Greece's Fur Coat Industry Braces for Russian Sanctions
Greece's fur coat industry, suffering from a drought of Russian buyers, is terrified that the sanction tit-for-tat between Moscow and the West over Ukraine could destroy its business altogether. Despite its hot Mediterranean climate, Greece sold 136,446 ...
Three Men Charged in Greece Kidnapping Plead Not Guilty
Q-Zay Clark, Thomas Pryor and Alexander Kates are accused of stealing more than $260,000 worth of jewelry from the Jewelry Lab in Greece Ridge Mall. Rochester, NY (WROC)- All three men accused of kidnapping a family in Greece before burglarizing their ...
Greece residents take care of local students
Atria Greece residents Helen, Irma, Lena and Executive Director Tina Weller recently helped to put together a collection of donated school supplies for local schools. Donations came from Atria Greece residents, staff, and resident families. To see pictures ...
Football Violence in Greece is Alive and Well
Greek politicians are like the legendary Greek lovers of the 70s and 80s: they will promise the sun and the moon, only to satisfy their baser needs and, of course, will never keep their promises. One of the hundreds of promises Greek politicians repeatedly ...
Απίστευτη πρόκληση: Χάρτης παρουσιάζει αυτονομιστικό κίνημα στην Ελλάδα
Με αφορμή το αυριανό δημοψήφισμα στη Σκωτία για την ανεξαρτησία της χώρας από το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, ένας χάρτης γεμάτος ανακρίβειες και προκλήσεις κάνει το γύρο του διαδικτύου Συγκεκριμένα ο υποθετικός χάρτης, τον οποίο φέρεται να έχει δημιουργήσει το Κίνημα για μια Ελεύθερη Ευρώπη (European Free All ...
ΠΡΟΒΟΚΑΤΣΙΑΑΑΑ! ΕΠΡΕΠΕ ΗΔΗ ΧΤΕΣ, ΝΑ ΑΠΑΓΟΡΕΥΤΕΙ ΚΑΙ ΝΑ ΣΥΝΘΛΙΦΤΕΙ ΣΤΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΙ, ΤΟ ΦΙΔΙ ΠΟΥ ΛΕΓΕΤΑΙ "ΟΥΡΑΝΙΟ ΤΟΞΟ"! ΠΡΟΚΛΗΤΙΚΟΤΑΤΟΣ ΧΑΡΤΗΣ ΤΩΝ NEW YORK TIMES (ΜΕ ΑΦΟΡΜΗ ΤΟ ΔΗΜΟΨΗΦΙΣΜΑ ΣΤΗ ΣΚΩΤΙΑ) ΠΑΡΟΥΣ ...
Χάρτη με το πως θα αλλάξει η Ευρώπη αν όλα τα αυτονομιστικά κινήματα ακολουθήσουν τον δρόμο που χαράζει η Σκωτία, δημοσίευσαν οι New York Times. Όπως αναφέρει το δημοσίευμα όποια και να είναι η έκβαση του δημοψηφίσματος στη Σκωτία η μορφή της Ευρώπης αλλάζει καθώς αναζωπυρώνονται σε ορισμένες περιοχ ...
Acropolis Museum Among World’s Best
Operating for five years now, the Acropolis Museum in Athens has charmed foreign and local tourists with its treasures from the Greek Bronze Era to the Roman and Byzantine period. It is the most visited museum in Greece and attracts millions of visitors each year. The Acropolis Museum is 8th on the ...
What The "Porsche Indicator" Tells Us About The Greek "Recovery"
As the "Big Mac Index" is to global purchase price parity levels of inflation, so when it comes to the state of the "recovery" if not for everyone, then certainly for the 0.1%, there is no better metric than the " Porsche Indicator." Recall: " Porsche Reports Record Sales in 2013; 21 Percent Increas ...
50 Impressive 3D Drawings
Illusionistic art has been around since Ancient times, when unknown painters depicted fictional landscapes on inside walls of wealthy Pompeians. And even earlier, on Crete and throughout the Greece. Illusionism was the only tool painters of antiquity had that allowed them to create the feeling of de ...
Football Violence in Greece is Alive and Well
Greek politicians are like the legendary Greek lovers of the 70s and 80s: they will promise the sun and the moon, only to satisfy their baser needs and, of course, will never keep their promises. One of the hundreds of promises Greek politicians repeatedly break, is that they will put an end to foot ...
Miles Away
Sorry I haven’t been posting much but I’m not at home, I’m in Greece, staying on the island of Skiathos to be precise. This is mainly a sun holiday for Sue and I although regular readers of this blog will know that binoculars and camera always go on holiday with us. Skopelos I’m home in a day or two ...
EUROPE REGISTRATIONS
(Reuters) - Car sales in Europe rose 1.8% in August with volume makers Volkswagen, Ford and Opel benefiting from improved demand in Spain, Portugal and Ireland, while premium makers lost ground due to a drop in sales in Germany. New passenger car registrations in the European Union and the countries ...
Creature Comforts: the Big C Hop … Let’s Cut out Cancer …
I missed this … I was dissolving monasteries on Monday, with Henry VIII and the Reformation swamping me … I gave a two part talk on, believe it or not, the “Dissolution of Monasteries 1536 – 1540” … so forgive my remissness for Monday’s Big C blog hop … The Big C for Cancer Hop in aid of all those w ...
Five Cities Selected as Winners in Bloomberg Philanthropies 2014 Mayors Challenge
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) – Grand Prize Winner Barcelona Aims to Create Digital and Community ‘Trust Network’ for Each of its At-Risk Elderly Residents Athens, Greece; Kirklees in Yorkshire, UK; Stockholm, Sweden; and Warsaw, Poland Also Win Funds for Innovative Solutions to Pressing Urban Challenges B ...
