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Greek actor/director Takis Spyridakis, 61, succumbs to cancer
Actor Takis Spyridakis passed away on 13 September after a long battle with cancer. News of the death of the 61-year-old actor, director and screenwriter was met with sadness in …
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Wildfire burns pine forest in Zakynthos; villages of Keri and Agalas evacuated
Firefighters are battling a wildfire that broke out at 11am on Sunday near the village of Keri on Zakynthos. Two villages, Keri and Agalas, have been evacuated for precautionary reasons …
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‘Greek artists don’t play by the rules,’ says prominent art dealer Stavros Mihalarias
Stavros Mihalarias, one of Greece’s most prominent art restorer and dealer (who also creates semi-abstract sculptures of coloured steel), started off his career as an icon restorer in 1960, working …
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Property prices in Attica up 11.1 per cent
Greece’s economy is showing consistent signs of being on the road to recovery, with property prices having recouped 4.2 per cent of the ground lost during the financial crisis. This …
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Diatribe: Recycled containers of our Greek consciousness
A most singular happenstance befell me recently. Having inherited from my grandfather, the propensity, when all within the domestic abode and slumbering safely in the arms of Morpheus, to descend …
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The Griffin Warrior unlocks the secrets of the Mycenaean civilisation
According to Archeology magazine, published by the Archaeological Institute of America, the discovery of a man’s grave filled with more than 2,000 artefacts outside the Palace of Nestor in Pylos, on the …
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Pallaconian Youth present art and live music night tonight
The Youth Committee of the Pallaconian Brotherhood ‘Leonidas’ in Brunswick are hosting a live music and art exhibition on 14 September. Four young artists will display their diverse paintings, touching …
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From homeland to diaspora: Romioi in Australia
In 1998 the Hellenic Parliament recognised 14 September as a day of national mourning for the Genocide of the Greeks of Asia Minor. The past two decades the Armenian genocide …
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Happy Name Day to Steve, Stavroula, Stavros: What we celebrate today
The name day of Stavros and Stavroula is celebrated on 14 September, the day the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Elevation of the Holy Cross. On this day in 325AD, …
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Art Athina: Greek President says British Museum’s failure to return marbles is offensive to the UK as it is to Greek Culture
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said he supported the immediate return of the Parthenon Marbles to the Acropolis Museum during the opening of the 24th Art Athina at Zappeion on Friday …