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Filming Greece | Professor Eleftheria Thanouli on Revisiting films about the 1821 Revolution

May 07, 2021 Filming Greece

In the year 2021, Greece celebrates the Bicentenary of the Greek War of Independence, the Greek revolution against Ottoman rule, which led to the establishment of the Modern Greek state. A series of celebrations taking place throughout the year have ignited a…

The National Garden: An Oasis in the Heart of Athens

May 06, 2021 Culture | Society

Just a few meters away from the Greek Parliament’s building - right behind the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Amalias Avenue- lies the National Garden of Athens which, together with the Ζappeion Hall, covers 24 hectares full of vegetation, rare kinds of…

Reading Greece: Nick Mamatas on the Meeting Point Between Fantastical Fiction and Reality

May 04, 2021 Reading Greece

Nick Mamatas is the author of several novels, including I Am Providence and The Second Shooter. His short fiction has appeared in Best American Mystery Stories, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Tor.com, and many other venues. His latest collections include The…

BOOK OF THE MONTH: 'Easter Short Stories' by Alexandros Papadiamantis

Apr 28, 2021 Reading Greece
The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on Patmos

Apr 28, 2021 Culture | Society
The Philhellenism Museum opens its doors in Athens

Apr 27, 2021 Culture | Society
Arts in Greece | Theophilos, the genuine Greek folk artist

Apr 26, 2021 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Vagia Kalfa on the Notion of the Political and the Potential of Gender in Literature

Apr 23, 2021 Reading Greece
Acrocorinth: The mythical acropolis

Apr 22, 2021 Culture | Society
“Memories of Dictatorship”: A Greek Film Archive Tribute under the Auspices of the General Secretariat for Public Diplomacy and Greeks Abroad of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Apr 21, 2021 Culture | Society
The Cultural Route of the Ancient Theatres of Epirus

Apr 19, 2021 Culture | Society
POEM OF THE MONTH: "On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year" by Lord Byron

Apr 19, 2021 Reading Greece
Filming Greece | Katerina Mavroudi-Steck on the 18th edition of the San Francisco Greek Film Festival and the Pros and Cons of Going Digital

Apr 15, 2021 Filming Greece
Greek Studies Now: A Cultural Analysis Network to rethink the new cultural narratives

Apr 15, 2021 Culture | Society
Aiolou Street has a story to tell

Apr 14, 2021 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Dimitris Angelis on Poetry as an Autonomous Act and an Art of the Dense Discourse

Apr 12, 2021 Reading Greece
Greek corners in Bosnia and Herzegovina: An initiative of the Greek Ambassador that was met with enthusiasm

Apr 12, 2021 Politics | Polity
Greece: A Filming Destination on the Rise

Apr 09, 2021 Filming Greece
Kassos, the small Greek island that goes for a sustainable, green growth

Apr 08, 2021 Culture | Society
Herbs and spices from Greece

Apr 07, 2021 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Maria Archimandriti on Poetry as a Means to Build Bridges with Other Human Beings and Reconsider Existing Ways of Co-Existence

Apr 05, 2021 Reading Greece
Ancient Athenian & Attic Festivals

Apr 05, 2021 Culture | Society
Theodoros Kolokotronis: The archetypal Greek hero

Apr 02, 2021 Culture | Society
Byron, Ballad for a Daemon: The heretic view of Nikos Koundouros

Apr 01, 2021 Culture | Society
‘Enterprise Greece’ and the new model of economic diplomacy

Mar 31, 2021 Business | Innovation | Education
Reading Greece: Massimo Cazzulo on Greek-Italian Poetic Encounters

Mar 29, 2021 Reading Greece
Exhibition "1821 Before and After"

Mar 29, 2021 Culture | Society
13th Larissa International Film Festival: Short films and a Tribute to 1821 on line

Mar 26, 2021 Culture | Society
Arts in Greece | Theodoros Vryzakis, the "painter of the Greek Revolution"

Mar 26, 2021 Arts in Greece
POEM OF THE MONTH: “The Free Besieged” by Dionysios Solomos

Mar 23, 2021 Reading Greece
2021 Bicentennial Celebrations by Foreign Embassies and Institutions

Mar 23, 2021 Culture | Society
Athens Science Festival 2021 | An era of heroes (27-29/3)

