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Australian Politicians Welcomed Melbourne’s Greek Festival

It is estimated that over 120,000 people attended the two-day outdoor feast of Antipodes festival in the center of Melbourne, in the presence of the Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott and the entire political leadership of Australia and the...

Earth Friendly Products Gets One More Award Fighting Cystic Fibrosis

Earth Friendly Products, a leader in green cleaning products manufacturing, received an award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation during the California Winemasters Gala in Newport Beach, CA on February 4th, 2013.  The evening was all about raising funds and awareness...

Greek Angelo Chalikias Honored for Saving Niso Moustaki

On January 27, 2014 the Greek patriot Angelo Chalikias was awarded in a special ceremony in Montreal’s town hall, with the “Righteous Among the Nations” medal for saving the Jewish-Greek Niso Moustaki during the German occupation of Greece. The...

Permanent Mission of Greece to the UN for People with Disabilities

Yesterday, the rights of people with disabilities were discussed during the third Committee of the UN’s General Assembly. The United Nation’s data shows that there are one billion people (15 percent of world’s population) who live with disabilities. This...

Greek Glendi Festival in Australia

For more than 30 years Greek-Australians have been organizing a Greek Glendi, an annual festival full of Greek food, dance, music, art and culture. Every year thousands of people crowd the event to get a taste of Greek lasagna,...

Greek Films at Berlin International Film Festival

The 64th Berlin International Film Festival will be held from February 6 to February 16, 2014. The President of the International Jury who will decide the recipient of Golden Bear award is American producer of Brokeback Mountain, James Schamus. The...

FT: "Greece’s privatization of OPAP faces investigation"

  An Athens prosecutor is investigating Greece’s biggest privatization deal to date, regarding the sale of OPAP to a group of Czech, Russian, Slovak and Greek investors. OPAP was the State’s gambling monopoly and the country’s biggest sports sponsor. These are...

A Welcome Event for Newly-Arrived Greek Immigrants

  Despite the extremely hot weather conditions, more than 1000 persons attended the event that was organized by the Hellenic Australian Community Support Association (HACSA) to welcome the newly arrived immigrants from Greece. People from all ages and Greek immigrants of...

Greek Film Festival in London

The submission period for the annual London Greek Film Festival has already started and will last until May 23. The festival is to take place October 6-17. This will be the seventh year of the festival which is considered the...

From Farmers to Doctors, Biggest Tax-Evaders in Greece for 2013

  Greece’s Financial and Crime Unit (SDOE) had quite a big job on their hands last year. After numerous thorough controls, SDOE discovered that there are an abundance of Greek citizens from different groups that are not paying their taxes...

Crete: Rethymno Carnival Brings Thousands of Tourists

One hundred years have passed since the first Rethymno Carnival in Crete, Greece. The Carnival will once again open the tourist season on the Greek island, which means one more reason for the municipality of Rethymno to celebrate. The city...

More than 120,000 Visitors to Attend Greek Festival of Melbourne

It is estimated that more than 120,000 visitors will attend the opening of the Greek Festival of Melbourne that will be taking place this weekend, February 8-9, in the center of Melbourne. The famous Greek singer Kostas Makedonas and many...

The 'Secret Garden' of Kostis Georgiou at the Benaki Museum

Zoomorphic sculptures, acrobats, angels, mannequins of the future along with a porcupine gather in the "Secret Garden" which is set up in the atrium of the Benaki Museum Pireos Street Annexe by Kostis Georgiou, who is expected to meet...

Filippidis: 'They are After Me Because I am Friend of Karamanlis'

Angelos Filippidis, the former head of Hellenic Postbank who was arrested in Istanbul after Greek authorities said he was wanted in connection with a bad loan scheme at the failed state bank he ran, made a statement in front of...

Two Greeks Conquer MYER Department Stores

The Greek-Australian fashion designer Alex Perry, has been drawing media attention after his collaboration with the Australian “MYER” department stores, after terminating his 6-year career at the rival “David Jones” stores. At MYER stores, Perry will have the opportunity...