Maastricht

"Beethoven needed four notes for his 5th Symphony to be recognized: ta-ta-ta-taaaa. Theodorakis only needed two: pa-dam!" the famous Dutch violinist and conductor Andre Rieu tells Kathimerini while he is preparing for his first concert in Greece with his Johann Strauss Orchestra, rehearsing his own version of the syrtaki.

Flat-cap wearing armed robbers staged a brazen daylight raid on an international art fair in the Netherlands on June 28, smashing a jewelry case with a sledgehammer in front of terrified visitors.

Issuing Eurobonds would "affect the fine balance" achieved by the Maastricht Treaty between having a common currency while safeguarding the sovereignty of European member-states over their national budgets, Dutch Ambassador to Greece Stella Ronner-Grubacic tells Kathimerini.

Turkey achieved Maastricht criteria with its government accounts in 2018, according to data the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) released on Oct. 23.

Do the perception and the attitude of Greeks toward corruption and lawlessness change when they move to a foreign country? And what is the impact of this change on their family and friends back home?  

The Memorial Church of the Holy Spirit atop the 571-metre Javorca hill in the north-west is Slovenia's second item on the list after the clandestine WWII hospital museum Franja won the label in 2015.

Traditionally, land and border disputes result in long, bloody battles. But judging from the unusual agreement reached between Belgium and the Netherlands this week, it would appear that not all territorial exchanges have to be contentious and devisive.