Mar 22, 2021 Business | Innovation | Education
Arts in Greece | Greece’s first female painter: Eleni Boukoura-Altamura

Mar 19, 2021 Culture | Society
Exploring the Syngrou Estate, Athens’ Hidden Gem where Nature meets History

Mar 17, 2021 Culture | Society
Filming Greece | Labyrinth: Dimitris Athanitis and the Uncanny Elegance of the Arcades

Mar 17, 2021 Filming Greece
BOOK OF THE MONTH: “The Archipelago on Fire” by Jules Verne

Mar 15, 2021 Reading Greece
"Proving History": Online exhibition on the Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis

Mar 12, 2021 Culture | Society
Digital Nomads | Looking for business and pleasure in Greece

Mar 11, 2021 Business | Innovation | Education
Arts in Greece | Revisiting the concept of “Hero” through the eyes of Georgios Xenos

Mar 10, 2021 Arts in Greece
Reading Greece: Dimitra Aggelou on Poetry as an Attempt to Absorb the Stimuli of a World that Seems Raw and Violent and Define it Anew

Mar 08, 2021 Reading Greece
Pedion tou Areos – A park dedicated to the heroes of the Greek Revolution of 1821

Mar 08, 2021 Culture | Society
“Fish from Greece”, a strong label for the dynamic fish farming sector

Mar 05, 2021 Business | Innovation | Education
Government | Policy: GNA Interviews the Australian Ambassador to Greece, Arthur Spyrou

Mar 04, 2021 Government | Policy
The 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival starts its online journey

Mar 03, 2021 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Dimitra Kotoula Poetry as a Means to Rescue Things from Mediocrity and Open up the Individual into New Skeptical Territories

Mar 01, 2021 Reading Greece
Arts in Greece | Nikolaos Gyzis, the Greek master of genre painting

Mar 01, 2021 Arts in Greece
Almond trees in Ancient Greek lore

Feb 26, 2021 Culture | Society
Arts in Greece | Eleni Vernadaki: Modern Greece’s Priestess of Ceramic Art

Feb 25, 2021 Culture | Society
BOOK OF THE MONTH: “Slaves in their Chains” by Konstantinos Theotokis

Feb 23, 2021 Reading Greece
40 years of Greece’s membership to the EU

Feb 23, 2021 Politics | Polity
Architect Ernst Ziller and his rich legacy in Greece

Feb 22, 2021 Culture | Society
Destination: Journey. Around the world with the tribute of the 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

Feb 18, 2021 Culture | Society
Byzantine and post-Byzantine Monasteries in Attica

Feb 18, 2021 Culture | Society
POEM OF THE MONTH: “Hellas” by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Feb 16, 2021 Reading Greece
Arts in Greece | Jannis Kounellis, Greece’s founding father of Arte Povera

Feb 16, 2021 Culture | Society
The medieval ghost town of Mystras

Feb 15, 2021 Culture | Society
Filming Greece | Digger: Georgis Grigorakis and the fragility of the lone rider

Feb 12, 2021 Filming Greece
2023 ELEVSIS – The European Capital of Culture enters a new era

Feb 11, 2021 Culture | Society
Ioannis Kapodistrias, Modern Greece’s first head of state

Feb 10, 2021 Culture | Society
Int'l Greek Language Day – Why we learn Greek

Feb 09, 2021 Business | Innovation | Education
Reading Greece: Thanos Gogos on Literature as a Means to Balance in Emotionally Turbulent Times and Struggle in Socially Dynamic Ones

Feb 09, 2021 Reading Greece
Ancient shipwrecks discovered off Kasos

Feb 08, 2021 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Petros Tatsopoulos on the unbreakable spell of storytelling

Feb 05, 2021 Reading Greece
3 February 1830: Greece becomes a state

Feb 03, 2021 Culture | Society
Antiquarianism and Philhellenism | An emblematic exhibition to celebrate the Greek War of Independence bicentennial

Feb 02, 2021 Culture | Society
The new Student Visas: An extra reason to study in Greece

Feb 01, 2021 Politics | Polity
On-line Conference highlights on Reinforcing bridges between Greek Universities and the Greek Diaspora

Jan 28, 2021 Business | Innovation | Education
“Heritage and Memory: A Focus on Jewish Greece” a virtual event for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27.01)

Jan 27, 2021 Culture | Society
POEM OF THE MONTH: "Postscript" by Takis Varvitsiotis

