Angela Dimitriou

The first top tier Greek celebrity to pose naked for Playboy was late Zoe Laskari back in 1985 in a very artistic photo-shoot beside the ancient ruins on the island of Delos. She was 41 at the time and was reportedly paid 15 million drachmas to take her clothes off.

Advertisers for Greece's biggest toy retailer Jumbo have pulled an Easter TV advertisement after criticism by human rights activists and social media comments that it was discriminatory against women.

Greece's advertising watchdog has ruled that an Easter commercial by children's store Jumbo is sexist and encourages violence against women.

The Advertising Self-Regulation Council (SEE) upheld a complaint from the General Secretariat for Equality regarding the advertisement and asked for it to be changed or withdrawn within two days.

Greece is a small country, tottering on the path of bankruptcy, but with wealth beyond imagination and a treasure trove of exquisite regional products.