Posted on 13 March 2010.
The Greek community’s building in Santiago has sustained serious damage as a result of the powerful earthquake that struck Chile late last month.
The extent of damage caused to the neo-classical building, built in 1876, renders the holding of events impossible.
S.A.E. Region of Central-South America Region Coordinator Nikiforos Nikolaidis, in an announcement, called for solidarity and [...]
Posted in Chile, News
Posted on 28 February 2010.
By Alex Billinis*
I spent the summer of 1996 studying and working in Chile, as part of a law school exchange program. As always in my world travels, I sought out the Greek community. I had heard stories from my father about his own sailor father’s travels to Chile, where he described a strong [...]
Posted in Chile, News
Posted on 27 February 2010.
Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that they communicated with the Greek embassy in Chile, although the communication was very difficult after Saturday’s 8.8-magnitude earthquake that striked 200 miles south of Santiago. The severity of the damages have not been confirmed by the Chilean government. Latest reports indicate at least 214 deaths. The earthquake also [...]
Posted in Chile, News
Posted on 17 January 2010.
Approximately 60-80 Greek families live in Anchorage, Alaska, a city of some 250,000 inhabitants, with an average temperature of -10 C. The parishioners of Anchorage spent Christmas and the New Year together, as all other Christian Orthodox celebrations.
According to its website, the Holy Transfiguration church holds the distinction of being the northernmost parish of the [...]
Posted in News
Posted on 14 January 2010. Tags: Church
There are two Greek Orthodox parishes in Haiti under the Metropolis of Mexico. The first is the parish of St. John the Baptist in Pétionville, a district in the capital of Port-au-Prince. The second is the newly established parish of St. Mathias. Due to the severed communications, the Metropolis of Mexico has not been able [...]
Posted in News
Posted on 14 January 2010.
It is estimated that there were around 15 Greek citizens in Haiti during the biblical earthquake. On the island there is also a small number of people of Greek descent. Accoring to the Greek Ministry of Foreign affairs, all of them are in good health but fear for epidemics is the strogest fear. Greece and [...]
Posted in News
Posted on 14 January 2010.
Despite the geographic distance, Vietnam and Greece hold huge potential for expanding bilateral cooperation in economy, trade, investment, culture and social affairs, said the Vietnamese government leader.
While receiving the outgoing Greek Ambassador to Vietnam , Platon Alexis Hadjimichalis (foto), in Hanoi on Jan. 11, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said the bilateral economic, trade and [...]
Posted in Asia, News
Posted on 12 January 2010.
A Greek national, Athanasius Lerounis, who was kidnapped by Taliban from the Kalash valley of Bumburate in October last year, is said be in good health and has grown a beard, giving him a Taliban look.
A member of a delegation which had visited Nooristan to seek Athanasius’s release from the Afghan Taliban told Dawn that [...]
Posted in Asia, News
Posted on 12 January 2010.
LeXolution IT Services is pleased to announce that it has launched the website for Your Greek Market.
The website, yourgreekmarket.com is an advanced Business Directory that acts as a platforms for businesses that anyhow involved with the Food & Beverage Industry worldwide to come together and seek new business opportunities. The directory has a extensive list [...]
Posted in News
Posted on 12 January 2010.
AS part of moves to harness from each other available business potential, the Federal government and that of Greece have concluded arrangements to strengthen existing relations into more productive areas.
Speaking in Abuja when he received the new Greek Ambassador to Nigeria in his office, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Chief Achike Udenwa (Foto) who [...]
Posted in Africa, News
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