A 10-episode HBO miniseries about World War II will air in Turkey minus a scene featuring dialogue about “Turks torch Smyrna” after recapturing the Aegean city from the Greek Army during the war of independence. “The Pacific,” a co-production by Hollywood director, Steven Speilberg and Oscar winning actor, Tom Hanks, which focuses on the U.S.-Japanese [...]
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We speak Griko!
Calimera (meaning “good morning”) is a small town in the “Grecìa Salentina,” or Greek Salento, at Italy’s Southern Apulia. Besides Italian, the inhabitants of Calimera also speak Griko, a linguistic amalgam comprising ancient Greek, Byzantine Greek and Italian elements. In an effort to promote the dialect of Griko – also spelled Grico, a form of [...]
Faces from the Mediterranean
A 2-week photo exhibition to be held simultaneously in all six cities, between the 24th of April to the 9th of May 2010, where the work of the respective artists from those countries exhibit faces, places, scenes from everyday life, monuments and traditions common to all Mediterranean countries and their heritage. The aim of the [...]
European Campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles
Journalist Elena Katritsi, Nikos Aliagas and Spyros Fokas appear in a video clip participating in this way in the campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles. With this original video clip the famous participants aspire to collect 1,000,000 signatures from all over the world petitioning for the return of the Parthenon Marbles that were [...]
20 thousand people are expected to attend Pope’s Liturgy in Cyprus
Nearly 20 thousand Catholics that either work or are married in Cyprus are expected to attend Pope Benedict’s holy liturgy on June 6 at the Eleftheria Stadium in Nicosia, during Pope Benedict’s official three day visit to Cyprus. Pope Benedict XVI will become the first Pontiff to visit the island of Cyprus. Seven thousand people [...]
£300,000 Bouzianis leads London Greek art sale
The 2010 Greek art market starts here, as Bonhams hopes to build on its successful 2009 The biggest work ever to appear at auction by the major Greek expressionist painter Georgios Bouzianis, entitled Frau mit Tisch und Stuhl, is expected to sell for £200,000-300,000. The artwork, measuring 138 x 105 cm, will go under the [...]
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05 / 21 Angelique Rockas: Strong, Bold and Unafraid
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05 / 21 Theodoros Aggelopoulos Honored at Cannes Film Festival
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05 / 21 Guardian: ‘Despite the Recession, Greeks Still Light the Olympic Flame’
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05 / 21 Portugal: European Award Given to Cretan Beaches of Ierapetra
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05 / 20 Victoria Hislop: ‘I Was at the Party in Greece, Now I’m Sharing the Hangover’
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05 / 03 Skopje: Streets Renamed With Ancient Greek Names
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05 / 27 Dutch Newspaper Mocks Greece’s Financial Situation
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05 / 09 London Recognizes Macedonian Language During Cultural Olympiad
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04 / 02 “Greeks will start begging soon” says Turkish State Minister
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06 / 15 Parts of Alexander the Great’s Statue Being Assembled at Skopje Square
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