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Its decision to return a 10th century manuscript of the Byzantine period to Greece, which was removed from Mount Athos' Dionysiou Monastery, announced the Duke University, as reported by Greek Travel Pages (GTP) website, based on a Culture Ministry announcement on...

Greek scientist Dr. Thomas C. Katsouleas was officially installed recently as the new President of the University of Connecticut at a ceremony attended by Archbishop Elpidophoros on Friday. Dr. Katsouleas, a leading plasma scientist and an engineer with deep academic...

Greek American Nick Galifianakis, once a rising star in the Democratic Party, who represented central North Carolina for several years, died this week at age 94. Galifianakis, who had Parkinson’s disease for several years, died at a Raleigh retirement community,...

Demetrios Papademetriou, a leading scholar on international migration, passed away last Wednesday at the age of 75 according to a statement released by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), where he served as President Emeritus until his death. He is survived...

The ivory-billed woodpecker, the best-known American species that had been declared threatened years ago, was declared extinct, along with 22 other species, by the U.S. government on Wednesday. The iconic bird -- which several bird watchers believed they saw just...

It has long been known that humans can contract viruses from animals; now it has been proven that dogs can pass on the coronavirus to people.

Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos is a second-generation Greek-American whose innovative and groundbreaking work is helping Baltimore's community to thrive. Galiatsatos, the son of two Greeks who came to the US decades ago, was born and raised in Baltimore City. He completed his undergraduate...

The Hellenic American Leadership Council has started a campaign for the return of a number of stolen rare Byzantine manuscripts to Greece. The religious manuscripts were housed in the Kosinitza Monastery, near the city of Drama in northern Greece. However, in...

The annual Curt Stern Award by the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) will be presented, for the first time, to a Greek scientist. Nicholas Katsanis, is the Director of the Center for Human Disease Modeling, Professor of Cell Biology,...

A priceless 10th century Byzantine manuscript which was stolen from Mount Athos over 50 years ago and was then bought by Duke University, was handed to the Greek Embassy in Washington, USA. Greek Ambassador to the U.S., Christos Panagopoulos, received...

A research team of neurologists are conducting a research according to which a neurochip implanted in the skull transmits the brain activity ("thoughts") by way of wireless radiofrequency signals to a small, battery-powered computer attached to a wheelchair. The leader...

By Maria Ioannides On Friday, September 5th, George Petrocheilos, a Towne Park business development executive, hosted his 3rd ‘’Friendraiser’’ at the Greenmount Farm in Glyndon, MD - home of Aris Melissaratos, the former Secretary of Business & Economic Development, who...