Fiscal space for more support
The government has secured more fiscal space for support measures against energy and commodity price hikes thanks to the better-than-expected data on the 2021 budget deficit announced by Eurostat on Thursday.
Greece to celebrate Easter without Covid restrictions
Visitors take photos on Noutsou or Kokkorou bridge in Zagorochoria, Epirus region, northwestern Greece, on Holy Thursday, April 21.
EU sets new online rules for Google, Meta to curb illegal content
Alphabet unit Google, Meta and other large online platforms will have to do more to tackle illegal content or risk hefty fines under new internet rules agreed between European Union countries and EU lawmakers on Saturday.
An ‘alphabet soup’ of acronyms and opportunity for Greece
“ESG action reports are a soup of acronyms that require clarification and a commonly accepted definition of relevant concepts, in order to create a new, common perception that will lead to increased levels of trust,” says Dr Peter Gassmann.
Turkey closes air space to planes carrying troops from Russia to Syria
Turkish air space has been closed to military and civilian planes carrying troops from Russia to Syria after consultation with Moscow, Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT Haber cited Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as saying.
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Athens-Corinth national highway traffic delays continue
Traffic continued to move very slowly on the southbound section of the Athens-Corinth national highway towards the Peloponnese, following an accident involving a truck at the 59th kilometer earlier on Saturday.
National issues and convenient truths
The war in Ukraine has naturally deflected attention away from the debate around Greece-Turkey relations, giving politically expedient pundits room to shift the debate onto the domestic agenda.
French tourists arrive on Skiathos on first direct flight from Paris
A direct flight from Paris to Skiathos on Saturday inaugurated the tourism season for the island in the Sporades cluster, with the Transavia Airlines flight’s 137 passengers being given a ceremonial welcome.
Greece welcomes first 10 lone child refugees from Ukraine
Ten unaccompanied refugee children ranging in age from 10 months to 17 years old arrived in Greece from Ukraine on Saturday in an operation to evacuate vulnerable civilians from the war-torn country.