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Columbia’s Global Center in Athens extends mission
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Music festivals seek greener footprint
Three planes, 270 tonnes of equipment, 800 square metres of stage: the figures from Madonna's massive free concert in Rio in May sounded like they came from another age.
These days, megastars are usually keener to claim a smaller footprint.
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AI Ethics with Aristotle | Athens | June 20
A groundbreaking conference exploring the integration of ancient philosophy with cutting-edge AI ethics is set to make us ponder on the future of society.
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Stathis Kalyvas to Danika: I persist that Kasselakis will self-immolate, failing which, we shall be obliterated
‘Youths are besieged by melancholy & gender intolerance,’ Professor Kalyvas of the University of Oxford delves into the legacy of the Post-Revolution, the devaluation of fundamental values, Europe’s crises, Greece’s political landscape & detrimental trends of the new generation
Sir John Boardman, eminent British classical archaeologist and art historian, dies at 96
Sir John Boardman, the eminent British classical archaeologist and art historian, often hailed as "Britain's most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art," has passed away at the age of 96.
High hopes for carbon capture, underground storage
Capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere to store underground "sounds too good to be true", a climate expert told AFP, yet the technology to increase its capacity tenfold is already being tested.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recognises carbon capture and storage among the solutions for eliminating CO2, without giving it a central place in its models.
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Greece and the seemingly unstoppable rise of tourism
The seemingly unstoppable rise of tourism is transforming countries in ways that until recently belonged to the realm of the imagination. Greece is no exception, as it's among the places most affected by this trend.
Professor Stathis Kalyvas is the new president of the SNFCC
The new chairman of the Board of Directors at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) is Stathis Kalyvas, Gladstone Professor of Government at the University of Oxford's Department of Politics and International Relations, as was announced on Monday.
Additionally, the SNFCC general assembly renewed Ellis Andriopoulou's term of office as its Managing Director.
Elusive Attenborough echidna rediscovered in Indonesia
An elusive echidna feared extinct after disappearing for six decades has been rediscovered in a remote part of Indonesia, on an expedition that also found a new kind of tree-dwelling shrimp.
The Zaglossus attenboroughi, a kind of long-beaked echidna named for famed British naturalist David Attenborough, had last been seen in 1961.
Türkiye ranks 53rd among countries with aging population
Türkiye has ranked 53rd in a global list of countries with an aging population, according to research by a platform supported by the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
With the significant decline in population growth rates in European countries, the proportion of young people in the total population has decreased over the last decade.