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Greece among Top Destinations of 2013
Tourists from Britain consider Greece among their top travel destinations, according to the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) and Expedia.co.uk. Approximately 1.9 million British tourists visit Greece every year while total revenues fromtourism are around 1.4 billion Euros. The UK is the second most important market...
Movies of 2014 with a Touch of Greece
Hercules the beloved hero of Greek mythology will be the subject of two Hollywood films to be released in 2014. These won’t be the only movies influenced by Greece or starring Greeks. The prequel of the movie “300″ concerning the battle of the Greeks against...
China Interested In Greek Saffron
Chinese businessmen and investors, who visited the area of Kozani in the northern Greek Region of Macedonia Monday morning, showed great interest in Greek saffron and other regional agricultural products. The Chinese delegation, led by the Secretary-General of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce, visited the area after an...
GB Magazine’s tribute for ellines.com
The Great Britain hotel’s official magazine even hosted a tribute for Greeks distinguished and stand out in the world. Four distinguished scientists each from a different discipline. Periklis Papadopoulos, Professor of Aerospace Engineering and a NASA astrophysicist; Dr. Artemis Simopoulos, founder and President of the National...
17 year old Greek won UNESCO’s “Peace Contest”
Ms Elena Karantagli, who is a High School student in Polygyros Chalkidiki, won the «Pathways to a Culture of Peace: Global Contest for Mutual Understanding – Video clip category», an initiative launched by the Director-General of UNESCO. UNESCO is pleased to announce the winners of Pathways...
Acropolis Museum restaurant among world’s top five, according to ‘Toronto Star’
The Acropolis Museum’s restaurant is one of the top five museum restaurants in the world, according to the online edition of the “Toronto Star”, one of the most popular newspaper in Canada. The paper based its article on reviews carried out by the website www.virtual.com...
Maria Callas’ 90th birthday: Google Doodle commemorates Greek soprano
Google has marked the 90th anniversary of the birth of the iconic Greek soprano Maria Callas with a celebratory doodle. Callas was born on 2 December 1923, in New York and made her debut inBoccaccio for the Royal Opera of Athens, and took her first major...
People Power Campaign showcases the solution to energy poverty in Greece
A small elementary school in Stropones village, mountainous Euboea, cannot afford to pay for heating expenses this year: an old building, really drafty, with its heating oil requirements above its annual budget, leaving kids between the ages of 4-12 to freeze in their classrooms. This...
The soprano Myrto Papathanassiou at Megaron Concert Hall
The soprano Myrto Papathanassiou, one of the most brilliant of Greek lyric theater sopranos, will highlight the lesser known side of great Italian composers of the 19th century interpreting small creations for voice and piano, in the concert with the acclaimed pianist Charalambos Angelopoulos. Their...
Nominated for Grammy the Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos
Kavakos received his nomination for his Beethoven: Violin Sonatas recording with Enrico Pace, released on Decca in January 2013 as his debut with the label. The album was widely-praised and Kavakos’s performance of the sonatas was recognised earlier this year when he was named ‘Instrumentalist...