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Operation Harling – Gorgopotamos and the Greek Resistance

November 24, 2020 Culture | Society

The day of National Celebration of the Greek Resistance was established by the government in 1982 and observed on 25 November, to commemorate the most important joint operation of Greece’s major resistance groups formed in World War II. The demolition of the…

POEM OF THE MONTH: “Bolivar” by Nikos Engonopoulos

November 24, 2020 Reading Greece

Nikos Engonopoulos (1907–1985) was one of the most prominent representatives of Greek Surrealist poetry and painting. Closely associated with Andreas Embeirikos, the “patriarch” of Surrealism in Greece, and with Nicolas Calas, an influential figure of the…

Arts in Greece | The First Cemetery of Athens, an open-air "museum"

November 22, 2020 Culture | Society

Have you ever thought of visiting a historic cemetery? Most people would associate cemeteries with pain, suffering, and death. However, these spaces have stories to tell about a city’s history and heritage, as they constitute places of collective memory. More…

The ending of the Greek Chairmanship, the first e-Chairmanship, of the Council of Europe

Nov 20, 2020 Politics | Polity
Beyond Socrates - Greek philosophers you might not know

Nov 19, 2020 Culture | Society
The 17th Thessaloniki Book Fair Goes Digital

Nov 18, 2020 Reading Greece
Athens Polytechnic Uprising 47th anniversary

Nov 17, 2020 Politics | Polity
The 3rd edition of the Athens International Children's Film Festival is here for free!

Nov 16, 2020 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Lenia Safiropoulou on Poetry and Music as Communicating Vessels

Nov 13, 2020 Reading Greece
Filming Greece | Iris Baglanea on the Liberating Power of Trauma

Nov 12, 2020 Filming Greece
The “Smart Green Island” of Astypalea

Nov 11, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
Greek yogurt: tradition exported

Nov 09, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
Arts in Greece | Fotis Kontoglou, The Greatest Icon-Painter of Modern Greece

Nov 09, 2020 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Christopher Merrill on Poetry, Translation and the Role of Cultural Diplomacy in an Increasingly Globalized World

Nov 06, 2020 Reading Greece
61st Thessaloniki International Film Festival: Cinema, No Matter What!

Nov 05, 2020 Culture | Society
Greece officially nominates strong candidate for OECD SecGen, former EU Commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou

Nov 04, 2020 Politics | Polity
Greek olive oil: the history and the future of a multifaceted product

Nov 04, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
The Monastery of Daphni: retracing the city's Byzantine past

Nov 02, 2020 Culture | Society
Arts in Greece | The Evzones, Greece’s symbol of heroism, through the eyes of contemporary Greek artists

Nov 02, 2020 Culture | Society
Cyprus - History and Culture

Oct 29, 2020 Culture | Society
Arts in Greece | Takis: A World-Renowned Pioneer Of Kinetic Art

Oct 29, 2020 Culture | Society
Museum of the victims of Nazism in Distomo

Oct 27, 2020 Culture | Society
The Greek films of the 61st Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Oct 26, 2020 Culture | Society
BOOK OF THE MONTH: ‘Invalids and Wayfarers’ by George Theotokas

Oct 23, 2020 Reading Greece
Filming Greece | Alexis Koukias - Pantelis on Difficult Goodbyes

Oct 22, 2020 Filming Greece
HELIOS project for the integration of refugees in Greece and the EU

Oct 21, 2020 Politics | Polity
Athens Photo Festival 2020

Oct 19, 2020 Culture | Society
Arts in Greece | Art Athina 2020 Goes Virtual - Creative Athens Perseveres Through the COVID-19 pandemic

Oct 19, 2020 Culture | Society
Kerameikos, the necropolis of Athens

Oct 16, 2020 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Eva Karaitidi on the History of Hestia Editions and the Greek Publishing Landscape

Oct 15, 2020 Reading Greece
Big technology investments to improve Greece’s innovation and digital footprint

Oct 14, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
Filming Greece | Despina Kourti on Giving Voice to the "Ordinary People"

Oct 13, 2020 Filming Greece
Philippi: a "small Rome" in Macedonia

Oct 12, 2020 Culture | Society
Arts in Greece | A Tribute to Greek sculptor Yannoulis Chalepas on the occasion of the World Mental Health Day

Oct 09, 2020 Culture | Society
Guilty verdict for Golden Dawn met with unanimous approval

Oct 08, 2020 Politics | Polity
Reading Greece: Mihalis Makropoulos on Literature as a Means to Narrate Human Adventures and Personal Quests

Oct 08, 2020 Reading Greece
Greek Shipping: An important global actor in line with the Greek maritime spirit

Oct 07, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
The Greek language around the world! staellinika.com

Oct 06, 2020 Culture | Society
Filming Greece | LAGFF Director Aris Katopodis on Modern Greek Cinema and the adventures of Going Online

Oct 06, 2020 Filming Greece
Lesbos - An island of culture and history

Oct 04, 2020 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Thanassis Hatzopoulos on Poetry and Psychoanalysis as Communicating Vessels

Oct 02, 2020 Reading Greece
Arts in Greece | Stephen Antonakos: The Greek-American Sculptor of Neon

Sep 30, 2020 Culture | Society
14th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival: The online edition

Sep 30, 2020 Culture | Society
Vasilis Michaelides: A Tribute to the National Poet of Cyprus

Sep 29, 2020 Reading Greece
Vravron and the cult of Artemis

Sep 27, 2020 Culture | Society
BOOK OF THE MONTH: ‘Mission Box’ by Aris Alexandrou

Sep 25, 2020 Reading Greece
Arts in Greece | Greece and Writing Codes: A Farewell to Constantin Xenakis

Sep 24, 2020 Culture | Society
The fascinating history of the island of Samos

Sep 23, 2020 Culture | Society
Hydra: a haven for international artists

Sep 22, 2020 Culture | Society
6th Athens World Poetry Festival: Poetry Against All Odds

Sep 21, 2020 Reading Greece
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

2020: Year of Melina Mercouri

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In order to promote a nation’s image to a wider international public, Public Diplomacy uses ...

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