Philotimo

Successful companies live up to Greek concept of "philotimo", according to a recently published article in the Harvard Business Review.

The article's author credited the Washington Oxi Day Foundation's "philotimo" video for its inspiration.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis would never have expected to star in a Greek edition of the perfect storm. Yet fate and events have put the Greek prime minister in charge of the country at a very crucial moment. He has shown determination in dealing with the migration/refugee issue, which has also bolstered his political image.

The Washington Oxi Day Foundation, a nonprofit focused on commemorative events promoting Greek culture and history, has announced the winners of its Philotimo Scholarship Competition, in which it asked Greek-American students across the United States to describe the Greek word "philotimo."

The non-profit Washington Oxi Day Foundation announced it is offering scholarships to five Greek-American students who will best describe the meaning of the word "philotimo" in an essay.

BBC radio has come up with English translations of the Greek words "philotimo" and "philoxenia," traditionally considered as the hardest concepts to render in foreign languages.

During the first decade of this century, Greece felt like a country where things were happening. Businesses were flourishing, the headline economic indicators were rosy and Greece was a proud new member of the core of Europe. The 2004 Olympic Games in many ways epitomized a unique way of Greek achievement.

There is a Chinese proverb that says a picture is worth a thousand words. But what if you come across a word that can’t be translated into other languages. The Greek word “Philotimo” has often been rendered as “Love of honour” in the English language, but this interpretation fails to encapsulate the true meaning of the world.

The online campaign which calls for the Nobel Prize of Peace to be awarded to Greek Islanders for their response to the refugee crisis ends on February 1 aiming to gather more than 500,000 signatures.