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22 April 2021 3:52pm
The Greek Film Archive at Home series of screenings are aimed at promoting rare films of Greek cinema to Greeks around the world.
The fourth cycle of online screenings are dedicated to the 54th anniversary of the tragic coup, which took place on 21 April, 1967, titled “Memories of Dictatorship”.
The series kicked off last night and runs through to Tuesday, 27 April, with films available at online.tainiothiki.gr.
It is hoped that the new series will meet with the same success as previous screenings which were viewed by 36,660 people in April and May 2020.
Landmark films by Theo Angelopoulos, Pantelis Voulgaris, Dimos Theos, Nikos Kavoukidis, Nikos Koundouros, Frieda Liappa, Dimitris Makris, Roviros Manthoulis, Tonia Marketaki, Thanassis Rentzis, Yiorgos Stamboulopoulos, Pavlos Tasios, Sakis Maniatis/ Yiorgos Tsemberopoulos, and Thanassis Rentzis-Nikos Zervos will be screened.
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When is the Best Time to Go to Greece?
Greece’s main tourist season runs from between May and September and heavily peaks in the high season of July and August. This is typically the best time to visit Europe. At this time, you can expect the idyllic Mediterranean summers you were always dreaming about with blue skies, hot days and scarcely a drop of rain.
Greek’s really do come to life during the summer months and the country is an infectious and fun place to be – expect long nights of ouzo fuelled Zorba dancing. Many a backpacker in Greece falls in love with the country during their summer trips.
January 27, 2021 04:05:50 pm
The Greek government implemented a weeklong ban on public gatherings of more than 100 people on Tuesday, including protests. The government cited the ongoing pandemic as the reason for the ordinance, which fines individuals USD $3,650 and groups $6,070 for violations. The restriction on the size of public protests drew criticism from left-wing political groups that have disagreed with the recent policies of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsokais.
Mitsokais, former leader of the conservative political party, New Democracy, won the country’s presidential election in 2019. Mitsokais campaigned on a platform of immigration reform and economic growth as well as the promise to end university asylum. The issue of university asylum in Greece has been political since the 1973 Athens Polytechnic Uprising, during which the Greek military sent a tank through the university’s front gates and police killed at least 23 protestors that had organized to protest the Junta