Exarchopoulos stars in Abdellatif Kechiche’s film La Vie d’ Adele, which describes the passionate love relationship between two women. In the three-hour film, Adele’s performance is sensational, making many characterize her as the new “Poulain” of the French cinema.

“On the movie set I can do everything. I give everything… Things that I would never imagine that I can do in real life, come out completely naturally in front of the camera,” the 19-year-old stated on the occasion of Kechiche’s film.

With Greek roots from her grandfather, the actress already counts eight years on film and television sets with co-operations with renowned artists, despite the fact that she is so young.

On May 23, Adele arrived at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in a sexy black dress with her co-star, Lea Seydoux, and the creator of the film, making all  photographers crowd the roof of the Palais for the usual photo call, and impressing everyone in the press room.

Metin examined the border gate of Ipsala on May 23 and said that they have started renewing the border gates in order to ease import and export procedures in Turkey. “Following our talks, we have agreed with the Greek authorities to build a bridge between Turkey and Greece, thus, trade will be made more rapidly,” he said.
Metin added that the construction of the bridge would be completed within next year.
(source: ANSA)

The fall of the Byzantine Empire meant the end of a central cultural home for Orthodox Christian art, despite its prolific, ongoing production. Modern scholars have struggled with how to define art and related methodologies made in the centuries following the fall of Constantinople, as reported in CEU’s website.

The conference was actively supported by the Greek Embassy in Hungary and the Secretariat General of Information and Communication.

Prominent scientists-art historians from Greece (University of Crete and of Athens), the USA, Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Armenia, Georgia, the British Museum and the University of Budapest participated in the conference.

“I believe that this workshop reflects that Byzantine art was a very vital part of the culture of many peoples and survived the fall of the empire that gave it birth,” said Greek Ambassador to Hungary Dimitris Yannakakis. He added that “this vitality is a reflection of the huge cultural influence which Byzantium enjoyed in its heyday.”

The conference invited scholars to contribute their viewpoints on the Orthodox art produced from the Early Modern/Post Medieval period onward in the Eastern Mediterranean world including Russia and the Caucasus, according to CEU’s website.

Some 188 churches in Vienna, including the two Greek Orthodox, and a total of 730 churches in Austrian cities, will remain open to pilgrims and the public from Friday, May 24 until early Saturday morning, May 25, offering more than 3,000 events, mainly of religious character.

Almost 400,000 Austrian residents and tourists attended the 2012 events, while this year’s events will include church music concerts and choirs, lectures, exhibitions, guides, theatrical plays and performances especially for children and teenagers.

Concerning the two Greek Orthodox churches, the program includes presentation of historic exhibits-relics and long vespers late in the night at Saint George, while guides and church music concerts will be held in the Holy Trinity, as well as in the Metropolis, where the Greek National School of Vienna is housed.

The German meteorologist, Dominik Jung, of the www.wetter.net website, says that several rainfalls are likely to occur this summer in southern Europe. Jung used an American model of long-term weather prediction and came to the conclusion that the southern European arc from Portugal to Greece this year will experience a fairly wet summer.

This does not mean unstoppable pouring rain during the summer months; it is just that these countries have a higher precipitation rate in comparison to previous years. Jung also forecasts absolutely normal temperatures for the southern European countries, in contrast to heat wave predictions.

The German Weather Service DWD, avoided however to make a long-term forecast. Its spokesman Thomas Rupert considers the weather predictions for the whole summer very difficult and not science-based.

Sgouros talked about the so far great course of the Greek Weightlifting team in the Olympic Games and the challenges of the future. He added that weightlifting has to become more popular and widespread among young people and the international sports community.

The fact that Pyrros Dimas was elected Officer to the IWF Executive Board is not only a personal honor for the three times Olympic and three times World Champion, but also the result of the 30-year systematic work within the International Federation on the Greek side, which seems to be finally generally acknowledged.

“If you work hard and effectively you will be rewarded, because foreigners do not forget and honor the effort you have made,” Sgouros commented to ANAmpa.

Dimas said he felt proud and moved by this international recognition for the Greek Weightlifting and promised to work with all his power for the sport and the success of the Greek National Team.

