Greek culture

Greece and Italy are coming together to highlight the life of the Roman emperor Hadrian whose love for Athens and Greek culture left a huge historical legacy. The National Archaeological Museum, together with the Italian Archaeological School of Athens, is...

Thousands of Greek Australians gathered at Melbourne’s Lonsdale Street over the weekend for a feast of song, dance, food and culture which has been described as the biggest Greek festival ever to have taken place in Australia. Bill Papastergiadis, president...

When Greeks say "Let's go for a little ouzo," this is not only an important social invitation but also a culinary pleasure that is rarely turned down. Ouzo conjures up many images but the most common one is a picture...

An exhibition of photos taken on Greece's Mount Athos by Polish photographer Tomasz Mociski has caught the eye of visitors at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. The exhibition of the reclusive monastic community which lives on the northern Greek...

Amid the bloody conflict in Syria, evidence of ancient Greek culture in the war-torn Middle Eastern country has recently been unearthed. Three Byzantine mosaic panels have been discovered inside an archaeological site during a Syrian army mine-clearance operation in the...

"The destiny of anyone who relies on power without respecting international law and its ethics is predetermined," Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Sunday during his speech at the ceremony for his proclamation as an Honorable Citizen of Milos. The...

Greek native Sophia Pavlaki resides in Belgium where she is the producer and executive producer of Greektoys, a project aimed at promoting the Greek culture to children via toys. However, the innovation doesn't stop there. According to Greektoys website, the educational project known as...

Greek native Kostas Souliaris moved to Canada from Greece five years ago. He settled in Jasper, Alberta, where there is a healthy Greek population and decided that it was about time that Greek language lessons were offered in the town. Although...

Want to know where to go for a taste of authentic Greece? When in Athens, the place to visit is Misirlou, a new hangout in the Northern Suburb of Halandri where you will find an array of specialty Greek...

There are an almost limitless number of interesting things to do while visiting Berlin, Germany -- but it might surprise you that many of the sights you are about to take in have a certain Greek influence to them. That's...