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In ancient Greece, a woman’s major domestic responsibility, the production of cloth, gave birth to cottage industries, the forebears of today’s fashion houses.

In the last 30 years, Athens has seen some of the most intensive supermarket development in Europe. But, in spite of these mega operations, small shopkeepers are still well alive.

Hard work, long hours and a small wage are the prices that the hired traveller pays, but for some it is the most rewarding way to really get to know a foreign country

Oecumenical Holy Roman Empress – In the tenth century just before schisms and crusades again divided East and West, a Byzantine princess briefly brought a sense of unity to Europe. Her memory is being honored this year in Germany and Greece.

“The mountains look on Marathon-” wrote Byron, not imagining they might one day be comprised of rubbish, but the Ministry of the Interior may bring this miracle about.

It is getting increasingly difficult to find, but the shaggy wool rug, woven in the traditional way, a familiar symbol of Greece, is still being made.

Like Slovenia and Croatia before it, the Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (referred to in Greece as ‘Skopje’) is holding a referendum on independence this month. There is no feeling of anxiety in Athens, however, since the republic, conceived by Tito in 1944 to contain Serbia, has no chance of making it on its own.

A potential investor in Greece can go to one of the consultant firms who will answer all questions.

Three years after a rather somber visit to Imvros Marc Dubin makes a trip to its neighbor and finds it more cheerful and better equipped to handle visitors.