Life

N. Doumanis, an academic in Australia of Greek descent, wrote the book, Before the Nation: Muslim-Christian Coexistence and its Destruction in Late-Ottoman Anatolia. The book answers questions, such as: What kind of life did Greeks have under the Ottoman Empire?...

Two young men, a house and the different feelings they experience during the development of their relationship is the basic recipe on which the film India Blues is based. The director George Markakis that has known success in the...

George Daskaleas, a visiting professor at Kiev University, was named Ukraine's Man of the Year for 2012 at a recent ceremony. The 17th award ceremony took place in a packed National Palace of Culture in Kiev before politicians, academics,...

Ancient Olympia, the site of the ancient Olympic Games in the Western Peloponnese, has been appointed for symbolic reasons as venue of the International Scientific Conference in October 2013. The Conference, which will take place in the Olympia Conference Center,...

Cuban tradition will take the stage at this year’s Second Cuban Festival which will take place on June 8 at Votanikos Live Stage in Gazi, Athens. The rhythmic beats of Cuban music, with its explosive hip-hop, latin, and salsa rythmes...

Hundreds of Viennese friends of Greece welcomed the famous Greek artist Giorgos Dimou with demonstrations of admiration, at the renowned music theater of Vienna, the Raimund Theatre, where he gave a stunning concert. Dimou has brought Greek music closer...

Greece will be featured at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Regions Capitales pour le cinema that will take place from May 15-26 as the most noted of the world's events on movies No Greek film has been chosen to...

The Paniyiri Greek Festival will take place at the Musgrave Park and the Greek Club in South Brisbane on May 18-19. The visitors will have access to more than 30 food stalls with Greek delicacies from all corners of Greece,...

Vice Mayor of the Municipality of Homeroupolis, Nikos Nyktas, announced a 40 percent reduction in the number of rockets to be fired at the traditional Rocket War (Rouketopolemos) in relation to 2012. The announcement was made during a press conference...

Second-grade students of the Second General Lyceum of Eleftherio-Kordelio, a city in northwest Thessaloniki, started a research in September 2012 trying to collect as much information as possible on the period before and after the Asia Minor Catastrophe and...

Alethea C. Avramis, a student at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television, took home third place honors at the 2013 College Television Emmy Awards held Saturday, April 25. Avramis won the Emmy in the comedy category for her film,...

The pace of modern life may not leave many families with sufficient time to share meals. With the Greek crisis and current economic problems adding extra stress and anxiety to parents and their children alike, Easter time seems like...

AHEPA-Canada (American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association) awarded on April 26, in an event held in the ballroom of the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa, the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, with their highest honor, the Socrates Award. According to...

After taking over Mykonos, Kim, Kourtney and the rest of the Kardashians visited Santorini where they also had a fight with a Greek hotel owner. Local media reported that the first day the Kardashians arrived on the island they wanted...

Greek director Ektoras Lygizos has been awarded in the tenth Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz, which took place in the Austrian city of Linz. He won the first prize (CROSSING EUROPE AWARD European Competition) and €10,000 for his film,...