On the occasion of Europe Day, Europe Direct and its Greek Chapters are holding an event on Greece and the European Union: Learning from the past, shaping the future. The event will be held on May 13 in Athens and will include the presentation of a documentary called Doku-live, which is an interactive experience dealing with European cooperation efforts and attracting 25,000 viewers thus far in Germany, France and Luxembourg.

The screening will be followed by a discussion which will focus on different aspects of Greece's relations with  the European Union. The event is organised by Europe

If one has a business idea about sustainability and has what it takes to become an entrepreneur, then ClimateLaunchpad, Europe’s largest cleantech business idea competition, could be the ticket to European and global funding. Cleantech, or clean technology, has emerged as an umbrella term encompassing the investment asset class, technology, and business sectors which include clean energy, environmental, and sustainable or green, products and services. A cleantech idea can be applied in an immense spectrum of activities ranging from plain urban mobility to sustainable transition in the food

Professor Oswyn Murray, emeritus Fellow at the University of Oxford is giving a lecture today (11.05) on The Western Traditions of Ancient History at the British School at Athens.

Since the 18th century, the study of Ancient history has focused on the concepts of imperialism and liberty. The lecture focuses on a less known aspect in the study of Ancient History, that of ‘Sacred History’. It explores how in the 19th century, those three strands helped to preserve Ancient History from the nationalism of western ideas of ‘Modern History’.

See also: Western Traditions bibliography

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke on the phone yesterday (May 7) with Russian President Vladimir Putin and confirmed the Greek government's willingness to participate - via a public sector company - in the construction of a pipeline carrying Russian natural gas that would carry natural gas to Europe, the Prime Minister’s Office said.

Putin "expressed his intention to support a plan to finance the Greek company that will build the pipeline which could attract energy and growth investments and whose cost could be covered by the company’s profits from operating [the pipeline]." Furthermore,

The government has a mandate to find a sustainable solution to the economy within the eurozone, Government Vice-President Yiannis Dragasakis told Guardian daily yesterday (7.05).

"We do not have a mandate to take Greece out of the eurozone, and it’s not an option either for the government or for SYRIZA," he said ahead of a Eurogroup meeting scheduled on May 11, Dragasakis was optimistic about a solution, noting that "talks, so far, have shown there is common ground in changes and political measures and, therefore, I believe a deal is possible and in the interests of everyone.”

MinoanGroup is a leisure company which operates a number of travel agencies worldwide, as well as a five-star plus quality resort to be built in Crete. The site for the project to be developed is Cavo Sidero in Northeast Crete, a peninsula extending into the Mediterranean with a 28 km coastline, secluded bays, inlets and rolling hills. 

The site will comprise 6,000 acres but only 0.5% of the surface will be built (650 rooms and individual suites), while more than 90% of the site will remain intact so as not to disturb local vegetation. The local area called Itanos has a history of more than