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The painting titled "Double Ferrari Formula One", painted by the Greek artist Mina Papatheodorou-Valyrakis, will be presented and auctioned at the 'Monte Carlo' Evening on the 3rd of February. Mina Papatheodorou‐Valyrakis is a prolific and exciting expressionist painter whose work...

A Festival for Immigrants was held in Melbourne, Australia on the occasion of the 'Australia Day' celebrations. Greek Foreign Minister of Victoria, Nick Kotsiras, who was himself an immigrant from Greece to Australia, initiated the event. For symbolic reasons, the...

The Greek Embassy in Washington honored the students who successfully participated in the Greek Language Adequacy Exams in May 2011, on the day of celebration of Greek Letters and the Feast Day of the Three Hierarchs. On Sunday, the 22nd...

Barcelona is proud to host the GSMA for the 7th consecutive year in 2012 from Monday, February 27, 2012 to Thursday, March 1, 2012, at the exhibition centre Fira Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain. The 2012 Mobile World Congress conference programme...

The Prefecture of Epirus, in cooperation with the Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Ioannina and the local Israeli Community, is organizing a commemorative event for the “Day of Remembrance for the Greek-Jewish Holocaust Victims and Heroes” on Saturday,...

Tango Acropolis 2012 will be officially presented to a US audience in NY on January 28 and 29, at the Greek-owned venue Lafayette Grill on Franklin Street, NY, 10013. Under the auspices of the Greek and Argentine Consulate in New...

Greek singer Vasilis Lekkas will give a one-time only concert in Schwetzingen, Germany, on February 18, where he will perform a repertoire of more and less widely known masterpieces of Greek composers, such as Hadjidakis, Theodorakis, Xarchakos, Markopoulos, Spathas...

The customary cutting of Vasilopita (new year’s cake) was celebrated at an event organized by the Macedonia Intercultural Association in Vienna, attended by the new Metropolitan of Austria and Exarch of Hungary and Mid-Europe, Arsenios, and Greek and Cypriot...

Deputy Health Minister Markos Bolaris, Athens mayor George Kaminis, and representatives of the Athens Holy Archdiocese and the National Committee for the Rights of Man have submitted shocking evidence casting light on the tremendous dimensions of the “new homeless”...

Port Melbourne Piers precinct will be brought to life with the inaugural Piers Festival on Saturday, January 28, 2012, with a spectacular display of music, dance, food, historical displays, and many more activities. The Piers Festival is a family friendly...

Spyros Koliavasilis will perform with his two bands — Mortes and the Mediterranean Colors — at a benefit concert for the Greek School of The Greek Orthodox Church of St. George in Bethesda on Saturday. Originally from Greece, Koliavasilis plays...

Visitors were presented with dozens of ways to enjoy the snow at ski resorts in northern Greece on Sunday, by taking part in any of the many activities provided to celebrate the World Day of Snow, organized by the...

There are two scenes in director Nadia Tass’ film Matching Jack, a peerless story of courage and grace, that typify her understated approach to making movies in an industry which revels in excess, sensationalism, comic book heroes, and over-the-top-in-your-face...

The Greek debt crisis has had its impact on the local film industry, with admissions in 2011 recording a loss of 1 million tickets in comparison to 2010. According to Screen Daily, the main reasons behind this fall in admissions...

The inauguration of the first Greek-American library, established and operated in New York City, was celebrated on Friday, January 20, 2012 at the Pan-Macedonian Studies Center in Whitestone, New York. The inauguration and blessing of the new Greek-American library was...