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The container ship Cosco Shipping Panama, which on June 26 will be the first to pass through the expanded Panama Canal, set sail Saturday from the port of Piraeus, Greece, on its way to this Central American country, official...

From its premier last October in Mykonos to the Baku International Tourism Film Festival, short film DELOS 2015 is making its mark. This June the film received the Silver Award in the Ecotourism category at the Baku International Tourism Film...

Residing in Rio de Janeiro since 2008, Greek theater director, Sotiris Karamesinis has managed to stage three Greek tragedies in Brazil and incorporate his own acting technique known as MUSA (musical system of acting), which he bases on the art...

Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura and her Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Yehia Rashed in February, the first Greek-Egyptian Tourism Forum took place in Cairo on May 23. The aim of...

Greece inaugurated a General Consulate in the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, Erbil, on May 13. An Office of Commercial Affairs already operated in Erbil. The office appertained to the Consulate of Greece in Baghdad, and aimed to promote commercial and...

Palmyra in Syria opened for the first time its doors to archaeologists and journalists. A Greek journalist from MEGA channel, Thanasis Avgerinos, was there for the first time, right after the mines were removed, in order to cover the...

The Greek Community of Nigeria celebrated Easter the Greek way in Lagos. Lamb on the spit, red-dyed eggs and all traditional Easter delicacies were served at the Eco Hotel and Suites in Victoria Island. At midnight on Saturday, more than...

Thespis Greek Theater, an amateur non-profit theatrical group consisting of Greeks living and working in Dubai, won the first prize of the people’s choice at the finals of the Short+Sweet Festival 2016 in Dubai on Friday March 3. Thespis Greek...

Four seamen abducted by pirates from the Greek-owned, Panama-flagged tanker "Madonna 1" have been released unharmed in Nigerian territory, the shipping company announced on Wednesday. The four - three Greeks and one Filipino - were abducted in early March...

Watch these Japanese elementary school students singing the Greek National Anthem to welcome the Greek athletes that were participating in their city's Marathon.