23 Years Ago, Greece’s Top Student Was Banned From Carrying the Flag. Twice.
On October 22, 2003, Odysseas Tsenai stepped aside for the second time. He was the top student at his lyceum in Thessaloniki, but a parents’ association…
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The Greek Corporal Left on the Smyrna Docks in 1922 Who Asked One Question Before Jumping
On August 29, 1922, a Greek corporal stood on the Smyrna waterfront in rags, burning with fever, watching a ship carrying over 2,000 soldiers and civilians…
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Imvros and Tenedos: “We Drove Out the Greeks, Now We Play Their Songs”
Every August, the Greek language echoes again through the villages of Imvros. Church bells ring, families return to their ancestral homes, and the Feast of the…
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Maria Menounos Makes Emotional Pilgrimage to Tinos With Daughter Athena
Maria Menounos traveled to the Church of Panagia Evangelistria on Tinos this summer with her daughter Athena, calling it one of the holiest experiences of her…
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Greeks in AI 2026: 210 Papers, Global Greek Researchers Hit Athens
More than 210 scientific papers are being presented in Athens this week as the Greeks in AI 2026 Symposium brings together Greek AI researchers and…
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Bouchard: “When I see Greeks not valuing their own language, I feel pain”
Jacques Bouchard never set foot in Greece as a child, but something about the language grabbed him and never let go. The Canadian scholar went on to become a…
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The Greek Merchant Who Sued a Knight in 1605. And Won
A recently digitized collection of archival records from Malta is rewriting what historians thought they knew about the 16th-century Mediterranean. The…
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The Greek-Australian Teen Who Built an AI That Detects Breast Cancer
Michaela Louka was 16 years old when she built an AI model capable of detecting and classifying breast cancer, a project that started as a high school elective…
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Nolan’s Odyssey Has No Greek Actors. The Guardian Is Asking Why
Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Odyssey film, hitting theaters on July 17, has one of the biggest casts in years, Matt Damon as Odysseus, Zendaya, Tom Holland…
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81 Years Later, Nazi Camp Victims’ Watches Come Home to Greece
Four Greek families are receiving personal belongings taken from their relatives by the Nazis, in a ceremony held June 25 at Greece’s Ministry of Foreign…
