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Concordia Europe Summit Kicks Off in Athens [Video]
President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Tuesday opened the Concordia Europe Summit in Athens, a platform to exchange ideas so that Europe meets the challenges of the 21st Century through public-private partnerships.
"Concordia believes that public-private partnerships (P3s)...
Greece
Former US VP Joe Biden to Address Inaugural Concordia Europe Summit in Athens
Concordia, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that builds partnerships for social impact, will welcome former Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and leader of the new Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global...
Greece
Concordia to Hold Its First European Summit in Athens
Concordia, the global institution enabling public-private partnerships to resolve world issues, announced its first European Summit to be held in Athens, Greece, 5-6 June 2017.
Greece
Joe Biden at Concordia: 'Greek People Have Shaped My Consciousness'
"It is no exaggeration to say that the Greek people have shaped my consciousness. (It was) the Greek community in which I received my first political baptism," said former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday.
Addressing the Concordia Europe...
Greece
Nicholas Logothetis: "Concordia Europe Aims to Boost Greece Worldwide"
Seven years ago Nicholas Logothetis, together with his high-school friend Matthew Swift, decided to launch an organization to facilitate public and private partnerships for the common good. In 2011, the humble launch of the first Concordia Summit in New...
Economy
PM A. Tsipras at Concordia: Greece Remains an Anchor of Geopolitical Stability [Video: Full Speech]
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addressed the Concordia Summit on Tuesday, focusing on the global challenges in which a "transnational crisis has shifted to national governments". He referenced three problems that Europe faces: the migrant crisis, a security crisis from...
Cyprus
Cyprus President at Concordia Summit: 'Determined to Reach Settlement by End of 2016' [video]
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said that his government is determined to reach a settlement for the Cyprus issue even by the end of 2016.
Addressing the 2016 Concordia summit, Cyprus' president started his speech stressing the importance of stability in...
Greece
Thessaloniki Mayor Boutaris: 'Greece Is the Last Soviet-type Society and Economy' (video)
"Greece is the last Soviet-type society and economy," Thessaloniki mayor Yiannis Boutaris said, explaining that in Greece many citizens expect everything from the state, avoiding individual responsibility.
Boutaris said that Thessaloniki has opened its door to the Turks, because it...
Greece
Nitzia Logothetis: Refugee Children Toxically Stressed in Greece (Video)
"Refugee children at the Souda refugee camp on Chios are toxically stressed," said Nitzia Logothetis, founder and executive chairwoman of the Seleni Institute, a non-profit organization that promotes mental health for women around the world.
Speaking on the refugee...
Greece
'Ascend' Initiative to Aid Refugees and Disadvantaged Greeks
Ascend is a new philanthropic initiative that was announced on Thursday at the Concordia Europe Summit in Athens, aiming at helping refugees and Greeks in need.
Radcliffe Foundation, IKEA Foundation, Libra Group and The Coca-Cola Company announced that the will...
Greece
Greek PM Tsipras: 'Greece Was Given the Wrong Medicine'
Addressing the Concordia Europe Summit in Athens, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras said that Greece was given the wrong medicine referring to the memoranda the country signed -- including his government -- in exchange for bailout loans. The Greek premier...
Greece
George Logothetis: 'Greeks, The Ordinary Heroes' (video)
"Many heroes are born and shaped from crises... There are many Greek heroes that are unseen, unheard and unappreciated," said Concordia Leadersip Counci Chairman George Logothetis at the Concordia Europe Summit in Athens on Wednesday.
Addressing the Concordia Europe Summit held in Athens,...
Greece
Joe Biden Meets With Greek President Pavlopoulos, Opposition Leader Mitsotakis
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who is in Athens for the Concordia Europe Summit, met on Tuesday with President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos and opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
While at the reception in the Presidential Mansion, Biden stressed...
Economy
Greek President: "I Expect Our Partners to Fulfill their Obligations"
Greece has fully complied with its obligations deriving from the agreement with the country’s creditors and now it is time for its partners to keep their side of the deal, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Tuesday, opening the “Concordia...
Business
EXIN Buys 75% of Ethniki Insurance in 718 Million Euro Deal
The acquisition of 75% of the Ethniki Insurance, a subsidiary of the National Bank of Greece (NBG), was announced by the Dutch EXIN, which agreed to pay 718 million euros.
Ethniki Insurance was founded in 1891 and became a cornerstone...