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🌀Bachelor's Degree in Athens, Camper and Scooter Crackdown - Plus Sifnos and Epidaurus
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Welcome to the Greek Talk.
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From Thessaloniki to Toronto, your inbox is the only place where ancient amphitheatres and rogue scooters can coexist in peace. Thanks for being the kind of person who still cares about connection, culture, and cracking up mid-scroll.
Let’s dive in. ☕🤿🇬🇷
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🇬🇷 WHAT’S NEW IN GREECE
🧠 Study Business & Tech in Athens in English! Get your degree, global creds, and Instagrammable sunsets—all in one enrollment. An English taught Bachelors in International Business & Technology offered by the Athens Universtity of Economics and Business.
Study in Greece
📖 Want to help tiny humans discover reading, are between the ages of 13-19 and want to soft launch your LinkedIn personality? Greece Public Library 2025 Summer Reading Volunteer Application.
Greece Public Library
⛺️ Because nothing says “relaxing summer getaway” like a parking crackdown- Crackdown on camper van parking stirs summer storm.
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🚲️ Athens to scooters: you're not cute enough to be this chaotic - Athens hitting the brakes on scooters.
Nikos Kokkalias
And some more news:
🌎️ WHAT’S NEW OUTSIDE OF GREECE
🙏 Australia honors its WWI heroes in Lemnos—because even in war, the Greek islands offered a little philoxenia and a lot of soul - Australia launches website honoring WWI service on Greek island of Lemnos
ekathimerini
✨ From red carpets to Olympic tracks, Maria Menounos is Greece’s secret weapon - Maria Menounos to Lead Greek Olympic Campaign as Ambassador for LA 2028
Greek City Times
👶 🏀 Giannis is building his own starting five—one baby at a time - Giannis Antetokounmpo Welcomes Baby No. 4 with Wife Mariah and Shares the First Photo of His Baby Girl
Mariah Antetokounmpo/Instagram; Merritt Clark/Getty
💎 CULTURAL GEMS
This summer, thousands will make the pilgrimage to the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, where the past and present meet under a setting sun and a chorus of cicadas. With eight performances on deck—seven of them world premieres—it’s not just a show, it’s a cultural mic drop 2,600 years in the making.
K. Vergas
🎭️ Oedipus, Outrage, and Other Greek Pastimes
Greek theatre wasn’t just entertainment - it was a civic ritual with wine, masks and emotional breakdowns.
The themes were heavy—fate, pride, vengeance—but the staging was pure spectacle: masked actors on stilts, dancing choruses, and audiences collectively traumatized by Oedipus’ family tree reveal.
Playwrights like Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes weren’t just writers—they were society’s sharpest critics. Comedies dragged politicians by name, tragedies wrestled with gods and guilt, and no one was safe from satire or catharsis.
And this wasn’t just for elites—the city subsidized tickets so even the broke could sob in the front row. In short: drama was democracy’s mirror—provocative, public, and surprisingly well-attended.
📆 BEST OF GREEK CALENDAR
👯 16-18 May 2025: Saint Sophia Greek Festival, Albany, NY.
🎤 16 June 2025: Portokaloglou & Kotsiras, Theatro Vraxon, Athens
🎤 19 June 2025: Portokaloglou & Kotsiras, Theatro Gis, Thessaloniki
🎤25 June 2025: “Konta sas oli mou i zoi” , A Tribute for the 100 Years Since the Birth of Mikis Theodorakis, Kallimarmaro, Athens
🎤 25 October 2025: Alkisits Protopsalti, Théâtre Maisonneuve, Montreal (by The Hellenic Initiative Canada)
🧳 TRAVEL NEWS
Two days in Athens: just enough time to see the Acropolis, eat your weight in souvlaki, and seriously consider never leaving.
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⛱️ Sifnos is where Cycladic charm meets low-key luxury—think whitewashed villages, golden beaches, and food so good it makes other islands insecure. It’s the kind of place where even the church bells seem to ring in perfect Instagram lighting.
· Come hungry and stay curious—Sifnos is the birthplace of Nikolaos Tselementes, Greece’s most famous chef, and its local dishes like revithada (slow-cooked chickpeas) and mastelo (lamb with dill and wine) are sacred weekend rituals.
· Explore hiking trails that date to 3000 BC: A maze of footpaths winds through olive trees and terraced fields—perfect for pretending you're in an ancient Greek version of “Eat, Pray, Hike”.
David Loftus
🆕 OBSESSIONS
Cine Paris
🎦 Catch a film under the stars with the Acropolis as your backdrop
⛰️ Hotel Manna in Arcadia has been selected as the 2nd best in the world by AHEAD Global Awards
🍷 Linovatis wine bar in Kifisia
🌟 GREEK STARS
Alkistis Protopsalti to headline THIC fundraiser in Montreal - because sometimes you need a fundraiser and a spiritual awakening.
ekathimerini
✨ TRENDING GREEK SOCIAL MEDIA
My problems can’t swim—see you in the Aegean
@noraa.m.a Ofc it will, right?🥲 #Meme #MemeCut #foryoupage #fyp #greece #summer #tiktok #travel
🧑🍳 RECIPE OF THE WEEK
This week’s recipe is proof that Sifnos doesn’t just do sunsets—it slow-cooks soul food too.
Revithada, the island’s beloved chickpea stew, simmers overnight in a clay pot until it’s tender, fragrant, and basically a hug in edible form.
ekathimerini
💡 INSPIRATION
There is nothing permanent except change
😎 GREEK FYI
🇬🇷 🏖️ No part of Greece is more than 137 kilometres (= 85 miles) from the sea.
😂 MYTHIC MEMES
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📌 RECS
✅ Order a "spoon sweet" in a village kafeneio — yes, it’s just a cherry on a spoon, but trust us.
✅ Wander the alleys of Plaka in Athens, where every corner hides a bougainvillea surprise.
That’s all for now. If you find yourself in a white linen shirt, dancing badly on a beach, or taking photos of your kids next to a goat, please send pics. 😎📸🕺🇬🇷 [email protected]
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