In a ceremony that took place on July 22, 2022 at the embassy residence of the Greek Ambassador in London, the Golden Cross of the Order of the Phoenix was awarded on behalf of H.E. President of the Hellenic Republic to Professor of Fetal Medicine at King's College London, Kypros Nicolaidis.
In a letter to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, eighteen members of the House of Representatives, containing both Republicans and Democrats, urged Britain to open talks 'in earnest' over return to Greece of the sculptures in the British Museum.
The test was developed by DnaNudge, a new technology company at Imperial College. The co-founder and CEO of the company is the Greek-Cypriot professor Chris Toumazou, electrical engineer and innovative inventor, founder of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering of the Imperial. His collaborator, co-founder since 2015 of DnaNudge and leading scientist is the Greek Dr. Maria Karvela, graduate of the Department of Biology of the University of Athens, with a PhD from the University of Glasgow.
Victoria Hislop, the bestselling author of “The Island” and one of the world’s favorite authors who writes about Greece, was awarded honorary Greek citizenship.
Young Dimosthenis Dimitrios Despotidis who hails from Andros has won Never Such Innocence foundation’s 2019/2020 ‘Impact of Conflict on Communities’ competition.