Lafcadio Hearn

Andy Cruz, whose stellar amateur career included Olympic boxing gold for Cuba in Tokyo, launched his pro ring career on July 15 with an impressive unanimous decision victory over experienced Mexican Juan Carlos Burgos.

The Athens Municipal Gallery is exhibiting a collection of books on loan from the Corfu Museum of Asian Art that celebrate the sophisticated Japanese art of print making.

The Palace of Saints Michael and George on the Ionian island of Corfu is the only museum in Greece dedicated exclusively to art and antiquities from the Far East and India, boasting one of the finest collections of its kind in Europe.