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Economy
Greece Beginning To Look Like Kosovo
With Greece's unemployment at a record 27.6 percent and 64.9 percent for those under 25, the British newspaper the Telegraph has likened the economic catastrophe to what Kosovo was like, comparing Greece to its northern neighbor.
The Telegraph opened its...
Education
Survey Says! Greeks Unhappy With EU
Greek citizens tend to feel negative about the future within the European Union (EU), according to a nationwide survey presented by the University of Athens, conducted within a series of actions organized by the university aiming at supporting students...
Art
Byzantium Revives on Andros
The Museum of Contemporary Art on the island of Andros, will host from June 30 to September 29, a different exhibition, Depicting Transcendence/From Byzantine Tradition to Contemporary Art.
The aim of this homage is to explore the historical, aesthetic and...
Education
Greece Gets 5 Colleges In Top 200
The National Technical University of Athens ranks 25th among the top Civil and Structural Engineering universities worldwide, according to one of the most authoritative international measurements.
Apart from the University of Athens, the results for some other Greek universities were...
Economy
Greece Steps Up Corruption Fight
After securing 52.5 billion euros ($69 billion) in new loans from international lenders in a fight to keep the economy afloat, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras now faces a foe on another front - the country’s reputation for runaway...
Economy
Can't Afford Heat, Greeks Turn Off Thermostats
A University of Athens research team has discovered that 80 percent of Greek households with incomes under 14,000 euros ($18,730), unable to afford heating oil after the government imposed huge tax hikes, have no heat during the winter and...
Greece
Greek Archaeological Mission in Mesopotamia
The Faculty of History and Archaeology of the University of Athens obtained permission by the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Ministry of Culture of the Republik of Iraq to conduct excavations in two important archaeological sites:
Tell Nader, which dates between the 6th and...
Europe
Greek Analyst on BBC News: “Greece Has Now Officially Defaulted”
Economist Yiannis Varoufakis from the University of Athens appeared Tuesday on BBC News to comment on the Greek debt situation and the recent signing of the second bailout loan to the debt-ridden country by the EU and IMF.
The Greek...
Greece
University of Athens to Honor Daniel Cohn-Bendit for His Philhellenism
On Thursday, February 9, the French Green MEP, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, will be honored by the University of Athens for the services he has offered Greece in the past years.
Daniel Cohn-Bendit became a popular and well recognized figure in Greece...