The benchmark at Athinon Avenue narrowly managed to retain the 850-point mark at the end of Thursday’s session, covering some of the significant losses it had incurred from the start of trade due to the universal decline in international stock markets. While banks led the local bourse south throughout the day, it was two non-credit…
The tax administration appears to be stepping up efforts to safeguard the state’s interest as new expired dues to the state soared to 3.326 billion euros in the first quarter of 2022 from €2.164 a year earlier, a rise of 53.7% year-on-year.
A lot is said every so often about the role and influence of the Greek diaspora, and given that the United States is the most powerful nation in the world right now, it’s no surprise that in that context it is the Greek-American community that is getting much of the attention.
A high school student in Thessaloniki is facing changes of rape following allegations from two of his classmates. The two complainants, who are in the last year of lyceum, said that the 17-year-old accused threatened to hurt them if they refused to meet with him.
In a phone call on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias reassured his Swedish counterpart of Greece’s full support for her country’s and Finland’s NATO membership aspirations.
President Joe Biden on Thursday hailed the “momentous” applications of once-neutral Sweden and Finland to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as the three countries worked to address continued opposition from Turkey for the two to join the alliance.
Vangelis Papathanassiou, better known to international audiences simply as Vangelis, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 79. He was best known for winning the 1981 Academy Award for Best Original Score for the film “Chariots of Fire” and scoring Ridley’s Scott “Blade Runner”. He also wrote music for films including “The Bounty” and…
The former drummer of popular Greek rock band Pyx Lax was remanded in custody on Wednesday after appearing before an Athens prosecutor on charges he committed indecent acts against four girls whose age at the time ranged from 5 to 13.
More than 40,000 residential properties were sold in Greece last year, according to estimates by real estate associations. Notably, three-quarters of those transactions were made exclusively in cash – without the intervention of a credit institution.