News archive of August 2019

"Sutra" is a collaborative performance by choreographer Sidi Labri Cherkaoui, artist Antony Gormley and 19 Buddhist monks, honoring an ancient kung fu tradition with a musical score by Polish composer Szymon Brzoska. The multinational production, which will go on stage at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), was commissioned by the Sadler's Wells Theatre in London.

The seven-member band Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra (BGKO) will appear at Athens' Technopolis cultural center for one show on Monday, September 2. Composed of French, Spanish, Ukrainian, Italian, Serbian, Catalan and Greek musicians and celebrating their musical origins, the bans has already gained a strong fanbase in Greece, performing in countless venues from Athens to Thessaloniki.

The positive news and trends in Greek-US relations led by diaspora grassroots efforts and the enthronement of a new archbishop of America, give us hope that the evolution of this renewed friendship will extend beyond geopolitical and foreign policy. 

A mural in central Athens depicting Greek basketball legend Nikos Galis was repaired by the artist over on Saturday after being defaced by unknown vandals.

It is the second time in just a few days that the mural, which is on the wall of a sports club opposite the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro) in central Athens, has been targeted.

A 20-year-old man managed to stop a tram on Graf Ignatiev Street in Sofia after seeing that the vehicle was not driven by anyone and was moving by inertia, bTV reported.

The Ministry for Romanians Abroad (MRP) grants priority to non-reimbursable funding for education projects devoted to the dissemination of the Romanian language, Minister Natalia Intotero said in her message on the Romanian Language Day. "The Romanian Language Day gives us the opportunity to be united and solidary and to celebrate together the language that gives us identity.

Police in Volos, central Greece, are investigating the circumstances that led to the death of a 13-year-old girl at a fairground near the town of Almyros on Friday.

The incident occurred shortly before 11 p.m. on Friday night, according to local reports, which said the girl fell off one of the rides from a great height.

Revenues so far for EFKA, the unified social security fund covering all insured Greek employees, including self-employed professionals, have been disappointing and the next few months until the end of year will be crucial to its financial health.

A three-day crackdown by the Traffic Police the weekend before last led to 1,693 violations of the highway code being recorded across Attica.

Responding to a spike in migrant arrivals from neighboring Turkey, the government's Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) has decided on seven measures to ease the pressure on the Aegean islands and curb the influx.