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The fascinating history of the island of Samos

September 23, 2020 Culture | Society

Samos is a Greek island with a rich and varied history. Located almost 1 km from Asia Minor and the Turkish coast, Samos has a remarkable heritage: from an important commercial and maritime center of Ionia in antiquity, to the claim of its independence from…

Hydra: a haven for international artists

September 22, 2020 Culture | Society

Historically, the small rocky island of Hydra has been closely associated with the Greek War of Independence, in which it played an important role, being a prosperous shipping centre at the time; the sea captains’ mansions that ring the island’s harbour are a…

6th Athens World Poetry Festival: Poetry Against All Odds

September 21, 2020 Reading Greece

In times of pandemic, poetry must find imaginative and creative ways to be heard. Organized by the literary organization Poets’ Circle, the 6th Athens World Poetry Festival (21-24 September), titled Poetry Against All Odds, aims once again to transform the…

43rd Short Film Festival in Drama: Turning a new page

Sep 17, 2020 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Dimitris Leontzakos on the Meeting Point between Poetry and Music

Sep 17, 2020 Reading Greece
The Acropolis and the Parthenon in Modern Greek art as symbols of national and world heritage

Sep 15, 2020 Arts in Greece
The nameless island of Ioannina

Sep 15, 2020 Culture | Society
Education Otherwise: Τhe School of Athens heritage

Sep 14, 2020 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Thodoris Rakopoulos on Poetry as a Travelling Toolkit

Sep 11, 2020 Reading Greece
POEM OF THE MONTH: "The Greek language" by Nikiforos Vrettakos

Sep 10, 2020 Reading Greece
Art + Docs: In The Mind Of The Artist (10-16 September 2020)

Sep 09, 2020 Culture | Society
The Epigraphic Museum of Athens: the largest of its kind in the world

Sep 07, 2020 Culture | Society
Arts in Greece | Art meets Tourism in Santorini

Sep 07, 2020 Culture | Society
The Istanbul Riots of 1955

Sep 03, 2020 Culture | Society
The Awards of the 5th "BEYOND BORDERS" Kastellorizo International Documentary Festival

Sep 03, 2020 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Elena Maroutsou on the Synergy of Text and Image in Literature and the Role of Art as a Reflection Reality

Sep 02, 2020 Reading Greece
8th Syros International Film Festival (3–6 September 2020, Syros): Off Season

Sep 01, 2020 Culture | Society
History of the Greek Diaspora in Australia

Aug 28, 2020 Culture | Society
The Greek Winners at 26th Sarajevo International Film Festival

Aug 26, 2020 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Sakis Serefas on Poetry as an Invented Interpretation of Life and Language as a Way of Existence

Aug 26, 2020 Reading Greece
The traditional and historic stone lighthouses of Greece

Aug 24, 2020 Culture | Society
Arts in Greece | Unexpected Artistic Encounters in the Laconian village of Vamvakou

Aug 20, 2020 Culture | Society
BOOK OF THE MONTH: "Good Friday Vigil" by Yorgos Ioannou

Aug 19, 2020 Reading Greece
5th International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo Island. The Aegean Island where Documentaries meet History & Culture

Aug 18, 2020 Culture | Society
New incentives to support audiovisual productions in Greece

Aug 14, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
The historic Sumela Monastery in Trabzon

Aug 10, 2020 Culture | Society
Secret treasures of Greece - Sapientza

Aug 07, 2020 Culture | Society
POEM OF THE MONTH: A tribute to Greek Poet Angelos Sikelianos

Aug 07, 2020 Reading Greece
Arts in Greece | Abstract Artists of the Greek Diaspora "meet" in Andros

Aug 06, 2020 Culture | Society
Film of the Month: “A Matter of Dignity”

Aug 05, 2020 Culture | Society
Peristera: Greece’s first underwater museum

Aug 03, 2020 Culture | Society
Three religions meet in the Castle of Ioannina

Jul 31, 2020 Culture | Society
Kastellorizo: Greece's remotest island

Jul 30, 2020 Culture | Society
Arts in Greece | The Costas Tsoclis Museum on Tinos Island: a Dive into Art

