"Other countries may offer you discoveries in manners or lore or landscape. Greece offers you something harder – the discovery of yourself." - Lawrence Durrell, Prospero's Cell
What is LoveGreece.info
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LoveGreece.Info is a one stop portal for those who are looking for the real Greece, by that we don't mean old ladies on donkeys. At LoveGreece.info we will be highlighting the Greece of today, an ancient land in constant transition, chaotic, messy but never bereft of charm, warmth and beauty. Colourful insights from literary luminaries entwined with personal thoughts and experiences, we hope will act as a peephole onto the Greek dramatic landscape which reflects eternally in its peoples' psyche. We will set our nets far and wide in order to bring you an eclectic selection of links with one thing in common. Content; original, enlightening and (who knows??) even useful. So whether you are a Hellenophile, seeking balanced news and articles, a discerning traveller, seeking a sailing holiday around the Ionian, or looking for a couple of weeks of tranquility in one of our hand selected villas. We will endeavour to provide you with some food for thought. Iif you're an english speaker already living in Greece, we are pleased to inform you that we already in the process of compiling a comprehensive directory of services available to you. |
Keeping You Informed
If you have previously visited Greece, you are probably all too aware, that there is a sea of media awaiting to engulf you, whether at the kiosk, the FM dial or TV.
Although the newspapers serve a purpose, on the main they are quite sensationalist and all have obvious political allegiances which they brazenly serve. On the plus side, no one could accuse them of a hidden agenda.
The majority of commercial television channels are no less committed to unbound hyperbole as most news items are depicted as a scandal and the narrative is asphexiated by overtly dramatic music and looping VT.
However finding sources that are impervious to sweeping hype, wasn't particularly hard especially as the two newspapers we have links to; The Athens News and Kathimerini are the only ones published in English. The Athens News is only published in English and we feel offers a refreshing view through the eyes of a smitten outsider accidentally but deeply entangled.
The Kathimerini English Edition is a translation of the Greek edition and is distributed with the International Herald Tribune at the news stands, although its tone is relatively dry it is the only Greek newspaper to be considered as independent.
ERT is the public broadcaster and in TV terms, their schedules offer what would be considered a cultured mixture, consisting of the finer Greek and European serials and films. ERT is Greece's equivalent of the BBC.
An abridged description from their websites can be found below.
The Athens News - Founded by Yannis Horn in 1952, is Greece's only English-language newspaper. In 1993, the Athens News was redesigned and revamped when it was acquired by the Lambrakis Foundation, a non-profit research centre specialising in education. |
Kathimerini English Edition - launched on March 9th, 1998. Is printed and distributed in hard copy format with the International Herald Tribune in Athens. The International Herald Tribune, teamed up with Kathimerini, considered to be Greece’s leading morning newspaper, in order to provide an edition of local Greek and S E Europe news in English in addition to its international perspective on world news and finance, culture and sports. The English Edition of Kathimerini is published Monday through Saturday. |
ERT S A - (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation) is a public company whose mission, as set by Greek Law, is to provide radio and television services that contribute towards informing, educating and entertaining Greeks in Greece, as well as overseas.
ERT S.A. has been assigned with the task of providing radio and television services for the public interest, thus differentiating it from the rest of the radio and television bodies.Its obligations amongst others include: A special programme to other continents via satellite, which aims to provide radio and television services to the Greeks of the Diaspora and objectively presenting the views of all the political parties. |




