Five films will have their first United States screenings at the seventh annual New York City Greek Film Festival, October 3-16. The feature films are: JOY (Hara), MARJORAM (Matzourana), and THE TREE AND THE SWING (To Dendro Kai I Kounia). The documentaries are: BLACK BOX and NAKED HANDS (Gymna Heria).
On the occasion of International Day of Older Persons, the Global Age Watch index shows Greece to be 58th out of 90 countries rated on how well their ageing populations are faring.
The wife of Golden Dawn deputy Giorgos Germenis (a.k.a. Kaiadas) owns 4 bakeries employing 15 Albanian immigrants and has failed to pay 470,000 euros in social security contributions.
In a letter tendered to parliament, Golden Dawn deputy Polyvios Zisimopoulos has requested that arrested party deputies Nikos Mihaloliakos and Christos Pappas be allowed to attend this evening's parliamentary session.
Four of the six arrested Golden dawn deputies are at the courts given depositions for their participation in a criminal organization, as charged.
By Yanna Darilis
This year's fashion trend will remind you of the 50's and 90's. The 50s was a very feminine era and the 90s a re-introduction to the 50s with wild sexy twists and once again designers are re-inspired by these feminine sexy times in 2013.
Weapons were found and confiscated in the homes of arrested Golden Dawn parliament members Nikos Michos and Yannis Lagos.
A pistol and a revolver, both unlicensed, a bayonet, four old copies of the New Testament, two WWII German helmets (one with SS markings), bottles of wine with Mussolini on the label and 75 data CDs were confiscated by police after a search of the house of Golden Dawn MP Christos Pappas in Ioannina.
"A huge political, economic, and defense scandal," was how SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras characterized the contracts for the purchase of six German-designed Type-214 submarines by Greece.
Translation By Lisa Darilis
Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras received a warm welcome from the congregation of St. Nicholas of Flushing, NY on Sunday. Following the Divine Liturgy yesterday, he gave his own message to the Golden Dawn Party. Samaras declared that when someone believes in violence and intolerance, they will find themselves answering to all Greeks.
"The arrested Golden Dawn members will be tried in a democratic manner," stated PM Antonis Samaras in his speech towards the Jewish community of New York.
A call to Greek-American entrepreneurs to invest in Greece, was made by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in a meeting he had, in NY, on Sunday with Greek-American community representatives.
In his speech at the 68th General Assembly of the UN, government vice president and foreign minister, Evangelos Venizelos, highlighted a number of issues including illegal migration, the concern of Greece for peace and stability in the Middle East, relations with FYROM and Turkey, and the Cyprus issue.
Police are searching for Golden Dawn's arsenal throughout the country, with a unit of the counter-terrorism squad in Ioannina searching the house of MP Christos Pappas.