Greece

Τhe Platonic Academy was founded by Plato himself in 428/427 BC in Athens, and is considered to be the world's first university.

Greek child piano prodigy Stelios Kerasidis excelled in his entrance exams for the famous music academy Schola Cantorum Paris and, at eight years of age, has become the youngest Greek to begin his studies at the institution. La Schola was...

The Anargyrios and Korgialenios School of Spetses (AKSS) announced the establishment of a new Music Academy of international standards which is expected to start operating in the summer of 2021. The Music Academy of Anargyrios and Korgialenios School of Spetses...

The mayor-elect of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis, was sworn into office on Sunday evening at Plato's Academy in Athens. The new mayor of the Greek capital decided to hold the official ceremony in this open space as an important symbolic gesture. He chose the...

An important day in history was marked last week in the nation of Greece, as The Hellenic Air Force Academy appointed its first female captain as its head. Captain Marina Konstantinou, from Patras, entered the Academy in 2016, earning the...

The 59th International Olympic Academy (IOA) Session for Young Participants opened on Pnyx Hill in Athens on Sunday evening. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, the President of the Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos and many other dignitaries attended the ceremony under the shade...

The Spanish tennis superstar Rafael Nadal, currently ranked world No. 2, is looking forward to opening his new tennis academy in Halkidiki, northern Greece in April. Located at the Sani Resort, a stunning complex comprising more than 400 hectares, the...

Τhe Platonic Academy was founded by Plato himself in 428/427 BC in Athens, and is considered to be the world's first university.

A red carpet, gold Oscar statuettes, movie reels, popcorn and much talk about who is going to win in the 2018 Academy Awards, do not make an average betting shop. Yet the betting shop of Maria Koukou in the Pangrati...

Greece's highest research institute -- the Academy of Athens -- has said Skopje needs to revise its claims to "the history, culture and symbols of our country". In an announcement on Friday it said: "The Academy of Athens has closely...

A new NGO started by coders and software engineers quit their jobs, and a handful of volunteers are teaching refugees, migrants, and unemployed Greek people the secrets of coding in an interdependent digital world. Co-founded by three tech experts who...

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (www.SNF.org) has announced a grant that would further support the promotion of the Academy Award nominated short film, “4.1 Miles." Funding will support further screenings of the film in New York — beginning with a...

Daphne Matziaraki, a Greek student at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism has won a Student Academy Award for her film 4.1 Miles. Daphne is one of 17 students who were awarded as winners at the 43rd Student Academy Awards competition after...

Better known for the unique, dramatic landscape of the Meteora district and its historic monasteries, the town of Kalambaka also has a little known but excellent natural history museum with an extensive mushroom collection (full name the Museum of...

The Hellenic Film Academy (HFA) launched on Monday its annual funding competition for short films for the second year, asking script writers and directors to submit their material. The two winners will receive 15,000 euros plus VAT each to produce...