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Hollywood star Jared Leto joined the  Campaign for saving Pirin Mountains (WWF) and sent a letter to Bulgarian Prime Minister B. Borisov. The text of the letter, which is automatically generated by WWF's website, calls on Borisov to take the case, save the centuries-old woods and protect the environment.

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner was buried next to Marilyn Monroe at a private Los Angeles ceremony attended by his widow Crystal and his four children, DARIK said.

Janus, named after the two-headed Roman god, was born on September 3, 1997 at Geneva's Natural History Museum from an egg that had been placed in an incubator. With two heads, the animal would not have survived in nature, but thanks to the attentive care of the museum, the tortoise has beat the previous records of longevity of a turtle with two heads in captivity, that lived only a few years.

Iconic Greek actress Zoe Laskari passed away at her home in Porto Rafti, Friday afternoon at the age of 75. Zoe Laskari, who was born in Thessaloniki, was one the three female actresses that marked the golden era of Greek movies in the 50s and 60s, the other two being Aliki Vougiouklaki and Jenny Karezi.

The Greek movie “Invisible”, directed by Dimitris Athanitis picked up the second prize for best movie in the “Montelupo Fiorentino MIIFF” Florence festival. The star of the movie, John Stankoglou also won the award for best performance.

British beauty Elizabeth Hurley posted on Instagram a picture of her bikini, showing off her amazing body. The actress and model is wearing a white bikini and sunglasses as she smiles for the camera.

An instant phenomenon as vampire Eric Northman in "True Blood," Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård will be in Turkey for the first time as a guest of !f Istanbul. 

The star of the !f Gala film "The Diary of a Teenage Girl" will also attend a festival talk on Feb. 21 to speak about his acting career.

Athens Mayor George Kaminis has invited pop singer/Eurovision star Sakis Rouvas to bring Christmas to the center of Athens. The signal for the official illumination of Syntagma Square at the city center will be given at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 19.

Greece’s Council of State, the country’s highest administrative court, on Monday published a decision that maintains a fine against an Athens television station for its raunchy prime-time weather reports by a scantily clad presenter.

The original fine was levied by the board of the National Council for Radio-Television, an independent broadcast watchdog agency, known as ESR.

A bomb planted inside the compound of the office building of daily Star and the private broadcaster, Channel 24, has been deactivated by bomb experts, daily Star said in a written statement on July 24, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency.