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The Greek Cultural Center in Cairo and the Greek Community in Cairo, will honor the 10th anniversary since the death of Greek-Egyptian actor Giorgos Iordanidis (1921-2005). A tribute event has been organized to take place on March 22, in...

As part of Deputy Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura’s efforts to increase tourist flow from China, the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO) recently participated in the international tourism fair GITF in China’s Guangzhou, one of the most influential B2B fairs that attracts...

Cave explorers in Israel have discovered a small treasure of coins and jewelry dating to the era of Alexander the Great. According to archaeologists the treasure had been hidden by people displaced due to a war. The 2,300-year-old treasure is...

South African MP George Michalakis, who has Greek origins, is the younger person to ever be elected in the country’s parliament. Michalakis is just 26 years old and comes from a village called Egrigoros, located in northern Chios, Greece. He was elected...

A former Greek-British Royal Marines member became the first Briton to be killed fighting alongside the Kurdish forces against the jihadist Islamic state in Syria, according to BBC. The 25-year-old soldier, Konstandinos Erik Scurfield died on Tuesday March 3 after...

Archaeologists claim they have made a huge discovery by locating the house where Jesus -- the central figure in Greek Orthodox religion -- was born and brought up by Mary and Joseph. It is an ancient house in Nazareth, Israel made...

Greece expressed its abhorrence of the destruction of antiquities in Mosul’s Museum and Public Library in Iraq by ISIS. "We express our abhorrence of the base and barbaric destruction of the ancient and cultural treasures of inestimable historical value in Iraq...

Releasing a two-minute video on his website featuring his new art pieces scattered across depressing Palestinian ruins, world's best-known mystery graffiti artist Banksy repositions the popular ancient Greek myth of "Niobe" into the new spatio-temporal setting of Gaza. Banksy, using his artistic stubbornness as...

Jabavu East Primary School is operating as a hearth of Greek culture and civilization in the area of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, thanks to the tireless and voluntary efforts of teacher Ava Papatheofilou. “We teach Greek through songs and...

The two Greek and one Pakistani hostages kidnapped on board the “Kalamos” tanker off the coasts of Nigeria on February 4 have finally been released by their captors and will soon be reunited with their loved ones, the ship-owning...