“Meteora,” a film by Greek director Spiros Stathoulopoulos, has been selected to premiere in the prestigious International Film Festival Berlinale, which will take place February 9-19 in Berlin, Germany. An additional nine world premieres will be screening in the Competition programme of the Berlinale 2012. Directors Billy Bob Thornton, Christian Petzold, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Benedek Fliegauf, [...]
About Anastasios Papapostolou
Anastasios started the Greek Reporter.
Three Greeks Aboard Cruise Ship Wrecked in Italy; 20 Passengers Missing and 3 dead
Passengers leap into the sea and fought over life-jackets in panic when an Italian cruise ship ran aground and keeled over, killing at least three and leaving dozens missing. In the chaotic aftermath of the Friday evening accident near the island of Giglio off the coast of Tuscany, Italian officials could still not say how [...]
Tulisa Contostavlos’ “Little Mix” Wins UK X-Factor
Little Mix became the first ever group to win The X Factor UK. The public voted for them to become the new X Factor champions on 11th December 2011. The band -mentored by Greek-Eglish Tulisa Contostavlos- were only put together during the closing stages of boot camp but gelled pretty much instantly and – despite [...]
Vice President Biden Visits Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul
On December 3rd Vice President Biden met with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Greek Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul. Following their meeting, the Vice President and the Ecumenical Patriach were joined by members of the Holy Synod, Metropolitans, and Greek community leaders for continued discussions – not to mention an abundance of the [...]
Immigration, Financial Crisis Threaten Border-Free Europe
As Europe scrambles to contain the financial crisis in the eurozone, another effort to deepen European unity is also being challenged, the Schengen passport-free travel zone. Immigration, lax controls, corruption and sovereignty worries are undermining dreams of border-free travel. Europeans now take for granted using the euro across the 17 countries sharing the currency. They [...]
A Greek Travel Guide to Istanbul
Constantinople, Byzantion, Poli, Istanbul. These are the names that Greeks usually use to refer to the once capital of Byzantium and today’s largest city in Turkey. Istanbul is a multicultural, modern city, and an attractive tourist destination that offers everything from ancient history to fabulous nightclubs. Turkish Airlines connects Istanbul with almost 200 destinations around [...]
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02 / 03 Greek-Turkish Media Artists Cooperate to Produce Short Films
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02 / 03 Berlinale 2012 to Pay Tribute to Theo Angelopoulos and Vadim Glowna
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02 / 03 ICJ Decides Against Italy Regarding Compensation for Nazi Crimes
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02 / 03 Cooperation Between Cypriot and French Armed Forces
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02 / 03 Measures for Integrating Migrants in Germany
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05 / 27 Dutch Newspaper Mocks Greece’s Financial Situation
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06 / 15 Parts of Alexander the Great’s Statue Being Assembled at Skopje Square
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12 / 27 Albanian Nationalists Point Finger at Archbishop Anastasios
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04 / 02 “Greeks will start begging soon” says Turkish State Minister
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12 / 26 Turkish Cypriot ‘Grinches’ Steal Christmas, Stop Holiday Liturgy
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