Greece invests in disaster prevention and response to pandemics- Gets largest ever EIB backing for civil protection
Greece and the European Investment Bank (EIB) formally agreed on a new 595 million euro European Investment Bank loan. Long-term financing and shared technical best-practice will help to transform disaster prevention and response to pandemics and natural disasters including floods, forest fires and earthquakes in all 13 Greek regions. "Over recent months technical and financial experts from Greece and the EIBank have outlined projects across Greece where disaster preparedness can be improved through unlocking new investment. Lessons learnt during the [...]
Holocaust remembrance
by Photini Tomai* On November 1st, 2005, the United Nations Assembly unanimously designated this day, to urge the nations of the world to observe it so that future generations will be spared acts of genocide. To this day, USA, Canada, Australia, the OSCE countries, among which Greece too, commemorate the Holocaust on 27 January. For Greece, this day was established in 2004 with a law voted by the Greek Parliament; a presidential decree passed in 2005 regulates the commemorative events [...]
Capital Link German Maritime Forum
“German Shipping – Prospects in a Fast-Changing World” Digital Forum Thursday, January 28, 2021 Time: 12:00 pm - 6:05 pm (Central European Time) Capital Link’s Annual German Maritime Forum will take place on Thursday, January 28, 2021. The event is held in partnership with DNV GL and with the support of the German Shipowners’ Association (VDR). Germany commands the fifth largest merchant fleet in the world and boasts the second largest container fleet with 14.4% market share by TEU. With [...]
29 years ago
Viomichaniki Epitheorisi makes its official debut, in December 1991, with an exclusive interview of then Minister of Finance, Yannis Paleokrassas. The subject? The revolution planned in the banking sector. Y. Paleokrassas declares that it is time for commercial banks "to operate on their own" as he prepares to introduce a new banking act. Interestingly enough we read that "the Bank of Greece is working on a deposit guarantee scheme, as Greece is the only member of the European Community [...]
Th. Vokos on the 1.000th issue of Oikonomiki Epitheorisi
Th. Vokos on the 1.000th issue of Oikonomiki Epitheorisi I have vivid memories of the many encounters in the fifties and sixties, that my father Theodore Vokos had with Spyros Vovolinis. I was present at many of these and I listened and learned from their discussions as they reviewed the challenges of their publishing businesses as well as the political ‘gossip’ of the day. They were contemporaries and dedicated journalists and publishers. Βιομηχανικη Επιθεωρηση, was a model publication, ahead of [...]
Enhancing Cooperation between Homeland and Diaspora
Enhancing Cooperation between Homeland and Diaspora As part of the series of Delphi Economic Forum online events on the impact of Covid-19 in the economy and society, economia Publishing presents on Thursday, June 18 at 16.00 (EEST - GR) the online discussion "Enhancing Cooperation between Homeland & Diaspora". Speakers: George Prevelakis, Professor emeritus, Sorbonne University (Paris 1), Permanent Representative of Greece at the OECD Βill Papastergiadis, Managing Partner, Moray & Agnew Lawyers, Australia Endy Zemenides, Executive Director, Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC), USA Moderator: Antonis Papagiannidis, General Director, economia Publishing REGISTER HERE
