Greece

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...

The Greek government's proposed bill to offer live streaming lessons from classrooms to stay-at-home students during the coronavirus pandemic has sparked a great deal of controversy in Greece. As Greek high school students gradually return to class after the lockdown,...

SYRIZA’s political secretariat said on Tuesday it is supporting the government’s efforts to achieve a clear solution on the country’s debt load, following a meeting presided by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, which started shortly after 10 a.m. The meeting discussed...

Google has launched a new initiative as part of the successful program Grow Greek Tourism Online which was implemented in Greece in 2014, aiming at further expanding in the education sector. The program offers free seminars in educational institutions around the country, which aims at...

National Bank of Greece (NBG) meets the pressing needs of the country for reconstruction of the productive base in order to safeguard social cohesion and the continuous upgrading of the educational and cultural level, its governor Louka Katseli on...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with representatives of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) on Thursday. Welcoming the delegation, the prime minister asked for the Greeks abroad support underlining their importance particularly when the Greek-American community in the US has...

An explosive mechanism in a bank and the burning of a bus with molotov cocktails were the latest actions of supporters of hunger striker Nikos Romanos today. Earlier this morning, a man called newspaper Efimerida ton Syntakton and said that...

SYRIZA MP Yiannis Michelogiannakis camped with protesting Syrian refugees outside the Greek Parliament and went on hunger strike in support of their petition to move to other countries and reunite with their relatives. Michelogiannakis said he decided to take action after he...

The educational leave inmate Nikos Romanos had requested was rejected again today and he continues his hunger strike for the 24th consecutive day at Gennimatas Hospital in Athens. On Tuesday night, thousands of Romanos's supporters rioted in Athens, Greece , causing property...

A new pilot project for student educational support entitled “Koinoniko Frontistirio” (study groups with a professor) will be launched in the last quarter of the current school year, as announced on Friday by Symeon Kedikoglou, Deputy Minister of Education...

Dora Bakoyiannis, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, accused some of the leading members of Syriza that they had supported 17N in its trial. Ms. Bakoyianni has every right to be sensitive over the issue of terrorism as her husband,...

The Minister of Education, George Bambiniotis, expressed the opinion that the Minister of Education should be permanent and supported by every elected government, in his interview with the Greek radio station, Real FM. “Particularly in the Ministry of Education, there...

The Ministries of Culture and Education decided to restore the educational programme “Let’s go to the Cinema” (Pame Cinema), which was first launched by the Greek Ministry of Culture and Tourism seven years ago. The programme aims at introducing young...

Fifteen academic units, at universities abroad were financially supported by the Ministry of Culture in 2010. As mentioned in a document of the Deputy Minister of Tourism, George Nikitiadis, submitted to the Hellenic Parliament, the Directorate of International Relations of...

More than two thirds of Greeks are supportive of the 'Indignant Citizens' Movement' that has now been protesting virtually non-stop outside the Greek Parliament since May 25, according to a new survey conducted by the Athens University of Economics...