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The Hellenic Foundation for Culture in Belgrade will participate at this year’s International Festival of Archaeological Film organized by the National Museum of the Serbian capital in cooperation with foreign cultural centres and Embassies in the country. The 13th International...

The Hellenic Foundation for Culture Branch in Bucharest presented a performance of dance, music and poetry on March 23 based on the text "The Free Besieged" by Greece's national poet Dionysios Solomos. On the occasion of the celebration of the March 25th...

There are several cities in Greece that commemorate the 25th March National Anniversary in a unique way, not only with church services, wreath deposits and parades, but with special ceremonies and events that have their roots in old times. In...

The Australian Labour Movement and the Greek-Australian Community asked their government to condemn the strict austerity measures that are being forced onto Greece. They point out their views in their most recent statement (March 22), in which it’s being stressed that:...

The students of the Elementary School of Drymos participated in the planting activities of the Municipality of Oreokastro due to World Forestry Day. The excellent weather conditions along with their enthusiasm marked the planting event, which was sponsored by...

The 30th Greek Festival of Sydney proudly presents "Memosinon", a Phillip George exhibition on Herodotus’ globetrotting curiosity, collecting iconography, mapping culture, adding ideas and stories one upon another like a multi-layered transnational pastitsio baked in the oven of the diaspora. Herodotus’ account of history was...

Τhe Prime Minister of Victoria, Ted Ballieu, and the leader of the main opposition party, Daniel Andrews, will attend this year’s March 25th celebrations for the National Independence Day of Greece. The commemorating event will take place at the Memorial...

NEW YORK (AMNA) -- Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Dollis, responsible for Overseas Hellenism issues, will represent the government at the established annual ceremony that will be held at the White House on Thursday, March 22. During the ceremony, United States President...

The famous Italian actor, director and screenwriter, Roberto Benigni, will be inaugurated as Honorary Lecturer of the Italian Language and Literature Department at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He was selected because of his brilliant artistic career and his original...

Zorba the Greek comes to Blu-ray on June 5th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Cinefiles and collectors can pre-order the film exclusively through Screen Archives to receive the Blu-ray in advance on April 3rd. Featuring the unforgettable Oscar-nominated performance by...

The 29-year-old actor Clémence Poesie will be in Greece next Monday in order to participate in the 13th French Film Festival as a member of the jury panel. The famous actor, whose last name means ‘poetry’, is using her acting...

Since its establishment in 1821, the Greek state has declared its intentions to return to Athens the sculptures from the Parthenon held by the British Museum. This is what twenty-one documents, under the title “The Acropolis of Athens”, revealing...

On the occasion of World Poetry Day, contemporary poets, students, and other citizens of Thessaloniki are going to recite poems by M. Anagnostakis (b. Thessaloniki 1925 - d. Athens 2005) during a special ceremony organized by the Publishers Association...

The Greek-Orthodox fasting season is well underway. The word “fasting” is usually associated with liquid only diets or other strict ways of eating. This type of fasting however is a bit more lenient and tasty; The Christian Greek Orthodox...

Theatrical publications, ancient Greek drama and modern plays, and most importantly, the play “Pachni” of Antonis and Konstantinos Koufalis, directed by Takis Tzamargias, were some of the artistic works that made Greek presence really strong during the 28th International...