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Zakynthos Hosts Creative Art Meeting
The Municipality of Zakynthos is organizing for the second year in a row the International of Art and Creation Festival which aims to establish international art meetings on an annual basis and use the island as its destination.
Besides the...
Canada
Toronto Film Festival to Focus on Athens for 2013 City to City Programme
Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, and Dimitri Eipides, International Programmer for the Festival, announced today that the city of Athens, Greece will be the focus of the 2013 City to City programme at the...
Europe
Diamantis Tops Diplomacy PR In London
The Head of the Greek Press Office in London, Spyros Diamantis was awarded with the 2013 prize of Diplomat Awards for Outstanding Contribution to the Press Corps among his peers serving in the UK's capital, an event sponsored by...
Europe
A Week Before Eurovision’s Semi-Finals
The Greek participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song Alcohol is Free, interpreted by Agathonas Iakovidis and Koza Mostra, will be presented ninth during the second semi-finals in the city of Malmö in Sweden, on May...
Hollywood
Greek Films Win Big at South East European Film Festival
The 8th Annual South East European Film Festival (SEEFest) wrapped up at Los Angeles' UCLA Bridges Theater on Monday, May 6, and Greek films were a dominant presence at the awards ceremony.
The festival took place over five days and...
Europe
Chatzis’ 100th Marked In Hungary
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dimitris Chatzis (1913-1981), the Press and Communication Office of the Greek Embassy in Hungary, in cooperation with the Department of Modern Greek Studies of the University organized a...
Canada
Sun Shines On Montreal’s Greek Easter
Greeks in Montreal enjoyed a sunlit Easter Sunday on May 5. awaking after midnight ceremonies in the city's 12 Greek Orthodox Churches that were packed with the faithful.
The Bishop of Canada in his Easter message, called on Greeks around...
Culture
Corfu Packed Again at Easter
No doubt the cosmopolitan island of Corfu is the most popular Easter destination in Greece. Once again this year, Corfu had the chance to prove that its traditions are still alive and strong. The numerous visitors that went to...
Australia
Doumanis On Muslim- Christian Coexistence
N. Doumanis, an academic in Australia of Greek descent, wrote the book, Before the Nation: Muslim-Christian Coexistence and its Destruction in Late-Ottoman Anatolia.
The book answers questions, such as: What kind of life did Greeks have under the Ottoman Empire?...
Europe
India Blues, Greek Surprise in Cannes
Two young men, a house and the different feelings they experience during the development of their relationship is the basic recipe on which the film India Blues is based. The director George Markakis that has known success in the...
Europe
Daskaleas Ukraine’s Man of The Year
George Daskaleas, a visiting professor at Kiev University, was named Ukraine's Man of the Year for 2012 at a recent ceremony. The 17th award ceremony took place in a packed National Palace of Culture in Kiev before politicians, academics,...
Archaeology
International Scientific Conference in Ancient Olympia
Ancient Olympia, the site of the ancient Olympic Games in the Western Peloponnese, has been appointed for symbolic reasons as venue of the International Scientific Conference in October 2013.
The Conference, which will take place in the Olympia Conference Center,...
Art
The 2nd Cuba Festival in Athens
Cuban tradition will take the stage at this year’s Second Cuban Festival which will take place on June 8 at Votanikos Live Stage in Gazi, Athens.
The rhythmic beats of Cuban music, with its explosive hip-hop, latin, and salsa rythmes...
Europe
Singer Dimou Shines In Vienna Concert
Hundreds of Viennese friends of Greece welcomed the famous Greek artist Giorgos Dimou with demonstrations of admiration, at the renowned music theater of Vienna, the Raimund Theatre, where he gave a stunning concert. Dimou has brought Greek music closer...
Europe
Cannes Film Festival to Honor Greece
Greece will be featured at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Regions Capitales pour le cinema that will take place from May 15-26 as the most noted of the world's events on movies
No Greek film has been chosen to...