Russia to help Athens by buying "Made in Greece"

Russian authorities believe ordinary people should help bail out indebted Greece and urged them to buy ‘Made in Greece’, which will give Athens an estimated export revenue of up to 18 billion euros a year. In the meantime, the Russian Gazprom monopoly is eyeing a stake in the Greek DEPA state-owned natural gas company.

Two lesser known Philhellenes, George Finlay and Samuel Gridley Howe

George Finlay

George Finlay was born in 1799 and spent most of his youth in Scotland. From a family of Protestant merchants and bureaucrats, he went on to study law at Glasgow and Göttingen. As a young man he became actively involved in various liberal societies in Glasgow, such as the Institution for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts, the Literary and Commercial Society and the Speculative Society. Papers contained in his archive include some of the essays he read to these Societies, which demonstrate an early interest in many of themes on which he would elaborate in his History of Greece, prominently civil liberty and political economy.

Art and the War of Independence of 1821

All great events in history inspire and move the artist to create and share with the world, the joys, sorrows and the machinations of the human soul.


In the words of the great French writer Andre Gide: 

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.


Here we share with you two great paintings of a momentous time in the history of Hellas.

 The Bishop of Old Patras Germanos Blesses the Flag of Revolution by Theodoros Vryzakis (1814-1878) - O Παλαιών Πατρών Γερμανός ευλογεί τη σημαία της Επανάστασης

Greece Expiring on the Ruins of Missolonghi by Eugène Delacroix - La Grèce sur les ruines de Missolonghi 

The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829)

Read a brief history of the Greek War of Independence.

Tight Security Measures for March 25th Parade

Tight Security Measures for March 25th Parade

Erich Von Däniken - Odyssey of the Gods: The Alien History of Ancient Greece

Well, we certainly received some interesting feedback about our show on von Däniken's book the Odyssey of the Gods. He of course, is well know for writing the Chariots of the Gods (1969).

This time, Erich Von Däniken turns his attention to ancient Greece! Von Däniken's exhausting research suggests that the Greek 'gods' were in fact extraterrestrias who arrived on Earth thousands of years ago. Archaeological evidence and the writings of the ancients, including Aristotle, prove these gods interbred with humans, performed genetic experiments, and bred 'mythical' creatures, such as centaurs and Cyclops. For anyone interested in Greece, extraterrestrial encounters, or the untold story of civilization, Odyssey of the Gods is a fascinating and revolutionary interpretation of ancient Greek sites and legends...

A Tale of Greek Enterprise and Olive Oil, Smothered in Red Tape

It was about a year ago that Fotis I. Antonopoulos, a successful Web program designer here, decided he wanted to open an e-business selling olive products.

Luckily, he already had a day job.

It took him 10 months — crisscrossing the city to collect dozens of forms and stamps of approval, including proof that he was up to date on his pension contributions — before he could get started. But even that was not enough. In perhaps the strangest twist of all, his board members were required by the Health Department to submit lung X-rays — and stool samples — since this was a food company.