Author: Buy2Greece

  • Jeremy Rifkin on why we need the Third Industrial Revolution now more than ever

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    Jeremy Rifkin is looking towards a green future, with considerable changes in terms of energy and communication. He states that by 2050 there will be no more need for fossil fuels or nuclear power, thanks to a green electricity internet, consisting of a network of buildings which produce energy from renewable resources, allowing to share, buy or sell energy among each other. In his recent writing concerning “The Third Industrial Revolution,” he highlights how the combination of new communication tools and renewable energies could lead to a financial disruption and a new societal system. This topic was the subject of his speech. “BUILDING HUMANITY,” at the 65th FIABCI World Congress. 

  • Learn Greek or discover our Culture … .greekhouse.gr

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    MODERN GREEK LANGUAGE COURSES

    * Super Intensive Courses (M-Fr) begin

    16.06 – 04.07 or 07.07 – 25.07 (€540 for 60h)

    * Private lessons available for all ages

    * Preparation for the Certificate of Attainment in Greek

    ***

    EVENTS

    * If you wish to make a lecture, an art exhibition, a cultural

    or a social event, a large room and a nice courtyard are available for you !!!

    (for previous events see the section Cultural Events)

  • Outcomes from MIPIM’s 2014 RE-Invest Summit reveal “Upswing”

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    During MIPIM 2014,  top decision makers from pension funds, insurance funds, investment firms, sovereign wealth funds, and institutional investors, gathered together to challenge the current trends within the Real Estate Asset Management industry and to predict its future movement.

    Among the 30 institutions from 15 countries that attended RE-Invest 2014 were GIC Real Estate, Kuwait Investment Authority, State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan, Employees Provident Fund (Malaysia), Employees Retirement System of Texas, PSB Investment (Canada), Royal Mail Pensions (UK), and UTIMCO (USA).

    The KPMG Survey from RE-Invest 2014 revealed that investment in real estate is on theupswing. Real estate may well be on its way to emerging as a stand-alone major
    asset class in a diversified portfolio, as investors are now seeking to reduce their exposure to traditional portfolios comprising of only bonds and equities.

    Surprisingly, investors’ preference for how to invest changed dramatically from last year;81% now prefer direct holdings/separate account mandates, up from 41% last year. In addition, investors preference for club f

  • VISA – European Union

    You can buy a house or to invest more than 250.000€.

    ·         Is very important for the people who wants visa for him and his family there is a new developmentally law with kod. 4146/2013 that says, anyone who wants to invest in Greece, for foreign nationals from outside the EU, will buy into a business or propertyworth more than 250.000  or proceed to lease comparable value can have immediate issuance of visas for 5 years or in case of strategic investors duration of visa can be extended to 10 years.The process regarding investments in enterprises provides that whoever makes such a purchase will receive a “gift” permits for himself and his family or his (10) employees, which will be updated as long as the investment involved.

  • Cultural centers in Athens, Beijing to boost ties: officials

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    Cultural centers in Athens, Beijing to boost ties: officials

    2014-05-07 02:06:44 GMT2014-05-07 10:06:44(Beijing Time)  Xinhua English

    ATHENS, May 6 (Xinhua) — The creation of cultural centers in Athens and Beijing would further boost cooperation between Greece and China, officials said Tuesday.

    “We put as primary goal the creation of the Greek House of Culture in Beijing, while China prepares to establish a Centre of Chinese Culture in Athens,” Greek Culture Minister Panos Panagiotopoulos told a press conference held in the Museum of Acropolis.

    Athens’ plan is part of a wider program regarding the reconstruction of the Greek Foundation of Culture and its branches to major countries of the world, the Greek official explained.

    The aim is to turn the Foundation into a strong institutional pillar of cultural diplomacy for Greece by promoting the accomplishments of Greek culture all over the globe.

    In this context Greece and China will further deepen and expand their cooperation in this sector.

    Chinese Ambassador to Greece Zou Xiaoli said during the press conference that “Greece is considered among the good and important friends of China. Since now, we have developed cooperation of strategic importance in boosting the economies.”

    “We should enhance also our cultural exchanges in art foundations, research centers, museums, universities, and other institutions,” said the ambassador.

    Talks between Greek Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos and visiting Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Chao this week included the details for the creation of the cultural center in Athens in the next months, the Ambassador said.

  • Social media fuels Chinese overseas real estate purchases

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    – For some Chinese investors, the first step to purchasing millions of dollars in property on the other side of the globe is a lot like ordering a new t-shirt online – search and click.

    Social media is the catalyst, connecting Chinese buyers and overseas agents. At least one prospective buyer entrusted an agent with $100 million to invest in residential housing. Others bought houses in Houston or plots of land in Colorado, sight unseen, according to real estate agents.

    source: – (Reuters) 

  • Folklore Museum of Kymi

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    The Museum has rich collections of objects, representing the following disciplines of folklore:   The collections exhibited in the Museum, an area of ​​450 m, as follows:   The ground floor is a large room with the costumes, the uniforms of soldiers of the Balkan Wars, the vestments of St. Nektarios, the sacred utensils, wood carvings, jewelry and” urban” corner. The room with the household utensils and separate rooms with the Office of Library and Archives (Photo, Ichothiki, Film Archive) and the photo lab.   Upstairs are the rooms that represent the living room and bedroom in the typical form, the room with the loom and weaving, the three smaller rooms with embroidery and knitting and the hall of the forms and images of Kimi and the life wave benefactor of mankind C. Papanicolaou. Upstairs is the store of folklore.   The basement is kiroplasteio, the area of ​​laundry and the traditional basement with cellar and farm tools. Also syntiritirio and cafeteria.   In the garden of the Museum has built outdoor 250-seat circular theater, where there have been many events such as theatrical performances, lectures, concerts of classical music and artistic Greek songs and film screenings by the Film Club Association.   In the village of Pyrgos Kimi,” in private” Chrysanthopoulos Mansion Annex operates the museum, the collection of popular 19th century artist Sotiris Chrysanthopoulos with the diverse talent in secular and religious work such as icons, frescoes, reliefs and the library consisting of incunabula editions.   The Museum collaborates on a permanent basis or as appropriate, with universities, the International Council of Museums (ICOM), Research Centres, Museums like, Libraries. Galleries and private scientists to carry out the research objectives.   The Museum has documented his collection, which maintains scientifically. It offers visitors informative multilingual guide. He has participated in exhibitions and TV shows in Greece and abroad and has significant publishing activity. The museum is visited by many students in organized visits to schools, contributing significantly to the cultural tourism in the region.   The multipurpose room, the expansion of the museum, used for lectures, seminars, exhibitions, educational programs and especially adult learners, necessary and complementary uses of the operation of the museum, according to the perceptions of modern Museology.   Weaving (mainly silk and gossamer tiriplenia) Embroidery (especially cocoon frames and white embroidery) Apparel (men’s and women’s bridal, party, weekdays) Metalwork Ceramics Wood Carving Folk art (works G.D ‘Esposito, Sot. Chrysanthopoulos). Stone carving

    Folklore Museum of Kymi, Central Evia
    The Folklore Museum of Kimi founded in 1981 by the Cultural Association of Kimi and civilizing. It is the largest and best organized folk museum of Evia and one of the best of its kind in the country’s regional museums. Moreover it has the character of the town museum.   Housed in a private three-story neoclassical building of the late 19th century, situated in the center of town, and belonged to the National Bank of Greece, which for years housed the store here.   The Museum’s collection, which numbers about 1600 objects, apartisthike donations from the people who supported and continue to support morally and materially the whole effort of establishing and operating the museum.

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