Greek Pianist Panos Karan, currently residing in the U.K., will be visiting Japan on March 16, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, to give a piano recital at the Ouji Hall for the disaster victims of the Tohuku earthquake. This will be his second visit after performing 11 concerts in August 2011 in the Tohuku area for [...]
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Scholars Call for Israeli Knesset To Recognize Assyrian and Greek Genocide
In a significant milestone for efforts towards the worldwide recognition of the Assyrian genocide, nearly thirty internationally renowned holocaust and genocide scholars, and Assyrian and Greek social, cultural and religious groups, have written to the Israeli Knesset calling for the inclusion of Assyrians and Greeks in the Knesset’s forthcoming legislation on remembrance of the Armenian [...]
PASOK Leader George Papandreou Meets Peres and Netanyahu in Israel
A meeting was held in Israel on Tuesday among PASOK party leader George Papandreou, Israeli President Shimon Peres and the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Papandreou said that during the meeting they discussed the crisis in the Eurozone as well as the proposals suggested by Greece and PASOK for a “developmental prospect of the European [...]
AtaTravel Partners With Greek Tourism Company in Azerbaijan
The ceremony for the presentation of AtaTravel Ltd as an official partner of Greek tourism company Le Grand in Azerbaijan was held in Baku’s Excelsior Hotel. The ceremony, with participation from heads of travel agencies and media representatives, was conducted by AtaTravel Ltd director Vusal Aliyev and sales & VIP-services manager of travel company Le [...]
First Greek Translation of Hafiz’s Works to Be Published in Athens
According to the public relations office and information center of the Islamic Culture and Relations Office (ICRO), in an meeting with Iran’s cultural attaché to Greece, Greek translators and cultural activists announced their readiness to publish Hafiz’s Divan in the country. The act is aimed at acquainting Greek society with Hafiz poetry, given the fact [...]
China Provides Financial and Political Support to Greece to Ease Crisis
Du Qiwen, Chinese Ambassador to Athens, praised “the close friendship” between China and Greece and highlighted the commitment of the Chinese government to help Greece out of its debt problem. Speaking at a conference organised by the Greek association for European studies and the Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence last Friday (20 January), the [...]
Second Volume of Iakovos Kambanellis’ Plays Translated into Persian
Τhe second volume of Iakovos Kambanellis’s plays, including two new plays, will soon reach Iran. Iranian playwright, director and translator Reza Shirmarz saw his four plays all published one week ago in his homeland by major Ghatreh Publications and is now moving on to his next project, which will be the translation of the The Complete [...]
Greek Professor of Computational Mechanics of Structures Distinguished by Japanese University of Kyushu
A Greek Professor, Nikos Aravas, specializing in computational mechanics of structures at the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the University of Thessaly, was presented with the “World Premier International Professor” by the Japanese University of Kyushu. Moreover, the Greek professor will now formally begin his close partnership with the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I2CNER) of [...]
Greek Dance Group To Perform At Chaoyang International Spring Carnival in Beijing
In cooperation with the Greek Embassy in Beijing and the Embassy’s press and communication office, a traditional Greek dance group from Trikala, a city in central Greece, will perform at the Chaoyank International Spring Festival (New Year’s celebrations) in Beijing. The Chinese celebrations will begin on January 23 and end on January 28. With this [...]
Greek Pottery to Be Exhibited in Taiwan
A rare collection of fresco wall paintings and Greek pottery from the Louvre will be among 100 works from seven French museums that will go on display in Taipei starting Saturday, the National Palace Museum (NPM) said on Thursday. The exhibition, titled “Western Mythology and Legends: Selected Works from the Louvre Collection,” will feature ancient [...]
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02 / 03 Panos Karan To Give Charity Classical Piano Recital for Disaster Victims of Tohuku
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02 / 03 Engin Ardic Criticizes Fall of Constantinople Festivities in Turkish Newspaper Sabah
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02 / 03 Scholars Call for Israeli Knesset To Recognize Assyrian and Greek Genocide
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02 / 03 His Grace Petros Bishop of Nikopolis Passes Away
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02 / 01 PASOK Leader George Papandreou Meets Peres and Netanyahu in Israel
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