Aristotle Onassis
Short Film “Stop Bullying” by the Greek Ministry of Education
Created with the support of the Onassis Foundation - It is nominated in the "Health and Wellness" category
Boeing from Olympic Airways heyday exhibited in Elliniko
Α new tourist attraction was created at the site of the former airport at Elliniko, southern Athens, where an old Boeing B727/284 Mount Olympus aircraft has been given a new lease of life as an exhibit.
Monuments to the Onasis era of Olympic Airways
The Mount Olympus, an old Boeing 727 of Olympic Airways, which was founded by Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis in 1957, has been dismantled 24 years after it stopped flying so that it could be moved to its new home, on Vouliagmenis Avenue, a few meters from the Elliniko metro stop.
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Athens to open Maria Callas museum in 2023: city
A new museum honoring legendary soprano Maria Callas will open in Athens next year to honor the centenary of her birth, the city said on Oct. 26.
The museum, to open in the summer of 2023, will feature "valuable historical archives, rare live recordings, a unique collection of records and personal items" of Callas, said a statement.
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Olympic Airways collection awaits museum home
The breakfast served in first class on the Olympic Airways flight from Zurich to Rome on October 26, 1967 was special, as was one of the passengers. Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras was on his way to his last meeting with Pope Paul VI, continuing the historical dialogue between the Catholic and Orthodox churches that had begun in 1964.
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Now Open: The beds are made at Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel Athens
Margaret Thatcher, Aristotle Onassis, Jimmy Carter, John F. Kennedy, Frank Sinatra, Brigitte Bardot, John Wayne, The Beatles, Isabella Rossellini, Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin. What do they all have in common? They have all spent time at the Astir Palace hotel. Indeed the list of all the famous figures who have stayed here is much longer than this, and it's bound to get longer soon.
The little-known story of the Liberty ships and the miracle of Greek shipping
They called them the "blessed ships," an apt description, because the 98 American Liberty ships the Greek shipping industry was able to buy after the war helped to breathe life back into the ravaged Greek economy and put it on a growth trajectory for the following decades.
Athina Onassis officially divorces Doda
Athina Onassis has officially divorced her former husband Alvaro de Miranda Neto (Doda), according to German site Bunte.de. Citing Athina Onassis’s lawyers, the report claims the proceedings concluded in a swift manner after both parties reached a mutual agreement.
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Athina Onassis saga: Doda in 8-year relationship with high class escort, former Onassis spokesperson says!
The tumultuous relationship and divorce between Athina Onassis and her former husband Alvaro De Miranda Neto (Doda) is expected to take yet a new turn, after Alexis Matheakis, a spokesperson and advisor for the Onassis family for years and close aid to her father Thierry Russell, left a snippet of bombshell revelations he intends to include in his upcoming book.
New exhibition gives rare insight into life of diva Maria Callas
Forty years after her death, the personal life of opera great Maria Callas still has a rapt audience.
An exhibition in Athens, called "Maria Callas - The Myth Lives On," is displaying 200 personal items belonging to the star, including some never put on display before, offering a rare glimpse into her personal life until her death in 1977.