthmatics Study Finds

    (Photo/Reuters) Dr. George D. Yancopoulos is the head of research at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. A new asthma drug being developed by Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals may help patients whose condition is not well controlled by existing medicines, according to the results of a small clinical trial released In the 12-week study, the number of asthma attacks or other outbreaks of symptoms ...

  • Greek youth unemployment close to 75pc in some areas

    Greek youth unemployment is close to hitting 75pc in some parts of the country, official data showed on Wednesday, highlighting a huge disparity between Europe’s northern and southern ...

  • A Greek Portfolio at The Benaki Museum

    Rendering homage to the prominent artist of the Greek Diaspora Constantine Manos, the Benaki Museum presents an exhibition / tribute to his renowned photographic series, A Greek Portfolio. With his exquisite images Manos invites us to travel with him to remote villages and islands of Greece in the 1960′s, where in a landscape of simple farm life and tranquility, poor yet proud people ...

  • Free Physical Exercise by MCH Training

    This was the innovative idea of the MCH Training people when they started working on the ELA KI ESU (Come with us) project that takes place every Sunday in Athens. The project ELA KI ESU aims to offer free, outdoor workout accessible to everyone, in order to give people a chance not only to exercise and take care of their body and health, but also to share their feelings, passions and to have ...

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