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Restoration underway for historic Greek Consulate in western Turkey
The restoration process of a historic Greek Consulate building in the Aegean province of ?zmir has begun, with the Greek government funding the renovation despite the financial crisis engulfing the country.
The historic consulate, which was built in the late 19th century, will be fortified in a restoration that is scheduled to be completed within 400 days.
Merkel alludes to possible talks over WWII-era reparations – (Video, in German)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel left open a “window” of possibility over talks for war reparations to Greece, simply noting that “we’re carefully dealing with all that we (Germans) caused during the period of National-socialism (Nazism)”.
Her high-profile statement comes after comments by the German president, who said the sensitive issue must be re-examined.
London designer builds on the ruins of Greek textile industry
Londoner Eleni Kyriacou, aged 34, did the opposite to what most young people are doing, and moved ot Greece in the midst of the debt crisis that shrank the country’s economy by a quarter leaving millions out of work. A fashion designer, she came at a time when the once thriving textile industry was systematically shattered.