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🇬🇷 WHAT’S NEW IN GREECE

🌋 When your hot takes actually win you an award - Shoutout to the volcanologist putting Greece on the magma map 👏 

🏀 Aris BC might soon be dribbling with $$$ - nothing says “fast break” like international capital!

More news from Greece

🏠️ Looks like the Golden Visa took a coffee break - applications in April slowed down.

🇬🇷 Greece is shaking things up, literally. Seismologists are watching.

🏎️ Greece’s new motto: Come for the sun, stay for the traffic fines. Wallets beware, the police aren’t playing!

🏛️ The British Museum says “Loan? Never heard of that”. Looks like the Parthenon marbles aren’t packing their bags anytime soon 😢 

🐟️ Greece is racing the clock to save the uninhabited island of Gyaros - nothing says “protected habitat” like last minute heroics.

🚰 The EU just reminded Greece that ouzo does not count as a water strategy.

🌎️ WHAT’S NEW OUTSIDE OF GREECE

⚱️ Grecian urns go wild - Chicago gets a floral glow up.

🏺 The Getty museum goes full Mycenaean - gold, grandeur and epic vibes now in LA.

👤 GREEK OF THE WEEK

Welcome to our new segment: Greek of the Week!

Here we will spotlight a Greek doing hard, cool, ridiculous or deeply relatable things in the world. Sometimes they are artists. Sometimes they are scientists. Sometimes they are just trying to find decent baklava in Berlin.

But here is the twist:

This isn’t just a profile. It’s a connection point. If something in their story resonates - career-wise, culturally, spiritually - you can actually reach out.

We’re building a living, breathing, Greek network. Just good people and good vibes.

First up:

🇺🇲 🇬🇷 Andrew Prokos

Andrew is a fine art and architecture photographer who lives in New York, travels to Greece often (those photos!!) and is in the middle of getting his Greek passport (we empathize).

How Greek is your fridge?

100% Greek. Whenever I go to Greece I bring back a lot of things including chamomile and oregano, but US customs is very adept at confiscating food.

What do you miss most about Greece? And what don’t you miss at all?

The food, the climate, the sea, the landscape, the smell of the countryside. Greeks are pretty direct and I appreciate that. What I don’t miss is the bureaucracy!

What’s a Greek value that shapes how you do business?

Be curious, open-minded and respect other cultures. Coming from a culture with ancient roots has made me fascinated with other cultures, especially ones that have been around a while. I try to respect others and I think it comes across.

What Greek tradition do you still keep alive?

#1 Respect your elders #2 Filoxenia

Kalamata or green olives (be honest)

Kalamata, followed by green olives!

✉️ Want to connect with Andrew?

Whether you’re curious about Andrew’s work, want to ask him a question or are looking for a foot in the door, you can reach him directly at his website or through instagram @andrewprokos — or email us and we’ll pass it along (no spam, pinky swear).

🧿 And if you’d like to be featured — or nominate someone amazing — just email us: [email protected]

💎 CULTURAL GEMS

🛡️ Patras Castle just unlocked two new bastions - because every good fortress deserves a renovation montage.

Two newly restored sections of the Patra Castle, dating back to the Byzantine era, are now open to the public, offering panoramic views and a stroll through centuries of layered Greek history.

📆 BEST OF GREEK CALENDAR

🎭️ 🎤 July 1st - August 31st, Olympus Festival: Theater, Music, Dance, Speech, Arts, Workshops; at various sites including Dion Ancient Theater (literally at the foot of Mount Olympus)

🎤 July 7th, Glykeria, Olympus Festival

🎤 July 9th, Mario Fragoulis and Deborah Myers, Olympus Festival

💃 August 1-2, Souvenir from Smyrnae Music/Dancing, Olympus Festival

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🧳 TRAVEL NEWS

⛱️ Hidden Gems in Corfu: Secret Beaches, Waterfalls, and Quiet Villages to Explore

Expect Venetian charm, emerald beaches and enough kumquat liquor to forget your return flight. From pastel villages to olive groves older than your yiayia’s wedding china, this Ionian gem delivers sun-drenched elegance with a side of myth.

Among the most popular must-dos in Corfu are a visit to the Old Town, the Achilleion Palace, the famous Paleokastritsa beach and a stroll down Liston Promenade. But this is The Greek Talk, so here are a few hidden gems:

🌊 Porto Timoni Beach: a double beach only accessible by hike or boat - get your tan and work your quads!

🏘️ Perithia Village: A ghost village frozen in time.

🏖️ Kanouli Beach: Amazing sandy stretch with no crowds, no beach bars.

⛪️ Agios Nikolaos Monastery: Crumbled ruins wrapped in ivy, zero tourists.

Also find: best hotels in Corfu, the Corfu Trail, and a list of 60+ beaches in Corfu. 

Accidentally stumbled on this drone video of Skopelos - breathtaking! Guess the universe just told us which island to focus on next week. Thank you to DM Drone Factory 😄 

🆕 OBSESSIONS

🍸️ Nights to remember: Top 7 Corfu’s bars

🎤 Vorias by APON

🎤 Kaigomai by APON (original by Eleftheria Arvanitaki-Thomas Konstantinou)

✨ TRENDING GREEK SOCIAL MEDIA

🎶 Today’s youth are tuning into tradition. More and more young Greeks are swapping screens for strings and rediscovering the soul of the bouzouki.

@oi_teketzides

Βρεχει στη φτωχογειτονια- Γρηγόρης Μπιθικωτσης #bouzouki #fy #fyp #laika #rebetika #mpesfypgamw #bouzoukia @Filios @Μαριος_Κ @joe @Basilis... See more

 🧑‍🍳 RECIPE OF THE WEEK

Sofrito - Corfu’s Saucy Little Secret

Sofrito is Corfu’s signature dish. Slow-cooked slices of beef simmered in white wine, garlic, parsley and vinegar - basically the holy quarter of Greek flavors. It will make your kitchen smell like a taverna. Serve it with fries, mashed potatoes or just a fork.

💡 INSPIRATION

😎 GREEK FYI

⛰️ Although most people associate Greece with beaches and islands, 80% of the country is mountainous, making it one of the most mountainous countries in Europe.

😂 MYTHIC MEMES

That’s it for now - consider yourself updated, entertained and mildly more cultured. If you loved this issue, forward it to your siblings/cousins/koumbaroi or that one friend who thinks Corfu is a Mamma Mia song. Shoutout to the reader that sends us a photo from Corfu! Catch you next week for more news, drama, island deep dives and Greek paperwork 😮‍💨 Stay Greek. [email protected]

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