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On Aug. 27, Greek-American superstar magician Criss Angel performed with The Supernaturalists at The Fox Theater at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, for an excellent turnout. The show began with a comedic magic skit with Fifi, and her quest...

  A fierce auction battle for four TV licenses saw media moguls locked up in the Kallithea building of the General Secretariat of Media and Communications without any communication with the outside world. For two nights and three days the...

The 2nd Mysticon festival in Thessaloniki from September 13 to September 18 brings fun, excitement and mystery to the northern Greek city. The event, held in the framework of the Thessaloniki International Trade Festival (TIF) - HELEXPO and Thessaloniki...

Greece is beautiful and has hundreds of well-known beaches where people flock from all over to get some R&R. However, not everyone is into sitting around and relaxing for the entirety of their vacation. Fitness fans and athletes of all...

Marathon Mayor Ilias Psinakis awarded Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson with the "Marathon Legion Medal" for their love and support for Greece. Psinakis has invented and designed the Marathon Legion Medal in 2015 as an award to exemplary Greeks...

Greece's left-wing SYRIZA government started an auction for four private television licenses in what a faction of the press has dubbed a "reality show" due to the fact that media chiefs are behind closed doors without cell phones or...

As the television license tender is in its final stages the Athens Journalists' Union has called out the dramatic tender process and controversial procedure as a “poorly-staged reality show.” The Greek government is being criticized for taking the measure of...

The much-anticipated tender for broadcasting licenses started on Tuesday, with the Greek government auctioning four permits amid complaints and doubt. Eight candidates are bidding for 10-year nationwide licenses with 3 million euros as the starting bid. Bids will increase in...

Almost a year after its last appearance in Athens, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra returns to the city and the Athens Concert Hall for two concerts on September 17 and 18, opening the venue’s new artistic season for 2016-17. On the...

On Sunday rowing coach Kostas Symeonides and his team completed the trek from Crete to Cyprus, successfully raising over €30,000 for charity during the event I paddle for life, I paddle for children. It all started on August 19 when...

The White Tower Melbourne Project was launched by Maria Vamvakinou just a few weeks ago, and the community has already pulled together to show an amazing response. The goal of the project is to crochet 8,000 flowers to cover a...

  Eight candidates for four TV licenses are left following objections to two of the nine bidders. The Greek Secretariat General for Information and Communication announced that there would be eight contenders in the tender that begins on Tuesday morning...

On August 13th the Hellenic community of Melbourne celebrated the role of soldiers and nurses who served on Lemnos in the Gallipoli campaign. There were over 100 people in attendance at the newly built Lemnos Gallipoli Memorial. The attendants were...

Christina Newland submitted her listing of 10 great Greek films on the British Film Institute's (BFI) site. She points to the Greek movie industry's struggle after its golden age in the Fifties and Sixties despite wartime chaos and dictatorial...

Unconfirmed sources point to the warming up of relations between Athina Onassis and her father Thierry Roussel following their estrangement after the billionaire heiress decided to marry Brazilian Olympic show jumper Alvaro de Miranda Neta, also known as Doda....