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How rock was Alexander the Great? The Rock Opera entitled Alexander is a theatrical-musical production of a play created by the Greek composer Constantine Athirides and the English lyricist Penny Turner. The story begins on the island of Samothrace, one year...

BBC is going to replace Merlin in the schedules with a Greek myth family adventure show, Atlantis, written by Misfits’ Howard Overman. This new fantasy drama, that will travel us to the legendary island of Atlantis, featuring Mark Addy...

The winners of the 2013 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards were unveiled today by the European Commission and Europa Nostra. The 30 winners, selected from nearly 200 nominated projects, are honored for their achievements in four...

The meeting of the Pan-Orthodox ecclesiastic choirs took place in Bavaria’s capital for the ninth consecutive year, with the initiative of the Orthodox Theological Faculty of the University of Munich. The Pan-Orthodox concert was hosted by the All Saints Court...

INTRALOT’s subsidiary in Peru, INTRALOT de Peru continued the enrichment of its product portfolio with the introduction of the Mobile Web version of its online gaming platform for both Smartphones and Tablets. Through this new initiative, INTRALOT de Peru...

Steve Hoover’s Blood Brother (pictured), Nikos Dayandas’s Little Land, and Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall’s Call Me Kuchu were among the winners at the 15th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. The Greek festival, which ran from March 15-24, also gave prizes...

Brothers Evangelos and George Giovanis have finally settled into Los Angeles. After moving around as kids - from Rhode Island to Greece (their parents are from Ioannina and Nafplio), and then back to the States - the two Greek-Americans...

Greeks who live in Austria came together on March 25 for Independence Day celebrations with a doxology sung at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity on Fleischmarkt in the 1st district of Vienna. The celebrations continued...

While Greek-Americans and those in the Diaspora around the world were celebrating Greece's Independence Day, spectators in Athens were barred from a parade as the government, as it did last year, feared embarrassing protests against austerity measures. Most media avoided...

A Greek Corfiot breakfast was provided on March 23 by Corfu hotel owners at the Corfu Palace Hotel with the collaboration of the Chefs Club of Corfu. This initiative was accomplished in the context of Greek breakfast promotion to...

Ahead of Greek Independence Day on March 25, the Greek National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) said it would put penalties on any station that plays Vasilis Papakonstantinou’s song When I Return I Will F…ck Them, based on...

The Greek government through the Greek Embassy in Tirana, will honor the memory of Mother Teresa, the philanthropist, saint and great Albanian woman, said the Greek ambassador in Albania Leonidas Rokanas. Mother Teresa was born in Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard will attend the Greek Independence Day parade in Sydney on March 24. Barry O’Farrell, Premier of New South Wales, will also honor Greece’s national anniversary. The celebrations of March 25 will begin at the Greek...

The SHELTER project took place in the Armenian city Tsaghkadzor, from March 12 to 19. It is about a trilateral youth exchange among Armenia, Greece and Turkey, with 11 young participants from each country. The intercultural youth exchange focused...

Just as Tina Fey's television run with the series "30 Rock" has ended, she's up on the big screen starring in the new comedy "Admission," out in U.S. theaters today. Fey stars as a Princeton University admissions officer up for...