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Greeks Protest Outside Greek Consulate General in New York

Around forty Greek protesters gathered at the entrance of the Consulate General of Greece in New York, on Friday and expressed their frustration for the situation in Greece. Under  police control, the "indignants" as they call themselves in public as well as in the documents that distributed to...

Telly Savalas’ Family Honored With Greek Citizenship in LA

The family of late Greek American actor Telly Savalas, best known for portraying Lt. Theo Kojak on the crime drama series Kojak (1973–1978), were awarded Greek citizenship at the Consulate of Greece in Los Angeles, USA. The recipients were the...

The Greek Story in America Is Older Than You Think

Histories often conform to a narrative, which is often simplified or edited for reasons of brevity or emphasis. The typical Greek-American historical narrative will focus on the mass immigration of generally impoverished Greeks to the United States in the...

Greek Musician Pericles Kanaris’s New York Concert to Be Shown to the World

The well-received concert by Greek composer and musician Pericles Kanaris in New York in June 2022 will be broadcast by Greek public TV to the whole world. The concert will be broadcast on ERT World on Sunday, January 29, 2023...

Greek Composer, Musician Pericles Kanaris Gives NYC Concert Honoring Cavafy

Greek composer and performer Pericles Kanaris returned to the New York music scene with his first concert since the pandemic, playing songs based on the poetry of Constantine P. Kavafy, T.S Eliot, and others. Titled “Up for Air,” the June...

Greek, Turkish, Israeli Diplomats Get Together to Mark Hanukkah

The Greek, Turkish and Israeli Ambassadors to the US got together on Sunday in New York in an event to mark the end of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights. In an extremely rare show of unity between the three...

Erdogan to Open “Turkevi” Skyscraper in New York

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will open on Monday the Turkevi Center, a 36-story skyscraper located just across the street from UN headquarters. The Turkevi Center, which will become the hub of Turkish culture in the US, will also house...

First Direct American Airlines Flight From New York Lands in Athens

The first direct flight to Greece by carrier American Airlines landed on Friday at Eleftherios Venizelos airport in Athens. 

Greek-Americans Reenact Historic Ball for Bicentennial of War of Independence

On Saturday, March 13, 2021 the Order of AHEPA presented a recreation of an 1827 Ball which raised funds for the Greek War of Independence.

Greek Rebetiko Meets American Blues at New York University

A ground-breaking new course began on January 30 at New York University (NYU) exploring the historical origins of Greek Rebetiko and American Blues — and focusing on how the two musical genres intertwine in so many different ways. The academic...

Greek Americans Commemorate Greek Jewry Who Perished in Holocaust

The Consulate General of Greece in New York organized an event ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27th) dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Greek Jewry during WWII. The Holocaust Remembrance Day of the Greek Jewry...

American Blues Meets Greek Rebetiko: New Course Offered by New York University

New York University announced last week that it will offer a new class exploring the historical origins of Greek Rebetiko and American Blues — and focusing on how the two musical genres intertwine in so many different ways. The course,...

Exhibition on the History of Romaniote Jews Opens at Greek Consulate in NYC

A photography exhibition documenting the history of Greece's Romaniote Jews, or "Romaniotes," opens on Thursday, September 19 at the Consulate General of Greece in New York City. The exhibition, titled “Romaniote Memories, a Jewish Journey from Ioannina, Greece to Manhattan,”...

Efstathiou Art Show at Greek Consulate in New York

The Consulate General of Greece in New York announced the opening of "Monitoring Solitude 2.0", an art exhibit by Mania Efstathiou, on Thursday February 7th, from 6:00-7:30 PM. Konstantinos Koutras, the Greek Consul General announced in a press release that...

Greece’s Historical Archaeological Site of Philippi ‘Travels’ to New York

New Yorkers and visitors alike are about to be invited to "take a stroll" through one of Greece's most important historic and archaeological monuments, the archaeological site at Philippi. It will soon "travel" to New York through an impressive...