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Greek Students Sing for Return of Parthenon Marbles at British Museum
A group of students from a Cretan high school showed their defiance at Britain's refusal to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece by singing a traditional song during their recent visit to the British Museum in London.
Students from the...
Diaspora
Greek Students Return to Turkey’s Imbros School in Record Numbers
A record rise in the number of students enrolled in the only Greek school on Imbros is proof that more Greek families return to the island, a Daily Sabbah report says.
Imbros, now called Gökçeada, is Turkey's largest island, located...
Education
UK Says Greek Students Will Pay the Same as English Undergraduates After Brexit
Thousands of Greek students thinking of studying in the U.K. next year will still be charged the same as English students, even after Brexit.
British Education Secretary Damian Hinds was quoted as saying on Monday that undergraduates from EU states...
Education
Netherlands: The New Choice Destination for Greek Students
The popularity of Dutch universities is rising among Greek students as 2,500 of young Greeks who want to study abroad have chosen to do so in the Netherlands.
Despite the economic crisis in Greece, there are currently 2,500 Greeks enrolled...
Education
Greek Students Watch UK Review of High University Fees
In a move that could affect thousands of Greeks who study at universities in England, Prime Minister Theresa May promised on Monday to launch a review that could reduce fees and restore grants.
"We now have one of the most...
Europe
Jeroen Dijsselbloem Confronted by Greek Students [video]
Jeroen Dijsselbloem came face-to-face with Greek students who denounced austerity in Greece after an event at Delft University in the Netherlands.
A student accused the Eurogroup chief of implementing tough austerity measures. The Young student criticizes the tactics of partners...
Education
Greek Students to Participate in Supergravity Experiment
Four university student groups -among them a Greek team from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki- were selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop and implement their supergravity experiments.
The experiments will be carried out under the sixth “Spin Your Thesis!”...
Europe
Greek Students Take 7th Place in World Robot Olympiad
A team of Greek students placed 7th in this year’s World Robot Olympiad, which took place in Sochi, Russia. The Olympiad theme for this year was “Robots and Space." The Greek students had the opportunity to demonstrate their talent...
Europe
Greek Students Win Microsoft Competition
It appears that despite the financial crisis, Greek children have developed a close relation with the digital world.
Two students from Greece, Panos Oikonomou and George-Nikiforos Avgoustidis, took first place at the Microsoft-organized European Kodu Kup competition. According to fortunegreece.com, the...
Europe
Greek Students Awarded First Place in Supercomputer Program
The EPCC team of the University of Edinburgh has been awarded first place for the application HPL (High Performance Linpak), used mainly in supercomputers, in the ISC Student Cluster Competition.
The team consists of three Greek students, Emmanuel Farsarakis from Crete, Konstantinos Mouzakitis from...
Education
Greek Students Win CERN Competition
The members of the Physics Team of Varvakeion High School in Athens, along with Dutch students, won an international competition held at CERN on the occasion of the institution’s 60th birthday. “We were not anxious because we thought we had no...
Education
OECD: Greek Students’ Performances Are Disappointing
Although younger generations complain about the lack of education -- particularly in people of previous generations -- European statistics reveal that the future generations aren’t doing well either.
According to the results of the annual report of the Organization for...
Education
Number of Greek Students in Turkey Increased
An increasing number of Greek students choose Turkey for their undergraduate and postgraduate studies. According to the data by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) concerning Greek students abroad, 2,9 percent of all Greeks study in Turkey.
In...
Europe
Greek Students Caught in Turkish Riots
The protest against the demolition of Taksim Gezi Park in Istanbul turned into a massive anti-government demonstration after the Turkish riot police tried to violently break up a sit-in in the square. Soon enough thousands of protestors took the...
Europe
Greek Students Win EU Competition
A Greek team of student-entrepreneurs won first place at the Pan-European trade fair, organized by the international organization Junior Achievement Europe (JA-YE), in Riga, Latvia, with 450 pupils from secondary schools and high schools from 30 countries of Europe...