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  • Greek Prostitution Soars By 150 As Youth Unempoyment Hits 75 In Some Areas

    NYT reports , in just the past two years, the numbers of Greeks engaging in prostitution as a last course source of income has more than doubled: according to the National Center for Social Research, the number of people selling sex has surged 150 percent in the last two ...

  • Irish premier in Athens for meeting with Samaras

    Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny was expected in Athens on Thursday for a meeting with Greece's government leader Antonis Samaras.The two are expected to discuss recent developments in the eurozone and the key priorities in the remaining weeks of ...

  • Velos Mutiny Honored in Special Ceremony

    A special event was held on May 23 at the Grove of Nautical Tradition, at Flisvos Marina, to honor the Naval Movement and the Mutiny of the destroyer Velos. The President of the Parliament, Evangelos Meimarakis, and the political and military leadership of the Ministry of Defense attended the event. All the speakers praised the personality of Admiral Nikos Pappas, the chief of Velos then, who ...

  • German Party Likes Greek Euro Exit

    A new German anti-euro party says that the currency is to blame for Europe’s unemployment woes and that Spain and Greece should quit the euro as a way to return to economic health, even though Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said he has the country on the road to recovery and that it should stay in the Eurozone. Southern European countries can't cope with the competitive ...

  • Extension of Tourist Season for Ios

    This year, the municipal authorities of Ios are trying to extend the period of receiving and hosting tourists on the island. The Aegean island can accommodate up to 6,000 people with occupancy for June and July already, but the Mayor of Ios, Michalis Petropoulos, shortly before the official start of the season stated," Life on the island in winter is beautiful, but in summer it is more ...


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Re-Animator [Blu-Ray]

Stuart Gordons Re-Animator, based on a series of six stories by pulp master H.P. Lovecraft, is a giddy, gory horror-comedy filled with audaciously grotesque special effects and witty black humor. It arrived in 1985, at the height of the 80s spate of horror comedies, which also inc ... ...

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  • Syrian refugees held in very poor conditions in Greece Amnesty says

    A Syrian refugee, former police officer in Syria, poses at a hotel roof garden in Athens, earlier this year. Greece was on Thursday criticized for its treatment of migrants and refugees, as Amnesty International launched its annual assessment of the ...

  • Quake measuring 4.1 Richter hits Crete

    An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale shook the southern Greek island of Crete at 4 a.m. on Thursday, according to seismologists.The earthquake, whose epicenter had a depth of 10 kilometers, was felt across the island. No damage or injuries were reported.Greece is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries, but most quakes are of small magnitude and rarely cause severe ...

  • Europe’s leaders say no to austerity don’t say yes to stimulus

    By James G. Neuger Austerity is out after the euro-area recession extended to a sixth quarter. Stimulus ...

  • Kremlin’s Wine is Made in Mount Athos

    The wine served to official guests in Moscow Kremlin, Russia, who are usually leaders of foreign states, is made in the vineyards of Mount Athos. Its name is Kormilitsa and bears the title of Kremlin's Official Wine. The Russian host does not only serve the wine, but often offers one or more bottles to his important guests as a souvenir. Kormilitsa wine is produced at the Metochi Chromitsa ...

  • UNICEF 600000 Children Below Poverty Line in Greece

    The results of a report carried out jointly by UNICEF and Athens University under the title, The state of children in Greece 2013, came into light at a press conference on May 22. According to a UNICEF official, almost 600,000 children in Greece are living below poverty line. A growing number of children are deprived of basic living requirements. President of UNICEF in Greece, Lambros ...

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