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 [...]
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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 [...]
Trilingual Greek Tragedy to Be Presented in Israel
According to the Mainichi Daily News, Japanese theater director Yukio Ninagawa is planning to direct “The Trojan Women,” a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides, in Tel Aviv and Tokyo in December. The actors will speak in Japanese, Arabic and Hebrew. The director believes that his plans for the production of a trilingual Greek tragedy [...]
Former Greek PM Kostas Karamanlis to Attend 3rd Asian Leadership Conference
The Chosun Ilbo newspaper, which celebrates its 92nd birthday this year, and affiliate TV Chosun, which was launched late last year, will co-host the Third Asian Leadership Conference under the theme: “Capitalism 4.0: Searching for Post Crisis Solutions.” The forum will serve as an opportunity to search for new forms of capitalism at a time [...]
Sam Voutas’ “Red Light Revolution” to be Released in China
China’s first sex shop comedy “Red Light Revolution” returns to where it all began: Beijing. Greek-Australian Sam Voutas’ latest film, “Red Light Revolution” will be released in China after Tudou, one of China’s biggest online video websites, purchased its Chinese online rights. Tudou released the sex shop comedy in China on January 12 as its [...]
OXI Day Story Presented at Chinese Wei Jingsheng Foundation
The Greek-American Washington Oxi Day Foundation organized an initiative to present The Oxi Day Story to China, and render the term “OXI!” synonymous with courageous action to defend freedom and democracy. Following the First Annual Washington Oxi Day Foundation Celebration on October 27-28, 2011, the Chinese foundation for democracy Wei Jingsheng hosted the second celebrating [...]
Afghanistan to Open Embassy in Greece
According to ‘DefenceGreece.com’, Afghanistan will open an embassy in Greece within the next few months to help deal with the tens of thousands of illegal Afghan migrants there, an official said Sunday. Greece is the main entry point into Europe for migrants from across the Middle East and North Africa, including Algerians, Pakistanis, Somalis and Iraqis, [...]
Cypriot Defence Minister Proclaims ‘Beginning of Long Friendship Between Cyprus and Israel’
It is the beginning of a long friendship between Israel and Cyprus, said Defence Minister Demetris Eliades after signing agreements on aspects of common defence and the exchange of intelligence with his counterpart Ehud Barak in Israel. Cyprus and Israel share common principles and want peace with neighboring states, said Eliades, who has invited Barak [...]
Cypriot Minister of Commerce to Visit Israel
Cyprus Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Mrs. Praxoula Antoniadou is expected to visit Israel at the end of January, in order to further discuss the natural gas and oil drilling in the Cypriot EEZ. According to Mrs. Antoniadou, she will be meeting with the Israeli Minister of Energy and Infrastructure to elaborate on the emerged [...]
AHI President’s Visit to Israel Highlights Overseas Trip
Annually, American Hellenic Institute (AHI) President Nick Larigakis embarks on a year-end trip to Greece and Cyprus that aims to strengthen ties between the Greek American community and Greece and Cyprus in sectors such as government, commerce, and defense. This year’s trip, which spanned from November 27 to December 9, 2011, integrated the Institute’s first-ever [...]
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