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I didnt know before about this cruel crime against this young lady ,i didnt know about the story of the princess “Mashaal” the daugther of king Fahd Al Saud the king of Saudia .
Mashaal was executed in public by her family for alleged adultery in 1977.
in 1980 the BBC made the documenatry Death of a […]

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Mojca Finc is a blond and beautiful young woman. She was the winner of the European Young Journalism Award from her country: Slovenia. But  Mojca wasn’t born in Slovenia. Twenty three years ago she was born in Croatia and she lived there till she was 8. But then the war came. Former Yugoslavia was falling […]

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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.
The site carries an immense symbolic weight, as Nafplion was the first capital […]

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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.

(Reuters)
The modern-day Argo, with 50 oarsmen aboard, is a reconstruction of an ancient […]

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Les fêtes réellement populaires sont assez rares en Turquie. Hormis à l’approche du printemps. Si les kurdes célèbrent le Newroz le 21 mars, hier, les stambouliotes (et l’ensemble des turcs en particulier) ont célébré Hidrellez.
La fête s’est déroulée dans un très beau quartier de la ville, au bord de la mer de Marmara, aux pieds […]

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 This is what’s happening in my hometown “as we speak”. It’s called “Serenata Monumental” (monumental serenade). Students sing the tradicional Coimbra’s fado (different from the classical portuguese fado). It’s meant to be a “farewell present” to all the students that are finishing their graduations. It’s very emotional. Trust me, I was once one of those […]

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Ce matin, je me suis levée, un peu plus tard que d’habitude : fête du travail et comme son nom ne l’indique pas… grasse matinée. Dans plusieurs pays, le 1er mai est férié. En France, en Belgique, en Suisse, les travailleurs restent chez eux. En France, c’est le seul jour où chacun peut vendre du […]

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During the tough diplomatic negotiations in Bucharest for the NATO summit, Greece had a valuable partner. Nicolas Sarkozy defended strongly, against USA stance, the Greek positions, that FYROM should not get an invitation to the NATO Alliance, before the name issue is first resolved with Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.   “We believe that a solution should […]

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Emotions run high today in Cyprus as Ledra street, a powerful symbol of the island’s division, opens. In a goodwill and symbolic gesture Greek and Turkish Cypriots pulled down this morning barricades that have separated them for nearly half a century, reopening Ledra Street in Nicosia, the last divided capital of Europe. 

(AP PHOTO)
Hundreds of Greek […]

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“Apollo, God of the Sun and the Idea of Light, send your rays and light the holy torch for the hospitable city of Beijing.”
And the Gods replied!

(AP photo-Thanassis Stavrakis)
Using a parabolic mirror directed towards the sun, a Greek actress, acting as the high priestess, lit the Olympic flame in front of the ruins of the […]

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