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The leading international exhibition for food products in Russia, which takes place in the center of Moscow city, World Food Moscow, this year included an exhibit of Greek agricultural products. Among the 1,400 exhibitors from 69 countries there were around...

Disapproval and strong reactions have been caused by information that the Sept 22 front page of the newspaper Proto Thema will depict a photo of the 34-year old Pavlos Fyssas shortly before he left  his last breath after he...

One more Greek film production achieved international distinction, this time at the PLURAL+ 2013 Festival of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The short film Drop it, with main actors young people...

Stelios Longinidis, the first Australian to win world title in kick boxing, known as Stan The Man, will be inducted into Sport Australia Hall of Fame, the pantheon of top Australian athletes, on Oct. 10. Longinidis, 48, had an...

On Sept. 16, the administration of the Central Girls School in Istanbul presented, during an event, its targets concerning the establishment of a Greek Diaspora university in Istanbul. Contacts with Turkey’s government Vice President, Bulent Arinc, and the General Directorate...

As Greek Travel Pages (GTP) website reports, next week, a workshop on spa tourism will take place in Athens. The workshop will involve discussions on the contribution of spa tourism in Greece and ways to attract investments in this...

Greek-born filmmaker Costa-Gavras will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 15th Annual Mumbai Film Festival this year, which takes place from Oct. 17-24 in India. Considered one of the world's living legends in cinema, the Academy Award...

The Mediterranean Sea will once again be the theme of the 4th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, to be hosted from September 2013 until January 2014 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Under the general title New Intersections-Make it New, the Thessaloniki...

The Greek actor Michalis Giannatos, who became known through roles of Turkish characters and who is particularly likeable to the Greek audience, especially through his participation in films of the more recent Greek cinema, passed away on the night...

Over 200 movies are on the screening list of the 19th Athens International Film Festival, which opens on Wednesday in Athens and runs to September 29. The event, as Kathimerini reports, opens with Noah Baumbach's Frances (2012) - a...

A number of 69 poets will participate in 22 different events that will take place in the region of Athens as part of the first international Athens World Poetry Festival. The Festival will commence on Sept. 23 till 29,  in...

On October 30, the 2nd Greek Medical & Health Tourism Workshop will be held in Moscow. Eleven businesses, among which, private hospitals, rehabilitation centers and hotels with spa facilities have applied to participate, aiming at the development of medical...

A photograph of a female shop owner pushing a little Roma girl street musician on a pedestrian walkway under the Acropolis to send her away has taken off on the Internet and set Greek authorities to investigate the apparent...

A big concert dedicated to the Greeks who promoted Greece abroad with their work, the “Greeks of the World”, Theo Angelopoulos, Odysseas Elytis, Constantine P. Cavafy, Nikos Kazantzakis, Michael Cacoyannis, Maria Callas, Iakovos Kambanelis, Melina Mercouri, Yiannis Ritsos, Giorgos...

Hot off the heels of the announcement that she's penning her first novel, Greek-American Sasha Grey is starring in the upcoming thriller "Open Windows." The film, which just released its first trailer, centers on a famous actress named Jill (Grey) who...