Gov’t subsidies for first jobs
The new government program for subsidizing the first jobs of young people, named “Proto Ensimo (First Stamp),” will offer up to 1,200 euros, split equally between the worker and the employer, starting from January 1.
Two-speed state
Citizens need the state more during a health crisis of this magnitude, and the state now has the means to keep its public services functioning properly, even without the physical presence of their staff.
Thessaloniki: City of forgetfulness
Last there for the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in November, I walked past Eleftherias (Freedom) Square and saw it closed off with metal barriers. I was shocked when I realized where I was.
Development Ministry nod for 305 investment plans
A total of 305 new investment plans, part of the government’s development law, have been approved and another step has been taken in order to achieve record investments in 2022, Minister of Development and Investment Adonis Georgiadis said on Thursday.
2022: An emotionally charged year ahead for Greece-Turkey relations
The year ahead promises to be a tough one for Greece’s relations with Turkey. Not that those before have been easy, but the situation may become even worse if certain quarters seek to exploit emotionally charged historical milestones.
Cartoon by Ilias Makris (30/12/2021)
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Increase in Cyprus bank deposits
Bank deposits posted an increase in Cyprus in November, while loans continued to drop, according to statistics released on Wednesday by the island’s central bank.
Dozens of guns, hundreds of coins seized in central Greece bust
More than 30 firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition and hundreds of historic coins were confiscated during a police operation in Farsala, central Greece, following a tip-off concerning a local business owner.
Sakellaropoulou: Greece offers unaccompanied minors ‘brighter future’
Greece has set the protection of unaccompanied migrant and refugee children as its highest moral obligation, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou said on Thursday after visiting a facility for such children run by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Halandri, northern Athens.
Covid figures hit new high of 35,580 new cases
New coronavirus cases smashed a fourth record in as many days on Thursday, reaching the unprecedented number of 35,580, up from 28,828 the day before, the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) has reported.