The government on Thursday announced the restoration of the contract suspension scheme that had applied during the previous waves of the health crisis, with the state offering 534 euros per month to workers on furlough.
Goldman Sachs and Jeffries, the investment banks, are demanding that employees get booster shots. The University of Oregon and other institutions are requiring that students and staff members get boosters.
Greece has been named the sixth best country for wine tourism in new research.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.