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Xematiasma: 60% of Greeks believe prayers against Evil Eye cure headaches

September 7, 2018 Lifestyle Comments Off on Xematiasma: 60% of Greeks believe prayers against Evil Eye cure headaches

Got a headache? Why bother with a painkiller? Get a ‘healer’ and get rid of the Evil Eye right away. If the headaches persist you can consult a doctor, but according to 60 percent of Greeks they will first get a ‘xematiasma’ and then seek other solutions to cure themselves. …

Sfyria – The whistled language of Antia village in Evia (video)

August 2, 2017 Culture 4

For some 2,500 years, residents of the mountainous village Antia on the island of Evia have used an astonishing language that only they understand. A whistled language. Nowadays there are only six people left who can ‘speak’ it, writes a BBC Travel report. “Hidden deep in the south-east corner of …

Council of State orders scrapping of Greek citizenship law

February 6, 2013 Politics 5

The Council of State on Tuesday deemed unconstitutional a law passed almost three years ago which allows second-generation migrants to apply for Greek citizenship and to stand in local elections. Greece’s highest administrative court ruled that only Greeks could stand for office. It also decided that the criteria for offering …

Famous playwright Iakovos Kambanellis died at 89 (music videos)

March 29, 2011 Culture 2

Famous playwright Iakovos Kambanellis passed away on Tuesday at the age of 89. He was considered one of the most influential post-war Greek playwrights. He was also a poet, a lyricist and novelist. Kambanellis was born on the island of Naxos on 1922. On 1934 his family moved to …

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