Radical overhaul of property taxation
A new landscape is expected to emerge in the real estate market as of January 1, with an easing of taxes as well as additional obligations for property owners.
North Macedonia: Finance official tapped to become next PM
North Macedonia’s ruling Social Democrats have elected Dimitar Kovachevski as the new party leader and he is set to take over as prime minister if a coalition agreement remains intact.
Norwegian cluster goes with the wind
Representatives of the Norwegian Offshore Wind Cluster (NOWC) were in Athens last week and expressed their interest in investing in this country and partnering Greek companies in the development of offshore wind farms in Greek seas in a meeting with the prime minister’s chief economic adviser, Alex Patelis.
Ending bureaucracy as we know it
The headquarters of Digital Governance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis look nothing like a normal ministry, but more like a startup where the dress code had been abolished and the age of the average employee has dropped a couple of decades.
Greece’s population shrinks
The total population of Greece shrunk by about 37 per 10,000 people on average each year between 2014 and 2019, according to the findings of a recent publication by a professor of demography at Athens’ Panteion University, Christos Bagavos, published in the latest of a new series of digital bulletins on a research program funded…
Androulakis vows to ‘reconstruct’ Greek center left
A day after he was elected to the leadership of the Movement for Change (KINAL) coalition, Nikos Androulakis pledged to “reconstruct the center left” in Greece.
River overflows banks in Ancient Olympia
Trees stand on a flooded field after Alfeios river overflowed its banks due to heavy storms, in Ancient Olympia, Sunday.
Tsipras congratulates new KINAL chief
Main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras has called Nikos Androulakis to congratulate him on his election Sunday as leader of the center left Movement for Change (KINAL) coalition.
WHO: Omicron poses ‘very high’ global risk but data on severity limited
The Omicron coronavirus variant, reported in more than 60 countries, poses a “very high” global risk, with some evidence that it evades vaccine protection but clinical data on its severity is limited, the World Health Organization says.
Gunmen open fire outside cafe in northwestern Athens
Two gunmen opened fire outside a cafe in Ano Liosia in northwestern Athens on Monday, police said.