ancient Greek language

The Executive Board of UNESCO has designated February 9 as “World Greek Language Day,” as reported by the Athens-Macedonian News Agency. According to Greece’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO, Giorgos Koumoutsakos, the initiative recognizes “the timelessness, universality and contribution of our language to the cultural heritage of humanity.” The date coincides with the death of Dionysios […]

Celebrated as one of the most significant observances of Hellenism’s linguistic heritage, To Vima International Edition and renowned linguistics professor Christophoros Charalampakis offer a glimpse into why Greek is so important on Greek Language Day, February 9

Across all of Spain's institutions of higher education, 540 students studied ancient languages in the 2023-24 academic year, which constitutes a 26% increase over the decade since 2014-2015