In July 2012, while on a business trip away from home, Scott Tooker woke up in the middle of the night with a light chest discomfort. When the discomfort turned into an extremely sharp pain, Tooker quickly realized this could be something more serious than what he initially thought. After an unsuccessful call to his hotel’s front-desk for directions to the closest hospital, he remembered having iTriage on his smartphone, one of the many healthcare apps that use open government data. It helped him reach the nearest hospital, where he was rushed to the emergency room and treated for experiencing…
Nicosia — Even though December has not shown for good its “teeth” in Cyprus, and low temperatures feel like a cold distant dream, Amir* is wearing his winter leather jacket and strolls around enjoying his morning, unbothered by the warmth of the sun. Quite wide for his size, worn and in a peculiar shade of gold, this leather jacket might be the most valuable garment left to the sixty-year-old Syrian refugee, who resides at the “Pournara” Temporary Reception Camp in Kokkinotrimithia. “I hope I can go to Luxembourg” he says in fluent Greek, as a smile complements his golden jacket…
Brain drain and the great expectations for change in a time of financial crisis
Ioannis Drosos may never continue his professional career in Greece. He has come to terms with that, he says. These last few years he has been working as a doctor in Germany and he does not intend to return back home.
Chris Gatzonis recently found a job in Silicon Valley as a software engineer and will do whatever it takes to survive in such a competitive environment. So returning to Greece is not an option.
Efrosini Papanastasiou is a Computers Engineering student in one of the…
The Zero Waste prospect of Thessaloniki
Despite the fact that the circular economy trend is gaining momentum on a global scale, the creation of a Zero Waste City seems at least surreal in a country like Greece, which lacks important infrastructure and environmental education. However, Thessaloniki intends to set a good example over a three-year horizon through a new initiative, by radically changing its citizens’ attitude towards waste management.
This is a private initiative that is part of the Coca-Cola Group’s multi-faceted corporate responsibility programme, which employs the assistance offered by the Municipality of Thessaloniki and the Ecological Recycling Company to minimize or even eliminate the…
