Journalists Peter Schwartzstein and Alexander Clapp join The Greek Current to discuss their recent piece in Bloomberg, “Greece’s Popular Islands Are Crowded – With Plastic,” that looks into the Aegean islands’ dependency on plastic bottles, its environmental impact, and the steps that are being taken to address this problem.
The largest number of daily deaths from the coronavirus for 2021 was announced Monday, with 105 patients losing their lives while the number of intubations climbed to 608.
In his latest rant directed against Greece, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar accused Athens Monday of “repeated and continuous provocations, aggressive statements and actions that increase tensions and, in violation of international law, distort and mislead.”
The Education Ministry is planning to introduce a new system for recognizing degrees acquired in other countries.
Telecom provider Wind Hellas is setting up Hellenic Openfiber, a subsidiary to undertake the design, implementation, maintenance, operation and utilization of the active equipment of the next generation access (NGA) network – the passive equipment (infrastructure and fiberoptics) and the core, distribution and access networks.
Tom Perriello saw it coming but could do nothing to stop it. André Kapanga too. Despite urgent emails, phone calls and personal pleas, they watched helplessly as a company backed by the Chinese government took ownership from the Americans of one of the world’s largest cobalt mines.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis considers that the biggest challenges for the rest of his term will be managing the current wave of the pandemic and rising inflation.
Panathinaikos came back from 14 points down to beat archrival Olympiakos in Piraeus on Monday and reclaim the top of the Basket League table.
Olympiakos beat AEK 3-2 at the Olympic Stadium of Athens on Sunday and has opened a six-point gap at the top of the Super League table, given also the loss of PAOK at bottom team Atromitos.
Minister of Health Thanos Plevris said Monday that cases of the coronavirus will continue rising, adding that there are two likely pathways for the disease.