Chancellor Merkel on Greek Debt
“Greece needs to reduce its debt to 110% of the GDP by 2022,” Chancellor Angela Merkel said, when answering a question posed by a Greek reader of Bild, who participated in a panel put together by the...
View ArticleGreek Candidate in German Federal Elections
DW pays a tribute to the Greek candidates in the upcoming German elections. Stella Kyrgiane – Ephremidis has great chances of being elected as a member of the German parliament. She grew up in...
View ArticleZapatinas Designs at Frankfurt Motor Show
Chinese automakers could not be absent from the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany. During the last decade, Chinese car makers have been trying to invade the European market. The efforts made so far have...
View ArticleMarkets Prepare for New Aid to Greece
“There is almost no private investor who could be scared of the news about a new rescue package to Greece,” Jörg Kraemer chief economist at Germany’s Commerzbank stated, referring to the possibility of...
View ArticleGrexit Show on German TV (video)
In the program that will be aired on the evening of September 16 by the German TV channel Tele-5, the leader of the conservative, euro-currency-skeptic political party in Germany AfD (Alternative for...
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 ArticleGreek Gastronomy Presentation in Anuga 2013
The Greek gastronomic tourism was promoted at the world’s largest and most important food and beverage fair, Anuga 2013, which took place in Cologne, Germany, from Oct 6 to 9. More than 180 exhibitors...
View ArticleGerman-Greek Assembly in Nuremberg Oct 22-23
The active interest of Greece and the importance given to the Greek-German cooperation, now entering a new phase, was shown by the participation of the minister of Interior Giannis Michelakis, the...
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 ArticleDer Spiegel: Simitis Looking For a Comeback
Der Spiegel predicts that Costas Simitis, former Greek prime minister (1996-2004) and PASOK leader will return in the main political scene of Greece. This will happen either via the initiative of the...
View ArticleGerman MEP Chatzimarkakis to Create New Party in Greece
German MEP Jorgo Chatzimarkakis officially expressed his intentions to form a political party in Greece with the aim of taking part in May’s European elections. The liberal Euro parliamentarian stated...
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 ArticleSpiegel: Greece Fears the Revenge of neo-Nazis
The German news magazine Der Spiegel talks about a rising concern in Greece after the killing of two Golden Dawn members on the evening of Friday November 1st in Neo Irakleio, a suburb in the northern...
View ArticleBerlin: Samaras in the European Leaders Meeting
On November 23, the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will participate in the annual leaders meeting organised by the German newspaper “Sueddeutsche Zeitung.” In this year’s meeting, which will take...
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...
View ArticleSpiegel Compares Greece to Banana Republic
The German magazine Spiegel compared Greece to a Banana Republic in an article published on the magazine’s website. The article entitle “Like a Banana Republic” refers to the intervention and...
View ArticleGreek Poesy Breakfast in Düsseldorf
By Aspasia Zontanou The association of Greek authors in Germany (“Die Gesellschaft Griechischer Autoren e.V.) formed in 2006, organize events where Greek authors as well as authors from other...
View ArticleGreek Employer Ranks as Best in German Survey
The Greek engineer Dimitris Vartziotis from Epirus has created a big company named TWT Science & Innovation (Science and Innovation) in three German cities and in Ioannina, Greece. Vartziotis won...
View ArticleGerman Author Andreas Deffners Writes About Greek “Filotimo”
By Aspasia Zontanou Born in 1974 in Reinbeck, Germany, Andreas Deffner fell in love with Greece and its people, after his first visit–which he went on as a highschool trip. Since then “kollise,” (in...
View ArticleKazantzakis’ Work Travels to Munich
A Literature Night devoted to Nikos Kazantzakis will be held on November 28, 2013 at 8pm at Lenbach-Künstlerhaus, Lenbachplatz 8, situated in the heart of Bavaria, in Munich. Nikos Kazantzakis is the...
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