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During fall Athens streets will be flooded with theatrical plays – between September 30 and October 4, 45 Greek troupes and 12 foreign ones, as well as more than 40 artists will take over the historic center of the city around the Acropolis with 180 performances.

The turnover of big Greek companies has shrunk with the extreme 30.7 percents during May. It is expected that during the following days the International Monetary Fund will announce its prognosis for the development of the Greek economy, which is expected to be negative - 1.5%.

Horrific scenarios for the dissemination of swine flu in Greece that every third Greek will get infected during fall were forecasted based on epidemiological models.

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Turkey is testing the Greek composure with its military airplane flights, which are done over Greek islands in the Aegean Sea and with its decision to start a search for oil fields near Kastelorizo island close to Cyprus.

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Famous actor Antonio Banderas want to play the role of Nikos Kazandzakis’ literature character Zorba the Greek. The Spanish cinema star Antonio Banderas shared his desire to feel the passion of Zorba the Greek in an interview for the Australian news agency.

Skopje turned to the International Court in Hague after Greece used its right for veto regarding the membership of the former Yugoslavian republic in NATO, during the high level meeting in Aril 2008.

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Dedicated to an unusual exhibition, which takes us back to the dramatic events of 1974 in Greece and promises to be the art-hit of Athens in the Summer of 2009, is the following story by Maria Spasova.