In the coming days the Finance Ministry is set to announce the postponement of the start of the repayment of state loans known as the “Deposit to be Returned” that some 700,000 enterprises received during the lockdowns.
Retail stores are allowed to open this Sunday, as well as next Sunday, December 19, as the Christmas shopping period formally starts across Greece.
The second round of the Movement for Change party leadership elections are underway on Sunday. Voters will be choosing between European MP Nikos Androulakis and former prime minister George Papandreou.
A veritable archaeological treasure trove was discovered in the possession of two men, aged 66 and 40, who were arrested by police officers from the Department for the Protection of Cultural Heritage and Antiquities in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, authorities announced on Saturday.
Athenians have never ceased to complain about the lack of respect shown to pedestrians crossing the street, on sidewalks, or by cars parked just about anywhere.
The latest incident of extreme reactionism, which took place Friday in Pieria, northern Greece – when a group of anti-vax zealots calling themselves the “Guardians of the Constitution” manhandled a school principal and dragged him to the local police station – should not be treated lightly.
It is not the first time that a public survey has pointed at corruption as one of Greece’s biggest problems.
Greek authorities announced 4,761 new cases of coronavirus and 72 fatalities in the past 24 hours Saturday.
Greece was elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in the membership election for the 2022-23 biennium at its 32nd Assembly on Friday.