The AKTAIA project: the first large scale research on beach erosion on the East Crete coastline.For the first time in Crete, a complete coastline survey is performed, using a scientific approach with new, high reliability, methods and technologies in order to investigate the beach erosion phenomenon that is evident across the island. The Eastern Crete Development Organization (OANAK) is the project coordinator and the Department of Geography and Climatology of the University of Athens, the Institute of Applied & Computational Mathematics of FORTH and the Department of Marine Sciences of The University of Aegean are active participants.

The Visual Arts Group of FORTH holds its 3rd Exhibition of Photography and Painting at the Saint George Gate, HeraklionThe Visual Arts Group of FORTH will open their 3rd exhibition on the 17th of May 2012 at the Saint George Gate, which is located next to the Freedom’s Square, Heraklion.

FROM NUBIA TO SUDANGreek-Norwegian photo exhibition tells about life along the Nile: From a Medieval cathedral and an Ottoman fortress of the past to Islamic monuments and controversial dams in the present

Researchers of the Institute of Computer Science of FORTH have been awarded grants from "ARISTEIA"Researchers of the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) have been awarded two grants, from the Action "ARISTEIA" of the Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs/General Secretariat for Research and Technology, in the field of Mathematics, Statistics, Informatics and Computer Sciences.