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Five reasons to visit Nafplio
[:el]One of most beautiful towns in the area of Argolis, Peloponnese, as well as one of the most romantic cities in Greece is Nafplio. Nafplio is a town of rich history and occupation, beginning in 8th century BC. According to mythology, the town was founded by...
Law School of Athens University won the first place
[:el]The team of undergraduate students of the Law School of Athens University won the first place in the World Tour of international university competition Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot 2015 (FDI Moot) in London. The team of Law students surpassed universities, among others, as...
The Greeks who played in James Bond films
[:el]James Bond movies have millions of fans around the world. As the latest movie of 007 is released we amassed four Greek actors that have taken part in the famous spy movies. DAVID BAUTISTA In SPECTRE, the 24th Bond movie described as “a feat of...
Greek researcher hits cancer with heat-triggered ‘grenades’
[:el] Scientists of the Nanomedicine Lab in Manchester led by the Greek researcher, Kostas Kostarelos, have designed microscopic “grenades” that can explode their cancer-killing payload in tumours. The team presented its findings at the National Cancer Research Institute conference. They plan to use liposomes – tiny...
“Lobster”: Four nominations for European Film Academy Awards
[:el]The ‘ Lobster ‘ of Giorgos Lanthimos collected four nominations in key categories of the annual awards of the European Film Academy : Best European Film , Best Director ( George Lanthimos ) , Screenplay ( Yorgos Lanthimos , Efthymis Philip ) and Actor (...
Greek researchers created support system for the early diagnosis of malignant melanoma
[:el]A team of Greek researchers from the Technological Educational Institution (TEI) of Athens developed a self-examination platform/application able to adjust in commercial smartphone or handheld devices for facilitating early stage detection of melanoma. Melanoma is considered the most serious and most commonly fatal form of skin cancer....
Sixteen year old world chess champion from Kavala
[:el]Stavroula Tsolakidou is for the second time the world chess champion. She won the gold medal at the World Chess Championship in girls to 16 years, held in Halkidiki. The young chess player of S.O.Kavalas collected 9 points in 11 games (8 wins, 2 draws, 1...
The famous director George Miller honoured
[:el]George Miller, the famous director’s contribution has been recognised at this year’s Environmental Media Awards. Held at Warner Bros Studios on October 24, the Mad Max director was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by model and actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who appears in Fury Road....
22 ancient shipwrecks discovered near Greek island
[:el]Shipwrecks were the stuff of lore around the craggy coasts of Fourni, a Greek archipelago in the eastern Aegean Sea. Generations of local fishermen and sponge divers had seen piles of ancient pottery collecting algae on the seafloor. A group of marine archaeologists finally investigated the...
Greek astrophysicist awarded with the Hans Bethe Prize
[:el] Northwestern University astrophysicist Vicky Kalogera won the 2016 Hans A. Bethe Prize from the American Physics Society (APS). The top-level astrophysics and nuclear physics prize recognizes outstanding work in theory, experiment or observation in the areas of astrophysics, nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics or closely related...