Greek films facing 'Olympic cuts'
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Greek film-makers say they are being hurt by government cutbacks imposed after the Athens Olympics.
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Greece spent $11.2 billion hosting this summer&#39;s Olympics, twice the original estimate, the BBC reported Saturday. The figure, larger than expected due to construction delays
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The Greek press is in raptures following the opening ceremony for the Athens Olympics.
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The final cost of the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games, at $11.6 billion, was $3.1 billion more than originally estimated. But according to Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis, the figure does not include
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Sport finally took center stage at the  Olympics on Thursday after almost a week of headlines dominated  by a drug-testing drama that tarnished Greece's image.
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The Athens Olympics will cost a total of almost 10 billion euros ($12.1 billion), more than double the original target, pushing Greece&#39;s budget gap well above EU limits, finance ministry sources said on Wednesday.
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Aug. 26 - I fear the Greeks are in for one final disappointment. Having endured relentless skepticism as well as frequent insult in the run-up the Athens Olympics, they appear to expect effusive congratulations as well as a mass mea culpa.
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Sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou, who carried the hopes of their native Greece upon them, have withdrawn from the Summer Games amid a torrent of speculation and potential scandal.
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Latest estimates of the costs of hosting the Athens Olympics put them at up to $10bn - a huge amount for a small country like Greece, once the poorest in the EU.
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The total cost of the Athens Olympics may exceed $14.6 billion, according to Greece's 2005 budget submitted to parliament Thursday.
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Greece has granted American actress and  writer Nia Vardalos the rare privilege of shooting parts of her  new Tom Hanks-produced film in the classical ruins of Athens's  Acropolis.
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The pessimism among Greeks before the Olympics has been replaced by fierce optimism and pride. So donât even think about criticizing the Games, especially if youâre Greek.
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Greece has granted American actress and   writer Nia Vardalos the rare privilege of shooting parts of her   new Tom Hanks-produced film in the classical ruins of Athens's   Acropolis.
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Greek lawyers are giving up efforts to have a new Hollywood film banned and its makers sued for depicting Alexander the Great as a bisexual.
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Their success at the Games could be a catalyst for change in Greece.
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ATHENS: Greek taxpayers could use some advice from the country&#39;s celebrated weightlifting champions to shoulder the sizeable cost of the Athens Olympics after the Games.
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Anti-American protests are the main reason behind US Secretary of State Colin Powell cancelling his trip to Athens, according to the Greek press.