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Greek educator, Dimitris Rammos, was awarded at this year’s “Microsoft Partners in Learning” European Forum, which was held in Lisbon and was attended by 250 educators and teachers from 40 European countries. According to the announcement of Microsoft Hellas, Dimitris...

The University of the Cloister of Sor Juana (Universidad de Claustro de Sor Juana) celebrated its foundation on the 28th of March with a Greek themed event that had it all, from Homer and the Ancients to Zorba dancing and Papazoglou songs.

The excavations at the Ancient Agora of Athens, which began in 1931, undoubtedly represent the greatest contribution made by the American School of Classical Studies (ASCS) to Greek archaeology. Excavations have led to the discovery of some 160,000-odd items dating...

After the postponement of the Greek Festival Moonlight Cinema due to bad weather conditions, the 30th Greek Festival of Sydney, Canterbury City Council and Bank of Cyprus Australia present the screening of the entertaining and comical First Time Godfather under...

The mixed municipal choir of Corfu, “San Giacomo”, performed on Monday evening some of the most well known songs of the Greek music tradition in the Esedra di Marco Aurelio hall,  Palazzo dei Conservatori of Rome's Capitoline Museums. The full...

The tourist exhibition Sydney Holiday & Travel Show, which takes place annually in the big Australian city, was successfully completed during the past weekend (March 24-25). The Australian visitors exhibited great interest for the info point of the Greek National...

Russian capital city Moscow will host a Greek Cinema Week until April 1, organised by local municipal authorities (“Moscow Cino”) and the city’s Hellenic Cultural Centre. The Greek Cinema Week events are hosted within the framework of the “Cinema of...

A series of events with the theme “Greeks and Greek Language in Venice 2012” (Greci e greco a Venezia 2012) is organized by the Department of Greek language and Literature of the University of Venice, Ca’ Foscari, from March...

The 30th Greek Festival of Sydney proudly presents "Koukouvagia : The Owl in Ancient Greece" on Thursday, March 29 at Tali Gallery. Associate Professor Vrasidas Karalis will hold the lecture, which ecamines the owl’s significance and its place in ancient Greek history. In Ancient...

Members of Toronto's large Greek community were out in full force to celebrate their homeland's independence day on March 25th. Under a sunny sky, hundreds participated in the annual Greek Independence Day Parade filled with Greek pride for their...

By Stefano Ingannamorte Meta-Action today announced the launch of a new project with the aim of connecting, through photographic images, the bohemian art enclave of Metaxourgeio with the rest of the world. The Greek group's ambitious plan is to establish at least 1000...

Melbourne and Sydney honored Greece’s great national anniversary. Thousands of Greeks flooded the centers of the two big cities in order to celebrate the 25th of March. The Greek community of Melbourne commemorated the Greek National Day yesterday, with the traditional...

A Turkish designer named Serkan Bilgi has created English and French versions of his portable Karagöz-Hacivat set for children, and will make the shadow theater tradition available in European markets. Bilgi, who works as a designer for a humor magazine and...

The first episode of Greece's Got Talent discovered an amazing 14 year-old tenor, Yiorgos Ioannou. The Cypriot teenager traveled to Athens to perform at the popular talent show and it was definitely worth the trip as he amazed the...

There is not a huge Greek community in Mexico City, but the 1,500 proud Greek-Mexicans that live in this city keep their traditions and customs alive. On March 25th, the Greek community of Mexico organized a Greek Independence Day celebration....