Popular culture

In its 16th outing, the Ireon Music Festival will delight rock and hip-hop fans with a lineup that includes Social Waste, Planet of Zeus, Rena Morfi, Locomondo, Zvoures and Giannis Haroulis. Since its inception, the festival has continued to grow, bringing together local musicians and international artists for three days in the southern Samos village of Ireon. The concerts begin at 9 p.m.

The new generation of believers in Croatia is taking a more contemporary approach to religion - using social media, pop culture and sports to spread the word.

The intensity of political confrontation in the past few days has been an unpleasant spectacle, but it has also been useful. 

It gave citizens the opportunity to see the complete lack of political civility, which does not extend even to the minimum standards of common courtesy.

It allowed us to see one of the oldest tricks in the book of demagoguery - pre-election handouts.

The Russian parliament on Dec. 13 announced a rap song competition amid a crackdown on contemporary music that evoked Soviet-era censorship of the arts.

Hakkı Akdeniz, once homeless but now the owner of the famous Champion Pizza chain in New York, has received four proclamations in the United States, one from the House of Representatives.

Rob Garza, one of the founders of legendary dub and trip-hop act Thievery Corporation, will be will be pumping out house and nu disco on the decks at the Bolivar beach bar on Thursday, July 26. Admission costs 10 euros and doors open at 9.30 p.m.

Bolivar, Kalamaki Beach, Poseidonos Avenue, tel 210.983.1018

PARIS June 27 (Reuters) - For many people, the smell of a pizza fresh from the oven and lovingly crafted is a culinary delight that's hard to beat. But now that hand-crafted pizza has a rival: pizza made by robot.

In the age of overinformation, sensationalism and countless fake news stories, it comes as no surprise that media trust is at a record low. A recent study across European Union member-states found the phenomenon particularly prevalent in Greece, with 90 percent of respondents expressing suspicion or distrust when it comes to the country's information ecosystem.

According to local media, Micevic attacked the owner of a bar in Sihanoukville, and a staff member, because they "refused to sell him pizza."

After the beating, he attempted to burn the shop down using gasoline, the Khmer Times is reporting, citing the local police chief, Pol Phosda.

The owners of a cat made famous online because of its permanent scowl have been awarded 0,000 (£500,000) in a case by a California federal court, reported BBC.

Grumpy Cat Limited sued the owners of US coffee company Grenade for exceeding an agreement over the cat's image.