Passenger traffic up 223.6% in January on annual basis
Passenger traffic took off last month in Greek airports, recording a 223.6% jump compared to January last year.
Four arrested in Evros with 67 kilos of hash
Four foreign nationals were arrested in Greece’s northeastern border after border security found them with six bags containing more than 67 kilos of hash.
Trophies of violence
This is not a letter of accusation but the heartfelt expressions of a Greek man, born and raised in Athens.
Signs show more pressure ahead from inflation
Inflation has climbed to even higher levels than the most pessimistic forecasts made in January 2021, as it has now broken the barrier of 6% and reached 6.2%, the highest peak since Greece joined the eurozone.
Daily shot rate dropping
With a large majority of the population vaccinated, the daily rate of shots administered has dropped to the lowest point since the beginning of Greece’s national inoculation program.
Jobless rate falls to 11-year low
Greece’s jobless rate came to 12.8% in December 2021, posting a significant decline both compared to the 13.4% rate of December 2020 and, mainly, the 15.5% figure of November 2020, according to official figures the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) released on Wednesday.
Greece ranked 5th in phishing scams in Q3 2021, study shows
Greece ranked 5th in the world among the countries with the most phishing attacks in the third quarter of last year, according to data from the Outseer Fraud and Payments Report analysed by Atlas VPN.
Athens metro extending working hours as of March 4
Athens metro lines 2 and 3 will extend their working hours on Fridays and Saturdays as of March 4, when trains will run until 1.30 in the morning, the Athens Urban Rail Transport Company (STASY) announced Thursday.
Plevris: EU countries aiming to lift Covid restrictions by mid-March
All the countries at the EU Health Ministers Council meeting said that they aim to lift remaining restrictions to control the transmission of the coronavirus by mid-March, depending on the pressure facing individual countries’ health systems, Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Thursday.
Police investigating deadly hit and run in Thessaloniki
A 41-year-old man died after a hit-and-run incident in the Thessaloniki-Kavala highway in northern Greece on Thursday morning.