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Love, a noun - alias substantive, indeed substantive, in the singular form, neither feminine nor masculine,

Konstantinos Daskalakis, an assistant professor at MIT, is the scientist who solved within a year Nash’s “riddle” (John Forbes Nash), the equation all mathematicians around the world had been trying to solve for 60 years without success. For his thesis, he has been honored by the International Game Theory Union, with the IT & Game Theory award. He has received many other awards and distinctions

Jean Valvis is a Greek businessman. He owns Valvis Group in Romania. He is the President and General Manager of Valvis Holding and Vice-President of AOAR (The Romanian Entrepreneurs’ Association). They call him “Mr Dorna”, as he was the man behind the iconic advertisement of Dorna water, which went viral in our Greece. Even today, we use the phrase from the ad “You don’t drink water, you drink velvet!”. The guiding principle of Valvis Holding, tracing

Stavros Xarchakos is one of the “pioneers” of the Spring in the Greek artistic and popular music of the 60s and since then his songs hold a special place in the hearts of the Greeks. He was born in Exarchia, Athens, on March 14, 1939. His parents were also born there and his family’s house was on Themistokleous Street. Growing up, he

Kiki Dimoula’s mature poetry added an altogether new dimension to Modern Greek poetry. Having experienced the drama of the existential dissolution of post-war humanity and at the same time the dead ends in a world that has lost the gift of faith, her poetry mapped a world that’s both

Born Odysseus Alepoudelis on November 2nd, 1911, in Heraklion on the island of Crete, with origins in Mytilene, Odysseus Elytis is his literary alias. Some of his famous poems are Worthy it Is, Sun the First, Orientations and many more. He’s acknowledged as

George Seferis is one of the most important Greek poets. Seferis received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1963. His real name was Georgios Seferiades. He was born on 13 March 1900 in Smyrna, Asia Minor. He attended school in Smyrna and finished his studies at the Gymnasium in Athens. In 1918, his family moved to Paris where Seferis studied

ION, the Greek chocolate industry, the “first and eternal love” of many Greeks, counts almost 90 years of presence since its inception. Generations of greek children “grew up” with milk chocolate with almonds, chocolate wafer and ION candies. Today, following the new technologies and faithfully preserving the

One of the greatest intellectual figures, Aristotle was an Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist. Along with Plato – another outstanding philosopher – Aristotle is referred to as the “Father of Western Philosophy.” After Plato’s death, Aristotle left Athens and

Mary Katrantzou is a Greek fashion designer, internationally recognized for her talent and ingenuity. From time to time, she has received comments from Vogue magazine, she has won fashion awards such as that of British Fashion Award for Emerging Talent (2011) and the Designer of the Year Award (2012) by Elle magazine. Her inexhaustible source of talent and

Greek family business Chitos S.A. dates back nearly 57 years of producing everyone’s favourite Zagori Natural Mineral Water, a label that has been earning the company prestige and a reputation for innovation and premium quality beyond Greece’s borders since the ‘80s. Even earlier, in 1955, Yiannis Chitos ventured into the market of bottled gazoza, lemonade and orangeade based on

Nikos Floros, the sculptor who has won the admiration of the public, including in New York, Rome, Abu Dhabi, Russia, has received dozens of awards and distinctions, has exhibited worldwide, and his sculptures are in major museums around the world and in private collections. Fancy dresses, fairytale

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent banquets called symposia. Not only an occasion for thinking and philosophizing, the symposium was also a place for

Thanos Mikroutsikos one of the most influential Greek composers of recent decades has died on Saturday at the age of 72. Mikroutsikos died at the Athens’ Metropolitan hospital where he was treated for cancer. He was born on the 13 April 1947 in Patra. He studied piano in the Philharmonic Society of Patras and in the Hellenic Conservatory. In addition, he studied Mathematics in the University of Athens. He began composing at the end of