Life

The annual Greek "Glenti" in Darwin attracts many Greeks and Australians every year, as it is a major festival promoting and celebrating Greek tradition. But this year, the representatives of Greek communities in Australia report a high increase in their...

The Greek-Orthodox Archdiocese in Australia will hold a fundraiser next Sunday, June 10th, whose goal will be to support the troubled Greek people. The clergy has already been informed across the whole country. “Of course, we can’t offer major support,...

Just to prove that Greeks are everywhere, the Greek Community of Catalonia, Spain, in cooperation with the Greek school of the community, will organize an event on Saturday June 16th about Greek poetry. In a bid to celebrate the end...

The World Canyoning Tournament 2012 will take place for the first time in Greece this year on the mountain of the ancient Greek gods, Olympus, from June 7-10. In the foothills of the highest mountain of Greece, the small town...

The 18th International Kalamata Dance Festival is due to take place from July 12th to the 29th  in that Peloponnesian city. The Festival will be inaugurated by the performance “Panorama,” the new production by DCA Company (Compagnie DCA) under Philippe...

During the winter months, Ria Antoniou took part in the Italian version of the show "Dancing with the Stars" and wowed Greece's neighboring Italy with her dancing talent.  "Bambola" Ria ("Doll" Ria) was able to move to a variety...

A Cretan young lady is the queen of a Luxemburg beauty contest. Apart from working as a professional model, the talented woman retains her job as a bank employee. Constantina Mathioudakis is a very low-profile person. She doesn’t look for...

For two weeks, June 8–22, New York’s top restaurants and wine retailers will go Greek. Join New Wines of Greece and visit your favorite restaurants and retailers for special promotions, tastings, discounts, food-pairings and more. You can expect wines with...

Cyprus, in a bid to leave their mark on the country's Presidency of the Council of the EU 2012 starting in July, have planned an exhibition presenting works of El Greco for this October. The Leventeion Municipal Museum, situated in...

The Greek-Russian Finance Chamber organized the 1st Greek-Russian Forum “Greece-New Investment Cooperation Possibilities” to take place June 6 in the Chamber’s premises in Moscow. The Forum aims at informing the Russian business community on Greece’s finances, investment cooperation and growth...

Curtains closed on the 3-day long Matala Festival 2012 held in the Municipality of Phaistos in Crete. The successful hippies’ reunion was much bigger than last year and featured two musical scenes along with many prominent Greek artists. Visitors travelled...

Its funny where a taste or smell can transport you. Thirty-five years ago waiting for the "big lunch" bell filled my heart with dread. Trying to find a quiet corner to open my brown square school bag to discover what concoction my Greek mother...

The two Greek-Orthodox churches located in the historical Greek Community in central Vienna, the church of the Holy Trinity and Saint George, participated in this year’s “Long Night of Churches” (Lange Nacht der Kirchen) Friday, June 1. It is...

“Europe owes Greece the foundations of the European spirit and it’s a shame to talk about Greeks with such superficiality and irresponsibility,” noted the Viennese Archbishop Christoph Cardinal Schönborn last night during his speech in the framework of the...

Desperate Greeks heard Friday that public hospitals of the country are lacking in medicine. As a result, people struggling with serious deseases and illnesses are helpless, since the companies providing their medicine announced that they stop transactions with the...