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Moralis Retrospective | Athens | To February 10
The Benaki Museum's Pireos Street annex has extended its successful retrospective exhibition on the great Greek painter Yiannis Moralis (1916-2009) to February 10, due to popular demand. One of the country's leading 20th-century artists, Moralis was a painter, print-maker, set designer and teacher, and excelled in all his different capacities.
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Moralis Retrospective | Athens | To January 5
The Benaki Museum's Pireos Street annex presents a retrospective exhibition on the great Greek painter Yiannis Moralis (1916-2009), organized in cooperation with the Greek National Gallery, the Cultural Foundation of the National Bank of Greece and Zoumboulakis Galleries, with the support of the painter's family.
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Once Upon a Time | Athens | December 13-31
Zoumboulakis Galleries celebrates some of the wonderful artists it has worked with over the years in an exhibition of standout works that have featured in past shows.
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BoG chief: Economy not out of the woods yet
The Greek economy has yet to stage a full recovery from its recent crisis, Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras told a conference organized in Berlin by The Economist and the German-Greek Chamber of Industry and Commerce on Monday.
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Romanian Interior Minister visits Athens refugee camp
Greek Migration Minister Dimitris Vitsas (r) with Romanian Interior Minister Carmen Daniela Dan (l) during their visit at the refugee camp of Schisto, near Athens, Tuesday. [Yannis Kolesidis/EPA]
Benaki retrospective hits all the high notes of Moralis's career
In the summer of 1932, the Athens School of Fine Arts wrapped up the academic year with an exhibition of work by the first-year students in the class of acclaimed painter Oumbertos Argyros. Yiannis Moralis showed two self-portraits in the show, which earned him a positive review by influential art critic Dionysios Kokkinos in the magazine Nea Estia.
Suspicious package sent to foreign ministry was harmless
A package that arrived by mail at the Greek Foreign Ministry on Friday and was deemed suspicious contained an electronic blood pressure monitor, according to police sources cited by state-run news agency ANA-MPA.
The parcel raised the alarm at the ministry which was evacuated by police earlier in the day.
Dragasakis warns against 'political games' after bank share sell-off
The fundamentals of the Greek banking system do not justify the plunge of the sector's index in the Athens Stock Exchange on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis said on Thursday and warned against playing "political games" with the market.
US investment in smart recycling units presents Antetokounmpo message
Another new US investment in Greece, the joint development of a pioneering unit producing recycling equipment by US firm Envipco and Greece's Texan, was presented at the Thessaloniki International Fair in the presence of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, just as Greek NBA superstar Yiannis Antetokounmpo voiced his support to recycling through a recorded message.
Full Moon | Around Greece | August 25 & 26
Selected museums and archaeological sites across the country will be open to the public free of charge for the August full moon on Sunday, with several also hosting cultural events not just on the night itself, but across the weekend.
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