Diaspora

The Hellenic Initiative’s (THI) 7th Annual London Gala held at The Dorchester on October 5, demonstrated the Greek Diaspora’s solidarity with the people of Greece in the aftermath of this summer’s devastating floods and wildfires, raising more than $300,000...

The Hellenic Cultural Society is organizing the first ever South Florida Greek Film Festival on October 14th to 15th and October 21st. The Society is dedicated to promoting Hellenism's cultural richness in the contemporary world and enhancing South Florida's cultural...

The rich history of the Greeks in Canada is being cataloged and digitized at York University by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF). The HHF Greek Canadian Archives (HHF GCA) announced recently a series of significant milestones in its ongoing mission...

Harvard Kennedy School of Government professor Elizabeth Linos has been awarded the David N. Kershaw Award and Prize for her contributions to improving government. Professor Linos will be recognized at the upcoming 2023 Annual Fall Research Conference this November. The David...

Over one in ten holiday home (12.35 percent) acquisitions this year in Greece were made by Greeks of the diaspora, data released by estate agents Elxis show. Elxis, with offices in Thessaloniki, Crete, and Utrecht in the Netherlands, is an...

Greek-born adoptees are poised to converge on their homeland of Greece this October 14th to October 19th for the historic Second Annual Greek Adoptee/Greek Family Reunion. Building upon the amazing success of the First Annual Greek Adoptee Reunion in Nashville,...

George Logothetis, Executive Chairman of Libra Group, warned about the dangers to Democracy posed by artificial intelligence in a speech at the Concordia Summit. The proud Greek-American executive delivered a powerful defense of democratic values— 'Demokratia,' as the Greeks call...

The National Hellenic Museum (NHM) raised over $925,000 this past weekend at its 2023 Gala, in support of its mission to share Greek history, art, culture and the Greek-American story. NHM Chairman John P. Calamos, Sr. and NHM Gala Chairman...

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...

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...

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.