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The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in US News – Best Global University Rankings 2020
Best Global University Rankings 2020 was published for the 6th consecutive year by U.S. News, one of the seven most important world rankings. The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is ranked 262 out of the 1500 universities included in the rankings, and in the...
Makes history at ATP Finals in London
Stefanos Tsitsipas lifted the ATP Finals trophy in London after two hours and 35 minutes of racing against Austrian Dominic Thiem. The talented tennis player has made history in Greek tennis as well as in the World, having been inducted into London’s O2 Arena with...
Wins Gold at Wheelchair Fencing World Cup
Greece’s Panos Triantafyllou claimed gold on the final day of individual competition at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation’s (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Amsterdam on Saturday. Rio’s “silver” Paralympic winner won the gold medal in the wheelchair World Cup swordfish held in...
Wins the silver medal in European Championship
Cyclist Christos Volikakis has always been a winner on the podium in recent years in all major cycling races. This time the Greek champion won the silver medal at the European Track Championships in progress in the Netherlands. From the first seconds, the scratch...
The New Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basil & Eliza Goulandris Foundation
The museum map of Athens was upgraded in early October 2019 in a unique way: The –decades long– search of the Basil & Eliza Goulandris Foundation for a suitable building, in order to host its new Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens, has finished and...
The Greek “Physician of the Year” for 2019
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Stavros Tombris was awarded the “Physician of the Year” for 2019 by the Vascular Birthmarks Foundation in the US. His specialty is the treatment of rare diseases, including vascular malformations affecting 1% of the population. internationally, but also acquired facial malformations....
Disney Releasing movie about Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Life
A Disney Tribute to MVP’s Yiannis Antetokounbos is Disney preparing for Disney’s upcoming pay-TV network. The story of the international basketball player seems to have touched the American entertainment industry. The film will present the life and career of John Antetokounbos in the NBA as...
FEELING “IN THE ZONE”, TSITSIPAS TAKES DOWN NOVAK DJOKOVIC IN SHANGHAI
Double joy and double success were reserved for today’s Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas after qualifying for the ATL finals in the ATP Finals. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic with a 2-1 set to reach the semifinals of Shanghai. Tsitsipas, speaking to ATP’s camera after the end...
The telephony distributors change and colour the Athenian life
As part of the Athens Urban Gallery event, which takes place under the act of exteriors cleaning, “This is Athens – Polis”, the Municipality of Athens continues its work Upgrading Athens’ Commercial Triangle and prompted by Athenian shopkeepers and residents, it once again invited street...
Cured guinea pigs with a basic symptom of schizophrenia
Greek researchers in the US have announced that they have restored a major symptom of schizophrenia, working memory disorder to rodents. To date, this malfunction has been impossible to cure in people with this particular mental illness, thus the study opens up possibilities for a...