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The Cyprus Community of Melbourne and Victoria this year celebrates 80 years since its establishment as a financially-independent foundation looking to promote philanthropic and nationally-oriented activities to improve relations of Cypriots in Australia. The Cyprus community, the oldest and largest...

A Greek, his German girlfriend, and their Spanish and British neighbors meet during a moment of life crisis. This is the story of a new film called  "A Very European Break-Up" which portrays the European crisis in a more personal...

In Elassona, Larissa, where Greek feta cheese is a treasured local production, local authorities are trying to promote it with a festival to show off the commodity that people love to put on salads, in omelets and other recipes...

A new novel, Nicolai's Daughters, about a young Canadian lawyer in search of her half-sister, uses the Peloponnese as a backdrop for its story. Alexia travels to the town of Diakofto in Greece to fulfill her father's dying wish of...

The 19th annual Greek Film Festival (GFF) launches its national run in Sydney on Oct. 16 with a program that will see more than 30 films screen at Palace Cinema Norton Street Leichhardt over almost three weeks. The Festival opens...

Greek-American director Alexander Payne is returning to his home state to begin filming his new project "Nebraska." The Oscar winner will shoot the film in black-and-white, and stars Bruce Dern as an estranged father who calls on his son to...

Greece was the honored country at this year’s Feasts of the Wallonia (Fêtes des Wallonie) that took place from September 8 to 16 in the city of Namur, Belgium. Celebrating the active part the Walloons took in the Belgian Revolution...

Greek cinema has a well-known paradoxical side: there may be no state funding during a crushing economic crisis, but creativity seems to be surging and changing the dynamics of contemporary Greek cinematography. The modern Greek cinema consists of many new...

The new Acropolis Museum in Athens has been named winner of the 2012 Keck Award from the International Institute of Conservation. The award ceremony took place in Vienna with the and the museum earned the prize for the conservation of...

This year's Greek Film Festival in Australia will showcase more than 30 innovative productions from Greek or Greek-born directors from around the world. It will be held in Melbourne from Oct. 17-Nov. 4, in Sydney from Oct. 16-Nov. 4...

Greek-American author Stephanie Nikolopoulos read with critically acclaimed jazz musician David Amram at a sold-out event at New York City’s Cornelia Street Café  at a sold-out Labor Day event Nikolopoulos was invited by Amram to read from her soon-to-be-released book,...

Achilleas Youth, the newest chapter of AHEPA Victoria, run by young adults studying at university and senior secondary school, announced a major fundraising initiative for 2012/13 will be to finance the purchase of books and educational supplies for a...

In his biography of Athina Onassis, granddaughter and heiress of the late tycoon Aristole Onassis, Alexis Mantheakis portrays her as tough, cold and uncaring to her family. In the book, Athina Onassis: In the Eye of the Storm, the...

The sequel to the Spartan battle epic "300" has a new title. Originally known as "300: The Battle of Artemisia," the follow-up to the original film will now go by "300: Rise of an Empire." Focusing on the rise to...

For some people, Greece is everywhere, no matter how far they are from their birthplace. The Greeks of Canada had a deal to make, remember the homeland and gather to talk, drink some retsina or ouzo and sing traditional...