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Open Call for Greek Designers

The Hellenic Industrial Property Organization in cooperation with the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market has organized an exhibition entitled Greek Design=Good Design which aims to show and promote the Greek design. For this purpose the Hellenic Industrial Property Organization invites all interested artists-designers to submit their creations to participate in the exhibition, which [...]

Greece Celebrates International Museum Day on May 18

The Secretariat General of Culture of the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs in cooperation with the International Council of Museums branch in Greece presented the program of celebrating events on the occasion of the International Museum Day on Saturday, May 18. Several institutions from around the country will take place in the festivities [...]

Edessa Cherries, Wine For Gastronomy Fair

Crunchy cherries, traditional jams and cheese will be featured at the 1st Gastronomic Fair of Edessa from May 17-19, a festival which draws the hungry aplenty. Local products will be showcased in hotels and accommodations of the area and will be included within the certified Greek breakfast, which is internationally recognized under the name Greek [...]

Greek Choreographers Festival In Thessaloniki

The Dance Festival of the Greek Choreographers Association has been organized for the first time in Thessaloniki, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the co-operation of the Greek department of the International Dance Council – Cid Unesco, and will run from May 27-June 2. The aim of the event is [...]

Taxidi Exhibit 2013 Opens in Cyprus

The trip exhibition 2013 reopens its gates on May 17 for the 16th consecutive year. The exhibition will be inaugurated by the Cypriot Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism, George Lakkotrypis, at 5 p.m. in the showroom of the Cyprus State Fairs Authority. The chairman of ACTA (Association of Cyprus Travel Agents) Victor Mantovani, [...]

Kallipatira Awards Greek Olympic Champions’ Mothers

The Pan-Hellenic Association of Women Athletes Kallipatira, under the auspices of the Ministry of National Defense, awarded the mothers of the Greek Olympic Champions of Beijing and London, at the Thessaloniki War Museum, on the occasion of Mother’s Day. The Minister of National Defense, Panos Panagiotopoulos attended the event and pointed out the need to [...]

International Energy Saving Award For Crete

The International Conference MEDEEA-Mediterranean Energy Cities European Energy Awards that took place in Cyprus’ capital Nicosia on May 15-16 awarded the municipality of Malevizi in the Greek island Crete for its energy-saving policies. During the conference, projects were awarded, among which the actions of Malevizi municipality, with the leading integration of the village Keramoutsi in [...]

Cyprus Eliminated From Eurovision Final

Unfortunately, Cyprus has been excluded from this year’s Eurovision’s grand final which will be  held on May 18, in Malmö, Sweden. Despina Olympiou performed, An me thimasai (If you remember me) and ranked fourteenth in the first semifinal. The song did not enter the top ten and was among the six excluded from the semifinal [...]

Athens, Epidaurus Festival 2013 Program Announced

George Loukos, President and Artistic Director of Athens Festival the last seven years, announced on May 15 the program of the 2013 festival, which will begin on June 1. Loukos was in the difficult position to organize the program in a very short period of time, because of governmental and ministerial blockages. “Better late than [...]

The 10th Thessaloniki Book Fair Begins

The 10th Thessaloniki Book Fair will be held from May 16 to 19 at the Helexpo Exhibition Center in Thessaloniki, Greece. It will be staged by the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports, the General Secretariat of Culture, the Directorate of Letters, in collaboration with Helexpo, the Hellenic Federation of Publishers and [...]

Larisa Fights Poverty With Music

On May 17, an entertainment event will take place at Larisa central square, aiming to help those in need. Poverty has many faces and more and more people are facing problems. Those people are next to us and need our help. We do not need to do much; by giving something that we do not [...]

Andros Comes To The Golden Hall

The commercial center Golden Hall in Greece aims to promote Greek tourism by hosting a representative sample of culture, tradition, seamanship and protection of the environment from the island of Andros. In collaboration with the Municipality of Andros, there will be exhibitions and presentations at the ground and first floor of the commercial center from [...]