Greek unemployment drops to 11.9% in February
Τhe unemployment rate in the eurozone and the European Union remained at historically low levels in February, at 6.8% and 6.2%, respectively, Eurostat said on Thursday.
Seven decades later, the 1950 census bares its secrets
Early on Friday, 72 years after enumerators began knocking on the doors of some 46 million American houses and apartments, the federal government is making public what they learned: the ages, incomes, addresses, ancestry and a trove of other facts about the 150.7 million people who were counted in the 1950 census.
Fuel ‘is now a sort of luxury product’
The fuel price situation remains tough in Greece, Maria Zagka, president of Attica’s Gas Station Owners’ Association, told Xinhua.
Cyprus growth expected to ‘slow sharply’
Economic growth in Cyprus will slow sharply before recovering, due to the shock associated with the war in Ukraine, the International Monetary Fund has said, adding that the key near-term challenge “is to calibrate a policy response to the economic fallout from the war in Ukraine.”
Communists, nationalists to shun Zelenskyy speech
As the majority of Greek lawmakers prepare to express abhorrence for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during an address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Greek Communist Party and Greek Solution intend to boycott the video call.
Greeks dominate the Spanish giants in Euroleague
Olympiakos has clinched a top-three finish in the Euroleague beating Barcelona in Piraeus on Friday, after Panathinaikos defeated the other Spanish giant, Real Madrid, in Athens on Thursday.
Putting road safety first
The fact that tickets for traffic violations will finally be generated and distributed digitally and that fines will also be paid online marks the end of yet another embarrassing remnant of the old-school political mentality.
PAOK lifts third Greek Cup in a row
PAOK has just won a third Greek Cup in men’s volleyball in as many years beating Finikas Syrou in Friday’s final.
Corporate salaries on the rise
One in three companies (33%) in Greece say they will implement pay raises in line with inflation, or even more than that at another 30% of enterprises, according to the HR trends survey by Randstad.
Fourth Covid shot may be necessary in the fall, says health expert
A fourth shot of the vaccine against the coronavirus may be necessary in the fall, according to the professor of pediatric infectious diseases and member of the committee of experts advising the government Vana Papaevangelou.