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The Greek embassy in Ottawa and the Hellenic Cultural Society "Parnassos” organized a wine-tasting event at the society's premises entitled, “A Celebration of Greek Wines,” on Thursday. The Greek wine-tasting event is part of a general course of action aiming...

Australian film critic David Stratton presented the book "A History of Greek Cinema" by Vrasidas Karalis at the 30th Greek Festival of Sydney. He told the audience about his experience in regards to the Greek cinema. Obviously, a film critic talking about Greek...

The Greek America Foundation presents a week-long exhibition and series of events celebrating talented North Americans of Greek descent involved in photography. The week-long photo exhibition will take place in Toronto, Canada from May 5-12, 2012. The exhibition will be...

Director Alexander Payne, of Greek origin, was named to jury in the 65th Cannes Film Festival. Payne was nominated for three Oscars this past year. In 2011, he won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for his movie 'The Descendants,"...

One of the most anticipated theater festivals, the Globe to Globe Festival, was inaugurated in London on the occasion of the 2012 Olympic Games. The Greek National Theater presents a performance of “Pericles,” directed by Giannis Houvardas in translation...

Great Place to Work® Institute Hellas in cooperation with ALBA Graduate Business School at The American College of Greece awarded, during a prestigious ceremony on Tuesday, April 24, 25 Greek companies for providing their employees with the best working...

Woody Allen is about to visit the Sporades islands, mainly Skiathos and Skopelos, to "discover the islands" scenic corners, which would be ideal for his new inspiration. The famous American director intends to film a movie on the Greek islands in the near...

On Saturday, April 28 at Basketball Stadium at Elliniko (Poseidonos Ave. at Old airport of Elliniko, 1st stop at Agios Kosmas) during Iron Challenge, International Greek kickboxing World Champion Iron Mike Zambidis will fight again on Greek land and...

Do you know Matala? Because hippies love it and that's the perfect reason why Crete plans the Matala Festival 2! The myth of Matala appears to be alive and it is expected that the famous caves will be full again. In the 60's...

The 30th Greek Festival of Sydney presents the "An Island in Time: Castellorizo in Photographs, 1890-1948" exhibition at the Kudos Gallery with special guest MC John Mangos. Largely drawn from the recent publication An Island in Time by Nicholas Pappas...

The 30th Greek Festival of Sydney proudly presents "Traditions of Our Homeland," an event of narratives, music, song and dance attempting to revive and promote the life of earlier Cretan generations. The Cretan Folkloric Company will stage a two-hour concert...

Dimitri Soudas, Executive Director of Communications of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) will be honored and serve as central speaker of the annual farewell morning of 6th Grade students of Socrates-Demosthenes Elementary Schools on Thursday May 3, at 9:30am...

Austrian fans of late Greek director Theodoros Angelopoulos have the chance to watch some of his movies at the Austrian Film Museum in Vienna, from April 27 to May 7. The exhibition titled "Travels in Greece" marks news about the Greek...

Despite political upheaval, despite financial crisis and the EU's austerity measures imposed on Greece, citizens of Europe show their solidarity to Greece in many ways. The initiative is Belgian this time. More specifically, the Belgian Broadcasting Corporation of the French-speaking regions (RTBF)...

The Skandalopetra FreeDiving Event will be held in Bonaire, Northern Caribbean May 2-9. Many Greeks may not have heard of the word "skandalopetra" before, but freedivers all over the world seem to know its meaning, participating in events with great...