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On November 6, 2014, Roy Sher’s award-winning international feature documentary on the life of the iconic Greek-Jewish singer Roza Eskenazi will premiere in London. "My Sweet Canary" follows the life of three young musicians – Mehtap Demir, Tomer Katz and...

Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni, after the opening of the Greek pavilion at the international tourism exhibition "World Travel Market 2014," expressed her belief that tourism arrivals in Greece will increase further in 2015 and that the country will successfully...

The "Best Performer" award of the London Greek Film Festival has been awarded to Theodosis Pelegrinis, the former rector of the University of Athens. The film “Pandemia,” directed by Dimitris Piatas, made its debut at the 7th London Greek Film...

Excerpts from the 1986 film “Lord Elgin and Some Stones of No Value” starring Hugh Grant and narrating how Lord Elgin took the Parthenon Marbles and moved them to London, are hosted on YouTube. It contains rare underwater footage of the...

Areti Mastrodouka is a 38-year-old Greek boxer based in London. Last Sunday, October 12, she won the world title in GBU Women’s Lightweight in her own hometown of Athens. She defeated rival Hana Horakova with a unanimous points decision (6-11). Areti Mastrodouka,...

IRISena is a promising Greek startup that will take part in DroidCon London 2014, one of the most important European exhibitions on development and new technologies. Along with IRISena, characterized as one of the most innovative products in the...

A new film by Kingston University academics, "OXI: An Act of Resistance," to be screened at the London Film Festival on October 9, reveals the curious relationship between ancient Greek tragedy and the current crisis. The film's director, Ken McMullen,...

Over the course of the next few weeks, London's filmgoers and Greek community will have the opportunity to watch a variety of contemporary Greek or Greek-related films and documentaries. Screenings take place at Westbourne Studios, near the famous Portobello market. The...

The Greek state is doing damage control in the face of widespread media reports suggesting that the Acropolis is under threat from rockfalls. One article went as far as to claim that “Greece’s Acropolis will soon be gone.” The London "Times" published a headline exclaiming...

Men dressed as Spartan warriors invaded the London Underground on October 2, pleasantly disrupting the tedious routine of public transportation. While less than 300 were present, the actors – who were part of the cast of “300: Rise of the Empire,” the...