Papakonstantinou

Spyros Bibilas announced the sad news a few minutes ago through his personal Facebook profile. He wrote:

Elli Papakonstantinou presents "The Bacchae," a unique interpretation of Euripides' tragedy that fuses ancient myth, gender fluidity research, and new media. Through dance and sound, Papakonstantinou delves into a post-apocalyptic world on the brink of catastrophe.

Wildly influential and popular Greek rocker Vassilis Papakonstantinou is celebrating 50 years on the country's music stages with a big, career-spanning concert at the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro) on June 14.

Singer-songwriter Lavrentis Machairitsas has died aged 63, apparently of heart failure. 

Machairitsas, who had been vacationing at his summer home in the area of Ptelos, Magnisia, was transferred to Volos hospital early on Monday morning and passed away at 6.30 a.m., 

Two of most prominent artists in Greece's art-house genre, Thanasis Papakonstantinou and Sokratis Malamas, are on tour promoting a joint recording project - "Me Stoma pou Yela" (With a Smiling Mouth), released in February to critical acclaim - and will be performing at the Technopolis complex on Monday, September 10, starting at 9 p.m.

Two of most prominent artists in Greece's art-house genre, Thanasis Papakonstantinou and Sokratis Malamas, are on tour promoting a joint recording project - "Me Stoma pou Yela" (With a Smiling Mouth) - released in February to critical acclaim and will be performing at Plateia Nerou (Water Square) in Neo Faliro on Athens's southern coast on Saturday, June 9.

Former Greek Finance Minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou has been handed a one-year suspended sentence after a court found him guilty of helping three people dodge millions in tax.

One of Greece's previous legislatures was offered by IMF head Christine Lagarde a list of Greek citizens holding offshore accounts, in a move to fight tax evasion - the so-called "Lagarde list".

An Athens special court prosecutor on Wednesday recommended a guilty verdict for former PASOK FinMin Giorgos Papakonstantinou on two felony counts related to his handling of the so-called “Lagarde list”.

The two felony charges are falsification of a public document and breach of faith.

Giorgos Papakonstantinou, a former Greek finance minister in the George Papandreou government between October 2009 and June 2011 has appeared in court in Athens Wednesday.