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The Consul General of Greece in Toronto, Demetris Azemopoulos, invites the Greek Community of Toronto and Ontario to participate at an event in support of SickKids Hospital.  It will take place on Thursday, 14th of April 2011, at Paramount...

On Tuesday 15th February at 19.00 CET, the Greek broadcaster will be presenting the six finalist songs of the country's preselection for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. The show will also be streamed live for international fans to watch...

Greek- Australian performing artist, Stellios Arkadiou, also known as Stelarc, has gone down in history for being the first man to have a surgically attached cell-cultivated ear to his left arm. The artist has participated in Liverpool DaDaFest. He...

They are only seven-years-old, but Dionisia, Ioanna, Eleftheria and Aristea are the most sweet and mincing divas of Melbourne. For professional reasons, they had to change their names. Dionisia became Dion, Eleftheria became Erica, Ioanna became Joan and Aristea...

Maria Thanassa is a literary translator, critic, and artistic director of EKON festival of contemporary Greek arts. She set up EKON three years ago to challenge the way Greek culture is perceived in the UK. She first ...

Sophocles’ “Electra” will be presented by director Costas Papacostopoulos in February in Cologne. Performances will take place from the 16th until the 20th of February at “Studiobuhne Koln”, the oldest University Theater in Germany, collaborating with the German Greek...

Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos has been named the equal third highest grossing local film in Australia for 2010. The Wog Boy sequel followed from Tomorrow, When the War Began, which grossed $13.5 million and the indigenous road...

The Hellenic Foundation for Culture organizes a tribute to the poet Nikos Kavvadias (1910-1975), on the hundredth anniversary of his birth. The tribute will be held at the HFC’s Branches and Centers.  It consists of an exhibition referring to...

CYPRECO of America, Inc., will present from its celebrated series, “Cyprus Its History and Culture Through the Ages”, a screening of the original documentary “CYPRUS IN THE SILK ROUTES”. The documentary which is rare in content, examines and showcases...

Cypriot – Australian star Peter Andre is reportedly planning to send his children to Greek language lessons. The singer, who has two children with ex-wife Katie Price, apparently wants Princess and Junior to gain knowledge of their father's heritage. A source...

While residents of flood ravaged Queensland have been dealt a particularly bad hand in recent weeks, Kate Giouzellis (photo) has cashed the chips from her lucky poker hand into flood relief funds. Giouzellis was the winner of the Crown Aussie...

Stunning young hopefuls lined the stage at Melbourne's Chadstone shopping centre on Thursday for the third stop in a whirlwind nationwide tour to select finalists for series seven of hit FOX8 show Australia's Next Top Model. Judges Charlotte Dawson, Jez...

It is a glorious though somewhat glossed-over chapter in local history; how the rise of the Greeks against a 400-year-old Turkish occupation led to the subsequent establishment of the modern Greek state as it stands today. Now a large-scale production,...

By Ginge Coldwell Trying to submit a song for candidacy for the Eurovision in Greece, has remained a tough prospect with ERT not giving any explanations to the process and their "doors" have remained sealed. Last Thursday local Greek band Zante...

The President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias participated at the occasion of the 20th anniversary from the establishment of the Omonoia organization.  The anniversary was celebrated yesterday in Dervitsani.  He mentioned the ability of the Greek minority organization “Omonoia”...