Jan 25, 2021 Reading Greece
Arts in Greece | Dimitrios Filippotis, between Neoclassicism and Realism

Jan 24, 2021 Culture | Society
BOOK OF THE MONTH: ‘Foreign Words’ by Vassilis Alexakis

Jan 22, 2021 Reading Greece
On-line Conference on Reinforcing bridges between Greek Universities and the Greek Diaspora

Jan 20, 2021 Business | Innovation | Education
FORTH, the Foundation for Research and Technology in the island of Crete

Jan 20, 2021 Business | Innovation | Education
Byzantine and Christian Virtual Museum

Jan 19, 2021 Culture | Society
Arts in Greece | Yannis Pappas, the sculptor of Greece’s historical figures

Jan 18, 2021 Culture | Society
DIGITAL EXHIBITION OF DISTINCTIVE WORKS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PAINTING COMPETITION "NEAR OR FAR, WE ARE ALL ONE"

Jan 15, 2021 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Aris Maragkopoulos on Literary Writing and Literary Critique as Two Streams Pouring into the Same River of Creation

Jan 15, 2021 Reading Greece
Early Christian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki

Jan 14, 2021 Culture | Society
The Digital Transformation “bible” of Greece (2020-2025)

Jan 13, 2021 Business | Innovation | Education
Athos Digital Heritage: Discovering the Cultural Treasures of Mt Athos in the Digital Age

Jan 12, 2021 Business | Innovation | Education
Filming Greece | Being Christos Nikou: Interview with the director of the Greek Oscar nomination

Jan 10, 2021 Filming Greece
Reading Greece: Elena Pallantza on Greek Literature in Germany and Translation as a Means to Foster Understanding Between Languages and Cultures

Jan 07, 2021 Reading Greece
“Greece 2021” | The celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the country’s Independence War

Jan 06, 2021 Culture | Society
POEM OF THE MONTH: ‘Christmas 1948’ by Miltos Sachtouris

Dec 30, 2020 Reading Greece
GNA’s most popular interviews & articles for 2020

Dec 29, 2020 Opinion | Analysis
BOOK OF THE MONTH: “Christmas Short Stories" by Alexandros Papadiamantis

Dec 24, 2020 Reading Greece
Greek and Roman origins of Christmas traditions

Dec 22, 2020 Culture | Society
Arts in Greece | Nikephoros Lytras, the Artist behind Greek Christmas’ Most Celebrated Painting

Dec 22, 2020 Culture | Society
Chestnuts: One of Greece’s Winter Delicacies

Dec 21, 2020 Culture | Society
The Economics Olympiad organized by the Secretariat General of Public Diplomacy and Greeks Abroad and KEFiM

Dec 18, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
Filming Greece | Stavros Psillakis, the psychoanalyst engineer

Dec 18, 2020 Filming Greece
Katina Paxinou, a Greek stage legend

Dec 16, 2020 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Dimitra Kolliakou on Writing as a Means to Explore Unknown Territory and Experiment with Language

Dec 16, 2020 Reading Greece
The Chapel of Agios Nikolaos Thon repaired to its former glory

Dec 15, 2020 Culture | Society
Professor Spyridon Vlachopoulos on the coronavirus pandemic and the impact on human rights

Dec 14, 2020 Rethinking Greece
Arts in Greece | Intl Mountain Day: Paying Tribute to Mt Olympus & Vassilis Ithakissios, the Olympian Artist

Dec 11, 2020 Culture | Society
Patras World Poetry Festival: A International Celebration of Poetry

Dec 10, 2020 Reading Greece
Patras Science Park, one of the first and leading science parks in Greece

Dec 09, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
Reading Greece: Minos Efstathiadis on Crime Fiction as a Means to Describe the Human Condition

Dec 08, 2020 Reading Greece
Colonel Mordechai Frizis, the first Greek senior officer to die in WWII

Dec 06, 2020 Culture | Society
Filming Greece | Sonia Liza Kenterman on life and films made to measure

Dec 04, 2020 Filming Greece
Reading Greece: Nikolas Evantinos on Poetry as the Deepest Music of Language

Dec 03, 2020 Reading Greece
Arts in Greece | Sophia Laskaridou, the first woman at the Athens School of Fine Arts

Dec 01, 2020 Culture | Society

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