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The Artist Captivated the More than 10,000 Specactors

The Nordic Countries are more Proficient in Languages

Medieval Orthodox monastic rites and traditions on Mount Athos will soon acquire yet another trapping more associated with the 20th century: a modern supermarket. The semi-autonomous monastic community located on a northern Greece promontory first emerged more than a millennia ago, yet only recently did the prospect of opening a supermarket appear. The new store […]

"It's about to a 17-year-old girl growing up in a small town and dreaming of moving to Athens to become a dancer. Finding out she’s pregnant shatters those dreams.”

Ancient Eleusis hosted the religious and secretive Eleusinian Mysteries of antiquity

Taste Atlas, an online food guide, again includes the graviera cheese variety produced on the Cyclades island of Naxos as one of the 10 best cheeses in the world for 2023. The hard pale-yellow cheese secured seventh place out of 23,863 registered cheeses, while in the 2022 Taste Atlas rankings, it was third. There are […]

Among the uncovered artifacts is a depiction of Ajax the Great, a Greek Mythological Hero in Homer's Iliad

The Italian cinema icon, Monica Bellucci, will attend the Thessaloniki International Film Festival for two days, on November 8 and 9. During her visit, the acclaimed actress will be honored with the Festival’s Golden Alexander award and will take part in two screenings at the 64th edition of the TIFF. On November 8, Bellucci is […]

Marking the 100-year anniversary of the birth of opera diva Maria Callas, a new museum opened its doors in late October in the heart of Athens, showcasing the tumultuous life and stellar career of the famous US-born Greek soprano. The Maria Callas Museum “combines technology with the power of lived experience”, according to outgoing Athens Mayor […]

Built During the Reign of Roman Emperor Augustus

The famous Irish writer talks to Dimitris Doulgeridis and TA NEA newspaper about The Magician, the fictionalized biography of Thomas Mann and an account of the exiled Nobel laureate’s life and times in which the intimate and the momentous are exquisitely balanced.