The Mafia Challenge: Sugar sachets by Greek company trigger outrage in Naples

Mafia stereotypes that insulted a whole city: Marlon Brandon as The Godfather, a pistol and the phrase “Live dangerously in Naples” on sugar sachets produced and distributed by Greek company “Coffeland Ltd” triggered an outrage in Italy and forced the company owner to stop the advertising campaign. The face of Marlon Brando in the guise … The post The Mafia Challenge: Sugar sachets by Greek company trigger outrage in Naples appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.

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Greece is the word: Food for the immortals

Yes, the recipe for moussaka has 25 ingredients. No, I never run recipes that long, because who has the time? To be honest, when I decided to write about the food of Greece I wasn’t even thinking of i...

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ESM Chief Economist: Greece Returning to Positive Growth, Must Sustain Investor Trust

The Greek people made a major effort to successfully exit their bailout programs, and the reforms are bearing fruit, European Stability Mechanism (ESM) chief economist […] The post ESM Chief Economist: Greece Returning to Positive Growth, Must Sustain Investor Trust appeared first on The National Herald.

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Brexit Could Help the Case for Parthenon Sculptures to be Returned to Greece

The Parthenon, crown jewel from the cradle of civilization, needs its missing marbles. The Parthenon Museum in Athens is just over a decade old, a baby of an institution in the shadow of the Parthenon ...

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Egypt, GREECE and Cyprus expand East Med gas cooperation

CAIRO - Egypt, GREECE and Cyprus have agreed to establish a forum for natural gas-producing nations in the eastern Mediterranean to capitalise on ...

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Turkey: 19 migrants die in truck crash, 11 others injured

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's official news agency says at least 19 migrants have been killed in a traffic accident, among them children. The Anadolu news agency says the migrants were traveling in a truck Sunday in the western province of Izmir when it rolled over. It said 11 other people were injured in the crash and were being treated in nearby hospitals. Their nationalities were not given. Video footage showed a destroyed truck tipped upside down in a waterway with personal items scattered all around. Hundreds of thousands of migrants have set out to sea from Turkey's coasts in the last few years to try to reach neighboring Greece, which is a member of the European Union.

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Something’s Rotten in Greece’s Refugee Centers: Kammenos

I love the smell of corruption in the morning. Smells like… defeat. But what’s that smell in Greece’s detention centers and camps on islands and […] The post Something’s Rotten in Greece’s Refugee Centers: Kammenos appeared first on The National Herald.

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