Author: Athanasios Koutoupas

  • Foreign Minister Kotzias has trilateral meeting with the Foreign Ministers of Cyprus and Lebanon, Ioannis Kasoulides and Gebran Bassil

    Foreign Minister Kotzias has trilateral meeting with the Foreign Ministers of Cyprus and Lebanon, Ioannis Kasoulides and Gebran Bassil

    Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias met in Brussels, on the margins of today’s meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, with the Foreign Ministers of Cyprus and Lebanon, Ioannis Kasoulides and Gebran Bassil, respectively. This first such trilateral meeting was dominated by issues of regional and international interest, while special emphasis was put on the refugee…

  • Engaging Greek Diaspora to Highlight Greek Talent & Entrepreneurship

    Engaging Greek Diaspora to Highlight Greek Talent & Entrepreneurship

    At least 300,000 Greeks have abandoned their country during the last seven years of recession. Adding up to the thousands of well-educated and multilingual Greek expats that left before the crisis broke out, they are part of an unprecedented global mobility of skilled employees and entrepreneurs. What binds these people together is a collective identity,…

  • New Greek Diaspora: The Changing Face of Emigration

    New Greek Diaspora: The Changing Face of Emigration

    A report titled “The Changing Face of Emigration: Harnessing the Potential of the New Greek Diaspora” by Jennifer Cavounidis – Senior Research Fellow at the Centre of Planning and Economic Research in Greece (KEPE) – was recently published by the Migration Policy Institute, a think tank based in Washington, DC, dedicated to analysis of the movement of people worldwide. The…

  • Rethinking Greece: Ares Kalandides on rebuilding the country’s reputation

    Rethinking Greece: Ares Kalandides on rebuilding the country’s reputation

    Ares Kalandides is a Berlin-based urban planner and consultant in place branding. He is the founder and CEO of INPOLIS a Place Management & Spatial Planning consultancy that offers services to cities, neighbourhoods and regions. He has been a consultant to Berlin Partner (the city’s marketing organization) since 1996 and has consulted various districts, cities, and regions in Germany and…