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40 Films about the Epic of ’40: From the “Barefoot Battalion” to Veggos
War and Occupation on and behind the camera - The actors who put on khaki to fight at the front, and those who took on film roles - The production “boom” under dictatorship and the “unknown” films that won awards at international festivals
Increases in tobacco prices: When Europe wants revenue…it sucks on the cigarettes
What the increase in the Excise Duty on tobacco products imposed by Brussels means for smokers - The mild and extreme scenarios that could push the price up to €28 per pack - Serious concerns about a decrease in Greek exports, public revenues & a rise in smuggling - Greece is the 3rd cheapest country in the EU in cigarette prices
Turmoil in the stock markets – Why the markets are selling off the sovereign bonds of the major countries
Investors abandon US bonds along with the dollar and turn to gold, while the world's debt soars to 102 trillion dollars, reaching almost 100% of global GDP - The adverse scenarios evoke post-war nightmares - Trump's tariffs backfire on the dollar
Easter Bonus: The 14th salary has a 203-year history – From 300 drams of bread and half an oka of meat to today
It started from the Ministry of Finance to the printers in 1822 – What it included – How the 14th salary preceded the 13th
The Greek companies that have lived for three centuries and their adventures – Investments in drinks, cigarettes, flour & a hotel
They were founded before 1900, endured two World Wars, two bankruptcies, the bailout-era crisis, and remained standing. Among them are international brands and leaders in the Greek market. The story of the founders, the adventures of their successors, the current owners, and their prospects
50 years since the death of Aristotle Onassis: The adventures in Smyrna and Argentina, the plan for the Athenian Riviera and his stormy relationships
He embodied the dream of global success & his name became synonymous with wealth & business acumen. Impetuous, stormy & insatiable, unconventional & subversive, aristocratic but also popular
Where the districts of Athens got their names from: Koukakis, Yousouroum and Lambrini
The Epirotic grocer Exarchos, the coffee shop of the fighter of '21 Hautas, the painter Gyzis, Braham Pasha, the Bavarian wellman in Rouf and the Lord in Byron - The different versions of Patissia, Pagrati, Kerameikos, Kolokynthou, Dourgouti and Petroupoli
Archaeological Discovery: This was the true face of the Marbled King
The history and characteristics of the unique surviving portrait of the last byzantine emperor, Constantine Palaiologos, confirming his family's connection to the historic monastery of the Archangels in Aigialeia - A landmark discovery in Byzantine archaeology in the last 20 years
