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Greek-Swedish Actress Elli Avram Rising Bollywood Star

Greek-Swedish actress Elli Avram, who represented Miss Greece 2010 Beauty Talent, is becoming a rising star in Bollywood. The 23-year-old is making her big-screen Bollywood debut this October in "Mickey Virus," a comedy-thriller set in Delhi that involves a Punjabi computer...

Russian Council Leader Visits Athens

Russia’s Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko is scheduled to visit Athens on Sept. 16 to meet a number of political and business leaders, including Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Meetings are also set with the President of Parliament Evangelos...

Sinodinos in the Outer Ministry

According to the Australian Financial Review, NSW senator Arthur Sinodinos, who ran John Howard’s office when he was prime minister, is not to be appointed to cabinet, but will be given a portfolio in the Outer Ministry. Shadow assistant treasurer...

Greek Week Of Strikes Begins

In perhaps the strongest testing yet of the country's coalition government, Greece is braced for a week of protests and strikes from a number of sectors angry that the government is going to move workers involuntarily into other jobs...

Mitsotakis Blocked, Booed by School Guards

Greek Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who ordered the firing of thousands of public workers before their positions could be reviewed as he promised, found himself heckled and blocked from getting into his office on Sept. 16 during an...

Maria Callas: The Legend of a Great Diva

September 16 marks the 36th anniversary of the silencing of the voice of the great Greek soprano, Maria Callas, who died of a heart attack, in Paris, robbing the world of one of its greatest talents ever at the...

Athina Onassis Looks Pretty at Half-Sister’s Wedding (PHOTOS)

Shipping heiress Athina Onassis was pretty in a pink silk dress as she attended the wedding of her half-sister Sandrine Roussel. The wedding of Sandrine Roussel took place at the small village of Villeny, close to the Roussel's Bonneville...

Australia Eyes Greek Tourism Investments

The President of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Victoria Bruce Atkinson and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Ken Smith expressed their interest in investments in Greece to Tourism Minister Olga Kefalyianni in a meeting on Sept....

IMF Envoy Leaves With A Bang

The head of the International Monetary Fund's delegation to Athens, Bob Traa, reportedly gave a very loud going away party at his residence in Filothei, with neighbors complaining that the noise was as if there were rowdy college students...

Red Bull Art Of Motion Santorini 2013 : American On-Site Qualifier Takes Victory Home (video)

A victory by American Cory DeMeyers concluded the third running of Red Bull Art of Motion of Freerunners in Firostefani on the Greek island of Santorini. Alexander Baiturin of Russia and Jesse la Flair finished second and third, respectively. Competition,...

Large Majority of Greeks Distrust Politicians, Domestic and EU Institutions

A large majority of Greek citizens distrust politicians and domestic and EU institutions, a new survey indicated, as Greece is still being mired in a three-year severe economic crisis. About 80 percent of respondents in the survey conducted by the...

Greek Investors Take On Nairobi

The first Investment and Greek Business Mission in Nairobi is taking place Sept. 14-19 organized at the initiative of the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Kenya in Greece. The mission is headed by the deputy Minister of Development and...

Health Care Workers Protest Cuts

Upset with big pay cuts and not being paid for months in some cases, Greek medical workers warned that reductions in the health care system are putting people at risk and causing many doctors to flee the country in...

Third Bailout Prospect Divides Greeks

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble's public statements that Greece may need a third rescue package started a debate on the necessity and effects of additional aid to the country. The IMF estimated Greece needs between 8.25 and 10.5 billion euros...

Greek Environment Ministry Opens the Way for New Cruise Centre at Piraeus Port

Piraeus port is on its way to acquiring a "Cruise Centre" for larger cruise ships after Environment, Energy and Climate Change Minister Yiannis Maniatis signed an order approving the environmental terms for its construction. The new cruise centre will built...