Famous Greeks
Greeks are a special example in history they have a glorious past but they dont live in the past. They are powerful, even today. And they will always be. Greeks distinguished everywhere and always be FAMOUS and useful citizens of the world.
«More than Greece itself, I really miss the Greek people»
Grigory Leontiadis is currently assistant Professor in gastroenterology at the University of McMaster (Canada). From 2008 he lives and works in North America, researching, teaching, and practicing clinical gastroenterology. This positions followed his work as Lecturer at the Democritus University of Medicine in Alexandroupolis. Crucial...
Defies the dangers of extreme natural phenomena
Young George Kourounis idols where Cousteau, but also Indiana Jones. Although he was interested in science and the natural environment since his teenage years, he studied sound technology and worked for several years as technical manager of one of North America’s biggest recording studios. Until...
A boy counts the stars
[:el] Dionysis Simopoulos was born in Ioannina on March 8, 1943, and studied Political Communication and Astrophysics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the State University of Luisiana, . During that time, he was awarded several prizes in the field of communication and...
The most famous ultramarathon runner in the world
Constantine Karnazes is a Greekamerican ultramarathon runner, and author of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All Night Runner, which details ultra endurance running for the general public. Karnazes has been described as «the world’s most famous ultramarathon runner». The ultramarathoner was born on August 23, 1963...
«Greeks were never afraid of the unknown»
Father Ionas, a greek missionary, has been in Taiwan for about 10 years. Since the first liturgy in the small room of a folk hotel, to the ground-floor kindergarten, which was converted into a church, to the 4th floor apartment in a Taipei suburb filled...
“Greece must invest in the future”
In 1983 the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) [2] offered him a permanent position in the Nuclear Physics division. Since then he has been an employee of the CEA, working in the domain of fundamental research in Nuclear Physics. From May 1985 to June 1986...
Greece is mother to heroes and pioneers
Painter Tasos Chonias was recently distinguished during a competition organized by London-based Saatchi Gallery. The artist, who was born in 1974 and has staged a solo exhibition at Agathi gallery, was chosen among 5,777 contesters to receive the second award. He began to paint at...
“I have a need to heal people”
Tony Zanghi was born of Greek parents in 1953 in Caracas, Venezuela. At 3 years old, his family moved permanently to Paris. After high school, Zanghi, who has been selected amongst the top 5 swordsmen of the country, joins the ranks of the «Joinville battalion»,...
«We should claim back our Greek identity»
The family of Steve Vranakis originates from Sfakia, and immigrated to Vancouver in the late ’60s. He grew up in Canada, but left home at an early age to travel. His life changed when he got his first Mac. Later, when he began experimenting with...
Plans a journey to other galaxies with “Icarus”
[:el]A scientist of Greek origin, Andreas Tziolas has made it his life’s goal to realize the “unreachable” dream of a long interstellar journey to other suns and star systems beyond our own. He is the head of “project Icarus”, which seeks to fulfill the necessary...