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The Epic of Elytis: From the Albanian Front to the Nobel Prize
The poet who was inspired to create masterpieces like the unparalleled *Axion Esti*, drawing on his experiences in Albania in 1940, where he served on the front lines as a reserve officer, returns symbolically to the museum bearing his name, now inaugurated in the heart of Plaka
Cinema – Which films are in development: Macedonia as a hollywood set
From Romain Gavras’s film Sacrifice, which has already started filming, to Tin Soldier starring Robert De Niro and Scott Eastwood, and the new Mimi Denissi film produced by Netflix, it seems that major film productions are focusing on Macedonia
Maria Efthymiou: In Greece we are in a civil war since 1915, it’s stupid
"I've been watching ourselves lately and I think we're looking at ourselves in the mirror and we don't want that situation anymore, there's a resistance in society to easy blame"
How the goat fields became Kolonaki – The story of a pasture that turned Into an aristocratic neighborhood (photos)
The sheep pens, the old streams, the square, the Dexameni & the rare mansions, the shepherds who used to milk their animals in the middle of the street, the "Voidopniktis" torrent on Akadimias Street, the "Frog Island" (Vatrachonisi) on the Ilissos River, the "Pantremenadika" neighborhood that became Mets & Monastiraki
Saint Demetrius: Who he was and why he is considered the patron saint of Thessaloniki
In the Orthodox Tradition, he holds a special place because of his miracles and his direct relationship with Thessaloniki, a city where he is considered the patron saint and protector for centuries
