Olympus

A crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo aims to raise 1 million dollars to help set up a hotel in Greece. The campaign is in the “flexible funding” category, meaning that if the goal is not reached then the money raised will not be returned but will be divided between hoteliers in the area.

The campaign states:

The president of Toshiba and seven other high-level executives and directors resigned on July 21 over a $1.2 billion accounting scandal blamed on management's overzealous pursuit of profit that has battered one of Japan's best-known firms.

The suggestion by Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ertu?rul Kürkçü that Turkey should underwrite 1.6 billion euros of Greece?s debt in order to prevent it from defaulting to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was not the flight of fancy that some may think. 

Mykonos, part of the Cyclades group, in the Aegean has launched a thousand postcards. Known as the isle of winds, it is famous for its trademark sugar-cube houses, amazing beaches and non-stop party atmosphere the island has something for everyone.

The mountain-climbing vice-president of fYRoM’s Parliament, Antonio Milososki, again provoked Greece on Monday by showing a photo of himself at the Naselba Caska site with the flag of the Vergina Sun.

Flags bearing the 16-beam Vergina Sun and maps of the so-called “Great Macedonia” were held by governing party VMRO-DPMNE supports in Skopje, during an anti-rally held and attended by PM Nikola Gruevski. The Skopje hands of the attending crowd pointed to the Skopjan “dream”. Three fingers for Vardaris, the Aegean Sea, and Pirin, and the “O” from the word “Obedineta” which means United.

Daily: U.S. ambassador threatened by member of gang

BELGRADE -- Nemanja Ristic, who is in custody for sending death threats to U.S. Ambassador Michael Kirby was according to previous records a member the Vozdovac Gang.

This criminal group was led by late Goran Vukovic aka Monkey (Majmun), writes the Belgrade-daily Blic.

A group of economists mostly described as leftist and far-left activists from Europe and Latin America comprise the group of volunteers recruited to serve as advisers to Parliament's "committee of truth for the Greek public debt", a "brainchild" of controversial and outspoken Parliament president Zoi Konstantopoulou.

Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal's Archaeology and History Complex, has welcomed 100,000 visitors since the opening of the exhibition The Greeks - Agamemnon to Alexander the Great last December 12, a clear indication of the enthusiasm this fascinating and never-before-seen exhibition has generated.

Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece and the second highest mountain in the Balkans, boasts of 52 imposing peaks, deep gorges and exceptional biodiversity.