Konstantinos Argiros headlined the Hellenic Initiative's ninth London Gala, which raised a record $512,000 for its economic development work in Greece and Cyprus.
Konstantinos Argiros, the laiko singer known for the ballad “Athina Mou”, headlined the Hellenic Initiative’s ninth Annual London Gala at The Dorchester in Mayfair on Thursday 9 October 2025.
Argiros began with a nightclub residency in Thessaloniki and went on to sell out the Sydney Opera House and Chicago’s United Center. He closed the night.
The gala raised a record $512,000 for the Initiative’s economic development and humanitarian programmes in Greece and Cyprus. It also honoured two of its grantees.
Make-A-Wish Greece has granted wishes to more than 4,000 children facing life-threatening illness since it was founded in 1996. Princess Tatiana Blatnik, the Initiative’s International Ambassador, presented its award to Board President Eleni Konstantinidi and board member Konstantine Antonopoulos. Wise Greece sells the produce of small Greek growers and uses the profits to buy food for children, homeless families and elderly people living below the poverty line.
Greece’s Defence Minister, Nikos Dendias, and its Ambassador to the UK, Ioannis Tsaousis, attended. So did the United States’ ambassadors to Greece and to Cyprus and Ukraine, Kimberley Guilfoyle and Julie Davis.
Board member Nikos Stathopoulos and executive director Peter Poulos hosted the evening, as they do every year.