Greeces

Greece’s notorious rip-off restaurant strikes again: Tourist charged $770 for shrimp and a drink

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Greece’s notorious rip-off restaurant strikes again: Tourist charged 0 for shrimp and a drink

My big fat Greek restaurant bill. After famously charging a Montana couple nearly $900 for a few aperitifs, Greece’s most infamous restaurant, DK Oyster, is being blamed for yet another act of epicurean extortion. This time, aggrieved Italian tourists have accused the Myokonos-based eatery of sticking them with a $773 (€711) bill for a cocktail, … Read more

Critics ‘angry’ over Greece’s deal with art collector Leonard Stern

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Critics ‘angry’ over Greece’s deal with art collector Leonard Stern

According to billionaire Leonard Stern, he is doing a “great thing” for art lovers in Greece and America. But some of Greece’s politicians, historians and art scholars beg to differ. At the center of this controversy is an esteemed collection of antiquities from the Cyclade islands, off of the Greek coast, dating back thousands of … Read more