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, [...]
by Symela Touchtidou, @stouchtidou Some say that for Greece, it could be as lucrative as the tourism sector. Others point to the fact that we would be creating “ambassadors” of the country worldwide. In many European countries, tertiary education fueled by foreign students is a driver of growth. Brexit has mobilized European institutions to claim [...]
by Fotis Kourmousis, special secretary for private debt management at the Greek Finance Ministry Ιn Greece, total private debt in 2019, prior to the pandemic, stood at €234 billion, according to official data from the Bank of Greece, the tax authorities and social security institutions. This debt stems from the 10-year financial crisis and includes [...]
by Marina Farmakidis-Markou, lawyer at Diotima Center* Marina Farmakidis-Markou To begin with, it is worth stating that parental responsibility could be entrusted by the court to both parents jointly also under the previous family law provisions, provided that parents were in agreement. On the contrary, the new family law number 4800/2021, by establishing [...]
Ιnterview by Pola Damianou, legal advisor of Active Dads N.P.C.S. Pola Damianou, legal advisor of Active Dads NGO “Active Dads for the Rights of the Child” was created in April 2020. “The desire of fathers to have a more active role in their children’s lives and the fact that for decades Courts gave [...]
by Dr. Giorgos Konstantopoulos president of the Greek Exporters Association (SEVE) SEVE, the Greek Exporters' Association, expressed its opposition to the new system of frontal nutritional labelling of Nutri-score for food products promoted at EU level. The Nutri-score nutritional labelling system is part of a proposal regarding the revision of EU rules on the information [...]
by Kostas Tsiaras, Minister of Justice In tune with the tried and tested model of joint parental care after divorce in most European countries, the law by the Hellenic Ministry of Justice on parent-child relations creates a realistic basis for arrangements between parents for the care and welfare of their children after the dissolution of [...]
The Covid-19 pandemic should have highlighted the importance of the people that make ships and cargoes travel the world, securing global supplies and providing essential commodities – their importance is frequently unappreciated and underestimated. In the preface to its 2020–2021 annual report, the Greek Shipping Co-Operation Committee (GSCC) slammed governments and regulators for failing to [...]
by Vicky Kaliakou Thessaloniki –once called “the Flower of the Balkans''– has been the only city in Europe with a Jewish population majority. During World War II the ancient and vibrant Jewish community was destroyed by the Nazis and many survivors emigrated to Israel, Poland and the US. The proposed Holocaust Memorial & Human [...]
by Symela Touchtidou, @stouchtidou The Cultural Routes of Europe are an outstanding example of successfully endorsing sustainability into a tourism project. One of the most innovative initiatives by the Council of Europe, Cultural Routes were launched in 1987 to demonstrate how heritage and cultures of different and distant regions of Europe contribute to a shared [...]