Archive for May, 2008

Greek unemployment at 8.0 pct in February 2008

Greek unemployment at 8.0 pct in February 2008
According to the National Statistics Service, the Greek unemployment rate in februari 2008 was 8.0 percent of the workforce, unchanged from January 2008.
The number employed people totaled 4,535,309 in February, the number of unemployed people totaled 394,169 and the number of financially non-active population totaled 4,293,199.
The National statistics […]

International Babel Comics Festival, Athens, Technopolis

International Babel Comics Festival, Athens, Technopolis
The Technopolis complex at Gazi is flooded yearly with people for the International Babel Comics Festival (June 2008).
Displays of comic art, concerts, street theatre performances and animated film screenings draw visitors from Greece and beyond.
New and successful talent in the field of comic book design and illustration is a major […]

European Jazz Festival in Athens, Technopolis

European Jazz Festival in Athens, Technopolis
Top Jazz performers come together for the free European Jazz Festival at Gazi’s Technopolis (Athens).
The European Jazz Festival was first held in 2001 and involved just a handful of countries. However, word of it’s success soon spread and each year a greater number of artists appear.
This year’s festival date: May […]

Acropolis Rally in Athens, FIA World Rally Championship

Acropolis Rally in Athens, FIA World Rally Championship
The Acropolis Rally in Athens is a well-established round of the World Rally Championship (WRC). A tradition in Greece’s capital for the past 50 years, this rally takes off at the foot of the Acropolis, follows a route throughout Athens and finishes in the Panathenaic Stadium. Date: 29/31 […]

Summer Jobs in Greece

Summer Jobs in Greece
For those looking for  summer jobs in Greece we invite you to take a look at our growing list of available vacancies spread over Greece. At this moment there are vacancies in Crete, Naxos, Halkidiki, Rhodes etc.  The list is growing rapidly.
Also you can drop your questions or CV in our […]

Rockwave Festival, Terra Vibe, Athens Greece

Rockwave Festival, Terra Vibe, Athens Greece
The Rockwave Festival at Terra Vibe in Athens is the best annual music event in Greece. Headliners in 2008 are The Offspring, Manu Chao and Judas Priest. Dates: 8, 9 & 10 july 2008.
The Rockwave Festival comes complete with all the trimmings. Bungee jumping, a skate park, acrobats, stilt walkers […]

Ikarus Rock Festival Crete, Greece

Ikarus Rock Festival Crete, Greece
The Ikarus International Rock Festival will be held in Crete, Greece, starting at sunday, August 10th. Over 15 bands and acts from the USA, UK, Greece and from around the globe will perform.
The festival attracts and brings together thousands of local Greeks and vacationing European youths, who annually travel to Crete […]

Aurora Festival Greece - Asprovalta Halkidiki

Aurora Festival Greece - Asprovalta Halkidiki
Psytrance Greece will organize the 1st Aurora Festival from 21st till 24th of August 2008. Aurora Festival will take place near Asprovalta in Halkidiki.
With a lineup composed of 100 international live acts  and 35 DJ sets in two different style stages, Aurora Festival becomes one of the biggest productions ever […]

WKF Youth Camp, Chalkida Greece 2008

WKF Youth Camp, Chalkida Greece 2008
The World Karate Federation (WKF) will organize the 1st karate training camp and world cup “WKF Youth Camp” in Evia on the island of Chalkida in Greece. This event will take place from the 1st till 4th of july, 2008.
For the World Farate Federation this 1st karate training camp and […]

Olympics Airlines flights cancelled

Greece’s Olympic Airlines is canceling more flights and rescheduling other flights because of a work-to-rule slowdown by a pilots’ union.
The pilots are refusing any work beyond that strictly required by their contracts, and that has forced dozens of flight cancelations over the past 10 days.
Read the full article:  Olympics Airlines flights cancelled