Jul 28, 2020 Culture | Society
Professor Xenophon Contiades: Human rights and the pandemic – The world after Covid-19

Jul 27, 2020 Quo Vadis Europa?
Hagia Sophia: The violation of a symbol

Jul 24, 2020 Opinion | Analysis
POEM OF THE MONTH: ‘Poem on a Taperecorder’ by Nikos Karouzos

Jul 23, 2020 Reading Greece
43rd Drama International Short Film Festival: New faces, a record high of applications and the National Competition films

Jul 22, 2020 Culture | Society
Arts in Greece | “199”: a memento mori ahead of the Greek War of Independence bicentennial celebrations

Jul 21, 2020 Culture | Society
Greek Ramsar Wetlands

Jul 20, 2020 Culture | Society
Sec Gen for Public Diplomacy Kostis Alexandris on the National Image

Jul 17, 2020 Opinion | Analysis
Reading Greece: ‘The Scapegoat' by Sophia Nikolaidou

Jul 16, 2020 Reading Greece
History of epidemics and quarantine in Greece

Jul 15, 2020 Culture | Society
Film of the Month: “Windfall in Athens”, The Debut of a Patriarch

Jul 14, 2020 Culture | Society
MITEF Greece, the local chapter of the MIT global network supports technology-driven entrepreneurship in Greece

Jul 13, 2020 Innovative Greece
Thermopylae - Salamis 2020: 2.500 years of history

Jul 10, 2020 Culture | Society
“Prosperity Through Diversity”: International Virtual Conference on Human Rights in Business

Jul 09, 2020 Politics | Polity
The Hellinikon Project in Southeastern Athens on the rails!

Jul 08, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Greek Alternate MFA Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, on the pandemic, human rights and the project for a new European Declaration to be signed in Athens by the end of 2020

Jul 07, 2020 Government | Policy
Composer Dimitrios Skyllas: "All my music is one piece"

Jul 06, 2020 Arts in Greece
Anna Grigora: "I only paint what makes me feel good"

Jul 02, 2020 Arts in Greece
Reading Greece: Vassilis Letsios on the Heptanesian School and its Impact on the Development of Modern Greek Language and Literature

Jul 02, 2020 Reading Greece
Dr. Achillefs Kapanidis: "We are working on a rapid diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2"

Jun 30, 2020 Innovative Greece
Film of the Month: “The Girl in Black” by Michael Cacoyannis

Jun 30, 2020 Culture | Society
The “Antonis Tritsis” urban development programme to enhance regeneration of cities and regions

Jun 29, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
POEM OF THE MONTH: 'Summer Solstice' by Giorgos Seferis

Jun 26, 2020 Reading Greece
Public Diplomacy Talks | Beyond archaeology and tourism: A new image for Greece, in the post-pandemic world?

Jun 25, 2020 Politics | Polity
Arts in Greece | The Art of “Dancing” Through Dionisis Kavallieratos’ eyes

Jun 24, 2020 Arts in Greece
International Virtual Conference: Human Rights In Business. Prosperity Through Diversity

Jun 23, 2020 Politics | Polity
Sfyria: the whistled language of Greece

Jun 22, 2020 Culture | Society
My Greek Odyssey Series 3 Set to Launch!

Jun 19, 2020 Culture | Society
ΒΟΟΚ ΟF THE MONTH: ‘Good Will Come From the Sea’ by Christos Ikonomou

Jun 18, 2020 Reading Greece
Strategic Initiatives supporting the Greek startup ecosystem

Jun 17, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
Join the first “Greek Public Diplomacy talks” webinar: the new initiative of the Sec Gen for Public Diplomacy

Jun 15, 2020 Politics | Polity
Athens Music Week 2020 – Phygital Edition

Jun 15, 2020 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Marios Chatziprokopiou on Disconnecting Poetic Tradition from Formal Discourses and Making it Familiar Anew

