Greece

According to a survey of the Program for International Assesment (PISA) on behalf of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Developement (OECD), Greece is below average compared to other member countries of the Organisation, in terms of efficiency in...

"The reforms in higher education open up new ways, apart from the everyday conflicts over the numbers of the Medium-Term Plan," stated Minister of Education Anna Diamantopoulou. The Minister of Education emphasized on the importance of the new education bill. She noted that the evaluation system will be introduced...

"We believe that all Greek people have the right to a modern public education system," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said upon visiting the Ministry of Education. The prime minister visited the ministry in order to announce the changes in the...

The current system of university entrance exams, which he called "educationally unacceptable," will be changed within three years, Greek Education Minister Constantinos Gavroglou announced in Parliament on Thursday. The minister was addressing the plenum during a debate on a...

A Child’s right to education may be one of the most important constitutional mandates, but it does not apply to all the children of Greece. Children with disabilities are invisible entities within an educational system that denies even keeping...

Dramatic changes regarding the Greek educational system have been promised by the government.  It is launching a new International Educational Commission with education specialists and academics from Europe, USA and Hong Kong. Linda Katehi who is Greek is the Chancellor at the University of...

In the mid 1970s when Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis proposed changing the Greek alphabet to Latin and making the Greek language phonetic, the minister of culture and a Parliament member threatened to resign. The unusual idea of the conservative PM...

Seven of the most important benefactors in Greece contributed massively to the birth of modern Greece after the fighting heroes kicked out the Ottomans through their generosity and philanthropy. These men were industrialists, shipping magnates, and rich aristocrats, who built...

On September 27, 1831, Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first leader of Greece after the Ottoman occupation, was assassinated in Nafplio. His murder robbed the country from the chance to become a modern state sooner. Kapodistrias was born on Corfu on February...

The Greek language survived almost 400 years of Ottoman rule due to the Greek Orthodox Church, which protected and taught the language.

The long and (mostly) illustrious history of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta defines the word "legendary."

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Saidu Kamara, a refugee student facing deportation who won over the hearts of Greeks across the country, on Tuesday. During the meeting, Mitsotakis helped guide the refugee regarding the status of his asylum...

Refugee Saidu Kamara participated in his school's Greek Independence Parade on March 25, then he is set to be deported from the country. Each year in honor of the country's fight for freedom from the Ottoman Empire, local Greek students...

Philologist Adamantios Korais and Thomas Jefferson exchanged important correspondence during the Greek War of Independence.

It was a day much like this on April 23, 2010, when the then-Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou announced from picturesque Castellorizo Island that Greece would officially ask for financial assistance from its fellow Eurozone member-states as the...