Europe

London Greek Radio (LGR) which airs in both Greek and English 24/7 is expanding into Glasgow, Scotland's biggest city and home to a sizeable Greek community. Last week it was announced that it has been added to the DAB+ multiplex...

The Greek-speaking community in the U.K. lost a champion recently with the passing of Christos (Takis) Harmandas, the founder of London Greek Radio (LGR). Harmandas, hailing from Acheritus, Cyprus, founded the only Greek radio station in London in 1983 to give...

The favorite holiday destinations of British travelers for 2023 were announced on Wednesday at the 2nd annual Greek Travel Awards ceremony, which took place at Six Park Place London, organized by the office of the Greek National Tourism Organization in...

It's a little early to say now, but the story of this brilliant Greek-English surgeon might end up becoming one of the biggest stories of 2019. The British weekly The Economist believes this story of a doctor who conceived and...

Dr. Dimitri Amiras, a radiologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, used software to create holograms to help in reconstructive surgery. Using Microsoft's HoloLens augmented reality device, as well as special software, researchers in the UK headed by Dr. Amiras,...

A fascinating interactive documentary project serves up 14 video portraits of first and second generation Cypriots (both Greek and Turkish) that live and work in North London. The “Green Line” of the title is the one drawn in dark green...

The program “From Athens to London: Shape Your Future” traveled to Germany, and more specifically to the cities of Cologne and Frankfurt. It is organized by the NGO organization “Mathitiada.” The program was welcomed by young Greeks living in...

The Greek Relief Fund was created with the support of the Holy Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, the National Federation of Cyprus in the UK, and other Greek federations and organizations of G. Britain. The money that will be...

Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos gave an exclusive interview on the London Greek Radio, saying that there are no developments on the Cyprus Issue and the contacts that have been made concerning this issue regard only two countries, Turkey and Cyprus. According...

Vassilios Alexiou set up Less Rain with Lars Eberle in 1997, after winning the student D&AD yellow pencil for Interactive Media. Since then he has played an instrumental part in the conception & direction of Less Rain’s output, including the...

Due to the participation of the New Generation of the Greek Diaspora's Music School in the Opening Event of the London 2012 Olympic Games, music teacher and composer Yiannis Polykandriotis is being recognized for his efforts in keeping the...

Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas will be meeting the leadership of the British Foreign Office and the Labour Party’s new leader Ed Miliband during a two-day visit to London, which begins today. The Greek Minister has also scheduled interviews with...

Barry Evangeli (foto) made a return to the capital's only Greek radio station, following an 18-month break, partly due to a disagreement at the way in which the station was being run. Speaking to the London Daily News Barry Evangeli...

Russia's most significant opposition leader to Vladimir Putin for the past decade, Alexei Navalny, has died in a Siberian prison, Russian officials announced on Friday. Navalny was serving a 19-year jail term for offenses widely considered politically motivated. He was...

The Parthenon Marbles could be returned temporarily to Greece in exchange for ancient artifacts that have never been seen in the UK before, chairman of the British Museum trustees George Osborne has said. Responding to Greek requests for their return,...