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Canada
Taste of Danforth Tries World Records For Zorba and Yogurt
Toronto's Taste of the Danforth festival, which runs August 9-11, is set to attempt two Guinness World Records over the weekend, involving Sirtaki dancing and yogourt.
This year the festival celebrates its 20th anniversary and the records if achieved will...
Culture
Critchley Says Parthenon Marbles Are Greece's
Simon Critchley, a professor of philosophy at The New School in New York City, brought the house down at the 23d World Congress of Philosophy meeting in Athens when he said the Parthenon Marbles stolen from the Acropolis nearly...
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Boutaris Allows Muslim Call to Prayer
It was a little after 4 in the morning on August 9, when the psalm by the young imam from Xanthi, Greece, was heard from Yeni Mosque in Thessaloniki, inviting all Muslims living or visiting as tourists the city...
Culture
Konstantatos’ Luton at San Sebastian Festival
The first feature film of Michalis Konstantatos, Luton, will premiere at the 61st edition of San Sebastian Film Festival, in Spain, which will take place from Sept. 20-28.
The plot of the film Luton is the following: Jimmy is a...
Europe
ARTE Pays Tribute to Greece
French-German channel ARTE is going to show Greek films and documentaries in a 24-hour special.
On Aug. 15, from early in the morning until after midnight, ARTE will travel the German-speaking viewers (Switzerland, Belgium, Austria and other European countries) in...
Culture
Lechaina Student Out Of This World
Krinio Marouda, a student from Lechaina, a town in Elis, West Greece, won the bronze medal at the 7th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA), which took place for the first time in Greece.
This is the second medal...
Culture
Crisis Is A Greek Word In Taiwan
Crisis is a Greek word is the name of an initiative that Greek designers have undertaken to illustrate a crushing economic downfall in their country and they're exporting the idea to the Taiwan Design Expo in Taipei this September.
Fifty...
Australia
A Conversation with Justice Emilios Kyrou
The Antipodes Festival, in collaboration with the Food for Thought Greek Australian Women’s Network, presents "A Conversation with Emilios Kyrou,” an event which will take place on September 7 at the Wheeler Centre, at 6 p.m.
Emilios Kyrou is the...
Education
Philosophy Revived at Plato's Academy
Philosophers from around the world gathered at the place where their practice really had its roots - Plato's Academy - in an Athens neighborhood as part of a series of events for the 23d World Philosophy Congress which is...
Culture
Cretans of Belgium Mark 100th
A series of events that will last for a whole month are scheduled to be held in Brussels by the Cretan Association of Belgium with the participation of the municipality of Heraklion and the local committee of Friends of...
Canada
Canada-Greece-Cyprus College Forum
According to a recent announcement made by the Canadian Ambassador Robert Peck, on September 16, the first Canada-Greece/Cyprus University Partnership Forum will take place in the city of Athens.
According to the announcement, up to eight Canadian universities will be...
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After 25 Years, Alexandroupoli Wines Again
The revival of the Wine Festival took place with success in the city of Alexandroupoli, the capital of the Evros regional unit in Thrace. According to first estimations, more than 25,000 people visited the site where the events took...
Europe
Greece Present in TTG Incontri
With the aim of promoting the Greek tourist product, the Hellenic Italian Chamber of Commerce in Greece is organizing a Greek Pavilion at the International Exhibition of Tourism TTG Incontri, which will take place from October 17 to 19...
Culture
Music Festival Marks Mt. Olympus' 100th
A special festival of arts, music, ideas and gastronomy, entitled Olympolis Art Music Project, is taking place during these days at the foot of Mt. Olympus and the International Foundation of the Monument of Alexander the Great, Alexandreio.
A hundred...
Archaeology
After Centuries, Ancient Messini Theater Opens
After hundreds of years of lying still, the theater of Ancient Messini re-opened on Aug. 3, with an opera gala, organized by the Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2013 and the Municipality of Messini and the Region of Peloponnese, among...