All posts by Stav Dimitropoulos
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Dragana Djurica, Senior Expert for Competitiveness at the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), South-Eastern Europe: Exclusive Interview
Conflict and culture have constrained women’s success in business and government in South-Eastern Europe, says the region’s competitiveness coordinator. Stav Dimitropoulos learns what Dragana Djurica is doing to help release
- Posted May 7, 2017
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Chinese social media opening up public debate, university study finds
Chinese social media systems are fostering a more open public debate within the country on political and social issues such as corruption, new research from the University of Rhode Island
- Posted April 27, 2017
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Electing women can boost gender equality in both appointments and policies, research finds
Where women win election into local government roles with the power to appoint public servants, new research has found, more women are appointed throughout public bodies and those organisations enact
- Posted March 29, 2017
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Jacques Ganoulis, Special Secretary for Water, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Greece: Exclusive Interview
Greece suffers from ‘imported floods’, says its international lead on water issues – for river management in one country affects all those downstream. So solving the problem, says Jacques Ganoulis,
- Posted January 5, 2017
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Giannis Baskozos, General Secretary of Public Health at the Greek Ministry of Health: Exclusive Interview
Faced with high unemployment, falling budgets and the refugee crisis, the Greek Ministry of Health is launching a system of universal health insurance. Its general secretary Giannis Baskozos explains his
- Posted September 28, 2016
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Thomas Maloutas, General Secretary for Research and Technology, Ministry of Education, Greece: Exclusive Interview
The Greek government is using science and technology to help restore its ailing economy. Stav Dimitropoulos meets Thomas Maloutas, the Ministry of Education’s General Secretary for Research and Technology –
- Posted August 22, 2016
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New coordinating unit to meet Greek migrant health challenge
The Greek government has created a central coordinating unit to manage the work of those public and voluntary sector organisations trying to meet the health needs of refugees. Funded by
- Posted March 16, 2016
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New digital services to combat Athens tax evasion
The Greek region of Attica-Athens is introducing new digital services to tackle tax evasion and corruption, with the aim of comparing data on citizens’ assets and purchases to their declared income.
- Posted February 18, 2016