The first loser of the London Games did not even occur in competition. Rather, Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou used Twitter to unleash racist comments that that had her banished from competition. Papachristou was scheduled to fly to London next week from her training base in Athens, Greece when the Hellenic Olympic Committee – Greek’s [...]
Greece: Despite Economic and Political Woes, Now is a Good Time to Visit
July 22, 2012 | Posted by
Anyone contemplating a trip to Greece is almost certainly aware of the news rocking airwaves and broadsheets around the world, chronicling Greece’s economic and political woes. Each round of austerity measures, each bailout by the European Commission (EC), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Central Bank (ECB), known as the ‘troika’ in Greece, [...]
Obama, World Leaders at G20 Summit Focus on European Crisis
June 19, 2012 | Posted by
While the United States economy slowly crawls out of recession, Europe’s financial sector remains in a state of crisis. As the G-20 summit in Mexico comes to a close, President Obama will address the concerns of European leaders as he pushes to stabilize the global economy. Present at the summit are the leaders from Britain, [...]
