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Greek Student Among Microsoft YouthSpark Challenge Winners
Greek high school student Nefeli Stefopoulou was one of ten winners at the worldwide Microsoft YouthSpark Challenge for Change competition. Her project managed to stand out among thousands of participants from 100 countries. This year's 10 winners represented Greece, Chile, Ecuador,...
Economy
Greek Govt: 'Greece Aims to Clinch a Deal With Creditors by Sunday'
The Greek government's optimism is based on specific facts and the progress made, government spokesman Gavriil Sakellaridis said on Thursday, during the daily press briefing. The government's aim is to have an agreement with the partners by Sunday, he...
Greece
Crete Shaken by Two Consecutive Earthquakes
Two earthquakes of magnitude 4.2 and 4.4 on the Richter scale shook the maritime area between Kasos and Crete on Thursday afternoon.
The earthquakes were mainly felt in Palaikastro, situated about 19 kilometers away from Sitia, Zakros on the eastern coast...
Economy
Norway Funds Migrant Reception Center in Greece
Greece and Norway have agreed to use funding from the European Economic Area and Norway Grants to establish a new reception center on the island of Lesvos.
This is Norway’s contribution to alleviating the Mediterranean migrant crisis, according to The Norway...
Greece
AEK FC Returns to Greece's First League After Two Years
Greek football club AEK was finally able to return to the country’s top football league, two years after the club’s financial collapse which caused it to fall to a lower league.
AEK was able to achieve its second consecutive promotion...
Greece
3 Football Stars Who Stood Out in This Year's Super League Championship
The stars who made the difference in the Greek football arena during the Super League championship for the 2014/2015 season, according to NOVA, were finally announced.
Among them, one can find Panathinaikos coach Yannis Anastasiou, who was named best coach, Argentine footballer playing for...
Education
Disabled Children Invisible in the Greek School System
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...
Economy
China's Ambassador to Greece Sees 'Brilliant' Prospects in Tourism Cooperation
The prospects of cooperation between Greece and China in the tourist sector are "brilliant," China's ambassador to Greece Zou Xiaoli said at the "The Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum," which takes place in the Athens Concert Hall, underlining that there...
Crime
Jailed Terrorist Maziotis Sends Attack Threats from Behind Bars
Imprisoned terrorist Nikos Maziotis threatened that there will be new terrorist attacks through a text posted on an anarchist website.
Through the text, Maziotis calls Greeks to revolt by creating a revolutionary platform. He explains that revolution means that a...
Greece
Wikileaks Doc from 1978 on Karamanlis, Papandreou and 'Blessed Greece'
"PRIME MINISTER KARAMANLIS AND OPPOSITION LEADER PAPANDREOU, THE MEN WHO SPEAK FOR THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF GREEKS, SEEM TO AGREE ON ONE THING AT LEAST -- THAT GREECE IS A NATION IN SEARCH OF AN IDENTITY. GEOGRAPHICALLY ON THE...
Business
Greece Owes 1.2 Bln Euros to Pharmaceutical Companies
Reuters reported that crisis-stricken Greece owes a total of 1.2 billion euros to multinational pharmaceutical companies, according to the statement of a senior executive in the global pharmaceutical industry.
“The rising unpaid bill reflects the growing struggle by the nearly...
Economy
IMF's Lagarde: Still a Lot of Work Before Greek Deal
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde said that there is still a lot of work to be done before Greece signs a deal with international creditors.
Lagarde was interviewed on German television's ARD on Thursday. She...
Europe
European Commission Picks Greek Design for Special Euro Coin
A special two-euro coin designed by Georgios Stamatopoulos of the Bank of Greece (BoG) was picked by 30% of 100,000 voters in an online European Commission competition to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the European flag...
Education
The Greek MIT Professor Who Solved Nash’s Puzzle
Constantinos Daskalakis is one of the smartest people on Earth, one of the most bright and analytical minds, the Einstein of our time. At the age of 27 years he was appointed Associate Professor at MIT, while today, only...
Economy
ECB Report: 'Default Risk Has Increased Sharply in Greece'
Euro area systemic stress has remained low over the past six months, but the risk for a Greek default has increased sharply, according to the latest Financial Stability Review of the European Central Bank (ECB), which was released today.
Greek...