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Win 4-Night Stay in Luxurious Greek Hotel Photo Contest!

What if all you had to do was upload your photos of Greece and the Greek islands to a website and you could win a free 4-night stay at a luxurious hotel in Greece? It sounds too good to be true,...

'Socrates Now': An Interactive Performance That Brings Us Up Against Ourselves

The Greek Theater of New York (EllinikoThεatro) and Visionary Culture present "Socrates Now," an interactive performance that has traveled to 20 countries and has been staged at the world's finest universities, such as Yale, Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge. The...

'Game of Thrones' Stars Visit Refugee Camp on Greek Island

Lena Headey, Liam Cunningham and Maisie Williams, stars of popular television series Game of Thrones, visited a refugee camp on Lesvos island in Greece. Cersei Lannister, Davos Seworth and Arya Stark, as they are known by millions of fans worldwide, visited...

Dodona Oracle in Acropolis Museum

The Acropolis Museum holds an exhibition on the Oracle of Dodona from June 20, 2016 to January 10, 2017. The exhibition aims at providing wider knowledge about the oldest Greek oracle, tracing the way it functioned, its role and importance...

Thousands of Asylum Seekers Registered in Greece

The U.N. refugee agency reports more than 15,500 asylum seekers have gone through a so-called pre-registration process on mainland Greece. The UNHCR said these people will be able to lodge future claims for asylum in Greece or in other European...

Lewd MTV Reality Show Causes Uproar on Greek Island (video)

An MTV reality show filmed on the island of Corfu has caused a great uproar because of its lewdness, causing the municipality to cancel the filming permit given. The British MTV show "Geordie Shore", filmed at the Kavos village on...

Poll Shows New Democracy 11.5% Ahead of SYRIZA

A new opinion poll shows conservative New Democracy leading the intention to vote race by 11.5% ahead of SYRIZA. The poll that was conducted by the University of Macedonia on behalf of Skai television, also shows that six out of...

Greeks See Wages and Pensions Slashed as New Round of Austerity Begins

The summer of 2016 turns out to be another summer of discontent for Greek pensioners and wage earners who see their incomes slashed, as a new round of austerity begins after the imposition of the new bailout program measures. It...

Economic Crisis Marks 3rd Emigration Wave of Greeks

Over 427,000 people left Greece since the onset of the economic crisis in 2008, marking the third wave of mass emigration in the 20th and 21st centuries. The figures come from a recently released Bank of Greece report entitled "Fleeing...

The Evolution of Greek Lover: From the Kamaki to Mr. Trendy

By playing in Greek movies, approaching strange women in bars or enjoying their coffee with friends, Greek men have become throughout the years something like urban legends, while much has been written by women struggling to understand them. Just...