Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Καλά Χριστούγεννα - Καλή Χρονιά! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year


Από το δικό μας σπίτι στο δικό σας
ταξιδεύει το παραδοσιακό και Ελληνικότατο καραβάκι, στολισμένο και φορτωμένο με ελπίδα και αγάπη για να ευχηθούμε σε όλους  
Καλά Χριστούγεννα & Καλή Χρονιά!

Να κάνουμε το 2014 τη χρονιά της Ανάπτυξης, 
τη χρονιά που θα αρχίσει η αλλαγή προς το καλύτερο για την Ελλάδα μας!

Ας αρχίσουμε από σήμερα:
Φέτος στις γιορτές, επιμένουμε Ελληνικά! 
  
Greece's traditional Christmas symbol,
a boat loaded with love and hope, is on its way from our house to yours,
wishing  everyone in our Global Greek World 
 a very Merry Christmas and a 
Happy, Healthy, Peaceful and Successful New Year!

Let's make 2014 the year of Growth, the year that things will begin to change for the better as we continue to strive for the best for our beautiful Greece!  

Let's start today:
Let's all Buy GREEK for Christmas this Year! 

Χρόνια Πολλά και Καλά!

At Global Greek World, We ♥ Greece...and it shows! 
© GlobalGreekWorld 2013 All Rights Reserved

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

World Tourism Day 2013 Greek Photo Competition: And the Winners are...

1st prize 
Dimitris Asf (Greece)
Beautiful Oia, Santorini,  Greece 



 2nd prize
Uschi Niemann (Greece via Germany)
Cute Cookie  from  the Corfu Donkey Rescue

3rd prize
Rebecca Elia (USA)
The  Magnificent Parthenon and Plaka from Monastiraki

 4th Prize

Piotr Leydo (Poland)
Amazing Amorgos, Greece  from the air

Congratulations to our prizewinners Dimitri, Uschi, Rebecca and Piotr!  


The Prizes

1st Prize

Dimitri wins a very beautiful Greek inspired print of his choice from the workshop of Georgia Pistolis,  one of our very talented Global Greek artists, who lives and works in South Carolina in the USA but whose gorgeous artwork is largely inspired by her homeland- and ours - Greece!   

Dimitri gets to choose one of the four prints shown below:

Art by Georgia 
You too can purchase one of Georgia's wonderful Greek themed artworks by clicking here

2nd Prize 
Uschi wins a beautiful piece of sterling silver 925 with authentic 'good luck eye" glass bead (mati) for herself or her pet from The Lovepaw Collection in the USA
 
Apollo from the Zeus Collection


Designed by one of our Global Greeks, and expertly Made in Greece by one of Greece's fine silversmiths , this beautiful piece of jewellery has been donated by Olympia Zacharakis of Miami, creator and founder of The Lovepaw Company, specialising in fine pieces for pets and/or their owners!

Olympia's Lovepaw Company photos can be found on Facebook  while her website  is being upgraded


3rd Prize

Rebecca  wins a one year subscription to  Odyssey, the World of Greece Magazine so she can keep current with what goes on in our Global Greek World when she is not visiting. 

Founded by dynamic Global Greek Gregory A Maniatis, and with a readership of over 60,000 in 35 countries Odyssey is one of the best of its kind - a bimonthly, independent magazine about Greece and Greeks around the world. Odyssey reports on the spectrum of the Greek experience-culture, politics, society,and business in Greece as well as issues of interest to diaspora Greeks and Philhellenes.

In addition to interviews, photo essays, travel stories, and commentaries, Odyssey also publishes annual guides to hotels, restaurants,summer events, and courses in Greece or in Greek Studies. It is sold at selected kiosks in Greece and elsewhere as well as through subscription.
 
Click here to read more about Odyssey - the World of Greece Magazine

4th Prize

Piotr wins a copy of Nikos Petousis' fascinating biography
 From Athens to Papakura 
which tells the story of a Greek boy, Nikos Petousis, born in 1936 in Athens, Greece, who having lived through both WW2 and the Greek Civil War in his hometown, decided to seek sponsorship from a New Zealander whom his family had helped during the war.  

Nikos carved a successful career for himself in Auckland. When he retired he accepted the position of Honorary Consul for Greece and works hard, continuing to enhance the already strong relationship between the two countries.

One of the events that Nikos recalls with pride, is the farewell to the New Zealand Olympians before the team set off for the Greek Olympic Games in 2004, an event we are happy to have supported from our position on the Organising Committee of the Olympic Games.

For all those interested, you can purchase your own copy of Nikos' great biography from Amazon


THANK YOU, ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΟYΜΕ, 
to 
Georgia, Olympia, Nikos and  Odyssey, The World of Greece Magazine 
for their generosity in donating these wonderful prizes for our winners
and
a very big 
THANK YOU - ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΟYΜΕ
to all those who entered their photos 


and made this competition come alive with...Greece 
and their love for Greece! 
Greece is Greece's No 1 product.
It deserves to take its rightful place in the world...
right at the top! 

Now sit back and enjoy our video of all the stunning photos!





At Global Greek World, We ♥ Greece...and it shows!
 © GlobalGreekWorld 2013 All Rights Reserved

Monday, December 2, 2013

Maria Callas: Google Honours and Pays Tribute to La Divina


Power, Passion, Talent and Greatness...
Maria Callas on the stage of La Scala di Milano
Google's tribute to this legendary woman and performer,
  90 years after her birth 

With one of their most elegant and eloquent Google Doodles ever, 
Google honours one of Greece's legendary and proud Global Greeks, 
- the Tigress, the Legend, the Diva of Divas -
the one and only


At Global Greek World, We ♥ Greece...and it shows! 
© GlobalGreekWorld 2013 All Rights Reserved

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Buy GREEK for Christmas Campaign 2013! Φέτος στις Γιορτές, Επιμένω ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ! Στηρίζω την Ελλάδα!


