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Australia
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...
Australia
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...
Cyprus
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...
Australia
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
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:...
Greece
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...
Greece
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...
Canada
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
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...