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Sixth Greek Film Festival in London Surpasses Expectations

The artistic Director of the Festival, Christos Prosilis said that the Greek Film Festival in London is improving over the years. Especially this year, the publics response surpassed any expectation of both screenings on both days and through the...

Greek and Jewish Communities Unite in Toronto

During the Greek exhibition in the State Museum of the Holocaust of Auschwitz event,  co-organized by the Jewish organization B'nai Brith Canada and the Consulate General of Greece in Toronto, the Canadian ambassador of Greece, Mr. Eleftherios Angelopoulos, stressed...

Greek Digital Artist Awarded with the Lumen Prize

Katerina Athanasopoulou, a Greek filmmaker and animation and digital artist, is this year’s winner of the prestigious Lumen Prize, worth 3,000 euros, for her Athens-based film “Apodemy,” ekathimerini reports. “Apodemy” is an experimental piece in emigration, which was created in...

The Greek “Pirates” of Electricity Power

“Pirates of the electricity” is the title of the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, referring to activists that take it upon themselves to reconnect the electricity supply for socially weak Greek citizens, that find it hard to make ends meet. As the...

A Greek Documentary Sheds Light on the Dark Aspects of Turkish TV Series

It is well known that the Turkish soap operas have millions of fanatic viewers in the Balkans, Middle East, North Africa and Asia. What remains unexplored is how these soap operas manage to penetrate the social and religious reality...

Athens History Museum Remains Closed

The staff of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens History Museum, released a letter to the media informing the public, that the museum will remain closed because of the employees strike against lay-offs. They also made it clear that...

First Official Trailer for ‘Hercules: The Legend Begins’

At this past weekend's New York Comic Con, cast and crew of the upcoming Greek mythology film, "Hercules: The Legend Begins," unveiled a full-length trailer for the action adventure set to release March 2014. The film centers on Hercules fighting...

Baking Workshops in London Making “Koulourakia of Ammouliani”

Want to know what’s next at Jamie Oliver’s “Recipease” store in Notting Hill, London? The lucky ones who will get to be there will learn how to make koulourakia (a traditional Greek butter-based pastry).  These koulourakia will be 100% Greek...

Greek Government Denies Problems between Samaras and Stournaras

Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou, denies press reports of relationship problems brewing between the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, and Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras. Simos Kedigoglou stated that the publications about the Prime Minister and Mr. Stournaras have nothing to do...

Homeless People Living in Caves

After a journey on the streets and mountains of Attica, the reporters of Euronews found a shocking number of homeless people living in mountain caves due to the prolonged crisis in Greece over the last 5 years. The journalists spoke...

Ottawa Hosts Conference Day to Promote Greek-Speaking Education

A "conference day" on Greek-speaking education will take place in Ottawa, on Saturday the 19th of October. It will be organized by the Greek Embassy in Canada, in cooperation with the Office of the School Counselor of Canada and...

Apartment Building for the Homeless

The volunteers of the nonprofit organization “Human People” furnished a six-story building located in the center of Athens, which will host at least 15 homeless families with young children. The repairs in the building, which started last December, are almost...

Paris is Coming to…Greece!

“Petit Paris d’Athenes,” is the name of the fascinating multi-festival, organized by the Athens Art Network in cooperation with the Sports and Youth Organization (OPANDA); the Athens Traders Association; the Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens, and the first...

‘Hercules: The Legend Begins’ Heads to NY Comic Con

Cast and crew of "Hercules: The Legend Begins" (formerly known as "Hercules 3D") will take part in a panel at this year's New York Comic Con. The film, directed by Renny Harlin and starring Kellan Lutz as the Greek hero,...

7th Annual Greek Film Fest in NY

Despite the economic crisis that makes the financing of motion pictures particularly difficult, the Greek film industry is experiencing an exciting renaissance. Greek films are finding audiences all over the world and are winning major prizes at international festivals. Today’s...