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Greek Culture
Contemporary Greek culture and traditions are very rich and diverse, reflecting Greece’s location at the crossing point where the West meets the East and the country’s great and turbulent history.
Anzac. Lemnos. 1915. is a one-hour documentary with a fresh angle on the well-documented Gallipoli…
Mitropanos sadly passed away on April 17, 2012 after suffering from a heart attack and pulmonary edema. He will always be remembered as one of Greece’s most recognisable voices and legend of the rebetika genre.
Archaeologists discovered a helmet dating back 2,500 years that belonged to the Greek-Illyrian era. The…
Stavros Spyros Niarchos, the shadowy Greek shipping magnate who spent much of his life battling…
Native Chicagoan Stephanie Cotirsilos returns to her hometown for a book talk and signing hosted by HAWC Great Lakes Region.
Thousands convened to honour the heritage and commemorate the 1821 Revolution. Schools, communities, clubs, welfare…
The Official Rehearsal of the lighting Ceremony of the Olympic Flame that took place in…
Elon Musk has drawn attention to the alarming population collapse that is occurring in Greece and dozens of other countries around the world.
“God gave me the blessing to be born in a small village and to be…
Born on the island of Zakynthos, Georgios Tertsetis (1800-April 15, 1874) was a fighter in…
The 2000 year old Anisa Plate shows that Greek was spoken in Anatolia at that time
Four chefs from Japan, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam tell us their culinary stories, which…
Kri Kri turned 70 this year and celebrated by creating an exciting place in Serres…
Marina Vlachaki stands as a captivating figure in the Greek music scene, her voice a…
Greek-American Artist Eleanna Anagnos returns to Chicago for her first solo art exhibition.
In a remarkable discovery, archaeologists have unearthed a bronze fitting portraying Alexander the Great on…
By Giorgos I. Iliopoulos and Dimitris Elea Truth can only go hand in hand with…
On this day, April 12, 2018, flight lieutenant Giorgos Baltadoros lost his life. The fallen…
Archaeologists have uncovered a stunning new fresco depicting Helen of Troy in the ancient Roman…
