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Greeks turn their attention to the Paris Olympics
Nko Efstathiou, an Athens-based journalist and author of a best-selling biography on Olympic Champion Pyrros Dimas, joins me to look at the buzz around the Olympics in Greece this summer, and break down whether Greek sport - which took a hit during the crisis - is bouncing back.
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Pyrrhos Dimas: The message to Beleris’s son – Peter, justice will be served to your father
Pyrrhos Dimas appeared emotional during the presentation of New Democracy’s ballot for the European elections, referring to Freddie Beleris, the elected mayor of Himara who is currently in an Albanian prison
Fredi Beleri named ruling ND candidate in European elections
Ruling New Democracy announced Fredi Beleri, an ethnic Greek mayor-elect in Albania recently sentenced to two years in prison for vote-buying, as a candidate for the upcoming European Parliament elections.
He was represented by his brother, Leonardo, at the ballot announcement in downtown Athens, as Beleri is currently in Albanian police custody.
Greek cinema funds boosted
As part of the state's effort to promote modern Greek culture, the Greek Film Center (GFC) is to implement five new financial programs to boost the local industry.
The programs will be bankrolled through the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RFF), while just last week, the GFC approved financial support for 13 film projects to the tune of 1,262,000 euros.
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Chinese-Greek theater festival in Athens
The first Sino-Hellenic International Theater Festival kicked off on Saturday, with Chinese dramas bringing an audio-visual feast to the audiences.
"The festival is an amazing initiative. It is something that of course we fully support from the side of the Greek government," Christos Dimas, Greek Deputy Minister of Culture, told Xinhua at the opening ceremony.
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Plans to strengthen agri-food startups through Elevate Greece is being studied
Start-ups in agriculture/food come fourth in terms of population in the National Register - Elevate Greece and the goal of the Ministry of Development and Investment is, more effectively, link the agricultural economy and production with research and entrepreneurship, combined with use of new innovative technologies.
Pyrros Dimas says government made him leave Greece
The government and opposition New Democracy clashed Wednesday over comments by three-time Olympic gold medal winner and former PASOK MP Pyrros Dimas on Tuesday that he was forced to leave Greece and head to the US because the SYRIZA-led government slashed funding to the weightlifting federation he was advising.
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Greek gov't struggling to gather votes to elect president in final ballot
Greek MPs are due to vote in the third and final presidential ballot at noon, local time, with the governments candidate Stavros Dimas needing to gather 180 votes so snap elections can be avoided.
PM to make final plea to MPs ahead of critical third vote on president
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is expected to make one last public appeal to wavering MPs to back his presidential candidate, Stavros Dimas, but will not offer anything more in exchange than he already has, Kathimerini understands.
Support for Greek presidential candidate up to 168 as final vote looms
Greek Parliament failed to elect a president for a second time on Tuesday after 168 of 300 MPs voted in favor of the candidate, Stavros Dimas, meaning a third ballot will be needed on December 29.