Greece - Kalo Taxidi! Notes from Greece and the Greek Islands.
Thursday 26 November 2015
Tuesday 24 November 2015
Friday 20 November 2015
Wednesday 18 November 2015
Monday 16 November 2015
Thursday 12 November 2015
Daguerreotype of Acropolis auctioned in Paris | Multimedia | ekathimerini.com
Daguerreotype of Acropolis auctioned in Paris | Multimedia | ekathimerini.com
A photo of the Acropolis in 1842 by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
Monday 9 November 2015
Paros Life & Naxos Life - Refugee Crisis, how you can help
Read about how you can help here Paros Life & Naxos Life
Saturday 31 October 2015
Panhellenic Seamen's Federation to Hold 48 Hour Strike | GreekReporter.com
Panhellenic Seamen's Federation to Hold 48 Hour Strike | GreekReporter.com
The main tourist season is ending and strikes start again.
The main tourist season is ending and strikes start again.
Thursday 22 October 2015
Sunday 18 October 2015
Richard Hurley: Meeting the Syrian refugees arriving on a small Greek island
BMJ Blogs: The BMJ » Blog Archive » Richard Hurley: Meeting the Syrian refugees arriving on a small Greek island
The island is Amorgos. The "empty monastery" is Agios Paraskevi, where there are rooms used by pilgrims attending the annual festival in July.
The island is Amorgos. The "empty monastery" is Agios Paraskevi, where there are rooms used by pilgrims attending the annual festival in July.
Friday 16 October 2015
Tuesday 13 October 2015
Island VAT generates confusion - ekathimerini.com
Island VAT generates confusion | Business | ekathimerini.com
"If you wish to travel from Piraeus to the island of Folegandros, the value-added tax on your ferry ticket will be 23 percent. However, if you take the ferry from Andros to Folegandros, the VAT charge will only be 16 percent, as you will be traveling between islands with a VAT discount. A dairy company from Naxos delivering goods to enterprises on Lesvos or Chios will charge a 9 percent VAT rate on its prices, but if the goods are delivered to private consumers on the same islands, they will pay a 13 percent tax."
What's confusing about that ;-)
"If you wish to travel from Piraeus to the island of Folegandros, the value-added tax on your ferry ticket will be 23 percent. However, if you take the ferry from Andros to Folegandros, the VAT charge will only be 16 percent, as you will be traveling between islands with a VAT discount. A dairy company from Naxos delivering goods to enterprises on Lesvos or Chios will charge a 9 percent VAT rate on its prices, but if the goods are delivered to private consumers on the same islands, they will pay a 13 percent tax."
What's confusing about that ;-)
Monday 21 September 2015
Taking stock of the capital's 1830-1940 buildings | Life | ekathimerini.com
Taking stock of the capital's 1830-1940 buildings | Life | ekathimerini.com
"It is estimated that more than 10,500 buildings constructed between 1830 and the Second World War currently survive in Athens. These structures, comprising a great variety of styles, make up the Greek capital's architectural legacy. The diversity is such that Monumenta, an urban activist group that has over the past three years documented the vast majority of these structures, claims that “in Athens you can see the most beautiful buildings.”"
There are some beautiful old buildings in Plaka - but some of them are in urgent need of repair.
"It is estimated that more than 10,500 buildings constructed between 1830 and the Second World War currently survive in Athens. These structures, comprising a great variety of styles, make up the Greek capital's architectural legacy. The diversity is such that Monumenta, an urban activist group that has over the past three years documented the vast majority of these structures, claims that “in Athens you can see the most beautiful buildings.”"
There are some beautiful old buildings in Plaka - but some of them are in urgent need of repair.
Monday 14 September 2015
Vangelis Meimarakis: the next Prime Minister of Greece?
Vangelis Meimarakis: New Democracy leader takes Greece back - BBC News
"Part of Greece's political establishment for decades, Vangelis Meimarakis is everything voters rejected when they backed Alexis Tsipras and his left-wing Syriza party in January's election."
"According to latest opinion polls, Mr Meimarakis is now challenging Alexis Tsipras, Greece's youngest prime minister in modern times, for first place in this month's elections.
"Part of Greece's political establishment for decades, Vangelis Meimarakis is everything voters rejected when they backed Alexis Tsipras and his left-wing Syriza party in January's election."
"According to latest opinion polls, Mr Meimarakis is now challenging Alexis Tsipras, Greece's youngest prime minister in modern times, for first place in this month's elections.
Commentators say he is a voice of economic stability, who has successfully unified his party to make a comeback."
Tuesday 8 September 2015
Vassiliki Thanou - Greece's first female Prime Minister
http://www.ekathimerini.com/200993/gallery/ekathimerini/in-images/greeces-caretaker-cabinet-sworn-in-ahead-of-early-vote
Something I've not seen mentioned in the English press, Vassiliki Thanou leads the caretaker government until the general election later this month (September 2015).
Something I've not seen mentioned in the English press, Vassiliki Thanou leads the caretaker government until the general election later this month (September 2015).
Friday 21 August 2015
Greece is about to be completely dismantled and fed to profit-hungry corporations - Comment - Voices - The Independent
Greece is about to be completely dismantled and fed to profit-hungry corporations - Comment - Voices - The Independent
"The intensity of the restructuring programme currently being agreed for Greece should dispel any lingering notion that this is a well intentioned but misguided attempt to deal with a debt crisis. It is a cynical attempt to set up a corporate paradise in the Mediterranean, and must be resisted at all costs."
"The intensity of the restructuring programme currently being agreed for Greece should dispel any lingering notion that this is a well intentioned but misguided attempt to deal with a debt crisis. It is a cynical attempt to set up a corporate paradise in the Mediterranean, and must be resisted at all costs."
