Achievements
Achievements of Greeks leave their mark, influence developments, determine the future of Greece, Hellenism and whole world.
The Greek who makes cancer tissues glow
The path towards the more effective removal of tumors has been paved by Vasilis Ntziachristos, head of the Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging at the Technical University of Munich and the Helmholtz Center in Germany. Prof. Ntziachristos´s area of research encompasses the development of...
A Greek newspresenter on Chinese television
Every evening for the past year and a half, she presents the main news broadcast on NTD channel. NTD has been recognized by Reporters Without Borders as one of the leading TV channels, which offer free information to the Chinese people. Based in New York,...
The winner of MasterChef Italia is Greek
When Spyros Theodoridis was leaving Athens to work in Italy, he did not imagine that one day his decision to join a cooking TV-show, MasterChef Italia, would bring him to the top and to a prize of 100.000 euros, which, according to the Italian organizers,...
“Art should support the people”
The soprano Sonia Theodoridou was born in Veria, Greece. She has studied at the Greek National Conservatory “Manolis Kalomiris” in Mrs. Papalexopoulou class where she was graduated with distinction as well as an “Excellent and Distinguished Performance” award. She was awarded the “Maria Callas” scholarship...
The specialist laparoscopic surgeon from Chios[The specialist laparoscopic surgeon from Chios
[:el]A Greek-american physician and the son of Argyrios and Stella Apostoli- both descending from Pitios village on Chios island-, dr. Kostis Apostolis completed his speciality in Obsetrics and gynecology before receiving subspeciality training in Urogynaecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery at the Harvard Medical School. Dr....
A woman gathers recipes from Mount Athos
As a journalist working for the german radio, Marianti Milona faced the challenge of being the first woman to write a book about Mount Athos. It took her five years to explore the secrets of the aghioritic cuisine. Her book “Recipes from Virgin Mary’s garden”,...
“to try, is not enough if you are not gifted”
Karolos Zouganelis was born in Athens in 1977. He began his studies in music when he was 5 years old and in 1992 he obtained his diploma from the National Conservatory in Athens. In 1996 he was accepted by the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris...
The human brain is hard to imitate
Andreas Persidis has a phd in Artificial Intelligence from the British University of Strathclyde. In the 25 years since his graduation, dr. Persidis has founded and directed departments for technological advancement in European businesses focused on engineering, software development and mobile communication. As a co-founder...
Music gives shelter to dreams
With roots in Cappadocia and the Pontus area, Kyriakos Kalaitzidis spent a great amount of his time behind the psalter. He completed his studies in byzantine music and acquired professional qualifications in psalm singing and music teaching, while he began to play the outi regularly...
Greece needs to evaluate its potential
Ioanna Tourkochoriti chose to study Law because of her interest in the structure of the modern state. During her studies, she discovered that, although the focus on social institutions did satisfy her curiosity, she was more interested in uncovering the reasons these institutions exist. Upon...