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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...

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...

Greek Police Raid Athens University

Police forces on the morning of Aug. 21 poured into the National Technical University of Athens, closing off streets during the 6:25 a.m. raid. The police entered the university grounds without provocation and it is not yet known if the...

Two Radio Portraits of Athens on France Culture

The French public radio channel France Culture will broadcast two one-hour radio documentaries by George Archimandritis (of the series Cities-Worlds), devoted to the Greek capital on August 24, Saturday, at 4 p.m. The Spirit of Athens (To pnevma tis Athinas)...

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...

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...

New International Trailer for ‘300: Rise of an Empire” is All Action

An official one-minute international trailer has just been released for the Spartan epic sequel, "300: Rise of an Empire." Take a look at the newest trailer, which begins with Gerard Butler in the opening sequence and features plenty of action...

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...

What Is It Like to Be Greek?

Over the last few years, so many controversial things have been heard of poverty-stricken Greece since the economic crisis broke out. Rise in the unemployment rate, in social inequalities as the rich got somehow richer and the poor poorer....

Mantzoukas to Play Greek Doctor in ‘Townies’

Actor, comedian and writer Jason Mantzoukas will play Dr. Theodorakis in the upcoming comedy "Townies," set to hit theaters in May 2014. The film, from director Nicholas Stoller ("Get Him to the Greek," "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"), revolves around a couple...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...