Cartoon by Dimitris Hantzopoulos (15/12/21)
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A refugee crisis runs into a housing crisis
After a harrowing escape from Afghanistan and three months on a military base in New Jersey, Mohammad bin Rahimi and his family of nine felt fortunate that they would finally have a new home, in Owensboro, a small Kentucky city on the Ohio River.
Piraeus Tower shines Christmas cheer across port city
The Christmas lights went on around the 22-floor, 84-meter high-rise that serves as a landmark in the country’s main port, on Tuesday evening, and will stay on for an entire month.
Digital transition aiding growth, reducing inequalities
“Digital transition is a strategy that has an economic footprint. It helps productivity, it reduces the administrative burdens that affect the GDP,” Digital Governance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis told Parliament in Athens on Wednesday.
Reds down Bayern, Greens crumble at Milano
Olympiakos had a comfortable evening against Bayern Munich on Wednesday and stayed joined third in the Euroleague, while Panathinaikos slumped to another bad defat, at Armani Milano on Tuesday.
What it means to be Greek
Being Greek is far from being just one thing. It means that you learn to adapt, to overcome, to fight and to survive, no matter what the context.
ATHEX: Stocks slip on another quiet day
As traders waited to see the views of central bankers the world over, the Greek stock market had a predictably quiet session on Wednesday, with losses for the majority of stocks two weeks before the year ends, almost like a runner summoning all his strength ahead of the final stretch.
‘Sea and sun’ is not enough
The most popular tourism product by far in the world is “sea and sun,” one that Greece particularly specializes in and is the third most popular country for, according to a study commissioned by the Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation (INSETE).
OTE to invest over 3 bln euros
Deutsche Telekom-owned OTE telecom will invest more than 3 billion euros in Greece from 2022 to 2027, DT and OTE executives said on Wednesday after meeting Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at his office.
Greece hails US Senate passage of Partnership Act
Greece’s Foreign Affairs ministry has welcomed the passage, by the US Senate, of the US-Greece Defense & Inter-Parliamentary Partnership Act of 2021.