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CNN: Knossos among the 7 most fascinating ancient cities

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The world tends to celebrate the ingenuity and strength of great civilizations that have flourished by successfully subduing nature. But every bit as fascinating are the stories of once-great civilizations forced to submit to nature’s capricious power. Here are seven ancient cities, almost all UNESCO...

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Irish Times promotes greek islands

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Irish Times made for its readers a Greek islands guide. There are 6,000 Greek islands strewn across the Aegean and Ionian Seas and the editors made a list with the 10 best Greek islands. 1. Crete Crete, the fifth-largest island in the Mediterranean, is a familiar package...

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Spinalonga Island revamped prior to receiving UNESCO heritage status

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Sixteen of the buildings will be restored, with a view to being used in site works. At the same time as the buttressing of the buildings, a second study foresees the improvement of access to the island that gained infamy through its use as a...

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Rare video footage of 1964’s Crete

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The website British Pathé takes us on a trip on 1964’s Crete with a video that include images of the beautiful island of Crete fifty years ago. The footage is only a part of the material British Pathé has and sets for sale. The video includes...

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Chinese couples to mass marry on Crete

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Sixteen Chinese couples will tie the knot on the idyllic Greek island of Crete on Friday, April 25. Preparations are already underway for the big day at the ‘Koules’ fortress in Chania, where the wedding rehearsal took place couple of days ago. According to the wedding planners, upon their arrival,...

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Synthesizing waves of light

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[:el] Dr Eleftherios Goulielmakis is head of the research group Attoelectronics at the Institute of Quantum Optics Max Plank, based at Munich in Germany. In 2012, he was awarded the Gustav Hertz Award by the German Physical Society, an award honouring and encouraging young physicists...

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A Cretan scientist in the fight against Parkinson and Alzheimer’s disease

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Professor Nicholas D. Mazarakis holds the Lucas-Lee chair of Molecular BioMedicine and is head of Gene Therapy in Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. He is a molecular neuroscientist with an international reputation in gene therapy of neurological diseases. Nicholas Mazarakis is from Crete....

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A Greek Moulin Rouge dancer holds a Guinness World Record

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His performance as a true Moulin Rouge character named Valentin le Désossé earned him a place at the famous cabaret. Adonis Kosmadakis was born on Crete and took his first lesson at Kleri’s Gouvanaki school when he was 18- a relatively old age for a...

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One of the top chefs in the US

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[:el] Michael Psilakis has repeatedly acquired many of the food world’s highest honors on the culinary scene. In 2008 he was honored with the Food & Wine’s “Best New Chef and Bon Appetit’s Chef of the Year” and Bon Appetit’s “Chef of the Year” award....

CNN: Knossos among the 7 most fascinating ancient cities

Irish Times promotes greek islands

Spinalonga Island revamped prior to receiving UNESCO heritage status

Rare video footage of 1964’s Crete

Chinese couples to mass marry on Crete

Synthesizing waves of light

A Cretan scientist in the fight against Parkinson and Alzheimer’s disease

A Greek Moulin Rouge dancer holds a Guinness World Record

One of the top chefs in the US

Gerasimos Sklavos – The Greek Sculptor Who Praised the Light and Left an Unexpected Legacy

Greek Students and University Pupils at the Top of Global Robotics

The universality of Hellenism

Antigoni Tsiouli: The Greek Prima Ballerina Shining at the Cairo Opera House

On this day: Reception of a legendary ship of the Greek Navy

Viktor Sarianidis – A legend of the world’s archaeology

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