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The Athens Open Air Film Festival returns this year with outdoor film screenings, events, concerts, master classes, and short films, all set against the backdrop of Attica's most distinctive monuments. The primary goal of this event, which will run from...

Brett Ratner's "Hercules" has finally gone into production. The film began shooting in Hungary, with Dwayne Johnson playing the lead in the epic drama based on the novel, Hercules: The Thracian Wars. Johnson posted a black & white photo to his...

One and a half century of history which sculpted education in the lives of thousands of Egyptians revived on June 8 at the Onassis Culture Center. The celebration of the 150 years of the Ambetios School of Cairo along with...

Under the pressure of the Troika for the shrinking of the public sector staff, Samaras' government is planning radical changes in the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), the Greek state-owned public radio and television broadcasting corporation. The government is considering using...

June 10 was a somber day in the Greek village of Distomo, the 69th anniversary of the massacre of most of its citizens by Nazis in a reprisal raid. On that day in 1944, an SS phalanx, along with other...

Hygeia Hospital in Greece was awarded the first prize in the category Employer of the year, according to the results of the pan-European competition European Business Awards 2012/2013. As announced, the companies’ evaluation has been undertaken by the international judges...

The reopening of the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus, one of the city's most beautiful structures, is set for Sept. 21, Mayor Vassilis Michaloliakos announced. “The contractor (TOMI SA) which took over the restoration of the theater, not only proceeded to...

Feelgood Entertainment announced today that it will be giving Paramyth Films’ "A Green Story" theatrical distribution in Greece. The film, which premiered at last year's Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, is a biographical drama based on the life of Van...

The Roman Cerealia Festival, which is in its third year in the Italian capital, is dedicated to modern and ancient Greek culture and gastronomy this year. The reference to the ancient Greek goddess Demeter, Cerere in ancient Rome, provides...

The fourth meeting of Epirotes of Europe, devoted to the 100 years commemoration of the Liberation of Ioannina, took place in the German city Gemeinde Ketsch am Rhein, situated on the right bank of the river Rhine. It was organized...

American photographer William Abranowicz has been invited to participate in the art festival Fotometria that will take place in Ioannina, the largest city of Epirus in Greece. The photographer arrived in Ioannina on June 6 and his visit will last...

The Hellenic Society of Constantinople with the support of the Consul General of Greece is happy to invite you to a unique and unforgettable movie-dinner event on Saturday, June 15, with Tassos Boulmetis, director of the 2003 movie A...

The Greek film September, a Penny Panayotopoulou production, is competing at the 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic from June 29-July 7. Ten years after her debut with the award-winning feature film Hard Goodbyes: My Father,...

Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy will be at the Cine Thisio on June 11 for the premiere of, Before Midnight. The film, directed by Richard Linklater, will open the 3rd Athens Open Air Film Festival. Don’t forget that Cine Thisio on...

The Region of the Peloponnese organized a special event in London, where Prefect, Petros Tatoulis, presented the touristic product of the Peloponnese to tour operators and many journalists. The Prefect characterized the Peloponnese as a safe destination and talked about...