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Greek entechno singer Manolis Mitsias is performing a series of shows featuring songs based on the poems of Nikos Gatsos at the Parnassos Literary Society until Friday, May 19. Mitsias will be joined on stage by acclaimed actress Karyofyllia Karabeti. Shows start at 9 p.m.

There's an interesting lineup of art exhibitions scheduled around Greece this summer, and then of course there's documenta, which as well as its home city Kassel in Germany is also taking place at locations in Athens until mid-July. On the islands, several tributes have already launched, focusing mainly on painting and honoring the Greek sculptor George Lappas, who died last year.

Greek entechno singer Manolis Mitsias takes up a weeklong residency at the Parnassos Literary Society, where he will be performing a series of concerts featuring songs based on the poems of Nikos Gatsos. Mitsias will be joined on stage by acclaimed actress Karyofyllia Karabeti. Shows start at 9 p.m.

Adamantios Pepelasis, a Greek economics professor who taught at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, the University of California and the Athens University of Economics and Business, died on Saturday at the age of 95.

It's your last chance to catch the B&M Theocharakis Foundation's large-scale exhibition of seascapes by acclaimed 19th and 20th century Greek artists this weekend, as it ends on Sunday, May 7.

Greek countertenor Nikos Spanatis and French-Lebanese harpsichordist and conductor Ronan Khalil will perform works by Henry Purcell in the foyer of the Olympia Theater on Sunday, May 7. The concert starts at 6 p.m. and admission costs 6 euros.

Olympia Theater, 59-61 Academias,
tel 210.361.2461

A two-day symposium paying tribute to the work of the Greek classical composer Nikos Skalkottas will take place at the Athens Concert Hall on Friday, April 28, and Saturday, April 29.

Golden Dawn lawmaker Yiannis Sachinidis has been referred to Parliament's Ethics Committee to respond to accusations that he disseminated racist propaganda to students on a school visit to Parliament.

One does not need to look very hard to find out what it is that makes Greece a "special case," thwarting efforts to pull the country out of the persisting crisis. While being mired in stagnation, public debate revolves around the role and legacy of Greek communist and resistance hero Nikos Beloyiannis.

Despite the compelling rumors, it is Spain's Puig and not France's L'Oreal that is the new owner of Greek natural cosmetics company Apivita, as the latter announced on Thursday.

The Spanish group will enter Apivita as a majority stakeholder via a share capital increase, bolstering the Greek firm's capital adequacy.