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Big winner at BAFTA Awards
“The Favorite” by Yorgos Lanthimos, dominated the BAFTA film awards, picking up seven awards out of 12 nominations, including best actress and outstanding British film. Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” snapped up the outstanding British film and screenplay awards as well as prizes for its opulent production...
Greek platform for stroke response wins competition
A platform called “Time Is Brain”, developed by researchers at the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), University of Crete, was awarded first prize at the first Hacking Health Hackathon (HHH) competition. The HHH competition, which took...
The Greek economic analyst in the Forbes “30 Under 30” list
The name of a Greek, Vangelis Andrikopoulos, is included in the Forbes list “30 Under 30” – Europe – Finance 2019. Vangelis Andrikopoulos is one of the 30 young people under 30-years-old who is honored by Forbes’s prestigious list for his performance in the Finance...
Elizabeth Tsagkari-Dymbalska is the Greek winner of the European Commission’s translation contest
The goal of the “Juvenes Translatores” competition is to promote language learning in schools and give young people a taste of what it is like to be a translator. The competition is open to 17-year-old secondary school students and takes place at the same time...
The map of an illuminated Kypseli
One group of inhabitants of Kypseli, with optimism, persistence and organization, wants to see their neighborhood again as it once was, many years ago, and they have taken initiatives that confirm that a good citizen can make a difference. The aim of the members of...
Greek researcher investigates the human brain’s consciousness
How can someone distinguish whether people who are in an anesthetic and a lack of communication state are conscious? The answer to this question is given by new scientific research, led by Greek researcher Athena Demertzi, who took a significant step in discovering the neural...
Greek scientist dated the living and findings of the Cave of Denisova in Siberia
Two new international research studies, with one of the lead scientists being a Greek of diaspora, shed light on the Russian cave of Denisova, at the foot of the northwestern Altai Mountains of southern Siberia, as well as the mysterious homonymous ancestors of mankind. This...
Stefanos Tsitsipas: Beat Federer, beat Bautista, climbing at the top of world tennis
In 2012, a thirteen-year-old wannabe tennis champion, Stefanos Tsitsipas, stands in front of a camera and says that Roger Federer is his idol. He also states that his strong characteristics of his game are backhand and volley. 7 years later, the 20-year-old Greek champion triumphs at...
Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” is nominated for 10 Academy Awards
“The Favorite” by Yorgos Lanthimos is Oscar-nominated in the major categories of the 91st Academy Awards, such as Best Film, Actress In A Leading Role (Olivia Colman), Actress In Supporting Role (Emma Stone – Rachel Weiss) and Directing, and appears to be one of the...
The Swedish travel blogger who conveys the passion for holidays in Greece
43-year-old Swede, Markus Olsson, is the director of a small company outside Stockholm, and his greatest love is traveling. “I traveled for the first time to Greece, in Crete, 20 years ago. It was my first trip abroad – my family did not have...