Things are really picking up for acclaimed Greek director George Lanthimos this year. After his Oscar nomination for foreign language film with “Dogtooth” a few years ago, he has been shooting his first English-speaking feature film debut “The Lobster” starring international performers Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz.
A new virus alert has Greek Facebook users worrying all day. Many Greeks woke up this morning to find zipped archives from Facebook friends in their inboxes. Most of them contained supposed photos or videos with provocative titles such as “this gave me a headache”, “check this out, you'll love it”, or “sexy pics inside”.
A new bill complementing the country's fiscal adjustment as per the Troika agreement is expected to be introduced to parliament on Tuesday. It will be less strict than the previous ones, in that it will not be reducing wages and pensions in the public sector like its predecessors, but it will keep slashing the state deficit.
The motorship Agia Marina sank this morning 30 miles west of the island of Crete.