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Greek News
Millions Around the World Welcome New Year 2023
Millions around the world are welcoming the New Year 2023 in massive celebrations that started at the small Pacific island nations of Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati/Christmas Island.
More than a million gathered to watch the incredible firework display at the...
Food
Secrets to Hosting the Best Thanksgiving Ever
Some secrets which will allow you and your family to have the best Thanksgiving ever will help even seasoned cooks -- like many Greek-Americans are -- to be able to enjoy this wonderful holiday even more.
As we look forward...
Business
Man Breaks Record After 84 Years at Same Company
A 100-year-old Brazilian man named Walter Orthmann has broken the Guinness World Record after working for eighty-four years at the same textile company as verified this year in a press release.
Orthmann was born in Brusque, a small town in...
Culture
Why Greeks Break Plates: The History Behind the Custom
The sound of a plate smashing, shattering loudly as it meets the floor, is distinctive and tends to turn heads in a restaurant. Most of us, startled, think, Oh No! an unfortunate accident has occurred.
But when plates shatter on...
Culture
Celebrate Your Name Day Like the Greeks
Birthdays are a big deal--milestones in life, but in Greece, names days "take the cake" so to speak on personal celebrations and ritual.
Greek News
Joe Biden’s Win Sparks Wild Celebrations in NYC and Other American Cities
The announcement that Democrat Joe Biden has won the presidential election sparked spontaneous street celebrations around the country on Saturday.
Within minutes of the race being called a cheering crowd descended on New York City's Times Square. The sounds of...
Australia
Greek Australians in Sydney Prepare to Celebrate Bicentennial of Greek War of Independence
The Greek Orthodox Community of New South Wales recently established a committee tasked with planning the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the beginning of Greece's War of Independence in 1821.
The committee is composed of prominent members of the...
Greece
Man Covers His Entire House With a Greek Flag Ahead of ''Oxi Day'' Celebrations
A massive Greek flag was fastened onto a rooftop, covering an entire house in Greece's Nea Kios, in the Peloponnesian Peninsula on Saturday.
Ahead of the ''Oxi Day'' celebrations on Monday, October 28, Giannis Athanasopoulos, the deputy mayor of the...
Greece
Greece Celebrates 40 Years Since it Joined the European Family
The office of the European Commission in Athens organized a massive event in Athens' ''Zappeion Megaron'' on Saturday to celebrate Europe Day and the 40 years since Greece joined the European Economic Community (EEC), the predecessor of the European...
Greece
Thessaloniki Celebrates PAOK Winning the Greek Title After 34 Years
Thessaloniki's PAOK football team won their match against Levadiakos on Sunday evening, securing first place in Greece's Superleague.
With a winning score of (5-0), PAOK became Greece's football champion for the first time in 34 years, sparking waves of enthusiasm...