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Prime Minister Julia Gillard will attend the Greek Independence Day parade in Sydney on March 24. Barry O’Farrell, Premier of New South Wales, will also honor Greece’s national anniversary. The celebrations of March 25 will begin at the Greek...

The SHELTER project took place in the Armenian city Tsaghkadzor, from March 12 to 19. It is about a trilateral youth exchange among Armenia, Greece and Turkey, with 11 young participants from each country. The intercultural youth exchange focused...

Just as Tina Fey's television run with the series "30 Rock" has ended, she's up on the big screen starring in the new comedy "Admission," out in U.S. theaters today. Fey stars as a Princeton University admissions officer up for...

A television tribute of AMNA TV releases the history of the guillotine, which operated in Nafplio for the execution of the death penalty, from the period of King Otto until 1930. The camera of AMNA recorded for the first...

Due to the economic crisis more than 30 Greek artists, as a symbolic gesture, are putting up their works in auction with the intention to donate the revenues collected to go to crisis-struck Greece. With the initiative of Greek-German Education,...

The Greek History and Culture Seminars has been one of the most unique initiatives of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria (GOCMV) in the field of culture over the last few years. These seminars have attracted enthusiastic...

According to ‘posidoniaseatourism’ official website, the 2nd Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum, will be held in Athens, on May 28-29. As with the 1st Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum, the conference will consist of specialized sessions on cruising, yachting and coastal shipping....

London-based, Greek-born fashion designer Mary Katrantzou launched the first runway event of the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, which runs from March 18 to 24, with a colorful bang. Postage stamps, spoons, coat hangers and pencil nibs were repeated, distorted and...

The Malliaropouleion Theater of Tripoli is reopening its doors to the public on March 22, the first day of spring. It is the theater emblem of the town, and among the few perennial theaters in Greece. It was donated to...

The "no" vote from the Cypriot Parliament to the Eurogroup bailout plan has been the dominating issue in headlines of the international press, which cite that processes highlighted the European failure concerning the strategy to facing the debt crisis...

A Greek team of student-entrepreneurs won first place at the Pan-European trade fair, organized by the international organization Junior Achievement Europe (JA-YE), in Riga, Latvia, with 450 pupils from secondary schools and high schools from 30 countries of Europe...

The 15th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century, will be running from March 15 to 24, at the Olympion theater. Through a rich program that includes documentaries from around the world, open discussions, lectures, masterclasses and exhibitions, the...

Pope Francis' March 19 enthronement ceremony, as he had requested, was kept simple and included gospels presented only in Greek, and with the presence of The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the first time the Orthodox Church has sent its...

A decision by Eurozone officials, and imposed on the Cyprus government, to seize up to 9.9 percent of savings accounts in the island's banks to help pay the cost of an international bailout is an "ominous sign" that could...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard led a large contingent of politicians who came to the March 16 opening of the Antipodes Festival, ignoring a chilly rain to kick off the festivities to honor Hellenism and make their presence known to...