The Indian billionaire Raja Bommidala was interested in purchasing the 50.36% of the shares of the Greek Cooperative Cigarette Manufacturing Company (SEKAP). The deal started in 2003 but it has not been completed. Raja Bommidala is the director of the BBM Group that received Tobacco Board awards for being India’s biggest exporter of cut rag. After [...]
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Greece is Guest Of Honor At Cairo International Film Festival For Children
Greece is the guest of honor at this year’s Cairo International Film Festival For Children that will be held from the 23rd until the 30th of March, while Eugene Trivizas, an eminent Greek writer, will be honored during the festival, as the Greek newspaper in Cairo, ‘Neo Fos’, reports. The opening day of the festival [...]
Greek Shipping Magnate’s Heirs Sell Cézanne Painting to Qatar for $250 Million
(Original Story in Greek By Inga Athanasiadou) Members of the royal family of Qatar have purchased Cézanne’s painting The Card Players from the heirs of a Greek shipping magnate for more than $250 million. According to ‘Vanity Fair’, the deal sets the highest price ever paid for a work of art. There are four other Card [...]
The World Through a Greek Photographer’s Eyes
Despite the fact that there is a current economic crisis in Greece, there are still various examples of Greeks succeeding in their lives and efforts, and thus gathering positive attention. One of those people is the Greek photographer Stylianos Papardelas from Crete, who travels around the world, immortalizing moments from the everyday life of people in [...]
CALLIGRAPH – Handcraft Exhibition At Greek Cultural Center of Alexandria
A CALLIGRAPH – Handcraft Exhibition by Rana Ghazy and May Essam is being presented at the Greek Cultural Centre of Alexandria in Egypt. The exhibition is a result of a 10-day workshop with 6 participants from Alexandria, aiming to increase their skills and use arts and crafts to earn a living. The theme of the [...]
Music Concert At The Opera House of Alexandria Organized By Greek Embassy
A music concert will be held on the 10th of March at the Opera House of Alexandria, organized by the Greek Embassy in Alexandria, the Greek Community of Alexandria and the Greek Cultural Centre of Alexandria. This concert signals the strong friendship that exists between Egypt and Greece, mostly due to the presence of numerous [...]
$100,000 School Project Inaugurated By Greek Community in Tema
A $100,000 school project, aimed at providing education for under-privileged children in the sprawling Tema Manhean fishing community in the Greater Accra Region, was inaugurated on Thursday. The St. Nicholas Preparatory School project, located along the Tema Coast, is the by-product of the Maria Tsakos Foundation under the catch phrase: “Every Child has a right [...]
Greeks Seek Job Positions in Argentina
Unemployed Greeks are seeking job positions even in countries that have faced bankruptcy in the past, like Argentina of South America. Given the fact that 1.5 million Greeks are unemployed, many of them are seriously thinking of migrating to more prosperous cities such as Buenos Aires. According to ‘Tipos Tis Kyriakis’, Greeks started to send [...]
Patriarch of Alexandria And All Africa Visits Sierra Leone
The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, Theodoros II, has made an official visit to Sierra Leone and met with the President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma. This marked a truly historic moment not only for the church but for the nation of Sierra Leone. It was the first time in it’s history that [...]
Cooperation Between Shanghai Jiaotong University And University of Peloponnese in Greece
A potential cooperation is being discussed between the Shanghai Jiaotong University and the University of Peloponnese in Greece. Shanghai Jiao Tong University is one of the oldest universities in China. It has a good number of famous scientists and professors, including 22 academics of the Academy of Sciences and Academy of Engineering, 35 “Changjiang Chair [...]
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