Strategic pact with Greece a top priority for the UAE
United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology Dr Sultan Al Jaber has stressed the importance that the UAE places on cooperation with Greece.
MLA College promotes distance learning degrees
The United Kingdom’s MLA College leveraged its second participation at Posidonia earlier this month in Athens to demonstrate and promote its Total Learning Package (TLP), which allows students to undertake their degrees from anywhere in the world at their own pace.
Elections first, investment grade to follow
The government’s goal remains attaining investment grade in 2023, with analysts estimating that it remains feasible, despite the rising cost of debt refinancing caused by the normalization of monetary policy. However, they believe that the elections will determine the timing of this long-awaited upgrade.
IMF rejects spending plans
The International Monetary Fund is opposed to an increase in civil servants’ pensions and salaries as the government is preparing to do both.
Microsoft plans to eliminate face analysis tools in push for ‘responsible AI’
For years, activists and academics have been raising concerns that facial analysis software that claims to be able to identify a person’s age, gender and emotional state can be biased, unreliable or invasive — and should not be sold.