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The Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard in Nafplio
The Harvard University Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS DC) is a research center founded in the early 1960s in Washington. Its main purpose is to support Greek education and promote internationally the great cultural achievements of ancient Greece, and particularly the humanitarian values of the...
The Dental School of Athens is one of the best schools in the world
[:el]The School of Dentistry in Athens achieved a worldwide distinction by being placed among the 100 best universities in the world. The chairman Foivos Madianos states that “the Dental School of the University of Athens has won the 76th position out of 100, the best...
Operation by Pierre-Yv Cousteau for the World Oceans Day
[:el]A 150-meter-long ghost fishing net was pulled out of the sea at the coast of Santorini by a group of volunteers, led by Pierre-Yv Cousteau, CEO, and founder of Cousteau Divers, a non-profitable organization dedicated to the union of divers to protect the marine life....
Vangelis paid tribute to Stephen Hawking
[:el]Vangelis Papathanassiou’s music will be accompanying Steven Hawking’s burial, next to Newton and Darwin’s tombs at the Westminster Abbey in London. The internationally acclaimed composer of “Blade Runner”, “1492”, “Streets of Fire” and many other pioneering albums composed a 6-minute-and-21-seconds song, in honor of the...
Awards for a Greek Law School at an international competition
[:el]Αnother award for the Greek Law Schools in international competitions and this time by the Democritus University of Thrace. In particular, the team which represented Greece and the Law School of the Democritus University of Thrace in the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition 2018...
Greece wins 53 awards in an international olive oil competition
In the annual “New York International Olive Oil Competition” among 1.000 contestants from 27 countries, Greek companies broke all previous records, collecting a total of 53 awards and winning the fourth place among the countries with the most awards. The 155 Greek olive oil varieties...
Nikos Koulousias the Royal Wedding Chef
Nick Koulousias is a Greek chef and a member of the team of chefs who are responsible for the menu of Prince Harry’s and Meghan Markle’s Royal wedding. He has previously cooked for several world-famous personalities, such as the Russian President, Vladimir Putin. In a...
Ten Greeks in the list of the world’s most influential scientific minds
[:el]Webometrics published the list with the Highly Cited Researchers (h> 100) for 2018, and it represents some of the world’s most influential scientific minds and among them, we can find 10 Greek professors. Six are professors at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, three...
The first who shed light on the birth of stars
Dr. Aris Τritsis and Kostas Tassis, an assistant professor at the University of Crete in the Department of Physics, are the first researchers in the world who managed to map a three-dimensional molecular interstellar cloud of gas and dust, a place where new stars are...
4 Greeks in the National Academy of Sciences
[:el] The National Academy of Sciences in USA announced the election of 84 new members and 21 foreign associates in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research, among them 4 Greeks are featured. Those elected bring the total number of active members...