Vasilis Ioannidis, from Polykastro, Kilkis has made a reputation for himself for the beautifully intricate guitars, bouzoukia, baglamadakia, mandolins and spinning tops that he hand carves from wood.
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Greek tennis star Maria Sakkari notches up an amazing win over Angelique Kerber, a player she has never beaten before, to reach the Grampians trophy final four. “Every time I come back to Australia, it feels like I’m at home,” says Sakkari in her post match interview.
New research shows that the first Greek set foot in Australia in 1811, not in 1829 as initially thought, and his name was George Emanuel. Being the first Greek immigrant in Australia however was not Emanuel’s only claim to fame, he also made newspaper headlines after he was married at the ripe old age of 99.
The Aegean Islands as Submersible Rockets – How War Can Be Prevented When, on June…
In a previous article, we talked about how turning Greece’s islands into submersibles could prevent…
Acclaimed Greek master laouto player and composer, Vasilis Kostas, has recently won the “Forty Under 40” – an international award recognising people up to 40 years old who excel in the fields of arts, sciences and business; making him one of the most decorated Greek musicians of the last decade.
Many people may not know that some of the most famous ceiling paintings, portraits of historical figures and murals within the Capitol, are painted by Greek-Italian artist Konstantinos Broumidis. Dubbed the “Michelangelo of the United States”, his extraordinary talent has been praised by art curators world-wide.
“I think that I will easily work from an island in Greece. It is a very beautiful country.” In a recent teleconference, John Roese, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Dell Technologies, discussed the open prospects and great potential that Greece has to attract foreign workers and companies in the field of technology and informatics.
Constantine Scurtis, the current CO-CEO of Lynd Acquisition Group, is suing his ex-brother-in-law and baseball legend A-Rod $50 million because he claims the latter fraudulently cut him out of the real estate empire they built together some years ago.
In the past few decades, the concept of “Eurasia” was popularized once again by the…
Relations between Turkey and the United States are finally up in the air. If we…
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Greece’s defense industry – actually Greece as a whole – faces three major challenges: a…
Unanswered questions about Turkey’s relationship with ISIS In a recent update about ISIS’ status in…
Greece on March 25 will celebrate the 200-year anniversary since the beginning of the Greek…
“One of the greatest civilisations in the world has become an inspiration for the birth…
It’s happening. The world title fight for George “Ferocious” Kambosos Jr.
On December 18, 2020, more than 66,000 NSW students learned their HSC and ATAR results.…
“In the post-coronavirus era, Greece has a great advantage. It can attract the nomads of technology with its beauties. I believe that it has a great opportunity ahead of it, and it is now at a level where it can become the basis and foundation of large technology companies.” The couple behind Google Maps now bring their new mood-based music application ‘Weav Music’ to Greece.
The agreement for the normalization of relations between Qatar and the other Sunni monarchies in…