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Virtual Tour of Ancient Thessaloniki Reveals the City’s Magnificent Past
Source Greek Reporter
It is known to almost everyone that Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, is a massive open museum, covering numerous different periods of Greece’s antiquity.
Action Aid
ActionAid is a global movement of people fighting for women’s rights, social justice and an end to poverty.
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Fargespill Kaleidoscope
Fargespill (or “Kaleidoscope” in English) is an ensemble consisting of children and youths from all over the world.
Greek Educational System
The Greek education system is governed by national laws and legislative acts (decrees, ministerial decisions), while the general responsibility for education lies with the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs.
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European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education
Our ultimate vision for inclusive education systems is to ensure that all learners of any age are provided with meaningful, high-quality educational opportunities in their local community, alongside their friends and peers.
Early School Leaving
Early school leaving is a complex, dynamic and multifaceted phenomenon, resulting from a combination of personal, social, economic, educational and family-related factors, very often linked to socio-economic disadvantage. It is rarely a sudden decision, and usually the visible result of a long process of underachievement and progressive disengagement from education.
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“Now that my ladder’s gone, I must lie down where all the ladders start In the foul rag and bone shop of the heart” William Butler Yeats
Hamogelo / The smile of the child
Andreas
Andreas was born on the 21st of April 1985 in a family with strong bonds. As a child, he was very sensitive, and used his “small” power to offer love and smiles to everyone who was near him!
Continue ReadingEvzone Featured in Iconic Photo in Historic LIFE Magazine 79 Years Ago
Source Greek Reporter
It was mid-December 1940, approximately fifty days after the outbreak of the Greco-Italian war, when the American magazine ”LIFE” featured a Greek Evzone on its cover.
How to Celebrate the New Year in Traditional Greek Style
Source Greek Reporter
Do you ever wonder how people in Greece celebrate the annual New Year’s festivities? The country and its people are so passionate about their culture and traditions that it’s no wonder there are so many New Year’s traditions for the holiday that is known in Greece as “Protohronia.”
Continue ReadingUniquely Greek Christmas Customs
Source Greek Reporter
Christmas holiday customs have become globalized in the past few decades, with Santa Claus or the Christmas tree appearing in unusual places, and even in countries which are not Christian.
The Three Gifts of the Magi: The Most Precious Relics on Mount Athos
Source Greek Reporter
Among the innumerable treasures and holy relics preserved at the Holy Monastery of St. Paul on Mount Athos (in Greek Άγιον Όρος, meaning “Holy Mountain”) the most precious, and invaluable to Greek Orthodoxy, are the Holy Gifts offered by the three Magi of the East to the newborn Jesus.