Greece

A team of law students from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki won gold and bronze medals at the 2020 International Mediation Singapore Competition, according to the final results released on Saturday. A total of 400 competitors in 48 teams from...

Brussels-born Sebastien Nagy was named Aerial Photographer of the Year 2020 after submitting a variety of beautiful photographs to the competition. Nagy impressed the judges in the Architecture category with a stunning shot of Santorini from above. Photographers from around...

Located on the remote island of Arkioi in the Dodecanese archipelago, Europe's smallest school -- which has only one student -- was honored for its video submission in an international competition. The competition, titled "The Water We Want!" was hosted...

A young student from Greece recently won a prestigious international poetry prize in a competition between hundreds of youngsters all around the world. Dimosthenis-Dimitrios Despotidis, an eighth grade student from Campion International School in Athens, won the first prize in...

The American Embassy in Athens announced recently that it will support the ''STEM STARS GREECE'' educational competition that will take place in Athens this year. The US Embassy, in partnership with SciCo, said that the ''100mentorsnetwork'' will be joining STEM...

Four students from the Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering of the University of Aegean recently won second place in the Europe-wide "Galileo & Copernicus Innovation Challenge" competition held in Helsinki, Finland. The prestigious competition was held within the framework...

A team of Greek biology students from the University of Thessaly recently won first prize in an international competition hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The ten students presented a research project entitled "Odysee," which aimed to create...

The Greek government on Thursday nominated Ioannis Lianos, professor of Global Competition Law and Public Policy at University College London (UCL), for the presidency of the Hellenic Competition Commission. Lianos is to replace current Commission president Vassiliki Thanou. The government proposed...

A group of students from the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) returned to their university campus on Monday with five medals they had won at the International Mathematics Competition-IMC in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. The seven students competed with fellow college students...

Three Greek university students swept the medals, winning one gold and two silver, in this year's International Mathematics Competition (IMC), which took place in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria between July 28 and August 3. The team from the National and Kapodistrian University...

Last weekend a cliff diving show took place in the breathtaking natural landscape of Lake Voulismeni in Agios Nikolaos, Crete. The “Agios Nikolaos Cliff Diving” event allowed 18 international cliff divers, 12 men and six women, to show off their...

At the 4th edition of the Athena International Olive Oil Competition this spring, Greek olive oils took home 65 medals and a number of special awards. Judged by 20 tasters from a dozen nations at the first parliament building...

Greek champion and Olympic gold medalist Anna Korakaki added another title to her rich athletic career by winning the bronze medal in the second ISSF World Cup in Beijing on Easter Sunday. The golden Olympian won the bronze medal in the 25-meter...

A 53-year-old man was killed on Easter Sunday night while videotaping the traditional "Saitopolemos" (σαϊτοπόλεμος) fireworks competition in Kalamata. According to police, it was around eight o'clock on Easter Sunday evening, and the traditional firework competition was beginning. The victim,...

Greek students from Philothei High School in Athens won the global technology competition "Land Rover 4x4 in Schools" which took place in the English city of Coventry on Monday. The Land Rover 4x4 in Schools Technology Challenge is an enhancement...