Rule of law reforms, authoritarianism, and nationalism in the Western Balkans
EU auditors released a report on Monday that pointed out how the EU has been unsuccessful in its efforts to promote rule-of-law reforms in the Western Balkans.
Boats remain docked as cold front brings gale-force winds
Gale-force winds on Thursday kept ships for the Cyclades, Dodecanese and Eastern Aegean Islands at the ports of Piraeus, Lavrio and Rafina.
Lawlessness strikes again on campus
Six people were arrested on Wednesday in a police operation at the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) in the center of the capital as they tried to tear down a wall inside the campus.
Migrant drowns in swollen torrent as storms lash Greece
One man was swept away and drowned and a woman was missing after a group of migrants trekking through the hills of northern Greece to avoid police patrols crossed a swollen torrent amid rainstorms Wednesday, authorities said.
Is Norway the future of cars?
Last year, Norway reached a milestone. Only about 8% of new cars sold in the country ran purely on conventional gasoline or diesel fuel. Two-thirds of new cars sold were electric, and most of the rest were electric-and-gasoline hybrids.
ATHEX agrees to list Bulgarian derivatives
The Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) and the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) signed a framework agreement this week for the admission to trading, clearing and settlement of Bulgarian derivatives.
Tourism in Cyprus makes full recovery
Revenue from tourism in Cyprus reached pre-pandemic levels in October 2021, amounting to 310.2 million euros, compared to just €77.4 million in October 2020 and €299.4 million in October 2019.
Cyprus sees rise in value of bogus checks
The total value of unsecured checks issued in Cyprus in 2021 rose to 930,000 euros compared to €740,000 in 2020.
Subsidies aimed at reducing 39% youth jobless rate
Τhe Labor Ministry will try to bring down the unemployment rate among young people, which in November reached 39%, the highest in the eurozone, with the introduction of a subsidized net salary of 570 euros for the first six months of full-time employment of 18- to 29-year-olds.
Poor Greek start of the year in the Euroleague
The year has not started well for Greece’s representatives in the Euroleague, as Olympiakos went down at Fenerbahce on Tuesday and Panathinaikos suffered a home drubbing to CSKA Moscow on Wednesday.