Greeks

Greece risks missing out on progress in technology and innovation for political and educational reasons, Dimitri Nanopoulos, a distinguished professor of physics at Texas A&M University, has warned.

Three 5-year-olds born to Greek parents on the northeastern Aegean island of Imvros, known as Gokceada in Turkish, are looking forward to the first day of school after the Turkish Education Ministry green-lighted the operation of a Greek kindergarten.

The majority of Greeks are against separating Greece's Orthodox Church from the state, a new poll has found.

According to the ProRata survey for the Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper, 46 of respondents are against severing state-church ties, while 38 percent are in favor of maintaining the existing status between the two institutions.

The Russian Ministry of Education and Science decided to include the teaching of Greek as a second foreign language in the official curriculum of the 5th and 6th grades in primary school, and the three years in junior high school.

A new orchestra born of private initiative has emerged in crisis-stricken Greece.

The large Greek community in Australia has established itself as one of the most active and productive in the country’s multicultural society. With a presence in all walks of life, second and third generation Greeks occupy positions of influence in politics, business and arts. The latest example of an Australian of Greek background excelling in public life, is Demetra Clisaris.

The Greek national day of October 28thcommemorating Greece’s heroic entrance into WWII against the Axis powers and the defeat of Mussolini’s forces was ceremoniously celebrated on Saturday October 29, 2016 at the Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Parish in the city of Jönköping, Sweden.

More than 15,000 Greeks have registered new companies in Bulgaria's tax offices in the first quarter of 2016, the Global Times, a Chinese business edition, has said.

It quotes data from the Greek Embassy in Sofia and a report published by Greek daily Vima ("Tribune").

On average, a dozen accounts opened in Bulgaria on a daily basis, the Chinese Times says, citing Vima.

The renowned Terracotta Warriors of China could possibly have been inspired from ancient Greece, while Greek sculptors, who came into contact with Chinese artists in the 3rd century BC, might have passed on their knowledge to the local artists.

The Greek housing market had the second-worst performance among European Union member states in the April-June quarter, with cities showing a 2.9 percent annual decline in prices, according to Bank of Greece data presented by Eurostat on Wednesday.

The only two other countries to show a decline in the same period were Cyprus (-9 percent) and Italy (-1.4 percent).