Overnight stays of Israeli tourists in the hotels of Thessaloniki have increased fivefold in 2011, reaching 59,000, while estimates for 2011 expect a further rise. The fact indicates the warming up of bilateral relations between Israel and the Greek port city, which was also called “second Jerusalem” because of its increased Jewish presence over the [...]
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Ultranationalist Jewish Vandals Attack Baptist Church in West Jerusalem
Vandals daubed “Death to Christianity” on a Jerusalem church on Monday in the second such attack in the holy city this month, police said. The words “Price Tag”, a slogan used by ultranationalist Jewish settlers, were also scrawled on the walls of the Baptist Narkis Street Congregation in a quiet residential neighborhood in Jewish west [...]
Pupils Learn About Greek Cultural Presence in Alexandria
The young pupils of Pratsikio Primary School of the Greek Community in Alexandria visited the Branch of the Hellenic Culture Foundation in the Egyptian city and the Kavafis Museum to get a direct taste of the Greek cultural presence in the country. The children were given a tour through the Hellenic Culture Foundation and were [...]
Greek Language Proficiency Exams in May in Alexandria
The Greek Language Proficiency Exams will take place this year on May 14-16 at the Branch of the Hellenic Cultural Foundation in Alexandria, Egypt. The exams organized by the Greek Language Centre of Thessaloniki are open to anyone of 8 years of age and over, with both oral and written sections, and will be conducted [...]
Huffington Post to Launch Online Editions in Germany, Brazil and Japan
Arianna Huffington, founder of the Huffington Post, stated that negotiations on creating online editions of the newspaper in Germany, Brazil and Japan have already started, while there is also interest in attracting users from the Arab world too. The “progressive” website has launched editions in the United Kingdom, English-speaking Canada, and now in Quebec, under [...]
The Greek Who Taught the Japanese to Eat Feta and Olive Oil
(original story in Greek by Inga Athanasiadou) Greek soil is known for its particular quality, and Greek products hold the key to a source of wealth that the political system in Greece has failed to exploit to its best interests. Greek traditional products rank high in international markets for their pure taste, healthy ingredients and [...]
South Africa Attracts Unemployed Greeks
The Greek debt crisis is forcing its young people to search for better life prospects outside the country. South Africa is a new land for those troubled Greeks, where applications filed by Greek unemployed people are piling up day by day. CNN made a report on the case of Greek teacher Julie Koukliati working at [...]
Greek Culture Depicted In 2012 SAE Latin American Calendar
A middle-aged man wearing the traditional Tsolias outfit; an old hand playing the sorrows of life away from his homeland on the silver beads of a komboloi; a small glass plate with “spoon sweet” (gliko tou koutaliou) made of sour cherries on it and a small silver spoon next to it, like the ones passed [...]
Unknown Vandals Spray Graffiti Threat on Greek Orthodox Monastery in Jerusalem
A Jerusalem monastery, built on the site where tradition says the tree used in the making of Jesus’s cross once stood, was defaced with “Death to Christians” graffiti on Tuesday. The words “Price Tag” daubed on a vandalized car parked outside the 11th-century Monastery of the Cross suggested that militant Jewish settlers were responsible and [...]
Egyptian Minister of Tourism Awards Greek Εntrepreneur
A Greek entrepreneur in Alexandria of Egypt, Mrs. Aliki Antoniou, was recently presented with an important award by the Minister of Tourism of the country, Dr. Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour, according to a report of the Greek Community’s newspaper “Neo Fos” Owner of the historic patisserie “Delices”, Mrs. Antoniou’s distinction was also featured in the [...]
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02 / 21 Greek Municipality of Volos Promoted At International Mediterranean Tourism Market of Tel Aviv
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02 / 21 Greek Community in Alexandria of Egypt Celebrates Fat Thursday
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02 / 20 Israel and Thessaloniki Develop Stronger Ties with Tourism
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02 / 20 Ultranationalist Jewish Vandals Attack Baptist Church in West Jerusalem
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