Cross-checking set to boost state coffers
The tax administration is utilizing the data collected from the newly introduced system of online bookkeeping to help it expand checks and crack down on tax evasion, especially of value-added tax.
Books hit by supply chain woes
Problems in the global supply chain due to Covid-19, combined with a paper shortage, are affecting book publishers and readers risk paying the price – also in Greece. It is not yet clear if the trend will drive up sales of e-books or simply hit new publications.
Spread of Omicron continues unabated with 43,386 new cases
The spread of the highly transmissible Omicron Covid-19 variant continued unabated in Greece on Wednesday with health authorities reporting 43,386 new cases. The report brings the total number of new cases in Greece over the last week to 282,369, almost 20% of the total number of cases of Covid-19 in Greece since the start of…
Greece 2.0 marks ‘new era’ in tourism development says minister
The European Union-funded Greece 2.0 Recovery and Resilience Fund signals a new cycle of tourism development, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias underscored in an article on Greek website news247.gr.
ATHEX: Moderate fall for majority of stocks
Traders chose to cash in on recent stock gains at Athinon Avenue on Wednesday, while banks that have been oversold in recent days headed the other way, posting some notable increases that were in line with the majority of the other European stock markets.
Man accused of beating wife remanded in custody
The 34-year-old man who held his ex-partner hostage in her apartment in the Agios Panteleimonas district of Athens on New Year’s Eve has been remanded in custody, pending his trial, after appearing before an investigative magistrate on Wednesday.
9 in 10 infections due to Omicron, minister says
Nine in ten new Covid infections can be attributed to the Omicron variant, Alternate Health Minister Mina Gaga said on Wednesday.
Italy sending Parthenon fragment to Athens in nudge to UK
An Italian museum is lending a fragment of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece, in what both sides hope will become a permanent return that might encourage others – the British Museum, in particular – to send their own pieces of the works back, too.
School students and teachers to be provided free self-tests ahead of return to classrooms
Students of all levels, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated, as well as vaccinated teachers, will be provided with five free self-tests from pharmacies from Wednesday until Saturday for the first two weeks after schools reopen on January 10.
Over 2,000 police officers test positive for coronavirus
Over 2,000 police officers have tested positive for coronavirus, out of which most (825) of the cases have been identified in Attica, with this rise in cases leading Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos on Wednesday to assure citizens that this will not impede the police from carrying out its duties