Diaspora

The Greek University of Patras announced recently that is opening a branch in Alexandria, Egypt in a first-of-its-kind move by a Greek higher education institution. On Friday at the offices of the Greek community of Alexandria, the rector of the...

Nick and Mary Mathews, who emigrated to the US and found prosperity there are symbols of the bond between Greece and the U.S.

Today marks 20 years since the terrorist attacks in New York City that took place on 9/11. All of the fallen heroes are being remembered.

Scottish-Australian physician Norman Swan has made a complex discovery recently. Swan found that Greek-Australians, despite subscribing to potentially life-threatening practices and diets, have the second highest life expectancy behind the Japanese. Swan dubbed this situation "the Greek Paradox" in his...

Nikos Andriotis, the former president of the historic community of the Cathedral of St. Demetrios of Astoria, located in Astoria, New York, passed away at the age of 82 on Saturday, September 2nd. The dedicated benefactor of the Greek-American...

A Greek couple married for 70 years that has lived the American Dream has recently returned to their village near Kozani, northern Greece, the place where they first met and fell in love. 95-year-old Mike Daniel (Michalis Daniil) and his...

Ekaterini Plessou-Crummer, the first female Greek immigrant to Australia in the mid-1800s, has an incredible personal story that is filled with encounters with historical figures of the Greek War of Independence. Plessou was born in a small village in Thesprotia...

It was a day much like any other, on August 27, 1829 when the first-ever recorded Greeks set foot on the continent of Australia.

Very few people know that the man who took the brave decision back in the 1960's to add pineapple to a pizza was a Greek immigrant to Canada.

The National Hellenic Museum (NHM) will hold its annual gala supporting the museum’s mission to share Greek history, art, culture, and the Greek-American story. The upcoming event will include fine dining, live music, dancing, and a spectacular auction. The gala...

The name Vlahakis is widespread in Zambia, thanks to a brave Greek man from the island of Crete called Nikolaos Vlahakis who arrived in southern Africa at the end of the 19th century. His descendants, who are members of the...

Greek-Australian TV star Thaao Penghlis of US long-running drama Days of Our Lives is launching a fascinating podcast about the life of Heinrich Schliemann, the German archaeologist who, in the 19th century, brought back to light the greatest ancient Greek...

In a recent study about DNA, new information has been uncovered regarding how different groups mixed together during the European Stone Age. This study gives us more insight into times when groups came together and when they stayed apart. Scientists...

Venice was the place where the first Greek Diaspora settled in the modern, post-Byzantine era. The Greeks who arrived in Venice included all classes, from the daughter of the last Byzantine Prime Minister, the Duchess Notarina, to merchants, artisans, soldiers,...

French archaeologists have used ancient DNA to create large family trees from the distant past. These family trees show how people were related over many generations and comprise the most expansive record of family history to ever exist. The family...