UBS’s Brittan Says Greek Austerity May Be `Sufficient’

Posted on March 9th, 2010 by admin in greek | No Comments »

March 8 (Bloomberg) — Leon Brittan, chairman of UBS Investment Bank, talks with Bloomberg’s Andrea Catherwood about the prospect of a European Union or an International Monetary Fund bailout for Greece.
Brittan, speaking in London, also discusses the outlook for the U.K. election.

Duration : 0:4:48

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Greek music – Zorba the Greek

Posted on February 18th, 2010 by admin in greek | 2 Comments »

Zorba the Greek

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Greek public workers strike against austerity drive

Posted on February 13th, 2010 by admin in greek | No Comments »

A strike by Greek civil servants Wednesday brought the debt-laden country to a halt. Government offices, schools and colleges were closed and there were only emergency services in hospitals. Flights across Greece were suspended as air traffic controllers joined the protest and rail services were disrupted. Duration: 01:07.

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Parker Sees `Clear Fragility’ in Greek Banks, Writedowns

Posted on February 9th, 2010 by admin in greek | No Comments »

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — Bob Parker, a senior adviser at Credit Suisse, talks with Bloomberg’s Rishaad Salamat in London about the Greek economy and deficit reduction plans.

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Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece (Part 1 of 5)

Posted on February 9th, 2010 by admin in ancient | 25 Comments »

Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece

Part 1: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjo5AV6_sHU
Part 2: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KlBnEuVpzmc
Part 3: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1PqxtiLI7EI
Part 4: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=K2GqwngFYe4
Part 5: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iziHCTA3EC8

Runtime: 00:46:26

Travel to a land of breathtaking beauty and ancient intellect, where science, art and inspiration from the gods combined to produce some of the world’s greatest marvels of architecture and design. From prehistoric palaces to bold symbols of victory, explore the seven wonders of ancient Greece: the Theatre of Epidaurus, the statue of Zeus at Olympia, Apollo’s Temple at Delphi, the Colossus of Rhodes, the settlement at Santorini, the Palace of Knossos, and surely the greatest masterpiece of them all, the Parthenon!

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Greek Commandos on exercise

Posted on January 26th, 2010 by admin in greek | 7 Comments »

Greek Commandos www.greekmilitary.net

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Greek Sculpture (BBC: How Art Made The World)

Posted on January 16th, 2010 by admin in greek | 9 Comments »

How greek art created something more human than human.

Excerpt from the BBC documentary “How Art Made The World” concerning greek sculpture.
Presented by Dr Nigel Spivey (University of Cambridge).
Music: “Enfer (La Double Vie De Veronique)” by Zbigniew Preisner.

For higher video quality and stereo audio, type &fmt=18 at the end of the url of the video.

Duration : 0:10:1

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My Big Fat Greek Firework Battle

Posted on November 24th, 2009 by admin in greek | 24 Comments »

Easter on the small Greek island of Chios means one thing – a massive firework battle, with over 50,000 rockets raining down on two small towns.

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Greek Bike Accident 1

Posted on October 30th, 2009 by admin in greek | 25 Comments »

athens 2004 bike accident greece

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Greek Rocket War

Posted on October 24th, 2009 by admin in greek | 25 Comments »

One island. Two villages. Fifty thousand handmade rockets.

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