The opening lecture of the LSE Athens Lecture Series, organized by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in collaboration with the University of Athens, the Department of Business Administration, and the MSc Financial Technology (FinTech), took place to great acclaim.

The event was held on Wednesday, 26 November 2025, in…

The inaugural Panhellenic Conference on Traditional Dance took place in Limassol, Cyprus, from November 21 to 23. Under the theme ‘Traditional Dance in the Scholarly Landscape of the 21st Century’, the event was co-organized by the ‘Alexandra’ Traditional Dance Workshop, the Cyprus University of Technology, the Open University of Cyprus, and…

Vatera, a coastal stretch on the island of Lesbos renowned for its remarkable fossils, continues to attract scientific interest. Recent research conducted by the Department of Geology and Geoenvironment at the University of Athens has shed new light on what the landscape looked like millions of years ago, offering a clearer picture of the…

*By Professor Gerasimos Siasos, Rector of the University of Athens. ‘The University of Athens’ newspaper, issue 5, distributed with the Greek Sunday newspaper ‘To Vima tis Kyriakis’ on 23 November 2025

Since its foundation in 1837, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens has served, in the words of its first Rector, Konstantinos…