Life
Crime
Bombs Set Off at Greek Journalist's Homes
Greek police are seeking suspects who authorities said set off a string of homemade bomb devices outside the homes of a number of journalists residing in Athens early on Jan. 11. The devices, made of gas canisters, exploded outside...
entertainment
Pink Floyd's The Wall In Athens
Roger Waters, co-founder and main composer of the legendary band of Pink Floyd is returning the upcoming summer in Greece, and will include the audiovisual masterpiece The Wall in his show on July 31 at the Olympic Stadium in...
Australia
Semaphore Greek Weekend
Sixty-two-year-old Alexandra Vakitsidis has been organizing and performing at the Semaphore Greek Festival since it started in 1979, and this year will be no exception.
She will sing in the choir, perform traditional dances and introduce a new generation to...
Australia
Calombaris Judges Poultry for MasterChef
The Logie Award-winning Australian competitive cooking game show MasterChef, including the Greek chef George Calombaris as one of the show's main judges, is going to take up home in the poultry pavilion at the Royal Melbourne Show. This year's...
Business
Eleftherotypia Back On The Stands
Seventeen months after Eleftherotypia closed because it was not able to pay hundreds of journalists, the noted newspaper was set to begin publishing again on Jan. 10.
The paper, along with the Sunday edition Kyriakatiki Eleftherotypia, its magazines and inserts...
Celebrities
Gavras' Thriller Capital Set for Premiere
"Capital," the new political thriller by Greek-French film director Costa-Gavras is to premiere in Athens on Jan. 14. The new movie shows the head of a large European investment bank (played by France’s top humorist, Gad Elmaleh) desperately clinging...
entertainment
European, American Critics Like Attenberg, Alps
New Greek filmmakers are getting better reviews abroad than in Greece.Greek films are included in the best international film festivals (for instance, Boy Eating the Bird's Food by Ektoras Lygizos in Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Out of...
Celebrities
Onassis Vows to Visit Monastery in Naxos
Aristotle Onassis’ sole descendant, granddaughter Athena Onassis, asked her partners to settle the final details regarding her trip to Greece to fulfill the vow she made after her serious accident.
She made a vow to the Monastery of St. John...
Greece
Turkish TV Shows Greeks Bad Guys
Greeks in Turkey who hold citizenship there are complaining that characters on Turkish TV shows are depicting the Greek minority as criminals, collaborators, traitors and with only negative traits, fueling fears it could resurrect the bad feelings of the...
Celebrities
Daniel Day Lewis in Athens for Lincoln Premiere
Once again the talented actor Daniel Day-Lewis will be present in Athens for the premiere of his movie Lincoln, serving the purposes of the Spastic Society which invited him.
The Irish actor, Oscar winner of the Best Actor Award for...
entertainment
Koutoupas Second at Prague Poker Tourney
One of the favorite pastimes of gamblers is poker, a game so popular now that millions play on-line and televised tournaments and championships have a wide following. The players hope to become rich and some even gain fame through...
Celebrities
Athens Looks On The Bright Side
They may be in the grip of a crushing recession and riven by bitter internal political divisions, but Greeks are always trying to look on the bright side. Despite struggling to overcome the serious economic hit, Greece is still...
Culture
BBC Asks Why No Mosque in Athens?
In a report, the BBC highlighted that Athens is the only European Union capital without a mosque and explored the tensions surrounding the quest by Muslims for a place of worship amidst much opposition from nationalists and ultra-religious groups.
In...
Hollywood
Short Film from Greece Makes Sundance Film Festival Line-Up
Next month, Greece is being represented at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah with Athina Rachel Tsangari's "The Capsule."
The 35-minute film, described as a "Greek gothic mystery," is entered in the shorts competition. The plot summary...
entertainment
Greece to Participate in 2013 Eurovision
After some speculation that Greece would be unable to afford participating in the 2013 Eurovision contest because of the county's crushing economic crisis, the organizers have announced that it will be sending an entry after all.
The Executive Supervisor of...