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British artist animates Ancient greek vases (VIDEO)
Steve Simons takes the images on ancient Greek vases and makes them move, some of the vignettes he creates tell stories from Greek mythology, the Olympics, or everyday life. The animations are created from the actual scenes which decorate ancient Greek vases. He tries to stay...
Greek scientist wins the Curt Brunnée Award
The winner of the 2014 Curt Brunnée Award is Dr. Dimitris Papanastasiou, nominated by the Hellenic Mass Spectrometry Society for his contributions to the development of the theoretical understanding of ion behaviors and implementation of this knowledge in new devices for ion optics and ion mobility. Dr Papanastasiou received the award in a...
Tribute to Kazantzakis in French Festival
The International Insular Film Festival that took place in the French island of Groix, paid tribute to Crete and Nikos Kazantzakis. The International Insular Film Festival’s goal is to highlight and promote insular culture troughout the film and video production of all islands over the five continents....
Iliadis wins the World Championship in Judo!
Ilias Iliadis won his third world title in the under-90kg category in the World Championship held in Russia, Chelyabinsk. It is his third gold medal and the sixth of his career. «I feel ecstatic. I do not know if it appeared when the final ended,...
Lyric Arts Academy tribute to Maria Callas
With a grand opera gala concert at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus featuring soloists of international acclaim, the Greek National Opera commemorates the legendary soprano Maria Callas on Sunday, 21 September 2014. Famous arias of the operatic repertoire by Bellini, Bizet, Cherubini, Cilea, Gounod, Leoncavallo,...
Top 15 Influential Ancient Greeks
Α list of the most influential ancient Greeks is published by listverse.com. Greeks have made huge contributions to the world in various aspects, however this is most noticeable in literature, architecture, Olympic games, science, mathematics and politics. Read below the entire list of listverse.com : Ancient Greece...
Leonidas Kavakos nominated as artist of the year
Leonidas Kavakos is among the 10 artists who are nominated for Artist of the Year Award 2014 from the prestigious Gramophone. Leonidas Kavakos is recognised across the world as a violinist and artist of rare quality, known at the highest level for his virtuosity, superb musicianship...
The first 100% Greek satellite is being launched
Lambdasat, the first Greek satellite, constructed by Greek scientists, will be launched on Sunday 13-7-2014 from Cape Canaveral. The satellite will be providing real-time positioning of Greek merchant shipping. Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos, Aerospace Engineering Professor and Astrophysicist at the University of San Jose California, worked...
Greek achievement in robotic surgery
Greek achievement in robotic surgery by Dr K. Konstantinidis and Team in Athens Medical Center held the world first da Vinci® Si HD Single-Site® Surgery (robotic colectomy) and omentum removal. Classic surgery removal of part or the entire colon (colectomy) is a very large incision in the middle...
Forbes: Three Greek families among the richest of America
Forbes magazine has compiled the first comprehensive ranking of the richest families in America. 185 dynasties with fortunes of at least $1 billion. They’re collectively worth $1.2 trillion. Many are working at increasing their fortunes. Others are merely sleepy heirs, several generations removed from their...