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BOOK OF THE MONTH: ‘Foreign Words’ by Vassilis Alexakis

January 22, 2021 Reading Greece

Award-winning Greek-French writer Vassilis Alexakis passed away at the age of 77 on January 11, 2021. “Literature lost a great creator, and independent, loved and special voice”, and “a writer who has won the esteem of his colleagues and the love of readers…

On-line Conference on Reinforcing bridges between Greek Universities and the Greek Diaspora

January 20, 2021 Business | Innovation | Education

Greek Universities are ranking high on the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020. What does being a Greek University graduate mean in a globalized environment and, more specifically, what does that mean for a member of the Greek Diaspora? What do Greek…

FORTH, the Foundation for Research and Technology in the island of Crete

January 20, 2021 Business | Innovation | Education

The Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), founded in 1983, is a top-level research institution with worldwide reputation, based in the island of Crete. Equipped with well-organized facilities and highly qualified personnel, FORTH is…

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  Byzantine and Christian Virtual Museum

  Jan 19, 2021 Culture | Society
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  Arts in Greece | Yannis Pappas, the sculptor of Greece’s historical figures

  Jan 18, 2021 Culture | Society
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  DIGITAL EXHIBITION OF DISTINCTIVE WORKS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PAINTING COMPETITION "NEAR OR FAR, WE ARE ALL ONE"

  Jan 15, 2021 Culture | Society
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  Reading Greece: Aris Maragkopoulos on Literary Writing and Literary Critique as Two Streams Pouring into the Same River of Creation

  Jan 15, 2021 Reading Greece
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  Early Christian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki

  Jan 14, 2021 Culture | Society
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  The Digital Transformation “bible” of Greece (2020-2025)

  Jan 13, 2021 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Athos Digital Heritage: Discovering the Cultural Treasures of Mt Athos in the Digital Age

  Jan 12, 2021 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Filming Greece | Being Christos Nikou: Interview with the director of the Greek Oscar nomination

  Jan 10, 2021 Filming Greece
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  Reading Greece: Elena Pallantza on Greek Literature in Germany and Translation as a Means to Foster Understanding Between Languages and Cultures

  Jan 07, 2021 Reading Greece
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  “Greece 2021” | The celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the country’s Independence War

  Jan 06, 2021 Culture | Society
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  POEM OF THE MONTH: ‘Christmas 1948’ by Miltos Sachtouris

  Dec 30, 2020 Reading Greece
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  GNA’s most popular interviews & articles for 2020

  Dec 29, 2020 Opinion | Analysis
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  BOOK OF THE MONTH: “Christmas Short Stories" by Alexandros Papadiamantis

  Dec 24, 2020 Reading Greece
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  Greek and Roman origins of Christmas traditions

  Dec 22, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Arts in Greece | Nikephoros Lytras, the Artist behind Greek Christmas’ Most Celebrated Painting

  Dec 22, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Chestnuts: One of Greece’s Winter Delicacies

  Dec 21, 2020 Culture | Society
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  The Economics Olympiad organized by the Secretariat General of Public Diplomacy and Greeks Abroad and KEFiM

  Dec 18, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Filming Greece | Stavros Psillakis, the psychoanalyst engineer

  Dec 18, 2020 Filming Greece
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  Katina Paxinou, a Greek stage legend

  Dec 16, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Reading Greece: Dimitra Kolliakou on Writing as a Means to Explore Unknown Territory and Experiment with Language

  Dec 16, 2020 Reading Greece
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  The Chapel of Agios Nikolaos Thon repaired to its former glory

  Dec 15, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Professor Spyridon Vlachopoulos on the coronavirus pandemic and the impact on human rights

  Dec 14, 2020 Rethinking Greece
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  Arts in Greece | Intl Mountain Day: Paying Tribute to Mt Olympus & Vassilis Ithakissios, the Olympian Artist

  Dec 11, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Patras World Poetry Festival: A International Celebration of Poetry

  Dec 10, 2020 Reading Greece
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  Patras Science Park, one of the first and leading science parks in Greece

  Dec 09, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Reading Greece: Minos Efstathiadis on Crime Fiction as a Means to Describe the Human Condition

