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[:el] Manos Tsakiris is a Professor of Psychology in the Royal Holloway and in the Bedford New College. The European Research Council (ERC) announced the awarding of its Consolidator Grants for 2016 to 314 top researchers from 39 nationalities in Europe, among them was M. Tsakiris....

An explorer, inventor and a juggler of runny eggs

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[:el] Eugene Trivizas was born in Athens in 1946. He’s best known as the author of popular children stories; however, his primary career is a lot different. He studied Law and Economics and he’s currently Professor of Criminology at the University of Reading in Great...

The best diplomat of the year is Greek

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The Head of the Greek Press Office in London, Spyros Diamantis was awarded with the 2013 prize of Diplomat Awards for Outstanding Contribution to the Press Corps. It is a unique achievement that the magazine Diplomat has established. The glorious ceremony took place in the...

World famous actresses choose her creations

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Sophia Kokosalaki is an haute couture fashion designer. She successfully managed to become established in the fashion world and runs her own label based in London. She’s the favourite designer of several famous Hollywood stars, like Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Ricci, Kate Hudson, Diana Kruger, Cameron...

The former British Royal Navy Chief of the Defence Staff

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[:el] Admiral Sir George Zambellas was the Chief of the Defence Staff of the British Royal Navy and the first British Royal Navy Officer of Greek descent holding that position. Zambellas was born on April 4th, 1958, to Greek parents Michalis and Rosemary Zambellas, who raised...

Top of international industrial designers

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Born in Sydney 45 years ago, Mark Newson developed a strong liking for design since his early age and actually walked down this path. He’s currently one of the most accomplished and influential world’s industrial designers and has worked for cutting edge firms across the...

The Greek Bond girl

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[:el]In 2008, Tonia Sotiropoulou relocated from Athens to London to pursue her acting career. Four years later, she was casted for the role of the Bond girl in the James Bond sequel Skyfall. Tonia was born on April 28, 1987. She studied acting at Yorgos...

Following Dimitri’s Mitropoulos path

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[:el]“The area of the conductors is a cycle where some countries comprise, while others remain outside. It’s like the Grand Prix. An F1 driver has nothing to do in Greece”, Nicholas Michalakis said a couple of days after he was chosen to lead one of...

The “cartographer” of the genome of one thousand people

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When in 2000 Aris Patrinos and Craig Veder stood next to the U.S. president, Bill Clinton announcing the decoding of human genome, the achievement was only related to the «alphabet» of the code that creates life. In decoding the “grammar” code, we had to wait...

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

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