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Hollywood Bigwigs Give Thumbs Up for Black Greek Warrior Achilles (video)

Some of Hollywood's biggest directors and actors defended the controversial new Troy series where the mythological Greek warrior Achilles is played by black actor David Gyasi. Speaking exclusively to Greek Reporter from the red carpet of the 2018 Golden Globe Awards,...

Yanis Varoufakis Warns Euro Will Fail and Will Bring EU Down With it

Appearing on the TV program BBC This Week, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis launched a savage attack on the EU, claiming it is destined to fail because the euro is doomed. The BBC’s Andrew Neil asked him what he...

BBC Reports: Meteora Ranks in the Top 50 Reasons to Love the World!

Meteora is one of the 50 reasons to love the world, according to a BBC report. "Because in Meteora, Greece, the drastic measures monks took to seek solitude made me realize the power in seeking quiet in our hectic world,"...

Foreign TV Programs to Promote Tourism in Greece

British television network BBC2 is planning TV shootings in Thessaloniki and Imathia from July 24-31, with the support of the Greek National Tourism Organisation (EOT), with the view to promoting popular and lesser-known Greek destinations abroad, through the entertainment...

ECB Reportedly to Stop Emergency Assistance to Greek Banks

The European Central Bank (ECB) will stop providing Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) to Greece, the BBC reports, citing unnamed sources. The end of emergency lending to Greece's banks might come as soon as Sunday - a move that could force them...

Varoufakis: "Greece to Have a Deal With Lenders within One or Two Weeks"

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told BBC that Greece will secure a deal with its lenders in the next week or two, during a short interview. “The cycle of uncertainty must close,” he said, adding that although a bailout agreement will...

BBC Video On Greek Efforts To Rescue Migrants In Mediterranean Sea

Earlier today, BBC's international correspondent Murad Shishani presented a video capturing the agonizing daily efforts of the Greek coastguards to rescue migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea in search of a better life for themselves and their families. The video shows a small...

Juliette Binoche As Modern ‘Antigone’ On BBC

Later this spring, BBC Four British television channel plans to broadcast the magnificent Greek masterpiece of  Sophocles' "Antigone," opened at London’s Barbican Theatre on March 5. The play, which is already sold out, features the BAFTA and Academy Award-winning actress Juliette Binoche taking the lead...

Greek-British Soldier Dies After Battle With ISIS

A former Greek-British Royal Marines member became the first Briton to be killed fighting alongside the Kurdish forces against the jihadist Islamic state in Syria, according to BBC. The 25-year-old soldier, Konstandinos Erik Scurfield died on Tuesday March 3 after...

BBC Explains Grexit in Tasty Greek Food Terms [Video]

Those imaginative folks at BBC business news found a rather tasty way to explain what Greece's exit from the euro zone would mean by using gyros, or kebab, as they call it in Britain. In the three-minute video BBC reporters have prepared,...