entertainment

The island of Ikaria is famous throughout Greece for her "Panagiria", a series of traditional feast days that celebrate the Saints' name days and other religious holidays. People come to Ikaria from far and wide during the summer months to...

Mykonos is mostly known to international tourists as the Greek island of glitzy parties. Thousands of visitors arrive during the summer months knowing that they are going to get little to no sleep while there. The island’s small town has grown over the...

Greek chef Akis Petretzkis broke a Guinness World Record Thursday in Thessaloniki when he cooked up 3,378 burgers in the space of a single hour. Petretzkis and his team assembled the 3,378 burgers, the last stop of the Coca-Cola &...

Residents in the western Greek city of Patras were left scratching their heads in amazement on Friday as dozens of Ferraris roared around the streets of the port town. Around 40 vehicles, universally seen as a symbol of speed, luxury...

NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo announced that he will host a charity event called "Give 'n Rise" alongside his brothers, the "Antetokounbros," on July 6 at SantAnna, on Mykonos Island. The Greek Freak will organize an original "Dunks & Dance" event...

Fresh after lifting the UEFA Nations League trophy for Portugal last weekend, footballer Christiano Ronaldo and his family arrived for a well-deserved holiday at an exclusive resort in the southern Peloponnese on Wednesday. This is the second summer in a...

The Digital News Report 2019, compiled by the Reuters Institute was published on Wednesday, revealing some interesting facts about the attitude Greeks have toward their country's media. The report includes the findings of surveys conducted in 38 countries across the...

The glitzy island paradise of Mykonos served as the starting line for the 2019 version of the Gumball 3000 Rally, an annual supercar road trip which this year will finish in Ibiza, Spain. Dozens of luxury cars lined up on...

"The Hellenic Initiative Canada'' (THI Canada) managed to raise a whopping $200,000 on May 30, as a result of hosting its second-ever ''Annual Montreal Cocktail'' event. The night was dedicated to and focused on the amazing work of doctors who...

Open-air cinemas are a delight which very few countries can offer. While for Greeks, catching a movie at a summer cinema and sipping a cold beverage is like an institution, for visitors it is a one-off experience, almost as enjoyable...

Madonna took to social media recently to launch a stinging attack against Greek-American journalist Vanessa Grigoriadis for a profile of the superstar the writer penned for the New York Times Magazine. Titled "Madonna At Sixty," the superstar railed in an...

Today, June 6, is National Yo-Yo Day and you deserve to know that the once popular toy has Greek roots, in fact it was invented by the Ancient Greeks. The yo-yo is considered the second-oldest toy in history after dolls. The first Yo-Yos were made of wood or terra cotta about 2,500 years ago in Ancient Greece and some of them are on display at the Greek Archaeological Museum in Athens.

The glitzy island paradise of Mykonos serves as the starting line for the 2019 version of the Gumball 3000 Rally, an annual supercar road trip which this year will finish in Ibiza, Spain. Dozens of luxury cars have lined up...

London-based singer and songwriter Helena is set to release a new single calling on Britain to return the Parthenon Marbles, currently housed at the British Museum, back to Greece. Titled "The Parthenon Marbles (bring them back)," the song is both...

The well-known singer George Michael, who died on Christmas Day in 2016, left the vast majority of his fortune to his Greek Cypriot family, it was revealed on Monday. His beloved sisters Melanie and Yioda will receive an equal share...