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Greece
Greek Authorities Call for Calm as Italy Records Seventh Coronavirus Death
Greek authorities have asked the public to remain calm and not panic as neighboring Italy struggles to cope with the unexpected and dramatic rise of coronavirus cases over the last two to three days.
Speaking with reporters on Monday, Greek...
Diplomacy
US Embassy to Support ''2020 STEM STARS GREECE'' Educational Competition
The American Embassy in Athens announced recently that it will support the ''STEM STARS GREECE'' educational competition that will take place in Athens this year.
The US Embassy, in partnership with SciCo, said that the ''100mentorsnetwork'' will be joining STEM...
Education
Harvard University Considers Creating Courses on Refugee Crisis in Greece
Harvard University, one of the world's most prestigious academic institutions, has reportedly been mulling how to create a course devoted to the refugee crisis which has hit Europe in the last decade.
The proposed course would be offered in close partnership...
Greece
Foreign Nationals Invited to Study in Greece on International Day of Education
The Greek government on Friday invited foreign nationals students from all around the world to come to study in Greece, on the occasion of the International Day of Education.
During the event titled "Building International Bridges: Opening Greek Universities to...
Education
Number of Postgraduate Degree Holders Sets a New Record in Greece
Greece's younger generations have become known across Europe and beyond for the high level of their academic qualifications and achievements, a trend that took root in the country several decades earlier.
Greek citizens are constitutionally entitled to receive a high-quality...
Greece
An 8-Year Old Greek Stuns the World with His Incredibly High IQ
He is only eight years old and solves complex mathematical problems in a matter of seconds.
Tasos Gerantides, a third-grade student from Pella, Northern Greece, is an "extremely intelligent" pupil, with a general IQ of 140.
He has managed to impress...
Greece
Greek Students Learn Sign Language for the Sake of Their Deaf Classmate (Video)
A beautiful story of true love, respect, inclusiveness and kindness has been taking place in a classroom in the Primary School of Embrosnero, in Chania, on the Greek island of Crete.
The classmates of Evangelia, a young girl who is...
Education
Greek Students' Performance Slips in OECD Assessment
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently published its new triennial PISA report for 2018, in which it ranks scores of countries in the educational performance of their high school students in core subjects.
Greek students' performances ranked...
Greece
Greek Yiayia Honored for Learning Pontic Greek Dialect at 92
Maria Sotiriadou, a 92-year old Greek woman living in Thessaloniki, will soon be honored by the University of Macedonia for her dedication to learning the Pontic Greek dialect through a series of classes offered by the University.
Born in June...
Greece
Police Operation in Athens' Economics and Business University Busts Anarchists' Hideout
A large police operation inside the premises of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) took place in the early hours of Sunday.
Large numbers of police officers were deployed inside and outside of the University, following Friday's warning...