podlist.gr

The Greek Current
The Greek Current

Congress turns its attention to the Eastern Mediterranean

Today we take you to the halls of Congress, where the House Foreign Affairs Committee had a hearing on the Eastern Mediterranean. Endy Zemenides, the Executive Director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, joins our host Thanos Davelis with the main takeaways. 

Watch the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Eastern Mediterranean here: Opportunities & Challenges in Eastern Mediterranean

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

Erdogan says Turkey ready in principle to act as Ukraine's guarantor

Cyprus growth to slow sharply, IMF says

IMF Says Cyprus Is Vulnerable to Fallout From War in Ukraine

Πηγή: http://www.hellenicleaders.com/

‹ Προηγούμενο Επόμενο ›

Περισσότερα επεισόδια

Turkey escalates tensions as Greece and Cyprus look to link their grids

Earlier this month we saw a mini crisis break out in the southern Aegean as Turkey deployed four frigates near the Greek islands of Kasos and Karpathos thinking that an Italian ship - which had been at the center of a 40-hour crisis last July - was in the area conducting research for the future deployment of underwater cables linking Greece and Cyprus. While this was ultimately a...

Greece’s economic turnaround, debt reduction, and the cost of living crisis

This week Greece saw workers in the public and the private sector go on strike, demanding better wages in the face of rising costs across the board. This comes despite Greece’s economic success story, whether it's achieving investment grade or outperforming its Eurozone partners, and as the government announced it is set to make another early repayment of €5 billion of bailout-era loans. Nikos...

The Polytechnic uprising, the diaspora, and the fight to restore democracy in Greece

On November 17th Greeks commemorated the 51st anniversary of the Polytechnic uprising - a seminal moment that effectively delivered the first real blow to the military dictatorship, or the junta, that was ruling Greece. While the story of the uprising itself is well known, the Greek diaspora around the world also played an important role in the fight against the junta. Alexander Kitroeff, a...