Greece

The 8th TEDxAthens event, which will be held in May 13 at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, invites attendants to explore "the edge,” according to event organizers, with invited speakers asked to share with the public their personal...

TEDxAthens is a world-class conference about innovation, creativity, and ideas based in Athens, Greece. TEDxAthens is one of the very first TEDx events worldwide, the first TEDx event in Greece, and started in May 2009. TEDxAthens returns December 3rd to...

Eve Geroulis, a Greek-American educator and marketing strategist spoke at the TedxAcademy event in Athens with the slogan “Step Forward”.  Geroulis' speech stressed the themes of hope and imagination, how both are interconnected and how they can make us conquer fear -especially...

Pulitzer Laureate, Jeffrey Eugenides, an American of Greek descent, is visiting Athens to participate in panel discussions at the Athens 2018 World Book Capital. Eugenides will appear at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on September 27th, where he will...

  The Greek photographer Yannis Behrakis is one of the most significant war photographers in the world. He has been in the midst of many battle fields and has been exposed to danger several times. Behrakis spoke of his experience from...

The group “Nomint” has created recently posters and animation videos about the Greek crisis. One of the videos shows a little girl at the beach, wearing a swimming suit, symbolizing Greece. The girl is eating an ice-cream and pulls...

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...

By Eve Geroulis* In 2011 while preparing to deliver a TEDx talk in Athens, I recall thinking I had taken on a Herculean task in addressing the topic of hope in the most hopeless country in Europe. Until I saw...

Did you know that it’s Greek software which allows your smartphone to access Wi-Fi hotspots? In a surprising twist to Greece’s economic story, Greek start-ups are giving the geeks of Silicon Valley a run for their money. That’s why Neelie...

CampusBus is a five month campaign promoting entrepreneurship, business skills and a “startup mentality” all around Greece. The project is delivered through a training team travelling on a bus around Greece, setting up week-long training camps in larger towns and...

Young educated people with innovative “green” ideas are willing to change their fellow citizens’ lives. They are not afraid of competition; on the contrary, they seek it, stating that they are determined not to abandon Greece, even now, during...