Greeks Won't Take Action on 'Alexander'
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A group of Greek lawyers angry at the portrayal of Alexander the Great as a bisexual in the Hollywood movie "Alexander" indicated late Thursday they had no plans to take legal action against the movie.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 5  - The United States on Friday defended its decision to formally recognize the &quot;Republic of Macedonia&quot; as the name for the former Yugoslav republic and did little to ease Greek fury at the move as it warned US citizens in Greece of
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OK, that&#39;s an exaggeration. But to say this has been a bad year for ancient Greek battle films would be an understatement. Still, those who thought the fortunes of sword-and-tunic epics would be salvaged by Oliver Stone&#39;s Alexander were sorely mistaken.
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Alexander the Great may have  conquered millions in his march across the Persian Empire 2,400  years ago but moviegoers in North America easily repelled his  advances over the weekend.
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Despite age-old Olympic truce known as the ekecheiria, or "holding of hands," security experts aren't taking any chances.
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ATHENS,  -- A Greek athlete has failed a drugs test at the Athens Olympics, a team spokesman said on Friday.
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The Greek National Tourism Organization announced Friday that it will take legal action against an advertising firm because it "defamed the country" by continuing an Olympic-related campaign abroad even after the Athens Games were over.
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The Greeks were shamed again at their own Olympics on Sunday when bronze medal weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis was kicked out after failing a dope test.
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Nationalist parties in Macedonia yesterday failed in their attempt to limit the rights of ethnic Albanians, after voters failed to turn out for a referendum on the issue.
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The ruling body of gymnastics (FIG) denied Saturday putting pressure on all-round champion Paul Hamm to hand over his gold medal to South Korea&#39;s Yang Tae-young, saying the decision should be left to the American.
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Human rights groups accused the Greek Coast Guard on Monday of systematically trying to swamp the boats of refugees heading for Europe. Greece denied the allegations.
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Oliver Stone's new film about  Alexander the Great depicts the king as bisexual, fueling  outrage from Greeks and prompting Hollywood to ask if a world  conqueror with dyed blond hair and waxed legs will be able to  attract box office hordes.
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THE Greeks are outraged and Hollywood is asking whether a world conqueror with dyed-blond hair and waxed legs can be a box-office hit.
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Greek lawyers are threatening to sue the Hollywood makers of the new film Alexander the Great for depicting the king as bisexual. Oliver Stone&#39;s casting of Colin Farrell as
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Greek Olympics officials say they are unaware of any team member failing a drugs test after media reports that the International Olympic Committee had found a Greek competitor had taken banned substances.
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Alexander fights back after a poor showing at the US box office with strong figures in Europe, reports say.
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ATHENS (Der Spiegel) - According to recent reports resulting from October fact-finding missions conducted by the German Working Group on Refugees, Pro Asyl, and the Greek Group, Lawyers for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants, the Greek coast guard has not only been rejecting but torturing asylum seekers that are arriving in ever greater numbers on the Aegean coast.  Refugee organisations are demanding a response at the European level. ...refugee seekers' boats, often barely afloat, are being forced out of Greece's territorial waters. Some passengers are being set ashore on uninhabited islands on the Turkish Greek border region, provided with no water or food... It is hardly a secret that Greece has shown reluctance recently to accept refugees and asylum seekers. Earlier this year, the Mediterranean country was lampooned for the fact that it turned down almost all of the asylum applications it received from Iraqis fleeing violence back home.  But now it looks as though Greece may be in blatant violation of human rights norms. Reports released this month by Greek and German refugee organisations suggest that the Greek coast guard in the Aegean Sea has been systematically maltreating and obstructing asylum seekers arriving on their shores. Fact-finding missions conducted in summer and October of 2007 by Pro Asyl and Lawyers for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants found that refugee seekers' boats, often barely afloat, are being forced out of Greece's territorial waters. Some passengers are being set ashore on uninhabited islands on the Turkish Greek border region, provided with no water or food.  The investigative missions visited three detention centers on Greek islands and found the conditions to be "degrading and inhuman." In one case, on the island of Chios, there were reports of electric shock treatments, mock executions and beatings. In an independent report, the Greek branch of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), described the detention center on Samos, an island less than two kilometers from the Turkish coast, as being "deplorable" and demanded that the government close it down. Fully 391 people were found living in a room designed for 120. The staff consisted of one doctor, one social worker and a caretaker. Read more...