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A fifth Greek company joined the international network of Endeavor, as announced on May 13. It is the company Papadimitriou from the food industry, the selection of which was made at the International Selection Panel (ISP) that took place in...

Paniyiri is Queensland’s signature celebration of all things Greek and the state’s largest cultural festival. The event will be held May 19-20 at Musgrave Park and The Greek Club in South Brisbane. Now in its 36th  successful and exciting year,...

The Disneyland Resort in California will be hosting Opa! A Celebration of Greece, from May 25 to 27. It is the first time such an event has taken place in Disneyland and it will offer a series of authentic...

The 13th Pan-Hellenic Festival for the Exchange of Local Seed Varieties that is organized by the Greek Seed bank Peliti will take place on May 11-13, in the region Mesochori, Municipality of Paranesti, Drama Prefecture, North Greece. More than...

The premier of the theatrical performance Who Is Hunting My Life (Pios Ti Zoi Mou) will be held at the Badminton Theater in Athens, on May 10. The performance is a tribute to the great Greek songwriter and composer,...

The Corfian bookstore, Plous (Sail,) is hosting a discussion with Academy of Athens award-winning author, Zephyros Kafkalides, on his new book, What’s left from Plato’s Olive Tree, on May 11, at 20.30, in the town of Corfu. The discussion will...

The video of Alex the lazy Greek which went viral on the Internet last November, showing just how easily the international media had depicted a negative image of Greece due to the ongoing crisis and its European-wide side effects...

The lead singer of the heavy metal band As I Lay Dying, Tim Lambesis, has been charged with plotting to kill his wife, but no motive was given. Authorities said that the Christian heavy metal vocalist of Greek descent had...

Greeks from Kythera were the first to immigrate to Australia and in 1922 founded the Kytherian Brotherhood of Australia, known today as the Kytherian Association of Australia. According to the Association’s Cultural Officer, George Vardas, there are more than 60,000...

Hellenism will honor the memory of 3,700 Greek victims of the Nazi World War II atrocities at the former concentration camp in Mauthausen, Upper Austria, on May 12. Thrice Holy, call of the dead, speeches, wreath laying and presentation of...

The Cultural Center of the City of Tarpon Springs in Florida will present the story of how many Greek Americans reached America’s shores at the concert entitled Xenitia: Journey Songs of the Greek Diaspora. This story has been told...

The first feature film from Xan Cassavetes, daughter of famed Greek-American filmmaker and actor John Cassavetes, hits theaters this week. "Kiss of the Damned" had its debut at the SXSW Film Festival this past March, made its way to VOD,...

The second Gay Pride Festival in Thessaloniki is scheduled for June 14-15 under the slogan Free Minds, Free Bodies. The festival will start with a big street party, while an art exhibition will be hosted at a cultural space. Thessaloniki...

A week-long photo exhibition and related events will take place in Toronto, Canada from May 10-18. The exhibition organized by the Greek America Foundation will feature works from photographers of Greek descent from North America and is hosted in...

First launched in 1993 by the Hellenic Art Galleries Association, Art Athina stands today as one of the longest-lasting contemporary art fairs in Europe and the largest annual visual arts event in Greece, attracting 18,000 visitors. Art-Athina brings together significant...