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Some of the grittiest parts of Athens can now be viewed from a refreshingly positive perspective. Recently, UpDrones explored what the Greek capital's most notoriously dirty and dangerous squares look like from above, from the lens of a drone....

A public opinion survey conducted across 38 countries by the respected U.S.-based Pew Research Center has found that Greeks are the most skeptical in the world towards about their country's media and the way news and current affairs is...

Greek cinema is set to return to the bright lights and global stage of New York City. This year, the NYC Greek Film Festival (NYCGRFF) is entering its 12th year, boasting a lineup is more diverse and talented than...

Giannis Antetokounmpo, the 23-years-old basketball player of the Milwaukee Bucks who has made the Greeks proud countless of times, uploaded a picture of his mother as a ''story'' on his personal account on Instagram. In the photo, his mother is shown wearing...

Tonia Sotiropoulou is a 31-year-old Greek Cypriot actress who currently lives in the United Kingdom. She became globally known after her participation in ''Skyfall'', the 2012 James Bond film. On Friday, Sotiropoulou was informed that she won the award for ''Best Actress...

The World's Billionaires list is an annual ranking that is based on documented net worth of the wealthiest billionaires in the world compiled and published by the American business magazine Forbes. The 2018 list published by Forbes had four Greek...

The 59th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, running from November 1 to November 11, will present a large tribute to the Greek queer cinema, with a selection of 38 short and feature films dating from the late 1960's to the...

The BBC has released the first trailer of the "The Little Drummer Girl", an adaptation of John le Carre’s famous spy thriller, that was partly shot at the ancient temple of Sounio, south of Athens. The miniseries, which will be...

More than 700 people attended the opening night of the 25th Greek Film Festival in Sydney on Tuesday night, with wartime drama "The Last Note". The Delphi Bank 25th Greek Film Festival (GFF) will showcase a total 16 films, including...

The Greek-American celebrity and TV presenter, Maria Menounos, proved once again that she loves Greece and its traditions. With only a month of preparations, Menounos chose to throw her wedding reception in the school yard of Akovo village and...

Maria Menounos and Keven Undergaro got married (for a second time) in a village in Greece's Peloponnese on Saturday. The two renewed their vows in Akovos, in an Orthodox ceremony organised by Maria's father - who had missed out on...

Opera singer Montserrat Caballé, whose duet with Freddie Mercury became the signature song of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, has died aged 85. She had been suffering from health complaints for some time and was admitted to hospital in Barcelona last...

Maria Menounos threw a pre-wedding party in Athens on Thursday evening two days before her second wedding to Keven Undergaro in her father's hometown village. The famous TV presenter danced the zeibekiko, a passionate, improvised traditional Greek dance. The couple got married...

The World’s 50 Best Bars is a list published every year that celebrates the best bars in the world. In its 10th year, The World’s 50 Best Bars provides an annual ranking of bars that have been voted on by more...

Mykonos Island is known to host some of the most famous celebrities, and recently the beautiful Greek island was chosen as the setting for a new British film. The film brings with it many celebrities to Mykonos such as the 53-year-old...