Jojo Mayer | Athens | November 22
Legendary drummer Serge “Jojo” Mayer returns to the Gazarte Main Stage (gazarte.gr) to present “Me/Machine.”
DFC commits $125 mln to modernize Elefsina shipyard
A financial agreement for a $125 million loan to ONEX Elefsis Shipyard and Industries (ONEX) was signed by the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Scott Nathan on Monday to rehabilitate and modernize the Elefsina shipyard near Athens.
Conditionally released is the rowing coach accused of statutory rape
The 39-year old rowing coach, who is accused of sexually harassing an underage female athlete, was released conditionally on Monday after testifying to an investigator in Thessaloniki.
Fire breaks out in a forest area in southern Pelion
A fire broke out at noon on Monday in a forest area in southern Pelion, central Greece. Inhabited areas are not threatened.
One guilty, ten innocent in Thessaloniki squat case
One man was sentenced to prison with suspension on Monday by the Three-Member Criminal Court in Thessaloniki for illegal activities related to the squat “Terra Incognita” that was evacuated by police in 2020. The same court acquitted ten people involved in the case.
Declaration of an open process for the selection of a contractor for the construction of the project: «Reconstruction – adaptation of the Emergency Departments Section of the General Hospitals of Limnos and Chios ‘Skilitsio’
Τhe new independent operational unit of HRADF entitled Project Preparation Facility (PPF) was appointed by the Governmental Committee of Projects of Strategic Importance of Law 4799/2021, to mature, execute the tender process, and supervise the implementation phase of the project “Renovation and Modernization of Hospitals in Greece” (RRF 16795), of the responsibility of the Ministry…
Proposed RES framework introduces stricter rules
The proposed revisions to the spatial framework for renewable energy sources (RES) aim to modernize legislation in order to keep pace with technological advancements, address climate changes (such as changes in wind speed and solar radiation intensity) and better account for increased environmental protection concerns.
Blinken speaks with Mitsotakis about Middle East crisis
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the phone on Monday. Mitsotakis repeated Israel’s right to self-defense and Gaza’s urgent need for humanitarian aid.
Kasselakis concerned with the state of Greek democracy after ADAE meeting
Leader of the main opposition party SYRIZA Stefanos Kasselakis met with the president of the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) Christos Rammos on Monday.
Bureaucracy still feeds on procedures
If in recent years the state has managed to grab the low-hanging fruit, i.e. to achieve some easy victories in the digitization of the state, it is now called upon to target the fruit at the highest point of the tree.