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The Museum of Cycladic Art launches a new monthly lecture series on Monday, March 13, with Giorgos Koumentakis, prolific composer and director of the Greek National Opera (GNO).

The National Library of Greece will be moving into its new home with a whole new visual identity. The open competition for the institution's rebranding attracted proposals from 34 firms, all of which underscored the high quality of work being done by Greece's graphic design community.

A group of Golden Dawn supporters, led by prominent MP Yiannis Lagos, on Tuesday morning burst into a primary school in Perama, near Piraeus, which is planning to host classes for refugee children, and threatened members of the local association of parents and guardians.

Composer Giorgos Koumentakis was appointed new creative director of the Greek National Opera on Thursday, following a decision by Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou.

Koumentakis, formerly in charge of the company's Alternative Stage, will succeed maestro Myron Michailidis, starting on February 3.

Catch "Silent Presence: Meeting Zongolopoulos, 45 Years Later," an exhibition of works by the late Greek sculptor, painter and architect, as well as 22 artists inspired by him, at the Hellenic American Union before it closes for the holidays.

Whether it's supervision, oversight or guardianship, whatever term we choose to describe Greece's relationship of stifling dependence on its foreign creditors, the meaning is still the same and quite unbearable.

An Athens prosecutor has recommended the indictment of 15 former executives and directors at Athens 9.84 radio, run by City Hall, and one businessman on charges they wasted millions of euros in municipal funding in the period from 2003 to 2010.

The prosecutor has also asked for the parliamentary immunity of SYRIZA lawmaker Giorgos Kyritsis to be lifted.

Giorgos Tzavellas scored with virtually the last kick of the game to spare Greece from a home loss to Bosnia for the World Cup qualifiers and earn the hosts a 1-1 draw in Piraeus.

The five-game winning streak of the Greek national soccer team came to an end on Wednesday as Belarus stunned the Euro 2004 winner with a 1-0 friendly win at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus.

New Democracy spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos on Wednesday reacted to the outcome of the US presidential election playing down the potential impact of Donald Trump's victory on Greece's ties with the United States.

"Greek-American relations have solid foundations. They remain strong," Koumoutsakos told Real FM on Wednesday.