Greek Communist Party General Secretary Aleka Papariga is due to inform Greeks living in Düsseldorf about the upcoming European Parliament elections tomorrow, in an event organised by the Parish Centre of the Saint Andrews church at 7pm.

Greek-born Jewish boxer Salamo Arouch, who survived the Holocaust and incarceration in the Auschwitz concentration camp, has died at the age of 86.

An Antigua and Barbuda-flagged cargo ship has been hijacked by a band of pirates in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia.

A new building to house the Greek Cultural Center of Astoria is being sought after 35 years.

The 8th annual "Mathitiada" will be held in the village of Proti, the birthplace of Konstantinos Karamanlis in the Serres Prefecture, on May 8-13 with the participation of 1,200 high school students from all prefectures in Greece and from 42 Greek expatriate schools.