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Digitalization of the public administration accelerated in Greece due to the coronavirus

April 03, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education

An electronic platform unifying all public sector digital services was recently launched in Greece due to the coronavirus pandemic. The digital transformation of the public administration is an on-going project, it had though to be accelerated so as to…

Film of the Month: “Reconstruction” the first film of the Last Modernist

April 03, 2020 Culture | Society

It has been fifty years since the emblematic in Greek cinema history film “Reconstruction”/ (Anaparastasi) (1970) by Theodoros Angelopoulos was released, described at the time by film critic Vassilis Rafailidis as the first “grown-up” film of Greek cinema.…

Reading Greece: Christos Kythreotis on the Athenian Urban Landscape as a Source of Literary Inspiration

April 01, 2020 Reading Greece

Christos Kythreotis was born in Nicosia in 1979 and grew up in Athens. His first book, the short story collection Μια χαρά [Just fine] (Patakis, 2014), was awarded with the National Book Award for Debut Book, and was also shortlisted for the Literature Awards…

Museum of Cycladic Art: Home Activities

Mar 30, 2020 Culture | Society
Konstantinos Parthenis: The “Poet’ of Modern Greek Art

Mar 30, 2020 Culture | Society
Greek Cinema in the Coronavirus Era: Iris Awards and Homework for the “Stay at Homers”

Mar 26, 2020 Culture | Society
Distance learning after the closure of schools in Greece

Mar 26, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
POEM OF THE MONTH: ‘Hymn to Liberty’ by Dionysios Solomos

Mar 25, 2020 Reading Greece
The Greek Revolution today: historiography and the public on the eve of 2021

Mar 24, 2020 Culture | Society
The visual representation of the 1821 Greek War of Independence through the eyes of Greek and foreign artists

Mar 23, 2020 Culture | Society
Demetrios Galanis: the forerunner of modern Greek engraving

Mar 20, 2020 Culture | Society
BOOK OF THE MONTH: ‘The Great Chimera’ by M. Karagatsis

Mar 18, 2020 Reading Greece
Greek initiatives for the protection of European borders and a common EU migration policy

Mar 18, 2020 Politics | Polity
Filming Greece | Stelios Koukouvitakis on choices and consequences

Mar 18, 2020 Filming Greece
Country names of Greek origin

Mar 16, 2020 Culture | Society
Taste the unique "Greek breakfast"

Mar 16, 2020 Culture | Society
Awards of the 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival on line Agora Doc Market

Mar 13, 2020 Culture | Society
Antonis Hadjikyriacou on the Ottoman period, the Greek Revolution of 1821, and new paths in Greek historiography

Mar 12, 2020 Innovative Greece
Pavlopetri: The Oldest Submerged City in the World

Mar 11, 2020 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Christos Asteriou on the Meeting Point Between the World of Fiction and the Real World

Mar 10, 2020 Reading Greece
“Rebrain Greece” an initiative to reverse brain drain

Mar 09, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
Nostalgia: inaugural exhibition celebrating 20 years of operation by the Frissiras Museum

Mar 06, 2020 Culture | Society
Underwater excavation at the historic Mentor wreck site (Kythera, 1802)

Mar 05, 2020 Culture | Society
Filming Greece | Giorgos Georgopoulos on a deadly virus and toxic masculinity

Mar 03, 2020 Filming Greece
Reading Greece: A.E. Stallings on Greek Mythology as a Source of Inspiration and the Greek Language as a Landscape in Poetry

Mar 03, 2020 Reading Greece
“Public Diplomacy in Practice”: Inaugural seminar of the Secretariat General for Public Diplomacy

Feb 28, 2020 Politics | Polity
Reading Greece Pays Tribute to Writer Alki Zei

Feb 28, 2020 Reading Greece
BOOK OF THE MONTH: ‘Data from the Decade of the Sixties’ by Thanassis Valtinos

Feb 26, 2020 Reading Greece
The Greek National Opera celebrates its 80th anniversary

Feb 25, 2020 Culture | Society
Rector Athanasios Katsis presents the English speaking postgraduate study programs offered by the University of the Peloponnese

Feb 24, 2020 Government | Policy
Reading Greece Pays Tribute to Acclaimed Greek Poet Kiki Dimoula

