The European Film Awards have bowed to the inevitable. Amid an alarming rise in COVID-19 infections in Germany, the European Film Academy said Wednesday that it has canceled the planned in-person ceremony for this year’s EFAs. Like last year’s honors, the

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Christos Chomenidis was distinguished on Monday as the first Greek author to receive the European Book Prize. Credit: Facebook-Meta/Christos ChomenidisThe European Book Prize honored Greek author Christos Chomenidis for his autobiographical work “Niki” on Monday. Chomenidis’ novel, which tells the story

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