A Greek Language and Culture program for 100 young people from the Hellenic Diaspora, aged 18-25, from Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Mexico, Uruguay, Panama, Peru, Chile, South Africa and Zimbabwe, will take place from January 17 to February 6, 2010, organised by the General Secretariat for Hellenes Abroad. The program, based [...]
Archive | 2009
Greek stars of Peruvian television
Journalist Monica Delta presents one of Peru’s most-watched current affairs shows, “A primera hora” every morning on the “Frecuencia Latina” channel, while actress Katia Kontos (foto) is a leading lady in many television series, movies, the theatre and, more recently, the presenter of a morning show, entitled “Hola a todos” on the ATV channel. Delta [...]
Greeks Leave Greece Because they Can’t Afford it
As we were spending time with Greeks in Alexandria, we realized there is a common trend among many of them. Many of the Greeks in Egypt were born there, had moved back to Greece, and now had returned to live permanently in Egypt. The reason is the high cost of living in Greece. Most of [...]
A Hellenic corner in Peru
Thousands of kilometres away from the Aegean’s blue waters or the rugged mountains of mainland Greece lies a kindergarden roughly an hour’s drive from the Peruvian capital of Lima. Located in a poor district, San Juan de Lurigancho, the school has been “adopted” since 2003 by the Greek state, which supplies the school with equipment [...]
Tsouri Proposed as Head of Diaspora Hellenism
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has proposed PASOK MP Elpida Tsouri for president of the Committee on Diaspora Hellenism, previously named Committee on Greeks Abroad. Ms. Tsouri was born on Chios in 1961 and is a mother of three. She studied Law and lived and worked on Chios. She was first elected to parliament in [...]
Niarchos Foundation to finance building of Alexandria Patriarchate’s Church Museum
The Niarchos Public Benefit Foundation has assumed the financing of the construction of the Church Museum and Ambry of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, it was announced on Monday. The Patriarchate expressed its satisfaction with the development, since the facility will display the history of the Church of Alexandria since the time of its founder, the [...]
Memories of old Thessaloniki travel to Alexandria
In an exhibition organised by the Hellenic Foundation for Culture (HFC), is presenting works by the F-14 Photographers’ Commune in Alexandria, Egypt, depicting the most important archaeological sites of Macedonia, such as Dion, Vergina, Pella, Olynthos, Samothrace, Phillipi, Thassos and Thessaloniki. The exhibition is being held under the auspices of the World Council of Hellenes [...]
Theo Angelopoulos with «The Dust Of Time» in Mumbai Film Festival
The 11th annual Mumbai Film Festival (Oct 29-Nov 5) will open with a screening of Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant! and close with The Dust Of Time, from Greek master Theo Angelopoulos. 11th Mumbai Film Festival (MFF) will honour two extremely talented film-makers from India and abroad. Indian actor-producer Shashi Kapoor will receive the Indian lifetime [...]
“Archaeological sites of Macedonia” exhibition in Alexandria
The Hellenic Foundation for Culture (HFC) has organised a photography exhibition entitled “Archaeological sites of Macedonia” from October 27 – November 27, featuring the northern Greece sites of Dion, Vergina, Pella, Olynthos, Samothrace, Philippi, Thassos and Thessaloniki. Meanwhile, cooperation between World Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE) and Hellenic Foundation for Culture (HFC) has entered a [...]
Nigeria: Greek National Commits Suicide in Lagos
Lagos — In what is suspected to be a suicide, a male foreigner, Anastasios Kaltais, from Greece has jumped down from the second floor of a five storey building in Lagos and sustained severe injuries, which later resulted to his death hours later. The incident occurred at about 5 a.m. at the weekend at Plot [...]
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02 / 10 South Africa Attracts Unemployed Greeks
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02 / 09 Greek Culture Depicted In 2012 SAE Latin American Calendar
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02 / 08 Unknown Vandals Spray Graffiti Threat on Greek Orthodox Monastery in Jerusalem
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02 / 07 Egyptian Minister of Tourism Awards Greek Εntrepreneur
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02 / 06 Philhellene Persian Poet Fereydoon Faryad Passes Away
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