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NEW YORK (AMNA) -- Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Dollis, responsible for Overseas Hellenism issues, will represent the government at the established annual ceremony that will be held at the White House on Thursday, March 22. During the ceremony, United States President...

The famous Italian actor, director and screenwriter, Roberto Benigni, will be inaugurated as Honorary Lecturer of the Italian Language and Literature Department at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He was selected because of his brilliant artistic career and his original...

Zorba the Greek comes to Blu-ray on June 5th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Cinefiles and collectors can pre-order the film exclusively through Screen Archives to receive the Blu-ray in advance on April 3rd. Featuring the unforgettable Oscar-nominated performance by...

The 29-year-old actor Clémence Poesie will be in Greece next Monday in order to participate in the 13th French Film Festival as a member of the jury panel. The famous actor, whose last name means ‘poetry’, is using her acting...

Since its establishment in 1821, the Greek state has declared its intentions to return to Athens the sculptures from the Parthenon held by the British Museum. This is what twenty-one documents, under the title “The Acropolis of Athens”, revealing...

On the occasion of World Poetry Day, contemporary poets, students, and other citizens of Thessaloniki are going to recite poems by M. Anagnostakis (b. Thessaloniki 1925 - d. Athens 2005) during a special ceremony organized by the Publishers Association...

The Greek-Orthodox fasting season is well underway. The word “fasting” is usually associated with liquid only diets or other strict ways of eating. This type of fasting however is a bit more lenient and tasty; The Christian Greek Orthodox...

Theatrical publications, ancient Greek drama and modern plays, and most importantly, the play “Pachni” of Antonis and Konstantinos Koufalis, directed by Takis Tzamargias, were some of the artistic works that made Greek presence really strong during the 28th International...

The Board of Directors of the American Hellenic Council (AHC) will honor Andrew N. Liveris, Chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company, with the 2012 Aristeio Award in Business on March 31st. Mr. Liveris is an American business executive...

The World Hellenic Biomedical Association (WHBA) has officially announced the operation of the 1st Summer School in Medical & Biosciences Research & Management to be held in Greece from May 20 to 29, 2012. From the total of 140 undergraduate and...

The first online community for all Greeks who live in Greece or abroad has been established. For the first time there is a worldwide web for every Greek that has conquered the world with his personality, hard work, creativity...

It has been a busy week in Austin, Texas. The SxSW Interactive, Film& Music conferences are finally over… with over 10,000 artists performing and God only knows how many registrants. The 2012 edition, as probably been one of the...

The Greek economic crisis could not overshadow the 14th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, which lasted for ten days from March 9 to March 18 and included participants from more than 40 countries. About 185 film productions joined this year’s festival...

The old school Greek film production “The Germans Strike Again” will take the central stage of the National Theatre of Northern Greece (NTNG) on Sunday, March 18. There is nothing out of the ordinary about the theatrical performance of the...

A major supermarket chain company in Northern Greece has launched an invitation to all willing unshaven men to participate in a group shave that will enter the World Guinness Records book. The group shave event will take place on Sunday,...