Greece

On Thursday Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos received the well-known MIT math professor Konstantinos Daskalakis. Daskalakis, who was recently honored with the Nevanlinna Prize at the International Congress of Mathematicians, was congratulated by the Greek president who relayed to the distinguished...

Greek MIT Professor Constantinos Daskalakis won the prestigious Rolf Nevanlinna Prize, given every four years to scientists under 40 who have contributed to the advancement of computer mathematics. The International Mathematical Society honored Constantinos Daskalakis with the award, because it...

Konstantinos Daskalakis was born in 1981. He comes from Chania and he is the person who managed to solve the Nash equilibrium. Now he works as an assistant professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at M.I.T. According to...

In anticipation of the bicentennial of the Greek War of Independence in 2021, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with 114 mayors on Friday. This was a part of the "Greece 2021" initiative and served as an opportunity to brainstorm...

Many Greek citizens and members of the Greek diaspora who live in every corner of the world excelled in their fields in 2019, be it in the realms of science, religion, the arts, sports or philanthropy. Most of them, either in...

Renowned experts from around the world debated on the subject of the competitiveness of the Greek economy on Saturday at the Delphi Economic Forum. Deborah Wince-Smith, President and CEO of the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils, Nicholas Logothetis the Co-Founder...

  The schedule for the 2019 version of the spectacular annual arts festival taking place in Athens and Epidaurus, Greece was announced on Tuesday. The festival this year will include musical, theatrical and many other cultural events and will take place...

Greeks must become technologically literate and become familiar with algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), Konstantinos Daskalakis, Cretan-born MIT Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, told an Athens summit this week. Speaking at the Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Daskalakis,...

Constantinos Daskalakis said that he is saddened by the fact that young, educated, talented Greeks leave the country, because they can not advance or even find work in Greece. The Greek scientific genius spoke in front of a packed auditorium...

The reported telephone conversations of former prime minister Costas Karamanlis with Alexis Tsipras created controversy within New Democracy ahead of Sunday's election for the conservative party leadership. Furthermore, Karamanlis' reported verbal support of candidate Vangelis Meimarakis added more friction within...

The Academy of Athens awarded writers, poets, musicians, historians and painters for their outstanding work for 2014 and lifetime achievements in a ceremony on Friday. The literature award was given to Marti Lambrou for her book "With the Handbrake Off." Best...

An important and invaluable collection of manuscripts, codes and printed documents that have been stored for centuries in the Holy Mountain of Athos and faced the danger of destruction due to aging, will be stored in digital form, secured...

The Greek Ministry of Infrastructure is offering social dividend recipients 12 months of free internet access, as well as training on how to use computers. The ministry's decision was announced on Wednesday by the General Secretary of Telecommunications-Post and Digital Convergence,...

Greece could enjoy free internet access by November, realizing a pledge the prime minister made several months ago to get Greece online, according to Greece's Infrastructure Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis. According to a joint announcement by Chrysochoidis and the general secretary of the Telecommunications & Post Ministry, Menelaos...

The open bidding for the installation and operation of at least 3,000 new spots of free wireless Internet (Wi-Fi hotspots) in municipalities across Greece will be announced by the end of February. The Greek government's goal is to allow...