University of Athens

The ties between the business world and Greek universities are being strengthened by the participation of CEOs and presidents of large companies operating in Greece in the advisory board of the postgraduate program in business administration of the University of Athens.

Sir Vasilios (Basil) Markezinis, a Greek-British barrister and legal scholar, has died in Oxford, United Kingdom, aged 79. 

The news was made public on Monday by his long-time friend, Nikandros Bouras, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at King's College, London, who said that Markezinis had been suffering from dementia in the past four years.

The upcoming elections in Turkey are ones where the fate of Turkey — as well as the nature of its relations with the world — will be affected for the years to come.

That's the argument Prof. Cengiz Aktar makes in his latest op-ed that explores why, given these stakes, Turkish President Erdogan will leave nothing to chance.

"My wife and I help students study without being shackled by debt on their chosen career path," says Greek-American Roy Vagelos, 93, a prominent figure in the pharmaceutical industry.

Greek police officers on Thursday morning arrested 10 people who took part in a sit-in inside the main building of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA) to protest a deadly train collision on Feb. 28.

Since the tragic earthquakes in Turkey it appears that a sense of calm is prevailing in the Aegean - at least for the moment - that has led to an improvement in ties between Greece and Turkey and a decrease in threats and provocations from Ankara.

How about a snack that's just as delicious but way healthier than the usual greasy potato chip when you're desperate for a quick nibble? Or a glass of milk containing a higher concentration of melatonin instead of a pill when you're tossing and turning in your bed?

Students and pupils are expressing anger over the train collision in Tempe, northern Greece on February 28 with occupations and mobilizations at universities nationwide. 

In Athens, occupations are form around the emblematic university buildings in the city center by student groups.

Students and schoolchildren in various parts of the country have taken to the streets to express their anger and grief at Tuesday's railway disaster in Tempi. in which at least 57 people, most of them students, lost their lives.

The new management of the Antonis Tritsis Park in the western Athens suburb of Ilion will be offering local residents who are having trouble making ends meet small parcels of land where they can grow their own vegetables.