On 23 February the Sydney University Greek Society (SUGS) hosted an interesting forum with the…
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February 9 has officially been declared as International Greek Language Day and is a day for Greeks and…
The precious meaning of the Greek word “meraki” was mentioned, as an example to follow,…
The Greek Wikipedia completes 20 years of its existence – How the free content online repository of entries and multimedia was developed.
Painter and muralist, Fikos is the creator of the largest mural in the history of Greek and Byzantine art. Entitled ‘Earth&Sky’ the 46-metre high masterpiece covers the side of a seventeen-storey building taking the internationally acclaimed artist just thirteen days to paint.
Elon Musk used a Greek word in one of his Tweets. The word was “διαλεκτική…
On the initiative of Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and with the coordination of the…
Greek Australian students of two major student bodies in Australia convened on the premises of…
‘Magna Graecia: The Greko of Calabria’ looks at the Greko communities of Calabria in the southernmost part of the Italian peninsula, a group of people who have maintained their millennia-old links to their ancient and medieval Hellenic past through their language and culture.
Dr Jordan Peterson, one of the most celebrated and inspiring teachers in the world has…
Commonly used in every day as part of the Greek language, when many Greek idioms are translated literally the results are often very puzzling and sometimes hilarious for non-Greek speakers. Here are some of our favourite and funny Greek one-liners.
If you are heading to Greece this summer and not familiar with the Greek language,…
Dr. Khaled Raouf discusses his translation work in Greek literature, its promotion in the Arab…
Delphi is a four-day flagship conference takes place in the ancient town. Bill Papastergiadis was…
Greek is ranked as the richest language in the world with 5 million words and 70 million word types. It is well-known that languages all across the globe – including English – have borrowed a myriad of words, phrases and expressions from Greek. Here is a short list of English words that are used daily by English speakers that are fully taken from the Greek language.
Odysseus Elytis (Οδυσσέας Ελύτης) was one of the greatest poets of modern Greece. He…
Randstad, a leading human resources company in Greece, is hosting a one-hour webinar on “Language Jobs in Greece” on February 22, starting at 11 a.m.
February 9 has officially been declared as International Greek Language Day and is a day for Greeks and…
The Olympic Anthem was sung in Greek by forty Chinese children during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing on Friday. The Greek words were learned by the Chinese children in less than three months.
These maps show the etymology of various words around Europe and the cultural background and…