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Friendship Leads to $300,000 Donation for Ancient Greek at Australian University

The friendship begun in the 1960s between a Hong Kong boarding school student and a lecturer in the Classics has led to a $300,000 donation toward establishing an endowed lectureship in ancient Greek languages. The scholarship and projected lectureship post...

Greek-Australian Philanthropist Donates $500,000 for Greek Health Care

The Hellenic Initiative Australia (THI) announced a $500,000 donation from noted Western Australian property investor and philanthropist Con Berbatis on Thursday. THI says that the donation will be directed to health-related initiatives in Greece, where health programs and services have...

Germany Donates €100K To Cyprus' Committee on Missing Persons

Germany has donated €100,000 ($114,000) to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) in Cyprus. The donation was made on Monday. The CMP thanked the Federal Republic of Germany for the donation, noting that it raises Germany’s total financial assistance to...

Greek Woman Donates 1 Million Dollars to Hospital in Canberra

Sotiria Liagki, a Greek Australian philanthropist, donated 1 million dollars to the Hospital for Children and Women in Canberra. This amount will be paid gradually, over the next five years. Sotiria Liagi and her family are famous in Canberra for...

Crete: Newlyweds Donate Food to School

Nowadays, more and more couples avoid building up unnecessary expenses for their wedding and choose to give money to a social organization. Chrysoula and Yiannis is one of those couples. They recently got married and instead of offering wedding favors...

Greek Ship Owners to Make "Greece Debt Free"

Many blame rich owners of shipping companies of not doing enough to support Greece financially but here is a noteworthy exception.  Peter Nomikos, the 33-year-old heir of a wealthy shipping family of Santorini, came up with an innovative idea:...

Academy of Athens Presents Greek Manuscripts' Collection from Romania

A collection of more than 60,000 Greek manuscripts from Romania has been donated to the Academy of Athens by the Institute for Transbalkan Cooperation. The donation was launched by the initiative of the Institute’s president, George Sourlas. The collection was...

Greek Author Εugene Trivizas Donates 4,000 Books to Greek Diaspora

Famous Greek author Eugene Trivizas donated 4,000 children’s books to the Minsitry of Education, which will be distributed to libraries and schools of the Greek Diaspora. Trivizas met with both the Deputy Minister of Education, Evi Christofilopoulou, and the newly appointed...

Montreal Ahepa Family Donates $130,000.00 To Giant Steps School At The 13th Annual St. Valentine’s Ball

The Montreal AHEPA Family donated $130,000 to the Giant Steps School for children with autism on February 11, 2012. The funds were raised from the 13th Annual St. Valentine's Ball, a gala affair that since its inception has amassed...

Cyprus Makes New Donation to Committee on Missing Persons

The members of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) have expressed their sincere gratitude to the Republic of Cyprus for its latest generous donation of 240,000 Euros. In its press release, the CMP mentions that the new donation...