Jobless Greeks Get Free Opera

The Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the ancient theater located on the southwest slope of the Acropolis of Athens, hosted a performance that was free for 1,500 unemployed Greek citizens, who got to hear Wagner's The Flying Dutchman. There are more than 1.3 million people in Greece out of work as the country is suffering a record 26.8 percent unemployment rate caused by crushing austerity measures ...

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