Posted on July 24, 2008 by grpresspoland
(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) Greece and Italy have topped this year’s list published by the UK Post Office as Europe’s most affordable destinations for families. In a recent report about ’sightseeing on a shoestring,’ the UK Post Office highlighted countries offering benefits for families travelling with younger children. Attractions in Greece offering special deals for families [...]
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Posted on July 24, 2008 by grpresspoland
(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) Technopolis Thessaloniki (www.technopolis.gr), inaugurated this month, is the first private Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Business Park in Greece, designed to host high tech enterprises sharing the spirit of the new economy. With a spirit of raising competitiveness, Technopolis Thessaloniki aims at delivering synergies among research intensive SMEs and research centres as [...]
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Posted on July 24, 2008 by grpresspoland
Ithaka and Odysseus’ journeys have inspired many writers. Arnold Zable’s new novel, “Sea of Many Returns,” charts more recent comings and goings from Ithaca, explores the sense of physical and emotional journeying, and continues the renowned author’s fascination with the migrant experience. Xanthe is compelled to return to the birthplace of her father, Manoli, and [...]
Filed under: Cultcure, Government, Greece, Greeks Abroad, International Relations, Politics, Turkey, history | Tagged: Aegean, Arnold, Australia, books, Bruce, Clark, exchange, General, Greece, Information, Ithaka, Lausanne, Living, Odysseus, Peace, population, Sea of Many Returns, Secretariat, Switzerland, Treaty, Turkey, Twice a Stranger, WW1, Xanthe, Zable | Comments Off
Posted on July 24, 2008 by grpresspoland
(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) General Secretary for Information Panos Livadas was in Beijing last week at the invitation of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), Executive Vice-President Jiang Xiaoyu. Livadas was the media director of the Press Centre for non-accredited to the Games journalists during the ATHENS 2004 Olympics (www.mediainfo2004.gr). BOCOG [...]
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Posted on July 24, 2008 by grpresspoland
(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) Seventeen centuries after it was written, the Codex Sinaiticus, one of the world’s oldest copies of the Bible, catches up with the digital age this week. Written in the fourth century and discovered in Egypt – at the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine’s of Mount Sinai - in the 19th, it will enter [...]
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Posted on July 24, 2008 by grpresspoland
(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) The European Commission has presented the results of the i2010 mid term review (April 2008). Regarding Greece, the review notes: “Strong policy commitment, notably the National Digital Strategy (2006-2013), has lead to a stable improvement of most benchmarking indicators.” However, despite this, the information society in Greece is still lagging behind in comparison [...]
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