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Greek CGI Director Andronikos Bisogiannis Nominated at Swedish Film Awards
Andronikos Bisogiannis, Greek CGI director and founder of Ixor, a visual effects and 3D animation company, has been nominated at the Guldabaggen Awards, the "Oscars" of Sweden.
Awarded annually since 1964, the Guldbagge (“Golden Beetle”) is the name of the Swedish...
Europe
First Greek Orthodox Monastery in Scandinavia
On Sunday, December 6, His Eminence Cleopas Strongylis Metropolitan of Sweden and All Scandinavia attended the Holy Liturgy at the Monastery of St. Nicholas in the city of Rättvik, Sweden. A memorial was also held for the monastery’s founder,...
Greece
OECD: Greece Among the 'Smartest' Countries in the World
The OECD released a list that ranks countries based on the highest number of scientists per capita in fields such as mathematics, physics, technology and engineering. As it turns out Greece was placed among the 10 “smartest” countries in...
Europe
Greek Diaspora Scientist Develops Electronic Roses
Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have developed both analog and digital electronic circuits that exist inside living plants, thus creating electronic roses. Their creation has paved the way for a possible future "marriage" between plants and computers.
The research...
Business
Swedish Customs Hires Greek Company for System Upgrade
Greek company Intrasoft International has been selected by the Swedish Customs as a key part of its wider technology upgrade programme, marking this project as the latest success for the ESKORT solution.
The ESKORT Compliance Solution is an integrated suite...
Europe
Sweden Wins Eurovision 2015; Greece Ends 19th; Full Results
Sweden, represented by artist Mans Zelmerlow and his pop anthem "Heroes" won the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.
Greece's Maria Elena Kyriakou with her song “One Last Breath” finished 19th in the Grand Final that took place on Saturday in Vienna, Austria.
Winner Sweden scored...
Europe
ABBA to Open Greek Restaurant in Sweden
ABBA‘s Björn Ulvaeus posted in a new website called Mamma Mia: The Party, explaining he was working on an exciting project, making fans across the world excited in the prospect of an ABBA tour after all these years.
However, that...
Business
Greek Startup Company Idea Wins Swedish Competition
Greek entrepreneur Pavlos Georgiadis, co-founder of the startup company “We Deliver Taste,” is one of the 15 winners of this year's “Smart Living Challenge” innovation competition that was held at the Swedish Institute in Stockholm.
"Smart Living Challenge" is an open,...
Business
Greek Folli Follie Group Wins ‘Discovery of the Year’ Award
Yet another international honorary award managed to attract leading Greek company Folli Follie (FF Group), which currently operates actively in more than 28 countries, defining new trends in all sectors it operates, while maintaining a leading position in the...
Europe
Swedish Metal Band Praise Greece and October 28th in Song
Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton wrote a song in which they glorify the "OXI" of Greeks to the Italian army and the bravery of Greeks through the ages, from Spartan Leonidas to the warriors of the Pindos mountains.
The band,...