Hotels in Athens, Greece
Hotels in Athens, Greece
A link to Matt Barrett's guide. When I'm travelling by ferry to Piraeus I always spend a night or two in Athens. I started doing this in case there were travel disruptions. Now I like to have a day or two in Athens, seeing some museums, strolling in the National Gardens.......................
A link to Matt Barrett's guide. When I'm travelling by ferry to Piraeus I always spend a night or two in Athens. I started doing this in case there were travel disruptions. Now I like to have a day or two in Athens, seeing some museums, strolling in the National Gardens.......................
Friday 7 August 2015
Sunday 2 August 2015
"25 years after #TheBigBlue, I'm diving again in the front of the monastery!!! Amorgos is a magic island!!!!”
Amorgos Friends - https://mobile.twitter.com/lucbesson/status/62591...
Luc Besson returns to Amorgos after 25 years.
"25 years after #TheBigBlue, I'm diving again in the front of the monastery!!! Amorgos is a magic island!!!!”
Luc Besson returns to Amorgos after 25 years.
"25 years after #TheBigBlue, I'm diving again in the front of the monastery!!! Amorgos is a magic island!!!!”
Wednesday 29 July 2015
Sunday 12 July 2015
Greek tourist hotspots face big bailout tax hikes
Some of the proposals under discussion.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/199373/article/ekathimerini/business/greek-tourist-hotspots-face-big-bailout-tax-hikes
"The Greek meal sales tax in the bailout proposal being considered Sunday by European leaders would boost it from the current 13 percent to 23 percent, while hotels would see room sales taxes rise from 6.5 percent to 13 percent.
Cromba and many other merchants said they would be forced to offset the higher taxes with lower prices to keep their cash-strapped customers."
http://www.ekathimerini.com/199373/article/ekathimerini/business/greek-tourist-hotspots-face-big-bailout-tax-hikes
"The Greek meal sales tax in the bailout proposal being considered Sunday by European leaders would boost it from the current 13 percent to 23 percent, while hotels would see room sales taxes rise from 6.5 percent to 13 percent.
Cromba and many other merchants said they would be forced to offset the higher taxes with lower prices to keep their cash-strapped customers."
When Greece Wrote Off German Debt in 1953 and How Germany Wants to Forget It
A view from the Greek perspective
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/07/09/germany-can-write-off-greek-debt-like-greece-did-for-germany-in-1953/
"It is time then for Germany, Greece’s biggest lender and Europe’s strongest economy, to show the same generosity poor Greece had shown in 1953 and write off part of its debt. That’s solidarity. "
And a view from a German perspective, summarised by the BBC from the Bild newspaper
"20:29
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-33497309
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/07/09/germany-can-write-off-greek-debt-like-greece-did-for-germany-in-1953/
"It is time then for Germany, Greece’s biggest lender and Europe’s strongest economy, to show the same generosity poor Greece had shown in 1953 and write off part of its debt. That’s solidarity. "
And a view from a German perspective, summarised by the BBC from the Bild newspaper
"20:29
It takes a brave person to try and predict what might happen next in Greece. But, over at Bild newspaper in Germany, they've been trying to do just that.
In brief, here are the possibilities they outline:
- A deal is signed - and possibly a new coalition is formed in Greece
- Eurogroup says it is unhappy with Greek plans – so Tsipras prepares for Grexit
- Eurogroup says it is unhappy with Greek plans – Tsipras refuses Grexit
- Prime Minister resigns ahead of Grexit - so elections are called
- You can read the whole piece here (in German) " .
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-33497309
Friday 10 July 2015
Wednesday 1 July 2015
Saturday 20 June 2015
Monday 20 April 2015
Monday 23 March 2015
Sunday 15 March 2015
Museum shows there's more to Greek music than bouzoukis | Reuters
Museum shows there's more to Greek music than bouzoukis | Reuters
One of my favourite museums in Athens.
One of my favourite museums in Athens.
Monday 9 March 2015
Friday 6 March 2015
Thursday 26 February 2015
Monday 23 February 2015
ekathimerini.com | Museum shows there's more to Greek music than bouzouki
ekathimerini.com | Museum shows there's more to Greek music than bouzouki
One of my favourite places in Athens. Are there still large tortoises in the garden?
One of my favourite places in Athens. Are there still large tortoises in the garden?
Tuesday 17 February 2015
Sunday 15 February 2015
Yoga Vita: Well-Being Yoga Holiday, Amorgos, Greece, April 19th -27th , 2015
Yoga Vita: Well-Being Yoga Holiday, Amorgos, Greece, April 19th -27th , 2015
A yoga holiday on the beautiful Greek island of Amorgos!
A yoga holiday on the beautiful Greek island of Amorgos!
Saturday 14 February 2015
Thursday 5 February 2015
Dinner in the Sky of Athens | GreekReporter.com
Dinner in the Sky of Athens | GreekReporter.com
At first glance I thought that this was a hot air balloon!
At first glance I thought that this was a hot air balloon!
Thursday 15 January 2015
Greece - The rubber glove rebellion
BBC News - The rubber glove rebellion
And an interesting BBC radio programme "Greece: The Rubber Glove Rebellion"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xrv9x
"A group of middle-aged cleaners have become heroes to Greeks hit hard by
austerity for refusing to go quietly when their jobs were cut. They have clashed
with police and camped for months in central Athens - their defiance springing
from decades of low-paid work and hard lives as mothers, wives, widows or
divorcees."
And an interesting BBC radio programme "Greece: The Rubber Glove Rebellion"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xrv9x
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