A farewell lunch for US Amb. Pyatt
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias hosted US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt to a farewell lunch Thursday.
As Europe approves new tech laws, the US falls further behind
In just the last few years, Europe has seen a sweeping law for online privacy take effect, approved far-reaching regulations to curb the dominance of the tech giants and Saturday reached a deal on new legislation to protect its citizens from harmful online content.
Cyprus has enough flour for 3 months
Cyprus has enough wheat for human consumption to last for at least another three months despite shortages created in supply due to the Ukraine war, Rural Development Minister Costas Kadis said on Thursday.
Mitsotakis to address US Congress May 17
U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi has sent a letter to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis inviting him to address a Joint Meeting of Congress on May 17.
ATHEX: Growth for most, though not for banks
Greek stocks saw buying interest return on Thursday, after the losses earlier in the week, but this wore off over the course of the session.
FSRU launch attracts keen regional interest
Next Tuesday, May 3, will see the official launch of the new floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) at Alexandroupoli by Gastrade, in the presence of the prime ministers of Greece, Bulgaria and North Macedonia, the president of Serbia and the energy ministers of all four countries.
Publishers join forces for Greek release of Harari’s ‘Unstoppable Us’
Two respected publishing houses, Metaixmio and Alexandria, have formed a joint venture for the Greek release of Yuval Noah Harari’s “Unstoppable Us.”
Food prices could surge another 22 percent
The war between Russia and Ukraine which together represent 30% of the world wheat market affecting 50 countries, could raise global food prices (which already are at a high level) by up to 22 percent over the next couple of years.
What junta?
I was opinionated. Tough. And naive as a teenager can be. In retrospect, I think that my mother had decided that she and my father needed a rest. (I was her fourth child, born 25 years after her first.)
Greece, Turkey trade barbs over Aegean airspace incursions
Greece on Thursday accused its neighbor Turkey of undermining NATO unity by violating its airspace with fighter jets, prompting an angry Turkish response that blamed Athens for “provocative” violations of its own airspace.