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British royals Prince Charles and his wife Camilla have accepted an invitation by the president of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos for an official visit to Greece in May. It will be the first time in modern Greek history that...

Greece's Central Archaeological Council (CAC) gave permission to designer Vassilios Kostetsos to stage a fashion show at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus entrance square on March 31st. The ancient stone theater was built on the slope of the Acropolis hill...

Greek TV channel Mega faces closure after the country's National Council of Radio and Television voted to end its operations on Tuesday. The channel, which has been broadcasting repeats for months amid claims its staff has not been paid, tried to...

Popular Greek actor Christos Simardanis has died at the age of 61. Simardanis starred in numerous Greek TV series and movies over the last decades. His voice was instantly recognizable as he did many adverts for Greek TV and was also...

Dramatic images showing the owner of PAOK FC striding onto the pitch at Toumba Stadium Sunday night with what looked like a holstered firearm have gone around the world, sparking a media feeding frenzy. Greek football rarely makes it to...

A dramatic depiction of the Greek War of Independence will be screened in Brisbane ahead of this year's Greek Independence Day celebrations. The Elizabeth Picture Theatre is to screen 2017's 'Exodus 1826: A Road of No Return' which dramatizes the Siege...

A harrowing short film about Greek prisoners in German death camps during WWII has won an award in Canada. Eleftheromania, a 20-minute offering filmed in Toronto and New York, was directed by David Antoniuk and produced by Joanna Tsanis, Charles M....

Musicians from Greece and Australia will pay homage to the Greek blues, or Rebetiko, in a festival at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Saturday. Pliri Ntaxei and Chrysoula K & Purpura from Greece, plus Australia-based performers Zourouna, the Melbourne Rebetiko...

The annual Montreal Greek Film Festival (MGFF) kicks off once again on Saturday, March 24, and continues up until Sunday, April 1 ending with the annual Closing Night reception and gala. The festival, now in its sixth year, will be...

A documentary on the cosmopolitan Greek island of Mykonos by filmmaker Nico Mastorakis has won international acclaim even before its official release. "Mykonos, The Soul Of An Island," is already an official entry, a semi-finalist and a two-time winner in...

A Turkish presenter who made an on-air outburst about killing civilians in secular districts of Istanbul has resigned after being described as "psychotic" by a ruling-party spokesman. Ahmet Keser made the remarks on Akit TV, a broadcast channel arm of...

The influential bishop of Kalavryta, Amvrosios, has called on all Greek Orthodox Christians to boycott public broadcaster ERT for its coverage of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar which opened recently at an Athens theater. In an open letter, the bishop...

The trailer for a new hard-hitting documentary about Greece, its crisis and the future of its young people was released on Thursday. Freedom Besieged is a 70-minute offering by award-winning Greek-Canadian filmmaker Panayioti Yannitsos which documents the lives of young...

Police officers arrested on Monday journalist and publisher Kostas Vaxevanis after a lawsuit filed on Sunday by former Prime Minster Antonis Samaras. Vaxevanis was sued by Samaras for libel following a post on twitter. He was arrested in a court, a...

Presenters of the Eurovision Song Contest show on German TV mocked the lack of competition in Greece in selecting its entry for the final to be held in Lisbon. Earlier, Greek broadcaster ERT has confirmed that Gianna Terzi will represent...