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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Engin Ardic Criticizes Fall of Constantinople Festivities in Turkish Newspaper Sabah
In an impressively straight forward article published in the Turkish newspaper Sabah, Engin Ardic, a well known author and journalist, castigated the way celebrations are held in Turkey for the Fall of Constantinople on May 29, 1453. The author points out a number of facts that apparently were kept as sealed secrets for decades by [...]
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 [...]
His Grace Petros Bishop of Nikopolis Passes Away
On January 31st, 2012, His Grace Petros Bishop of Nikopolis, retired Hierarch of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, passed away. The Late Bishop Petros of Nikopolis (Karatroupkos) was born in Naousa, Macedonia. He held a degree from the Theological Faculty of the University of Thessaloniki, was ordained Deacon in 1953 and Priest in [...]
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 [...]
Book on The Life and Work of Theo Aggelopoulos To Be Published in Iran
“Conversations with a Painter-Director” is the name of a book on the life and work of late Greek filmmaker Theodoros Aggelopoulos, to be published in Iran. Mehran Behrouz-Faghani has been translating and working on the three volumes of the book for three years, but the sudden death of the internationally acclaimed director has put a [...]
Nikolaos Bouikidis Faces Death Penalty For Meth Smuggling in Indonesia
Greek citizen Nikolaos Bouikidis, 36, will stand trial on February 7 on charges of drug smuggling, after he tried to smuggle 4.2kg of crystal methamphetamine in the resort island of Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia last October. Prosecutor Ketut Sujaya asked the Denpasar District Court to impose a death penalty on Bouikidis for attempting to bring such [...]
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 [...]
Greek-Cypriot Crocodile Dundee Το Catch Killer Croc In Uganda
Greek-Cypriot Peter Prodromou, also known as “Safari Pete” on a Channel 4 talk show, is a real Crocodile Dundee of our times, and his most recent mission was to track down and exterminate a killer crocodile in Uganda. The carnivorous reptile has attacked a 15-year-old boy in the African country on Christmas Day, and when [...]
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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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