Georgia Salpa is a Greek-Irish model recognised as Ireland’s premier glamour model. Recently she participated in the Channel 5 show Celebrity Big Brother in the UK where she was the third housemate evicted. Since then Georgia has become the centre of attention. Born to a Greek father and Irish mother in Athens, Salpa moved to [...]
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King’s College Holds Book Launch for Tome on Greek Cinema
Co-edited by Dr. Lydia Papadimitriou (Film Studies, Liverpool John Moores University) and Dr. Yannis Tzioumakis (Communications and Media, University of Liverpool), the first collection of essays on Greek cinema to be published in English entitled “Greek Cinema: Texts, Histories, Identities” (Intellect publications) was successfully launched last week at King’s College, London. Co-hosted by the Department [...]
London 2012: Olympic Flame to Be Lit By Sun Rays
The Olympic Flame will be lit by the sun’s rays on the morning of May 10th in Greece at the start of its journey to the London 2012 Games, Lord Coe has announced. An hour-long lighting ceremony amid the historic ruins of the home of the ancient Games at the Temple of Hera in Olympia [...]
Polykandriotis’ Bouzouki Conservatory In London
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 traditions alive amidst the second or third generation of Greek-born children in the UK. When [...]
Juror Theodora Dallas Jailed For 6 Months For Contempt of Court
Greek former psychology lecturer at the University of Bedfordshire, Theodora Dallas, 34, was sentence to 6 months in jail by the UK High Court after doing online research on a GBH (grievous bodily harm) trial while she was on the jury. According to information, the Greek academic had looked up the meaning of GBH on [...]
Greek Bouzouki Sounds Αt London Olympic Games
The Greek Bouzouki School of Yiannis Polykandriotis in the UK will represent Greece and its traditional music in the artistic programme of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The fifty-member orchestra is made up of male and female bouzouki players, aged between10 and 32, has a strong presence in the British capital, and was chosen [...]
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02 / 08 Film of Swiss Director Olivier Zuchuat Features Greek Island of Makronissos
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02 / 08 Cypriot Cultural Centre of Vienna Celebrates the New Year
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02 / 08 Mt. Athos Promoted as Major Tourism Destination in Brussels
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02 / 08 Greece Signs Protocol to Boost Tourism Cooperation Between Europe and South America
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02 / 08 General Directorate for Foundations Decides Galata School Should Return to School’s Foundation
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05 / 27 Dutch Newspaper Mocks Greece’s Financial Situation
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06 / 15 Parts of Alexander the Great’s Statue Being Assembled at Skopje Square
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12 / 27 Albanian Nationalists Point Finger at Archbishop Anastasios
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04 / 02 “Greeks will start begging soon” says Turkish State Minister
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12 / 26 Turkish Cypriot ‘Grinches’ Steal Christmas, Stop Holiday Liturgy
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