An Argentine musician loved the sound of the bouzouki and decided to combine it with the music of his country, the tango. 73-year-old Manuel Ernandez Martin from Buenos Aires recently fulfilled the dream of his life – to visit Greece. In fact, at a musical evening organised in Athens, he played the tango on his [...]

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The Greek lottery Intralot Group said Wednesday that following an international tender, its subsidiary, Intralot do Brasil, undertook the operation of lottery games in the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
The contract will have an initial term of six years with an option to extend it for six more years.
The first product to be launched [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Greek humanitarian aid destined for the quake-stricken Caribbean island of Haiti was dispatched yesterday. Some 50 tons of medical supplies, food and tents are being sent by Greece along with a team of 70 people including foreign ministry employees and members of nongovernmental organizations. People interested in making donations for the victims of last month’s [...]

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Estiator Magazine recently held their annual Bouzouki Week in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Approximately 150 guests from all over the United States enjoyed (foto) a glorious week of fun, sun and relaxation in one of the most beautiful resorts in the world, the luxurious Majestic Colonial. Three distinguished Greek gentlemen, all with ties to the [...]

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The Greek National team of Taekwon-do travels to Argentina to participate in the X Junior World Championship and the XVI Senior World Championship that will take place in Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires) Argentina, on the 26th to the 29th of November.
The Competition will be held in the Stadium Islas Malvinas, with capacity for 10.000 [...]

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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 – [...]

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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 [...]

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A special on Greeks in Guatemala by the Athens News Agency portrays a vibrant community of people active in a broad range of activities, ranging from the “Molon Lave” plastics to “Grecia” chocolates, which later spawned an entire chocolate manufacturing business by Panagiotis Papachiou, the first Greek to officially migrate to Guatemala in 1926. But [...]

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