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The Council of State (CoS), Greece's supreme court, has rejected a temporary injunction motion by four private TV stations against the government's television frequencies tender. Four stations -- Antenna, Alpha, Star and Skai -- were asking for a temporary freeze...

A Japanese band, called Pyramidos, has captured the attention of thousands of YouTube users with its take of a popular Greek tsifteteli song called "Vre Melahrinaki". The band from Tokyo describe themselves as a gypsy band playing Balkan, Roma, Arabic,...

Digital radio arrived in Greece this week, with a first pilot broadcast coming from public broadcaster ERT’s facilities on Ymittos mountain overlooking Athens. Unlike many European countries, Greece has no definitive road map towards a switch-off from analog FM radio...

Springtime temperatures and plenty of sunshine were the backdrop of today's Epiphany celebration in the city center of Chania, in Crete. On January 6, the Greek Orthodox church celebrates the day that Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist in...

  Athens is one of those cities that everyone visits for its rich history, but also because of the local food. The fame of Greek food, genuine and healthy, is very well represented in any of the endless restaurants, bistros,...

Twitter has blocked the account of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party, apparently in line with the platform's new rules against hate speech. The micro-blogging and social networking service did not say why it blocked the Golden Dawn account on Thursday,...

  The B&M Theocharakis Foundation for Fine Arts and Music continues this month presenting an exhibition that focuses on Giorgos Seferis works. The event named “When the light dances, I speak fairly: George Seferis and his poetry through painting and photography”,...

Dozens of local residents of Palaio Faliro, south of Athens, led by the local priest marched on Sunday at the site of a controversial sculpture and demanded its removal. The bright-red sculpture "Phylax" (guard in Greek), has offended some who...

Greek bakers gave Greece their well wishes for 2018 by making and offering a record-breaking 2,500 kilo Vasilopita (Greek New Year’s cake) to locals for free. The 70-metre-long and 3-metre-wide Vasilopita was cut in 15,000 slices in Athens’ suburban municipality...

Roger Federer is the master of tennis, but he’s a complete amateur in the kitchen. So the Italian pasta company Barilla invited him to take his first cooking lesson with one of the best Italian chefs, Davide Oldani. This is...

If you have already been to Crete in summer, you have certainly paid a visit to its beautiful beaches. You've stepped on the pink sand of Elafonisi or swam in the magnificent Balos lagoon. You've felt the hot sun...

(Sikinos) Greece's Cyclades islands are the third best destination in the world for calm and relaxation, according to a Time Magazine feature. As 2017 was a very difficult year for the whole world, full of stress for most, Time magazine suggests...

  Kalami, an abandoned village made of stone buildings, open doors, and broken windows, currently home to only 8 inhabitants, has made it to the finals of the Los Angeles International Film Festival. Nikos Sarantos filmed "Kalami, The Face of Abandonment" using...

The Greek and Gay Support Network invites the Greek community to participate in the 2018 Pride March, one of the key events of the annual Midsumma festival. This year's march will have a particularly celebratory tone, coming after marriage equality...

A 33-year-old man from Athens, has died after being swept up in an avalanche in a closed ski resort. The man; who was with his friends at the time of the avalanche, was taken to hospital, where he ultimately died. The event  took place in...