Nolan’s Odyssey Gets €6.5M From Greece. Musk Called Him a Sellout
Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film “Odyssey” has been approved for a 6.5 million euro state subsidy from Greece’s Ministry of Culture, through the EKKOMED film…
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National Geographic Names Crete the World’s #1 Food Destination
Crete just claimed the top spot on National Geographic’s list of the 15 best food and drink destinations in the world, beating out Singapore, Cape Town…
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Kythnos Man Kayaks to Serifos. No Ferry Left Him No Choice
A permanent resident of Kythnos paddled a kayak from the island to Serifos and then on to Sifnos because there was simply no ferry to take him. Manolis…
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The Ghost Army of Frangokastello Returns Every May
Every year at dawn in late May, silent shadows appear across the plains of southern Crete near Frangokastello castle, moving slowly toward the sea. Locals call…
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80 Objects, 2 Centuries: The Greek Families Who Built Queensland
When Chrysanthi Zantioti found two bundles of letters after her mother’s death, one labeled “from Nick to Popi” and another “from Popi to Nick,” she got a…
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The Doctor Who Left His Hospital Career to Save a Cycladic Island
On the small Cycladic island of Serifos, a rural health clinic has quietly built a reputation as one of the best-organized medical facilities in the entire…
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Turkish TV: “The Greeks Are Stealing Our Zeybek Dance”
Turkish media is at it again, claiming Greece is trying to “steal” the zeybek dance. A Turkish television program dedicated a full segment to the controversy…
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Hilton Opens First Greece Resort With 85 Private Pools
Hilton is making Crete the centerpiece of its Greek expansion, and the first property opens in Chania within the coming weeks. The Hilton Chania Old Town…
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Pamuk: “Journalists Are the Real Brave Fighters in Turkey”
Nobel Prize-winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk said the truly courageous people in Turkey are journalists, not writers like himself, speaking at the Chania…
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The Ancient Greek War Dance That Has Survived 3,000 Years
The Pyrrhichios is one of the oldest war dances in recorded history, and it never died out. According to Aristotle and Homer, it was an armed dance performed…
