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Crisis-Hit Greeks Flock to Sweden
Komninos Chaideftos As the economic crisis intensifies in Greece, the number of Greeks coming to Sweden in search of housing and jobs has soared, a leader of the Scandinavian country’s Greek community...
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Sweden’s Job Market Attracts Educated Greeks
The deep financial crisis in Europe has led to more Greek citizens arriving in Sweden to seek employment, with twice as many coming in 2011 compared to the year before, a Swedish newspaper reported,...
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From Drug Salesman in Greece to School Janitor in Sweden
Under the headline, Jobless Greeks Resolved to Work Clean Toilets in Sweden, the Bloomberg news agency featured the story of Tilemachos Karachalios, a 40-year-old former pharmaceutical salesman in...
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Greek Surgeon in First Mother-to-Daughter Uterus Transplant
More than 10 surgeons at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg completed last weekend the world’s first uterus transplant surgery from two mothers to their daughters respectively. Headed by Mats...
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Swedes Take a Liking to Feta
Swedish consumption of feta is increasing. Swedes have developed a taste for the Greek delicacy as part of adopting healthier eating habits, including the Mediterranean cuisine, olive oil, etc. They...
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Sweden Suggests: Find Work in Greece
Even as Greece’s crushing economic crisis has created record unemployment, many young Greeks still avoid working in summer tourists jobs, Sweden’s government-funded employment agency has launched a...
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Greeks From Sweden Visit Lagadas
Greek migrant students from Sweden, in particular from Kalmar District high school paid a visit on Feb. 20 to the Mayor of Lagadas, Ioannis Anastasiadis, in the northern Greek city. The visit was part...
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Cretan Hoteliers Unhappy With Swedish Ad
A private Swedish company has caused a lot of reaction in its effort to attract customers by preventing Swedish people from visiting Crete. The Liseberg company, located in Gothenburg has distributed...
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Kefalogianni Met Visit Sweden Chief
The Greek Minister of Culture and Tourism, Olga Kefalogianni, visited Sweden and among others, met Thomas Bruhl, the chief of Visit Sweden, a Swedish tourist organization. They discussed about the...
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A Week Before Eurovision’s Semi-Finals
The Greek participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song Alcohol is Free, interpreted by Agathonas Iakovidis and Koza Mostra, will be presented ninth during the second semi-finals in...
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Papadopoulos Branded By Panos Emporio
The 14th International Fashion Week Athens Xclusive Designers Week, which will be held on October 14-21, always supports the Greek designers operating abroad and has hosted very important names of the...
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Stockholm: Injuries at “Disgusting” neo-Nazi Rally
Two people were injured as protesters clashed with members of the neo-Nazi Swedish resistance movement in Stockholm with the far right rally labelled as “absolutely disgusting” by Sweden’s EU Minister....
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“Miss Violence” Wins Best Screenplay Award
Alexandros Avranas and Costas Peroulis won the Best Screenplay award for the film “Miss Violence,” at the 24th International Film Festival in Stockholm. Other films that participated in the competition...
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GNTO in Scandinavia Facing Closure
The Greek National Tourism Organization has been around for more than half a century in Scandinavia. The Scandinavian tourism market is unquestionably considered as one of the greatest markets for...
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Greece in 7th Place for Human Rights Violations
According to the annual report of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) released on Thursday, January 30 by the president of the Court Dean Spielmann, Greece is in 7th place for recorded human...
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Swedish Tourists Prefer Greece For Vacation
Greece is one of the most favorite destinations for Swedish tourists. More than 626,000 tourists from Sweden visited Greece during 2013. This number indicates an increase by 15 percent as compared to...
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Greece a Top Tourist Destination for Swedes in 2014
The Greek tourist sector is set for a great performance this year, according to Swedish magazine TRAVEL NEWS, which published an article entitled “Greece – the winner of this year’s summer” on its...
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Cleopas Strongylis: New Metropolitan of Sweden and All Scandinavia
It was announced today that Archimandrite Cleopas Strongylis, a scholar and cleric who served in Boston until now and is mostly known for his scientific work on Saint Nektarios, was elected...
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Humanitarian Help from Greek, Norwegian and Swedish Activists
A coalition of activists said on Tuesday they would send a flotilla of ships to break Israel’s siege of Gaza by the end of 2014, four years after a similar campaign ended in a deadly raid by Israeli...
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Retired Greek Basketball Superstar Honored in Sweden
Nikos Galis, one of the greatest Greek basketball players of all time, was announced an honorary member of the Greek team of Göteborg BC in Sweden. “As of today, I am a member of the Greek team of...
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