http://www.greece-forums.com/blog Greece Forums {dot} com Blog Fri, 16 May 2008 07:56:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.greece-forums.com/blog/2008/05/16/greek-unemployment-at-80-pct-in-february-2008/ 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 ... http://www.greece-forums.com/blog/2008/05/16/international-babel-comics-festival-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 ... http://www.greece-forums.com/blog/2008/05/16/european-jazz-festival-in-athens-technopolis/ 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 ... http://www.greece-forums.com/blog/2008/05/16/acropolis-rally-in-athens-fia-world-rally-championship/ 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 ... http://www.greece-forums.com/blog/2008/05/15/summer-jobs-in-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 ... http://www.greece-forums.com/blog/2008/05/15/rockwave-festival-terra-vibe-athens-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, ... http://www.greece-forums.com/blog/2008/05/14/ikarus-rock-festival-crete-greece/ 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 ... http://www.greece-forums.com/blog/2008/05/14/aurora-festival-greece-asprovalta-halkidiki/ 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 ... http://www.greece-forums.com/blog/2008/05/14/wkf-youth-camp-chalkida-greece-2008/ 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 ... http://www.greece-forums.com/blog/2008/05/11/olympics-airlines-flights-cancelled/