Feb 22, 2020 Reading Greece
Discover the Katakouzenos House-Museum, an Athenian Cultural Gem

Feb 21, 2020 Culture | Society
Film of the month: The Ogre of Athens

Feb 19, 2020 Culture | Society
The Museum of the Bank of Greece

Feb 18, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
Reading Greece: Nikos Davvetas on the Language of Literature as a Means to Transform Human Experience into Art

Feb 17, 2020 Reading Greece
Composer Yiorgos Vassilandonakis on his opera "The Papess Joanne "

Feb 17, 2020 Arts in Greece
Exploring the Human Form in Modern Greek Art

Feb 14, 2020 Culture | Society
POEM OF THE MONTH: ‘The Southern Cross’ by Nikos Kavadias

Feb 13, 2020 Reading Greece
First world screening of the restored film “The Apaches of Athens” and a tribute to "The discreet charm of restoration": A Celebration of Film Heritage

Feb 12, 2020 Culture | Society
Dr Liana Giannakopoulou: "Modern Greek is a highly sought-after course among the students despite the fact that it is a challenging option"

Feb 11, 2020 Rethinking Greece
Painter Dimitris Tzamouranis: "Art’s ultimate objective is the pursuit of beauty"

Feb 10, 2020 Arts in Greece
Vassilis Papadopoulos on the lasting influence of the Greek language

Feb 07, 2020 Reading Greece
Nicholas J. Cull, Professor of Public Diplomacy at the USC, speaks to GNA about nation branding and cultural diplomacy

Feb 05, 2020 Opinion | Analysis
Reading Greece: Pela Soultatou on Writing as an Experimental Endeavour

Feb 05, 2020 Reading Greece
Angela Ralli on the dynamics of the Greek language in Canada and the IMMIGREC research project

Jan 24, 2020 Culture | Society
Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou elected President of Greece

Jan 22, 2020 Politics | Polity
5th International Documentary Festival "Beyond Borders” calls for films

Jan 21, 2020 Culture | Society
Reading Greece Pays Tribute to Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke

Jan 21, 2020 Reading Greece
READING GREECE: Persa Apostoli on the Picaresque Novel and its Traces in 19th Century Greek Literature

Jan 19, 2020 Reading Greece
“Fiscardo wreck” in Kefalonia: The largest Roman shipwreck in the eastern Mediterranean

Jan 17, 2020 Culture | Society
Study Classical Greece in Athens

Jan 16, 2020 Business | Innovation | Education
Hellas Filmbox Berlin fifth edition: Feminine, sunny & blue in Berlin

Jan 15, 2020 Culture | Society
BOOK OF THE MONTH: "The Flaw" by Antonis Samarakis

Jan 14, 2020 Reading Greece
Greece’s Green Agenda on Energy and Climate

Jan 13, 2020 Politics | Polity
The glory of Greek light through Tsarouchis’ eyes

Jan 10, 2020 Culture | Society
Reading Greece: Christiana Mygdali on the Challenges of Translating Greek Poetry in English

Jan 08, 2020 Reading Greece
The ancient city of Oeniadae

Jan 08, 2020 Culture | Society
Nicolas Calas: a surrealist bridging two continents

Dec 24, 2019 Culture | Society
Art historian Alexandra Kouroutaki on Nativity in 20th-century hagiography in Chania

Dec 24, 2019 Culture | Society
Filming Greece | Film of the Month: The Counterfeit Coin

Dec 20, 2019 Filming Greece
POEM OF THE MONTH: 'Winter' by Miltos Sachtouris

Dec 18, 2019 Reading Greece
"Rebooting the Greek Language" project: "Between Worlds" at the Museum of Vancouver

Dec 18, 2019 Business | Innovation | Education
Photography: W. Mark Wilman on "Discovering the Beauty of the Cyclades"

Dec 16, 2019 Arts in Greece
Study in Greece: Summer Schools 2020

Dec 16, 2019 Business | Innovation | Education
BOOK OF THE MONTH: “Christmas Short Stories" by Alexandros Papadiamantis

Dec 13, 2019 Reading Greece
Ekecheiria, the ancient Greek tradition for the Olympic Truce to be applied in Tokyo 2020

