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What do you get when you mix some quality German beer and a good shoulder of lamb? The Bavarian-Greek Festival of course!  Greeks and Bavarians got together and enjoyed the 7th Hellenic-Bavarian Culture Day, held at the Historical Odeonsplatz in Munich on Sunday....

Greek President Karolos Papoulias officially declared the official opening of the Athens 2011 World Summer Special Olympics on Saturday evening.  It was a spectacular ceremony staged at the Panathinaikon Stadium, the venue of the first modern 1896 Olympic Games.   From...

On Sunday, the 26th of June, the beautiful Liston square on Corfu hosted an extraordinary exhibition of vehicles including Porsches, Mercedes, Minis, convertibles and Cadillacs and competed in a magnificent race. The motor race which began two days ago, set off from one...

The annual Cyprus Wine Festival will take place on Saturday, 25th & Sunday, 26th June at the Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, the most prestigious venue in North London. The official opening of the festival will be on Saturday at 6pm...

"The Palace'' by Anthony Maras has won the the Best Short Film award at the 2011 Sydney Film Festival. The film depicts the horrors of war during the invasion of Cyprus in 1974, as viewed by both sides. The expatriate writer and director Anthony Maras, whose film had recently won the Audience and Best Short Film Award at...

Vefa Alexiadou, Greece's much respected culinary expert, author of best-selling cookbooks and popular TV personality was in Detroit with her daughter, Alexia recently to attend the Metropolis of Detroit Philoptochos Fundraiser. Vefa, with her passion for cooking and her constant...

He is the guy who made the "Raiders of the Lost Arc" adaptation. Together with his friends Eric Zala and Jayson Lamb, in 1982, one year after the movie was screened in the theaters, three kids at the age...

John Varvatos took his audience back in time with his latest fashion collection in Milan. His fab seventies-inspired clothes were reminiscent of favorite styles worn by rockers such as Led Zeppelin, the Who, the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. John Varvatos brought all the...

A statue of Alexander the Great will be erected in the centre of Skopje on Tuesday. According to local media, the statue, designed by the local sculptress Valentina Stevanovska, cost €9 million and is 23 metre tall. The assembly of...

yUMjuGMeWug The above video is based on an old Apple commercial with real pictures of Spain and Greece.  The video shows the broad range of Greece's protesters, from little kids to elderly couples taking up Greece's squares and streets trying...

The St Nicholas Greek Festival will take place from June 17 - 19, at St Nicholas church on 3840 Finch Avenue, Scarborough, Ontario. The beautiful Basilican church modeled after ancient Byzantine architecture and the festival's organizers welcome people to take...

Thomas Belesis, CEO of John Thomas Financial, an independent broker/dealer and investment-banking firm located in New York City's Financial District, received the 2011 Businessman of the Year Award from the New York Republican County Committee at the annual Lincoln...

The 23rd Annual Greek Glenti Festival was held yesterday afternoon, at the historic Bicentennial Park in Darwin. It was a vibrant festival where the Greek community shared their culture with locals and visitors. About 40,ooo people attended the special event. ''The biggest...

The Hellenic-Canadian Board of Trade (HCBT) is holding an extraordinary summer event on Thursday, June 23, at the Palais Royale Ballroom.  The special culinary event will feature local celebrity chefs, the 'Three Greek Sisters' and their authentic Greek cuisine. The three...

Julian "Ju Ju" Marley, son of reggae legend Bob Marley, will be bringing his band 'The Uprising" to Greece this August. Julian Marley who will be touring throughout Europe on his 'Awake ' world tour, will be performing in Italy, France,...