Academy

In a notable policy shift, the Ministry of Defense has announced that beginning with the 2026 nationwide examinations, students from all scientific disciplines will be able to apply for military academies. Previously, only candidates from the scientific field, which emphasizes positive and technological sciences, were eligible for admission.

The government's intention to incorporate the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), the oldest and one of the largest research institutions in the country, into the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, by cutting it off from the General Secretariat of Research and Technology, where all research centers belong, is coming under fire from the research community. 

"Wanted" posters targeting university professors and the acts of bullying by groups of "indignant" students perpetuate a toxic culture in Greek academia.

After almost half a century of solid democracy, there is no excuse for preserving pockets of immunity inside Greece's universities.

Will Smith resigned on April 1 from the motion picture academy following his Oscars night slap of Chris Rock and said he would accept any further punishment the organization imposed.

The Greek Film Academy's annual Golden Nights festival returns to the Astor cinema with a selection of 35 short films from different parts of the world that were awarded last year by their respective countries' academies.

The National Palace of Culture opened the new edition of "Education Without Borders" exhibition and the Career Forum "Education and Career", bTV writes.

More than 70 schools, universities, academies, institutions, companies, employers and organizations from around the world are attending, and for the first time there will be representatives of Azerbaijan, Pakistan and Oman.

Turkey will implement the British model in providing military medical services after it transferred all military medical academies to the Health Ministry, the health minister has said, underlining that the new model will increase the quality and efficiency of the service provided to the army.

FMX’s top riders arrived in Athens on Thursday and made sure most people in the center of the Greek capital knew about!

Ronnie Renner, the four-time winner of the X-Games and the winner of the Red Bull X-Fighters in Mexico City in 2005 took a little tour of the city, paying a particularly spectacular visit to the Athens Academy.

Turkey, Balkan states lead global police training co-operative

Now in its fourth year, INTERPA is a growing international organisation aimed at improving the quality of police training.

Police training academies from Turkey and several Balkan states helped establish the International Association of Police Academies (INTERPA) in 2011. [AFP]