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The Greek Orthodox Community of the Transfiguration of Christ paid a musical tribute to Greek poets Odysseas Elytis and Nikos Gatsos on November 13. In its fourth cultural event of the year, the Greek community celebrated the centenary from the...

The Greek community of Zurich organized a tribute event on the Greek ethnic composer, music theorist and architect-engineer Iannis Xenakis on Sunday, November 20. The event was hosted at the Cultural Centre “Saint Demetrios” in Zurich and was granted with...

The centenary from Odysseas Elytis’ birth was grandiosely celebrated in Rome Monday, in an event co-organized by the La Sapienzia University of Rome, the Greek Embassy in Italy and the Hellenic Foundation for Culture. Among other events, a symposium was...

Cypriot born star Michalis Chatzigiannis will be gracing the Beogradska Arena (the 2008 Eurovision venue) in Belgrade when he will be holding a special concert for his Serbian fans. Michalis will be flying to Serbia next month, where he...

The National Book Centre of Greece (EKEBI) and the Ministry of Tourism are turning to the dynamic of young Greek authors by organizing for the first time on Greek grounds the Emerging Writers’ Festival. Under the theme “We have a...

Since 2004, the annual Lloyd's List Greek Shipping Awards have been recognising the best in the dynamic Greek shipping industry. Hundreds of key personalities are expected to attend this year's presentation dinner that pays tribute to the world's largest ship-owning...

Last Saturday, the Embassy of Greece in Washington held its first Greek Book Festival with the goal of promoting Greek art. Greek Ambassador  Vassilis Kaskarelis emphasized the significance of promoting cultural, religious and tourism aspects of Hellenism through books and...

The Greek-Turkish Chamber of Northern Greece is organizing a one-day-conference on the theme “Greece-Turkey: cooperation challenge” on November 26, at 6pm, at the Foyer Hall of Hyatt Regency Hotel in Thessaloniki. The event is being held within the multi-conference...

Two sister port cities, Thessaloniki and Melbourne will be celebrating their strong relations over the past 27 years with a grandiose concert on Sunday, November 27. “This event will be the marriage of two different expressions of art: painting and...

Nikki Ponte, the beautiful and young Greek artist who represented Greece at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest has released a new single titled 'The Summer Nights'. She competed at the 2011 Greek Eurovision national final with the song I Don't Want...

The PanAustralian Justice for Cyprus Coordinating Committee (PASEKA) will be holding their one-day national conference tomorrow at the Cyprus Community of Melbourne and Victoria. The conference will provide information on the Cyprus issue, the PASEKA activities, while the event will...

The Walters Art Museum and the Hopkins Hellenic Students Association co-hosted an evening at the museum in celebration of the renowned Archimedes Palimpsest Exhibition, Lost and Found: The Secrets of Archimedes, last Thursday. Attendance was limited to sixty prominent...

The John E. Marlow Guitar Series presents the Washington area debut performance of classical guitarist Dimitris Kotronakis at 8 p.m. Saturday at Westmoreland Congregational Church, 1 Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda. The Greek virtuoso will perform pieces by J. S. Bach and...

Greek artists are taking part for the second time in the 'Salon des Independants' Exhibition, held in Paris, a most prestigious art exhibition place in France. As far as Greece is concerned, the artworks of 20 artists will be exhibited...

A series of events will be held from the 21st until 30th of November in honor of the 100 years since poet Odysseas Elytis' birth in 'La Sapienza' University of Rome, organized by the Hellenic Foundation for Culture. The celebrations...