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The Shakespeare Theatre Company's Bard Association and the Embassy of Greece will present the Trial of Lysistrata at the Lansburgh Theatre, Washington D.C., at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 24. The event will be followed by a cocktail reception at Sidney...

The Greek Culture Foundation, the Department of Modern Greek Studies at Georgetown University and the Pillars of Greek Culture Foundation have organized a screening of the film “Promakhos” at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 28. “Promakhos,” referring...

A number of ads at various stations and bus stops in Washington, D.C. discredit Greece as they use the country as a bad example which people should not follow. The slogan on the huge signs is "Next Stop: Greece, Don’t...

The Annual Conference on the Cypriot issue and issues concerning Hellenism has been held in Washington, D.C. for the 27th consecutive year. As every year, the Conference was organised in common by the International Coordinating Committee ''Justice for Cyprus''...

An event dedicated to the 5th President of the U.S.A. James Monroe and the American friends of Greece and their contribution to the Greek Revolution, took part in Washington, under the aegis of the Greek Ambassador Vassilis Kaskarelis. At...

A big exhibition about the Byzantium era will be presented in a Washington, D.C. museum in 2013, including exhibits which will come from the three biggest museums of Greece (Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens, Museum of Byzantine Culture...

Greece's Alternate Defense Minister Panos Beglitis on Friday ended a three-day visit to Washington, D.C. During his travels he presented the U.S. military leadership with a memorandum describing Turkey's behaviour in the Aegean over recent years. During the visit he met U.S. Assistant Secretary...

The Greek embassy in Washington D.C. is currently hosting the photo exhibition of Dody Tsiantar, "Glimpses of Greece: Door Portraits". The exhibition, which will be on display until June 15, features stunning photographs taken by Tsiantar on her iPhone...

Of all the scary things that have gone on in Washington D.C. over the years -- and there have been many -- the “Demon Cat” apparitions have pride of place, at least when it comes to all things Halloween-related. Showing...

Bilirakis and Moloney will celebrate the Greek Bicentennial and call on the UK to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece.

The annual Washington, D.C. based scholarship competition celebrating the Greek spirit is once again underway. Sponsored by the Washington OXI Day Foundation, the awards will give recipients scholarships totaling up to $10,000 this year,  doubling the usual amount as a...

Greek-American politicians and organizations expressed their frustration for the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Washington earlier in the week. Dozens joined a demonstration with Armenian and Kurdish groups to express their disapproval of Turkish policies in the...

A photography exhibition documenting the history of Greece’s Romaniote Jews, or “Romaniotes,” opens at the Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, November 7th, and continues through November 29th, 2019. The exhibition, titled “Romaniote Memories: A Jewish Journey from...

The 2018 Heritage America Program, sponsored by the National Hellenic Society and Manatos & Manatos hosted 21 exceptional Greek-American students from across the country July 18-21 to Washington D.C. This unique program reconnects college-aged Greek-American students with their roots, heritage,...

New incriminating pieces of evidence for 34-year-old African-American Daron Dylon Wint were released by police regarding the grisly homicides of prominent Greek-American businessman Savvas Savopoulos, his wife Amy, their 10-year-old son Philip, and their housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, inside their multimillion-dollar home in Washington, DC. DNA...