Fact: Goethe on Greece

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said:
What the mind and the heart is for a human being, Greece is for humanity.

Fact: Unhappy Greeks

A survey conducted by Deloitte and released on Wednesday found Greeks to be pessimistic about the state of their economy and their purchasing power, reported People’s Daily Online.
In Greece, 59 percent of respondents saw their economy as being in recession, with almost a quarter believing that the financial status of their households will improve.
The [...]

Fact: Swedes return Acropolis frieze

Radio Sweden reports that a marble frieze originally from the Acropolis in Athens is being returned to its rightful home.
Stockholm’s Museum of Mediterranean and Middle East Antiquities says the marble fragment will be officially returned to Greece this week. It comes from the Erechtheion temple, build around 420 BC. The frieze was taken to [...]

Fact: Zany Greek wedding

Contact Music.com announces that “Billy Zane and Kelly Brooke have confirmed they will marry in Greece this winter.” Zane’s heritage is Greek.

Fact: Everyday, all day, Greece

Greece seeks to become all-year tourist destination, headlines People’s Daily Online.
Greece is seeking to become an all-year-round tourist destination by adding new itineraries and increasing investments in the sector, local media reported on Monday.

Fact: Ouzo is Greek. So is tsipouro.

The English-language daily Kathimerini reports that Greece secures rights to ouzo
Ouzo and tsipouro are to be recognized as Greek products by the European Union and will be regarded as drinks that can only be produced in Greece, Agriculture Minister Evangelos Bassiakos said yesterday.
Following an EU meeting of agriculture ministers in Brussels, Bassiakos said that the [...]

Fact: Three Greek Books

Book One: Greece: Splendours of Ancient Greece 
by Furio Durando
Ancient Greece was the cradle of western civilization; its influence reverberates today in almost every sphere of life, from philosophy and politics to literature and art. This volume explores in almost 400 stunning colour photographs the best of its architecture, paintings, sculptures and brilliantly sophisticated pottery and [...]

Fact: Greek Sport Newspapers

Greek football league update: Olympiakos lost to Atromitos on Sunday, but remains 5 points ahead of arch-rival Panathinaikos, reports the International Herald Tribune.
The Greek sport newspapers show a prostrate Olympiakos and a hopeful Panathinaikos (they play AEK Monday and a victory will lessen Olympiakos’s lead. Something they could not do all last season.)

The Greek headline [...]

Fact: Quick update

European football champions, Greece, face major challenge to uphold title, says The Guardian.
Schoolkids revive ancient Greek culture with sheets and theatre masks. And have lots of fun, says Newsleader.com.
Moldova and Greece sign a tourism cooperation, to strengthen ties, increase tourism education and investment, says Travel Daily News.
A fisherman finds Aphrodite’s love den, says The Scotsman.com.
A [...]

Fact: Ancient Greek jokes still funny

Boston.com reports that the Franklin Performing Arts Company are presenting their version of Aristophanes’ classic comedy The Acharnians. While they’ve called it “Abrumpo’s Peace” the features the age-old silliness, slapstick, and “a slew of rather unusual togas.”
“It’s one of the oldest comedies still around. It’s nearly 2,500 years old, but it’s still funny,” said Paone [...]