Greece

"If language was just a means of communication, there wouldn’t be a problem. But it so happens that it represents a tool of enchantment and a bearer of moral values. Over the centuries, language takes on a particular ethos....

The Athens Concert Hall, i.e. Megaron, will organize an international conference with two nights of poetry and music.  The conference will mark the 100th anniversary since the birth of Nobel laureate poet Odysseas Elytis. The events have been organised...

A series of cultural events will be held at the end of July on Lesvos island[...]

World Poetry Day on Monday will be marked with a tribute to Greece's Nobel[...]

Greek folk songs of the 1821 Revolution not only told stories of brave revolutionaries, but also served as historical texts and diffusors of tradition

Greek surrealist painter and poet Nikos Engonopoulos is one of the most well-known modern Greek painters internationally. He was an important figure in the Generation of the '30s, a prominent group of artists and thinkers in Greece. This group was fascinated...

Greek olive oil is synonymous with Greek tradition, a healthy diet and its rich history, Called  “Liquid Gold," it epitomizes the country.

Yannis Tsarouchis was one of the most prominent figures of Greek art.

Olive oil, or “Liquid Gold” as Homer called it, has been part of Greece's history since antiquity. It is an irreplaceable part of Greek diet

A third volume of poems by the iconic modern Greek poet Yannis Ritsos has just been published in English by Manolis Aligizakis.

  A brilliant young Greek postgraduate student Apostolos Garoufos, and his professor, Telemachus Goudas, have created a new, revolutionary software for the blind. Named "MinaDot", the application may soon be available for free online everywhere in the world. Speaking with the...

Greek mythology usually links the Greek island of Ios to Homer, the epic poet who died on the island incapable of solving the riddle the local fishermen posed him. In fact, in the region known as Plakotos, there is...

The passing of Grigoris Bithikotsis on April 7, 2005 marked the end of the era of the great Greek folk singers (laikos tragoudistis) and songwriters. Voices like that of Bithikotsis belong to a different time, to a different Greece. The...

Two translators of Irish origin and a Greek publisher presented a series of translations of modern Greek literature on the beautiful Alonnisos island. The Aiora publishing house is a labor of love for Aris Laskaratos, former interpreter in the European...

The Special Permanent Committee on Greeks Abroad unanimously voted to ask the Ministries of Education and Culture to initiate immediate procedures for issuing a Presidential Decree to establish an International Greek Language and Greek Culture Day, upon the recommendation...