events

The life and times of Spyros Merkouris, who was Mayor of Athens in 1930, were featured at the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) celebration that visited the Greek capital for a third time, and drew 1,20o delegates. The historical...

This week the Benaki Museum will host the event Gastronomy Days - Destination of Origin: Greece, aiming to highlight Greek cuisine and to promote the authentic and unique products of Greece. This event will have a different approach for the...

The 2013 Paniyiri at Brisbane’s Musgrave Park was held successfully this weekend, as tens of thousands of people went to enjoy the sunny weather, the food, wine and dance. Even when the sun started to fall, there was still...

Cheery, dynamic, professionally perfect and above all optimistic, Koza Mostra along with the “heavy artillery,” the Greek folk singer of rebetiko Agathonas Iakovidis, managed to stir up Eurovision despite only a sixth-place finish among 26 countries. The Greek group's performance...

The annual DEKA Awards Gala, through which the Greek business excellence in Montreal is recognized, was held May 17 by the Hellenic Chamber of Commerce of Montreal whose aim is to promote commerce, trade and to reward the sense...

The Secretariat General of Culture of the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs in cooperation with the International Council of Museums branch in Greece presented the program of celebrating events on the occasion of the International Museum Day...

ECOWEEK 2013 New Nordic Living opened in Copenhagen on Monday May 13 with great success and with the presence of over 300 participants from around the world. The international conference ECOWEEK 2013 New Nordic Living in Copenhagen, an initiative of...

The Dance Festival of the Greek Choreographers Association has been organized for the first time in Thessaloniki, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the co-operation of the Greek department of the International Dance Council...

The Greek beer Volkan “born in Santorini” was awarded Product Innovation of the Year at the International Beer Awards of the Canadean’s 9th Annual International Beer Strategy Conference 2013 that took place from 14th to 15th May 2013 in...

The first Greek Wine Festival in Luxembourg will be held May 18-19 in Mondorf, with the aroma and taste of Greece's best. It will take place at the main entrance of Hall Chapito of Casino 2000. The Festival is organized...

Some of the top Greek businesses of the medical and hotel field joined their forces for the first time,  participating in the organization of the first event to promote Greek Medical tourism in Russia, under the title Greek Medical...

The Pan-Hellenic Association of Women Athletes Kallipatira, under the auspices of the Ministry of National Defense, awarded the mothers of the Greek Olympic Champions of Beijing and London, at the Thessaloniki War Museum, on the occasion of Mother’s Day. The...

The International Conference MEDEEA-Mediterranean Energy Cities European Energy Awards that took place in Cyprus’ capital Nicosia on May 15-16 awarded the municipality of Malevizi in the Greek island Crete for its energy-saving policies. During the conference, projects were awarded, among...

Unfortunately, Cyprus has been excluded from this year’s Eurovision’s grand final which will be  held on May 18, in Malmö, Sweden. Despina Olympiou performed, An me thimasai (If you remember me) and ranked fourteenth in the first semifinal. The song...

George Loukos, President and Artistic Director of Athens Festival the last seven years, announced on May 15 the program of the 2013 festival, which will begin on June 1. Loukos was in the difficult position to organize the program in...