Life

The Greek documentary Seatrac, a story about a way that people in wheelchairs can enjoy the sea,  is only three minutes long but manages in this little time to make direct references to culture, love, compassion, understanding and human...

The cold months have arrived, even in Greece. The beaches are replaced by gathering at tavernas, estiatoria and warm fireplaces with family and friends. Chestnuts are being gathered, the aroma of quinces wafts through the home and the slaughter...

At a concert given by The Modern Conservatory of Larissa and Cultural Association of Tyrnavos in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Greek musicians received a warm applause for their performance. The event was held in the auditorium of the National School...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (Society of Music Friends in Vienna) and some of the most distinguished artists of classical music will be performing at its Bicentenary. The Society of Music Friends inVienna...

The 35th Cairo International Film Festival 2012 will bring a diverse screening program from around the world, after a one year break because of political problems, and this year's event features some notable Greek movies. The festival takes places from...

One of the major Greek cultural events in years, the theatrical production of  He Who Must Die, will be performed in Richmond Hill, Ontario on Jan. 4-6, 2013. Based on Nikos Kazantzakis' Christ Re-crucified, this powerful dramatic play will be...

Following last year’s success, the successful Greek National Theater’s performance Foreigner will be performed in Stuttgart, in the SETT Festival (Stuttgarder Europa Theater Treffen) on Nov. 26 and 27. The two one-act plays, commissioned by the GNT and written by...

Acclaimed composer Mimis Plessas performed for a charity concert in Frankfurt hosted at the Alte Oper Frankfurt Benefiz in aid of the SOS Children's Villages. Alexandra Gravas, mezzo Soprano, was the one to initiate the idea of the concert. The...

The Spanish newspaper El Mundo published an extensive report on the innovative website HireaGreek.com, created last March by Greek Reporter. The idea for the initiative that aims to help jobless Greeks find jobs came from Anastasios Papapostolou, founder and Editor-in-Chief...

In a ceremony organized by the Cyprus Embassy in Austria and held in Vienna, Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos called for the termination of what he said was the destruction of the Cypriot cultural heritage by Turkish occupation forces. The event...

Many prominent migrants who were forced to leave Greece along with their parents during the "stone years," were given the opportunity to share their stories with the help of modern technology at an exhibition held in  Melbourne's Hellenic Museum. Rare...

Andrew Horton, the Jeanne H. Smith Professor of Film and Video Studies of the University of Oklahoma, will be giving a presentation about the Life, Times and Influence of Melina Mercouri at the Greek Orthodox Community Club on...

Some 150 people attended a demonstration outside the Greek embassy in Prague on Nov. 26, demanding the release of two Bohemia Interactive. employees, Martin Pezlar and Ivan Buchta, detained in Greece two months ago over charges of espionage. They were...

In a special memorial ceremony held in Odeonsplatz, Munich, the Foreign Advisory Council honored the recent victims of neo-Nazism, among whom is our compatriot, Theodoros Voulgaridis, who was murdered on June 15, 2005 in Munich. The event was attended by...

WOMADelaide, the Australian WOMAD festival, has invited Greek composer, singer and lyra performer  Antonis Xylouris, nicknamed Psarantonis, to perform at the event in March 2013. Psarantonis comes from the mountainous village of Anogeia in Crete and is the younger brother...