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"I feel a very strong need to speak for those people who have been treated unfairly or those who have no voice. This, I feel, is my mission," award-winning Greek photojournalist Yannis Behrakis, who died on Saturday, told Kathimerini in an interview first published on September 11, 2017.

Yannis Behrakis, one of Reuters' most decorated and best-loved photographers, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 58.

After joining the news wire 30 years ago, Behrakis covered many of the most tumultuous events around the world, including conflicts in Afghanistan and Chechnya, a huge earthquake in Kashmir and the Egyptian uprising of 2011.

"Yiannis Moralis: Master Teacher," on display at the Benaki Museum of Greek Culture, sheds light on the celebrated Greek artist's capacity as a teacher and on the profound influence he had not just on hundreds of artists who passed through his classroom at the Athens School of Fine Arts from 1947 until 1983, but on the Greek art scene as a whole.

The Greek National Theater pays tribute to Luigi Pirandello with a play about the staging of a play by the celebrated Italian dramatist, which examines the creative process. Directed by Dimitris Mavrikios, the production features music by the late Manos Hadjidakis, arranged by Nikos Kypourgos.

New Democracy has accused Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis of blackmailing the governor of the Bank of Greece after he leaked the recording of a telephone conversation prompted by an inquiry into two personal loans issued to the political official by a Greek bank.

Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis warned on Wednesday in Parliament of the possibility that local banks may require a fresh capital injection that the Greek taxpayers could once again have to cover.

In doing so, he started to prepare citizens for the consequences of the upcoming plans for tackling nonperforming loans.

In "USA-Russia: Draw," the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation at the Kapandji Villa brings together work from photographer Aris Georgiou's collections "America at 78 rpm. A 1978 Travelogue" and "Uncurtained: Russia '98." Curated by Yiannis Epaminondas, the show highlights the similarities and differences between the two great powers at the time of the Greek photographer's visit.

Greece's homegrown NBA All-Star, Giannis Antetokounmpo, predicted that tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas will soon become the new "Greek freak" as his career takes off following his impressive appearance at the Australian Open last month.

Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras on Tuesday called for a new policy mix that would boost growth and increase the credibility of the Greek economy among investors.

The National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation (MIET) pays tribute to Pepi Svoronou (1934-2011) with a comprehensive retrospective of her work as a visual artist, a capacity that is often overshadowed by her reputation as a fashion designer.