Nobel Prize

Giorgos Seferis (March 13, 1900 - September 20, 1971)

Giorgos Seferis (March 13, 1900 - September 20, 1971)

Greek poet & diplomatNobel Prize Literature winner Born in the town of Vourla, near Smyrni in Ionia, he was a…

8 months ago

The last of the famous grandmothers of Lesvos died

Emilia Kambysi, one of the three grandmothers of Sykamnia, passed away at the age of 93 today. A viral photo…

1 year ago

Pakistan’s myopic foreign policy choices on full display as Erdoğan is nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

By Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan being nominated by the Senate of Pakistan for the Nobel Peace Prize, it shows…

1 year ago

On this day in 1996, Nobel prize winning poet Odysseus Elytis passes away

Odysseus Elytis (Οδυσσέας Ελύτης) was one of the greatest poets of modern Greece.   He was born on November 2,…

2 years ago

Efstratia Mavrapidou: "Yiayia of Lesvos" and Nobel Peace nominee died at the age of 96

Efstratia Mavrapidou, one of the three yiayias (grandmothers) of Sykamnia that was nominated for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize, died…

2 years ago

Climate Change the winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics honors was awarded to two physics modeling experts on climate change, the American-Japanese Syukuro…

3 years ago

Giorgos Seferis (March 13, 1900 - September 20, 1971)

Greek poet & diplomatNobel Prize Literature winner Born in the town of Vourla, near Smyrni in Ionia, he was a…

3 years ago

On this day in 1996, Nobel prize winning poet Odysseus Elytis passes away

Odysseus Elytis (Οδυσσέας Ελύτης) was one of the greatest poets of modern Greece. He was born on November 2, 1911,…

3 years ago

Tsipras and Zaev named as official candidates for 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Prize winner for Peace in 2015, Wided Bouchamaoui, has formally nominated Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and FYROM’s Prime…

5 years ago