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Wise Greece, with the support of the TUI Care Foundation, is bringing the groundbreaking program “Future Shapers Greece” to Greece for the first time, which will be implemented over the next two years in our country.

Implementing the productive transformation of Greece and the new productive model, based on what was presented by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Minister of Development Takis Theodoricakos on October 21, the approval of 271 investment projects across Greece with a total budget of €858 million is announced.

Legislation establishing Greece's first state-run university-level school for the performing arts will be presented at a cabinet meeting on Thursday before being put to public consultation and then heading to Parliament for ratification.

US Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis highlighted, on Wednesday, the importance of American investments in Greece, underscoring the United States' commitment to supporting and expanding its economic footprint in the country.

Interest in space technology solutions is growing in Greece.

During the first three years of operation of the local incubator of the European Space Agency in Greece (ESA BIC Greece), there has been interest registered from more than 10,000 people, 50 completed applications for joining the incubator were submitted, while 17 startups employing more than 90 people were incorporated.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis raised the issue of World War II reparations and the forced occupation loan with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during their meeting at the Maximos Mansion on Wednesday.

"These issues remain unresolved, and we hope that one day they will be addressed," Mitsotakis told Steinmeier, who is in Greece on a three-day official visit.

Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis referred to the government's efforts to bring about a so-called "brain gain," encouraging the return of a generation of young and productive Greeks who had left during the economic crisis, noting during his briefing to the press on Tuesday that this was one "great challenge" that appeared to have been won.

Giannis Smaragdis has just become the first Greek director to be elected as a full member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. “I consider it a great honor to be elected by the European Academy of Sciences and Arts as a member in the field of Arts and Culture. I perceive this distinction as a triple duty,” said the director among other remarks.