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‘The Favourite’ celebrates seven wins at BAFTA, but ‘Roma’ gets Best Film
The British film industry celebrated the 72nd British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Sunday. Yorgos Lanthimos’ dark period film, The Favourite, dominated proceedings with seven …
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Cretan summer educational programmes combine sightseeing and education
Do you want to learn while you travel? There are two worthwhile options on the island of Crete over summer that offer sightseeing and food for thought. Unbound Prometheus Unbound …
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Greek wins 2018 Cover of the Year for TIME
San Francisco-based artist John Mavroudis used words and phrases from Christine Blasey FOrd’s testimony during the Senate hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to create an …
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Keeping kids interested in the Greek language? There’s an app for that
Metropolis is a Greek word, of course. It is used to describe any large, important city in a nation, the one which is a centre of a specified activity. Now …
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John Cleese to head to Athens in September
British actor/comedian John Cleese will be performing at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus (Irodion) on 20 September in Athens. The show, titled “John Cleese Live at the Acropolis”, marks the …
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Plans to build Cypriot Australian ‘jewel’ of Brunswick
The old Brunswick building that houses the Cyprus Community of Melbourne and Victoria can no longer meet the needs of the 80-year-old organisation. It wants to grow, draw younger people …
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Church festivities aplenty on Sunday
Saint Haralambos The parish of Saint Haralambos will be celebrating the church’s feast on Sunday. There will be a joyful atmosphere at the church with events hosted outside following the …
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The world’s first ever ‘Foodie Hotel’ to open in Athens
Greece is the Mediterranean’s ultimate culinary paradise and Athens’ busting and constantly growing restaurant scene has -alongside the tourism industry- helped the country slowly emerge from the financial crisis. If …
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84-year-old yiayia teaches her grandson how to cook everything Greek!
Pastitsio, lamb frikase, stuffed tomatoes (gemista), spanakopita (spinach pie) and dolmades (stuffed vine leaves) are just a small sample of the many Greek delicacies that 27-year-old Jake (Kiriakos) has already …
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RECIPE: Yiayia Despina’s mouth-watering pastitsio
Despina Kapiris, originally from Ikaria, has always believed that cooking and sharing food with others is the best way to display her love and bring people and families together. She …