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Actor, writer and producer Anthoula Katsimatides announced recently that she is running for office in the birthplace of her parents -- the beautiful island of Nisyros in the Dodecanese. The New York-based actress, who has been seen on CBS television's...

The Greek broadcaster ERT has announced that Katerine Duska will represent the nation of Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest for 2019. Duska will be representing Greece when she sings in the second half of the first semifinal, which will...

The recent Valentine's Day advertising campaign for a famous chocolate brand, which features same-sex and interracial couples has fueled controversy in Greece. Lacta's campaign features twenty-eight couples kissing and hugging while holding a chocolate bar. The couples are heterosexual, disabled,...

Giannis Antetokounmpo has become the new face of the Greek airline "Aegean," starring in their new airplane safety video. The inspired move by the airline will no doubt lead travelers to pay a bit more attention to their compulsory...

Bob Costas, the Greek-American sports broadcasting legend, revealed that NBC pulled him from its coverage of last year's Super Bowl because he publicly criticized the sport's safety. Costas, 66, said in Sunday's episode of ESPN's "E:60" interview show that NBC...

Yorgos Lanthimos' film ''The Favourite'' won seven awards in this year's 72nd British Academy Film Awards, (BAFTAs) in a ceremony held in London's Royal Albert Hall. ''The Favourite'' was the first film to be awarded, with the outstanding British film award...

Dame Janet Suzman, actress and chair of the British Committee for the reunification of the Parthenon marbles wrote an article on Saturday in Greece's TA NEA newspaper, with which she tried to answer to the director of the British...

When it comes to the world of fashion, Greek-Australian fashion designer Christopher Chronis continues to set trends which are sleek, flirty and as timeless as classic Greece. The story behind how he became the head designer for Global Designer Brands...

An unbelievable story of heroism and courage amazed the judges and the audience watching the second episode of the new television series "Greece's Masterchef". Zahir, a 28-year-old Afghan migrant who has been living in Greece since 2006, is competing along...

A refurbished luxury villa at Lagonisi on the Athens Riviera which once belonged to the sister of the Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis is now on the real estate market. The ultraluxurious property is listed at a price of 15 million...

Themos Anastasiadis, the founder and owner of Proto Thema, Greece's most popular Sunday newspaper, died on Tuesday in a Swiss hospital at the age of 61. Anastasiadis was suffering from cancer and had been hospitalized for a time in a...

Aristotle Onassis was one of the richest men in history and certainly one of the most famous Greeks in the entire world during the 20th century. How did this young boy from Smyrna manage to amass a fortune while becoming...

January 18, 2019 marks 104 years since the birth of the brilliant Greek musician Vassilis Tsitsanis, as well as 35 years since his passing. Born in 1915 in Trikala, Thessaly, Tsitsanis was destined to become one of Greece’s most popular and...

A group of teachers was on ERT TV shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday, interrupting the main news broadcast. The newscaster suddenly announced, mid-report, that the broadcast was being interrupted for a commercial break. When the newscaster returned from the break viewers...

Two screenings of the film Maria by Callas are set to take place on January 27 at the Museum of the Moving Image, in Astoria, in Queens, New York. The 2018 film documents the fascinating, turbulent life of the...