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Filippos Tsitos has already received much praise for his film "Unfair World," and now Greece has chosen it to represent the country in the Oscar ballot for best foreign-language film. The film is based on a 60-year-old Greek interrogator (played...

Greek and Cypriot companies are gearing up to display their products from Sept. 10-13 in Melbourne, where some 35 businesses from the two countries will participate in Australia's largest international food and hospitality event. More than 1,000 companies representing the...

In a speech in Nicosia in her home country of Cyprus, The European Union's Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Commissioner Androula Vassileiou said that illiteracy is still a lingering problem in many countries. She was speaking at a conference organized...

The Reload Greece Conference, which aims to produce insights into the challenges of Greece’s lagging economic development and inspire the next generation to create innovative enterprises, will be held at the Hellenic Center of London on Sept. 22, with the support...

A student of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has been awarded the Arte Laguna Prize at the OPEN International Contemporary Art Exhibition in Venice, Italy. Yiorgos Gerontidis will now participate in the upcoming Venice Exhibition in October, where artists...

The Friends of Costco Guild, led by Jan Sinegal and Lynn Winters, raised $7M for Seattle Children’s Hospital at the 13th annual Children’s Golf Classic heald last month in Seattle, WA.  This three-day event consistently raises the most money...

Paul M. Hansen from Canberra launched his debut novel, Macedon – Child of a God, some months ago drawing inspiration from the ancient Greek mythology and history. The epic fiction novel won the Inaugural Australian Self-Publishing Group’s Unpublished Manuscript...

Greek pharmacists have stopped giving credit to drugs provided to people insured by EOPYY, Greece's National Organization for Health Care Provision, which owes the drug store owners scores of millions of dollars. Customers have to pay in cash, including those...

One of the most popular Greek festivals in Southern California kicks off Friday, September 7 at 5pm. Actor Tom Hanks and his actress/musician wife Rita Wilson will take to the stage once again to host some of the festivities...

GreekFest is celebrating 54 years in Pasadena beginning Friday, September 14. The 3-day festival, which runs through Sunday, September 16, will take place at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia. With everything from Greek souvlaki and salad to baklava and...

Out of Frame (Titloi Telous,) a short film by Greek director Yorgos Zois, will be making its world premiere on Sept. 7 at the 69th International Venice Film Festival, competing with 13 other movies selected for the Orizzonti section...

A play for the Athens Festival portraying Athanasios Diakos, a hero of the War of Independence who was impaled by the Turks, as a cuckolded souvlaki maker whose wife is impregnated by a Kurd has upset Greek officials. As noted...

One hundred Greek fans had the chance to meet their favorite Turkish actor in person when they traveled to Constantinople to see TV star Burak Hakkı, who has become popular with the Greek audience with his series Dudaktan Kalbe,...

Opa! Greece may be having a hard time economically but now is a world record holder - for the largest Syrtaki dance! The Association for Social Impact and Culture to the Municipality of Magnisia organized the event on the...

The American Hellenic Council and the Hellenic University Club will honor the Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles, Elisavet Fotiadou, for her commitment to the Arts and promoting Hellenic Culture, with an award ceremony and cultural night on...