News archive of March 2024
Gigantic new aircraft design aims to create the largest plane ever to fly
To help the world meet its decarbonization targets, it’ll use sustainable aviation fuel and needs only a simple packed-dirt or gravel runway to land on
Is Erdogan’s invite to the White House a diplomatic win?
Alan Makovsky, veteran Turkey analyst and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, joins Thanos Davelis to examine how Turkish President Erdogan finally snagged an invite to the White House, and look into what message this move sends about the Biden administration's approach to Turkey in the wake of the Sweden NATO saga.
Large-scale theft
The decision to make gas retailers responsible for outlets caught selling adulterated fuel is a good start in the effort to crack down on these rackets.
A slew of measures have been announced to this end now and then, but they need to be implemented, at long last, so as to curb the rackets' activities and the enormous cost of those activities for taxpayers.
Night firefighting battles: Greece bought 7 new Canadair aircraft
The agreement with Canada for the DHC 515 – The aircraft has 7,000-liter water tanks, perform water pickups in 14 seconds, and operate even in 5 Beaufort winds
Suicides in Greece 2010-2023: Extremely concerning data
Men or women are the most victims? Greece’s position on the “global map” of suicides – The 24-hour intervention hotline for suicide in Greece is 1018
USA: First kidney transplant performed on a patient from a genetically modified pig (videos)
Doctors took a step towards a possible solution to the chronic organ shortage
Which world would you like to live in?
The three-day parliamentary debate on a motion of no confidence submitted by opposition parties over developments in the Tempe train crash inquiry ended on Thursday. We were a little puzzled, we mostly confirmed what we knew and very often wondered about the "truth" that was repeatedly professed by party leaders in their speeches.
Mosquitoes: The most dangerous infection transmission zones - New classification of the country's regions
The country will be divided into four levels in terms of risk assessment for the transmission of West Nile virus infection - Depending on the risk, specific measures are defined