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Greek photographer wins Pulitzer Prize

Greek photographer Alkis Konstantinidis, 35,  won a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking New Photography. He was one of a group of Reuters photographers to receive an award for photos of migrants …

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Greek Australian teen entrepreneurs introduce a new underage demographic to the clubbing scene

Back in the ’80s, before the days of photo IDs, you’d borrow the birth certificates of older friends, memorise their details – even their starsigns (because bouncers would ask) – …

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Costa-Gavras ‘insulted’ by media criticism of government grant he received

Award-winning director Costa-Gavras expressed his dissatisfaction with comments made following a grant he was given by the Greek government for his next film. He stated his “deep insult” following allegations …

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Costa-Gavras gets Greek government grant for screen adaptation of Varoufakis’ book

Greek-French director Costa-Gavras has received a 630,000-euro Greek government grant to film a screen adaptation of a book by Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis on the draconian bailouts imposed …

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Vissi reduced Australian tour fee after threat to fill Rod Laver with homeless hecklers

Facing financial disaster after disastrous ticket sales, desperate times had called for desperate measures during Greek superstar Anna Vissi’s 2002 Australian tour, so promoter Michael Chugg called in his ‘Mr …

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Vallejo Gantner brings experience and excellence to Onassis Foundation in New York

Afternoon mid February in Athens it is cold and sunny and we sat on the balcony of an apartment sipping cloudy ouzo and eating salty olives. We did this almost …

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Medea in the era of #MeToo

As part of the Festival Hellenika 2019 program, a second talk will be presented on the Greek mythological figure Medea. But this time around with an entirely different and fresh …

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Greek artist Stefanos Rokos’ exhibition at the Benaki Gallery is inspired by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Greek artist Stefanos Rokos was inspired by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds that he created an entire series of paintings inspired by the album, ‘No More Shall We Part’ …

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Melbourne Comedy Festival to host 100 per cent Greek show!

Greek-speaking audiences craving for some good old (and… not so old) Greek humour will rejoice at the news of the first Greek-language stand up show making its way to this …

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Greek artist Aristotle Roufanis explores phenomenon of urban loneliness

Visual artist Aristotle Roufanis is showing his work in New York this month, as part of The Photography Show presented by AIPAD with Momentum Fine Art Gallery. The Greek-born artist …

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