The Greek Ministry of Health has announced a sweeping overhaul of food guidelines for school canteens across the country. In a targeted effort to combat high rates of childhood obesity, the new regulations impose strict dietary standards, including a...
Greece recorded one of the lowest rates of young people leaving education and training early in the European Union in 2025, ranking second among all 27 member states for keeping young people in education, according to new data from...
Two high school students from a small town near Thessaloniki have won Europe’s largest financial literacy competition, beating teams from thirty countries to claim first place at the European Money Quiz finals in Brussels earlier this week.
Sofia Maria Trivyza...
Greece’s Minister for Education, Religious Affairs and Sports Sofia Zacharaki has announced the secondment of 156 teachers to Greek educational institutions of the Diaspora for the 2026–2027, 2027–2028, and 2028–2029 school years.
According to the ministerial decision, the educators will...
Throughout history, many Greek scholars became the unsung heroes of the Renaissance, the period that linked ancient wisdom with a new modern era of scientific knowledge. The Renaissance emerged in European history as an opportunity of enlightenment, shining a...
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides officially opened the University of Nicosia (UNIC) Athens branch on Thursday.
The inauguration marks a historic moment for Greek education. It is the first major international branch of a Cypriot university...
Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and founder of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), has identified Greece and Estonia as the world’s two front-runners in educational innovation.
His...
Two Norwegian researchers discovered a total of 90 previously unknown Greek proverbs in a library in Orléans, France completely by chance, according to a University of Oslo report.
Han Lamers, professor of classics at the University of Oslo and director...
If one were asked to name the first university in Greece, the Ionian Academy would rarely come up. Instead, the most common response would likely be the University of Athens. It makes sense, of course, but the real answer...
Euclid has been a monumental figure in the field of mathematics for centuries. His name echoes through time and history, and he became one of the most recognizable mathematicians of ancient Greece.
Known primarily for his seminal work, The Elements,...
An eye physician who helped translate ancient Greek medical knowledge into Arabic played a key role in shaping Western medical thought, according to a new study.
The research, led by Dalal H. Al-Zubi and published in Cogent Arts & Humanities,...
Greece is moving to reshape arts studies through a bill now under debate in parliament that would create a Higher School of Performing Arts within the country’s higher education system. If approved, the institution would establish a formal university-level...
Greece is set to introduce the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme into public schools for the first time. Beginning in September 2026, thirteen pilot high schools across the country will launch the world-renowned curriculum, marking a major step toward...
In a major step toward establishing Greece as a global academic hub, the Ministry of Education launched a platform to promote Greek studies worldwide.
The "Faros Global Community" digital platform, unveiled on Monday, was developed by Study in Greece. It...
On Friday, March 20, 2026, the day of the vernal equinox, students across Greece will participate in a nationwide educational initiative that revives one of the most remarkable experiments in scientific history pertaining to Eratosthenes' calculation of the Earth’s...
