The Fastest Growing Equity Crowdfunding Campaign in America Happens to be a Company With Roots in Greece
At its core, Ellison is a company with roots in Greece. And thanks to a new and innovative method that allows crowdfunding equity investing, people can become owners of a chunk of the company with as little as $30 a pop. People from throughout the world have bought into the concept and today, Ellison is […]
Yes, Santa Claus was Greek too and Other Things We Know About Jolly Old St. Nick
Today’s image of a plump, pink-cheeked old man named Santa who resides somewhere in the North Pole and brings gifts to all good children across the world on his sled has radically different beginnings. Santa Claus started as a man named Nicholas, born in the year 270 to a wealthy family in the Greek city […]
(Video) A Greek Couple That Lives Greek Hospitality Nightly By Opening Their Restaurant to Refugees
On the beach of Roditses on the island of Samos, there’s a restaurant called Maria’s. It’s no ordinary restaurant, though— and you won’t find many locals. What you will find, however, is a place that’s bustling every night with families, young children and people whose eyes are filled with gratitude. For the past year and […]
Greece Honoring Sacrifice of 1,000 Cretans With 2 Euro Coin Featuring Arkadi Monastery
Greece is honoring the sacrifice of nearly 1,000 Cretans who took their own lives at the Arkadi Monastery during the Cretan Revolt of 1866 on a 2016 circulating €2 coin. Greece’s latest coin memorializes the 150th anniversary of the Arkadi Monastery destruction when locals blew themselves up rather than be taken as slaves of the […]
Forgotten Ancient Greek City Dating Back 2,500 Years Discovered by Archaeologists Near Larisa
A team of archaeologists have discovered a 2,500-year-old lost city in Greece, once dismissed as insignificant ruins. An international team of researchers from the University of Gothenburg (in Sweden) and the University of Bournemouth (in the UK) have begun exploring the ruins at a village called Vlochos, around 300km (190 miles) north of Athens, but […]
Greek School to Open for First Time Since 1964 on Turkey’s Imvros Island
Perhaps nowhere in Turkey have innocent people come between the cross fire of politics than on the tiny islands of Imvros and Tenedos— islands in the Aegean which have had a Greek identity and population for centuries but were handed to Turkey during the Treaty of Lausanne negotiations in the early 1920s. Right after Christmas, […]
Tsipras: Greece Will Not Be Blackmailed; Greek Parliament Defies European Creditors with Parliament Vote on Christmas Payouts
Greece’s parliament has defied European creditors with a vote legalizing prime minister Alexis Tsipras’ unilateral decision to give Christmas bonuses to the country’s lowest income earners. Yesterday, the Eurozone issued a stern warning to Greece. They said that the benefits, which include payments for school lunch programs for children in impoverished areas of the country […]
Greece on Collision Course with European Creditors; Eurozone Suspending Temporary Debt Relief
A series of events that have taken place has set Greece on a potentially dangerous collision course with its European creditors that could bring the country, once again to the brink of financial collapse. How it all played out: On December 5, 2016, Eurogroup ministers meeting in Brussels agreed to give Greece short term debt […]
Newsweek Exposes Donald Trump’s Turkish Achilles Heel Which Could Sway Relations in Region
Newsweek published a damning report about how President-elect Donald Trump’s business interests throughout the world could jeopardize U.S. national interests. Donald Trump hasn’t been sworn in yet, Newsweek writes, “but he is already making decisions and issuing statements to world leaders that radically depart from American foreign policy, all to the benefit of his family’s […]
Athens City Hall Lit in Turkish Red in Solidarity with Terror Victims
A strong message of solidarity with terror victims from the Mayor of Athens as the entire facade of Athens City Hall in Kotzia Square was lit up in red, the color of the Turkish flag. The move, as described by the City of Athens via its official Twitter account was done to show solidarity with […]
