Finnish Hellenic Chamber of Commerce Newsletter March 2021

Greece's leap in digitization, challenging success stories inside and outside the country

The European countries are beginning to grasp the full picture of the cost of the covid-crises. The Greek private sector has already been set back by 20 billion euros. The Greek government has supported local entrepreneurs and public enterprises with a similar amount. The 30 billion euros provided by the EU Next Generation -program are very much needed in Greece..

On March 25, 2021, the 200th anniversary of the proclamation of the Greek Liberation Struggle of 1821 against the Turkish yoke was celebrated in Athens in the presence of state officials from all over the world.

The Greek revolution was a milestone in the history of modern Hellenism, as it led, after 400 years of Greek slavery to the Turks, to the creation of an independent Greek state and inspired the next generations of Greeks..

The director unveiled the mystery of the former owner of her apartment.

Finnish documentary film wins in Greece

Elina Talvensaari‟s documentary Lady Time (Neiti Aika) won the Special Jury Award at this year‟s Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.

Lady Time charts the life of Sirkka-Liisa Miettinen, a woman who died without relatives at the age of 98. After Talvensaari happened to buy her fully furnished apartment, the director set to work piecing together the former owner‟s life from the artifacts, letters, and photos she left behind..

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