Europe

By Aspasia Zontanou Director Bernd Desinger, of the Filmmuseum Blackbox, was accompanied by Greek General Consul in Düsseldorf, Maria Papakonstantinou, to welcome the film “The Last Note”. Together with curator Eleni Giannakoudi, responsible for the program and organisation of the...

By Aspasia Zontanou Almost 4,000 Greeks rallied in the heart of Dusseldorf, Germany on Saturday to protest against the use of the term 'Macedonia' by the government in Skopje. The flag-waving crowd assembled in Burgplatz for speeches in Greek and German,...

By Aspasia Zontanou “Dearest Mikis Theodorakis” as Thomas Geißel, Mayor of Düsseldorf started addressing his greetings towards Mikis Theodorakis, 92, who was sitting in a wheelchair near the orchestra, almost 2000 guests in the audience immidiately reacted with standing ovations...

By Aspasia Zontanou Following the tradition of well-established events like “Japan Fest" and “Frankreich Fest” that take place once a year in Düsseldorf to honor and promote the large Japanese and French Communities, this year marks the premier of the...

By Aspasia Zontanou Several low budget Greek films were premiered in a special three-week event called “New Greek Wave-the New Greek Cinema” in Düsseldorf from November 4th through Sunday the 27th. Eleni Giannakoudi and colleague Florian Deterding produced the event...

By Aspasia Zontanou In 1994, the Greek parliament declared that the Pontian Greek Genocide (1914-1923) be remembered every year on May 19. This last Sunday, in Düsseldorf Germany, the Perish of Greek Orthodox Church of Agios Andreas held such a...

By Aspasia Zontanou For the first time in the history of Düsseldorf, the Marathon flame travelled from Athens on Friday, April 24, to the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, protected in a special box. Düsseldorf Mayor Thomas Geisel and Greek...

The world’s largest and most famous international trade fair for boats and marine tourism is held this year in Düsseldorf, Germany, running till January 26. As part of the activities surrounding the main exhibition, the Greek consulate in Düsseldorf...

The stolen images from Greek monasteries and churches of Epirus were identified recently in a gallery in Düsseldorf that had them for sale. The prefect of Epirus was informed of this illicit trade in Greek antiquities from the published photos...

By Aspasia Zontanou The association of Greek authors in Germany (“Die Gesellschaft Griechischer Autoren e.V.) formed in 2006, organize events where Greek authors as well as authors from other nationalities living in Germany (Turkish, Kurdish, German etc.) can showcase their...

Four young and  talented Greek artists who left Thessaloniki for Düsseldorf,  Germany have been chosen by curator Apostolos Palavrakis to present their work in the Beck & Eggeling Gallery from Nov. 10-Dec. 22. Entitled Ein Augenblick!, which means 'a look'...

By Aspasia Zontanou Two leftist political movements, the Greek Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) and the German DIE LINKE joined for a political and cultural event on Sept. 15 at the Greek Orthodox Church, Saint Andreas in Düsseldorf. Greek...

Greek newspaper Ethnos published a report on the Greek community of Düsseldorf on Saturday, July 28th. According to Katerina Rova, who included some official data in her report, about 15,000 people left Greece in 2011. "An entire city such as Sparta or...

By Aspasia Zontanou Düsseldorf’s Museum Kunstpalast is staging Germany’s first exhibition devoted to the Greek painter Dominikos Theotokopoulos of the 16th century. El Greco has been a great source of inspiration to famous artist like Cezanne, van Gogh, Picasso, Delauney,...

By Aspasia Zontanou Rembetik.on, a well-known musical company in the Rhine-Ruhr area of Germany, presented a fabulous potpourri of Greek music last night and raised  the spirits of the audience. The charity event which was hosted in Z.A.K.K. Düsseldorf is...