PM commemorates Armed Forces
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis praised the men and women serving in the armed forces with a statement released on social media to commemorate Armed Forces Day.
NGO’s say new climate law not ambitious enough
The absence of binding targets for phasing out gas was cited in a joint statement by nine nongovernmental organizations as the most negative element of the draft of Greece’s new climate bill.
Overhaul in store for higher education
Seeking to upgrade the country’s system of higher education, widen its scope, entrench hitherto elusive meritocracy and to activate a brain grain, the Education Ministry is on course to introduce legislation with radical changes affecting the curriculum, selection of academics and administration.
Zante church official suspends 14 priests who refuse to be vaccinated
Zante Metropolitan Dionysios has suspended 14 priests who refused to be vaccinated on Saturday.
Lost Children | Athens | November 23
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens presents a lecture on the post-war Greek adoption movement, which saw some 4,000 children sent overseas.
A sanctuary takes shape, framed around migrants
The Cañón de Alacrán (Scorpion’s Canyon) is a craggy valley that abuts the U.S. border wall, just west of Tijuana, Mexico.
Telegraph: British public opinion supports return of Parthenon Marbles
Αn article published in British newspaper The Daily Telegraph supports arguments for the return of the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum to Greece, penned only a few days after Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ London visit, who raised the issue in his meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Business communication seminar on Dec. 15-16
ProSeminars is organizing two webinars on “Business Communication in English: Make your Business Interactions Simple and Easy,” on Wednesday and Thursday, December 15 and 16, through Zoom.
Facebook and democracy: The political debate
In fairness, Facebook isn’t resisting calls for new rules. It doesn’t want direct responsibility for the safeguarding of democracy.
Constantinos Parthenis painting headlining Greek auction at Bonhams
With an estimated value of 350,000 to 550,000 euros, the expressionist masterpiece “The Apotheosis of Athanasios Diakos” by Constantinos Parthenis (1878-1967) is headlining auction house Bonhams’ Greek Sale this week.