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Four years after the death of dancer Martine Cazenave, her bridal veil sways ethereally again the day of her marriage. 68 year old artist Jean Ronzier kept his promise to marry his eternal love, who died four years ago in the age of [...]

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62% of Egyptian men admit to having sexually harassed women. And who is to blame for the maltreatment? 53% of men say women. 83% of Egyptian women reported having been sexually harassed. Nearly half of them said the abuse occurred daily. Only 2.4 percent of Egyptian women [...]

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Last summer, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Julie Walters were in the Greek islands of Skopelos and Skiathos, as well as Pilio for the filming of the movie “Mama Mia!.” Considered as one of the most successful musicals of the past decades, “Mama [...]

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The recipe for the magic filter of happiness is simple: economic prosperity, political freedom, equality. The streets of Denmark are full of the happiest persons on earth. According to the latest World Values Survey published by the United States National Science Foundation, Danes are the [...]

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Harvard University, the most famous educational institution in the United States, has a new base in the historic city of Nafplion in Greece. It is a modern Centre for Hellenic Studies, which constitutes Harvard University’s first facility for international programs in continental Europe.
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To be a working mother or not to be?

  
The image is a familiar one. “I wake up early in the morning, I prepare the breakfast for my family, I get the children ready to school, pack their lunches, go to work and after a tiring [...]

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Kythnos, Cyclades
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3,500 years after the legendary Argo, which according to myth carried Jason and the Argonauts on their heroic quest for the Golden Fleece in Colchis, an exact relpica of the historic trireme sets sail from Volos on a 60 day trip to Venice.

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The modern-day Argo, [...]

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Three «thunderous» NO, in three years…First the French, next the Dutch and now bad luck comes in threes for the European Union which is sinking once again in the vicious cycle of introversion. Brussels is watching the developments pass them by without being able to [...]

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Before the devastating earthquake in Peloponnesus, I was relaxing in a beautiful island near Athens, for a short week-end!!I would like to share with you these optimistic and colourful photos!

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