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The port of Aegina

The small island of Aegina is actually the first Greek capital city in modern history and is only an hour away from today’s capital city of Athens by boat. Around its picturesque harbour, one can see snug taverns and shops with traditional Greek products.
vesela.dinolova | 14:04 | 25 Apr 13

Plato's Academy today

Photo: Ioannis Vlachos

The Academy was established in ancient Athens in 387 BC by Plato and was finally closed in 529 by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian. It was located in a small forest in the Athens suburb of Akademia, which was linked to the Athenian hero Akademos and named after him. The legend has it that at the entrance of the academy, one could read, "Let None but Geometers Enter Here."

mihaela | 23:04 | 05 Apr 13

Remember EFG Eurobank

Until recently, EFG Eurobank was the third largest bank in Greece with more than 300 branches throughout the country. It was established in 1990 under the name of "Euromerchant Bank" and its main scope of activity was to render mainly investment and banking services. After the liberalization of the banking sector in Greece, the Bank changed its strategic goals.
mihaela | 22:03 | 29 Mar 13

Political satire during the carnival in Patras

"The characters on other platforms include German Chancellor Angela Merkel, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his partners in the ruling coalition - Evangelos Venizelos and Fotis Kouvelis. We also have the figures of the representatives of the supervisory Troika. Other platforms show in a funny way how their policies are affecting the lives of us all.

mihaela | 20:03 | 15 Mar 13

Stone Rhapsody - Delphi

People believed once that this was the centre of the earth and listened to the prophecies of the Oracle. Having gone through its boom centuries ago, Delphi retains its power of attraction today.
mihaela | 17:03 | 08 Mar 13

Dionysia 2013

The Dionysia exhibition is a post-modern interpretation of the traditional wine fair as stated by its organizers.
mihaela | 22:03 | 01 Mar 13

Modern times of Athens

The romantic side of the industrial revolution comes back to live in the industrial museum in Gazi. Photos by Maria S. Topalova
mihaela | 14:02 | 11 Feb 13

Angela Merkel’s informal reception in Athens

All events in the centre of Athens, just a kilometre away from the Prime Minister's residence, where the meeting between Angela Merkel and Antonis Samaras took place.
mihaela | 21:10 | 10 Oct 12

Twice a stranger

"For us, the second generation is difficult to keep her memory. Its essence, the original character is already gone. But the epicenter in every refugee's story remains the same. To be

anastasia | 17:09 | 22 Sep 12