Jun 12, 2020 Reading Greece
Filming Greece | Thelyia Petraki explains why the eighties again

Jun 11, 2020 Filming Greece
The National Archaeological Museum celebrates the Greek War of Independence bicentennial

Jun 10, 2020 Culture | Society
Fotini Bellou on International Relations, gender, and the new challenges of Greek Public Diplomacy

Jun 09, 2020 Rethinking Greece
Greece in Top 3 Winners of the “European Design Awards 2020”

Jun 05, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes with five films

Jun 04, 2020 Culture | Society
Medical advancements in Ancient Greece and the Byzantine Empire

Jun 03, 2020 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Anna Griva on the Poetic Conversation of Ancient Myths with Contemporary Reality

Jun 03, 2020 Reading Greece
Circular Economy, towards a new production and consumption model

Jun 02, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
The Official Program of the 5th “Beyond Borders” Documentary Festival (Castellorizo August 23rd -30th, 2020)

Jun 01, 2020 Culture | Society
POEM OF THE MONTH: “Amorgos” by Nikos Gatsos

May 29, 2020 Reading Greece
Photographer Aris Katsigiannis: "Dreams can’t be quarantined"

May 27, 2020 Media & Greece
Filming Greece | The charmingly uncanny world of Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis

May 27, 2020 Filming Greece
Tower of the Winds: The world’s oldest "weather station"

May 25, 2020 Culture | Society
Greece's UNESCO Global Geoparks

May 25, 2020 Culture | Society
ΒOOK OF THE MONTH: “Fool’s Gold” by Maro Douka

May 22, 2020 Reading Greece
The Plague of Athens as told by Thucydides: a timeless analysis of an epidemic

May 21, 2020 Culture | Society
Arts in Greece | Artist Stavros Kotsireas: "Creativity is part of our humanity"

May 20, 2020 Arts in Greece
The Greek Film Archive brings Greek Avant-Garde Cinema at Home

May 19, 2020 Culture | Society
Arts in Greece | Platforms Project goes digital

May 17, 2020 Culture | Society
Film of the Month: “Open Letter”, Requiem for a Generation Lost

May 15, 2020 Culture | Society
Greece assumes the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

May 14, 2020 Politics | Polity
A journey to Greece’s tourism campaigns: from archaeology to sharing authentic experience and values

May 14, 2020 Culture | Society
Of malaria and epidemics: an interview with historian Katerina Gardikas

May 14, 2020 Interviews
Reading Greece: Cara Hoffman on Athens as a City of Contradictions and a Compelling Literary Setting

May 12, 2020 Reading Greece
USA city names of Greek origin – Part 2

May 09, 2020 Culture | Society
Arts in Greece | Eugenios Spatharis: Grand Master of the Greek Shadow Theatre

May 08, 2020 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Alexis Stamatis on Literature as an Existential Submersion in Fundamental Human Issues

May 07, 2020 Reading Greece
Christos Michalakelis explains why Greece is the new studies destination in the COVID-19 era

May 05, 2020 Government | Policy
Greek scientific and research community join forces to combat COVID-19

May 04, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
Caves of Greece

May 04, 2020 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Iakovos Anyfantakis on the Literary Depiction of the Transformation of Modern Man in a Shifting World

May 01, 2020 Reading Greece
Greek initiatives at the EU vs Virus innovation hackathon to tackle COVID-19

Apr 30, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
Filming Greece | Konstantinos Antonopoulos on how to build a pocket size inferno on an idyllic beach

Apr 29, 2020 Filming Greece
USA city names of Greek origin - Part 1

Apr 27, 2020 Culture | Society
Exploring the Acropolis #MuseumFromHome

Apr 27, 2020 Culture | Society
Filming Greece | Marianna Economou on the Tomatoes that met the Iris Awards

Apr 24, 2020 Filming Greece
POEM OF THE MONTH: ‘Moonlight Sonata’ by Yiannis Ritsos

Apr 23, 2020 Reading Greece

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