Stuttgart’s Greek Festival Opens Its Doors This Weekend
A three-day Greek festival is running this weekend in Stuttgart, Germany, drawing crowds to the Schwabenplatz in the city’s Vaihingen district with traditional…
Greek Diaspora
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NYC’s Greek Community Erased From Mamdani’s Immigrant Map
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing sharp backlash after publishing an official map of immigrant neighborhoods across the five boroughs that…
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100 Scholars Fly to Sydney to Fight for the Greek Language
More than 100 academics, researchers, journalists, and diaspora representatives from Europe, the United States, and Australia will gather in Sydney this…
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The Greek Who Discovered Drugs That Saved 5,000 Lives, From a Refugee Neighborhood in Athens
Dr. Kleanthis Xanthopoulos grew up in Drapetsona, a refugee neighborhood outside Athens built by Pontic Greeks who fled the 1922 catastrophe. He went on to…
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Archbishop Elpidophoros Throws First Pitch at Yankee Stadium in Yankees Jersey
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America threw the ceremonial first pitch at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, wearing a New York Yankees jersey in front of a crowd of Greek…
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Greeks Returning From Abroad Can Now Skip Import Taxes on Their Car
Greeks who have been living abroad for at least two years can now bring their household belongings and personal vehicle back to Greece without paying import…
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Why Greece Funds a Greek School in Amman, Jordan
A Greek language program in Amman, Jordan wrapped up its school year with a ceremony organized by the Greek Embassy in collaboration with the Association of…
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Nolan’s Odyssey Has No Greeks. A Greek Archaeologist Recast It
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey doesn’t feature a single Greek actor in its cast, and a Greek archaeologist and historian has had enough of it. In a YouTube video…
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Stalin Exiled 100,000 Greeks to Central Asia. Some Never Left.
The Greek community of Central Asia did not arrive by choice. The first Greeks appeared there in the late 1800s as economic migrants from Pontus, working on…
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He Brought Socrates Back to the Ancient Agora. 30 Years Later, He’s Just Getting Started
Christopher Phillips walked into the Ancient Agora in Athens recently and did something most visitors never consider: he started a philosophical debate…
