Schoolchildren will be able to skip religious education lessons by providing their teachers with a note written by their parents, according to a new initiative by the Education and Religious Affairs Ministry.
A circular distributed to primary and secondary schools says children can miss RE without their parents having to provide a reason, as is now [...]
Police probe alleged impunity on Myconos after club fight leaves tourist in coma
Four Greek employees of a nightclub on Myconos yesterday faced a prosecutor following a brawl on the island that has left a 20-year-old Australian tourist in a coma. The Australian, believed to have been struck on the head with a metal club [...]
The Culture Ministry’s Central Archaeological Council (KAS) has given the go-ahead for the construction of a new roof over the Akrotiri archaeological site on the island of Santorini almost three years after the structure caved in, killing a British tourist.
Sources said yesterday that KAS met during a long session on Tuesday to decide whether to [...]
The 32nd annual Grecian Festival, hosted by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, will run August 15-17 at the Canton Memorial Civic Center.
And here is more good news: On August 13 and 14, the Wednesday and Thursday prior to the event, you can whet your appetite for Greek food at a prefestival outdoor terrace and [...]
Wafting through the air of Oak Park this past Saturday came the smells of grilled meats and raucous calls of “Opa!” The 35th Annual Santa Barbara Greek Festival had begun.
Long considered to be one of the highlights of the Santa Barbara summer, the Greek Festival represents the only Greek cultural celebration of the year, and [...]
If the Olympic Village descends into orgiastic debauchery this summer, as it did during the 2004 Olympics, when 130,000 free condoms were given away along with 30,000 sachets of lubricant, or during the 2000 Sydney Games, when the Durex supply had to be supplemented with an emergency shipment of 20,000 extras, athletes in Beijing will [...]
This weekend, the Atheneum is showing “Elli Makra” Athanasios Karanikolas’ drama about a Greek woman living in Germany who decides to return to Greece. The 2006 film is 80 minutes, in Greek and German with subtitles, and unrated.
Showtime is 7:30 p.m. July 31 – August 2 and 2 p.m. on August 3. Martha Risser, Associate [...]
