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Australian Leadership to Attend Greek Festival

The entire Australian political leadership will be attending the opening of the Greek festival of Melbourne. Both the Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, and the leader of the Federal Opposition, Bill Shorten confirmed that they will attend the opening...

A Greek Woman Among ‘One Young World’ Representatives for 2014

A woman from Thessaloniki, Greece, with former experience in international youth conferences will represent not only Greece, but a total of ten countries in the Balkans, southern Europe and the Mediterranean in the international conference of the non-profit international...

Greek News in Turkish!

The Greek TV station Channel 6 (Kanali 6) in the region of Xanthi, Thrace, northeastern Greece and the journalist John Sidiropoulos decided to create a 6 minute information bulletin in Turkish. The purpose was to reduce the isolation felt by...

Golden Globes: Where Did All the Women Go?

In the aftermath of the 71st Golden Globe Awards ceremony, GreekReporter came across some findings concerning the awards and their female participants. Since 1980 the female nominees for Best Director were just six, from a total of 71 awarded Golden...

Historic Beach in Cyprus to Become Touristic Resort

According to sources, the beach where the Turkish landed, in 1974, and on which some of the most deadly battles of Attila A' and B' took place, is about to become a touristic resort. The Turkish Altınbaş Group rented the...

Holy Gifts of Magi Travel from Greece to Moscow

Within a week, about half a million pilgrims kneeled in front of the Holy Gifts of the Magi which were transferred to Russia by the Abbot of St. Paul’s monastery, archimandrite Parthenios. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia,...

14 Must-Attend Greek-American Events in 2014

2014 is filled with fabulous Greek events throughout North America. Here are the top 14 events that shouldn't be missed this year. The Trial of Orestes - January 29 - Chicago, IL Following the tremendous success of the Trial of Socrates in 2013,...

Giannis Mpoutaris, "Soros Gives Money to the Poor, But What About Other Greek Tycoons?"

  The Mayor of Thessaloniki, Greece, Giannis Mpoutaris inaugurated the first center of Solidarity Now in the middle of the city. He made special reference to the Open Society Foundation of the American investor George Soros, and donations made by the organization...

Athens Municipality Honors Theodoros Angelopoulos

It has been two years now since the death of Greek film director Theodoros Angelopoulos. The city of Athens Youth and Sport Organization will screen on Friday, January 24, the film "Athens, Return to the Acropolis" in Syntagma Square, Athens,...

Greek-American George Stephanopoulos First to Interview Putin

Greek-American ABC News journalist George Stephanopoulos is the first U.S. broadcaster to have a sit-down with Russian president Vladimir Putin in the run-up to next month's Winter Olympics in Sochi. The host of “Good Morning America” and “This Week” have...

Patras Carnival Starts this Saturday

The mayor of Patras, Yiannis Dimaras , the president of community business “Patras Carnival” Konstantinos Trigos, the art director, Maria Kourampana and the director Panayiotis Fafoutis who will be coordinating the event, called everyone to celebrate the opening day...

Man Cuffed for 'Renting' Underage Sister

An 18 year-old man in Kavala, Northern Greece, did not hesitate to force his 17 year-old sister into prostitution. The ruthless man was charging potential clients 1,100€ for the services of his underage sister. Police attained information on the young...

Greek Movie Fridays: "Well Kept Secrets" Last….Forever!

This Friday we invite you to unlock some "Well Kept Secrets." The Greek drama by Panos Karkanevatos tells a powerful story about love that takes place in two different time periods. The Greek leading film distributor and producer, Odeon S.A.,...

Greek Internet Personality Sentenced

A 10-month suspended sentence was imposed by the court on 27-year-old Filippos Loizos, who became known in Greece through his humorous Facebook page “Geron Pastitsios.” He was convicted for habitual blasphemy and offense of religion. Loizos appealed, while the...

It’s all Greek to me in the World of NBA

Surely a match between a team with a 7-30 record and a team that struggles to enter the playoffs would not be the centre of media attention. We are talking of course, about the encounter between the Milwaukee Bucks...