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Cretan Artist Bikakis Brings Down the House in Vienna

Cretan lyra virtuoso, singer and songwriter Stelios Bikakis and his eight-member band impressed a Vienna audience and members of the Greek Community in the Austrian capital during a three-hour concert at the internationally acclaimed Wiener Konzerthaus (Vienna Concert Hall). The...

British Fulham Signs Greece’s Captain, Karagounis

Giorgos Karagounis, a former player for the Greek football team Panathinaikos, will play for the British Fulham, as GreekReporter reported earlier this week. The 35-year-old captain of the Greece national team  joins on a free transfer, having been without a...

Dimitriou, Saleas Cordially Welcomed by Turkish Fans

Famous Greek singer Angela Dimitriou has visited neighboring Turkey several times to perform on stage. Her last concert, thanks to the thousands of Turks who attended the show, proved her popularity once more. On Sept. 9, Angela Dimitriou along with...

Zois’ Film Out of Frame Wins Venice Film Festival

The Greek short film Out of Frame (Titloi Telous in Greek) directed by Yorgos Zois was awarded the European Film Awards 2012- EFA prize at the 69th International Venice Film Festival, and now goes to the 2,700 members of...

Papanikolaou’s Career to Be Presented in Ukraine

The Odessa branch of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture has organized various events to honor the renowned Dr. Georgios Papanikolaou, a Greek pioneer who invented the so-called Pap test, a test allowing early detection of cervical cancer. Entitled The Great...

A 150-Year-Old Greek Paniyiri in Epirus Struggles On

This is probably the oldest paniyiri (traditional Greek festival) in Greece. According to local authorities of Kato Ksechoro village in Filiatra of Thesprotia Prefecture, a paniyiri in honor of Virgin Mary of Labovo has been annually without interruption for...

Demi Moore on Mykonos, Roman Abramovic on Kefalonia

The list of celebrities spending their summer vacations in Greece this year was long indeed. After John Travolta, Robert DeNiro, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and many others, actress Demi Moore was the next Hollywood star to arrive. Residents of...

Toronto’s Dinner-and-Movie Date With Olympia Dukakis

The Greek America Foundation is planning a special evening with Oscar award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis in Toronto, starting with a viewing of her starring role in Moonstruck, then a question-and-answer session, a private reception and private dinner for a...

New Zealander’s Role in Battle of Crete to Be Filmed

A New Zealander soldier's life and action while fighting against the Nazis at the Battle of Crete will be filmed, based on Murray Elliott's novel Vasili, the Lion of Crete, based on real-life exploits. The production is expected to...

Actor John Stamos Presents His Beloved Santorini

The famous Greek American actor John Stamos, now starring in Gore Vidal's The Best Man, told his fans in an interview with Vanity Fair magazine that his father's native Greek island of Santorini is never far from his mind...

Indican Acquires “A Green Story” to Be Released on Earth Day

Indican Pictures has acquired exclusive North American rights to Paramyth Films' Van Vlahakis biopic "A Green Story," and plans an April theatrical release in conjunction with Earth Day. Variety reports that the distributor also holds all video, television, ancillary...

Greece Enters ‘Unfair World’ for Best Foreign Film Oscar

Filippos Tsitos has already received much praise for his film "Unfair World," and now Greece has chosen it to represent the country in the Oscar ballot for best foreign-language film. The film is based on a 60-year-old Greek interrogator (played...

Greek Food Companies Promote Products at Australian Exhibit

Greek and Cypriot companies are gearing up to display their products from Sept. 10-13 in Melbourne, where some 35 businesses from the two countries will participate in Australia's largest international food and hospitality event. More than 1,000 companies representing the...

EU’s Education Chief Vassileiou Gives Literacy Warning

In a speech in Nicosia in her home country of Cyprus, The European Union's Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Commissioner Androula Vassileiou said that illiteracy is still a lingering problem in many countries. She was speaking at a conference organized...

Greek Crisis Conference Slated for London

The Reload Greece Conference, which aims to produce insights into the challenges of Greece’s lagging economic development and inspire the next generation to create innovative enterprises, will be held at the Hellenic Center of London on Sept. 22, with the support...