Nicholas J. Cull is Professor of Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication, where he directs the Masters Program in Public Diplomacy. His research and teaching interests are inter-disciplinar…
Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou was elected by the Hellenic Parliament as the new President of the Hellenic Republic on 22 January 2020 with 261 votes in favour. She will succeed Prokopis Pavlopoulosafter the end of the latter's term; she is due to be swor…
Greece has a new National Plan for Energy and Climate (NPEC) that was presented in December 2019 following a public consultation and a debate in the Greek Parliament. The NPEC is an ambitious plan in accordance with the UN Agenda 2030 and its 17 glo…
Greeks living abroad did not have the right to vote in the Greek national elections from their place of residence until recently, when the Greek Parliament adopted a bill on voting rights for diaspora Greeks. The bill was passed on December 11 with…
The Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens is hosting the exhibition “40 years since the signing of the Treaty of Accession of Greece to the European Communities” from November 25th to December 19th; the exhibition is organized by the S…
“Greek Public Diplomacy and its contribution to the country’s image abroad” is the title of a presentation by Mary Vaxevanidou, Head of the International Communication Directorate of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at a confe…
Cooperation between Greece and China is deepening as it is confirmed by the recent visit of Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the 2nd China International Import Expo in Shanghai (November 4-6) and the official visit of the President of the Peopl…
On 7 November 2019, the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament, Konstantinos Tasoulas, declared the commencement of the proceedings of the "Greece 2021" Committee and its cooperation with the Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democra…
Refugee and migrant arrivals on the Eastern Mediterranean countries have considerably increased since the beginning of 2019 and a further expansion is expected as a result of the recent turmoil in the broader region of Syria. According to UNHCR data…
The City of Athens recently launched a pilot initiative to preserve the street trees of the city, taken into consideration that the Municipality plants 600 new trees every year but, according to estimates, 10-40 percent of the newly planted trees dry…
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