By 2050, the agri-food sector worldwide should feed 40% more people, while arable land per capita will have decreased, while the contribution of the Greek agricultural sector in terms of Gross Value Added stands at 4.7%. At the same time, the high production costs and the small and fragmented agricultural holdings, the areas that need attention.
For the first time, a tripartite meeting of Energy Ministers of Israel, Greece and Cyprus will be attended by companies from the three countries, putting on the table specific investment plans in the fields of gas and electricity.
After a year of support from the European Investment Bank to the Greek economy, which reached record levels in 2021, the president of the bank, Werner Hoyer, will be in Athens on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss this strong cooperation and for new financial projects to follow.
Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo had more bank accounts than the letters in his name before Avenue Capital Group founder Mark Lasri intervened.
Aiming to boost travel traffic from the US. to Greece, important promotional contacts were made for Paros and Elafonisos during the visit of the collaborating group of the consulting company of the two Municipalities in New York in the context of participation in the popular travel exhibition "Travel and Adventure Show", from 18 to 20 March 2022.
The Ministry of Tourism and Google announced today their new cooperation for the acceleration of the green and sustainable transformation of the tourism industry of Greece, within the framework of the Delphi Economic Forum. The collaboration includes the creation of a new training program for small and medium-sized tourism enterprises, in collaboration with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC). At the same time, Google announced $ 1 million in funding from Google.org to support organizations that help social enterprises in Greece, with an emphasis on sustainability and ecotourism.
The transition of the Greek tourism industry to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly development model is a key priority in dealing with the inevitable consequences of the climate crisis. According to a new survey conducted by the Institute for Tourism Research and Forecasting (ITEP) on behalf of Google and the Hotel Chamber of Greece, three out of four hotel owners consider the implementation of sustainability practices crucial for the future of their business, with 79% expressing their interest in obtaining a viability certification. However, only 41% consider their level of knowledge about sustainability practices to be satisfactory.
Today, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had an online meeting with the Executive Vice President of the European Commission and Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis.
In just two weeks, when over 20,000 runners hit the streets of Boston before 500,000 spectators in Boston and thousands more around the world watching on TV and online, to race in the 126th Boston Marathon, "Freedom for Cyprus" will be passing before their eyes.
On April 18, Dr. Miltiadis Mitsias will be running in the world’s largest, oldest and best-known marathon wearing a “Freedom for Cyprus” shirt. He is a charity runner for the Alpha Omega Council and sponsored by the International Coordinating Committee — Justice for Cyprus (PSEKA) and its President Philip Christopher.
Mitsias will be inspired by one of the greatest figures in the history of the Boston Marathon, a fellow Greek-Cypriot and the race's first charity runner, Stylianos Kyriakides.
In 1946, after barely surviving the Nazi occupation of Greece as part of the Greek resistance, and with thousands of his countrymen still dying from starvation during the Greek Civil War, Kyriakides felt compelled to run the Boston Marathon to draw America’s attention to Greece’s condition.
He sold his furniture to buy a ticket to Boston, and when he arrived he was so emaciated from the lack of food in war-ravaged Greece, doctors forbid him from running in the race because they were afraid he would die in the streets.
Nevertheless, he started the race. At the end of the race, he was neck and neck with legendary Boston Marathon winner John Kelley, when an old man shouted from the crowd, “For Greece, for your children!” Kyriakides pulled away and won the race in 2:29:27, a new record time. According to Life Magazine Kyriakides shouted, “For Greece!” as he crossed the finish line.
Nearly a million people greeted Kyriakides when he returned to Athens with 25,000 tons of food, medicine, clothing and other essentials, including $250,000 in cash, donated by generous Americans who read of his cause and victory.
When Mitsias crosses the one mile mark of the marathon in Hopkinton, he will pass by a sculpture of Kyriakides called 'The Spirit of the Marathon.’ It depicts Kyriakides being shown the way forward by the winner of the first modern Olympic marathon in 1896, fellow Greek Spyridon Louis.
An identical statue was placed in the City of Marathon, Greece, sister city of Hopkinton, along the seashore near the ancient battle site, to mark the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
In 2018, Greek-Americans Jimmy Pantelidis, a pancreatic cancer survivor, and Mike Manatos ran in the Boston Marathon as Alpha Omega charity runners wearing replica’s of Stylianos Kyriakides’ jersey. They crossed the finish line holding a Greek flag and, like Kyriakides but 72 years later, shouted “For Greece!"
Support for Mitsias
Those who wish to support Dr. Mitsias’ run for Cyprus can make a contribution online through the link below, or send a check to the address below. Please note when making your contribution that you are doing so in support of charity runner Miltiadis Mitsias.
contribute online here: https://www.alphaomegacouncil.org/community/donors/
OR
Send a check payable to "Alpha Omega Council" and mail it to:
Alpha Omega Council
C/O Chris Brathas, CPA, Treasurer
P.O. Box 752
Foxborough, MA 02035-0752
(617) 877-7129
"By September we may have 2-3 more epidemics," warned Greek American doctor and NCI researcher George Pavlakis, who told SKAI channel that most respiratory viruses do not provide adequate immunity to stop the infection. This results in re-infection.
Approaching the bench of the State of New York’s highest legal authority, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America counseled the court, “[God is] the source and foundation of the law” and “and He asks only that we do justly, and practice love and mercy, compassion and understanding,” opening the investiture ceremony of three new associate Judges—Madeline Singas, Anthony Cannataro, and Shirley Troutman, who are the most recently appointed Associate Judges of the New York State Court of Appeals on April 5, 2022.
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Greek Parliament in the presence of the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
Regarding the goal set by the government within the next two years to eliminate the disgraceful fines for illegal landfills, the secretary general for Energy, Manolis Grafakos spoke, among other things, in the context of the 7th Delphi Forum that is taking place April 6-9. He characteristically stated: "We want to leave behind the management of yesterday. The national waste management plan has been drafted and is in force. We were champions in illegal landfills. We have reduced the fines by 40%. The government wants to enable citizens who want to separate waste. And it motivates them. I want to be fair. The drop in fines began with the previous government eight years ago. We want to believe that we will close the illegal landfills."
Greek Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister for Economic Diplomacy & Openness Kostas Fragogiannis discussed energy security in sucessive meetings he held on Wednesday with visiting United States officials.
One of the injured from the big fire that broke out yesterday at the Covid clinic of the Papanikolaou hospital in Thessaloniki expired a while ago, with the number of dead now amounting to two.