A deal was reached on the early hours of 22 July between Greece and its international creditors, regarding the former’s request for debt relief, on the occasion of the end of its macroeconomic adjustment program. Both sides issued statements of satisfaction after the deal, with Klaus Regling, the head of the Eurozone’s bailout fund, going Read more about Monthly Focus Point: Jun18-Jul18[…]
GDPR (EU’s “General Data Protection Regulation”) went live on the 25th of May 2018 as I am sure everyone in the EU is aware of by now, if not for any other reason, just for receiving about a trillion of email messages from various organizations, asking you to provide your consent for them to continue Read more about Monthly Focus Point: May18-Jun18[…]
We celebrate Earth Day on the 22nd of April of each year. I find it a bit sad that we have to celebrate the protection of something of which we cannot live without. It is, after all, the most popular slogan among environmental protection organizations, that “There is no Planet B.” Before I proceed any Read more about Monthly Focus Point: Apr18-May18[…]
29 March 2018 saw the beginning of the Musée du Louvre’s exhibition of the paintings of Eugène Delacroix. It is the first full exhibition of Delacroix’s works in Paris in more than 50 years, the last one having taken place in 1963 – 100 years from his death. Delacroix is widely considered to be one Read more about Monthly Focus Point: Mar18-Apr18[…]
Although I am not very much into winter sports and I live in a place where snow is the stuff of legends, I would be out of touch with reality if I didn’t have something to say about the winter Olympics. I have seen the incredible feelings of pride and joy that victory (or sometimes, Read more about Monthly Focus Point: Feb18-Mar18[…]
There was a great number of events that took place over the last month and that I would love to comment upon, but since I have to choose just one for the purposes of this short column, this will be the second round of the Cypriot presidential elections. Cyprus is one of the countries that Read more about Monthly Focus Point: Jan18-Feb18[…]