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After a 12-year-lasting preparation, the first ever musical by Yusuf Islam - formerly known as Cat Stevens - "Moonshadow" will make its world premiere at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne today. "Moonshadow" is a magical story about a journey we...

On May 30, Athenians will have the chance to visit an innovative and interesting exhibition at the Benaki Museum. The "Is My Scarf" exhibition presents Greek scarves made of pure silk. The exhibits are made by Greek silk from Soufli....

The collaboration between Greek and Serbian literature magazines was promoted during a discussion that took place in Thessaloniki, as Serbia is this year's guest of honor with a special exhibition at the 9th Thessaloniki International Book Fair. Representatives of the Serbian magazine...

Where do our dreams go? Why are some of them realized while some others are not? Some people believe that our dreams are our hidden wishes and some others that they are wind and they just go away… That is...

The Aristofanis Association in Munich devoted one week to the work of the author George Lekakis, who writes about folklore issues. This event was part of several events undertaken by the Greek schools of the Bavarian capital, organized in collaboration with...

By now, Alex Lykos has created a theatrical following due to his previous Adam and Eve plays. Alex’s latest installment is called "Better Man." It is currently playing in Sydney from May 24-June 10, and moves away totally from...

The Posidonia Shipping Exhibition is expected to provide Athens with almost 50 million euros, with 17,000 people from 90 different countries, of which 10,000 belong to high-paid classes. Posidonia is the world's biggest shipping exhibition and will take place in...

The Leonidas and Eftychia Theatre Group returns to New York this fall to present the classic Greek tragedy Euripides play “Helen” in La MaMa ETC, 74A East 4th Street. After mounting two successful off-Broadway runs of Aeschylus’s Oresteia (2010)...

Greek-American Giorgos Pagoulatos was among the thousands of students in the U.S. Military Academy in West Point for the 2012 academic year. The young valedictorian received his award during a special graduation ceremony. American Vice President Joe Biden presented a...

The Modern Greek Teachers Association of Victoria (MGTAV) held their annual conference "The Greek Language in Australia - Sustainability, Maintenance and Diversity" on May 17. The conference took place at the Jika International Conference Center in Melbourne, attended by almost...

The 65th Cannes film festival has handed out its top prize Palme d'Or to "Amour"(Love), as it wrapped up with a star-studded closing ceremony here on the rainy Sunday night in the French Riviera resort. The ceremony came after all...

It was an exciting evening at the Baku Crystal Hall where in front of thousands of people in the arena and millions of people on TV, Loreen from Sweden won the 2012 Eurovision. Eleftheria Eleftheriou representing Greece and Ivi Adamou...

It is not possible that Europe can mutilate Greece without Western societies undergoing upheavals, stated Dr. Kimon Valaskakis at the mini seminar concerning predictions about the world's economy, convened due to the Greek debt crisis. On May 24, Scotiabank and...

The Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria, the Greek-Australian Cultural League of Melbourne and the Hellenic Writers Association of Australia presented Dr. Christos Fifis' launch of his new poem collection titled 'Where is the place for a village?'...

The famous Greek singer Despina Vandi traveled to Johannesburg to perform in the first concert of her summer tour. She might be working really hard and travelling constantly due to her professional needs, but at least she gets to...