The IWF Electoral Congress started with a greeting by the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. Dr. Tamas Ajan from Hungary was reelected President to the IWF Executive Board.

As part of the night, entitled, Thanassis Valtinos in Vienna, the author Vasilis Tsiabousis will present Valtinos, a very popular author in Greece, and one of the most successful contemporary authors and screenwriters.

He will read selected passages from his works, while a representative of the Institute of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at  the University of Vienna, will read the same passages from the German translation. Live Greek music by Loukia Agapiou, Antonis Vounelakos and Aleksandar Pandilovski will accompany the event.

As referred by the Federation of Greek Associations in Austria, which currently has nine member-associations, its aim is to take the opportunity to spread Greek literature to the German speaking audience.

Petsanis along with his interdisciplinary scientific group propose new technologies, novel neuroscientific concepts and advanced socio-economic and administrative organization to ease the management of dementia in elderly people.

Through these interventions, the elderly can be treated by using light and sound technology, avoiding unnecessary pharmacological interventions, being socially active and enjoying a variety of activities.

Multi-sensorial patterns such as robots, telemedicine applications, computerized brain training, special therapeutic applications such as music intervention bed, sensory rooms, therapeutic virtual train or bus and smart home devices constitute basic parts of the individualized patient treatment, according to the CERN Staff Association website.

“There is no cure for Alzheimer. The disease is treated only up to 20-30 percent with medicine,” Petsanis pointed out and added that the ways of patients’ reintegration in society play a vital role in their treatment.

New technology applications and tools are programmed to be put in Adult Day Care Centers and Elderly Care Centers (KAPI) in Greece, in collaboration with municipalities in Thessaloniki.

“I was surprised when I received this invitation (by CERN),” Petsanis mentioned. He added that they explained to him that CERN is interested in intellect and technology and especially the technology that is related to health.

“It is great honor for a Greek scientist to receive an invitation by CERN,” he concluded.

Kostas Petsanis was born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1969. He graduated in Modena Italy in 1997. He has practiced neurology since 2007. From 2008 until November 2012 he was a neurologist at the Greek Association Alzheimer Disease. From 2008 until September 2011 he was special adviser and neurologist at home services for Dementia Patients in Thessaloniki. From 2009 until now, he is a trainee in new technologies on dementia in special centers in Lombardia Milan.

Reporters and journalists of the newspaper Milliyet have made a special tribute with an extensive story on Nana and her eating disorder.

The article goes, “One of the most beautiful Greek journalists, Nana Karagianni shocks everyone with her terrible illness. In the past she used to work as a model and later on television. Until the moment she was hit by the models’ disease, anorexia. The beautiful and successful journalist has lost so much weight over time that she has now become unrecognizable.”

According to News newspaper, the article was accompanied with many of her wedding photos with Giannis Kotsopoulos, along with others showing how she looks today, which Nana herself has been uploading on her personal Facebook page. Following the publication, the article was also uploaded on the newspaper‘s online site hitting thousands of “likes”, as so many people are interested in her health.

According to a survey conducted by the Hellenic Fashion Industry Association (SEPEE), the main representative of the apparel and textile industry in Greece, at the end of 2012 there was only 23 percent domestic apparel production, while 77 percent was produced outside the country.

Bulgaria is the most important country for the production of Greek garments, as it hosts 57 percent of the production that takes place outside Greece. FYROM follows with 20 percent and China with 10 percent.

In the countries of Southeastern Europe there are currently operating around 270 Greek clothing companies that employ around 22,000 workers.

The main advantages for producing in the Balkans are lower labor cost, the small distance, production capacity, the existence of large sewing workshops, and the business environment which is associated with a different tax regime. For South Bulgaria, where the largest number of Bulgarian clothing companies is concentrated, Greece is by far the most important partner, as 65 percent of the clothing production is made for Greek firms.

Theophilos Aslanidis, general director of SEPEE, stated that although in the 70′s, 80′s and 90′s there was a stable growth in the clothing industry, in the beginning of 2000 the downturn started that took large dimensions in 2005, when restrictions on imports into the European Union were withdrawn and the European market was flooded with cheap Chinese clothing.