http://www.greekedirectory.com/Copyright 2008. All rights reserved.UN MEDIATOR Matthew Nimetz appeared hopeful of settling the issue of the name of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Fyrom) after talks in Athens and Skopje, but he indicated that any solution will likely come after the June 1 Fyrom general elections.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=455Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:40:24 GMThttp://www.MyGreatGreece.com now opened for the public, the highly praised MyGreatWorld-Project takes another giant step, inviting all fans and travellers to share their impressions of Greece with the world. Visitors and residents alike can now upload their pictures of this astounding country identifying each photo according to date and category like art, nature, hotels etc.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=454Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:39:07 GMTOn April 17, the United Nations suspended Greece for three months from the emissions-trading scheme formed under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The unprecedented suspension, punishment for inaccurate reporting of carbon emissions, combines two of Greece's international hallmarks: lack of transparency in reporting and an apparently complete lack of concern for the environment.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=453Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:37:34 GMTGREECE on April 23 renewed its ban on genetically modified maize produced by US biotech giant Monsanto Co, expanding it to include 70 types of seed.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=452Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:36:35 GMTWhat’s in a name? A lot apparently, judging by Greece's move to block a Macedonian Air Transport plane from using its airspace. Macedonian Air is the national carrier for Macedonia, one of the now-independent nations that had made up Yugoslavia. The Associated Press notes Greece and Macedonia "have been arguing for many years over the name Macedonia."http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=451Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:35:19 GMTResidents of the Greek island Lesbos have slapped a lawsuit on a gay group, insisting that they are the real Lesbians.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=450Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:33:29 GMT Renowned Greek Cypriot music composer Marios Tokas passed away at dawn on Easter Sunday after a battle with cancer for about nine months. Marios Tokas was born in Limassol, Cyprus.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=449Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:39:07 GMTGreece declined comment on Monday on whether it would replace Bank of Greece chief Nicholas Garganas after a newspaper report that the government had chosen a successor.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=448Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:37:56 GMTSecretive real estate deals, hostility to priests, fist fights over Christ's tomb, a power struggle between patriarchs — one of the oldest churches in the Holy Land is struggling to get through a moral and financial crisis, its leader says.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=447Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:36:09 GMTOn Wednesday morning (23/4), IKA squat in Larissa was evicted and partially demolished. At 6am the criminality suppresion police raided the building and attacked those who were inside. They were violently taken to the police department.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=446Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:35:03 GMTAbout two thousand immigrants, peasants in the strawberry crops of Manolada, Ilia, started a strike last week, as a reaction to the humiliating salary of 18 Euros per day. This strike, which is possibly one of the first immigrants' strikes in Greece, led to a confrontation which escalated on Saturday 19/4; the workers had organized an assembly to decide how they would settle their struggle.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=445Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:33:54 GMTOne lone church struggles to survive in a land where hundreds have been damaged or destroyed. But this is no ordinary land; it is the very ground where Apostle Paul took his first missionary journey to proclaim salvation through Jesus Christ to the Roman Empire.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=444Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:32:22 GMTPolice have broken one of the largest drug-trafficking rings operating in Greece after seizing more than 4 kilos of heroin in Athens, authorities said on Saturday.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=443Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:30:46 GMTDefense Minister Evangelos Meimarakis has suggested that he may rekindle efforts to make it compulsory for all Greek men to do their military service when they reach the age of 18.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=442Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:30:06 GMTGreek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis is arriving ion Moscow on Tuesday on a working visit to discuss matters of energy cooperation. The prime minister’s press service reported that Karamanlis will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and will meet President-elect Dmitry Medvedev.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=441Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:29:15 GMTThe United Nations has dismissed claims by the Greek government that its officials may have been influenced by negative comments from third parties in arriving at its decision to suspend Greece from the Kyoto Protocol’s emissions trading system.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=440Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:28:16 GMTTraveling on the public transport network will become simpler but more expensive for some commuters in Athens as of Thursday when an 80-cent ticket that can be used on all modes of transport will be introduced.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=439Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:27:06 GMTThe head of OTE said the possible entry of Deutsche Telekom (DT) into the Greek telecom operator will benefit the country and help the company prepare for an increasingly competitive environment.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=438Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:25:18 GMTThe discovery that an ancient Greek tomb thought to have held the body of Alexander the Great's father is actually that of Alexander's half brother might mean that artifacts like a crown and shield found in the grave, belong to the great conqueror.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=437Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:03:56 GMTHOUSTON owns the distinction of being served by the first female Consul General of Greece — the Honorable Alexandra Theodoropoulou.http://www.greekedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=436Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:02:09 GMT