Bridging the gap Greek shipping is positioned to be a global protagonist in the green transition of the sector, according to Christos Stylianides minister of Maritime Affairs and Domestic Policy. During the last couple of weeks he has been touring major European capitals, promoting Greece as the bridge between the European Union and the International [...]
When confidence lays in tatters You wouldn’t term it easily “social unrest”. Nothing comparable to the days and weeks of anger and revolt in Athens and all around Greece in 2010-11, when the hard landing of the economy under the first EU/IMF Adjustment Programme rocked the political system – and, most importantly, the man [...]
Three Gold Business Law Awards for HFSF's legal team The Hellenic Financial Stability Fund's legal team has picked up three gold awards at the Business Law Awards 2024, for its key role in the banking and finance industry. The awards were received by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fund, Andreas Verykios, [...]
Three months away from European Parliament elections: North Macedonia and Turkey as looming issues As the elections for the European Parliament get nearer, two fields of special interest to Greece are in progress. Both involve – albeit in different ways – “Europe”, meaning the EU but also the wider European institutions; both may well influence [...]
Legends never die It has been 30 years since the death of Melina Mercouri, a Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician. Her first major role, at the age of 20, was Lavinia in Eugene O’Neill’s ‘Mourning Becomes Electra’. Her most memorable parts were Blanche in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ and the good-hearted prostitute in the [...]
50 years of achievement and failure: Democracies may slide to a slow death if we do not pay attention, if there is no social participation to the political process The star-studded, three-day Conference “50 years of the Metapolitefsi” (thus is known in Greek political parlance the country’s post-dictatorship course starting with the fall of the [...]
The loss of a dedicated benefactor Kostas Apostolidis died at the age of 76, after a short battle with cancer. A man full of will and an unquenchable vision of progress. Born in Drama, in a family with refugee roots, he studied at the National Technical University of Athens, then in Canada and then at [...]
Hard to understand Foreign journalists – be they correspondents based in Athens, stringers or just visiting during one of Greece’s multiple crises – often have an issue with understanding the inner workings of the Greek political system, the circumvolutions of its seasoned practitioners and occasional newcomers. Of the latter, one might remember the near-Grexit architect [...]
Privatisations in the banking sector The end of the road? After the sale of the entire stake held by the State-controlled Hellenic Financial Stability Fund in Alpha Bank (Unicredit acquired the 9%) and a large part of the stake in National Bank (22% out of a 40% total), the Greek government is reportedly considering the [...]
From the Archipelago to the Oceans The perspectives, challenges, achievements and also the history of Greek-French cooperation at sea were highlighted during the conference entitled "From the Archipelago to the Oceans" held in Paris. The conference took place in the context of a scientific initiative undertaken by professors Michel Foucher and George Prevelakis and under [...]