Witnessing the Greek Riots Through Foreign Eyes
Region: Greece
Athens: Last night I saw a nine-year-old boy wearing a black hood, with his mouth covered by a bandana, hurl glass bottles at the riot police in the heart of the anarchist stronghold, Exarchia. It was 2am, and no one seeme... more
Views: 1892Laser helps in cleaning the monuments
Region: Greece
Technology not only serves the present but also the past and the future. Laser beams are used for the removal of the black crust from monuments which is caused by pollution. Greek restore... more
Views: 1649The Allure of Hydra
Region: Greece
The allure of Hydra is enhanced by the reality that the entire island is prohibited to any kind of motorised vehicle and only donkeys can serve as a means to transportation. Hydra was first exposed in the fifties a... more
Views: 1433Russia 1-0 Sweden: Unfancied Russians and Unbeatable Manager Triumph
Region: Austria
Wednesday, 18 June 2008 Day twelve of GroundReport's exclusive on-the-ground coverage of Euro2008. Lucky Guus has done it again. Russia have defeated Sweden 2-0 to clinch a berth in the quarterfinals today. They... more
Views: 1617Sweden 2-0 Greece: Reigning Champions Look Doubtful
Region: Austria
Tuesday, 10 June 2008 Day four of GroundReport's on-the-ground coverage of Euro2008: Euro 2004 champions Greece did not impress in their first outing against Sweden today, going down 2-0 in Salzburg during the second of... more
Views: 1137Just How British are the Parthenon Marbles?
Region: GreeceWith the completion of the Acropolis museum in Athens, the argument concerning the Elgin marbles has once again come to the forefront of debate with what is arguably a clear and simple argument. Greece wants them bac... more
Views: 2227Child of Serres
Region: Greece
White city on brown soil plains, houses planted and breathing each other's hidden air. Serres rains me, three days, blessing or burden three days the same. I pine for donkey carts or the sun on postcards racked beh... more
Views: 1500…and the times they are a changin: A Eurosceptic accepting the Euro
Region: Greece
Major economic reforms have been taking place in Greece since the early 1990s and one of the strongest catalysts for these changes has been the Euro. In November 2001, the price of a return ticket from Pire... more
Views: 1761Towards a compromise on the name dispute?
Region: GreeceThe relations between Greece and FYROM (“Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia”)[1] are in urgent need of improvement, after a stalemate over the name issue lasted almost fifteen years, while Macedonian bid ... more
Views: 3310Macedonia: Bloggers Discuss NATO Summit and Greece
Region: Macedonia
by Filip Stojanovski Last week, the Macedonian blogosphere buzzed about Greece's obstruction of Macedonia's NATO entry. This post presents a set of typical initial reactions to this news. Filip Petrovski described (MKD... more
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