Heading for record heat in 2024
The European climate change agency Copernicus has announced that by all indications so far, 2024 will be the hottest year on the planet since records have been kept.
Hadrian’s Arch marred by image of abandonment
The bland surroundings of the 2nd century Hadrian’s Arch in central Athens are not doing any justice to the monumental ancient gateway.
Insisting on the expansionist ‘Blue Homeland’
The positive climate that has been established in the last year between Greece and Turkey is on a collision course with the recurring rhetoric from Ankara about the expansionist doctrine of the so-called “Blue Homeland,” which envisages Turkish influence over vast areas that extend from the Black Sea, to the Aegean and the Mediterranean.
Extroversion and bureaucracy
The establishment of foreign-language university departments was a necessary step for the extroversion of Greek universities.
Theophilos instead of Picasso
The president of Thessaloniki’s Macedonian Center for Contemporary Art, Petros Kamaras, delivers a speech at the 1980 opening of the first exhibition at the newly established institution, featuring works by Theophilos.
Mikroutsikos Tribute | Athens | September 19
A tribute concert to the late Greek composer and politician Thanos Mikroutsikos will take place at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus at the foot of the Acropolis on September 19.
Fire in Rethymno still raging
Efforts continued late Thursday to combat a large wildfire that has been raging in southern Rethymno, Crete, since Wednesday.
PPP projects finally get moving
Something is moving, after months, even years, of delays in infrastructure programs implemented through public-private partnerships (PPPs). Competitive tenders for projects budgeted at over €5 billion are either at the stage of submission of binding offers by the competing firms or consortiums, or at the stage of preliminary negotiations with the bidders.
EFKA employee suspended from duties for bribery
An employee of the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) accused of bribery was suspended from duties on Thursday.
Inflation: Reforms or statism?
“What profit margin did your business operate at in the last financial year?” This was one of the questions asked by PricewaterhouseCoopers to around 4,700 CEOs of large companies around the world, as part of its 27th annual global survey of their assessments and forecasts for the economy and for the business they lead.