DISCUSSION


Online debate on freedom of speech in the pandemic on Wednesday
ECONOMY

The Center for European Constitutional Law, the School of Law of the University of Nicosia and the Syntagma Watch Observatory are co-hosting an online event on Wednesday, titled “Freedom of Speech and the Pandemic,” starting at 6.30 p.m. To find out more, visit cecl.gr.

Online debate on pandemic and health system
ECONOMY

The E-Kyklos think tank is organizing an online debate on Sunday titled “How the Challenge of the Pandemic Affects the Planning of the Health System,” with the participation of European Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides. 


Battle of Salamis | Online | September 29
WHAT'S ON

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is hosting an online seminar commemorating the 480 BC Battle of Salamis, a naval battle between an alliance of Greek city-states and the Persians of King Xerxes.

Quarantine Tapes: Simon Critchley | Worldwide | To August 31
WHAT'S ON

With many of us heading back into a kind of self-imposed lockdown with the new wave of the pandemic, the Onassis Foundation’s We Stay Close, Not Closed virtual culture platform offers opportunities to listen to and watch guests from around the world talk about their experience of the new reality. 


Daniel Mendelsohn on C.P. Cavafy | Worldwide | To August 31
WHAT'S ON

Watch a discussion with American memoirist, essayist, critic, columnist and translator Daniel Mendelsohn on the subject of the Egyptiot Greek poet C.P. Cavafy (1863-1933) on the Onassis Foundation’s We Stay Close, Not Closed virtual culture platform on YouTube. 

Let’s Walk with Fiona Shaw | Worldwide | To August 31
WHAT'S ON

Irish actress and theater and opera director Fiona Shaw and philosopher Simon Critchley delve into the subject of Medea, the daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis in Greek mythology, and wife of the mythical hero Jason, in a conversation recorded in 2017 as part of the Onassis Foundation’s “A World of Emotions” exhibition.

Food-drink exports webinar planned for Thursday
ECONOMY

The Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Foreign Ministry are organizing a webinar for Thursday about the food and drink sector in the United Kingdom, in France, Italy and Portugal. 



Online discussion on East Med and Covid-19
ECONOMY

The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and the Atlantic Council will hold a digital event on Tuesday on the “East Med and the trilateral partnership (Greece-Israel-Cyprus) and its role in regional energy security and economic cooperation in the age of Covid-19 and beyond.” 

Debate on Europe’s role after the pandemic
ECONOMY

New Democracy deputy Dimitris Keridis is organizing a live online debate titled “The Economic Crisis of the Pandemic: More or less Europe?” to take place at 9 p.m. on Monday.

AmCham debate
 on Greek industry
ECONOMY

The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce is on Thursday organizing an online public debate on the role the industry could play in the future, titled “Greek Industry and the New Growth Model: Necessary Reforms.” 


Public debate organized on German court’s ECB ruling
ECONOMY

Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras will be participating in a public online debate on Tuesday on a recent decision by Germany’s top administrative court on the European Central Bank’s bond-buying scheme.

Delphi online debate to air on Thursday
ECONOMY

The Delphi Economic Forum and the E-Kyklos think tank are organizing an online debate titled “The Day After in Greek-Turkish Relations,” with the participation of former foreign ministers Evangelos Venizelos and Dora Bakoyiannis and former defense minister Evangelos Apostolakis.