Time for a new ambition for the Greek university system
In a world of rapid technological change and the demand for new expertise to compete in the international economy, Greece has long been constrained by its university system.
In a world of rapid technological change and the demand for new expertise to compete in the international economy, Greece has long been constrained by its university system.
MIT Technology Review is organizing in association with Kathimerini the 1st MIT EmTech Europe conference on Wednesday and Thursday in Athens.
Archaeological site guards walked off the job for four hours until noon on Tuesday to express their opposition to government plans to outsource ticketing for the Acropolis.
The government is this year planning sustainable arrangements for businesses with tax and social security dues.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is convening a meeting of the Government Council for National Security (KYSEA) on Tuesday that is expected to bring major changes to the Greek police force’s leadership.
A public opinion poll, carried out as a bill allowing same-sex marriage is expected to head to Parliament soon, has found that nearly 55% of Greeks are in favor of the legislation and 53% also believe gay couples should have the right to adopt.
The police investigation into Sunday’s Mafia-style execution of 44-year-old Vangelis Zambounis, a prominent underworld figure, in the Neos Kosmos suburb of Athens is reportedly focusing on the release of a mobster from prison 10 days ago, the rumored reversal of his business relations in recent months and his possible involvement in the war between Russian-speaking…
Evidence of a previously unknown underwater eruption, one of the largest in the southern Aegean volcanic arc and older than the one that wiped out the Minoan civilization, has been discovered by a multinational team of scientists on the island of Santorini.
Ilias Kasidiaris, the convicted former spokesman of the now-defunct neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, has resigned from the Athens Municipal Council after being sworn into office in late December.
The situation in the wider region and the evolving bilateral relationship between Greece and the US will be at the heart of the contacts between Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington on February 9.