In order for a foreign public document to be accepted by Greek public authorities, it must first be validated properly. Validation is prior to an official translation by an official translation service (see below).  More specifically
 
A) If the foreign public document has been issued by an authority of a country which is a party to the Hague Convention of 1961, it must bear the apostille stamp. The apostille stamp must be set on the original genuine documents (original degree, undergraduate diploma, etc) and not upon a copy.
For the list of countries that are parties to the Hague Convention of 1961, see https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/status-table/?cid=41
For the list of institutions in each country, including our country, responsible for the affixing of the Apostille stamp, see https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/authorities1/?cid=41
Once stamped, the documents must be officially translated into Greek by an official translation service (see below).
 
After the set of the apostille, genuine stamped documents (originals, not copies) together with the genuine translation of them, must be sent to the Secretariat of the School by post to the following address where they will be kept for validation:
 
International Hellenic University
School of Humanities Social Sciences and Economics
14^th km of Thessaloniki – N. Moudanion
57001, THERMI GREECE
Tel: +30 2310 807523, 30
 
After validation all the original genuine documents will be available for sending them back to you.
 
B) If the foreign public document has been issued by the authorities of a country that is not a party to the Hague Convention or, of a country that although they have acceded to the Convention, Greece has expressed objections (i.e. Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Peru, Tunisia, Philippines, Kosovo, Pakistan), please contact the service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called “CITIZENS AND GREEKS ABROAD SERVICE AND INFORMATION CENTER”. The page of this link contains useful information that you can use before you contact the service office by email or phone.
The contact details of the Department are (service hours 9:00 am – 13:00):
1) Phone numbers: 210 – 3682040 to 43
2) e-mail: cio@mfa.gr
3) Physical Address: 3 Akadimias str., Postal Code:105 54, Athens GREECE
 
After you complete the procedure that will be instructed to you by the above Service office, genuine stamped documents (originals, not copies) together with the genuine translation of them must be sent to the Secretariat of the School by post to the following address where they will be kept for validation:
 
International Hellenic University
School of Humanities Social Sciences and Economics
14^th km of Thessaloniki – N. Moudanion
57001, THERMI GREECE
Tel: +30 2310 807523, 30
 
After validation all the genuine documents will be available for sending them back to you.

SERVICES AND BODIES CARRYING OUT OFFICIAL TRANSLATIONS INTO GREEK LANGUAGE

1. Paid Consular Authorities of Greece (Consular authorities are divided into paid consular authorities, which are headed by officials of the Diplomatic Branch, and unpaid consular authorities, which are headed by honorary officials )
2. Τranslators cerified by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, search here: https://metafraseis.services.gov.gr/
3. Greek lawyers that certify their proficiency of translation from the original language to Greek language.

Νo other source of translation is acceptable.