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Thanasis Bakolas appointed advisor to PM on EU, US issues
Thanasis Bakolas, a close aide to Kyriakos Mitsotakis, will serve as an advisor to the Greek prime minister on issues pertaining to the country's relations with the European Union and the United States, it was announced Tuesday. He will be based in Brussels.
Former Bosnian Refugee to Become Austria’s New Justice Minister
A Bosnian-born woman who came to Austria as a child refugee will be Austria's new Justice Minister, it was confirmed on Thursday.
Thirty-five-year-old Alma Zadic, a lawyer and member of the Green Party, will also be the youngest Justice Minister in Austrian history and the first to come from an immigrant background.
Andreas Angelidakis | Athens | To August 31
The latest show of installations and videos by architect and visual artist Andreas Angelidakis, "A Submissive Acknowledgment of Powerlessness," at the Breeder, explores the notions of antiquity and destruction.
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Jeffrey Sachs to give lecture at Cyprus Institute
World-renowned professor of economics Jeffrey Sachs is in Cyprus to deliver the 2019 Hubert Curien Memorial Lecture at the Cyprus Institute. The lecture starts at 6.30 p.m. and live streaming will be available on the Cyprus Institute's YouTube channel. The title of the lecture is "Eudaimonia in the 21st Century: Looking to Aristotle for New Solutions."
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The Court Banned Trump from Blocking his Followers on Twitter
US President Donald Trump has no right to block his Twitter followers who criticize him on the social network. This decision was ruled by the court in New York, NBC reported, transmits "Darik".
The lawsuit was filed in July 2017 by seven Twitter users by Trump, along with the Knight First Amendment Institute, a human rights organization at Columbia University.
Four Greeks elected into US National Academy of Sciences
Two distinguished Greek-American academics, astrophysicist Vicky Kalogera and computer science Professor Mihalis Yannakakis, were elected this week into the US National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their contribution to their respective fields.
Gov't 'relies too much on costly repos'
Former deputy prime minister and finance minister Evangelos Venizelos accused the Finance Ministry on Wednesday of creating problems for the next government through the extensive domestic borrowing it has recently resorted to in order to boost the cash buffer for the country's so-called clean exit from the bailout program.
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Atatürk was inspiration for founder of Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba: Safwan Masri
One of the reasons why the Arab Spring succeeded in Tunisia was the fact that the country has strong similarities with Turkey, rather than the rest of the Arab world, according to Safwan Masri, Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development at Columbia University.
Ukraine Crisis Needs 20,000-Strong U.N. Force
The United Nations should consider a force of some 20,000 soldiers from non-NATO countries and 4,000 police to help resolve the crisis in Ukraine, according to a new report to be presented to top officials this week.
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The limits of Westernization
‘The Limits of Westernization: A Cultural History of America in Turkey’ by Perin E. Gürel (Columbia University Press, 273 pages, $49)
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