Diaspora

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias paid a visit to the Hellenic Community Centre of Greater Montreal and thanked the Canadian diaspora for preserving Greek culture and language. "I'd like to thank you from the bottom of my heart, on behalf...

Former President of Uruguay Luis Alberto Lacalle de Herrera lauded his country's ties to Greece. "Greece is everywhere in Uruguay," Lacalle said speaking on the sidelines of the Concordia Americas Summit held in Florida last week. The veteran politician is...

Greek American Roy Vagelos and his wife Diana Vagelos have made a $175 million gift to Columbia University to create the Vagelos Institute for Biomedical Research Education. Columbia University said the Institute will be home to PhD students pursuing the...

The Greek-Australian Writers' Festival, presented by the Greek Festival of Sydney and UTS Journalism and Writing, will highlight the best of Greek-Australian literature. Directed by Dr Helen Vatsikopoulos, Professional Fellow UTS, this highly anticipated event will be held on Sunday...

Tasos Zambas is a Greek Cypriot American who has been defending the national interests of Greece and Cyprus in the US since he immigrated as a refugee from his ancestral home following the Turkish invasion of 1974. Zambas, a close...

Thousands of Greeks from the western states of the US gathered in Phoenix, Arizona for a festival of Greek music and dance, organized by the Orthodox Church of America. The Festival (FDF), which was originally launched 46 years ago, was...

Greek-Australian singer Vassy Karagiorgos, better known by her stage name VASSY, has topped the US dance charts with her song "pieces", which became the Most Added Dance Track In The US and the third most played song on dance...

The Congressional Hellenic Caucus for the 118th Congress was launched last week with co-chairs Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-012). The two co-chairs were joined by vice Co-Chairs Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01)...

On Sunday, February 12, Greek-born American football defensive end George Karlaftis will play for the first time in the NFL Super Bowl. The match is set to take place at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, between American Football...

Greece will donate towards the construction of two football fields named Greece (Grecia) in Berisso, Argentina, where the oldest Greek Community in South America lives. The announcement was made by Greek FM Nikos Dendias on Wednesday during the first-ever visit...

The 32nd Annual Leadership 100 Conference concluded on February 5, 2023, with a Liturgy, celebrated by Archbishop Elpidophoros of America at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Phoenix, Arizona. The Conference, bringing together prominent members of the Greek diaspora in the US,...

Greece seeks to strengthen its ties with Uruguay and the Greek diaspora in the South American country with the first-ever visit by a Greek foreign affairs minister. Uruguay is a country of philhellenes. Ancient Greece features prominently in the South...

An 82-year-old Greek Australian grandmother has been charged with smuggling cocaine after South Australia police raided her on Wednesday. Evdocia ‘Effie’ Pehlivanidis, a grandmother of six, was charged with allegedly importing $3.2 million worth of cocaine alongside her 30-year-old grandson...

Only five percent of Greeks living abroad plan to return home in the next five years, a survey by the University of Macedonia revealed on Friday. According to the results of a survey on the attitude of Greek Immigrants to...

Greek-American scholar Kathryn Vaggalis has untangled the complex racial identity of early Greek immigrants to America in her research of Greek "picture brides." Picture brides, or women in their home country who were "matched" with a husband in America only...