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Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos' film "Poor Things" dominated the Greek box office, surpassing 200,000 tickets within 15 days, according to Greek audiovisual company Feelgood. 

And indeed, the way in which the killer boy planned the mass massacre at the elementary school "Vladislav Ribnikar" leads one to think that he is an above-average intelligent person: he made a floor plan of the school, a list of peers who present "primary targets", Molotov cocktails...

The charges centre on a 50-million-koruna (2 million euros) subsidy granted to the Capi hnizdo (Stork's Nest) leisure resort, which sits around 50km south of Prague, in 2007. Police suspect that Babis hid Agrofert's ownership of the resort in order to access the subsidy, for which only small companies were eligible.

Aristophanes' "The Birds" directed by Nikos Karathanos, at the main stage of the Onassis Stegi cultural center, was voted among the top 10 theater productions in 2018 by New York Magazine.

Babis's response has been to lash out at the European Union, accusing it of trying to "destabilise" the Czech Republic.

Such rhetoric might raise eyebrows in Brussels but it will come as little surprise to Czechs used to Babis's brand of populism.

Greece's largest island welcomes the 8th Jazz in July Festival in the charming old village of Vamos. The festival gets under way at 9 p.m. on Monday, July 1, with three Greek jazz musicians - Nikos Touliatos, Yotis Kiourtsoglou and Anatoly Vapirov.

Opposition New Democracy on Friday announced the names of eight new candidates who will be running on the conservative ticket in the July 7 snap elections.

The names include Kathimerini analyst Babis Papadimitriou, former TV presenter Constantinos Bogdanos and soccer player Takis Fyssas, who was on the national squad that gave Greece the 2004 Euro Cup.

Kottarashky are the first Bulgarian musicians to enter the selection of artists at the prestigious Francofolies de la Rochelle, France, and will be on stage on July 14 this year, a national holiday of the country.

The Elly cinema will be screening Steve Krikris's critically acclaimed new film, "The Waiter," with English subtitles on Wednesday, April 10, at 5.50, 8 and 10.10 p.m.

Several thousand protesters gathered in Prague on Thursday to demand that Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis resign over suspected criminal corruption.

Demonstrators carried Czech and EU flags as they chanted "resignation" and "shame" in Wenceslas Square.