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For the next three days Thessaloniki will be celebrating various Greek holidays for the month of October.  The 26th is the holiday of the city’s patron saint, Saint Demetrios and  the day of the city's liberation and the country’s national...

Over $100,000 will be granted to support children with special needs after Radiomarathon held its annual fundraiser in Sydney last weekend. Mary Coustas (photo) hosted the Laiki Bank event.  It was attended by approximately 400 people at the Hilton Sydney's Grand Ballroom. NSW Attorney...

The Vrakoforoi Group of Crete is an organization with 25 dance members.  It will be participating in the celebration of the 144th anniversary of the Holocaust of the Monastery in Melbourne, after being invited by Pan-Cretan Union Melbourne, Australia. The group...

The 2010 Greek Film Festival in Montreal will take place from Friday, October 29th until Thursday, November 4th at Cinema Du Parc in Montreal. First screened will be the multi-awarded Greek-Spanish movie of Giannis Smaragdis: "El Greco”. During the weekend the...

The Scapegoat Carnivale Theater of writer and actor Andrew Apergis will perform on stage at the English speaking Centaur Theater in Montreal with the work “Μιdιa” of Euripides.  It is translated by Greek Canadean artist Joseph Shragge. The play will be directed...

Yves Barbieux from Urban Trad has written a song for the Belgian selections for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Together with Virginie De Lutis he wrote "Je Vois Le Monde", sung by Mélina Kotsaridis.  Kotsaridis is a 19 -year-old singer...

The Battle of Marathon's anniversary will be honored in a unique way by Greeks and Australians in Sydney. Along with many other celebrations a marathon will be held. 73- year-old marathon runner Greek Aristotle Kakogeorgiou will take part in...

"Başka Dilde Ask" a.k.a. "Love in Another Language" is directed by İlksen Başarır and has won four awards at the Cyprus International Film Festival. The Turkish film which competed in six categories, won awards in four. The film won best...

“The economic development of Epirus and the investment attracting from abroad” is the subject of a conference held in Stuttgart on October 24th 2010, by the Paneipirotic Federation of Europe. The conference taking place next weekend is in cooperation with the...

Attracting thousands of visitors, the international press and celebrities[...]

A different exhibition is about to open on October 18th  at the Hall Of The Greek Orthodox Church Of St. John the  Baptist.  The Hall is located at  270 Wightman Road, London N8 OLY”  in London. The exhibition is organized...

The 2010 Greek Eurovision entrant and so called "good boy" of Greek music George Alkaios, took a very important life altering decision. Disappointed by the conditions and his partners, he decided to drop music and move to Milos island...

Once again famous singer Julio Iglesias cancelled his concert scheduled for October 16th in Kerinia.  This was a result of receiving many messages on his web page informing him that the area is illegally occupied. Julio Iglesias’s representative announced according...

Two 19th century masterpieces for over 50 years have been in private collections.  They will now be presented in the forthcoming auction “Greek Sale” which is organized by the Sotheby’s house on November 22nd.  The portraits are titled: “Holy Friday, Greece” (Le Vendredi-...

"My Longing Istanbul: Immigration and Longing Stories by Greeks of Istanbul” is an exhibition featuring stories of 47 Greeks of Istanbul who left Istanbul at different times  for different reasons. They know now live in Athens and Thessaloniki. Supported by the Istanbul 2010 European...