Tag Archives: Greek

KTG obtained the first pictures of a Greek who took amazing pictures before the start and during the the much-anticipated, much-predicted and much-feared End of the World. Mayas were right! Proof is here! Proud and honoured to feature Mr Gerogriniaris 20.12.12 23:59:59 Before the end of the world 21.12.12 00:01 During the …

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Spanish superstar Javier Bardem deeply touches millions of Greeks, as he appeals to them in their own language. In the latest campaign of the Greek section of Medicines Sans Frontiers “Candies for the pain of the other”, Javier Bardem calls upon Greeks to teach the world a lesson of solidarity with …

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“Wife, I won’t come back home. I have nothing to offer. I’m nothing. I love you all. Take care of the children … ”  With these words Giorgos Chatzis made a last phone call to his family and bade farewell. Then he moved to put an end to his life. Giorgos …

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The guy is very talkative. “Vociferous” experts would say. Day and night, he means, he has an important message to give to the world: to his small world consisting of hens, chicks and other roosters and to the broader world, one or two square kilometers away. My big brown noisy …

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This signature that was put on several government papers on Monday confirmed just one thing: A Greek reality that more and more employees – whether in the private or even in the public sector – have been experiencing since last summer: That people work but do not receive their salaries. …

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Greek Deputy Health Minister Fotini Skopouli is claiming the “Oscar for Sincerity”. She appeared in the morning magazine of state broadcaster NET TV on Tuesday. What the professor for Pathology-Immunology at the Harokopio University said stunned the journalists and the viewers alike – and more than those, Samaras’ government as well. “I came to …

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Technocrat Yiannis Stournaras is Greece’s new Finance Minister, government spokesman announced on Tuesday noon. The three coalition leaders Samaras, Venizelos and Kouvelis agreed on Stournaras after Vassilis Rapanos sent a letter to Prime Minister on Monday that he cannot accept the position of Finance Minister due to “health problems.” Who is? Yiannis …

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With unbroken intensity internet users continue to comment on the Facebook page of IMF head Christine Lagarde – three days after she made her incredible tax-dodging comments about Greeks, and less than 48 hours after she tried to refute her comments. In an interview to British The Guardian uploaded on Saturday morning, …

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One London restaurant encouraged its customers to pay in old Greek currency, the Drachma. A currency that has not been around since euro coins and banknotes were introduced to the country on January 1st, 2002.  “Real Greek” restaurant operation manager  Christos Karatzenis offered customers the option to pay for a starter …

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Private Skai TV and radio journalist Costantinos Bogdanos was taken to the hospital with hand fracture and some head injuries after being attacked by three unknown perpetrators in downtown Athens. The incident occurred at 1.30 am in Exarchia district of Athens. Speaking to SKAI TV, Bodganos said that he was …

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I am tired. In fact, I’m exhausted. And fed up. To hear the same things again and again. EU and IMF urged for one more time Greece for “Reforms” and “Austerity”. Reforms I do not see; Austerity is what I feel on my skin. Day in and day out. And the …

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This must have been a ‘shock’ for skipper of the sinking luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia. Captain Schettini claimed, he was helping  the passengers of the sinking ship to flee, when he fell into a lifeboat. Odd enough,  the ship’s second officer in command from Greece and the ship’s third officer …

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Conservative Nea Dimokratia MP and former Minister Gerasimos Giakoumatos called the Greek government to lease the Acropolis and the major archaeological sites in order to fill up state registers. Speaking to VIMA FM Giakoumatos said “it is better to rent to private companies the Acropolis than to cut wages and …

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Un-be-lie-va-ble! A Belgian policeman kicked a handcuffed woman activist sitting down. The incident occurred in EU’s capital Brussels and the woman happened to be a Greek. A member of Spanish “indignados” who had joined the protests outside the bankrupt bank DEXIA.  The police brutality was filmed and the video made …

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What an exciting proposal! What a perfect investment! Especially for those Greeks hit by unemployment so that they will never manage to get a pension in their old days. A 100-year Bond is an extraordinary attractive call  for newborns in debt-ridden households. Reuters reported: “Greece may be looking into kicking the can into the …

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I am so grateful sometimes that I am late on reporting about some issues as other journalists are quicker and sum up what I am kind of lazy to write about. This is the case of the latest Wikileaks diplomatic cables about Greek politicians and the media. American diplomats put pressure …

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We all swear at the hour we have to contact a public service and fix an issue. We most likely get confronted with a leisurely moving civil servant who has just hung up the phone -a private phone call, it’s understood. A rude woman who pretends to check long lists with numbers. …

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Some Greeks are idle enough to think bureaucracy is a lethal plant unique to Greek soil. There is this Spanish video though proving that civil servants of the type “I’m lazy, I hate you and I love it” are everywhere to find -preferably at the north part of the Mediterranean basin. In the south part, civil …

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This has been an all times Greek classic. “Min ton rotas ton oyrano” – Don’t ask the sky. It was composed by Manos Hatzidakis 1959 for the film  “To nisi ton gennaion” (The island of the Brave) about the battle of Crete during the Nazi occupation. Originally it was sung …

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The Greek branch of International Atomic Energy Agency has issued a list of precautions for Greek shipping companies and crews of Greek vessels at ports, off shore or near Japan.  The EEAE considers the nuclear situation in Japan as ‘worsening’. “Given the state state of emergency following the accident at …

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