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Greek Tennis Player Stefanos Tsitsipas Shares His Love of Mykonos

Professional tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas, decided to vacation at the island of Mykonos after having undergone intense training with the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy. According to reports, Tsitsipas rented a large villa for both him and his friends, complete with an...

Can Greece Become a Filming Hub? New Incentives Attract International Productions

With Mickey Rourke currently filming in Aegina and few more international projects lined up for the summer, Greece is in the process of making further improvements to its highly successful 2018 incentive scheme for audiovisual productions, with the aim...

Epidaurus Theatre to Live-Stream Ancient Play For First Time

A performance of the ancient Greek play "The Persians," by Aeschylus, will be streamed live to a global audience on Saturday, July 25, from the ancient theatre of Epidaurus. As part of this year’s Athens and Epidaurus Festival, the National...

Melina Mercouri Mural Welcomes Public to Greek Street Art Festival

A striking mural of iconic Greek actress Melina Mercouri, famous for both her career on the big screen as well as her life of activism, has kicked off ArtWalk's Fifth International Street Arts Festival in Patras. The impressive graffiti piece...

‘The Bay,’ starring Kristos Andrews, Wins 2020 Emmy for Best Digital Drama Series

The cast and producers of the digital series The Bay on Amazon Prime have a major reason to celebrate. It won the coveted 2020 Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Digital Drama Series." This award was presented remotely on June...

Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson Jet Off to Their Beloved Island in Greece

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson were spotted arriving on the island of Antiparos on Saturday where the couple own a villa. The Oscar-winning actor and the 63-year-old actress/singer stayed safe in masks as they arrived to their beloved island in...

Prince Charles Hails Resilience of Greece, "The Land of My Grandfather"

The Prince of Wales sent on Saturday his “heartfelt wishes to the people of Greece at this very difficult time” and said he hopes to visit Greece again after the Covid-19 pandemic. In an opinion piece for Greek Daily Ta...

Happy Mum and Supermodel Ana Beatriz Barros Strolls Around Mykonos

Ana Beatriz Barros, one of the top models in the world, was spotted strolling the streets of Mykonos earlier in the week, holding her second child. Barros married Greek-Egyptian millionaire Karim El Chiaty on the cosmopolitan Greek island on July...

Young Greek Piano Prodigy Dazzles Athenians at Temple of Olympian Zeus

Stelios Kerasidis, the seven-year-old Greek pianist and composer who has stunned the globe with his talent, dazzled the crowd gathered on Wednesday at an event inaugurating Greece’s presidency of the Council of Europe at the Temple of Olympian Zeus...

Greek-Australians Stay Connected; Channel 31 to Remain On-Air

Melbourne community television station Channel 31, recently received a licensing extension to continue broadcasting for another year before moving to an online platform. The announcement came on Monday, June 29, when Communications Minister Paul Fletcher, announced that the stations free-to-air...

Younger Brother Alex Antetokounmpo Signs 3-Year-Deal with Murcia

Alex Antetokounmpo, the younger brother of Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, announced on Monday that he had recently signed a 3-year-deal with the Spanish team UCAM Murcia. According to reports, the contract is considered financially viable for a player his...

Greece Reopens For International Filming with New Amorgos Movie

Over three decades since its debut on the silver screen, Amorgos, the Greek island which charmed the global cinephile community through 1988's cult Luc Besson film The Big Blue, is again set as the alluring background of a new...

Greek MasterChef Winner Shares Prize Money with Runner-Up

In an unexpected turn of events, the winner of the Greek version of the reality show MasterChef announced on Thursday that he is giving half of the winning prize to the runner-up in the competition. Stavros Varthalitis won the popular...

Honorary Greek Tom Hanks Becomes a Wax Figure in His Adopted Country

A wax museum in the northern Greek city of Kavala plans to celebrate the reopening of museums throughout Greece on June 15 with the unveiling of a wax figure of one of Hollywood’s most beloved actors, and honorary Greek...

Long-Lost Carriage Used at Spanish Royal Wedding Discovered in Athens

At least four elegant horse-drawn carriages, among them one used during the wedding of Queen Sophia and King Juan Carlos of Spain at their Athens nuptials in 1962, have been discovered at the former royal estate of Tatoi in...