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Greek Australian Surfer wins Pro Junior Championship
The 16-year-old Jack Robinson from Australia was recently crowned junior world champion in surfing. The championship was held in Hawaii. He was born on 27th December 1997 and his mother is of Greek origin. His grandparents were from Mytilene. When video footage of a 10...
Greek scientist studies artificial graphene’s production
A new breed of ultra thin super-material has the potential to cause a technological revolution. “Artificial graphene” should lead to faster, smaller and lighter electronic and optical devices of all kinds, including higher performance photovoltaic cells, lasers or LED lighting. For the first time, scientists...
Australia: exhibition tribute to Dodecanese islands
[:el] The islands of the Dodecanese are celebrated in a new exhibition to be held by Nick and Marian Alexopoulos. A collection of paintings by Marian, and photographs by Nick, will accentuate the true beauty of the Aegean. Nick, a retired school principal, and Marian,...
“The Greeks”: major exhibit on ancient Greeks in North America
“The Greeks,” a major new exhibition of Greek antiquities, will be featured in 3 Museums of North America: Chicago’s Field Museum, National Geographic Museum in Washington and in the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Ontario. With more than 500 artifacts from 22 Greek museums, the...
Greek Poems in London Underground
In celebration of the Greek EU Presidency from January to June 2014 and the enduring ties between Greek and British culture, six poems by Greek, British and Irish poets will be posted in the London underground from February 24 to April 2014. Hundreds of train sets are to be...
Australian Prime Minister attends greek festival
For the second time in three months, the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was present at the events of the Greeks in Australia. After attending the Festival “Antipodes” in Melbourne, Mr. Abbott officially launched today the Greek Festival of Sydney in Darling Harbor. It is estimated that...
An exhibition and workshop to explore the unseen
The concept of Dialogue in the Dark is simple: visitors are lead by blind guides in groups through specially constructed dark rooms in which scent, sound, wind, temperature and texture convey the characteristics of daily environments – for example a park, a city, a boat...
Huffingtonpost’s tribute to Meteora as the town “In The Middle Of The Sky”
An article – tribute to the magnificent Meteora, the city in the middle of the sky, was published on the website of the Huffingtonpost. The article concentrates on the breathtaking pictures of the landscape. A few hours outside Athens sits the rock-top monasteries of Meteora. The word...
Santorini is one of the most photogenic places on Earth!
The most photogenic places on earth were voted in the poll conducted by VeryFirstTo.com commissioned by Fujifilm. The unique landscapes of Santorini were voted amongst the 12 most photogenic place in Earth. The most photogenic places are: Santorini, the islands Bora Bora of the French...
Member of the scientific group that proved the theory of general relativity
[:el] An international scientific group, led by Greek John Antoniadis, a student of the Max-Planck-Institute for Radioastronomy in Bonn, announced an important and rather unforeseen discovery. Researchers successfully proved Einstein’s theory of general relativity arguing that gravity leads the Universe. Paper’s lead author John Antoniadis’s...