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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...