Pyrros Dimas is a Greek politician and former weightlifter. He is currently the technical director for USA Weightlifting, having taken that position in June 2017. Dimas has also been involved in politics as a member of the Hellenic Parliament, representing the Panhellenic Socialist Movement from 2012 to 2015.
The music of Greece is as diverse and celebrated as its history. Greek music separates into two parts: Greek traditional music and Byzantine music. These compositions have existed for millennia: they originated in the Byzantine period and Greek antiquity; there is a continuous development which appears in the language, the rhythm, the structure and the melody. Music is a significant aspect of Hellenic culture, both within Greece and in the diaspora.
Anna Vissi is a Greek Cypriot singer and songwriter. She studied music at conservatories and performed locally before moving to the professional scene in Athens, in 1973, where she signed with Minos and simultaneously collaborated with other musical artists and released promotional singles of her own while studying at the University of Athens.
Nikos Xylouris, Cretan nickname: Psaronikos (Ψαρονίκος), was a Greek singer, Cretan Lyra player and composer. Xylouris' music encompassed both rural traditional and urban orchestral music, and he has been referred to by the honorific moniker Archangel of Crete.
Evridiki Theokleous, known mononymously as Evridiki, is a Greek Cypriot singer. She is best known in Europe for representing her home country, Cyprus, in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992, 1994 and 2007 with the songs Teriazoume, Eimai Anthropos Ki Ego and Comme Ci, Comme Ça, respectively.
Goody's Burger House S.A. is Greek fast food company. Headquartered in Spata, it is the country's leading fast food chain.
Niki Volos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Volos, in the region of Magnesia, Greece. The club currently competes in the Super League 2, the second tier of Greek football.
Yannis Ploutarchos is a Greek singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the most popular laïko singers of his time, and has been characterized with having a genuine laïko voice. To date, he has released 14 studio albums along with one greatest hits album.
Yannis Markopoulos was a Greek composer.
Ioannis Thomakos is a Greek water polo player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics with the Greece men's national water polo team. He was part of the national squad that won the silver medal at the 1997 World Cup in Athens. and the Bronze Medal in the 2004 World League in Long Beach.
Chryso Stamatopoulou is a Greek rock singer. She is the lead singer of romantic folk metal band Chrysilia. She is mostly known for her two greek rock studio albums, her participation in the popular prime time live music show Amstel live on Greek National TV for three seasons, but came to international success with heavy metal band Chrysilia in 2017. The band has rave reviews internationally, especially for Chryso's voice and composing skills.
Ioanna-Maria Gertsou is a representative of the Greek guide dog movement, through "Lara Guide-Dog School" a non - profit organisation that she co-founded in 2008. She is visually impaired due to retinopathy of prematurity. She is mostly known as "Lara" is the first guide dog related organisation of Greece. She is an activist, promoting human diversity, guide dog access, physical and electronic accessibility and animal rights.
Poll was a Greek pop group founded in 1971 by Kostas Tournas, Robert Williams, Stavros Logaridis and Kostas Papaioannou. In Greece, it is considered a historic group of the 1970s with pioneering lyrics. Poll is a legendary pop group which resonated with the Greek youth of the '70s, and its songs are viewed as "some of the best songs, which have remained in the history of Greek music". Poll is the most commercially successful Greek band of all time.
Katerine Duska is a Greek-Canadian singer and songwriter. She represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Better Love" which was released on 6 March 2019.
Pavlos Kourtidis is a Greek actor based in Athens. born and raised in Wuppertal Germany by Greek parents. His roots are from Pontoirakleia Municipality of Paionia Greece. After finishing his studies in the early 90s in London, England at ArtsEd, he returned to Athens Greece to pursue his career.
Giorgos Sabanis is a Greek singer-songwriter and athlete. He was the runner in the segment honouring of all previous Olympiads, at the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Giorgos Sabanis is an athletics national champion at 100 m, with 14 Pan-Hellenic gold medals and other individual distinctions. After leaving his career as an athlete, he became one of the most famous Greek performers.
Stefania Liberakakis, known simply as Stefania, is a Greek-Dutch singer, voice actress and YouTuber. She is a former member of the girl group Kisses, which represented the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016. In 2020, she was internally selected to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Supergirl", but this edition of the contest was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Greek broadcaster ERT decided that Liberakakis would represent Greece in the 2021 contest, this time with the song "Last Dance", with which she finished in tenth place.
Sakis Anastasiadis is a Greek professional football manager and former player.
The Epidaurus Festival, also known as the Epidávria, is an ancient theatre festival held every year during the summer months in the ancient theatre of Epidaurus, on the archaeological site of the Asclepion. It is organised as part of the Athens-Epidaurus Festival. It includes performances of tragedies by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, as well as surviving comedies by Aristophanes. Some performances consist simply of revivals of ancient myths or contemporary plays written on the basis of ancient dramas.
Maestro in Blue is a Greek drama television series airing on Mega Channel in Greece and through Netflix worldwide. The series consists of three seasons with a total of 19 episodes.
