Christos Dimas

Greek cinema funds boosted

Published by Kathimerini on Sun, 02/18/2024 - 07:18

As part of the state's effort to promote modern Greek culture, the Greek Film Center (GFC) is to implement five new financial programs to boost the local industry.

The programs will be bankrolled through the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RFF), while just last week, the GFC approved financial support for 13 film projects to the tune of 1,262,000 euros.

Chinese-Greek theater festival in Athens

Published by Kathimerini on Sun, 12/03/2023 - 20:32

The first Sino-Hellenic International Theater Festival kicked off on Saturday, with Chinese dramas bringing an audio-visual feast to the audiences.

"The festival is an amazing initiative. It is something that of course we fully support from the side of the Greek government," Christos Dimas, Greek Deputy Minister of Culture, told Xinhua at the opening ceremony.

Hewlett-Packard to create Excellence Center in Greece

Published by Kathimerini on Tue, 05/02/2023 - 06:29

Hewlett-Packard Enterprises (HPE) plans to found a global Excellence Center in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Greece, Greek Deputy Minister of Development and Investment Christos Dimas said at the Delphi Economic Forum on Friday.

The center will be part of HPE Ezmeral Software and will aim at helping business customers globally to incorporate AI in their operations.

Smart Attica Digital Innovation Hub opens at Demokritos research center

Published by Kathimerini on Fri, 02/03/2023 - 17:37

The Smart Attica European Digital Innovation Hub (Smart Attica EDIH) began operation in Greece recently to support small and medium-sized enterprises and public sector agencies in their digital transformation, the Development & Investments Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

Plans to strengthen agri-food startups through Elevate Greece is being studied

Published by To Vima on Mon, 11/08/2021 - 09:55

Start-ups in agriculture/food come fourth in terms of population in the National Register - Elevate Greece and the goal of the Ministry of Development and Investment is, more effectively, link the agricultural economy and production with research and entrepreneurship, combined with use of new innovative technologies.

Athens interested in activating Greek-Argentine agreement on scientific, tech cooperation

Published by To Vima on Thu, 09/02/2021 - 19:46

Greece's relevant deputy development & investments minister and Argentina's ambassador to the country on Thursday met to discuss a bilateral agreement regarding scientific and technological cooperation, which although signed in 2008 has remained mostly inactive since then.

Staikouras finance minister, Dendias foreign minister in Mitsotakis government

Published by To Vima on Mon, 07/08/2019 - 21:01

Christos Staikouras, a former alternate economy minister under ND PM Antonis Samaras, will be Greece's new finance minister in the cabinet of incoming PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, which was announced late this afternoon, less than 24 hours afte Mitsotakis' landslide victory, and veteran connservative MP Nilos Dendias will be Greece's new foreign minister.