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French Mothers Film Shot on Milos
You Will Honor Your Mother and Your Mother, is the title of the French film in which Lakis Lazopoulos plays. The film has been shot on the Greek Cycladic island of Milos showing its beauty, and is expected to...
Europe
Italian Travel Magazine Features Milos
The popular Italian travel magazine Bell'Europa is presenting an extensive report on the Greek island of Milos with its unique archaeological and religious monuments, beautiful beaches and the delicious culinary flavors.
The Greek island made up the front cover of...
Europe
Editor of Focus Proclaim Innocent Regarding ‘Obscene’ Aphrodite Milos
The three-member magistrate's court judged the editor of German magazine “Focus” innocent, relating to charges of offending a symbol of state, that concerned the known cover of the magazine in February 2010 with Aphrodite Milos in… an obscene gesture.
The...
Ancient Greece
The Ancient Greek Sanctuary of Samothrace
Samothrace, a small, rocky Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea, has a storied past that belies its diminutive size. One of the most rugged of all the Greek islands, its Mt. Saos rises to 1,611 meters (5,285 feet).
Known best...
Ancient Greece
The Ancient Greek Treasures Housed in Paris Museums
Numerous artistic treasures from or inspired by Greece are housed in Paris museums. Undoubtedly, the foundation of Western civilization is rooted in ancient Greece, and, whether architecture, philosophy, or other facets of human existence, the Hellenes (Greeks) were pioneers...
Europe
Serbia School Shooting Leaves 8 Children Dead
Eight children and a security guard have been killed after a 14-year-old boy opened fire on his teacher and other students in a school shooting in Serbia, the country's interior ministry has said.
The seventh-grade student used his father's gun...
Diplomacy
Tensions Mount Between Ethnic Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo
Tensions are escalating between the Serb minority and the Albanian majority in Kosovo, prompting the Serbian armed forces to enter a state of high alert. Serbian military intervention is unlikely but remains a distinct possibility.
Northern Kosovo is the epicenter...
Art
The Louvre Celebrates Greek Independence in Stunning New Exhibition
The Louvre, the second largest art museum in the world, is celebrating the bicentennial of the Greek War of Independence with an impressive new exhibition entitled "Paris-Athens, The Birth of Modern Greece, 1675–1919."
The show, which opens at the end...
Europe
Dutch Royals Apologize for Ignoring Coronavirus Protocols, Jetting Off for Greek Vacation
King Willem-Alexander and his consort, Queen Maxima, apologized to the Dutch people today after it came to light that the family had taken a trip to Greece in the middle of the second wave of the coronavirus in Holland,...
entertainment
Greek Millionaire Proposes to Girlfriend 38 Years His Junior on Cannes Red Carpet
A millionaire Greek club owner and a Portuguese reality TV star got engaged earlier this week in Cannes, after the 63-year-old man proposed on the red carpet.
Milos Kant dropped to one knee in front of banks of photographers and...
Archaeology
Symbolism of Greek Statues in Beyoncé and Jay-Z Apesh*t Video (Video)
Over the weekend Beyoncé and Jay-Z, the world's hottest hip-hop couple, dropped their first joint album on Tidal called "Everything Is Love".
The only video to be released thus far for the nine new tracks is for the song "Apesh*t",...
Europe
Austrian Die Presse Praises Greek Cyclades
The Austrian newspaper “Die Presse” published a five-page tribute to the Greek islands of Santorini, Milos, Naxos and Paros entitled “Cyclades, Volcanic Worlds.”
The author of the article presents the beauty of the islands along with useful information about the...
Art
Paintings of Greece by Serbian Artists
An exhibition of paintings titled Greece in the consciences and hearts of Serbian painters, by art historian Nikola Kusovac, was opened in the large gallery of the Serbian Armed Forces Club.
The exhibition, which coincides with the Greek EU presidency,...
Art
Greek Ancient Sculptures Through 3D
The Skulpturhalle Basel museum in Basel, Switzerland will host a revolutionary 3D scanning and 3D printing project, under the title, Through a Scanner, Skulpturhalle, introduced by Cosmo Wenman, a 3D printing pioneer based in Southern California.
Wenman announced his plans...
Europe
Greek Islands Among Top Vogue Destinations
Three Greek islands, Serifos, Folegandros and Thirassia, all in the Cyclades, have been placed among the top island destinations on Italian fashion magazine Vogue's list.
The three islands have been suggested by Vogue as ideal holiday destinations.
Serifos is located in...