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The well-known Greek singer Maria Farantouri will celebrate her fifty years of singing with a big concert at the Herod Atticus Theater on September 17.  Elli Paspala and Savvina Yannatou will appear with her on stage. Maria Farantouri, born in...

An official one-minute international trailer has just been released for the Spartan epic sequel, "300: Rise of an Empire." Take a look at the newest trailer, which begins with Gerard Butler in the opening sequence and features plenty of action...

The 2nd Festival, Local Products: Nutritional and Curative Properties,  opens its doors and welcomes the audience in Sitia, Crete, from September 20 to 22. The festival lays the groundwork for the promotion of the town of Sitia, located in the...

Over the last few years, so many controversial things have been heard of poverty-stricken Greece since the economic crisis broke out. Rise in the unemployment rate, in social inequalities as the rich got somehow richer and the poor poorer....

Actor, comedian and writer Jason Mantzoukas will play Dr. Theodorakis in the upcoming comedy "Townies," set to hit theaters in May 2014. The film, from director Nicholas Stoller ("Get Him to the Greek," "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"), revolves around a couple...

The 78th Thessaloniki International Fair is called to reflect, within a few days, the change of course of the national exhibition agency, after the recent consolidation of TIF S.A. and Helexpo S.A. into a single group. As the chief executive...

The well-known to all Greeks bucolic idyll between Golfo and Tassos, will revive for only one night, at the ancient theater of Epidaurus on August 16. The play, directed by Nikos Karathanos, enchanted during the winter season the Athenian...

The 2nd Medieval Byzantine Festival named Alexiada, will begin in Kastoria under the auspices of the municipality of Kastoria and the citizens who contributed to the organization of the festival, which will start on August 22. The festival will start...

Kozani, a town in northern Greece, is known for its music tradition and has various talented musicians, who are recognized worldwide in the field of classical music, jazz and other music genres, and it's going to show off the...

The Cultural Organization of Prespes, the Melina Mercouri Foundation and ADaM Productions of Badminton Theater are presenting the performance, Melina - Wherever I Travel To, Greece, on Aug. 23-24 a tribute to the late actress and former Culture Minister...

A presentation on Greece and Argo Travel Group was organized for the second time on Aug. 7 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest city, by Travel Media Applications, in collaboration with the Vietnam Society of Travel Agents (VISTA). The...

Alexander’s Lost World is the title of a documentary  of six one-hour episodes, which will be launched on Aug. 13 by History Channel of Foxtel platform in Australia and New Zealand. The film’s creator is the Australian David Adams, who,...

Bloomberg columnist Megan McArdle isn't so rosy about Greece's surplus helping the economy and said it could actually pave the way for the country to default on its loans. She noted that not paying back what it owes - some...

Anogia, Rethymno, was the meeting point on Aug. 11 for the people of the Greek island of Crete who put together the biggest serenade ever there. Cretans crossed the paths of Anogia singing songs of acknowledged Cretan artists such as...

The meteor shower named Perseid, during which up to 100 shooting stars will fall per hour,  takes place on August 12, before dawn, and will be seen from Greece as well. The Perseids begin as tiny specks of dust that...