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Greek among Australia’s leading journalists
The ABC’s Greek journalist Mario Christodoulou with Deb Masters and Fairfax Media’s Adele Ferguson have jointly won Australian journalism’s highest award, the Gold Walkley, for a Four Corners investigation of the Commonwealth Bank. The judges said the Banking Bad program had elevated business journalism by capturing the...
Constantine Stratakis spotted genetic cause of gigantism
Researchers led by the Greek Dr. Constantine Stratakis, have honed in on the possible genetic cause of a rare condition called gigantism that causes excessive growth in children. The researchers believe the findings could lead to new treatments for gigantism. It might even help improve understanding...
Greek researcher discovers innovative gold catalysts
Tufts University School of Engineering researchers led by Maria Flytzanis Stephanopoulou, the Robert and Marcy Haber Endowed Professor in Energy Sustainability and professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Tufts, designed and investigated new catalysts that have the potential to greatly reduce processing costs in future fuels,...
Vangelis has composed a music trio specially for Rosetta mission
Vangelis, the world-renowned musician, has composed this piece of music specially for ESA and inspired by the Rosetta mission. Vangelis’s music is often linked to themes of science, history and exploration, and he is best known for his Academy Award–winning score for the film Chariots...
Two Greeks among the richest of Australia
BRW published the list of the richest young people under 40 in Australia. The list includes 100 millionaires with fortunes of over $ 19 million. The richest exceed $ 2 billion in assets. Also in the list two Greeks entrepreneurs are included. In number 10...
Greek researcher discovers new genus of giant tortoise
The scientific collaboration of a Greek and a Spanish researcher has revealed a new turtle species, that the scientific community was unaware of its existence until now. This new genus Titanochelon was a giant turtle that inhabited Europe and whose fossils were found in Madrid. The...
Forbes: Seven Greeks among America’s wealthiest people
The list with the richest people in America was published by the magazine Forbes, known as Forbes 400. 7 Greek businessmen are included on this years list with their total fortune to reach 16.68 billion dollars. The price of entry to The Forbes 400, with the 400...
Australia: Four Greek companies on the Top 500 of private companies
[:el] The list of the Top 500 private companies was published by the Australian magazine The Deal of the newspaper The Australian. Among the successful and profitable businesses we found 4 companies created by Greek immigrants to Australia. In the 36th place of the list...
Gramophone Awards 2014: Leonidas Kavakos voted Artist of the Year
Leonidas Kavakos won the Gramophone Artist of the Year Award 2014. The highly prestigious awards are being presented annualy by the top music website Gramophone. Leonidas Kavakos is recognised across the world as a violinist and artist of rare quality, known at the highest level for his...
Four greek universities among world’s best
Four Greek universities were placed among the world’s best 500 in the QS Top Universities Guide for 2014-2015. MIT is the best University in the world, while University of Cambridge comes second, followed by Imperial College London, Harvard University and University of Oxford. It’s worth mentioning that...