Manos Hadjidakis (1925-1994) has left his mark on contemporary music, in Greece and abroad. Bringing together different styles -from classical to folk and rock- he is remembered as an unprecedented talent with his own unique, idiosyncratic sound. In…
The 59th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, the major South Eastern European film festival and annual platform for Greek productions, is setting sail at Thessaloniki port and its other venues, celebrating independent cinema from 1 to 11 Novem…
Home New Home programme continues its training in filming that enables young refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and other places to become the narrators of their own stories. Refugees, immigrants and residents of Attica and Lesbos were trained…
Anthony Georgieff is a journalist, photographer and writer with 30 years of experience in covering Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, the UK and the United States. He has been publishing magazines and books in Sofia since 2004, including Bulgaria Air (the i…
The 6th Athens Biennale takes place on 26 October – 9 December 2018 under the title "ANTI-". Curated by Stefanie Hessler, Kostis Stafylakis and Poka-Yio, the sixth edition of the contemporary art biennial examines the attitude of opposition, no…
Athens commemorates the 74th anniversary of its liberation from the Nazi Occupation with a series of events taking place throughout the month of October in several venues across the city under the title “12 October - Free Athens”. Exhibit…
At least 1,000 Greek books from the recent production of more than 40 publishing houses will be displayed at the Greek Pavilion at the Frankfurt Book Fair taking place on 10-14 October 2018. Greek novelist Maro Douka is the guest of honour of the Gre…
The research and cultural programme Tragedy 2.0, an international collective exploration of the paradoxical encounter between Ancient Greek tragedy and the digital era, takes place at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation on 2-18 October 2018. The progra…
Greek sculptor Costas Varotsos has left his artistic stamp on urban spaces across the world, his sculptures adorning many public places in Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Switzerland and the United States of America. As an established sculptor, Varotsos is h…
The European Society of Modern Greek Studies (ESMGS) co-organises with the Department of Modern Greek Studies at Lund University in Sweden, the 6th European Congress of Modern Greek Studies titled “The Greek World in Periods of Crisis and Recov…
- Recent
- Popular
General Secretariat for Public Diplomacy