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A Greek Moulin Rouge dancer holds a Guinness World Record

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18/09/202531/05/2024

His performance as a true Moulin Rouge character named Valentin le Désossé earned him a place at the famous cabaret. Adonis Kosmadakis was born on Crete and took his first lesson at Kleri’s Gouvanaki school when he was 18- a relatively old age for a...

Destinations

Ten secrets you need to know

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30/05/202431/05/2024

When you hear or read about Chania, usually your mind travels to the picturesque port, the unique beaches of the prefecture, Elafonissi, the unique sunset in Falassarna, the wild beauty of the landscape in Seitan Port. What fewer people know for sure are the secrets...

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For the first time in his native Crete the leading Greek seascape painter

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30/05/202431/05/2024

When referring to one of the leading representatives of the famous Munich School, Konstantinos Volanakis, it is difficult to realize that he has never had a major exhibition in his native Crete. Today, 116 years after his death, this ‘injustice’ is being rectified. Although he...

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Crete in the 10 most popular destinations in the world for 2022

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30/05/202431/05/2024

In the top five of Tripadvisor’s list of the most popular destinations in the world for 2022, a Greek destination managed to enter, which is none other than the island of Crete. The first place was taken by Dubai, a literally simple fishing village of the...

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Five Greek beaches among the best in the world

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30/05/202431/05/2024

The beauty of the Greek beaches always charms and impresses the foreign visitors who glorify and vote them as some of the best in the world. This time, the travel editors of the British newspaper Guardian have created a list of the 40 best beaches...

Destinations

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The new jewel in the crown of the charismatic Crete and one of the best locations in Europe is the amazing, luxurious and at the same time discreet resort, Nana Princess, waiting for the Heraklion Peninsula from 2018 to amaze even the most demanding visitors...

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30/05/202431/05/2024

Pamako is a highly prized ultra premium extra virgin olive oil of high nutritional value in a limited number of bottles and is produced in the mountain Selino from olive trees of 100 years and more. The rich content of polyphenols makes it one of...

Famous Greeks

The greatest Greek painter of the 15th century

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Angelos Akotantos was the most important painter of a particularly interesting era, he was an artist many call the “Dominic Theotokopoulos of the 15th Century” and was the first painter of icons to decide to break his anonymity and put his signature in his works....

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A Greek beach among the best in the world for 2018

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30/05/202431/05/2024

[:el] Trip Advisor published the list with the 25 best beaches in the world for 2016, after a vote by its visitors. Only one Greek beach managed to be included in the list and is the 11th best beach in the world. Grace Bay in Providenciales, Turks and...

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26 antiquities repatriated from Austria

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30/05/202431/05/2024

[:el] Twenty six antiquities that were illegally taken out of Greece in the period of Nazi occupation will be repatriated on Monday, November 20, 2017. The repatriation event will be held at the Greek Embassy in Vienna, said a Culture Ministry announcement. Eleven antiquities dating...

A Greek Moulin Rouge dancer holds a Guinness World Record

Ten secrets you need to know

For the first time in his native Crete the leading Greek seascape painter

Crete in the 10 most popular destinations in the world for 2022

Five Greek beaches among the best in the world

The greatest Greek painter of the 15th century

26 antiquities repatriated from Austria

Dr. Ioanna (Joan) Vernikos – The first Greek female scientist at NASA

Katerina Gogou – The carefree girl of Greek cinema who was anything...

Rania Bellou – The artist of memory

Alec Issigonis – The Greek behind the legendary Mini Cooper

Metsovo – An Autumn Fairytale in the Pindus

Stefanos Ntouskos – The Greek Who Carried His Country with Oars

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