  Dec 08, 2020 Reading Greece
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  Colonel Mordechai Frizis, the first Greek senior officer to die in WWII

  Dec 06, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Filming Greece | Sonia Liza Kenterman on life and films made to measure

  Dec 04, 2020 Filming Greece
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  Reading Greece: Nikolas Evantinos on Poetry as the Deepest Music of Language

  Dec 03, 2020 Reading Greece
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  Arts in Greece | Sophia Laskaridou, the first woman at the Athens School of Fine Arts

  Dec 01, 2020 Culture | Society
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  The Athens War Museum

  Nov 30, 2020 Culture | Society
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  The fascinating world of Nanotechnology & the LTFN Lab of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

  Nov 30, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Reading Greece: Antigone Vlavianou on Comparative Analysis as a Means to Approach Literature

  Nov 27, 2020 Reading Greece
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  23rd Olympia International Film Festival: Films you can’t afford to miss

  Nov 26, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Operation Harling – Gorgopotamos and the Greek Resistance

  Nov 24, 2020 Culture | Society
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  POEM OF THE MONTH: “Bolivar” by Nikos Engonopoulos

  Nov 24, 2020 Reading Greece
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  Arts in Greece | The First Cemetery of Athens, an open-air "museum"

  Nov 22, 2020 Culture | Society
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  The ending of the Greek Chairmanship, the first e-Chairmanship, of the Council of Europe

  Nov 20, 2020 Politics | Polity
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  Beyond Socrates - Greek philosophers you might not know

  Nov 19, 2020 Culture | Society
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  The 17th Thessaloniki Book Fair Goes Digital

  Nov 18, 2020 Reading Greece
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  Athens Polytechnic Uprising 47th anniversary

  Nov 17, 2020 Politics | Polity
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  The 3rd edition of the Athens International Children's Film Festival is here for free!

  Nov 16, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Reading Greece: Lenia Safiropoulou on Poetry and Music as Communicating Vessels

  Nov 13, 2020 Reading Greece
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  Filming Greece | Iris Baglanea on the Liberating Power of Trauma

  Nov 12, 2020 Filming Greece
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  The “Smart Green Island” of Astypalea

  Nov 11, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Greek yogurt: tradition exported

  Nov 09, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Arts in Greece | Fotis Kontoglou, The Greatest Icon-Painter of Modern Greece

  Nov 09, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Reading Greece: Christopher Merrill on Poetry, Translation and the Role of Cultural Diplomacy in an Increasingly Globalized World

  Nov 06, 2020 Reading Greece
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  61st Thessaloniki International Film Festival: Cinema, No Matter What!

  Nov 05, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Greece officially nominates strong candidate for OECD SecGen, former EU Commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou

  Nov 04, 2020 Politics | Polity
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  Greek olive oil: the history and the future of a multifaceted product

  Nov 04, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
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  The Monastery of Daphni: retracing the city's Byzantine past

  Nov 02, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Arts in Greece | The Evzones, Greece’s symbol of heroism, through the eyes of contemporary Greek artists

  Nov 02, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Cyprus - History and Culture

  Oct 29, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Arts in Greece | Takis: A World-Renowned Pioneer Of Kinetic Art

  Oct 29, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Museum of the victims of Nazism in Distomo

  Oct 27, 2020 Culture | Society
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  The Greek films of the 61st Thessaloniki International Film Festival

  Oct 26, 2020 Culture | Society
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  BOOK OF THE MONTH: ‘Invalids and Wayfarers’ by George Theotokas

  Oct 23, 2020 Reading Greece
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  Filming Greece | Alexis Koukias - Pantelis on Difficult Goodbyes

  Oct 22, 2020 Filming Greece
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  HELIOS project for the integration of refugees in Greece and the EU

  Oct 21, 2020 Politics | Polity
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  Athens Photo Festival 2020

  Oct 19, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Arts in Greece | Art Athina 2020 Goes Virtual - Creative Athens Perseveres Through the COVID-19 pandemic

  Oct 19, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Kerameikos, the necropolis of Athens

