Greece

The Piraeus Bank celebrates the 200th Anniversary of the Greek War of Independence with a series of events

The newly established University of West Attica (UNIWA), headquartered near the iconic archaeological site of Plato's Academy in Athens, is setting early post-pandemic goals with an emphasis on extroversy, research and innovation as it plans to attract more students...

An 82-year-old granddad from Corfu has successfully passed the university entry exams and is now preparing to enroll in the Physics department of the Thessaloniki Aristotle University, it emerged on Sunday. Nikos Karydis, who studied at an evening school since...

An agreement to promote Piraeus Bank's Anniversary Action Program to diaspora Greeks and Greeks living abroad for the national celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Greek War of Independence of 1821, was signed between the General Secretariat of...

A group of about 10 hooded assailants stormed a class at the University of Piraeus on Thursday and threw paint at the lecturer. The incident occurred during a lecture by Professor Mary Bosi at the Department of International Studies. The hooded...

Greek football giants Olympiacos are hosting a conference in partnership with Harvard University promoting football’s social responsibility, particularly in relation to refugees and other vulnerable groups. The conference, titled ‘Reinforcing, Crossing, and Transcending Borders: Soccer in a Globalized World’ will take...

Seeing four 18-year-old girls, spitting images of one another, succeeding in the yearly university entry exams in different institutions is not something common, to say the least. The... quatrefecta, so to speak, was celebrated in their native Pyrgos, in the...

The rectors of the country's main universities on Wednesday asked Greece's education ministry to drastically reduce the number of students admitted in the next academic year, saying their underfunded institutions were unable to ensure the quality of courses. Patras...

Piraeus Bank’s Board of Directors elected Messrs George Handjinicolaou, Solomon Berahas and Enrico Tommaso Cucchiani as new non executive members of the board to replace members previously resigned. The Board unanimously approved the appointment of Mr. George Handjinicolaou as...

The University of Piraeus presented Greece’s first solar electric vehicle charging station. A new era is dawning for Greece in the fields of energy and transportation after the inauguration of the first autonomous solar power charging station in the country. The facility...

Using scaffolding, ropes and membranes, 170 architects, engineers and designers from 11 European countries have started constructing a hanging city in Piraeus port pier E2 for the first Greek HELLASTOCK which will run until September 4. HELLASTOCK is essentially the Greek version...

The prospect that Greece may be emerging from the darkness of a harsh economic and deep recession is seeing international investors putting money back into still-troubled Greek banks in expectations they will see profits, Piraeus Bank Chairman Michalis Sallas...

Vangelis Marinakis, the Greek ship-owner and Olympiakos F.C chairman will not offer his candidacy for Piraeus mayor at the upcoming local election. However, the ballot will have Olympiakos colors all over it, as Marinakis' right-hand Yiannis Moralis will running for the position...

Greece's Piraeus Bank, whose Chairman, Michalis Sallas, has been accused of questionable activities and is set to make a huge profit out of the country's coming bank recapitalization -  has raised nearly double the amount of money needed to...

The Vice-President of the Piraeus Lawyers Association Constantinos Resvanis jumped to his death from the fifth floor of his office building on April 30, officials said, adding that he was facing severe financial problems and had attempted suicide in...