Over two and a half thousand people attended the concert of Giorgos Dalaras, at Lincoln Center, New York, last Friday. At the concert, which was given to financially support the effort to complete the Greek school and cultural center of the community of Archangel Michael in Long Island, featuring the City Music Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Alexandros Myrat. Giorgos Dalaras performed, in a world premiere, the works of the composer Christos Hatzis, "The Symbol of Faith" and "The Dances of the Earth", his old and new hits, as well as selected songs, applauded by the spectators who were not only of Greek origin. Susan Lemieux also sang. After the concert, the organizers expressed their satisfaction with the great participation and enthusiasm of the people, who "showed with his presence that he is aware and cares about our culture and the future of the Nation", as Giorgos Dalaras typically mentioned.www.kathimerini.grwith information from ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ

New impetus in the case of the return of the marbles to Greece, this award was characterized by the Deputy Minister of Culture, Mr. George Nikitiadis. The Acropolis Museum won the "World's Best Museum" award from the competition held by the Association of Travel Journalists of Great Britain. It received the award last night, the Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism Mr. George Nikitiadis, representing the government, at a special event held in the British capital. Mr. Nikitiadis, thanked the organizers and those who participated in the voting, stressing that with their move they opened the door to return the marbles of the Acropolis to their place., he praised the importance of these developments for Greek Culture and expressed his optimism that with this award the last wall fell, giving new impetus to the case of the return of the marbles to Greece. The award received favorable comments on TV stations in Great Britain, pointing out that the event gives new momentum to the demand for the return of the marbles to Greece, as reported by British commentators.www.kathimerini.gr with information from ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ

The premiere of the Melbourne Greek Student Film Festival was successfully held at Como Palace Cinema, in the context of the 17th Greek Film Festival. The event was honored with the presence of Mr. Christos Salamanis, Consul General of Greece in Melbourne, the expatriate Federal Member of Parliament Maria Vamvakinou, the expatriate State Undersecretary Jenny Mikakos, officials as well as a crowd of people, of parents and students that overwhelmed the two rooms where the students' film creations were shown. The program was a product of the cooperation of the Education Office of the Consulate General of Greece in Melbourne, of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria, of the Antipodes Festival and the Victorian Ministry of Education and was kindly sponsored by the Victorian Multicultural Commission., 21 movies, duration 4 minutes each, creations of government college students, evenings/Saturdays (community and ecclesiastical) and private schools in Victoria, where the Greek language is taught, as well as students of the Greek studies departments of the Universities of Victoria, they competed in four categories and won 12 awards (three per category), which were accompanied by a cash prize. The award criteria were: a) creativity and imagination b) Amount and appropriateness of language used and c) Technical picture and sound quality.www.kathimerini.gr with information from ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