Robotics kits for children in Greek schools
More than 177,000 robotics kits for children aged 4-15 in kindergarten, elementary and high school will be provided by the Ministry of Education, according to a relevant announcement.
Covid: 18,605 new cases, 80 deaths, 470 intubated
Health authorities announced 18,605 new coronavirus infections for the 24-hour period ending 3 p.m. Friday, a decline on Thursday’s figure of 19,504.
Police on Karpathos to probe suicide following video leak
A prosecutor on the Dodecanese island of Karpathos has asked police to investigate the circumstances of the suicide of a 60-year-old man, who took his life after a video circulated showing his son sharing intimate moments with another man.
The people behind successful Greek startups
Kathimerini interviews founders of companies launched in the financial crisis and later acquired by corporate giants
Thessaloniki municipal employee arrested for transporting migrants
Police in Thessaloniki on Friday arrested a municipal employee on suspicion of illegally transporting two migrants.
School heads sanctioned over evaluations
The Education Ministry is implementing sanctions provided under law against school principals who did not participate in the evaluation process of schools.
Labor market slow to absorb IT-skilled workers
Despite the Greek work force’s high level of knowledge in information technology (IT), the absorption of these skills by the labor market is low, according to research by the General Confederation of Greek Workers’ Center for the Development of Educational Policy (KANEP-GSEE).
From UCLA University School of Medicine, to Greece’s ELPEN
Greek pharmaceutical company ELPEN announced on Friday that Dr Dimitris Iliopoulos, founder of the Center for Systemic Biomedicine at UCLA University School of Medicine, has been appointed Chairman of the independent Scientific Board of the firm’s Research & Innovation Park at Spata, with Project Leader Eleni Pentafraga welcoming him onboard.
Law, morals and marbles
Does the status of the Parthenon Sculptures amount to a simple question of ethics or a complex, but ultimately soluble, question of law?
Industrial park investment boost from Greece 2.0 subsidy
Investments in industrial parks are set to grow following a decision by Alternate Finance Minister Thodoros Skylakakis to set aside 65.2 million euros from the “Greece 2.0” masterplan as support for nine modern business parks in Greece.