In an extensive, wholehearted interview to GBF's George Vailiakis, Marina Lambraki-Plaka talked about everything: her achievements in her professional career, making the National Galery accessible to all and a school of national self-knowledge, defending the idea that "art is the privilege of many", the creation of branches all around the country, the National Sculpture Gallery [...]
A decisive turn in the communication strategy for Greek shipping by Antonis D. Papagiannidis A new strategy for Greek shipping – one of opening to society/to global public opinion rather than of discreet, behind-the-scenes activity – has been announced (although once more in subdued tones) by freshly-elected President of the Union of Greek Shipowners in [...]
by Dr. Konstantinos D. Melas, Programme Leader of Business & Economics - Metropolitan College - Post-doctoral Researcher in Supply Chain Finance - University of Western Macedonia As this article is written, the Russian invasion is still ongoing, with Odessa being the most important city under attack at Ukraine’s southern frontier. These geopolitical developments have created increased [...]
Marina Lambraki Plaka, director of the National Gallery of the Alexandros Soutzos Museum, passed away on he morning of Monday, June 13. Her death came two days before the planned press conference where she would have presented the large retrospective exhibition of Konstantinos Parthenis she had prepared. Marina Lambraki Plaka was born in Arkalochori, Heraklion, [...]
Thirteen Greek companies and two Business missions from Greece took part at the International Exhibition of Water, Sewerage, Recycling, Waste Collection and City Cleaning, IFAT 2022, organized by the Munich Exhibition Organization. The Greek exhibiting companies were: Alphadynamic Pumps Co, Dialynas SA, DP Pumps Manufacturers SA, Ecotech Ltd, Emdot SA, Gkekas Savvas and Son CO [...]
Can the strategies developed in the field of merchant shipping, an area that everyone agrees is largely based on instinct, risk-taking, even randomness, be studied in a way that refers to the categories of strategic management? Can these strategies be defined, taught, transmitted to a wider audience - especially within the framework of a university [...]
The president of the Union of Greek Shipowners, Melina Travlou, spoke about the important role of shipping in the world economy, the challenges of decarbonization and the opportunities that shipping offers, especially to young people, in a press conference in the context of Poseidonia 2022. Ms. Travlou stressed that one of the main priorities of [...]
The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Greece and the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research organized the 3rd Greek-Korean Maritime Cooperation Forum "2022 Korean - Hellenic Maritime Cooperation Forum" in the framework of the International Maritime Exhibition Poseidonia 2022. The forum focused on the deep bilateral ties between Greece and South Korea, the [...]
"Imagine the impossible. A Greek shipowner NOT grumbling! It's happening. Rates for dry bulk cargoes on some routes more than doubled during first quarter. Rates for tankers in good condition have risen by nearly a third since last December when the tanker Erika sank and its heavy crude oil cargo polluted some of Brittany's finest [...]
Α leading event for agrotechnology, the AgriBusiness Forum was held at the Aldemar Olympian Village in Pyrgos, Ilia on 3-4 June 2022 entitled "Agri-food systems of Peloponnese 4.0". The first of three conferences took place at a time when both the climate crisis - which seriously affects the world's ecosystems - and the war in [...]
