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…

The Inter-institutional Sports Meeting between the University of Cyprus and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) took place on Monday, 10 November 2025, with Football, Futsal, and Tennis fixtures capturing the excitement of both participants and spectators. Teams competed at the Near East Municipal Football Ground and the…

The international conference marking 1700 years of the First Council of Nicaea opened in the presence of His Beatitude Ieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece. The event, titled ‘The Historical Significance and Contemporary Relevance of the First Ecumenical Council’, was organized by the School of Theology of the National and…