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Over the last years, more and more Greeks have left their country for Germany and a more promising economic life. While this is reminiscent of past decades, today's Greek immigrants are not unskilled workers, but eminent scientists seeking further specialization and a...

Owing to the economic crisis and a staggering, 27% unemployment rate, young Greeks are being steadily driven to unusual parts of the world for work. The sea, which has always been an integral part of the Greek DNA, has...

Despite the economic crisis and high cost of tuition and residence, the United Kingdom still remains the first choice for Greeks who wish to study abroad. The Greek Parliament has received data from the National Academic Recognition Information Center (Hellenic...

Using scaffolding, ropes and membranes, 170 architects, engineers and designers from 11 European countries have started constructing a hanging city in Piraeus port pier E2 for the first Greek HELLASTOCK which will run until September 4. HELLASTOCK is essentially the Greek version...

The members of the Physics Team of Varvakeion High School in Athens, along with Dutch students, won an international competition held at CERN on the occasion of the institution’s 60th birthday. “We were not anxious because we thought we had no...

The University of Thessaloniki has organized a unique exhibition. It is a collection of cheat sheets confiscated by professors over the years, from students of the university’s Economic Department who were desperately trying to pass their semester exams. Some pieces...

The phenomenon of “eternal students” in Greek universities has become a major issue for the country's educational system.  Four out of 10 students have not completed their studies, even after 12 years, while university occupations by students  or their personnel, along...

A team of high school students from the Greek island of Crete participated in the Cansat European competition earning an award for building a satellite. Cansat is a competition organized by the European Space Agency,  in collaboration with the Norwegian Space Training...

The Greek Ministry of Education released a map concerning the modern wave of migration of Greek families, due to the financial crisis. The study that deals with Greek student transfers to schools abroad, shows that a large number of middle...

On the occasion of CERN’s 60th anniversary this year, the laboratory launched a competition entitled "Beam line for schools." According to the initiative high-school students had to run an experiment in the same way that CERN's researchers do. "When we first had the idea...