Xenia

The memoirs of former German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble were recently released in Germany. As expected, Greece features heavily.

The popular Russian actress and TV presenter from the First Channel of the Russian state television Larisa Guzeeva has fled the country and settled in her property on the Black Sea coast in Bulgaria, Russian media reported after Russians recognized the actress during her walk in Nessebar.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vui, their children Danilo and Milica, as well as numerous friends and colleagues said goodbye to Ksenija Vui through obituaries.
Ksenija Vui passed away on January 29, at the age of 56.
She started her career at TV Studio B, and in recent years she has hosted very popular shows on TV Pink channels.

On Monday state sell-off fund TAIPED will publish an invitation for expressions of investor interest in the abandoned Xenia hotel unit on the Cycladic island of Kythnos - complete with hot springs.

The tourist exhibition Xenia is returning after a long absence on November 25-27, when it opens at the Metropolitan Expo Exhibition center with aim of becoming the tourism industry’s most important exhibition event.

The government has given the green light for the creation of a holiday village next to the famous Koukounaries beach on the northern Aegean island of Skiathos.

"Walking Through Thessaloniki\Vienna," at the Museum of Byzantine Culture until Thursday, May 18, explores the notions of "xenos" and "xenia" as understood through the act of walking and becoming acquainted with a new place and its people. The show comprises works by 13 Greek and Austrian artists. Opening hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.

Greece has submitted the Greek film, “Xenia”, by director Panos Koutras for the Best Foreign Language Film category in the 2016 Academy Awards.

Xenia tells the story of brothers Danny and Odysseus who cross the border in search of their Greek father after their Albanian mother passes away.

The film has had rave reviews and was warmly welcomed at Cannes last year.

Six Greek films are contenders for this year’s top award, which will be bestowed by the Hellenic Academy of Cinema in a ceremony on March 30 in Athens.
“Xenia” by director Panos Koutras, “Mikro Psari” (Little Fish) by Yiannis Economidis and “Norvigia” (Norway) by Yiannis Veslemes are the apparent frontrunners.

1. He writes his name with one n instead of two because of a conflict with a teacher in primary school. He liked seeing it with one n, she kept insisting two. Once she marked down an exam from 10/10 to 8/10 for this reason. When 13, he found a book by Yianis Kordatos who also prefered the one n spelling and that was the end of it?

2. In 1983, he lived in London and had hair?