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American/Greek composer and performer Yanni will bring his world tour through Australia and New Zealand in January. The symphonic sounds of Yanni has completed a North American tour and the rest of 2012 and into 2013 will see Yanni in...

Greeks have been enthralled by Turkish TV series, The Magnificent Century in recent months. The series is comprised of historical recreations of 16th-century Sultan Suleiman’s life and slick soap opera-like tales of intrigue and family drama, prompting alarmed nationalists...

Cypriot Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, will address the 5th European Heritage Days Forum Oct. 15-16 in Nicosia. Launched in 1985,it has been organized annually every year since 1999 as a joint initiative between...

The Hellenic Relief Foundation INC. is continuing its coordinated efforts aiming at offering help to the vulnerable groups of the Greek people facing a fifth year of recession and a crushing economic crisis. Established in New York in February 2012...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology honored the memory of long-time professor Ilias Gyftopoulos with a special ceremony on Oct. 10. Gyftopoulos passed away on June 23 at the age of 84. He was born in Stemnitsa in Arkadia and...

Vrasidas Karalis' A History of Greek Cinema, the first full-length book on the topic written in English by an Australian academic, combines historical analysis with discussion of cinematic form to construct a narrative history of Greek cinematic successes and...

Thessaloniki will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its liberation and incorporation into Greece with a three-day international symposium and an historical exhibition open to the locals and visitors of the Northern port city. Entitled Thessaloniki: A City in Transition, 1912-2012,...

Xstrata Greek Fest is coming on Oct. 13-14 to Riverway Park, in Kirwan, Townsville and offers visitors the chance to embrace Greek and Australian cultures over a weekend of non-stop entertainment, cuisine, music and dance. More than 40,000 people are...

A spontaneous protest was held on Oct. 9 in Brussels in front of the Greek embassy, against the visit to Athens of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Left-wing activists, Members of the European Parliamen from the Greek Coalition of the Radical...

German media reports on Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to Athens to meet Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Oct. 9 concentrated not on the economic talks but the protests which caricatured her as a bullying Nazi. Most mass media published pictures...

The red carpet, lights, media, celebrities and VIP guests will showcase the Australian premiere of Nisos 2 as Sydney prepares to launch the National run of the 19th Annual Greek Film Festival on Oct. 16 at Palace Norton Street...

According to Neos Kosmos, Canberra’s premier chamber ensemble, The Griffyn Ensemble will be transporting Old Melbourne Gaol to the Peloponnese in Greece with famous composer Mikis Theodorakis’ rousing March of the Spirit – a folk oratorio based on Angelos...

The Embassy of Israel in Athens, in cooperation with the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation has organized a tribute to the Israeli Cinema, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education & Religion Affairs, Culture and Sports. Israeli filmmakers will showcase their...

As German Chancellor Angela Merkel was set to visit Athens on Oct. 9 to meet Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäeuble said Greece will get a delayed $38.8 billion loan installment that is the last due...

Greek amateur Youtubers bring Gangnam Style to Greece and create parodies and covers of Psy's music video that has taken the world by storm. The original video on youtube climbed to 100 million views in 51 days — faster than Justin...