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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,...
Europe
Retired Greek Basketball Superstar Honored in Sweden
Nikos Galis, one of the greatest Greek basketball players of all time, was announced an honorary member of the Greek team of Göteborg BC in Sweden.
“As of today, I am a member of the Greek team of Sweden. I...
Diaspora
Humanitarian Help from Greek, Norwegian and Swedish Activists
A coalition of activists said on Tuesday they would send a flotilla of ships to break Israel's siege of Gaza by the end of 2014, four years after a similar campaign ended in a deadly raid by Israeli commandos.
The...
Europe
Cleopas Strongylis: New Metropolitan of Sweden and All Scandinavia
It was announced today that Archimandrite Cleopas Strongylis, a scholar and cleric who served in Boston until now and is mostly known for his scientific work on Saint Nektarios, was elected Metropolitan of Sweden and all Scandinavia.
Furthermore, the former Metropolitan...