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A biography of Marios Vaianos, the poet, is presented. He was born in 1905 in Cairo and studied at Chios. He then enrolled in pharmacy at the University of Athens and began many cultural activities. He started the Acropole, a cultural association and he began to frequent the Athenian literary crowd of the day. He was introduced to the Alexandrian poet in Greece Constantine Cavafy which inspired him to poetry writing in 1923.

Copyright of Hellenic Studies / Etudes Helleniques is the property of Centre for Hellenic Studies & Research Canada-KEEK and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

An introduction to the periodical is presented which discusses various articles within the issue on topics which include immigration of people from Greece to other countries, Albanian immigrants, and disorganization, reorganization and unification of Albanian families.

The author discusses Cyprus crisis, the conflict between the Republic of Cyprus and Turkey, and mentions the efforts of finance ministers of the Eurozone to solve the financial crisis by charging depositors. It notes that the rescue operation had financial assistance of 10 billion euros that was rejected by the Cypriot Parliament. It adds that the Cypriot Parliament accepted the alternative which was to be imposed on Nicosia, deposits of less than 100,000 from levy and closure of Laiki Bank.

The article offers information on the bankruptcy of the company Lehman Brothers in September 2008 that affected the global economic system and also discusses its effect on the economic system of Greece. It mentions that democratic era of Greece after dictatorship has made Greece's political system corrupt. It further reflects on three levels of economic crisis including Greece, lack of institutional framework to deal with the economic problems in Eurozone and global crisis of capitalism. The impact of economic crisis of Greece and other European countries on the organization European Monetary Union is also discussed.

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An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various articles within the issue on topics including the question of security for Cyprus, the relationship between the Soviet Union and the Republic of Cyprus and the contemporary literature of Cyprus.

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The article focuses on the invasion and continuing occupation of Turkey on the Republic of Cyprus. Faced with difficulty to negotiate its accession to the European Union (EU), Turkey has conjured up the myth of isolation of Turkish Cypriots. It has imposed prohibition of movement across the United Nations (UN) ceasefire line and implemented a separation of the population along ethnic lines. When the country has regulated movement across the UN ceasefire line, over 90% of Turkish Cypriots has obtained passport and identity card of the Republic which permits them to circulate freely in the EU.

Copyright of Hellenic Studies / Etudes Helleniques is the property of Centre for Hellenic Studies & Research Canada-KEEK and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)