Dozens of artisans, artists and musicians peddle their wares and talents to passing tourists, but regulations governing their presence and activities are lax.
The Senate of Panteion University approved a partnership with Columbia University to launch an English-language dual master’s program on “Global China,” despite objections from some faculty members and students over tuition fees.
For decades, Swiss dentist Julien Grivel traveled to Greece to voluntarily treat Hansen’s disease patients at Athens’ “Agia Varvara” hospital, many transferred there from Spinalonga.
Alexandros Kokkinidis is around the same age as the Public Power Corporation (PPC) thermal power plant on the outskirts of his village, Agios Dimitrios, in Kozani, northern Greece.
The “Topos & Demos” colloquium is underway on the island of Tinos, bringing together academics from Europe and North America to examine contemporary social and political challenges through the lens of local governance, participation and communication.
Greek universities are tightening rules governing student dormitories after a transparency investigation uncovered widespread failures in housing management, including rooms occupied by unauthorized residents and missing rental agreements.
Two high school students from a small town near Thessaloniki in northern Greece have won Europe’s largest financial literacy competition, beating teams from 30 countries to claim first place at the European Money Quiz finals in Brussels.
Greece is “in a much better position to weather shocks without relying on external financial assistance,” the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, said during a recent visit to the country.
Hypertension is creating a critical public health gap in Greece, with 3 million people affected, one in three undiagnosed, and only one in three achieving adequate blood pressure control through treatment, according to the Hellenic Society of Hypertension.
He had seen the water level at the Livadi dam reach such low levels before, and even lower than this year. On the other hand, the island of Astypalaia had never had such great needs for water.
The legislation being drafted by Turkey to formalize its claims over the seas surrounding it has not been published. All the information we have about it comes exclusively from controlled and clearly selective leaks to the media.
The Samaria Gorge in Crete will open for the 2026 season on Tuesday, the Natural Environment and Climate Change Organization announced.
The Education Ministry announced plans for a 20-year national strategy to redesign the country’s school network as falling birthrates and rural depopulation shrink student enrollment.
As the epidemiological profile and transmission chain of the hantavirus cases aboard the cruise ship are being studied more systematically, the scientific community’s initial concern about the possibility of broader transmission is gradually subsiding.
His name will always be associated with the Turing Award – he is, after all, the only Greek to ever have been awarded the so-called Nobel prize of computing.
Princess Anne will visit Greece from May 22 to 24, to participate in ceremonies commemorating the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Crete, Buckingham Palace has announced.
“You did it, you earned it, you deserve it,” Belgian classical scholar and linguist Gonda Van Steen said at the swearing-in ceremony of 111 people who acquired Greek citizenship, on May 4.
New security measures introduced after last month’s shooting inside an appeals court chamber have changed the morning routine for citizens.
A new scientific study on dementia prevalence in mountainous Crete will begin on May 18 in the Municipality of Anogeia, marking 20 years since the area’s first major survey on the condition.
Scammers targeting mostly elderly people and trying to coax them to part with considerable sums of money have long been active.
Metaxa Cancer Hospital on Tuesday introduced Dylan, the first therapy dog to become a permanent presence in a public hospital under Greece’s National Health System, in what officials described as a milestone for patient care.
The new European Union entry/exit system introduced in April may have enhanced border security, but it has also meant bigger delays for travelers at the bloc’s airports – and Greece is no exception.
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