Tag: GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

GR-eco Islands: Smart and Sustainable Greek Islands

In the battle against climate change, Greece has formed an ambitious plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Towards this goal, in 2019, the Greek government launched the GR-eco islands initiative, with the aim to transform the Greek islands into innovation hubs and models of green economy, energy autonomy, digital innovation and ecological mobility.

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Greek Consular Services Process Transformation

ays ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the invitation of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Giorgos Kotsiras, successfully hosted a conference to unveil the project “Consular Services Process Transformation”.

It is an initiative that seeks to redesign and digitize services provided by the Greek Consular Authorities worldwide, thereby enhancing their communication with Greek nationals residing abroad and providing faster and more efficient services.

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Greece’s renewable energy landscape

Greece has enacted an impressive array of measures to support its ambitious climate goals while maintaining energy security. Fossil fuel reduction and its replacement with RES, mainly with solar and wind energy, is one of Greece’s top priorities, aided by the country’s geographical position, geological territory and climate.

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🎤 #Interview | Greek Historiography

Historian Nikos Christofis speaks to Rethinking Greece about the recently published volume 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞: 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, which he edited.

The volume, aiming to serve as a contemporary resource for students and scholars alike, explores how Greek historiography has evolved—from 19th-century nation-building narratives to contemporary approaches like gender studies, biography, and memory studies.

A timely and critical resource for understanding how we write and think about Greek history today. 👇

#greekhistoriography #PublicHistory #moderngreekstudies
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Renowned Greek performing artist Dimitris Papaioannou has chosen the island of Anafi as his summer retreat. There, he created a series of drawings— Sketches from Life—capturing the essence of Greek summer
#DimitrisPapaioannou #BenakiMuseum #Anafi
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Hippocrates (c. 460 – c. 370 BC) was a physician in Classical Greece, born on the island of Kos. For his foundational contributions to the nascent field of medical science he has been dubbed “the Father of Medicine”.