Welcome to the 3rd year of our annual Buy GREEK for Christmas Campaign on Facebook! 

One of our traditional sayings goes 'If you don't praise your home it will fall on your head...' what else is Greece but our collective home and one of the most beautiful in the world? 

By Buying GREEK wherever in the world you are over the holidays...you are actively adding your support and solidarity to the efforts of the people in this beautiful country to start the economic recovery process from the grass roots level, by helping sustain Greek jobs and businesses. Every little bit helps! 

Being part of our campaign does not imply that you need to be anywhere on any particular date... all it means is that you too are going to buy or maybe make something Greek - kourambiedes, taramosalata, olives, feta, yoghurt, a piece of chocolate, eat at a Greek restaurant, download a Greek song, buy a book, a theatre ticket, a DVD or CD, buy a bottle of Greek wine, olive oil or ouzo, visit a Museum, or an on-line Museum Shop, book your holiday in Greece, take the Metro to Monastiraki and have a souvlaki or catch a ferryboat to one of Greece's beautiful islands.

If you or your company gives corporate or client gifts, include some of Greece's great wines, cheeses, nuts, olive oil, fragranced soaps or unique handmade silver items.

Even if you cannot buy something GREEK, you can still support our campaign!
Just click on the link, join and share, share, share - tell your friends, tell the world, that you are proud to be one of those who support Greece - proud to be part of the Buy GREEK movement! 

Like our Buy Greek page, join and share our event and you go into the draw for one of the great prizes to be drawn on 8 January, 2014, when our event ends! Use the hashtag 
#BuyGREEK4Xmas to make sure we see it.

If you are a business in Greece or abroad with Greek products or services, a writer, a museum etc and would like to offer a prize for the draw, tell us! All donations to our #BuyGREEK4Xmas event will get mentioned on the event wall, on our pages, and on this site in a special wrap-up post. Email, message us or write on the event wall!

Let's go! Let's show our solidarity with Greece! 
Στηρίζουμε Ελλάδα! Φέτος στις Γιορτές Επιμένω ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ!

Αν δεν παινέψεις το σπίτι σου, θα πέσει να σε πλακώσει... Η Ελλάδα δεν είναι παρά το συλλογικό μας σπίτι και ένα από τα πιο όμορφα του κόσμου!

Φέτος για 3η χρονιά συνεχίζουμε την καθιερωμένη - με την δική σας βοήθεια βεβαίως - εκστρατεία μας, Buy GREEK for Christmas - Φέτος στις Γιορτές Επιμένω ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ!

Δεν χρειάζετε να είμαστε κάπου συγκεκριμένα, η συμμετοχή είναι απλή... δίνουμε το παρών και λέμε ΝΑΙ στα Ελληνικά προϊόντα!

Πολλά μπορείτε να κάνετε.

Αγοράστε μιά σοκολατίτσα, ένα βιβλίο, ένα CD, ένα σουβλάκι, επίσκεφτείτε κάποιο από τα καταπληκτικά μουσεία της Ελλάδας. Εάν δίνετε επιχειρηματικά δώρα διαλέξτε από τα καλύτερα της Ελλάδας, Ελληνικο κρασί και ελαιόλαδο, χειροποίητα Ελληνικά γούρια σε ασήμι... πολλά μπορείτε να βρείτε.

Μοιραστείτε την εκστρατεία μας με τους φίλους σας.

Στηρίζουμε τα Ελληνικά προΐόντα για να διατηρήθούν θέσεις εργασίας και να στηρίξουμε την οικονομία της Ελλάδας.

Πείτε στους φίλους και γνωστούς ότι αγοράζοντας Ελληνικά, στηρίζουμε όλοι την Ελλάδα μας και τους δικούς μας ανθρώπους - ΣΤΗΝ ΠΡΑΞΗ! 

Κάντε Like στην σελίδα του Buy Greek , μοιραστείτε την εκστρατεία μας και μπείτε στην κλήρωση για ένα από τα δώρα που θα κληρωθούν στις 8 Ιανουαρίου, 2014, στη λήξη της εκστρατείας μας. Μοιραστείτε με το hashtag  #BuyGREEK4Xmas για να το δούμε!

Εάν είστε Ελληνική επιχείρηση, προσφέρετε Ελληνικά προϊόντα ή υπηρεσίες στην Ελλάδα ή στο εξωτερικό, και θα θέλατε να μας προσφέρετε ένα δώρο για την κλήρωση, παρακαλούμε ενημερώστε μας.

Εμείς θα ανταποδώσουμε και θα σας ευχαριστήσουμε δημοσίως στις σελίδες μας και στην ιστοσελίδα μας! 
 
Πάμε! Αγαπάμε την Ελλάδα και το δείχνουμε! ΕΣΕIΣ?

Support Greece - Buy GREEK for Christmas this year! Στηρίζω την Ελλάδα! Φέτος στις Γιορτές Επιμένω ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ! 

Make Buy GREEK a way of life! Make it part of YOUR life!



At Global Greek World, We ♥ Greece...and it shows! 
© GlobalGreekWorld 2013 All Rights Reserved

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