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Culture
Greek Culture Introduced to China
The dance group of the Research Academy in Traditional Dances of Elassona, traveled to China, for the Tourism Festivals that took place in Shanghai and Liuyang, and presented famous Greek folk dances to a Chinese audience.
The Greek mission consisted...
Education
Exhibition Promoting Greek Diaspora
A proposal to establish the 1st of March as a day dedicated to Greek Diaspora was recently expressed during the inauguration of a special exhibition on the press of the Greeks who live abroad. This exhibition is taking place...
Culture
Israeli Cinema Week: "Tales from the Israeli Cities"
The Embassy of Israel in Athens, in cooperation with the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation is organizing a tribute to the Israeli Cinema, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
The tribute “Tales from the Israeli Cities - 2nd Israeli...
Art
Delphi Film Festival- 20th Anniversary
This year, the Greek Film Festival of Australia, known as "Delphi Film Festival" celebrates its 20th anniversary.
During these 20 years, the festival has opened towards the wider Australian audience and as many Australians are watching Greek movies.
Greek films were...
Canada
Greeks Celebrate “Oxi Day” in Toronto and Montreal
The Greeks of Montreal commemorated “OXI Day” with a service at the St George Greek Orthodox Church. Panayiotis Salatelis officiated the ceremony. The General Ambassador of Greece in Montreal Thanos Kafopoulos and the honorary consul of Cyprus Michalis Paidousis...
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Greek President: The Crisis Will Be Overcome
Today, the celebrations of October 28th and the school parade took place in Thessaloniki. The elementary and high schools students of Thessaloniki paraded in front of the grandstand official.
In attendance of the school parade was Region of Central Macedonia...
Art
George Dalaras Performs for Kavafis’ 150th Birthday
Yesterday October 27, the Greek singer George Dalaras gave a concert at Istanbul’s Zorlu Center PSM in honor of immortal Greek poet Konstaninos Kavafis’ 150th birthday, making an appearance after many years of problems over his politics.
Dalaras performed Greek...
events
Campaign Against Cancer "Pink the Bridge"
A symbolic event entitled "Pink the Bridge" consisting of a passage full of life and hope, is organized by the Association "Alma Zois" of Achaia.
The public announcement says "Come with us to cross the Rio-Antirion Bridge on Sunday October...
Australia
Greeks of Australia Celebrate “Oxi Day”
The Greeks of Melbourne commemorated OXI Day with pomp and circumstance. The celebrations took place in different suburbs of Melbourne, but the most crowded were at Oakley and at Northcote.
The celebrations at Oakley were organized by the Greek Community of...
Australia
The Delphi Bank 20th Greek Film Festival Opens in Australia
Next week, the Delphi Bank 20th Greek Film Festival in Brisbane will be taking place. A great selection of comedies and imaginative dramas will screen at Palace Centro Cinemas from October 31 to November 3.
The movie of Christoforos Papakaliatis...
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North Pole Welcomes the Olympic Flame
The Olympic Flame for the first time in history, arrived in the northern part of the world. The North Pole welcomed the flame and torch lighting ceremony of the Olympic Cup. The flame was carried by a nuclear-powered icebreaker...
Australia
Protest for Spyridon Louis Statue in Melbourne
A modest but moving event took place on Oct 25th- the unveiling of the statue of legendary Spyridon ("Spyros") Louis in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. However, the ceremony was disturbed by the protest of a group of citizens who did...
Australia
Two Greeks Honored in Australia
Two well known Greeks from Adelaide, Theo Maras and Gerry Karidis, have been honored as the first of South Australia’s Property Icons in a new program launched this year by the Property Council of Australia.
The two Greeks have changed...
Europe
Council of Europe: Far-Right Gangs Attack Roma Camps
“Invasions of Roma Camps all over Europe, are not only by the police, but also from far-right gang groups, and are becoming a common phenomenon after the incident that occurred in Greece -little Maria who was found in a...
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"KaliMerhaba" Project-Exploration of Thessaloniki and Izmir
Five young people from Thessaloniki, Greece, and five from Izmir, Turkey, started a ten-month voyage in order to investigate the common elements of the two cities and record them using new technologies.
As the project’s official facebook account informs us...