The first gas from Azerbaijan has reached Greece and Bulgaria, via the Nea Mesimvria interconnection point with DESFA, the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) operator announced on the last day of 2020. The Azeri gas also flows to Italy, via the Melendugno interconnection point with SNAM Rete Gas (SRG). TAP (part of the Southern Gas Corridor) [...]
The clock is ticking. The United Kingdom will be leaving the European Union within hours. Luckily, the Brexit will happen in an orderly manner, under the provisions of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, an Agreement on Nuclear Cooperation and an Agreement on Security Procedures for Exchanging and Protecting Classified Information. The "divorce Trade and Cooperation [...]
Just days before the end of 2020, a year that profoundly hurt tourism in Greece, the British tour operator and airline Jet2 announced that it has added 135 extra flights to Greece in its summer 2021 programme. The decision aims to cover the expected surge in bookings as a Covid vaccine is rolled out. Capacity [...]
Of Turkish hustle and bustle and of exploratory talks by Antonis D. Papagiannidis The official position in Greece (and in Cyprus, for that matter) is still one of expectation that EU pressure will bring Turkey around to a more compromising behaviour – one that will make it possible for Athens and Ankara to engage in exploratory [...]
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has announced that the Greek AGRO-2 Integrated Management Standards have been successfully benchmarked as equivalent to the Better Cotton Standard System. The recognition will promote more sustainable Greek cotton farming. Greece is the largest cotton-producing country in Europe, with more than 45,000 registered cotton farmers. Cotton is planted on approximately [...]
The treasures of Mount Athos are now digitally available to all at the “Athos Digital Heritage” website. Over 2 million digital images of documents, books, manuscripts and 27 thousand artefacts, as well as 3D imaging of monuments, virtual tours of monasteries and educational apps, are now online , enabling both the public and scientists to [...]
George-Stylianos Prevelakis in discussion with Evanthis Hadjivassiliou and A.D. Papagiannidis A.D.Papagiannidis: "On behalf of economia Publishing, I would like to welcome you at this 17th Thessaloniki International Book Fair to a discussion of two books, both of George Prevelakis, a professor Emeritus of Geopolitics at the Sorbonne/Paris I University and presently a Permanent Representative of [...]
The Covid-19 vaccination campaign in Greece: all hands on deck by Antonis D. Papagiannidis In Greece too, an all-hands-on-deck situation results from the preparations for the vaccination effort against the Covid-19 pandemic to succeed. All of the National Health System assets have been already mobilized; the private sector is asked to join in, with pharmacies [...]
by Symela Touchtidou Transport consumes one third of all final energy in the EU. The bulk of this energy comes from oil. This means that transport is responsible for a large share of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions and a major contributor to climate change. While most other economic sectors, such as power production and [...]
Of old dogs and much-needed new tricks by Antonis D. Papagiannidis It is said – righty enough – that you don’t teach old dogs new tricks. But in the current turn of things the adoption of “new tricks”, of new ways to face threats and their dire consequences is imperative. First, a confession: in a country [...]
