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Greek Gastronomy Goes to TIF
The guests of the 78th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) will have the chance to taste the Greek production of food and wines in the framework of the thematic exhibition of Greek gastronomy, which will be hosted at stand 14.
The...
Culture
Athens Digital Film Festival Coming in September
A number of more than 200 short films, Greek and foreign, a contest, tributes to Greek directors, parallel programs and art exhibitions about digital image, will be included in the 3rd Athens International Digital Film Festival (AIDFF), which will...
Cyprus
Annual Conference in Nicosia for Cypriot Diaspora
Representatives of Greek and Cypriot organizations abroad gathered for their annual conference on August 21 in Nicosia, Cyprus.
According to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), they began their deliberations focusing on two main topics, the state of the economy and...
Canada
TIFF Presents Athens
The 38th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), scheduled to be held from September 5 to 15, is hosting a special program named City to City, dedicated this year to Greece’s capital, Athens. A total of 366 films from...
Culture
Full Moon Opening for Aeschylean Festival 2013
This year’s program of the Aeschylean Festival includes 26 performances, eight of which are theatrical and six musical.
The theatrical part of the festival will feature performances such as: Bacchae (directed by Martha Frintzila), Cyclops (directed by Vassilis Papavassiliou), Ploutos...
events
Greek August Full Moon Free
According to an announcement made by the Ministry of Culture and Sports, on the occasion of the last full moon of the summer, more than 100 archeological sites, monuments and museums throughout Greece will open their doors on August...
events
Maria Farantouri Celebrates 50 Years of Singing
The well-known Greek singer Maria Farantouri will celebrate her fifty years of singing with a big concert at the Herod Atticus Theater on September 17. Elli Paspala and Savvina Yannatou will appear with her on stage.
Maria Farantouri, born in...
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Second Local Products Festival in Sitia
The 2nd Festival, Local Products: Nutritional and Curative Properties, opens its doors and welcomes the audience in Sitia, Crete, from September 20 to 22.
The festival lays the groundwork for the promotion of the town of Sitia, located in the...
Business
Thessaloniki Gearing Up for the 78th TIF
The 78th Thessaloniki International Fair is called to reflect, within a few days, the change of course of the national exhibition agency, after the recent consolidation of TIF S.A. and Helexpo S.A. into a single group.
As the chief executive...
Culture
Golfo at Epidaurus on August 16
The well-known to all Greeks bucolic idyll between Golfo and Tassos, will revive for only one night, at the ancient theater of Epidaurus on August 16. The play, directed by Nikos Karathanos, enchanted during the winter season the Athenian...
Culture
2nd Medieval Byzantine Festival Begins In Kastoria
The 2nd Medieval Byzantine Festival named Alexiada, will begin in Kastoria under the auspices of the municipality of Kastoria and the citizens who contributed to the organization of the festival, which will start on August 22.
The festival will start...
Culture
Jazz Fest Set For Kozani
Kozani, a town in northern Greece, is known for its music tradition and has various talented musicians, who are recognized worldwide in the field of classical music, jazz and other music genres, and it's going to show off the...
Celebrities
Prespeia 2013 Tribute To Mercouri
The Cultural Organization of Prespes, the Melina Mercouri Foundation and ADaM Productions of Badminton Theater are presenting the performance, Melina - Wherever I Travel To, Greece, on Aug. 23-24 a tribute to the late actress and former Culture Minister...
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Vietnam Says Greece Denies Tourist Visas
A presentation on Greece and Argo Travel Group was organized for the second time on Aug. 7 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest city, by Travel Media Applications, in collaboration with the Vietnam Society of Travel Agents (VISTA).
The...
Culture
Big Cretan Serenade Over Rethymno
Anogia, Rethymno, was the meeting point on Aug. 11 for the people of the Greek island of Crete who put together the biggest serenade ever there.
Cretans crossed the paths of Anogia singing songs of acknowledged Cretan artists such as...