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Dr. Zhang Qing, Head of the Curatorial and Research Department at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing gave a lecture titled Maritime Culture and Chinese Art at the Hellenic American College in Athens on November 23. IN his...

Business Insider UK recently published a Glassdoor report titled "Which Countries in Europe Offer the Best Standard of Living?" which takes into consideration the wages and living costs of EU cities in ranking them as affordable. Surprisingly, Glassdoor economic research has...

George Dimopoulos has lived in the U.S. from when he was just 23-years-old after he emigrated from his home country of Greece. He came from a poor household that wasn't able to support him and sent him on his own to Greece's capital city...

The National Hellenic Student Association (NHSA) of North America, Inc. a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, hosted their bi-annual convention in Boston, MA, November 4th-6th, 2016. NHSA succeeded in uniting over 150 students and young professionals from across the U.S., Canada,...

Room18 is an entire exhibition dedicated to the design of urban hotel rooms in Greece and opens its doors at the Benaki Museum's Pireos Street Annexe on Friday, November 18. The exhibit features three life-size room designs that won awards...

According to the report 2016 Eurobarometer Survey on Media Pluralism and Democracy, Greeks have very little to no trust in the national media. The data revealed that only 26 percent of the country's population finds the national media trustworthy. Also addressed...

On November 11, on what has been dubbed as "Single's Day" in China, where people seek out their "Mr/Ms Right," a concert took place at the Jinsha Theatre in Chengdu setting the mood for romantic encounters. The ancient Chinese city...

The website for Greek Liquid Gold: Authentic Extra Virgin Olive Oil has recently had a facelift as described in a press release on the website hellenicnews.com. It all began with an American living in Crete creating a new website about...

The French embassy, the French Institute (L’Institut français de Grèce) and the French-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce & Industry are organizing the first business forum on energy, the environment and innovation which will be held on November 24-25 in Athens. "My...

From November 12-19 the Greek Food Festival will be taking place at dusitD2’s Soko restaurant in Kenya. The week-long food festival is open for all to enjoy and is sponsored by dusitD2 Nairobi and Qatar Airways. DusitD2 notes that tables...

US President Barak Obama is due to visit Athens in two days. Sources have detailed the official program of Obama's trip, which is packed with meetings and events. Starting off on November 15, as President Obama arrives in Athens he will...

This year over 50,000 athletes originating from 105 countries participated in the 34th Athens Authentic Marathon, Kenyan athlete Luka Rotis Loumpouan was the victor of the challenging 42.195 meter race. Loumpouan finished the race as he entered the packed Panathenaic Stadium to the...

Commuters at Athens central Syntagma Square, in front of Greek Parliament, were amused as a meteor was staged to look as though it had crash-landed. Dozens of onlookers were drawn to the campaign organized by the Association of Greek...

Greece's National Archaeological Museum and the Atenistas community have got together to organize what they have called an "archaeological treasure hunt" that will take place in Athens this Sunday, as part of a year of events celebrating the 150th...

The Greek Parliament's presidents conference convened on Thursday in a spirit of consensus regarding the consolidation of the National Council of Radio and Television (NCRTV), under the guidance of Greek Parliament President Nikos Voutsis. Following a number of failed...