Life

The two Greek-Orthodox churches located in the historical Greek Community in central Vienna, the church of the Holy Trinity and Saint George, participated in this year’s “Long Night of Churches” (Lange Nacht der Kirchen) Friday, June 1. It is...

“Europe owes Greece the foundations of the European spirit and it’s a shame to talk about Greeks with such superficiality and irresponsibility,” noted the Viennese Archbishop Christoph Cardinal Schönborn last night during his speech in the framework of the...

Desperate Greeks heard Friday that public hospitals of the country are lacking in medicine. As a result, people struggling with serious deseases and illnesses are helpless, since the companies providing their medicine announced that they stop transactions with the...

Stacy Skartsiaris, owner of Theo & Stacy's, is a Greek woman living in Kalamazoo, Michigan, who has organized, for the past 36 years, the Greek Festival of the city. She did so all these years along with her late...

After tourists leave the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem at nightfall, a little-known but centuries-old tradition unfolds at one of Christianity’s holiest sites. Clerics from the three largest denominations represented in the church—Greek Orthodox, Armenian and Roman Catholic—gather each...

The Music School of Greek Diaspora Yiannis Polykandriotis, of the famous homonymous bouzouki maestro, has been selected to lead the parade for the “One Month Counting to the London Olympics 2012,’’ playing Greek music at Waltham Cross EN8 7LF on June 23....

The students of Modern Greek Language at the Thiers High School in France chose Aristophanes play “Acharnis” for their school year ending celebration. The students, under the guidance of their Greek teacher Ioanna Mousikoudi, amused the visitors as well the...

"A Green Story" officially kicked off the 2012 Los Angeles Greek Film Festival. The film is a biographical tale based on the life of Van Vlahakis, a Greek immigrant who traveled to the US with just a few dollars...

The Greek Diethnes Vima publishing house will put the book “Los Cinco luchadores cubanos en las cárceles de EE.UU.” (The Five Cuban Fighters in US Prisons) up for sale next week, an initiative aimed at bringing information about the...

The well-known theater play by Lakis Lazopoulos, “Sorry...I’m Greek,” which received warm applause in Europe lately, will also travel to Cyprus July 22-27 for limited performances. The exciting comedy presenting economic and political aspects of developments in Greece under a...

American Madeline Miller is a classics teacher who recently won the very prestigious Orange Prize for fiction at London's Royal Festival Hall. She wrote her debut book "The Song of Achilles" on the life of the ancient Greek warrior...

After a 12-year-lasting preparation, the first ever musical by Yusuf Islam - formerly known as Cat Stevens - "Moonshadow" will make its world premiere at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne today. "Moonshadow" is a magical story about a journey we...

On May 30, Athenians will have the chance to visit an innovative and interesting exhibition at the Benaki Museum. The "Is My Scarf" exhibition presents Greek scarves made of pure silk. The exhibits are made by Greek silk from Soufli....

The collaboration between Greek and Serbian literature magazines was promoted during a discussion that took place in Thessaloniki, as Serbia is this year's guest of honor with a special exhibition at the 9th Thessaloniki International Book Fair. Representatives of the Serbian magazine...

Where do our dreams go? Why are some of them realized while some others are not? Some people believe that our dreams are our hidden wishes and some others that they are wind and they just go away… That is...