Greece
Christmas in the World. Greece (VIDEO)
December 23, 2011By Diana Ungureanu/ Chisinau / Moldova.ORG/ -- In Greece, the birth of Jesus is celebrated on December 25, but Christmas is less important than the Easter. In the Christmas Eve, a frugal table ends a period of 40 days of Advent. People go to bed early...
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December 06, 2011By Diana Ungureanu/ Chisinau / Moldova.ORG/ -- A sensational phenomenon takes place for centuries in a small town from Greece, and every year it becomes more incredible. Seventeen giant trees grow on the roof with a width of 17 cm of a small church...
December 05, 2011By Diana Ungureanu/ Chisinau / Moldova.ORG/ -- The coldness overflowed the capital and the whole country. However, you can find not so far locations, where the sun is much more generous than here. Today I want to introduce you the most beautiful islands...
Greece arrests six suspected gold hunters
June 10, 2011Greek police said they have arrested six people on suspicion of using an underground tunnel to search for buried gold at an archaeological site. The group of four Greeks and two Albanians were caught in a 12-m (40-foot) long tunnel at the site near Kavala...
Greek leaders fail to agree as IMF deadline looms
May 29, 2011Greek leaders meeting in Athens have failed to agree on Prime Minister George Papandreou's new austerity plan. Conservative leader Antonis Samaras rejected the measures, saying they would "flatten the Greek economy and destroy Greek society"...
Migrants end Greek hunger strike after government offer
March 10, 2011Nearly 300 migrant workers in Greece have ended a six-week hunger strike after the government offered a deal over residence permits. Details of the deal were not immediately available but it is believed the mainly North African protesters will get temporary...
Greece is new hub for illegal migrants
October 29, 2010Every year, hundreds of thousands of migrants leave their home countries for Europe dreaming of a better life. Many cross into the European Union illegally hoping to either evade detection or request political asylum. Often they pay traffickers...
Plant oils highly effective against drug-resistant bacteria
April 02, 2010By Jessica Berman Researchers say oils distilled from plants are highly effective against drug-resistant bacterial infections and could prove to be an inexpensive way to combat super-bugs found in hospital settings. For hundreds of years, different...
EU visa centre in Moldova to issue Belgian visas after 1 October
September 23, 2009Starting from 1 October 2009, Moldovan citizens will be able to apply and receive short-term visas for Belgium at the EU Common Visa Centre at the Hungarian embassy in Chisinau. Last week, Finland also announced plans to join the centre starting 1...
Greece says 7 more accused of starting forest fires
August 28, 2007As forest fires continued to sweep through large areas of Greece, the government, in Athens, announced the arrests of seven more people suspected of starting some of the fires. The blazes have killed at least 63 people since Thursday and destroyed thousands...