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Daredevil Dancer in Breathtaking Performance at Greek Bridge (video)

Aerial dancer Katerina Soldatou has presented a daredevil performance as part of the project Greece Has Soul, dancing while hanging from Greece's Rio-Antirrio Bridge. The Rio-Antirrio bridge is one of the largest in the world and Soldatou's aerial performance video went...

Eurovision 2018: Cyprus Emerges as Favorite; Greece Eliminated (video)

Cyprus has emerged as one of the favorites of Eurovision 2018 as Greece bowed out from the competition following the first round of semi-finals that took place in Lisbon on Tuesday evening. Eleni Foureira, representing Cyprus with the modern and...

Patmos, the Greek Island of Revelation, Features in New Film (video)

A highly acclaimed documentary about the Greek island of Patmos and the world-famous monastery of St. John the Theologian will premiere in Greek cinemas later in May after successful screenings in Europe and the U.S. Acceptance of Inheritance: Apocalypse Again...

Eurovision 2018: Greece, Cyprus Fight for Final Places (video)

Greece and Cyprus are competing on Tuesday for a place in the final of the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest which is taking place in Portugal for the first time. Nineteen countries are competing in the semi-final. Only 10 will qualify...

Mikis Theodorakis Film Opens in German Cinemas (video)

A movie on the life of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis will premiere in German cinemas on May 10. The film -- Dance Fight Love Die -- by director Asteris Kutulas is described as an exuberant visual epic; a poetic road...

Greece Grants TV Licenses to 5 Media Groups

Greece's independent regulator granted TV licenses to five of six bidders after a 12-hour meeting this week. The National Council for Radio and Television (NCRT) announced that SKAI TV, STAR, Alpha, Antenna and E TV have been unanimously approved to...

Nana Mouskouri Launches ‘Forever Young’ Canadian Tour

  Greek music legend Nana Mouskouri will be touring in Canada from Thursday to May 25 to celebrate her 60 years of success in music. Mouskouri's Canadian 'Forever Young' tour begins on the west coast on May 3 at Victoria's Royal...

Greek Media Mogul Giorgos Kouris Dies at 81

Influential Greek publisher Giorgos Kouris died Monday morning at the age of 81 after a long battle with cancer, his family announced. Kouris was born in Argostoli, Kefalonia in 1937 and began publishing in the local newspaper Kefalonia's Voice which...

Greek Newspapers' Sales on a Freefall

Greek newspapers' sales fell 19.6 percent to 57,614,541 in 2017, from 71,641,595 in 2016, after suffering a 15.9 percent decline in the previous year, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Friday. The statistics service, in a report, said that religious newspapers...

Countdown for London’s Greek Film Festival

The annual London Greek Film Festival aims to be the international meeting point for Greek film from across the world kicks off in the British capital on May 7. At Camden's Theatro Technis the modern Greek film will be introduced...

London Greek Radio Extends Broadcast to Scotland

London Greek Radio (LGR) which airs in both Greek and English 24/7 is expanding into Glasgow, Scotland's biggest city and home to a sizeable Greek community. Last week it was announced that it has been added to the DAB+ multiplex...

Meet The Greek American Who Is Indiegogo’s Muse

John T Trigonis, Creative Campaign Strategist, Indiegogo John T Trigonis became a crowd funding guru early on in the first mass iterations of platforms like Kickstarter or in Trigonis’ case Indiegogo. Trigonis career with the company began when Trigonis ran...

Much-Awaited Mykonos Documentary Makes TV Debut (video)

A documentary on the cosmopolitan Greek island of Mykonos by filmmaker Nico Mastorakis will be screened on Greek cable TV Cosmote on Monday. “Mykonos, The Soul Of An Island,” is already an official entry, a semi-finalist and a two-time winner...

‘Opa!’: Watch Giannis Antetokounmpo Play it Straight in Hilarious ESPN Ad (video)

NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo has played the straight man in a tongue-in-cheek sketch on Greek culture for U.S. sports broadcaster ESPN. ESPN figures such as Stan Verrett, Neil Everett and Stephen A. Smith try to make Athens native -- AKA...

Greece-Turkey Tensions Part of International Plot, Claims Columnist

  An opinion piece by a pro-government commentator in Turkey about tensions with Greece has raised eyebrows, coming just ahead of Thursday's fatal jet crash in the Aegean Sea. In the article run by the Yeni Safak daily, a paper strongly supportive...