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Welcome, 77 artists, 40 different points of Attica welcomes you by singing Erotokritos an epic romance written at 1713 by Vitsentzos Kornaros

Sunday, February 26, 2017

Glykeria: Straight from the heart

It was at that time that she first visited Australia, an experience that she has always cherished. "I had just had my first major hits in Greece and my albums could be found in Australia, some in bootleg copies, made in Malaysia, but it doesn't matter ...


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Annual Zombie Walk in Athens, Greece

While most countries are busy kicking off carnival season with colorful festivals, music and scantily-clad costumes, revellers in Athens, Greece take part in a scary annual 'zombie walk' instead!


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Dan Georgakas’ Insights on Greek-American Detroit

My Detroit, Growing Up Greek and American in Motor City by Dan Georgakas provides unique insights into the Greek-American experience. The prolific author, academic, poet, political thinker, and TNH contributor... The post Dan Georgakas’ Insights on Greek-American Detroit appeared first on The National Herald.


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A Catholic Russia?

They examined the ecclesiology of Russian and GREEK Orthodox theologians attempting to justify their centuries of separation from full communion ...


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Greek city gears up for Sunday's Carnival climax

When carnival season comes, Greeks have their own equivalent of world-renowned Rio to take pride in. Patras, a port city 220 km west of Athens, is a place that lives for these three weeks of crazy celebrations. Allegedly, it all started in 1832 when a ...


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Sorras' questionable political party swears oath to the gods under the Acropolis

What's more surprising is that the happening was staged by one of the most controversial quasi-political movements in Greece, the Hellenes Convention. The leader himself, Artemis Sorras, who is claiming to be in possession of trillions' worth of old bonds ...


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Saturday, February 25, 2017

Muslims not getting hopes up as building starts on first official Athens mosque

Muslims cannot even bury their dead in Athens, as plans for a cemetery are still on hold. Families often have to bury their dead in Thrace in north-east Greece, home of a Muslim minority of Turkish descent. The situation is a "disgrace", said Naim ...


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