It’s Not Easy Being Greek in Germany
Socratis Papastathopoulos plays soccer for the Greek national team, but also for the German team Werden Bremen as a defender, skills he has to use these days not in his game, but defending his country...
View ArticleDalaras Sings Cavafy’s Poetry in Germany
After the great success of the first world premiere in Vienna’s Konzerthaus in 2011, Cavafy will take place for the first time in Germany in Munich Philharmonic Philharmonie im Gastei”, under the...
View ArticleGerman Festival For Young Greek Musicians
Areti Ketime The Aristofanis Association (www.aristofanis.com) has announced the beginning of the 2ndFestival for Greek Young Musicians of Germany in collaboration with the school committee of the 2nd...
View ArticleGermans Say Greeks, Cypriots Hide Riches
Der Spiegel’s front-page of April 15 had the provocative title, The poverty lie. How the countries in crisis cover up their riches, showing on its cover a man on a donkey carrying big sacks of money...
View ArticleBig Greek Doctor Exodus to Germany
The best Greek scientists are moving abroad, with Germany being their top destination. The Greek government announces every day the coming of the long awaited development, but statistics show another...
View ArticleBig Greek Migration Wave to Germany in 2012
Germany received the biggest immigration wave in 2012, as 1,080,936 migrants, of whom 34,000 Greeks, moved to Germany in 2012, according to the newspaper Tasspiegel. According to German government...
View ArticleGermans Want IMF Out of Greece
“IMF – get out of Greece,” yelled about 7,000 Germans in Frankfurt, in a protest against Europe’s austerity policies. On June 2, the second day of protests in Frankfurt, the German police tried to...
View ArticleGermany Must Assume Responsibility Towards Greece
A new restructuring of the Greek debt, an open debate on Germany’s responsibility towards the people of the European Union since World War II and the country’s straightforward participation in Greece’s...
View ArticleGreek Immigrants Like Germany Best
With Greece’s crushing economic crisis creating an exodus, especially the young, to other countries, the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD,) said that Germany...
View ArticleDeutsche Bahn Gave Greece Kickbacks
A judicial inquiry in Frankfurt, Germany, revealed that the German railway company Deutsche Bahn gave 315,000 euros as bribes to Greece and to other countries in Africa and Asia. According to the...
View ArticleMobiPro-EU’s Job For Your Life
In order to cover its lack in qualified workers, Germany recently launched a program of financial help to attract young people from around Europe, taking also into consideration that many EU countries...
View ArticleGreece Dominates Merkel’s Re-election Bid
According to Deutsche Welle, one of Merkel’s weak points is to rescue Greece. With this strategy the Social Democratic Party (SPD) attempts to recover in the polls. The election campaign has a lot to...
View ArticleGermany Counts on Greek Olive Oil
Germany’s main supplier country in olive oil is by far Italy (3/4 of imports). Greece and Spain have shares of about 10% each from the total imports, while the Greek exports of virgin olive oil...
View ArticleTsipras’ Visit to Germany
Greece’s program of reforms has brought results, the member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB) Jörg Asmussen stated after his meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, with the leader of...
View ArticleAthens Agricultural University Joins Anuga
Cologne in Germany is where the 32nd International Food and drink fair, “Anuga”, will take place, from 5 to 9 October, gathering more than 6,500 caterers from 100 countries and 160,000 buyers from 180...
View ArticleGreek Germans Aspire to Promote Greece as a Tourist Destination
The Greek expatriates of Germany are willing to contribute to the promotion of Greece as a tourist destination, as it was pointed out at a meeting with new director of the Greek National Tourism...
View ArticleGermany’s Finance Minister Denies Report on New Aid Package
Martin Kotthaus, a spokesman for Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, denied that a report published by the German newspaper Die Zeit is true. The article in question said that Germany is working on a...
View Article5.1% Increase of Greek Immigrants in Germany
Greek immigrants in Germany are reaching a record number over the last twenty years, as last year, the greatest increase since 1993 corresponding to 4.1% was recorded. As it was announced by the...
View ArticleInternship Program for Greek Immigrants in Germany
The German-Hellenic Business Association DHW undertook the implementation of the program for training young Greek immigrants in Cologne, Germany. This innovative program called «KAUSA Servicestelle...
View ArticleMore Greek Doctors Work in North Rhine-Westphalia
During the last year, the number of Greek trainee doctors and specialists who work at hospitals in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, was increased by 14 percent. In particular, the number of Greek...
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