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After the triumph in Bulgaria and Mexico, Elliniko Theatro sets sail for the Odessa with a performance scheduled for the 10th of November. This play will be performed with the Leventis Foundation as the main sponsor and under the...

The 52nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival began with films and ceremonies in the Olympion Theater, on Friday the 4th until Saturday the 12th of November. The opening film of the festival is "The Descendants" the fifth film directed by Greek-American...

“To me poetry is a way of life. A way of understanding the world, time and my own self” says Mexican famed poet-activist Homero Aridjis adding that  “The earth is made of poetry, just like the time and space;...

Panayiotis Psomiadis, Governor of Greece's Central Macedonia Region travelled to New York and was cordially welcomed by the Pontians and Macedonians of New York. Psomiadis attended the event organized by the Thessaloniki Society in New York and was awarded during...

Actor Joel Edgerton is in talks to star in '300: Battle of Artemisia' for Warner Bros. and director Noam Murro. Joel Edgerton will play Themistocles, a Greek general who leads his army to victory over the Persians in 480 B.C....

An old vinyl record of Rebetika music inspired Stephen Helper to find out more on the story behind the Greek blues. Written entirely in Greek, the album jacket featured a group of men aged between 30 and 70, all with...

Greek upcoming star Kostas Martakis's most awaited new videoclip I agkalia mou has been released. Kostas Martakis will be familiar with Eurovision fans as he represented Greece in 2008 when he competed at the 2008 Greek National Final with the song Always...

Close to 600 people packed into 3 sold out cinemas on Sunday to watch the Greek Film Festival of Sydney's  closing night film and one and only screening of Rebetiko.  Following the screening, those who booked early enough were lucky...

Residents of the island of Icaria on average live up to 90 years, which is thrice as much as in the USA. This fact has been enough to gather the attention of a National Geographic team, who visited the...

This year, the 18th Greek Film Festival took Leichhardt by a storm with 24 fantastic films and 4 exceptional documentaries. After almost three hugely successful weeks of great Greek cinema, the 2011 Greek Film Festival of Sydney closed on...

The Greek Composers’ Union in collaboration with the Hellenic-American Union, the Hellenic American Inc., and the Association of American Universities’ Graduates are organizing a special concert to mark the 50 years from the death of the internationally renowned Greek...

A presentation of Spyros Paloukis photo book Daydreaming: One Hundred Greeks of Belgium Dream of Greece was held in the European Parliament in Brussels, under the initiative of the MEP Michalis Tremopoulos and the Minister in Belgium Christos Doulkeridis. Many...

The Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) program at Livonia Churchill High School will present two Greek tragedies in repertory. The plays are Phaedra by Jean Racine (1677) from the Greek play Hippolytus written by Euripides (428 B.C.) and translated by...

Hunger is increasingly becoming a problem among poor Greek households, with more and more families unable to make ends meet, the Greek branch of the humanitarian aid organisation 'Doctors of the World' warned in a press conference on Wednesday. It...

Queen Elizabeth will be treated with Halloumi cheese and watermelon during the Leaders' Summit of the Member States of British Commonwealth that is going to take place on 29th of October in Perth. The halloumi-decision was taken by a Greek-Cypriot...