Dec 12, 2019 Culture | Society
Filming Greece | Stavros Pamballis on national trauma, family drama and Mediterranean Western

Dec 11, 2019 Filming Greece
40 years since the treaty of Athens | Archive exhibition on the European trajectory of Greece

Dec 11, 2019 Politics | Polity
“Open Mall”: A project to enhance cities’ commercial areas

Dec 10, 2019 Business | Innovation | Education
The unknown Mycenaean acropolis of Glas

Dec 09, 2019 Culture | Society
The practice of Greek Public Diplomacy and its contribution to the country’s image abroad

Dec 05, 2019 Politics | Polity
A World of Fashion – Made in Greece

Dec 05, 2019 Culture | Society
“Getting in Touch with our Cultural Heritage”: Public Diplomacy for inclusivity and accessibility

Dec 04, 2019 Government | Policy
Filming Greece | Yannis Zafiris on the Pain of Loss and the Need for Closure

Dec 03, 2019 Filming Greece
Maria Filopoulou: an important representative of contemporary representational art in Greece

Dec 02, 2019 Arts in Greece
Reading Greece: Theo Dorgan on the Myth of Orpheus Amid Greek-Irish Encounters

Nov 29, 2019 Reading Greece
Archaeology in Crete: Lectures at the Museum of Cycladic Art

Nov 28, 2019 Culture | Society
POEM OF THE MONTH: A Tribute to Odysseus Elytis and his Chef d' Oeuvre 'The Axion Esti'

Nov 27, 2019 Reading Greece
“New Agriculture for a New Generation” aims to boost the Agrifood sector In Greece

Nov 26, 2019 Business | Innovation | Education
Paying tribute to Gounaropoulos’ line art

Nov 25, 2019 Culture | Society
Filming Greece | Film of the Month: Dimos Avdeliodis revisits “The Four Seasons of the Law” twenty years after

Nov 22, 2019 Filming Greece
International Cavafy Summer School 2020: "Cavafy Mediated"

Nov 21, 2019 Culture | Society
Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival celebrates its 10th edition: the tributes and the highlights

Nov 19, 2019 Culture | Society
The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki part of the Open House Event

Nov 19, 2019 Culture | Society
Minos Kalokairinos: the man who discovered Knossos

Nov 18, 2019 Culture | Society
2nd Athens International Children’s Film Festival: Inviting and inclusive

Nov 15, 2019 Culture | Society
China's President in Athens: The deepening of a strategic partnership

Nov 13, 2019 Politics | Polity
BOOK OF THE MONTH: Drifting Cities by Stratis Tsirkas

Nov 13, 2019 Reading Greece
National Marine Park of Alonissos, a gem of biodiversity

Nov 12, 2019 Culture | Society
Record-breaking year for Athens Authentic Marathon

Nov 11, 2019 Culture | Society
SearchCulture.gr: The digital platform for exploring the Greek Cultural Heritage

Nov 07, 2019 Business | Innovation | Education
“Odyssey” brought to life in Thessaloniki

Nov 06, 2019 Culture | Society
The thematic Pavilion of Greece in the 2nd CIIE Expo in Shanghai

Nov 01, 2019 Business | Innovation | Education
60th Thessaloniki International Film Festival: Sixty years of Film Celebration

Oct 31, 2019 Culture | Society
Study Abroad programmes in Greece

Oct 31, 2019 Business | Innovation | Education
7th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art: taking a stance on contemporary social issues

Oct 30, 2019 Culture | Society
Alexander the Great's cause of death

Oct 29, 2019 Culture | Society
The impact of Greek Ohi Day to American public opinion

Oct 25, 2019 Culture | Society
Greece in the 2nd China International Import Expo in Shanghai (5-10/11)

Oct 24, 2019 Business | Innovation | Education
Filming Greece | Nicolas Kolovos on artistic freedom and the power of love in the darkest moments

Oct 24, 2019 Filming Greece
Deciphering Ancient Greek inscriptions using AI “Pythia”

Oct 21, 2019 Culture | Society
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Greek Revolution with Playmobil figurines

Oct 18, 2019 Culture | Society
13th New York City Greek Film Festival: Greek Cinema in the heart of Manhattan

Oct 17, 2019 Culture | Society

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