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Culture
Over Five Million Visit Athens' Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center in 2018
According to a survey conducted by QED for Greece's Kathimerini newspaper, 5.3 million people visited the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (the SNFCC, or ΚΠΣΙΝ in Greek) in 2018.
Among the visitors were one out of every two Athenians, a...
Culture
Greek Poet Titos Patrikios To Be Feted in London
The life and work of the acclaimed 90-year old Greek poet Titos Patrikios will be celebrated at a special event in London on March 10, 2019.
Patrikios, who turns 91 in May, is expected to attend the event in person.
The...
Archaeology
British Actress Janet Suzman Says ''Parthenon Marbles Need Attica's Sun''
Dame Janet Suzman, actress and chair of the British Committee for the reunification of the Parthenon marbles wrote an article on Saturday in Greece's TA NEA newspaper, with which she tried to answer to the director of the British...
Greek news
Famed Greek Musician Yianni To Perform in Saudi Arabia
The famous Greek musician Yanni is going back to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform at a concert as part of the ''Winter at Tantora'' festival. The concert will be held on Friday, February 8, in the scenic...
Celebrities
Remembering Legendary Musician Tsitsanis, 35 Years After His Death
January 18, 2019 marks 104 years since the birth of the brilliant Greek musician Vassilis Tsitsanis, as well as 35 years since his passing.
Born in 1915 in Trikala, Thessaly, Tsitsanis was destined to become one of Greece’s most popular and...
Art
Old Athens Comes To Life in Remarkable Exhibit at Benaki Museum
A photography exhibition opens on Wednesday in the Greek capital, with the rare black and white photos shot by the famous photographer Alexander Lamont Henderson being exhibited for the first time to an Athenian audience.
Handerson visited Athens in 1904 and...
Art
Greek Evzones Honored in Warsaw Photo Exhibition
Greece's Evzone Presidential Guard soldiers are being honored in a photography exhibit currently on display in the Polish capital of Warsaw, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the formation of the Guard.
North Events and "Hermes", the Association of Greek Entrepreneurs of Poland,...
Culture
UN Exhibition on Migration Comes to Athens October 26
A photographic exhibition titled "Light on the Move" will be presented at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens between October 26-31. The exhibition is being organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nation's migration body.
Photographs...
Culture
Leonadro Da Vinci Exhibition To Open in Athens
A unique tribute to Leonardo da Vinci is coming to Athens.
Three separate exhibitions on the ultimate Renaissance artist will be merged into one for the first time. The joint exhibition aims to create a rich audiovisual experience transporting visitors...
Culture
Good News for Music Fans as Greece Prepares to Lower Taxes on Concert Tickets
According to Greece's Deputy Finance Minister, Katerina Papanatsiou, the country's Finance Ministry will reduce the VAT rate applicable on concerts and music events, where no other services are provided, from 24 percent to 6 percent.
The change will be enacted...