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The Cypriots of New York united with the Greek-American community to honor the anniversary of the national liberating fight of 1955-59 yesterday, during a special ceremony organized by the Cyprus Federation of America. On Sunday morning, Archbishop of America Demetrios...

Scientists and young people of the Greek Diaspora in Melbourne have established the HELLENIC DEMOCRATIC INITIATIVE for Hellenism, Transparency and Social Justice in 2010 as a global Hellenic non-profit organisation aimed at supporting the reconstruction of debt-ridden Greece. The organization...

The 30th Greek Festival of Sydney proudly presents and honors Patrick Leigh Fermor, generally known as "Paddy". On April 4th at the Greek Orthodox Community Club, Anastastia Anastasiades is going to speak about this great Philhellene, who was an author and a soldier,...

“Philhellenism is the interaction between Greece and the rest of the world” pointed out Deputy Foreign Minister, D. Dollis, during an event organized by the Diplomatic Employees Union at the Foreign Ministry in Athens on Thursday, March 29. The event...

Τhe J. Paul Getty Museum’s Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, LA, is hosting the first US-wide exhibition exploring the origins, myth, cult and Roman adaptation of the ancient Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite. “Aphrodite and the Gods of Love” will...

Austerity-hit Greeks are having less sex as a result of their country’s economic crisis. Urologists in Athens surveyed six hundred men and women on their bedtime behaviours and found a link between belt-tightening and sex drive. “Financial problems and sexual activity...

Pinelopi Tsilas, wife of Executive Director of the Onassis Foundation in New York and Ambassador Lukas Tsilas, was honored for her creative contribution in promoting Greek cultural heritage and language in America as well as her humble charity activities. The...

Everything is ready for the 7th International “Alexander the Great” Marathon to commence this Sunday in Thessaloniki. The places available in both the marathon and the 10km and 5km distances have all been filled. A new record has been reached...

The successful exhibition “Building the Revolution: Architecture and Art in Russia 1915-1935”, which has been presented in the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the La Caixa Forum in Barcelona and Madrid, and in Thessaloniki, where it all began...

The USA President enjoyed Greek tastes, as Maria Loi revealed that she cooked Mediterranean delights for Obama's early and completely-closed-to-press reception for Greek Independence Day, held last Thursday in the East Room. The White House didn't release a guest...

Greek educator, Dimitris Rammos, was awarded at this year’s “Microsoft Partners in Learning” European Forum, which was held in Lisbon and was attended by 250 educators and teachers from 40 European countries. According to the announcement of Microsoft Hellas, Dimitris...

The University of the Cloister of Sor Juana (Universidad de Claustro de Sor Juana) celebrated its foundation on the 28th of March with a Greek themed event that had it all, from Homer and the Ancients to Zorba dancing and Papazoglou songs.

The excavations at the Ancient Agora of Athens, which began in 1931, undoubtedly represent the greatest contribution made by the American School of Classical Studies (ASCS) to Greek archaeology. Excavations have led to the discovery of some 160,000-odd items dating...

After the postponement of the Greek Festival Moonlight Cinema due to bad weather conditions, the 30th Greek Festival of Sydney, Canterbury City Council and Bank of Cyprus Australia present the screening of the entertaining and comical First Time Godfather under...

The mixed municipal choir of Corfu, “San Giacomo”, performed on Monday evening some of the most well known songs of the Greek music tradition in the Esedra di Marco Aurelio hall,  Palazzo dei Conservatori of Rome's Capitoline Museums. The full...