Greeks

Μore than half of Greek businesses are now seeking or anticipating their development, leaving behind the effort to simply survive in the successive crises that have hit the Greek and global economy.

The year 1896, following the first modern Olympic Games, was defined by a widespread sense of optimism in Athens, a rather insignificant city of just 130,000. It was a time when "little Greece" began cultivating aspirations of victory, reaching out to realize the Great Idea by reclaiming the territories of the Byzantine Empire - including Constantinople, the center of Hellenism.

Featuring works by Rania Bellou, Lynda Benglis, Vlassis Caniaris, Christo, Nikos Engonopoulos, Alekos Fassianos, Yannoulis Halepas, Christoph Keller, Karolina Krasouli, Maria Loizidou, Brice Marden, Nelly's, Dimitris Neveskiοtis, Edward Steichen and Eleni Vernadaki, the Kalfayan's (kalfayangalleries.com) new show explores how ancient Greek culture has served as an enduring source of inspiration

Greece is these days discovering how important the Greek expat community is for national interests, especially in the United States.

We are not talking about large crowds of people or huge financial contributions. And yet, a few Greek Americans, working with some top members of Congress, have made a difference.

Greek pharmaceuticals manufacturer ELPEN will have completed investments of 155 million euros by the end of 2025 in production and research facilities with a total area of 55,000 sq.m., said the vice president of ELPEN Pharmaceutical and co-CEO of ELPEN Group, Theodoros Tryfon, on Tuesday.

With the death of the last king of the Hellenes almost 50 years after the institution was scrapped by referendum, there are no excuses for the frivolity with which many participants in public life - on the left and the right - approach the question of the monarchy and its history, seeking political gains without effort.

The rising cost of living is the biggest concern of Europeans according to the latest Eurobarometer, which covers autumn 2022.

The Greek Culture Ministry's International Evaluation Committee has unanimously selected a proposal by the architectural firms of David Chipperfield and Alexandros N. Tombazis for an ambitious expansion of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

The election risk is perhaps the greatest challenge for the course of Greek economy, fiscal stability and the conquest of investment grade, in a year when international uncertainties are running high.

The National Gallery has put together a special, two-part exhibition dedicated to the heroes of the Greek War of Independence. The first part, in its main building in Athens and running until the end of the month, comprises 20 engravings by Zacharias Arvanitis, representing an equal number of large-scale portraits of key figures of the revolution.