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Dozens of flamingos in the Agios Mamas lagoon in Halkidiki have died after ingesting lead shot used by hunters, said Stavros Kalpakis, a member of the “Action for Wild Life” association, in statements to the state-run newsagency ANA-MPA this week.
The University of Chicago’s Board of Trustees has named Paul Alivisatos as the institution’s 14th president, the university announced on Friday.
Violet light bathed the club stage as 300 people, masked and socially distanced, erupted in gentle applause. For the first time since the pandemic began, Israeli musician Aviv Geffen stepped to his electric piano and began to play for an audience seated right in front of him.
The German Embassy in Athens will launch an initiative on its social media on Friday, celebrating the bicentenary of the 1821 Greek War of Independence by highlighting 21 German philhellenes.
The German Embassy in Athens is launching an initiative on social media on Friday to mark the bicentennial of the 1821 Greek Revolution, showcasing 21 German philhellenes.
The Smile of the Child charity presented 15 proposals Thursday for the prevention of sexual abuse against minors and the treatment for victims, inviting members of the public to sign a relevant online petition.
A new online platform paving the way for Greek citizens who live abroad to vote in the next national elections back home is expected to go live by the end of February. Once it is up and running, the platform will allow overseas Greeks to register their details so that they can cast their ballot […]
On the occasion of the bicentennial of the Greek War of Independence, the Consulate General of Greece in Boston and College Year in Athens are delighted to co-host a celebratory lecture, under the auspices of the Embassy of Greece in Washington.
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The Embassy of Israel is inviting Greek students interested in studying in Israel to participate in a virtual study fair on March 7.
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The Interior Ministry’s Citizenship Secretariat on Friday published the list of questions candidates for Greek citizenship must be able to answer in a new written exam testing their knowledge of the country’s history and culture.
A political battle has broken out in Turkey over Halk Ekmek (People’s Bread), pitting Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu against the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Athens University’s departments of Physics and Geology are heading a team of scientists from six European countries in a rocking new program aptly named RAMONES.
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When Sofia Bekatorou, a Greek sailing gold medallist in the 2004 Olympics, opened up last month about being sexually assaulted by a sports official as a 21-year-old, it came as a breakthrough in a country where confronting such abuse has been rare.
Conservationists at the Prespa wetlands are assessing the impact of recent snow and frost on pelican nests at the national park in northern Greece after an unseasonably warm November and December.
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Endy Zemenides, executive director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC), expressed concern over reports that the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is reconsidering its commitment to Southeast Europe, including closing down its office for the Aegean & Western Balkans in Belgrade, Serbia.
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Greeks are warming to the idea of electric mobility as a recent international study has shown a high degree of willingness to purchase a plug-in vehicle.
In celebration of the International Greek Language Day, the Greek Embassy in the US and the Center for Hellenic Studies at the University of Chicago are organizing a virtual public lecture by Professor Anastasia Giannakidou, Frank J. McLoraine Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies at the University of Chicago on Saturday, at 2 p.m. EST.
Author, journalist, researcher and former deputy mayor of Athens Eleftherios Skiadas has a brain like a hard drive packed with stories about the city.
Greece’s first school of astrophysics, launched on Crete recently to operate virtually from March to May, is the passion project of Vassilis Charmandaris.
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Setting up a television channel from scratch isn’t the most obvious or easiest thing for a math teacher to do — especially without prior technical knowledge and for use inside a prison.
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When Greek pensioner Yannis Ieremias went into intensive care with Covid-19 in November, he never expected it would be 50 days before he woke up.
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