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The Mediterranean diet has numerous supporters all over the world and undoubtedly, their favorite ingredient is olive oil. The Mediterranean food pyramid is based on the essential oil so it's no surprise that Greeks try to promote this beneficial and...

Lakis Lazopoulos is preparing his European Comedy Tour 2012 with the theatrical play “Sorry… I’m Greek,” which apparently has plenty of messages to send across Europe. “Those of you who are Greek can realize the tone hidden behind this ‘sorry.’...

Greek university students managed to win several distinctions and two gold medals at the 29th South Eastern European Mathematical Olympiad, held April 26-May 2. The Hellenic Mathematical Society points out that "Greek students, members of the Greek Mathematical team, distinguished...

A public lecture on the novels of Nikos Kazantzakis will be held next week to commemorate 55 years since the death of the famed writer. The lecture - "The superman and human transcendence in the novels of Nikos Kazantzakis" -...

George Dimou, along with other musicians, sang in Raimund Theatre in Vienna on May 7 and the audience was fascinated. While on the "Syrtaki 2012" tour, Dimou plans to perform in six Austrian cities and present Austrians with some Greek folk...

A photo exhibition will take place from May 8-18 at the Cultural Center of Municipality of Sykies, Thessaloniki. The exhibition, titled "Thessaloniki In the Course of Time, 1912-1922," is a collaboration of the Municipality of Sykies and the Holy Metropolis of...

Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) presents renowned Greek shadow puppet player Evgenios Spatharis, which they have digitized. The episode featured by the ERT archives is "Evgenios Spatharis-1959." Despite the fact that the puppet player began his performances in 1942, the documentary...

On May 7, the Hellenic Film Academy organized an Award Event to honor Greek filmmakers who struggle to work without any financial support. The list of the interesting and innovative Greek films, which never get promoted in their own...

Greeks of Elwood will have the chance to entertain themselves in a boite-style climate. A series of small boite-style intimate music sessions from local award winning songwriters and musicians of the Greek diaspora will perform in May on Tuesdays at...

The Hellenic Cultural Institute of Berlin and Greek Film Center have organized a film festival with Greek movies in Berlin. Arsenal cinema presents, until May 30, 13 modern Greek movies filmed from 2009 through 2012. Despite the financial crisis, these...

The University of Melbourne has one of the most important collections of Cypriot antiquities and has organized a ceramic art exhibition. The exhibition, which is open from April 21 through October 10, includes a wide range of Bronze and Iron...

After many successful performances in festivals all over Europe and at the largest Children’s Theatre Festival in Washington DC in 2011, Aeroplio is coming to Sydney to perform shows in the Greek language for students and parents of the...

Sokratis Alafouzos, a renowned Greek actor, wrote the screenplay and directed the short film "Little King." His movie was awarded Audience's Choice at the 60°N Os International Film Festival in Norway. The movie is about a Greek man in his early...

For the past six years, Greek actor Costas Karras was fighting cancer. Despite the doctors' hopeful predictions, Costas Karras did not manage to beat his illness. He passed away on Sunday, May 6, early in the morning, at the...

The list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants is compiled by British Restaurant Magazine, which recently announced this year's list. The results include restaurants of every continent, but Spondi is the only Greek restaurant which managed to make the list. The renowned Athens-based...