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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Tribute For Tokas, Mitropanos On Cyprus
An event honoring renowned Cypriot music composer Marios Tokas, who passed away five years ago, took place in Limassol on May 13 in front of the house where he grew up, with the presence of President Nicos Anastasiades. The artists Gerasimos Andreatos, Kostas Hadjichristodoulou and Maria Alexiou were on the agenda. The choir Modern Times [...]
Mount Athos Offers Food of the Gods
Greek snacks, made with organic products from the Aristotelian Mountain and Mount Athos, will be offered to the Athenian public during the gastronomic event Mount Athos Area Gourmet 2013. It is organized by the Tourism Development Agency for the Area before Athos (Chalkidiki), under the auspices of the Ministry of Macedonia-Thrace in Thessaloniki and the [...]
Mother’s Day Has Its Roots in Ancient Greece
The tradition of Mother’s Day goes back to the era of ancient Greeks and Romans. However, the roots of Mother’s Day history can also be traced in the UK, where a Mothering Sunday was celebrated much before the festival saw the light of the day in the US. Ancient Greeks used to celebrate their annual [...]
Pan-Hellenic Seed Exchange Festival
The 13th Pan-Hellenic Festival for the Exchange of Local Seed Varieties that is organized by the Greek Seed bank Peliti will take place on May 11-13, in the region Mesochori, Municipality of Paranesti, Drama Prefecture, North Greece. More than 7,000 people are expected to visit the festival. As reported on Peliti’s website, this is an [...]
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Calendar – Exhibits, Concerts, Fun
- Greece Celebrates International Museum Day on May 18 May 18, 2013
- Edessa Cherries, Wine For Gastronomy Fair May 17, 2013
- Greek Choreographers Festival In Thessaloniki May 17, 2013
- Taxidi Exhibit 2013 Opens in Cyprus May 16, 2013
