News archive of July 2020

"Much like the crisis has accelerated the use of technology, technology can now accelerate the exit from the crisis." With this optimistic message, last month President of EMEA Business & Operations for Google Matt Brittin announced the company's ambitious new initiative called Grow Greece with Google: an overarching public-private partnership that aims to support the country's recovery thr

The US Mission to Greece has announced a partnership with Found.ation to host "TechCamp Thessaloniki: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs" on September 6-8 at the 84th Thessaloniki International Fair.
The goals of TechCamp Thessaloniki are supporting female-led startups and creating equal opportunities for women in the entrepreneurship ecosystem.

The Greek property market is evolving into the promised land for aspiring holiday home buyers from around the world. This is thanks to a series of targeted interventions by the government in addition to the existing instruments for the attraction of investors/buyers, and to the country's inherent advantages.

The Ministry of Infrastructure is seeking the assistance of the European Driving Schools Association (EFA) to reform Greece's driving test system which has long been rife with bribery and cheating.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) on Thursday informed that the Danish authorities announced new measures regarding the conditions for entering the Kingdom's territory, which measures will enter into force on August 1, at 12.00 pm, Romania being included on list of "closed" countries, along with other states such as Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Portugal.

Greece's wind power capacity expanded by 8% over the January-June 2020 period compared to end-December, according to the Hellenic Wind Energy Association (ELETAEN).

Greece's Defences Ministry on Thursday categorically denied a news report claiming that the Greek Army had agreed to buy 50 Turkish miniature tactical drones.

"From the end of May, there have been targeted leaks to foreign and Greek media, which are not, however, confirmed or proven with data," the ministry said in a press release.

The government will seek the support of private investments, besides those from the public coffers, for the subsidy program it will submit to the European Commission in the context of the Next Generation EU fund.

The German recession data and fears of a political anomaly in the US if the presidential election is postponed sent jitters across international markets on Thursday, with Athinon Avenue not only losing its early gains but also ending the day with significant losses, which took the benchmark to a new two-month low.

The National Theater of Northern Greece has invited 28 Greek artists living or working abroad - from Brussels to New York and Mexico City - to create a piece inspired by "The Birds," Aristophanes' 414 BC comedy about the efforts of an ambitious Athenian who convinces the birds to help his create a utopia between Heaven and Earth to counter both the worlds of man and the gods.