World Tourism Day 2012 Greek Photo Competition: And the Winners are...

Angela Kourtes (Canada)

Ikaria Island,  Greece 

1st prize equal

Marios Katsaros (Greece)

The Blue Cave Kastelorizo island, Greece

1st prize equal

Vicky Yiannoutsos (New Zealand)

Window on Kastos Island, Greece 

3rd prize

Congratulations to our prizewinners Angela and  Mario who got exactly the same number of votes and to Vicky who followed! 

The Prizes

1st Prize Equal 

Angela wins a very beautiful print of her 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!   

Angela gets to choose one of the three prints shown below to remind her of the beauties of Greece. 

1st Prize Equal

Mario wins a night for two in a double room at the lovely Golden Sun Hotel in Glyfada, 

with Rich Buffet Breakfast and a big bottle of Wine as a Welcome Drink - all with the compliments of the Management of the Golden Sun Hotel whose mission is to give everyone's stay at their hotel 'a home away from home' feeling!

3rd Prize

Vicky  wins a copy of Έρωτας στην Ομίχλη, Love in the Mist,
the latest novel by talented Global Greek writer Justine Frangoulis Argyris
from Montreal, Canada whose novels are based on real Greek related issues. She blends the facts with fiction and weaves them beautifully into her novels making for exceptionally interesting reading.

A big thank you, ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΟYΜΕ, to Georgia, The Golden Sun Hotel and Justine for their generosity in donating these wonderful prizes for our winners!

Finally a big thank you, EYXAPIΣTOYME, to all those who entered their photos and made this competition come alive with...Greece!

Greece is Greece's No 1 product and deserves to take its rightful place in the world...right at the top! 

At Global Greek World, We ♥ Greece...and it shows!

© GlobalGreekWorld 2012 All Rights Reserved

Global Greek Events: 11 April - Official New York Launch of ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΓΑΠΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΛΛΩΝ by Global Greek Writer, Justine (Ioustini) Frangouli-Argyris

John Catsimatidis, one of our Golden Global Greeks, and # 616 on the Forbes Billionaires List for 2010,  is  the personification of what we all call the American Dream.

Photo Source: John Catsimatidis' Website

Born in Nissyros, Greece in 1948, John’s parents emigrated to America when he was six months old. With little money, they settled in a rented apartment on 135th Street in Harlem. While his father Andreas worked long hours as a busboy, his mother Despina brought up their only son. 

Gia tin Agapi ton Allon by Ioustini Frangoulis is the story of this dynamic lady's life! An incredible tale of love, betrayal, and dignity set in the context of the conservative and tradition-bound island community of Nissyros.




Growing up, Catsimatidis attended both public and parochial grade schools. His youthful fascination with mechanics and how things worked led him to Brooklyn Tech and then on to NYU as an Engineering major. While in college, a part-time job in a family friend’s grocery store at 137th & Broadway gave him the impetus to open a small grocery at Broadway and 99th Street in Manhattan which would become the flagship for a conglomerate that would eventually generate over $3 billion dollars in annual sales and employ more than 8000 people ... Catsimatidis himself was to become a business tycoon who might one day be the Mayor of New York...   Read More

Photo Source: Ioustini Frangoulis 

Justine Frangouli-Argyris is one of our Global Greeks! Justine, or Ioustini as she is known in Greek, was born in Lefkada. A best-selling Greek author and journalist, Ioustini has been a contributor to daily newspapers, radio, television and magazines in Greece since 1983. Since 1989 she has been living and working in Montreal, Canada as a correspondent for the Athens News Agency (ANA), Eleftherotypia and Ethnos newspapers. During the same period, she also collaborated with local Greek-Canadian and American radio stations and publications, but more importantly has written a number of very successful books which have been published both in Greek and English. 

 Gia tin Agapi ton Allon is the latest and by all accounts will be her most successful!!! 

After the highly symbolic and moving official launch of this book in November 2009 at Athens' Grande Bretagne Hotel, in the presence of John Catsimatidis himself, the author Ioustini, many friends and dignitaries, it is time to take the story back to the adopted home of it's leading lady ... the city of New York!

On Sunday, 11 April, 2010, in the most appropriate of places...Nissyros House, Gia tin Agapi ton Allon will be launched in New York, in the presence of John Catsimatidis, his family, the author and MPs Yiorgos Nikitiadis and Gregoris Niotis. Mr Niotis is currently Deputy Speaker of the Greek Parliament and is an MP with vast experience in matters of Greeks Abroad, in fact it was during his term that SAE, the World Council of Hellenes Abroad, was established.

Ioustini, Global Greek World once again wishes you every success for this tremendous book! It is well deserved!

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To read more about Ioustini on Wikipedia,  
Click here

To visit her blog  
Click Here

To buy the Book, 

 Click Here

Global Greek Events: Athens, November 6th, Official Launch of ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΓΑΠΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΛΛΩΝ by Global Greek Writer, Justine (Ioustini) Frangouli-Argyris

A very talented and popular writer and journalist, and a Global Greek herself, Ioustini's latest book is based on the true story of the mother of Greek American John Catsimatidis, one of our Golden Global Greeks and a candidate for the office of New York Mayor. This book is a fascinating glimpse into the past, of Nisyros and the Italian Occupied Dodecanese Islands and it's impact on the future...

Photo Source: Ioustini Frangoulis

Justine Frangouli-Argyris is one of our Global Greeks! Justine, or Ioustini as she is known in Greek, was born in Lefkada. A best-selling Greek author and journalist, Ioustini has been a contributor to daily newspapers, radio, television and magazines in Greece since 1983. Since 1989 she has been living and working in Montreal, Canada as a correspondent for the Athens News Agency (ANA), Eleftherotypia and Ethnos newspapers. During the same period, she also collaborated with local Greek-Canadian and American radio stations and publications, but more importantly has written a number of very successful books which have been published both in Greek and English. Gia tin Agapi ton Allon is the latest and by all accounts will be her most successful!!!

Ioustini, Global Greek World wishes you every success for this tremendous book! It is well deserved!

To read more about Ioustini on Wikipedia, Click here

To visit her blog Click Here

John Catsimatidis, one of our Golden Global Greeks, is in fact, the personification of the American Dream.

Photo Source: John Catsimatidis' Website

Born in Nissiros, Greece in 1948, John’s parents emigrated to America when he was six months old. With little money, they settled in a rented apartment on 135th Street in Harlem. While his father Andres worked long hours as a busboy, his mother Despina raised their only son.

Growing up, Catsimatidis attended both public and parochial grade schools. His youthful fascination with mechanics and how things worked led him to Brooklyn Tech and then on to NYU as an Engineering major. While in college, a part-time job in a family friend’s grocery store at 137th & Broadway gave him to impetus open a small grocery at Broadway and 99th Street in Manhattan... Read More

To buy the Book, Click Here