Greeks and Albanians — they just don’t get along. It’s not as bad as Greek vs. Turk, but it’s not too far off. Now, there’s fresh trouble brewing as Greek politicians speak up over the unlawful death of one of their own on Albanian soil. As if the Greeks need another reason to riot in the streets.
Greece has always been a volatile country of outspoken political dissent and the occasionally violent protest. But this summer, one group is hoping to take their anti-capitalism stance to the next level.
“In total … the loss of revenue will reach at least five billion euros and tens of thousands of jobs (will be lost),” the chairman of the association of Greek tourism enterprises (SETE) Nikos Angelopoulos told a news conference. The SETE chairman said the close of the early booking season indicated a 20-percent drop in [...]
I spent a week with the monks of Mt. Athos in 2000. As a once-upon-a-time Catholic, I wasn’t on any particular spiritual journey, though I quite enjoyed being among men for whom faith is a tangible, daily concern. I find it refreshing, in its own queer way. The Mt. Athos peninsula is a semi-autonomous region in [...]
