Does TPI rhyme with OMT (of Mario Draghi memory)? by Antonis D. Papagiannidis The “whatever it takes” speech of then relatively fresh at the helm of the ECB Mario Draghi (end-July 2012) gave birth to the Outright Monetary Transactions Programme/OMT. The two, mainly exercising pressure on jittery markets – the OMT “big bazooka” was actually [...]
To explore the “Athens Charter for Business” by Antonis D. Papagiannidis Much talk about democracy, as of lately. The recent shocks arising out of the Ukraine war and the re-emergence of the West/East divide along lines of democracies vs. autocracies (with the former cosying up to the likes of Venezuela or Saudi Arabia, to be [...]
Dark unpleasantness by Antonis D. Papagiannidis The timing was quite unpleasant. Days after Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis had to face before the European Parliament strong criticism over the treatment of migrants seeking asylum at Greek borders in the hands of the authorities (especially concerning push-backs at sea, but also crossings of Evros river), the European [...]
by Anthony Kefalas The world is at an inflection point. It is not the first time, of course. But never before was it at a point where disaster looms one way and an entirely brilliant new world beckons the other way. Unfortunately, my personal odds favour the former rather than the latter. Here is why. [...]
Endeavor Greece announced the closing of the organization’s fourth consecutive and largest fund to date, Endeavor Catalyst Fund IV, raising more than $290 million. The fund was supported, among others, by a large number of entrepreneurs from Endeavor’s own network from around the world who wish to invest in new innovative ideas and offer opportunities [...]
Money makes the world go round by Antonis D. Papagiannidis In more ways than one, money makes the world go round. As the after-shocks of international decisions – over the war in Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions – spread around economies, the medicine administered to avert more serious damage is by necessity economic. Actors [...]
How Greek and Turkish public opinion gauges US and Russia – and gets introspective by Antonis D. Papagiannidis An interesting experiment is underway with successive waves of opinion surveys conducted simultaneously in Greece and Turkey by polling companies – respectively – MRB and KONDA. It is conducted under the auspices of Greek think tank ELIAMEP/ [...]
European Universities’ Alliances are a new institution that aims to strengthen strategic partnerships between EU higher education institutions that will allow students to obtain a degree by combining studies in different countries and will enhance the international competitiveness of European Universities. Part of the overall plan is to encourage the creation, by 2024, the establishment [...]
Power Factors, a global leader in renewable asset management software, announced it acquired the Greek company Inaccess, a leading provider of integrated mission critical software and hardware solutions for renewable power plants, battery energy storage systems, hybrid plants, and virtual power plants (VPPs). Inaccess is a trusted technology and solutions provider to global utilities, oil [...]
Out of Enhanced and into Post-Programme Surveillance – with a 300bps over Bunds for Greek paper by Antonis D. Papagiannidis It is not difficult to see why the need for a positive narrative over the Greek economy and its way ahead is especially high in this turn of time. Just out of the protracted 2020-mid [...]
