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An intriguing festival organized by the Goethe institutes of Southeastern Europe comes to Athens > Berliner Joy Gutthardt’s performances explore stereotypes of the female gender. The artist is one of many German performers who will be coming to Athens for the Genderpop […]

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Some celebrants were dressed like heroic Greek freedom fighters from the early 19th century. Others donned the colorful, festive costumes of traditional dancers.
The Hellenic Cultural Parade in downtown San Francisco on Saturday culminated a weeklong celebration of all things Greek, from music to politics, […]

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Greek roads and drivers might not be cyclist-friendly, but the countryside is. Those who venture forth are rewarded by the experience of beautiful landscapes and villages.
  As Greek roads and drivers are not cyclist-friendly, why not load your bicycle onto your car […]

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The Olympic Flame torch will be lit by the sun’s rays in Ancient Olympia, tomorrow March 24, in Ancient Olympia, to be held 12 o’clock at noon Greek time.
“We will continue with the traditional way to kindle the flame as it symbolizes the purity […]

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Greece’s largest telecom group Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation, OTE, soon to be 20 percent-owned by Deutsche Telekom, grew profit by 15 percent last year, with mobile and Internet operations providing the bulk of earnings.
OTE increased its stake in its Cosmote mobile phone unit […]

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Hillside buildings at Fira, Santorini. Typical architecture on the island begins in caves and extends outward to terraces overlooking smaller islands of the volcanic crater.
Photographs of the Greek Islands and the Acropolis by Elizabeth Atly will be on exhibit at the […]

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The annual Thessaloniki Documentary Festival opens tonight by honoring celebrated Greek-Cypriot director Michael Cacoyannis, famous for his screen adaptations of ancient dramas. In total, 158 movies will be shown during the increasingly popular 10-day festival that will also host numerous tributes, […]

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Athens International Airport helped Greece score points in the global tourism competitiveness report.
Greece’s tourism industry has become slightly more competitive on a global scale, despite a slide in the quality of healthcare and safety levels offered by the country, according to a […]

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My connection to the poem “Hellas” by Percy Bysshe Shelley spans 20 years and grows with each unexpected turn in this journey called life.
It started in high school, while acquainting myself with the Romantic period and developing a particular fondness for Shelley and […]

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Currently the Thessaloniki State Museum of Contemporary Art is catering to the visually impaired, thanks to an innovative, by Greek standards, program titled “Aggizontas tin techni” (Embracing Art).
Members of the Thessaloniki School for the Blind and the Panhellenic Association of the Blind recently […]