The life of every party, Bongo Ang is set to rock the virtual stage in just thirty minutes from now as he goes live Greek-style! Opa!!
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Pineapple on pizza. You either love it, or you hate it. But either way you have the Greeks to thank. Now this decades-long, global controversy is currently at the centre of a plan by England fans, to put Italy off their game in the lead up to Sunday’s UEFA European Championship final.
The latest trend on Tiktok, that is taking the world by storm, is cooking pasta chips! The trend has become so popular that the #pastachips has more than 366.6M views and the original video, only posted a week ago, has over 21.8M views. Cook up your own Greek-inspired pasta chips with a side of tzatziki with our latest recipe.
Premiering in just TWO HOURS!! Don’t miss our debut episode featuring the epically talented and internationally acclaimed bouzouki player, Tommy Tsonis.
The 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival kicks off on Thursday (June 24) and will be held…
House hunters with a panache for Greek kitsch will be delighted to know that the…
Dimitris Basis has brought Greek music to non-Greek students in an intimate, classy, refined, polished and professional performance.
Written and performed by Alex Lykos, with original music composed by award-winning George Ellis, Jawbone is a bold, dark comedy about a man on the edge trying to come to terms with his place in the world.
Through his own frustrations in the modern dating scene, Zach has built a dating app that got rid of the dreaded swiping feature. This app is called Filter Off and it is the world’s first video dating app.
“Ikaria’s philosophy mirrors the Greek Islands’ approach of adding life to our years, instead of trying to add years to our lives.” Despite being currently unable to travel overseas, Australians are still able to escape to Ikaria as new Greek meze bar opens in Bondi Beach, bringing good food and great times with a distinctly Mediterranean atmosphere and island holiday vibe.
Congratulations to Mihalis Hatzigiannis, over 1,000,000 streams on Spotify for his song ‘Horevo’, meaning Dance.
At just 14 years old, Stella Arhontoulis currently works as lead animator on YouTube series ‘Interstellar Ranger Commence’ due for release early next year. The incredibly talented school girl has already received international recognition as an award-winning manga artist, illustrator and animator, winning first place in an Australian and Japan wide anime competition two years consecutively.
Greek City Times spoke to global Greek language school Greek Lessons Online about the important role that Greek cinema plays as a great ambassador of Greek culture and language and here’s what they had to say.
Acclaimed Greek master laouto player and composer, Vasilis Kostas, has recently won the “Forty Under 40” – an international award recognising people up to 40 years old who excel in the fields of arts, sciences and business; making him one of the most decorated Greek musicians of the last decade.
The oldest restaurant in Greece is located in Plaka, Athens, and it is called “The Old Tavern of Psarras” (Η Παλιά Ταβέρνα του Ψαρά), which translates to “The Old Tavern of the Fisherman” remains one of the country’s most beloved restaurants over 100 years after it first opened its doors.
With the bouzoukia closed and the Greeks stuck at home, on New Years Eve some of the Greek channels brought together some of our favourite artists with live performances.
Written by George Michael when the star was just 21 years old, ‘Last Christmas’ is still the world’s favourite Christmas song more than three decades after its release, becoming the first number one in the charts of 2021 after an impressive 9.2 million streams over the past week.
One of the longest running celebrity feuds seems to be over after Anna Vissi and Despina Vandi appeared together live on the set of Just the 2 of Us for the first time on Saturday night TV, performing each others songs, singing duets and even exchanging a kiss at the end of the performance.
Dimitris Daskalopolous bought his first work of art whilst travelling through Thailand with his parents at the age of 17 – a statue that he carried with him under his arm for a week as it didn’t fit in his suitcase. Now, through his not-for-profit art foundation Neon, the Greek billionaire is converting a tobacco factory in Athens into a cultural centre as part of his mission to bring contemporary art to the people of Greece.
Platinum selling singer, songwriter and world class guitarist Orianthi has just released her new long-awaited album ‘O’. Here’s what she has to say about her new work as well as her famous collaborations with rock royalty and global superstars including Carlos Santana, Michael Jackson, Alice Cooper, Prince, Richie Sambora and more.