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Greek bakers gave Greece their well wishes for 2018 by making and offering a record-breaking 2,500 kilo Vasilopita (Greek New Year’s cake) to locals for free. The 70-metre-long and 3-metre-wide Vasilopita was cut in 15,000 slices in Athens’ suburban municipality...

Roger Federer is the master of tennis, but he’s a complete amateur in the kitchen. So the Italian pasta company Barilla invited him to take his first cooking lesson with one of the best Italian chefs, Davide Oldani. This is...

If you have already been to Crete in summer, you have certainly paid a visit to its beautiful beaches. You've stepped on the pink sand of Elafonisi or swam in the magnificent Balos lagoon. You've felt the hot sun...

(Sikinos) Greece's Cyclades islands are the third best destination in the world for calm and relaxation, according to a Time Magazine feature. As 2017 was a very difficult year for the whole world, full of stress for most, Time magazine suggests...

  Kalami, an abandoned village made of stone buildings, open doors, and broken windows, currently home to only 8 inhabitants, has made it to the finals of the Los Angeles International Film Festival. Nikos Sarantos filmed "Kalami, The Face of Abandonment" using...

The Greek and Gay Support Network invites the Greek community to participate in the 2018 Pride March, one of the key events of the annual Midsumma festival. This year's march will have a particularly celebratory tone, coming after marriage equality...

A 33-year-old man from Athens, has died after being swept up in an avalanche in a closed ski resort. The man; who was with his friends at the time of the avalanche, was taken to hospital, where he ultimately died. The event  took place in...

A huge sea creature has been caught on camera, in the Great Prespa Lake; a massive body of water that is shared by Albania, Greece and FYROM. The viral video shows the creature poking its long neck out of the...

Miss Greece 2017, Maria Psilou spent five days in Cairo enjoying her Christmas vacation, during which time she was hosted by Miss Egypt 2017. Upon Miss Greece’s arrival to Cairo, Miss Egypt, Farah Shabban, and her family hosted Psilou in...

  The Greek table for the New Year celebrations is made of dishes shaped by regional traditions and customs coming from all over Greece. In fact, there's no other celebration in the Greek calendar carrying such a deep symbolism, since...

Hundreds of people dressed as Santa Claus took part in the Santa Run in Chania on Tuesday, in an event postponed from Saturday, due to adverse weather condition in Crete. The Santa Run Chania, is a festive, charitable organization that...

  Actress Lainie Kazan; who starred in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” was arrested after allegedly shoplifting $180 worth of groceries from a Gelson’s store in Southern California, on Sunday. According to TMZ, Kazan, who played the role of the mother...

A former mining complex in Mantoudi, in Northern Evia, has turned into a magnificent alpine landscape as 12 natural lakes have been created from the mining craters. Mantoudi, only two hours away from Athens, is like a miracle of natural...

In its 27-year-old history, Greek TV networks have been through multiple transformations but one - ownership status. All major TV channels have been in the hands of the same businessmen, most of them with a background in the press...

  In current days and mostly in big cities, Christmas in Greece very much resembles the holiday celebrations from other areas in the world. Massive travel, easy access to worldwide media, and globalization have standardized and spread many traditions from...