Archive for May 2010

Real volunteers

May 18th, 2010 | By elloinos | Category: Only in Greece

Greeks are people who have a sense of realness and of genuineness about them. As I have mentioned in a previous post, I have in this country the status of “politeknos“, i.e. someone with many children. To actually reap the benefits of this status, it is required to possess a “politeknos” ID card, issued by [...]

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Timely insights from Domaine Skouras

May 10th, 2010 | By elloinos | Category: Greek financial crisis

The financial crisis in Greece continues taking its toll. I interviewed George Skouras from the Domaine Skouras over a couple of days to get an insiders view on how this affects the Greek wine industry. Domaine Skouras is very well known outside of Greece, and was voted as one of the 100 top wineries of [...]

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