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A concert to celebrate Cyprus was held at the Brahms Hall at the renowned Concert of the Society of the Friends of Music in Vienna, sponsored by the Cypriot Cultural Centre. Founded in 1812, the name of the society...

Greece's media outlets, many with political agendas and criticized as being run by business interests closely aligned with government administrations, are being hit hard by the country's crushing economic crisis, with some in dire financial straits. Nikos Xidakis, a columnist...

Theodoros Skylakakis, a Greek Member of the European Parliament from the Alliance of Liberal and Democrats (ALDE) hosted a conference on Success Stories Made in Greece to show there's more than a crisis going on in the country. It...

More than 500 million euros have been collected by the program Helping the Children of Greece, announced last June both by Germany's bishop Augustine and the Bavarian Minister for Family and Social Affairs, Christine Haderthauer. Among the deposits made was...

The well-known Cypriot composer, Michalis Christodoulidis, gave a concert titled Myths and Music held in the Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic, Bratislava, on the occasion of the Cypriot EU Presidency. The lyrics were in Cypriot dialect sung by...

The late Jimi Hendrix has often been named the world's greatest guitarist, an elite acknowledgment given the stiff competition. But when asked by American reporters who his choice was, he surprised them by saying, "You believe I'm the best...

While the crisis is taking over Greece for the fifth year in a row, and recession and unemployment are estimated to further rise in 2013, people in Greece are turning towards faith for solace and power to endure what...

The Greek documentary Seatrac, a story about a way that people in wheelchairs can enjoy the sea,  is only three minutes long but manages in this little time to make direct references to culture, love, compassion, understanding and human...

The cold months have arrived, even in Greece. The beaches are replaced by gathering at tavernas, estiatoria and warm fireplaces with family and friends. Chestnuts are being gathered, the aroma of quinces wafts through the home and the slaughter...

At a concert given by The Modern Conservatory of Larissa and Cultural Association of Tyrnavos in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Greek musicians received a warm applause for their performance. The event was held in the auditorium of the National School...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (Society of Music Friends in Vienna) and some of the most distinguished artists of classical music will be performing at its Bicentenary. The Society of Music Friends inVienna...

The 35th Cairo International Film Festival 2012 will bring a diverse screening program from around the world, after a one year break because of political problems, and this year's event features some notable Greek movies. The festival takes places from...

One of the major Greek cultural events in years, the theatrical production of  He Who Must Die, will be performed in Richmond Hill, Ontario on Jan. 4-6, 2013. Based on Nikos Kazantzakis' Christ Re-crucified, this powerful dramatic play will be...

Following last year’s success, the successful Greek National Theater’s performance Foreigner will be performed in Stuttgart, in the SETT Festival (Stuttgarder Europa Theater Treffen) on Nov. 26 and 27. The two one-act plays, commissioned by the GNT and written by...

Acclaimed composer Mimis Plessas performed for a charity concert in Frankfurt hosted at the Alte Oper Frankfurt Benefiz in aid of the SOS Children's Villages. Alexandra Gravas, mezzo Soprano, was the one to initiate the idea of the concert. The...