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An 8-year-old Cypriot school pupil has won the World Chess Championship in the category of 8-year-old amateurs, according to a statement by the Famagusta chess club yesterday. Cyprus is proud of its promising generation. Andreas Hatzinicolaou, the son of refugees...

Giorgos Seferis was the first Greek ever to be awarded the Literature Nobel Prize. He was honored for his valuable contribution to the Greek and international spiritual life. Odysseus Elytis followed in 1979, which was the second Greek to...

The Global Summit of Women is a non-profit program, funded by the Washington-based Women's Research and Education Institute. Its purpose is to bring successful women from all over the world together and expand their economic opportunities through exchanges of working...

For those who remember Anthimos Ananiadis, or Anthem Moss as he is widely known, starring in a Greek TV series, it might be difficult to recognize him at first. The young actor stars in the American thriller "The Quiet Land,"...

Stelios Papageorgiou and his daughter Andrea live in Budapest. Their relationship does not remain limited to family gatherings, they "communicate" to each other through their Greek culture-orientated paintings. Both of them have exhibited their paintings several times, have participated in...

Eleftheria Eleftheriou and Ivi Adamou (photo) will both be at the Eurovison 2012 final. The singers, who represent Greece and Cyprus respectively, amazed the crowds in Azerbaijan, where the contest is taking place, and qualified for the final. Eleftheriou's song...

The 2012 international conference of Doctors of the World (Medecins du Monde) will take place in Greece for the first time on May 24-26, sending a strong message of solidarity to the Greek people. Delegations of 14 countries of the...

The promotion of Crete's endemic plants should be given a boost soon, says Cretan community's representatives. During this past weekend, as part of an event held to promote Crete's aromatic plants and herbs, local businessmen, producers and local members of...

Greek-Australians have already started honoring the Battle of Crete, as a photo exhibition has been inaugurated in Victoria following the initiative of the Australia-Greece Parliamentary Friendship Committee. The exhibition is taking place in Queens hall in Victoria, and presents rare...

More than 10,000 people crossed the two-day Greek Paniyiri in Brisbane last weekend and as the Australian press noted, “the Greeks of the city must have been the happiest Greeks of the world.” Premier Campbell Newman, former Australian Prime...

The first Antipodes Writers Festival will begin on Friday, June 15 in Melbourne. On the first day, attendants will have the opportunity to enjoy an artistic dialogue between award-winning author Christos Tsiolkas and Professor of Cultural Studies at the...

The 30th Greek Festival of Sydney presents "John Cassavetes and the Cinema of the Outsider as cultural hero." Associate Professor Vrasidas Karalis (University of Sydney) will be the speaker of the event, honoring one of the most radical innovators...

Cretan products are ready to travel to the Australian markets. The development of business relations with Australia and the market opportunities for Cretan products will be the main subject of the coming event at the Heraklion Chamber of Commerce...

The UCLA Department of History in collaboration with the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles, the American Hellenic Council of California and the Greek Heritage Society of Southern California present "Greeks and Jews in the 20th Century Salonika: History Through the Kaleidoscope,"...

Following the discerning "Our Generation" screening and discussion with former ABC journalist and 60 Minutes reporter Jeff McMullen at Customs House on May 6, the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW has invited Dr. McMullen to present the film and...