Dusseldorf

By Aspasia Zontanou Director Bernd Desinger, of the Filmmuseum Blackbox, was accompanied by Greek General Consul in Düsseldorf, Maria Papakonstantinou, to welcome the film “The Last Note”. Together with curator Eleni Giannakoudi, responsible for the program and organisation of the...

By Aspasia Zontanou Almost 4,000 Greeks rallied in the heart of Dusseldorf, Germany on Saturday to protest against the use of the term 'Macedonia' by the government in Skopje. The flag-waving crowd assembled in Burgplatz for speeches in Greek and German,...

By Aspasia Zontanou “Dearest Mikis Theodorakis” as Thomas Geißel, Mayor of Düsseldorf started addressing his greetings towards Mikis Theodorakis, 92, who was sitting in a wheelchair near the orchestra, almost 2000 guests in the audience immidiately reacted with standing ovations...

By Aspasia Zontanou Following the tradition of well-established events like “Japan Fest" and “Frankreich Fest” that take place once a year in Düsseldorf to honor and promote the large Japanese and French Communities, this year marks the premier of the...

By Aspasia Zontanou Several low budget Greek films were premiered in a special three-week event called “New Greek Wave-the New Greek Cinema” in Düsseldorf from November 4th through Sunday the 27th. Eleni Giannakoudi and colleague Florian Deterding produced the event...

By Aspasia Zontanou For the first time in the history of Düsseldorf, the Marathon flame travelled from Athens on Friday, April 24, to the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, protected in a special box. Düsseldorf Mayor Thomas Geisel and Greek...

With Greece and its shaky future on the European table and the German press “embellishing” almost all of its top headlines with indirect comments about Greece’s controversial bailout program, an anonymous writer took the initiative to target the Greek family business “Restaurant...

"Genesis" is the name of the first Greek doctors association operating in the region of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The association was founded at the end of 2014 and was officially presented just a week ago in a packed Dusseldorf Municipality hall....

"Greece All Over" Festival is traveling to Germany from September 25 to November 5 along with its guide, Greek journalist Grigoris Verriotis, also known as "Biker of the World." Verriotis will travel to Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich and Berlin. These are the places...

Greek expat Ioanna Zacharakis was recently awarded with the Golden Cross by the German state, for 25 years of service in a major social organization of Germany. Zacharakis who comes from Thessaly, Greece, has been living in Germany since 1981....