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Animals
Dogs Can Tell Difference Between Familiar and Unfamiliar Languages
Dogs are smarter than you think; according to recent research, dogs can distinguish between languages they are familiar with and those they've never heard before.
Researchers scanned the brains of 18 dogs with an MRI machine while the canines heard...
Culture
Calabrian Greek, a Language on the Brink of Extinction
There are two minority Greek languages officially recognized in Italy's south. Greko and Griko -- both spoken by the "Calabrian Greeks" -- are both timeless testaments to the ancient Greeks' colonization of southern Italy in the 8th and 7th...
Culture
The Greek Language is Not Dying; It’s Merely Changing
Is the Greek language, one of the most ancient languages in history of mankind, dying due to an avalanche of foreign words being introduced?
Archaeology
Byzantine Tombstone with Greek Inscription Found in Israel
A tombstone dating back to the Byzantine era was recently found in Israel, it was made public on Wednesday.
The Byzantine tombstone is circular and has an inscription in the Greek language.
The message reads ''blessed Maria, who lived an immaculate...
Education
PM Invites Young Greek Language Students to Visit Greece in Summer 2021
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis invited dozens of Greek school children from all over the world as well as children of different nationalities learning the Greek language to visit the country in the Summer of 2021 during a Monday teleconference.
The...
Education
Coronavirus Pandemic Forces Greeks to Switch to Online Learning
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By Ada Leivada
While factories, shops, cafes, restaurants, hotels and even airline companies are trying to figure out how they will survive the financial catastrophe that the new coronavirus brings with it, businesses are finding ways to remain operational by...
Education
Why I Love the Summer Greek Language Camp
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By Ada Leivada
The following is the story of Dimitris, a Greek-American teenager and student of Greek Lessons OnLine, who shares his experience of the time he spent in Greece at the school's summer camp. Unlike other boys of his...
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
”Una Faccia, Una Razza”: The Fascinating Story of Greco-Italian Bonds
Greeks and Italians have so much in common, that one would need years to itemize each aspect of the bonds they share.
Education
Crete Polytechnic Offers New Course in Chinese Language
The Polytechnic of Crete announced on Wednesday it is offering a course on the Chinese Language this academic year, following an agreement with the Hanban Organization of China.
Hanban, also known as the Confucius Institute Headquarters, is the colloquial abbreviation...