In a letter to President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, presented proposals for the green transition of the maritime sector, including a EU Research Centre for Alternative Maritime Fuels and Technologies in Greece and the extension of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to maritime transport to [...]
28th ECONOMIA STUDENT CONTEST TERMS & CONDITIONS* The maximum length of the essay is 2,000 words in Times New Roman, 12 points font and 1.15 line spacing in Microsoft Word format. Title, Bibliography, captions and cover text are not included in the total length of 2,000 words. Essays should be written either in Greek [...]
The 4th International edition of the AgriBusiness Forum 2021 has been concluded on 6-7 October 2021, having rolled clear outputs for the future of agriculture in the digital era. AgriBusiness Forum 2021 highlighted “Food & Farming systems’ green and digital transition”, including 9 high-caliber & multidisciplinary chapters, 45 topics and 50 renowned panelists from Greece and the [...]
When infrastructure crumbles, evacuations and curfews result as solutions by Antonis D. Papagiannidis Torrential rains poured all over Greece last week causing widespread flooding – especially over the Ionian islands where the last tourists joined the locals in flight before the surging waters; also in parts of Athens where cars were swept along, buses were [...]
The Government of Greece and Cisco announced the launch of a collaborative framework under Cisco’s Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) program. The aim is to help accelerate digitization across the country and power an inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The framework was introduced in a meeting between Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of Digital Governance, and representatives [...]
by Symela Touchtidou, @stouchtidou Amidst pandemic crisis, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) made the decisive step to a new era. It was the first university in Greece to launch a 4-year undergraduate program especially for foreign students, the BA Program in the Archaeology, History, and Literature of Ancient Greece. All its modules [...]
by Vicky Kaliakou The new English-taught undergraduate program of the Medical School at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), has exceeded expectations so far. 1,200 candidates applied for just 60 places, which translates to a 5% acceptance rate. AUTH can pride itself on being very selective like some of the world’s top universities. For example, [...]
A duty of sowing seeds by Antonis D. Papagiannidis A debate organized by the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research/IOBE, a respected Greek think tank, in commemoration of veteran industrialist Theodoros Papalexopoulos (a co-founder of IOBE, some 45 years ago, and long-serving President of the Federation of Greek Industry/SEV,) brought to the forefront of public attention a number of interesting topics – some of [...]
On 8 October, the OECD Plenary Session finalized the two-pillar agreement that will reform the international tax system. It will impose a minimum tax rate of 15% on the profits of multinational companies from 2023. The key points of the new global tax, designed to meet the needs of the digital age, had already been [...]
President Joe Biden announced plans to nominate George Tsunis, an influential Democratic fundraiser and hotelier, to be his envoy to Greece. Tsunis is the son of first-generation Greek immigrants to the U.S., and has served on the boards and committees of several Greek and Hellenic organizations. Tsunis speaks Greek and he and his wife both [...]
