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A book about the Greek lifestyle swept the awards in Australia
[:el] Greek Australian cookbook writer and publisher Eugenia Pantahos won two awards for her first book “Greek Life”, in the prestigious Gourmand Cookbook Awards national competition for Australia. Gourmand World Cookbook Awards were founded in 1995 by Edouard Cointreau and every year authors from 205...
Intriguing discoveries at Vryokastro ancient sanctuary on Kythnos island
[:el]Impressive finds were unearthed from the excavations at the “Vryokastro” site in Kythnos, where the ancient city of the homonym island of the Cyclades was inhabited since the 10th century B.C. up to the 6th-7th century A.D. The discoveries in the two buildings surveyed in...
Papadakis and Cizeron break own world record
[:el] Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France, skating in their first Olympics, on Tuesday broke their own ice dancing world record with a brilliant and lyrical free dance for a record total of 205.28. The previous record of 203.16 was set by them in...
Six Greek-Australians among the 100 most influential people in South Australia
[:el]Six Greek – Australians were selected among the most influential people in South Australia. The list was published by the newspaper The Advertiser. The top 100 have either had a significant impact in the past year or are likely to do so in 2018. Nick...
Low-fat or low-carb? Greek researcher has the answer
New evidence from a study at the Stanford University School of Medicine might dismay those who have chosen sides in the low-fat versus low-carb diet debate. Neither option is superior: Cutting either carbs or fats shaves off excess weight in about the same proportion, according...
The transfer of the collections from the National Library to its new facilities at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
[:el] The National Library of Greece is the principle custodian and steward of Greece’s intellectual heritage.Its story begins in 1829, almost parallel to the establishment of the Greek State under the Governor of Greece, Ioannis Kapodistrias. Dating back to 1903, The National Library of Greece...
[:el]Western Greece was honoured in a special ceremony in Athens on Monday, where it was awarded the European Destinations of Excellence (EDEN) 2016-2017 for its offering of cultural tourism. The EDEN initiative is organised by the European Commission in a bid to promote tourism to...
Holograms will help surgeons ‘see through’ tissue
[:el] Using augmented reality in the operating theatre could help surgeons to improve the outcome of reconstructive surgery for patients. The study was published by the research team at SpringerOpen and two Greek researchers participated, Liana Spyropoulou and Dimitri Amiras. In a series of procedures...
Greek researcher sheds light in the bacterial ‘Game of Thrones’
[:el] In a study published in Current Biology, researchers at the University of Oxford and the Imperial College, led by a Greek researcher, have shed light on this area of bacterial behaviour, revealing that bacteria approach conflict in much the same way as an army...
Will Smith impressed with a Greek artist’s work
Will Smith was impressed by Alexandra’s Kehayoglou installation and posted a photograph in his social media accounts. The work is a large three-dimentional tapestry, recreating the river bed of the Santa Cruz River, one of the last unexploited glacial rivers from Patagonia that connects the Andes...