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Greek director Antonis Maras will hopefully score an Oscar nomination for his short film "The Palace", inspired by real events of 1974, has already won three awards in Australia. "The Palace" won this year's prize for best short film at Sydney Film Festival, the award for best short film at the Australian International Film Festival in Melbourne...

The beautiful island of Cyclades was chosen over many other destinations in the Mediterranean by the producers of Italian film ''Immaturi - The Journey'', the sequel of the great commercial success «Immaturi» starring the famous Italian actor Paolo Genovese. The main locations of the island chosen by the filmmakers for shooting are Parikia, Naoussa, PisoLivadi, Aliki...

The Zithos Birthday Festival will include seven concerts with famous artists from the 19th to the 26th of September for the ninth consecutive year, as announced by the organizers at a press conference. The first three concerts will be held...

According to research by the non profit organization “Foundation for Future Studies” whose central office is in Hamburg of Germany, Greeks are the second happiest people in Europe in spite of the economic crisis. The happiest of all are...

Charalabos Kounoupas is 106 years old! He is still healthy and has the strong heart of a teenager! After the proposal of two journalists Giannis Kanellakis and Manolis Padinakis, the town of Agios Titos, the Local Cultural Society, the Women...

The local government of the Northern Territory will boost the organisation of the Oceania's Pan-hellenic Games, with the impressive sum of $ 200,000. The Pan-hellenic Games will be held this year in Darwin with the participation of over 400 athletes...

Papandreou has announced that he is giving in to society foundations, and dispensed with state control over them. In this way, the institutions can work for their own good and not as means of satisfying the interest of a...

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has accepted an invitation by the Solidarity Federation of the Greek Orthodox Societies of Istanbul to attend the dinner marking the ending of the Ramadan fasting (Iftar). The dinner will be organised in the gardens...

Tulisa Kontostavlos, known for being an idiosyncratic Greek woman, grew up in London. She does not hesitate to talk about when she first smoked weed, when she lost her virginity, and the tough person she is. T. Kontostavlos used to...

The 1st of August marked the first day of a special month for Muslim communities all around the world. Ramadan, which is the ninth Islamic month and a period of fasting, is based on a combination of physical sightings...

On August 30th, a concert will be held for charity reasons in Odeon of Herodes Atticus. Given the occasion of Nikos Gatsos's 100th birthday, Alkinoons Ioannidis and Mary Farantouri will sing for everyone and money collected will go to the...

Three perpetrators stole the cab of an unfortunate taxi driver, who thought they were clients wanting a lift. On August 20th, around 2 am. three Albanians got in a car in Athens and within a few minutes stole it, threatening...

According to article in the Greek newspaper "Nafteboriki", the Prime Minister announced that he will attend the Thessaloniki International Fair on September 10 and 11 and will give a speech as usual, in spite of rumors that he would...

According to e-thessalia.gr, the biggest drop in blood at blood banks is observed in August. The volunteer blood donors decreased by 30% as most of the people are on vacation. However, due to the increased number of car accidents...

The Parents and Friends' Association of Oakleigh Greek Orthodox College will be hosting their annual college ball on Saturday 3rd. The aim of the association is to raise money to help grow the college's resources. The association has generally raised...