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Software to help you understand Greeklish online

Software to help you understand Greeklish online

Greeks devise software to do away with online “Greeklish”
A Greek institute has devised software to turn the “Greeklish” Latin text transliteration commonly used by Greek internet users, to the despair of purists, back into the native alphabet.
“This software is particularly useful for members of the Greek diaspora living abroad”, a representative of the Institute [...]

Down Under > an Aussie Greekcity

Down Under > an Aussie Greekcity

Greekcity is Australia’s premiere Greek website designed to function as a social, cultural and business resource for the local and global Greek and Cypriot community.
Consisting of a number of interrelated websites and interconnected sites, Greekcity features Australia’s foremost Greek Australian service providers. From caterers, to cafes, to security, Greekcity is growing rapidly daily.
Greekcity cafes and restaurant [...]

Greek trivia > did you know that…

Greek trivia > did you know that…

> John Dimitri Negroponte, the first US National Intelligence Director, appointed by former President George W. Bush and approved by the Senate in 2005, is the son of Greek immigrants to the United States?
> The former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, George Tennet, was also son of Greek immigrants to the US. Greek Americans [...]

Happy wed faces

Happy wed faces

Social graces and quick wits combined to crown one London Cypriot UK Wedding Photographer of the Year.
Think of the last wedding you attended. Whether it was by Lake Como or at a village restaurant in the mountains, you’re bound to remember the basics: dress, food, flowers and party favours. The chances you remember the person [...]

A Greek heritage of 3,000 years

A Greek heritage of 3,000 years

If Greece is the cradle of civilization, as it is properly credited, then it is also the ladle of good food.
With apologies to the Italians and French, who may have elevated cooking to an art form, it was the Greeks who were the first gastronomes, according to several web sites and at least one author. [...]

Pavlo’s live on Stage concert set for November 9

Pavlo’s live on Stage concert set for November 9

Pavlo, a composer, guitarist and singer who has created his own style of “Mediterranean music”, will be performing with his four-piece band at Arend Arts Center in Bentonville.
Sponsored by Live on Stage in NWA, the concert, is scheduled for November 9 at 2 p.m. Tickets priced at $ 25 per person or $ 5 [...]

Greece bitter over US visas waiver program

Greece bitter over US visas waiver program

The Greek Ambassador to the United States on Saturday expressed his disappointment with a US decision not to include Greece in the US Waiver Program (VWP), saying it “was not a good day for Greece and Greek Americans”.
Speaking after US President George W. Bush said that another seven countries would be added to the list [...]

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