Greek culture

The main building of the old prison in Trikala, Greece, will be turned into Tsitsanis Museum, according to Kostas Agorastos, Thessaly's regional governor. Greek media report the budget for the project is 2.8 million euros and will be 85% co-financed by the...

The Federation of Greek Communities and Brotherhoods of Italy (FCCEI) is collecting signatures for the introduction of an international day dedicated to Greek language and Greek culture. “The time has come to support the Greek language, particularly in places where...

Every nation has a different language, expressions and idioms, but a very essential part of communicating with people is the rich “vocabulary” of gestures that is present in every culture. Gestures usually depend on circumstances and emotions and they...

“I would like to announce today an initiative that was a personal goal of mine since I was Minister of Culture and I want to thank the current minister for continuing this initiative. I'm talking about something that should...

The Hellenic Foundation for Culture Board of Directors announced yesterday that they would temporarily suspend all operations of the foundation’s 13 annexes from around the world. With an urgent letter they informed the heads of all the annex offices...

  The famous Chilean professor, Miguel Castillo Didier in a recent interview talked about the importance of Greek culture. Didier stated that Greece, although it is a small country has given the world important poets and writers such as Kazantakis, Seferis,...

The works of the 59th National Convention of AHEPA Australia are complete. The Convention was held at the Sea World Resort on the Gold Coast, Queensland, with participants from around the country and in the presence of many officials...

*By Peter Economides - My cultural immersion happened on Sundays in South Africa in the world’s largest kitchen with brothers and sisters and cousins and uncles and aunts. Around a huge table. Food. Wine. Conversation. Laughter. Celebration. Noise. Arguments. Surprises....

Stelios Papageorgiou and his daughter Andrea live in Budapest. Their relationship does not remain limited to family gatherings, they "communicate" to each other through their Greek culture-orientated paintings. Both of them have exhibited their paintings several times, have participated in...

A middle-aged man wearing the traditional Tsolias outfit; an old hand playing the sorrows of life away from his homeland on the silver beads of a komboloi; a small glass plate with "spoon sweet" (gliko tou koutaliou) made of...