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Greek Culture Minister Unveils Action Plan to Protect Antiquities from Climate Change

Culture Minister Lina Mendoni has highlighted the urgent need to protect Greece's antiquities from climate change. At a Crete conference,…

June 10, 2024

The University of Athens is 16th in Europe and 89th worldwide for the first time

What the ratings show based on four authoritative global studies Very important distinctions for the National and Kapodistrian University of…

February 8, 2024

Thessaly’s Children: From Despair to Repair

Parents should be vigilant: In the wake of the devastating flash flooding that struck Thessaly, Greece earlier this month, the…

September 22, 2023

CNN: A Major Volcanic Eruption in Santorini is 'A Matter of Time', Say Scientists. What Do They Mean?

The Eastern Mediterranean's most active underwater volcano, Kolumbo, is located 6.5 kilometres northeast of Santorini. Scientists know that a Kolumbo…

April 28, 2023

On this day in 1962, Pap Smear inventor Georgios Papanikolaou passes away

Georgios Nikolaou Papanikolaou (Γεώργιος Ν. Παπανικολάου) was a Greek physician who was a pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection, and inventor…

February 19, 2023

The University of Melbourne to Develop Exchange Programs with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the University of Patras

On Thursday 17 November a group of delegates from the Hellenic Medical Society of Australia and Hellenic Diaspora World Congress…

November 18, 2022

Anti Inflammatory Diet of Fruit, Vegetables, Tea, Coffee Slashes Dementia Risk by a Third

A new study that rated the diet of 1,059 people in Greece has found that an 'anti-inflammatory' diet of fruit,…

November 13, 2022

Athens University revokes honorary doctorate offered to Vladimir Putin

The National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA) has set in motion the revocation of an honorary doctorate presented to…

June 16, 2022

On this day in 1962, Pap Smear inventor Georgios Papanikolaou passes away

Georgios Nikolaou Papanikolaou (Γεώργιος Ν. Παπανικολάου) was a Greek physician who was a pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection, and inventor…

February 19, 2022

Mediterranean Diet Improves Erectile Function

A Greek diet in the kitchen could help men in the bedroom according to new research which provides evidence that…

February 17, 2022

Greek Honoured with Best Family Doctor in the World Award

The World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA) has honoured Greek doctor Anargyros D. Mariolis with the World Family Doctor Award…

January 4, 2022

Former Greek President to be buried on island of Ioannina

Former Greek President Karolos Papoulias, who died on Sunday, will be buried on the island of Ioannina, where he was…

December 28, 2021

Anti Inflammatory Diet of Fruit, Vegetables, Tea, Coffee Slashes Dementia Risk by a Third

A new study that rated the diet of 1,059 people in Greece has found that an 'anti-inflammatory' diet of fruit,…

November 13, 2021

The Hellenic Observatory celebrates 25 years at the London School of Economics

The Hellenic Observatory, internationally recognised as one of the premier research centres for contemporary Greece and Cyprus, is celebrating its…

October 8, 2021

Mediterranean Diet Improves Erectile Function

A Greek diet in the kitchen could help men in the bedroom according to new research which provides evidence that…

October 2, 2021

Lockdown Blues? Professor Karalis performs his magical literary jazz in 'The Glebe Point Road Blues'

We revisit a literary work on the suburb of Glebe from our favourite  polymath Professor Vrasidas Karalis. It has been…

September 16, 2021

Toilet Seat Up or Down?  Age-Old Argument Resolved by C0VID Research

A new research study led by a Greek scientist has finally put an end to the age-old argument between men…

September 11, 2021

On this day in 1883, Greek medical pioneer Georgios Papanikolaou was born

On May 13, 1883, Georgios Papanikolaou, a Greek physician who was a pioneer in cytopathology and invented the revolutionary 'Pap…

May 13, 2021

Greek Government offers two free COVID tests per month to business employees

A new digital platform ergasiatesting.gov.gr will be launching very soon and will allow employers of big and small Greek business…

February 20, 2021

On this day in 1962, Pap Smear inventor Georgios Papanikolaou passes away

Georgios Nikolaou Papanikolaou (Γεώργιος Ν. Παπανικολάου) was a Greek physician who was a pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection, and inventor…

February 19, 2021
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