  Oct 16, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Reading Greece: Eva Karaitidi on the History of Hestia Editions and the Greek Publishing Landscape

  Oct 15, 2020 Reading Greece
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  Big technology investments to improve Greece’s innovation and digital footprint

  Oct 14, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Filming Greece | Despina Kourti on Giving Voice to the "Ordinary People"

  Oct 13, 2020 Filming Greece
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  Philippi: a "small Rome" in Macedonia

  Oct 12, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Arts in Greece | A Tribute to Greek sculptor Yannoulis Chalepas on the occasion of World Mental Health Day

  Oct 09, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Guilty verdict for Golden Dawn met with unanimous approval

  Oct 08, 2020 Politics | Polity
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  Reading Greece: Mihalis Makropoulos on Literature as a Means to Narrate Human Adventures and Personal Quests

  Oct 08, 2020 Reading Greece
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  Greek Shipping: An important global actor in line with the Greek maritime spirit

  Oct 07, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
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  The Greek language around the world! staellinika.com

  Oct 06, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Filming Greece | LAGFF Director Aris Katopodis on Modern Greek Cinema and the adventures of Going Online

  Oct 06, 2020 Filming Greece
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  Lesbos - An island of culture and history

  Oct 04, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Reading Greece: Thanassis Hatzopoulos on Poetry and Psychoanalysis as Communicating Vessels

  Oct 02, 2020 Reading Greece
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  Arts in Greece | Stephen Antonakos: The Greek-American Sculptor of Neon

  Sep 30, 2020 Culture | Society
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  14th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival: The online edition

  Sep 30, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Vasilis Michaelides: A Tribute to the National Poet of Cyprus

  Sep 29, 2020 Reading Greece
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  Vravron and the cult of Artemis

  Sep 27, 2020 Culture | Society
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  BOOK OF THE MONTH: ‘Mission Box’ by Aris Alexandrou

  Sep 25, 2020 Reading Greece
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  Arts in Greece | Greece and Writing Codes: A Farewell to Constantin Xenakis

  Sep 24, 2020 Culture | Society
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  The fascinating history of the island of Samos

  Sep 23, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Hydra: a haven for international artists

  Sep 22, 2020 Culture | Society
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  6th Athens World Poetry Festival: Poetry Against All Odds

  Sep 21, 2020 Reading Greece
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  43rd Short Film Festival in Drama: Turning a new page

  Sep 17, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Reading Greece: Dimitris Leontzakos on the Meeting Point between Poetry and Music

  Sep 17, 2020 Reading Greece
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  The Acropolis and the Parthenon in Modern Greek art as symbols of national and world heritage

  Sep 15, 2020 Arts in Greece
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  The nameless island of Ioannina

  Sep 15, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Education Otherwise: Τhe School of Athens heritage

  Sep 14, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Reading Greece: Thodoris Rakopoulos on Poetry as a Travelling Toolkit

  Sep 11, 2020 Reading Greece
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  POEM OF THE MONTH: "The Greek language" by Nikiforos Vrettakos

  Sep 10, 2020 Reading Greece
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  Art + Docs: In The Mind Of The Artist (10-16 September 2020)

  Sep 09, 2020 Culture | Society
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  The Epigraphic Museum of Athens: the largest of its kind in the world

  Sep 07, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Arts in Greece | Art meets Tourism in Santorini

  Sep 07, 2020 Culture | Society
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  The Istanbul Riots of 1955

  Sep 03, 2020 Culture | Society
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  The Awards of the 5th "BEYOND BORDERS" Kastellorizo International Documentary Festival

  Sep 03, 2020 Culture | Society
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  Reading Greece: Elena Maroutsou on the Synergy of Text and Image in Literature and the Role of Art as a Reflection Reality

  Sep 02, 2020 Reading Greece
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  8th Syros International Film Festival (3–6 September 2020, Syros): Off Season

  Sep 01, 2020 Culture | Society
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  History of the Greek Diaspora in Australia

  Aug 28, 2020 Culture | Society
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  The Greek Winners at 26th Sarajevo International Film Festival

  Aug 26, 2020 Culture | Society

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