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Two Students and Their Teacher Parade in Honor of Nazi Resistance on Greek Island

With Greeks commemorating the annual anniversary of the resistance to the Nazi occupation on Wednesday, three people on the Greek island of Arkioi, located in the North Aegean Sea, partook in one of the smallest such ceremonies. The island has a permanent...

Greece Eases Capital Control Restrictions to Aid Students and Soldiers

The Greek Finance Ministry has decided to ease the restrictions imposed on Greek citizens due to capital controls that were put in effect a few months ago. According to the official ministerial decision published in the government gazette, each applicant...

Greek Student Creates New Social App for Smartphones

Valentinos Tzekas, an 18-year-old Greek Student, is the founder of new social networking smartphone application, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency reports. The “Near” application, which has yet to be launched, will allow its users to connect with people who are within a 1.5...

Tragic Accident in Patras Leaves 3 Students Dead

Six Greek students were part of a tragic accident that took place early on Monday in Patras. The students had met at a party in the city and all left together taking only one car, which under unknown circumstances...

Greek Students' Grades Drop Lowering University Admission Standards

The final lists on Greek students’ admission to higher education were announced on Wednesday, August 26. Every year, Greek students take the Panhellenic exams in May and then submit their University preferences. By the end of the summer, the Greek...

Greeks Abroad Facing Problems Due to Capital Controls

The Greek government’s decision for the closure of banks across the country has brought on an absolute paralysis. Apart from the many issues that Greek citizens face in their daily lives, Greeks who are currently abroad -- students, businessmen...

Panhellenic Exams Top Students Opt to Stay in Greece

Dimitris Dimitrakopoulos, Ioanna Faka and Andrianna Balatsouka are three of the Greek students who aced the Panhellenic exams, scoring higher than 19,000 points. The three students spoke with protothema.gr stating that “our generation needs and has to do something...

Greek Man to Help Poor Families by Crossing 152km on Foot

A 39-year-old Greek man from Thessaloniki will attempt to provide help to poor Greek families by walking a distance of 152km in 72 hours. The man, who has been living and working in the UK over the last few years,...

Corfu School Students Create Innovative App to Help Other Children

Fifty secondary school students from Corfu, Greece, motivated by the idea of helping children with special needs, worked hard to create an innovative mobile phone application. The app allows children in trouble or panic to contact their family with just two...

GetCruiseINN: The First Entrepreneurial Contest On Board

The collaboration between StartupBus Greece, Thinkbiz and Celestyal Cruises offers talented students the chance to join GetCruiseINN, the first entrepreneurial contest on board. The participants will enjoy a magnificent Mediterranean trip traveling with cruise ship Celestyal Odyssey from Piraeus to Mykonos, Kusadasi, Rhodes,...